← Fame through time1100-1199
The 12th century
Whose working lives fell in the 12th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 12th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Saxo Grammaticus22 decades - 2
Absalonnot measured- - 3
Eric III of Denmarknot measured- - 4
Eric II of Denmark0 decades - 5
Canute VI of Denmark0 decades - 6
Canute Lavard0 decades - 7
Sweyn III of Denmarknot measured- - 8
Charles I, Count of Flandersnot measured- - 9
Canute V of Denmarknot measured- - 10
Niels, King of Denmarknot measured- - 11
Sofia of Minsknot measured- - 12Adela of Flanders0 decades
- 13
Gertrude of Bavarianot measured- - 14
Magnus I of Sweden0 decades - 15
Harald Kesja0 decades - 16
Boedil Thurgotsdatternot measured- - 17Sven Aggesen0 decades
- 18Adela of Meissennot measured-
- 19
Valdemar of Denmark0 decades - 20
Buris Henriksennot measured- - 21Eskil of Lund0 decades
- 22Ingegerd Knutsdotter of Denmarknot measured-
- 23Björn Haraldsen Ironsidenot measured-
- 24
Kjeld of Viborgnot measured- - 25Cæcilia Knudsdatternot measured-
- 26Esbern Snare1 decades
- 27Henrik Skadelårnot measured-
- 28
Niels of Aarhusnot measured- - 29
Asser Rig0 decades - 30Henrik Harpestrængnot measured-
- 31
Inger Eriksdatternot measured- - 32
Christopher of Jutlandnot measured- - 33Margrethe af Højelsenot measured-
- 34Knud Henrikssonnot measured-
- 35Katarina Knudsdatternot measured-
- 36Margrethe Knudsdatternot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.