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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 352,827 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tannhäuser is the 940th most popular writer (down from 881st in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from Germany (down from 805th in 2019) and the 59th 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

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tannhäuser ranks 940 out of 5,755. Before him are Jan Potocki, Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, Vinicius de Moraes, and Marshall Rosenberg. After him are Taha Hussein, John Fowles, Emanuel Schikaneder, Etty Hillesum, Aristarchus of Samothrace, and Klaus Ebner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1205, Tannhäuser ranks 4. Before him are Pope Adrian V, Razia Sultana, and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. After him are Emperor Lizong, As-Salih Ayyub, Elisabeth of Swabia, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Demetrius of Montferrat, and Guy I de la Roche. Among people deceased in 1270, Tannhäuser ranks 5. Before him are Louis IX of France, Béla IV of Hungary, Margaret of Hungary, and Nachmanides. After him are Maria Laskarina, Theobald II of Navarre, Shvarn, Isabelle of France, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Hethum I, King of Armenia, and Si Inthrathit.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 908 out of 6,142. Before him are Reinhard Scheer (1863), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), Kurt Koffka (1886), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173). After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), William II of Württemberg (1848), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), and Emmy Göring (1893).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 59. Before him are Hans Sachs (1494), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Stefan George (1868), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), and Thietmar of Merseburg (975). After him are Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), and Ernst Barlach (1870).

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