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Geoffrey of Villehardouin

1150 - 1210

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Geoffrey of Villehardouin (c. 1150 – c. 1213) was a French knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey of Villehardouin has received more than 104,552 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Geoffrey of Villehardouin is the 56th most popular historian (up from 63rd in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from France (up from 933rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Historian.

Geoffrey of Villehardouin is most famous for being a knight, a historian, and a participant in the Fourth Crusade. He was an eyewitness to the events of the Fourth Crusade and wrote about them in detail in his work, "The Conquest of Constantinople."

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 56 out of 561. Before him are Ernst Gombrich, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Socrates of Constantinople, Jared Diamond, Johann Gustav Droysen, and Marcus Velleius Paterculus. After him are Callisthenes, Tzvetan Todorov, John Skylitzes, Francesco Guicciardini, Libanius, and Theophylact Simocatta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1150, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 4. Before him are Guy of Lusignan, Saxo Grammaticus, and Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat. After him are Qutb al-Din Aibak, Arnaut Daniel, Kaykhusraw I, Roman the Great, Canute I of Sweden, Leo I, King of Armenia, Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, and Robert IV of Sablé. Among people deceased in 1210, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 1. After him are Qutb al-Din Aibak, Arnaut Daniel, Sverker II of Sweden, Hartmann von Aue, Lu You, Walter Map, and Philippa of Armenia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 809 out of 6,770. Before him are Saint Remigius (437), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Robert Nivelle (1856), Inessa Armand (1874), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), and Victor of Aveyron (1793). After him are Charles Garnier (1825), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), and Jean Froissart (1337).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 10. Before him are Marc Bloch (1886), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), and Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540). After him are Gaston Maspero (1846), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Georges Duby (1919), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), Paul Veyne (1930), and René Grousset (1885).

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