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Gerard de Ridefort

1141 - 1189

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Gérard de Ridefort, also called Gerard de Ridefort (died 4 October 1189), was Grand Master of the Knights Templar from the end of 1184 and until his death in 1189. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard de Ridefort has received more than 149,386 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gerard de Ridefort is the 2,847th most popular politician (down from 2,702nd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 104th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Belgian Politician.

Gerard de Ridefort was a French knight who became the Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He is most famous for being the leader of the disastrous Battle of Hattin, in which he was captured and killed by Saladin.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gerard de Ridefort ranks 2,847 out of 19,576. Before him are Nicola Amati, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, Joseph Babinski, Felipe González, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. After him are Vuk Branković, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Netjerkare Siptah, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Francisco de Almeida, and Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1141, Gerard de Ridefort ranks 2. Before him is Nizami Ganjavi. After him are Malcolm IV of Scotland, Eisai, Floris III, Count of Holland, and Azalais de Porcairagues. Among people deceased in 1189, Gerard de Ridefort ranks 5. Before him are Henry II of England, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, William II of Sicily, and Benkei. After him are Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, Humbert III, Count of Savoy, Emperor Shizong of Jin, and Frederick, Duke of Bohemia.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gerard de Ridefort ranks 103 out of 1,190. Before him are Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Joachim Patinir (1480), Justus Lipsius (1547), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602). After him are Félicien Rops (1833), Pieter Claesz (1596), Joseph Plateau (1801), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Gerard de Ridefort ranks 31. Before him are Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Anne of France (1461), Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), and Marie José of Belgium (1906). After him are Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Paul Deschanel (1855), and Princess Louise of Belgium (1858).

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