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Anna Porphyrogenita

963 - 1011

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Anna Porphyrogenita (Medieval Greek: Ἄννα Πορφυρογεννήτη, romanized: Anna Porphyrogennētē, Russian: Анна Византийская, Ukrainian: Анна Порфірогенета; 13 March 963 – 1011) was a Grand Princess consort of Kiev; she was married to Grand Prince Vladimir the Great.Anna was the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanos II and the Empress Theophano. She was also the sister of Emperors Basil II and Constantine VIII. Anna was a Porphyrogenita, a legitimate daughter born in the special purple chamber of the Byzantine Emperor's Palace. Anna's hand was considered such a prize that some theorize that Vladimir became Christian just to marry her.Anna did not wish to marry Vladimir and expressed deep distress on her way to her wedding. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Porphyrogenita has received more than 218,428 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Anna Porphyrogenita is the 262nd most popular companion (up from 268th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 385th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Companion.

Anna Porphyrogenita is most famous for being the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. She was also the wife of Vladimir I of Kiev.

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  • 220k

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  • 62.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Anna Porphyrogenita has had the most page views in the with 51,207 views, followed by English (32,725), and Ukrainian (10,460). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (55.56%), Latin (51.08%), and Catalan (32.72%)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Anna Porphyrogenita ranks 262 out of 784. Before her are Adelaide of Aquitaine, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Anne of Bohemia, Christina of Saxony, Agnes of Antioch, and Dorothea of Brandenburg. After her are Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Linda McCartney, Louise of Great Britain, Imelda Marcos, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, and Maria Laskarina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 963, Anna Porphyrogenita ranks 4. Before her are Olaf Tryggvason, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, and Alp-Tegin.  Among people deceased in 1011, Anna Porphyrogenita ranks 1. After her are Emperor Ichijō, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Reizei, Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, Willigis, and Albert I, Count of Namur.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Anna Porphyrogenita ranks 314 out of 1,347. Before her are Alexander Balas (-150), Kaya Sultan (1633), Ephorus (-400), Agnes of Antioch (1153), Eutyches (380), and Paul of Samosata (200). After her are Maria Laskarina (1206), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), Laskarina Bouboulina (1771), and Simplicius of Cilicia (490).

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Among COMPANIONS In Türkiye

Among companions born in Türkiye, Anna Porphyrogenita ranks 10. Before her are Antinous (111), Malhun Hatun (1350), Pulcheria (399), Hümaşah Sultan (1540), Kaya Sultan (1633), and Agnes of Antioch (1153). After her are Maria Laskarina (1206), Licinia Eudoxia (422), Irene Angelina (1181), Maria of Antioch (1145), Irene Doukaina (1066), and Despina Khatun (1438).

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