POLITICIAN
Amda Seyon I
1314 - 1344
Amda Seyon I
Amda Seyon I, also known as Amda Tsiyon I (Ge'ez: ዐምደ ፡ ጽዮን ʿamda ṣiyōn, Amharic: አምደ ፅዮን āmde ṣiyōn, "Pillar of Zion"), throne name Gebre Mesqel (ገብረ መስቀል gäbrä mäsḳal, "Servant of the Cross"), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1314 to 1344 and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. Amda Seyon was a renowned warrior-king "whose prowess in love was only exceeded by his valor in war". He is best known in the chronicles as a heroic warrior against the Muslims, and is sometimes considered to have been the founder of the Ethiopian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amda Seyon I has received more than 192,126 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Amda Seyon I is the 15,035th most popular politician (down from 13,603rd in 2019).
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190k
Page Views (PV)
46.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
2.64
Effective Languages (L*)
3.15
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Amda Seyon I ranks 15,035 out of 19,576. Before him are Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Ji Pengfei, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Charles-Mathias Simons, Hoshyar Zebari, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. After him are Elisabetta Casellati, Goodwill Zwelithini, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Fumio Gotō, Thomas Remengesau Sr., and Jens Christian Christensen.
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HPI: 46.88
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1314, Amda Seyon I ranks 6. Before him are Valdemar III of Denmark, Sergius of Radonezh, Philippa of Hainault, Toqto'a, and Uthong. Among people deceased in 1344, Amda Seyon I ranks 8. Before him are Gersonides, Chunghye of Goryeo, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Walter Burley, and Leopold II, Duke of Austria.
Others Born in 1314
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Valdemar III of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1314 - 1364
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 1
Sergius of Radonezh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1314 - 1392
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 2
Philippa of Hainault
COMPANION
1314 - 1369
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 3
Toqto'a
POLITICIAN
1314 - 1355
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 4
Uthong
POLITICIAN
1314 - 1369
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 5
Amda Seyon I
POLITICIAN
1314 - 1344
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6
Others Deceased in 1344
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Gersonides
PHILOSOPHER
1288 - 1344
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 2
Chunghye of Goryeo
POLITICIAN
1315 - 1344
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 3
Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1286 - 1344
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 4
Constantine II, King of Armenia
POLITICIAN
1300 - 1344
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 5
Walter Burley
PHILOSOPHER
1275 - 1344
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 6
Leopold II, Duke of Austria
POLITICIAN
1328 - 1344
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 7
Amda Seyon I
POLITICIAN
1314 - 1344
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 8
