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Beorhtric of Wessex

800 - 802

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Beorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the King of Wessex from 786 to 802, succeeding Cynewulf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beorhtric of Wessex has received more than 960,580 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Beorhtric of Wessex is the 6,852nd most popular politician (up from 7,286th in 2019), the 1,442nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,588th in 2019) and the 228th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 6,852 out of 15,577Before him are Tiberius Coruncanius, Yvonne de Gaulle, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Hadım Sinan Pasha, and Clara Campoamor. After him are Princess Helena of Nassau, Adaloald, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Macrianus Minor, Takahashi Korekiyo, and Geert Wilders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 29Before him are Omurtag of Bulgaria, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Himiltrude, Ratchis, Mauregatus of Asturias, and Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin. After him are Conrad I, Count of Auxerre, Nominoe, Giustiniano Participazio, Aznar Galíndez I, Hildeprand, and Ado of Vienne. Among people deceased in 802, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 2Before him is Constantine VI. After him is Paulinus II of Aquileia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 1,442 out of 7,765Before him are Gordon Ramsay (1966), Matthew Flinders (1774), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Edward Fox (1937), and George Young (1946). After him are Thomas Arne (1710), Penda of Mercia (606), Black (1962), Donovan (1946), Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), and Anthony Trollope (1815).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 228Before him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), Herbert Pitman (1877), Ed Miliband (1969), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Ælle of Sussex (500), and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870). After him are Penda of Mercia (606), Edward the Exile (1016), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404).