← 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
Stephen, King of England0 decades - 3
Louis VII of France5 decades - 4
Louis VI of France0 decades - 5
Guy of Lusignannot measured- - 6
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou13 decades - 7
Fulk, King of Jerusalemnot measured- - 8
Eleanor of England1 decades - 9
Adela of Normandy0 decades - 10
Adèle of Champagne7 decades - 11
Marie of France, Countess of Champagnenot measured- - 12
William X, Duke of Aquitainenot measured- - 13
Henry II, Count of Champagnenot measured- - 14
Bohemond III of Antioch0 decades - 15
Robert I, Count of Dreux0 decades - 16
Theobald V, Count of Blois0 decades - 17
Raymond V, Count of Toulouse1 decades - 18
Hugh, Count of Champagne0 decades - 19Matthew of Alsace2 decades
- 20Constance of France, Countess of Toulouse1 decades
- 21
Thomas, Lord of Coucy18 decades - 22
Ralph II, Count of Vermandois0 decades - 23
Beatrice of Viennois0 decades - 24
Renaud II, Count of Clermont0 decades - 25Roger-Bernard I, Count of Foixnot measured-
- 26William III, Count of Nevers0 decades
- 27John I, Count of Alençon0 decades
- 28
Guigues V of Albonnot measured- - 29Mahaut of Albon0 decades
- 30Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provencenot measured-
- 31
Guy II, Count of Saint-Polnot measured- - 32
Adèle of Dreuxnot measured- - 33Ithier I, Count of Rethelnot measured-
- 34Dangereuse de L'Isle Bouchardnot measured-
- 35Milo II of Montlhérynot measured-
- 36Hugh III, Count of Saint-Polnot measured-
- 37Rotrou IV, Count of Perchenot measured-
- 38Archambaud VII of Bourbonnot measured-
- 39Burcardo V de Montmorency0 decades
- 40Roger II, Count of Foix0 decades
- 41
Anseau I of Garlandenot measured- - 42
Raimbaut II, Count of Orangenot measured- - 43Odo of Vitrynot measured-
- 44Hugh II, Count of Rethelnot measured-
- 45Baudouin de Béthune1 decades
- 46Manasses IV, Count of Rethelnot measured-
- 47Bouchard IV of Montmorencynot measured-
- 48Raymond Ier de Turennenot measured-
- 49Agnès de Garlandenot measured-
- 50Agnès of Barnot measured-
- 51Richilde de Hainautnot 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.