← 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
Henry II of England12 decades - 2
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor20 decades - 3
Bernard of Clairvaux19 decades - 4
Eleanor of Aquitaine19 decades - 5
Stephen, King of England0 decades - 6
Peter Abelard20 decades - 7
Louis VII of France5 decades - 8
Chrétien de Troyes21 decades - 9
Louis VI of France0 decades - 10
Guy of Lusignannot measured- - 11
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou13 decades - 12
Marie de Francenot measured- - 13
Fulk, King of Jerusalemnot measured- - 14
Eleanor of England1 decades - 15
Adela of Normandy0 decades - 16
William IX, Duke of Aquitainenot measured- - 17
Adèle of Champagne7 decades - 18
Suger22 decades - 19
Héloïse16 decades - 20
Pope Callixtus II0 decades - 21
Marie of France, Countess of Champagnenot measured- - 22
William X, Duke of Aquitainenot measured- - 23
Adelaide of Maurienne22 decades - 24
Peter II of Courtenay0 decades - 25
Aimery of Cyprus0 decades
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.