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William of Rubruck

1220 - 1293

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William of Rubruck (Dutch: Willem van Ruysbroeck; Latin: Gulielmus de Rubruquis; or Guillaume de Rubrouck) was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer, and a subject and confidant of King Louis IX of France, better known as Saint Louis. William was born likely in the 1210s or 1220s in Rubrouck (County of Flanders, Kingdom of France, today's France), and died, according to sources, in the 1270s or after 1293. He is best known for his travels to various parts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the 13th century, including the Mongol Empire. He traveled to Mongolia in 1253–1254, thus preceding the journeys of Marco Polo and Odoric of Pordenone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. William of Rubruck is the 429th most popular writer, the 508th most popular biography from France (down from 506th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Writer.

William of Rubruck is most famous for his account of his journey to the Mongol Empire in 1253.

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Among writers, William of Rubruck ranks 429 out of 7,302. Before him are Propertius, Ian Fleming, Attar of Nishapur, Isabelle de Charrière, Saint-John Perse, and Jacques Prévert. After him are Phillis Wheatley, Einhard, Ágota Kristóf, Gertrude Stein, Sholem Aleichem, and Joseph Brodsky.

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Among people born in 1220, William of Rubruck ranks 4. Before him are Pope Martin IV, Alexander Nevsky, and Roger Bacon. After him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Brunetto Latini, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Stefan Uroš I, and Ugolino della Gherardesca. Among people deceased in 1293, William of Rubruck ranks 1. After him are Al-Ashraf Khalil, David VI of Georgia, Henry of Ghent, Vakhtang II of Georgia, and Obizzo II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara.

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In France

Among people born in France, William of Rubruck ranks 508 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger I of Sicily (1031), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Adolphe Adam (1803), and Jacques Prévert (1900). After him are Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Carus (230), Christine Lagarde (1956), Frédéric Bazille (1841), and Camille Desmoulins (1760).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, William of Rubruck ranks 73. Before him are Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Paul Éluard (1895), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), and Jacques Prévert (1900). After him are Gregory of Tours (538), Georges Bataille (1897), Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), and Françoise Sagan (1935).

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