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Gottfried von Strassburg

1180 - 1215

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Gottfried von Strassburg (died c. 1210) is the author of the Middle High German courtly romance Tristan, an adaptation of the 12th-century Tristan and Iseult legend. Gottfried's work is regarded, alongside the Nibelungenlied and Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, as one of the great narrative masterpieces of the German Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried von Strassburg has received more than 168,117 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried von Strassburg is the 1,784th most popular writer (down from 1,489th in 2019), the 2,036th most popular biography from France (down from 1,698th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 29

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  • 3.01

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gottfried von Strassburg ranks 1,784 out of 7,302. Before him are Patricia Cornwell, Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, Juan Donoso Cortés, Lajos Zilahy, and Antonio de Nebrija. After him are Hellanicus of Lesbos, Augusto Boal, Michel Zevaco, Robert Silverberg, Gabriel Naudé, and Djuna Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1180, Gottfried von Strassburg ranks 7. Before him are Berengaria of Castile, Eric X of Sweden, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Emperor Go-Toba, Constance of Hungary, and Berthold. After him are Peter Nolasco, Mstislav Mstislavich, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, Bernhard von Spanheim, and Neidhart von Reuental. Among people deceased in 1215, Gottfried von Strassburg ranks 4. Before him are Bertran de Born, Eisai, and Michael I Komnenos Doukas. After him is Hōjō Tokimasa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gottfried von Strassburg ranks 2,036 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Thibaud (1880), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Maurice de Broglie (1875), Renée Simonot (1911), Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822), and Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700). After him are Joseph-Marie Vien (1716), Henri Estienne (1528), Roland Bonaparte (1858), Michel Zevaco (1860), Brigitte Fossey (1946), and Gabriel Naudé (1600).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gottfried von Strassburg ranks 253. Before him are Jean Bodel (1165), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Pierre Plantard (1920), Robert de Boron (1110), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), and Joseph Joubert (1754). After him are Michel Zevaco (1860), Gabriel Naudé (1600), Albert Gleizes (1881), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Rodulfus Glaber (985), and Prosper of Aquitaine (390).

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