Guinevere ( GWIN-iv-eer; Welsh: Gwenhwyfar ; Breton: Gwenivar, Cornish: Gwynnever), also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever, was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur. First mentioned in popular literature in the early 12th century, nearly 700 years after the purported times of Arthur, Guinevere has since been portrayed as everything from a fatally flawed, villainous and opportunistic traitor to a noble and virtuous lady. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guinevere has received more than 3,975,071 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Guinevere is the 68th most popular companion (down from 61st in 2019).
Guinevere is most famous for being the wife of King Arthur and for being the cause of the fall of Camelot.
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Among companions, Guinevere ranks 68 out of 673. Before her are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Sepp Dietrich, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Queen Sonja of Norway, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, and Blanche of Castile. After her are Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Hafsa bint Umar, Alexandra Feodorovna, Hecuba, Astrid of Sweden, and Gülfem Hatun.
1691 - 1750
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 62
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 63
1554 - 1592
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 64
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 65
1470 - 1498
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 66
1188 - 1252
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 67
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 68
567 - 653
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 69
602 - 661
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 70
1798 - 1860
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 71
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 72
1905 - 1935
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 73
1500 - 1561
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 74