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Cerdic of Wessex

467 - 534

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Cerdic ( CHER-ditch; Latin: Cerdicus) is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a leader of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, being the founder and first king of Wessex, reigning from around 519 to 534 AD. Subsequent kings of Wessex were each claimed by the Chronicle to descend in some manner from Cerdic. His origin, ethnicity, and even his very existence have been extensively disputed. However, though claimed as the founder of Wessex by later West Saxon kings, he would have been known to contemporaries as king of the Gewissae, a folk or tribal group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cerdic of Wessex has received more than 1,106,455 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Cerdic of Wessex is the 6,308th most popular politician (up from 6,432nd in 2019), the 1,730th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,787th in 2019) and the 502nd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 6,308 out of 19,576. Before him are Tarabai, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Bertrand de Blanchefort, Bocchus II, Shahrokh Shah, and Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus. After him are Erna Solberg, Sayyida al Hurra, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Emperor Kōkō, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Julio María Sanguinetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 467, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 4. Before him are Leo II, Emperor Senka, and Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei.  Among people deceased in 534, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 4. Before him are Theuderic I, Anthemius of Tralles, and Athalaric. After him are Godomar II, Marcellinus Comes, and Hermanafrid.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 1,730 out of 7,253. Before him are Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Dieter Rams (1932), Jochen Mass (1946), and Gustav von Schmoller (1838). After him are Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Richenza of Northeim (1087), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Ludwig Börne (1786), Margaret Sambiria (1230), and Andreas Osiander (1498).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 502. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), Egon Bahr (1922), Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Günther Quandt (1881), and Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332). After him are Margaret Sambiria (1230), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224), Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896), Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811).

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