← 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 the Young King0 decades - 2
Alfonso VIII of Castile21 decades - 3
Alphonse I of Aragon16 decades - 4
Alfonso VII of Castile0 decades - 5
Urraca of León0 decades - 6
Sancho III of Castile17 decades - 7
Stefan Nemanja0 decades - 8
Al-Adil Inot measured- - 9
Antoku0 decades - 10
Sancho VII of Navarre9 decades - 11
Ramiro II of Aragon0 decades - 12
Leopold IIInot measured- - 13
Peter II of Courtenay0 decades - 14
Petronilla of Aragon0 decades - 15
Aimery of Cyprus0 decades - 16
Sancho VI of Navarre0 decades - 17
Joscelin I, Count of Edessanot measured- - 18
Takakuranot measured- - 19
Władysław II the Exilenot measured- - 20
Tobanot measured- - 21
García Ramírez of Navarre0 decades - 22
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 23
Al-Musta'li0 decades - 24
Emperor Horikawa0 decades - 25
Kerbogha2 decades - 26
Nijōnot measured- - 27
Harald IV of Norwaynot measured- - 28
Rokujō0 decades - 29
Emperor Zhezong of Songnot measured- - 30
Otto II, Margrave of Meissennot measured- - 31
Conrad, Margrave of Meissennot measured- - 32
Yennenga0 decades - 33
Peter I of Aragon and Pamplonanot measured- - 34
Emperor Guangzong of Songnot measured- - 35
Bertha of Sulzbach0 decades - 36
Welf VI, Margrave of Tuscany22 decades - 37Elimar II, Count of Oldenburgnot measured-
- 38Yejong of Goryeonot measured-
- 39
Turan-Shah0 decades - 40
Albert I, Margrave of Meissennot measured- - 41
Joscelin III0 decades - 42
Gökbörinot measured- - 43
Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburgnot measured- - 44
Ramon Berenguer IIInot measured- - 45Nur al-Din Muhammad IInot measured-
- 46Abd al-Haqq Inot measured-
- 47Engelbert, Duke of Carinthianot measured-
- 48Berthold I of Istria17 decades
- 49Herman IIInot measured-
- 50
Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmarknot measured- - 51Herman IV, Margrave of Baden17 decades
- 52Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatianot measured-
- 53
Fulco I, Margrave of Milan0 decades - 54
Welf II, Margrave of Tuscanynot measured- - 55
Otto II the Blacknot measured- - 56Rainier, Marquess of Montferratnot measured-
- 57Al-Muzaffar Umarnot measured-
- 58
Shah Ghazi Rustam IVnot measured- - 59Duan Yu0 decades
- 60Sophie of Winzenburgnot measured-
- 61
Otto Inot measured- - 62Henry II, Margrave of Meissennot measured-
- 63Farrukh Shah0 decades
- 64Tughtakin ibn Ayyubnot measured-
- 65Oldřich of Olomoucnot measured-
- 66Henry IV of Sponheimnot measured-
- 67Manfred II of Saluzzonot measured-
- 68Henry of Groitzschnot measured-
- 69
Ulrich Inot measured- - 70Alp Arslan al-Akhrasnot measured-
- 71
Guðrøðr Óláfssonnot measured- - 72
Bartan Baatornot measured- - 73Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziznot measured-
- 74Muhammad ibn Shirkuhnot measured-
- 75Shams al-Muluk Isma’ilnot measured-
- 76Sultan Shah ibn Radwannot measured-
- 77Frederick I, Count of Brehnanot measured-
- 78Henry I, Count of Zutphennot measured-
- 79Vladimir van Olomoucnot measured-
- 80Shihab ad-Din Mahmudnot measured-
- 81Wenceslaus of Olomoucnot 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.