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Héloïse

1101 - 1164

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Héloïse (; French: [elɔ.iz]; c. 1100–01 – 16 May 1163–64), variously Héloïse d'Argenteuil or Héloïse du Paraclet, was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess. Héloïse was a renowned "woman of letters" and philosopher of love and friendship, as well as an eventual high-ranking abbess in the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Héloïse has received more than 707,322 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Héloïse is the 456th most popular writer (up from 503rd in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from France (up from 598th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Writer.

Héloïse is most famous for being the lover of Peter Abelard, a 12th century philosopher and theologian. They had a secret affair, but Héloïse became pregnant and was forced to marry another man, who was much older than her. She later wrote a series of letters to Peter, which were later published as the "Letters of Héloïse."

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Héloïse ranks 456 out of 7,302. Before her are Susan Sontag, Salvatore Quasimodo, Boris Vian, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Jack Kerouac, and Jacques Hébert. After her are Graham Greene, Vasily Grossman, Lesya Ukrainka, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Tibullus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1101, Héloïse ranks 1. After her are Marie de France, Stephen II of Hungary, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Köten, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Andronikos I of Trebizond, Michael IV of Constantinople, Adela of Meissen, Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli, Dobrodeia of Kiev, and George II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1164, Héloïse ranks 1. After her are Emperor Sutoku, Antipope Victor IV, Elisabeth of Schönau, Ottokar III of Styria, Adolf II of Holstein, and Hodierna of Jerusalem.

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In France

Among people born in France, Héloïse ranks 538 out of 6,770. Before her are Marcel Mauss (1872), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Boris Vian (1920), and Jacques Hébert (1757). After her are Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), Jacques Tati (1907), Jacques Monod (1910), Marius Petipa (1818), Theuderic I (485), and Claude Chabrol (1930).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Héloïse ranks 81. Before her are Hector Malot (1830), Louis Aragon (1897), André Maurois (1885), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Boris Vian (1920), and Jacques Hébert (1757). After her are Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Jules Michelet (1798), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627).

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