HISTORIAN

William of Tyre

1130 - 1186

William of Tyre

William of Tyre (Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis; c. 1130 – 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former prior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, who was Archbishop of Tyre from 1127 to 1135. He grew up in Jerusalem at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been established in 1099 after the First Crusade, and he spent twenty years studying the liberal arts and canon law in the universities of Europe. Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric made him an ambassador to the Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William of Tyre is the 21st most popular historian (down from 17th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Israel (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Historian.

William of Tyre was a medieval historian and archbishop of Tyre. He is most famous for writing a history of the crusades, known as the "Historia Rerum in Partibus Transmarinis Gestarum" or "History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea".

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, William of Tyre ranks 21 out of 561. Before him are Procopius, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Mircea Eliade, Cassius Dio, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Manetho. After him are Leopold von Ranke, Arrian, Fernand Braudel, Joannes Zonaras, Arnold J. Toynbee, and Bede.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

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Procopius
500 - 560
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 15
Thomas Babington Macaulay
1800 - 1859
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 16
Mircea Eliade
1907 - 1986
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 17
Cassius Dio
155 - 235
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 18
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1717 - 1768
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 19
Manetho
201 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 20
William of Tyre
1130 - 1186
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 21
Leopold von Ranke
1795 - 1886
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 22
Arrian
89 - 175
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 23
Fernand Braudel
1902 - 1985
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 24
Joannes Zonaras
1074 - 1130
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 25
Arnold J. Toynbee
1889 - 1975
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 26
Bede
672 - 735
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 27

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, William of Tyre ranks 3. Before him are Zhu Xi, and Pope Clement III. After him are Saint Rosalia, Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Toghrul, Géza II of Hungary, Charles VII of Sweden, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Benjamin of Tudela, Magnus II of Sweden, and Euphrosyne of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1186, William of Tyre ranks 2. Before him is Baldwin V of Jerusalem. After him are Euphrosyne of Kiev, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, and Robert of Torigni.

Others Born in 1130

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Zhu Xi
PHILOSOPHER
1130 - 1200
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 1
Pope Clement III
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1130 - 1191
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 2
William of Tyre
HISTORIAN
1130 - 1186
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 3
Saint Rosalia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1130 - 1166
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 4
Baldwin III of Jerusalem
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1163
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 5
Toghrul
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1203
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 6
Géza II of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1162
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 7
Charles VII of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1167
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 8
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1130 - 1192
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 9
Benjamin of Tudela
EXPLORER
1130 - 1173
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
Magnus II of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1161
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 11
Euphrosyne of Kiev
COMPANION
1130 - 1186
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1186

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Baldwin V of Jerusalem
POLITICIAN
1177 - 1186
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 1
William of Tyre
HISTORIAN
1130 - 1186
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 2
Euphrosyne of Kiev
COMPANION
1130 - 1186
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 3
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
POLITICIAN
1158 - 1186
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen
POLITICIAN
1125 - 1186
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 5
Robert of Torigni
WRITER
1100 - 1186
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 6