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Tannhäuser

1205 - 1270

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Tannhäuser (German: [ˈtanhɔʏzɐ]; Middle High German: Tanhûser), often stylized "The Tannhäuser", was a German Minnesinger and traveling poet. Historically, his biography, including the dates he lived, is obscure beyond the poetry, which suggests he lived between 1245 and 1265. His name becomes associated with a "fairy queen"–type folk ballad in German folklore of the 16th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tannhäuser is the 1,122nd most popular writer (down from 974th in 2019), the 1,126th most popular biography from Germany (down from 963rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular German Writer.

Tannhäuser is most famous for being a German legend about a knight who leaves his life of chivalry for the love of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tannhäuser ranks 1,122 out of 7,302. Before him are Jeff Lindsay, Rustichello da Pisa, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, John Cheever, Aleksis Kivi, and Arnold Zweig. After him are Diana Wynne Jones, Chinua Achebe, Jorge Semprún, Ahmad Khani, Ibn al-Jawzi, and Will Durant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1205, Tannhäuser ranks 4. Before him are Pope Adrian V, Razia Sultana, and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. After him are As-Salih Ayyub, Emperor Lizong, Elisabeth of Swabia, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Demetrius of Montferrat, and Guy I de la Roche. Among people deceased in 1270, Tannhäuser ranks 5. Before him are Louis IX of France, Béla IV of Hungary, Nachmanides, and Margaret of Hungary. After him are Maria Laskarina, Theobald II of Navarre, Hethum I, King of Armenia, Shvarn, Isabelle of France, John Tristan, Count of Valois, and Toros Roslin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 1,126 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Schröder (1841), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Gustav Noske (1868), Heinrich Barth (1821), and John Polanyi (1929). After him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Gershom Scholem (1897), and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 71. Before him are Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), August von Kotzebue (1761), Charles De Coster (1827), Alfred Brehm (1829), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Ernst Barlach (1870). After him are Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), and Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875).

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