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Geoffrey of Villehardouin

1150 - 1210

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Geoffrey of Villehardouin (c. 1150 – c. 1213) was a French knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period, best known for writing the eyewitness account De la Conquête de Constantinople (On the Conquest of Constantinople), about the battle for Constantinople between the Christians of the West and the Christians of the East on 13 April 1204. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey of Villehardouin is the 72nd most popular historian (down from 56th in 2019), the 994th most popular biography from France (down from 809th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Historian.

Geoffrey of Villehardouin is most famous for being a knight, a historian, and a participant in the Fourth Crusade. He was an eyewitness to the events of the Fourth Crusade and wrote about them in detail in his work, "The Conquest of Constantinople."

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 72 out of 561. Before him are Movses Khorenatsi, Callisthenes, Benzion Netanyahu, Theopompus, Bernard Lewis, and Theophylact Simocatta. After him are Ephorus, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Henri Pirenne, Al-Dhahabi, Eutropius, and Gaston Maspero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1150, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 7. Before him are Guy of Lusignan, Qutb al-Din Aibak, Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, Saxo Grammaticus, Arnaut Daniel, and Robert IV of Sablé. After him are Canute I of Sweden, Roman the Great, Leo I, King of Armenia, Peter II of Bulgaria, Kaykhusraw I, and Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut. Among people deceased in 1210, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 3. Before him are Qutb al-Din Aibak, and Arnaut Daniel. After him are Hartmann von Aue, Sverker II of Sweden, Lu You, Walter Map, and Philippa of Armenia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 994 out of 6,770. Before him are René Lalique (1860), Carole Bouquet (1957), Manu Chao (1961), Gérard Debreu (1921), Bourvil (1917), and Michael Lonsdale (1931). After him are Joan II of Navarre (1311), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), and Claude Jade (1948).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Geoffrey of Villehardouin ranks 10. Before him are Marc Bloch (1886), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), and Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540). After him are Gaston Maspero (1846), Georges Duby (1919), Emmanuel Todd (1951), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), René Grousset (1885), and Pierre Nora (1931).

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