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Godefroi de Leigni

French writer
Person human Q5576312

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
1150
Date of death
1150
Place of birth
Ligny
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of France[6]
Occupation
clerk, writer
Notable work
Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart[7]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Old French[9]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[11]
Writing language
Old French[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Godefroi de Leigni fr Godefroy de Lagny fr Godefroy de Laigni pt Godefroi de leigni
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000004492410
VIAF cluster ID
6580164661893.9B (4.9M–7644159248055.5B, n=4)
Library of Congress authority ID
n2020031474
GND ID
100943233
Babelio author ID
358212
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119052358
Biblissima authority ID
Petit-Réderching
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00165919
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
100943233
Freebase ID
/m/08cx0x
IdRef ID
142395811
KBR person ID
14027387
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1670821
RERO ID (legacy)
A003489852, A012481525
SBN author ID
MILV297070
SHARE Catalogue author ID
596665
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
381803
WBIS ID
MA32072
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbCGBmFxX6Rfj3tyrVwG3

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Occupation 2
writer, clerk
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of France
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Old French
Notable work 1
Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart
Place of birth 1
Ligny
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart
Writing language 1
Old French
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Summary

Godefroi de Leigni was born on 1150[1] in Ligny[2]. He died on 1150[3]. He worked as a clerk[4] and writer[5].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Godefroi de Leigni include Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart[12], a literary work[13], written by Chrétien de Troyes[14].

FAQs

Where was Godefroi de Leigni born?

Godefroi de Leigni's place of birth was Ligny[2].

What did Godefroi de Leigni do for work?

Godefroi de Leigni worked as a clerk[4] and writer[5].

Related Entities

Kingdom of France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 17d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fr', 'pt']
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  2. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Petit-Réderching
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Instance of → human
    Writing language → Old French
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