← Fame through time1200-1299
The 13th century
Whose working lives fell in the 13th 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 13th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Charles I of Anjou13 decades - 2
James I of Aragon0 decades - 3
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester0 decades - 4
Eleanor of Provence12 decades - 5
Pope Urban IV11 decades - 6
Pope Martin IV22 decades - 7
Blanche of Artois9 decades - 8
Henry IInot measured- - 9
Guillaume de Nogaret22 decades - 10
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders20 decades - 11
Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon0 decades - 12
Maria of Montpellier13 decades - 13
Joan, Countess of Toulouse14 decades - 14
Enguerrand de Marigny22 decades - 15
Yolande II, Countess of Nevers1 decades - 16
William II of Dampierre0 decades - 17
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabantnot measured- - 18
Marie of Brienne3 decades - 19
Bouchard IV of Avesnesnot measured- - 20Mathilde of Bourbonnot measured-
- 21
Adelaide of Burgundynot measured- - 22
Alice of Vergy4 decades - 23
Marie, Countess of Ponthieu0 decades - 24
Gaucher V de Châtillon0 decades - 25
Robert of Courtenay, Lord of Champignellesnot measured- - 26
Cecile of Baux0 decades - 27Jacques de Châtillonnot measured-
- 28
Pieter de Coninck0 decades - 29
Bouchard de Marlynot measured- - 30
John de Montmirail8 decades - 31Renier of Trit7 decades
- 32
Erard of Brienne-Rameruptnot measured- - 33
Milo of Nanteuil3 decades - 34
Romée de Villeneuve16 decades - 35
Raoul Grosparminot measured- - 36Guy Ier de Lévisnot measured-
- 37
Jeanne of Montfort12 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.