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Gottschalk of Orbais

805 - 869

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Gottschalk of Orbais (Latin: Godescalc, Gotteschalchus) (c. 808 – 30 October 868) was a Saxon theologian, monk and poet. Gottschalk was an early advocate for the doctrine of two-fold predestination, an issue that ripped through both Italy and Francia from 848 into the 850s and 860s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottschalk of Orbais has received more than 70,607 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gottschalk of Orbais is the 2,373rd most popular writer (down from 2,021st in 2019), the 2,466th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,064th in 2019) and the 154th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 2,373 out of 5,755Before him are Vladimír Clementis, Theodorus Gaza, Amrita Pritam, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Consort Ban, and Friedrich von Lütke. After him are Dezső Kosztolányi, Anne Golon, Fyodor Sologub, Jean Astruc, Agathangelos, and Verrius Flaccus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 805, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 4Before him are Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, Vlastimir, and Sunifred, Count of Barcelona. After him are Lupus Servatus and Guy I of Spoleto. Among people deceased in 869, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 5Before him are Lothair II, Edmund the Martyr, Ermentrude of Orléans, and Al-Mu'tazz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 2,466 out of 6,142Before him are Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822), Juan José Linz (1926), Karl Möbius (1825), Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia (1680), Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661), and Astrid Kirchherr (1938). After him are Ludwig Müller (1883), Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300), Alexander Kluge (1932), Horst Sindermann (1915), Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1800), and Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (1536).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 154Before him are Johann Froben (1460), Berthold Auerbach (1812), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Unica Zürn (1916), Friedrich Spee (1591), and Wilhelm Raabe (1831). After him are Cornelia Funke (1958), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), and Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715).