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Marie de France

1101 - 1300

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Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215) was a poet, likely born in France, who lived in England during the late 12th century. She lived and wrote at an unknown court, but she and her work were almost certainly known at the royal court of King Henry II of England. Virtually nothing is known of her life; both her given name and its geographical specification come from manuscripts containing her works. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie de France is the 720th most popular writer (down from 674th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from France (down from 795th in 2019) and the 113th most popular French Writer.

Marie de France is most famous for her 12th century collection of stories, "Lais."

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Among writers, Marie de France ranks 720 out of 7,302. Before her are William F. Buckley Jr., John Irving, Mihai Eminescu, Alejo Carpentier, Pierre Loti, and Kassia. After her are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Witold Gombrowicz, Pietro Bembo, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Tirso de Molina, and Ed McBain.

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Among people born in 1101, Marie de France ranks 3. Before her are Héloïse, and Stephen II of Hungary. After her are 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 1300, Marie de France ranks 3. Before her are Halime Hatun, and Nogai Khan. After her are Guido Cavalcanti, Baiju, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Trần Hưng Đạo, Maria Palaiologina, Anonymus, Roy Mata, Chaka of Bulgaria, and Liang Kai.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie de France ranks 848 out of 6,770. Before her are Pierre Loti (1850), Marina Vlady (1938), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Auguste Mariette (1821), Lorin Maazel (1930), and Félix Guattari (1930). After her are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Mylène Demongeot (1935), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), and François Darlan (1881).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marie de France ranks 113. Before her are Bernard Gui (1261), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Maurice Denis (1870), Eugène Sue (1804), and Pierre Loti (1850). After her are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), and Charles Maurras (1868).

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