WRITER

Walter of Châtillon

1135 - 1201

Photo of Walter of Châtillon

Icon of person Walter of Châtillon

Walter of Châtillon (Latinized as Gualterus de Castellione) was a 12th-century French writer and theologian who wrote in the Latin language. He studied under Stephen of Beauvais and at the University of Paris. It was probably during his student years that he wrote a number of Latin poems in the Goliardic manner that found their way into the Carmina Burana collection. During his lifetime, however, he was more esteemed for a long Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great, the Alexandreis, sive Gesta Alexandri Magni, a hexameter epic, full of anachronisms; he depicts the Crucifixion of Jesus as having already taken place during the days of Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter of Châtillon is the 2,284th most popular writer (up from 2,494th in 2019), the 2,556th most popular biography from France (up from 2,749th in 2019) and the 321st most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Walter of Châtillon by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter of Châtillon ranks 2,284 out of 7,302. Before him are James Herbert Brennan, Dick Francis, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jurij Brězan, Al-Busiri, and Alma Karlin. After him are Frankétienne, Tobias Smollett, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ding Ling, Fernando de Rojas, and János Arany.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1135, Walter of Châtillon ranks 7. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, Inge I of Norway, Léonin, Joachim of Fiore, Bernart de Ventadorn, and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī. After him are Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Judith of Thuringia, William of the White Hands, William I, Count of Boulogne, and Joscelin III, Count of Edessa. Among people deceased in 1201, Walter of Châtillon ranks 8. Before him are Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Absalon, Agnes of Merania, Theobald III, Count of Champagne, Bohemond III of Antioch, and Igor Svyatoslavich. After him are Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Bolesław I the Tall, Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, Gerald of Wales, and Irene Komnene Doukaina.

Others Born in 1135

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1201

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Walter of Châtillon ranks 2,556 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803), Bérenger Saunière (1852), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Élisabeth Borne (1961), and Georges Claude (1870). After him are Gustave Boulanger (1824), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Laurent Fignon (1960), Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701), and Manitas de Plata (1921).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Walter of Châtillon ranks 321. Before him are Claude Farrère (1876), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Benjamin Péret (1899), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), and Étienne Dolet (1509). After him are Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Hervé Bazin (1911), Henri Meilhac (1831), Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), Petrus Comestor (1100), and Paul Féval, père (1816).

French born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous