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Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany

1182 - 1241

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Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (c. 1184 – 10 August 1241), also known as Damsel of Brittany, Pearl of Brittany, or Beauty of Brittany, was the eldest daughter of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Her father, Geoffrey, was the fourth son of Henry II, King of England. After the presumed death in 1203 of her imprisoned younger brother, Arthur, Eleanor was heiress to vast lands including England, Anjou, Aquitaine, and Brittany, realms where the Salic Law barring the accession of females did not apply. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany has received more than 226,906 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany is the 10,002nd most popular politician (down from 8,864th in 2019), the 2,137th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,950th in 2019) and the 332nd most popular British Politician.

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  • 2.94

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Among politicians, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ranks 10,002 out of 15,577Before her are Shigeru Kayano, Ba Maw, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, Reniero Zeno, Charles Rivière-Hérard, and Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland. After her are Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zdeněk Fierlinger, Nicomedes II of Bithynia, Remismund, Paullus Fabius Maximus, and Epitácio Pessoa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1182, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ranks 10Before her are Alexios I of Trebizond, Haakon III of Norway, Maria of Montpellier, Accursius, Lutgardis, and Minamoto no Yoriie. After her are Sakya Pandita and Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay. Among people deceased in 1241, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ranks 13Before her are Henry II the Pious, Isabella of England, Köten, Fujiwara no Teika, Amaury de Montfort, and Irene Laskarina. After her are Manuel Doukas and Berenguer de Palou II.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ranks 2,137 out of 7,765Before her are Stephen Dillane (1957), Thomas Kyd (1558), John Vanbrugh (1664), Lottie Dod (1871), Maurice Evans (1901), and John Bull (1562). After her are William of Malmesbury (1080), Damien Hirst (1965), Harold Abrahams (1899), Herbert Chapman (1878), Guy Burgess (1911), and Robert Brown (1921).

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