NOBLEMAN

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

1071 - 1127

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William IX (Occitan: Guilhèm de Peitieus or Guilhem de Poitou, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; 22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine has received more than 320,396 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). William IX, Duke of Aquitaine is the 106th most popular nobleman (down from 95th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from France (down from 538th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Nobleman.

He is most famous for being the father of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was the wife of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine ranks 106 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Ramesses VI, Ramesses XI, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Princess Alice of Battenberg. After him are Anne, Princess Royal, Piero the Unfortunate, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Gaius Caesar, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Joanna I of Naples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1071, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine ranks 1. After him is Eupraxia of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1127, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine ranks 1. After him are Charles I, Count of Flanders, Muhammad I of Khwarazm, Fulcher of Chartres, William II, Duke of Apulia, Prince Álmos, and Ava.

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In France

Among people born in France, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine ranks 607 out of 6,770. Before him are Alfred Jarry (1873), Jacques Charles (1763), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), Camille Flammarion (1842), and Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766). After him are William Wyler (1902), Sophie Marceau (1966), Syagrius (430), Léon Blum (1872), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), and Félix Faure (1841).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine ranks 21. Before him are Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Roger I of Sicily (1031), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Élisabeth of France (1764), and Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383). After him are Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Chlodomer (495), Hugh the Great (898), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), and Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789).

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