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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 1,032,809 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Cerdic of Wessex is the 6,448th most popular politician (down from 6,185th in 2019), the 1,788th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,345th in 2019) and the 540th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 6,448 out of 15,577. Before him are Johann Trollmann, Andrei Karlov, Philip I, Count of Boulogne, Kim Chaek, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, and Hanns Albin Rauter. After him are Ashur-dan II, Albert Bormann, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mary Robinson, and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

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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 5. Before him are Theuderic I, Anthemius of Tralles, Athalaric, and Godomar II. After him is Marcellinus Comes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 1,788 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Reichenbach (1788), Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Johann Trollmann (1907), Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), and Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806). After him are Albert Bormann (1902), Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), and Pierre Littbarski (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Cerdic of Wessex ranks 540. Before him are Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778), Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Johann Trollmann (1907), and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617). After him are Albert Bormann (1902), Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Otto Abetz (1903), and Hans Globke (1898).

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