968 - 1016
Æthelred (Old English: Æþelræd, pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Æthelred the Unready has received more than 3,035,695 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Æthelred the Unready is the 1,546th most popular politician (up from 1,626th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 374th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Politician.
Aethelred the Unready was King of England from 978 to 1016. He is most famous for his defeat by the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard at the Battle of Maldon in 991, which led to Sweyn's conquest of England.
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Among politicians, Æthelred the Unready ranks 1,546 out of 15,710. Before him are Yolande de Polastron, Constantine VI, Felix Yusupov, Möngke Khan, Nancy Pelosi, and Tiberius II Constantine. After him are Henry II of Navarre, Emperor Ninkō, Ahmad Sanjar, Josef Kramer, Emperor Kōkaku, and Lajos Kossuth.
1749 - 1793
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 1,540
771 - 802
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 1,541
1887 - 1967
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 1,542
1209 - 1259
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 1,543
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 1,544
520 - 582
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 1,545
968 - 1016
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 1,546
1503 - 1555
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1,547
1800 - 1846
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1,548
1085 - 1157
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1,549
1906 - 1945
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1,550
1771 - 1840
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1,551
1802 - 1894
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 1,552
Among people born in 968, Æthelred the Unready ranks 2. Before him is Romanos III Argyros. After him are Sigrid the Haughty, Emperor Zhenzong, and Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Among people deceased in 1016, Æthelred the Unready ranks 1. After him are Edmund Ironside, Jovan Vladimir, Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, and Sweyn Haakonsson.
968 - 1034
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 1
968 - 1016
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 2
968 - 1014
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 3
968 - 1022
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 4
968 - 1057
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5
968 - 1016
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 1
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 2
990 - 1016
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 3
1000 - 1016
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 4
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 5
Among people born in United Kingdom, Æthelred the Unready ranks 390 out of 6,924. Before him are Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), Richard Owen (1804), Thomas Young (1773), Arthur Harden (1865), and Robert Falcon Scott (1868). After him are Bobby Charlton (1937), Richard Wright (1943), William Laud (1573), Philip Larkin (1922), Henry Hudson (1570), and Francis William Aston (1877).
1453 - 1471
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 384
1682 - 1722
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 385
1804 - 1892
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 386
1773 - 1829
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 387
1865 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 388
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 389
968 - 1016
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 390
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 391
1943 - 2008
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 392
1573 - 1645
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 393
1922 - 1985
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 394
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 395
1877 - 1945
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 396
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelred the Unready ranks 69. Before him are Theresa May (1956), Halford Mackinder (1861), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Edmund I (921), and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453). After him are Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), James I of Scotland (1394), Tony Blair (1953), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Robert II of Scotland (1316), and James IV of Scotland (1473).
1956 - Present
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 63
1861 - 1947
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 64
1903 - 1995
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 65
1411 - 1460
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 66
921 - 946
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 67
1453 - 1471
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 68
968 - 1016
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 69
837 - 871
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 70
1394 - 1437
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 71
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 72
1534 - 1578
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 73
1316 - 1390
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 74
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 75