← 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
Genghis Khan22 decades - 2
Richard I of England0 decades - 3
Henry II of England12 decades - 4
Stephen, King of England0 decades - 5
Empress Matilda14 decades - 6
Louis VII of France5 decades - 7
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor22 decades - 8
Manuel I Komnenos0 decades - 9
Louis VI of France0 decades - 10
David I of Scotland0 decades - 11
Afonso I of Portugal0 decades - 12
Guy of Lusignannot measured- - 13
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 14
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou13 decades - 15
Muhammad of Ghor0 decades - 16
Roger II of Sicily0 decades - 17
Conrad III of Germanynot measured- - 18
Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalemnot measured- - 19
Matilda of Scotland2 decades - 20
Raynald of Châtillon22 decades - 21
Emperor Huizong of Song3 decades - 22
Fulk, King of Jerusalemnot measured- - 23
Alexios III Angelos0 decades - 24
Alexios V Doukas0 decades - 25
Amalric of Jerusalem0 decades - 26
Alexios II Komnenos0 decades - 27
Eleanor of England1 decades - 28
Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor19 decades - 29
Conrad of Montferrat6 decades - 30
Benjamin of Tudela13 decades - 31
Baldwin V of Jerusalem0 decades - 32
Magnus Barefoot5 decades - 33
Valdemar I of Denmark0 decades - 34
Adela of Normandy0 decades - 35
Tancred, Prince of Galileenot measured- - 36
William I of Sicily1 decades - 37
Adèle of Champagne7 decades - 38
Béla II of Hungarynot measured- - 39
Coloman, King of Hungarynot measured- - 40
Marie of France, Countess of Champagnenot measured- - 41
Leopold V, Duke of Austrianot measured- - 42
Jayavarman VII7 decades - 43
Maria Komnenenot measured- - 44
Géza II of Hungary0 decades - 45
Go-Shirakawa1 decades - 46
Agnes of Courtenay0 decades - 47
Constance, Queen of Sicilynot measured- - 48
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony1 decades - 49
William X, Duke of Aquitainenot measured- - 50
Imad ad-Din Zengi0 decades - 51
Tancred, King of Sicilynot measured- - 52
Emperor Gaozong of Song3 decades - 53
Andrey Bogolyubsky0 decades - 54
Abd al-Mu'min0 decades - 55
Eric IX of Sweden0 decades - 56
Stephen II of Hungary0 decades - 57
Henry II, Count of Champagnenot measured- - 58
Roman the Great0 decades - 59
Irene of Hungary0 decades - 60
William III of Sicily0 decades - 61
Irene Doukaina0 decades - 62
Eric III of Denmarknot measured- - 63
Eric II of Denmark0 decades - 64
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria11 decades - 65
Leo I, King of Armenianot measured- - 66
Ramon Berenguer IVnot measured- - 67
Frederick II, Duke of Swabianot measured- - 68
Qiu Chujinot measured- - 69
Owain Gwynedd13 decades - 70
Bohemond III of Antioch0 decades - 71
Canute Lavard0 decades - 72
Agnes of Waiblingen0 decades - 73
Sweyn III of Denmarknot measured- - 74
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria0 decades - 75
Niklot0 decades - 76
Conrad II of Italynot measured- - 77
Köten0 decades - 78
Robert I, Count of Dreux0 decades - 79
Isaac Komnenos of Cyprusnot measured- - 80
Diarmait Mac Murchada0 decades - 81
Eupraxia of Kievnot measured- - 82
Emperor Xiaozong of Songnot measured- - 83
Emperor Qinzong of Songnot measured- - 84Aenor de Châtelleraultnot measured-
- 85
Sverker I of Swedennot measured- - 86
Theobald V, Count of Blois0 decades - 87
Iziaslav II of Kievnot measured- - 88
Raymond V, Count of Toulouse1 decades - 89
Hugh III, Duke of Burgundynot measured- - 90
Welf II, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 91
Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia11 decades - 92
Hoelun1 decades - 93
Raymond of Burgundy0 decades - 94Morphia of Melitene0 decades
- 95
Geoffrey IInot measured- - 96
Igor Svyatoslavich0 decades - 97
Ralph I, Count of Vermandoisnot measured- - 98
Frederick I, Duke of Austrianot measured- - 99
Niels, King of Denmarknot measured- - 100
Sofia of Minsknot 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.