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Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada

1170 - 1247

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Rodrigo Jiménez (or Ximénez) de Rada (c. 1170 – 10 June 1247) was a Roman Catholic bishop and historian, who held an important religious and political role in the Kingdom of Castile during the reigns of Alfonso VIII and Ferdinand III, a period in which the Castilian monarchy consolidated its political hegemony over the rest of polities in the Iberian Peninsula. He was at the helm of the Archdiocese of Toledo from 1208 to 1247. He authored De rebus Hispaniae, a history of the Iberian Peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada is the 11,943rd most popular politician (down from 11,466th in 2019), the 1,110th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,098th in 2019) and the 334th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada ranks 11,943 out of 19,576. Before him are Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Louis St. Laurent, Stephen II of Croatia, Jakob Dubs, Micheál Martin, and Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner. After him are Chung Un-chan, Bernardino Drovetti, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Sergei Korsakoff, Yahya ibn Muhammad, and Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada ranks 18. Before him are Jayadeva, Pierre de Castelnau, Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, Abdallah al-Adil, Jacques de Vitry, and Henry I, Count of Anhalt. After him are Conrad of Urach, Gaucelm Faidit, Robert de Clari, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Zhao Rukuo, and Oliver of Paderborn. Among people deceased in 1247, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada ranks 9. Before him are Henry Raspe, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Neidhart von Reuental, Armand de Périgord, Richard de Bures, and Henry IV, Duke of Limburg. After him is Agafia of Rus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada ranks 1,110 out of 3,355. Before him are Brahim Díaz (1999), Antonio María Javierre Ortas (1921), Nicanor Zabaleta (1907), Ciriaco Errasti (1904), Emilio de Villota (1946), and Ramón Encinas (1893). After him are Francisco Coll Guitart (1812), Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), Manuela Carmena (1944), Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1838), and Claudio Coello (1642).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada ranks 334. Before him are Kate Brown (1960), Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén (1758), Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria (1273), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Jesús López Cobos (1940), and Juan O'Donojú (1762). After him are Manuela Carmena (1944), Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1838), Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius (-160), Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán (1809), Victoria Kent (1891), and Eduardo Dato (1856).

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