POLITICIAN

Ælle of Sussex

500 - 514

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Ælle (also Aelle or Ella) is recorded in much later medieval sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ælle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymensora and fought against the local Britons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ælle of Sussex has received more than 242,129 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ælle of Sussex is the 9,417th most popular politician (down from 6,794th in 2019), the 1,895th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,424th in 2019) and the 289th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ælle of Sussex ranks 9,417 out of 19,576. Before him are Barry Goldwater, Gall, Sneferka, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Georgios Tsolakoglou, and Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin. After him are Anatoly Dobrynin, Lauri Ingman, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, Giovanni Bembo, and Osachi Hamaguchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Ælle of Sussex ranks 39. Before him are Euphemia, Peter the Patrician, Agathangelos, Kaleb of Axum, Antipope Dioscorus, and Clotilde. After him are Theodoric Strabo, Eutharic, Leontius, Peter III of Alexandria, Skandagupta, and Vitalian. Among people deceased in 514, Ælle of Sussex ranks 2. Before him is Pope Symmachus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ælle of Sussex ranks 1,895 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Winstone (1957), Walter Crane (1845), Ine of Wessex (700), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Ouida (1839), and John Aubrey (1626). After him are Nell Gwyn (1650), Damon Albarn (1968), Billy Wright (1924), Mike Rutherford (1950), Catherine Ashton (1956), and Harry Redknapp (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ælle of Sussex ranks 289. Before him are Prasutagus (50), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Andrew Bertie (1929), Ine of Wessex (700), and Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776). After him are Catherine Ashton (1956), John Hume (1937), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), and Prince William of Gloucester (1941).

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