1100–1199
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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Henry II of England1133–1189 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures12 decades - 2
Louis VII of France1120–1180 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures5 decades - 3
Louis VI of France1081–1137 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 4
Stephen, King of England1095–1154 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 5
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou1113–1151 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures13 decades - 6
Guy of Lusignan1150–1194 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 7
Fulk, King of Jerusalem1092–1143 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 8
Eleanor of England1161–1214 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures1 decades - 9
Adèle of Champagne1140–1206 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures7 decades - 10
Adela of Normandy1067–1137 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 11
Marie of France, Countess of Champagne1145–1198 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 12
William X, Duke of Aquitaine1099–1137 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 13
Henry II, Count of Champagne1166–1197 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 14
Robert I, Count of Dreux1123–1188 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 15
Bohemond III of Antioch1144–1201 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 16
Theobald V, Count of Blois1130–1191 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 17
Matthew of Alsace1137–1173 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures2 decades - 18COConstance of France, Countess of Toulouse1128–1180 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures1 decades
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Thomas, Lord of Coucy1073–1130 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures18 decades - 20
Ralph II, Count of Vermandois1145–1167 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 21RBRamon Berenguer II, Count of Provence1136–1166 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Beatrice of Viennois1160–1230 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 23
Renaud II, Count of Clermont1075–1152 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 24RIRoger-Bernard I, Count of Foixdied 1188 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 25JIJohn I, Count of Alençon1150–1191 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 26WIWilliam III, Count of Nevers1107–1161 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Guigues V of Albon1125–1162 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 28
Guy II, Count of Saint-Pol1150–1226 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 29IIIthier I, Count of Rethel1115–1171 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Adèle of Dreux1145–1201 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 31DDDangereuse de L'Isle Bouchard1079–1151 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 32AVArchambaud VII of Bourbon1100–1171 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 33HIHugh III, Count of Saint-Pol1100–1141 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 34RIRotrou IV, Count of Perche1135–1191 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 35BVBurcardo V de Montmorency1150–1189 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Raimbaut II, Count of Orange1066–1121 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 37
Anseau I of Garlande1069–1118 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 38HIHugh II, Count of Rethel1101–1227 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 39MIManasses IV, Count of Rethel1158–1199 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 40OOOdo of Vitrydied 1158 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.