Chrétien de Troyes

male
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvère who flourished in the late 12th century. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been fr...
Marie de France

Marie de France

female, 909 years old
Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. Virtually nothing is...

John

male, deceased (1207)
John (d. 1207) was a late 12th century and early 13th century Tironensian monk and bishop. By the time he first appears in the records, as...
Balian Of Ibelin

Balian Of Ibelin

male, deceased (1193)
Balian of Ibelin (early 1140s - 1193) was an important noble in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century.

William

male, deceased (1162)
William (d. 1162) was a 12th century prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland. He occurs in the records for the first time, 1152 x 1153, late in...
Peter Lombard

Peter Lombard

male, deceased (1160)
Peter Lombard or Petrus Lombardus was a scholastic theologian and bishop and author of "Four Books of Sentences", which became the standard...

Richard

male, deceased (1178)
Richard was a 12th century bishop of Dunkeld. He got the bishopric of Dunkeld, the second most prestigious bishopric in...
Hugh Of St Victor

Hugh Of St Victor

male, deceased (1141)
Hugh of St Victor (c. 1078 - February 11, 1141), mystic philosopher, was probably born at Hartingam, in Saxony. After spending some time in a house...

Eve

female
In the Bible, Eve is Adam's wife, created for and named by Adam. Derived from the words chavah, meaning "to breathe" and chayah, meaning "to live",...

Matthew

male, deceased (1199)
Matthew (d. 1199) was a 12th century churchman based in Scotland. He is the first man known to have held the position of Archdeacon of St Andrews,...