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Elisabeth of Schönau

1129 - 1164

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Elisabeth of Schönau (c. 1129 – 18 June 1164) was a German Benedictine visionary. She was an abbess at the Schönau Abbey in the Duchy of Nassau, and reportedly experienced numerous religious visions, for which she became widely sought after by many powerful men as far away as France and England. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth of Schönau is the 1,577th most popular writer (up from 2,194th in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,338th in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Elisabeth of Schönau ranks 1,577 out of 7,302. Before her are Solomon Northup, Usama ibn Munqidh, Martin Opitz, Stig Dagerman, Remy de Gourmont, and Neil Gaiman. After her are Thomas Chatterton, Ueda Akinari, Antipater of Sidon, Jørgen Moe, Jules Romains, and John of Kronstadt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1129, Elisabeth of Schönau ranks 3. Before her are Henry the Lion, and Canute V of Denmark. After her is Ottokar III of Styria. Among people deceased in 1164, Elisabeth of Schönau ranks 4. Before her are Héloïse, Antipope Victor IV, and Emperor Sutoku. After her are Hodierna of Jerusalem, Ottokar III of Styria, and Adolf II of Holstein.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Elisabeth of Schönau ranks 1,713 out of 7,253. Before her are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), Matthias Jabs (1955), Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766), Edmund Landau (1877), Otto Rasch (1891), and Fritz Bayerlein (1899). After her are Friedrich Kellner (1885), Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Franz Hössler (1906), Hans Staden (1525), and Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Elisabeth of Schönau ranks 105. Before her are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Siegfried Lenz (1926), Marianne Weber (1870), Heiner Müller (1929), Lina Heydrich (1911), and Gottfried August Bürger (1747). After her are Christian Morgenstern (1871), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Ludwig Börne (1786), Friedrich Rückert (1788), and Theodor Nöldeke (1836).

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