← 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
Louis IX of France12 decades - 2
Philip II of France0 decades - 3
Pope Clement V22 decades - 4
Louis VIII of France0 decades - 5
Pope John XXII22 decades - 6
Philip III of France0 decades - 7
Charles I of Anjou13 decades - 8
James I of Aragon0 decades - 9
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester0 decades - 10
Eleanor of Provence12 decades - 11
Isabella of Angoulême0 decades - 12
Baldwin I, Latin Emperornot measured- - 13
Pope Clement IV22 decades - 14
William of Rubruck5 decades - 15
Pope Innocent V22 decades - 16
Pope Urban IV11 decades - 17
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester0 decades - 18
Theobald I of Navarre0 decades - 19
Pope Martin IV22 decades - 20
Arthur I16 decades - 21
Robert I, Count of Artois0 decades - 22
Ivo of Kermartin0 decades - 23
Bernard Gui5 decades - 24
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse3 decades - 25
Adam de la Halle4 decades - 26
Blanche of Artois9 decades - 27
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers19 decades - 28
Margaret, Countess of Anjounot measured- - 29
Beatrice of Provence0 decades - 30Rutebeuf22 decades
- 31
Henry IInot measured- - 32
Robert II, Count of Artois0 decades - 33
Guillaume de Nogaret22 decades - 34
Robert I, Latin Emperor19 decades - 35
Marie of Champagne21 decades - 36
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders20 decades - 37
Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon0 decades - 38
Isabella of France, Queen of Navarrenot measured- - 39
Pierre de Castelnau22 decades - 40
Joan, Lady of Walesnot measured- - 41
Alice of Champagne13 decades - 42
Philip Hurepel20 decades - 43
Louis I, Count of Blois22 decades - 44
Peter I, Duke of Brittanynot measured- - 45
Maria of Montpellier13 decades - 46
Pierre Basile2 decades - 47
Guillaume de Beaujeu16 decades - 48
Giles of Rome8 decades - 49
Jean Bodel19 decades - 50
Raymond Roger Trencavel0 decades - 51
Sanchia of Provence0 decades - 52
Louis of Toulouse22 decades - 53
Joan, Countess of Toulouse14 decades - 54
Jean de Meun18 decades - 55
Thibaud Gaudin0 decades - 56
Guillaume de Lorris22 decades - 57
John I, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 58
John Tristan, Count of Valois0 decades - 59
William II of Villehardouin0 decades - 60
Amaury VII de Montfortnot measured- - 61
Enguerrand de Marigny22 decades - 62
Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine0 decades - 63
Geoffroi de Charney1 decades - 64
Yolande II, Countess of Nevers1 decades - 65
Guillaume de Sonnac1 decades - 66
Blanche of France, Infanta of Castilenot measured- - 67
Theobald II, Duke of Lorrainenot measured- - 68
William II of Dampierre0 decades - 69Eustace the Monk0 decades
- 70
Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt6 decades - 71
Geoffrey I of Villehardouinnot measured- - 72
Hugh XI of Lusignan0 decades - 73
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabantnot measured- - 74
Marie of Brienne3 decades - 75
Renaud I, Count of Dammartin18 decades - 76Guy of Thouars14 decades
- 77
Robert III, Count of Dreux0 decades - 78
Armand de Périgord0 decades - 79
William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke9 decades - 80Robert de Clari15 decades
- 81
Phillipe de Plessisnot measured- - 82
Gertrude of Dagsburg0 decades - 83Archambaud IX of Bourbon0 decades
- 84Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundynot measured-
- 85
Bouchard IV of Avesnesnot measured- - 86
Jean de Chelles0 decades - 87Guillaume de Chartres15 decades
- 88
Mary, Countess of Blois0 decades - 89Peter Olivi0 decades
- 90
Roseline de Villeneuve0 decades - 91
Peire Vidal2 decades - 92
Walter III of Châtillon0 decades - 93
Renaud de Vichiers0 decades - 94
Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois0 decades - 95
Menaḥem ben Shelomoh Meʾiri19 decades - 96
Pierre de Montreuil20 decades - 97Mathilde of Bourbonnot measured-
- 98Matilda IInot measured-
- 99Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress0 decades
- 100Henry II, Count of Bar0 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.