NOBLEMAN

Melus of Bari

1000 - 1020

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Melus (also Milus or Meles, Melo in Italian) (died 1020) was a Lombard nobleman from the Apulian town of Bari, whose ambition to carve for himself an autonomous territory from the Byzantine catapanate of Italy in the early eleventh century inadvertently sparked the Norman presence in Southern Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melus of Bari has received more than 65,248 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Melus of Bari is the 965th most popular nobleman (down from 781st in 2019), the 2,889th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,612th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Italian Nobleman.

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  • 52.05

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Melus of Bari ranks 965 out of 1,415. Before him are Nofret, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Aliya bint Ali, Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Hawise of Normandy, and Lucrezia d'Este. After him are Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Flanders, Garibald II of Bavaria, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, Henry II, Count of Bar, and Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Melus of Bari ranks 57. Before him are Coloman of Stockerau, Robert II, Aron of Bulgaria, Dominic of Silos, William of Jumièges, and Pandulf Ironhead. After him are Abu Ali Bal'ami, John the Orphanotrophos, Constantine Leichoudes, Miroslav of Croatia, Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine, and Albert I, Count of Namur. Among people deceased in 1020, Melus of Bari ranks 9. Before him are Abhinavagupta, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Al-Sijzi, Trdat, Malusha, and Åsta Gudbrandsdatter. After him are Gagik I of Armenia, and Ælfric of Eynsham.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Melus of Bari ranks 2,889 out of 5,161. Before him are Gustav Thöni (1951), Nino Cerruti (1930), Nossis (null), Francesca Bertini (1892), Lucrezia d'Este (1535), and Andrea de Adamich (1941). After him are Publius Sulpicius Rufus (-124), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), Carla Fracci (1936), Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1883), Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais (1757), and Tullio Lombardo (1455).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Melus of Bari ranks 93. Before him are Flavia Domitilla (null), Anselm, Duke of Friuli (720), Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress (1252), Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785), Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (1726), and Lucrezia d'Este (1535). After him are Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais (1757), Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731), Marcia Furnilla (1), Filippo Paulucci (1779), Galeria Fundana (null), and William II, Duke of Athens (1312).

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