William de Brailes

English manuscript illuminator
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Summary

William de Brailes was born on 1250[1]. He died on 1260[2]. He worked as an illuminator[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of England[5]
  • Sex or gender: male[6]
  • Commons category: William de Brailes[7]
  • Given name: William[8]
  • Work location: Oxford[9]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[10]
  • Commons Creator page: William de Brailes[11]
  • Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired[12]
  • Artist files at: Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library[13]

Why It Matters

William de Brailes has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

FAQs

What did William de Brailes do for work?

William de Brailes worked as an illuminator[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57985|batch #57985]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  2. 13w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007270074905171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007270074905171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  3. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → illuminator
    Sex or gender → male
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Given name → William
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30851|batch #30851]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
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