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Matthew, Count of Boulogne

1137 - 1173

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Matthew, Count of Boulogne (c. 1137–1173), also known as Matthew of Alsace, was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matthew forcibly abducted the nun Marie de Boulogne, daughter of Stephen, King of England, and constrained her into marriage, claiming the title of Count of Boulogne jure uxoris in 1160. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew, Count of Boulogne has received more than 54,369 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Matthew, Count of Boulogne is the 549th most popular nobleman (up from 653rd in 2019).

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Matthew, Count of Boulogne ranks 549 out of 1,415. Before him are Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden, Antoinette de Mérode, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, and Konrad von Thüringen. After him are Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1137, Matthew, Count of Boulogne ranks 3. Before him are Jebe, and Ferdinand II of León. After him are Henry Berengar, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile, and Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1173, Matthew, Count of Boulogne ranks 7. Before him are Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Petronilla of Aragon, Benjamin of Tudela, Bolesław IV the Curly, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, and Uijong of Goryeo. After him are Richard of Saint Victor, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Hugh VIII of Lusignan, and Kol of Sweden.

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