William of Rubruck

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Christian missionary Flemish person Franciscan missionary Latin writer explorer medieval traveler

William of Rubruck was a 13th-century Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer best known for his detailed account of his journey to the Mongol Empire and the court of Möngke Khan.

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Label Occurrences
William of Rubruck canonical 3
Guillaume de Rubrouck 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Flemish person ⓘ
Franciscan missionary ⓘ
Latin writer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
medieval traveler ⓘ
birthPlace County of Flanders ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Rubrouck ⓘ
centuryActive 13th century ⓘ
citizenship County of Flanders ⓘ
contemporaryOf Möngke Khan ⓘ
contributedTo European knowledge of Asia ⓘ
destinationOfTravel Karakorum ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
court of Möngke Khan ⓘ
employer Louis IX of France ⓘ
genre travel literature ⓘ
influenced later medieval travelers to Asia ⓘ
knownFor account of travels to the court of Möngke Khan ⓘ
detailed ethnographic observations of the Mongols ⓘ
early European description of Central Asia ⓘ
journey to the Mongol Empire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
memberOf Order of Friars Minor ⓘ
name William of Rubruck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Guillaume de Rubrouck

Jan van Ruysbroeck ⓘ
surface form: Willem van Ruysbroeck

William of Rubruck self-link ⓘ
notableWorkSubject Mongol customs ⓘ
geography of Central Asia ⓘ
religions in the Mongol Empire ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
friar ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participantIn diplomatic mission for Louis IX ⓘ
mission to the Mongol Empire ⓘ
patron Louis IX of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Franciscan Order ⓘ
surface form: Franciscans
religiousTradition Latin Christian Church ⓘ
surface form: Latin Christianity
servedAs envoy to the Mongol court ⓘ
traveledThrough Caucasus region ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
Volga region ⓘ
wrote Itinerarium ⓘ
Itinerarium fratris Willielmi de Rubruquis ⓘ

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Pax Mongolica → hasNotableTraveler → William of Rubruck ⓘ
Karakorum → visitedBy → William of Rubruck ⓘ
William of Rubruck → name → William of Rubruck self-link ⓘ
William of Rubruck → name → William of Rubruck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guillaume de Rubrouck