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Héloïse

1101 - 1164

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Héloïse (French: [elɔ.iz]; c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Héloïse has received more than 664,483 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Héloïse is the 504th most popular writer (up from 505th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from France (down from 570th in 2019) and the 88th 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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  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Héloïse ranks 504 out of 5,755. Before her are Beatrix Potter, Francesca da Rimini, Jean Paul, Al-Maʿarri, Allen Ginsberg, and Saul Bellow. After her are Marina Tsvetaeva, George R. R. Martin, J. M. Barrie, Rudaki, Attar of Nishapur, and Henri Barbusse.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, Héloïse ranks 598 out of 6,011. Before her are Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), and Lucien Febvre (1878). After her are Sophie Marceau (1966), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), Pasquale Paoli (1725), Guy Debord (1931), Michel Piccoli (1925), and François Fénelon (1651).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Héloïse ranks 88. Before her are Jacques Hébert (1757), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), Gaston Leroux (1868), Alfred de Musset (1810), and Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394). After her are Henri Barbusse (1873), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Paul Claudel (1868), Camille Flammarion (1842), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), and Alfred Jarry (1873).

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