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Héloïse

1101 - 1164

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Héloïse; c. 1100–01? – 16 May 1163–64?), variously Héloïse d'Argenteuil or Héloïse du Paraclet, was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess. Héloïse was a renowned "woman of letters" and philosopher of love and friendship, as well as an eventual high ranking abbess in the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Héloïse is the 319th most popular writer (up from 456th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from France (up from 538th in 2019) and the 55th most popular French Writer.

Héloïse is most famous for being the lover of Peter Abelard, a 12th century philosopher and theologian. They had a secret affair, but Héloïse became pregnant and was forced to marry another man, who was much older than her. She later wrote a series of letters to Peter, which were later published as the "Letters of Héloïse."

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Among writers, Héloïse ranks 319 out of 7,302. Before her are Herman Melville, Max Brod, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Ernst Jünger, Antonin Artaud, and Doris Lessing. After her are François Mauriac, Henri Charrière, Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, Nadine Gordimer, and Paul Celan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1101, Héloïse ranks 1. After her are Stephen II of Hungary, Marie de France, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Köten, Eustathius of Thessalonica, William de Longchamp, Dobrodeia of Kiev, Andronikos I of Trebizond, Theodore II of Constantinople, Michael IV of Constantinople, and George II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1164, Héloïse ranks 1. After her are Antipope Victor IV, Emperor Sutoku, Elisabeth of Schönau, Hodierna of Jerusalem, Ottokar III of Styria, and Adolf II of Holstein.

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In France

Among people born in France, Héloïse ranks 367 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Luc Montagnier (1932), Denis Papin (1647), Pierre Boulez (1925), Antonin Artaud (1896), and Diane de Poitiers (1499). After her are François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Claude of France (1499), René Goscinny (1926), and Marguerite de Navarre (1492).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Héloïse ranks 55. Before her are François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), and Antonin Artaud (1896). After her are François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Colette (1873), André Malraux (1901), and Ève Curie (1904).

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