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Radegund

518 - 587

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Radegund (Latin: Radegundis; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; c. 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge"). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Radegund is the 896th most popular writer (up from 1,194th in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,201st in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Radegund ranks 896 out of 7,302. Before her are Chevalier d'Éon, Kang Youwei, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Philippe Ariès, Sven Hassel, and Nizar Qabbani. After her are Jean de La Bruyère, Hans Fallada, Maurice Druon, Neale Donald Walsch, Dobrica Ćosić, and Theodor Fontane.

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Among people born in 518, Radegund ranks 1. After her are Mataswintha, Taliesin, and Saint Mungo. Among people deceased in 587, Radegund ranks 2. Before her is Varāhamihira. After her are Saint Maurus, Emperor Yōmei, and Æscwine of Essex.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Radegund ranks 895 out of 7,253. Before her are Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Harald Quandt (1921), Markus Wolf (1923), and Götz von Berlichingen (1480). After her are Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), Frederica of Baden (1781), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), and Hardy Krüger (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Radegund ranks 51. Before her are Achim von Arnim (1781), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Karl Harrer (1890), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), and Thietmar of Merseburg (975). After her are Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), Kurt Eisner (1867), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), and Hans Sachs (1494).

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