WRITER

Tannhäuser

1205 - 1270

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Tannhäuser (German: [ˈtanhɔʏzɐ]; Middle High German: Tanhûser), often stylized "The Tannhäuser", was a German Minnesinger and traveling poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tannhäuser has received more than 380,314 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tannhäuser is the 975th most popular writer (down from 939th in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 908th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Writer.

Tannhäuser is most famous for being a German legend about a knight who leaves his life of chivalry for the love of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tannhäuser ranks 975 out of 7,302. Before him are Heinrich Kramer, Nikolay Karamzin, Stephen Covey, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Kurt Eisner, and Quintus Tullius Cicero. After him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Donna Leon, Bar Hebraeus, H. Rider Haggard, James Hadley Chase, and Khachatur Abovian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1205, Tannhäuser ranks 5. Before him are Pope Adrian V, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, Razia Sultana, and As-Salih Ayyub. After him are Emperor Lizong, Elisabeth of Swabia, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Demetrius of Montferrat, and Guy I de la Roche. Among people deceased in 1270, Tannhäuser ranks 6. Before him are Louis IX of France, Béla IV of Hungary, Nachmanides, Margaret of Hungary, and Theobald II of Navarre. After him are Maria Laskarina, Shvarn, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Toros Roslin, Si Inthrathit, and David VII of Georgia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 963 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Erhard Heiden (1901), Paul Blobel (1894), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), and Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887). After him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 61. Before him are Anna Seghers (1900), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), W. G. Sebald (1944), Hans Sachs (1494), and Kurt Eisner (1867). After him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Hrotsvitha (935), Charles De Coster (1827), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), and Ernst Barlach (1870).

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