WRITER

Ruy González de Clavijo

1400 - 1412

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Ruy González de Clavijo (died 2 April 1412) was a Castilian traveler and writer. In 1403–05 Clavijo was the ambassador of Henry III of Castile to the court of Timur, founder and ruler of the Timurid Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruy González de Clavijo has received more than 66,979 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ruy González de Clavijo is the 1,087th most popular writer (up from 1,456th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Spain (up from 490th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 67k

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  • 61.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Embajada a Tamorlán
Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Descriptions et voyages
charles
1782
Το ταξίδι στην αυλή του Ταμερλάνου
1997
Embajada a Tamorlan
2021
Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy. González de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A. D. 1403-6
2010
Narrative Of The Embassy Of Ruy Gonzalez De Clavijo, To The Court Of Timour At Samarcand, 1403-06
Early works to 1800, Description and travel
2007
Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour at Samarcand, A. D. 1403-6
2023

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruy González de Clavijo ranks 1,087 out of 7,302. Before him are Garcilaso de la Vega, Nikolay Nekrasov, John Berger, Roberto Bolaño, Ivan Cankar, and Dylan Thomas. After him are E. M. Forster, Joseph Karo, Nathalie Sarraute, Pierre Louÿs, Dositej Obradović, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Ruy González de Clavijo ranks 8. Before him are Andronikos V Palaiologos, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Gilles Binchois, Gennadius Scholarius, Hüma Hatun, and Filarete. After him are Konrad Witz, Didacus of Alcalá, Alexander I of Moldavia, Dabiša of Bosnia, Ausiàs March, and Vladislav II of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1412, Ruy González de Clavijo ranks 3. Before him are Margaret I of Denmark, and Albert, King of Sweden. After him are Gian Maria Visconti, Margaret of Durazzo, Johannes Ciconia, An-Nasir Faraj, Al-Salih Hajji, and Constantine I of Georgia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ruy González de Clavijo ranks 357 out of 3,355. Before him are Sancho III of Castile (1134), Ricardo Bofill (1939), Al-Bakri (1014), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), and Garcilaso de la Vega (1501). After him are José Sanjurjo (1872), Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), and Juana Enríquez (1425).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ruy González de Clavijo ranks 37. Before him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Prudentius (348), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), and Garcilaso de la Vega (1501). After him are Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), and Jacint Verdaguer (1845).

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