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Tristan

535 - 585

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Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan; Italian: Tristano), also known as Tristran or Tristram and similar names, is the folk hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. While escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed Tristan's uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a love potion during the journey and fall in love, beginning an adulterous relationship that eventually leads to Tristan's banishment and death. The character's first recorded appearance is in the 12th-century poetic tellings initiated by Béroul and Thomas of Britain, which were eventually vastly expanded in the later tradition from the vast Prose Tristan. In later versions of his story he is featured in Arthurian legend, including the seminal compilation Le Morte d'Arthur, as a great Knight of the Round Table and friend of Lancelot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tristan is the 2,784th most popular politician (down from 1,995th in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Politician.

Tristan is most famous for his love affair with King Mark's wife, Queen Iseult.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tristan ranks 2,784 out of 19,576. Before him are Sandro Pertini, Huáscar, Beyhan Sultan, Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, Ludwig Stumpfegger, and Giuseppe Guarneri. After him are Milan Kučan, Chlothar III, Renée of France, Pithana, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 535, Tristan ranks 1. After him are Sigebert I, and Al-Nabigha. Among people deceased in 585, Tristan ranks 1. After him are Emperor Bidatsu, Hermenegild, and Audeca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tristan ranks 693 out of 8,785. Before him are Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), John le Carré (1931), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Robert Smith (1959), and Deborah Kerr (1921). After him are Stanley Rous (1895), Capability Brown (1716), Anne Neville (1456), Tony Adams (1966), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), and Jane Seymour (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Tristan ranks 138. Before him are James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Æthelflæd (869), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532). After him are Anne Neville (1456), Norman Angell (1872), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Margaret Douglas (1515), and Oswald Mosley (1896).

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