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Walter of Châtillon

1135 - 1201

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Walter of Châtillon (Latinized as Gualterus de Castellione) was a 12th-century French writer and theologian who wrote in the Latin language. He studied under Stephen of Beauvais and at the University of Paris. It was probably during his student years that he wrote a number of Latin poems in the Goliardic manner that found their way into the Carmina Burana collection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter of Châtillon has received more than 46,517 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter of Châtillon is the 2,187th most popular writer (down from 2,180th in 2019), the 2,432nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,324th in 2019) and the 316th most popular French Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.35

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter of Châtillon ranks 2,187 out of 5,755. Before him are Mak Dizdar, Magnus Felix Ennodius, Yasmina Reza, Zygmunt Krasiński, Morgan Robertson, and George Ohsawa. After him are Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Matthew Arnold, John Flanagan, Édouard Drumont, and Leonora Christina Ulfeldt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1135, Walter of Châtillon ranks 7. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, Léonin, Joachim of Fiore, Bernart de Ventadorn, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, and Inge I of Norway. After him are Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Judith of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and William I, Count of Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1201, Walter of Châtillon ranks 9. Before him are Absalon, Theobald III, Count of Champagne, Bohemond III of Antioch, Igor Svyatoslavich, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani. After him are Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, Bolesław I the Tall, and Gerald of Wales.

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In France

Among people born in France, Walter of Châtillon ranks 2,432 out of 6,011. Before him are Gustave Boulanger (1824), Yasmina Reza (1959), Zygmunt Krasiński (1812), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Marie Bracquemond (1840), and Max Decugis (1882). After him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Jacques Doillon (1944), Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), and Édouard Drumont (1844).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Walter of Châtillon ranks 316. Before him are Charles de Brosses (1709), René Crevel (1900), Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Yasmina Reza (1959), and Zygmunt Krasiński (1812). After him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Édouard Drumont (1844), Émile Augier (1820), François Coppée (1842), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), and Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682).

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