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Ceawlin of Wessex

600 - 593

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Ceawlin ([ˈtʃæɑw.lin] CHOW-lin; also spelled Ceaulin, Caelin, Celin, died ca. 593) was a King of Wessex. He may have been the son of Cynric of Wessex and the grandson of Cerdic of Wessex, whom the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle represents as the leader of the first group of Saxons to come to the land which later became Wessex. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ceawlin of Wessex has received more than 353,564 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ceawlin of Wessex is the 6,442nd most popular politician (down from 6,283rd in 2019), the 1,270th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,315th in 2019) and the 212th most popular British Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ceawlin of Wessex ranks 6,442 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhong Kang, Janusz Radziwiłł, Pascal Lissouba, 7th Dalai Lama, Loukas Notaras, and Kusunoki Masashige. After him are Injong of Goryeo, Ashur-uballit II, Constanze Manziarly, John Hawkwood, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, and Dina Boluarte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Ceawlin of Wessex ranks 34. Before him are Cosmas Indicopleustes, Heraclius the Elder, John IV of Constantinople, Amandus, Gundemar, and Abu Salama. After him are Chilperic of Aquitaine, Hujr ibn Adi, Dervan, Walthari, Chandrakirti, and David the Invincible. Among people deceased in 593, Ceawlin of Wessex ranks 5. Before him are Gregory of Tours, Creoda of Mercia, Dazu Huike, and Garibald I of Bavaria. After him are Ino Anastasia, Hussa of Bernicia, and Tytila of East Anglia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ceawlin of Wessex ranks 1,270 out of 8,785. Before him are Jon Anderson (1944), Harold Shipman (1946), David Chipperfield (1953), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Hudson Taylor (1832), and Joseph Needham (1900). After him are Frances de la Tour (1944), Scott Adkins (1976), John Hawkwood (1320), Walafrid Strabo (808), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), and Alexander of Hales (1175).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ceawlin of Wessex ranks 212. Before him are Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), and Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933). After him are John Hawkwood (1320), Thomas Gresham (1519), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Joan of Kent (1328), and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870).

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