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Charles, Prince of Wales

1948 - Today

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Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles, Prince of Wales has received more than 66,077,886 page views. His biography is available in 138 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 96 in 2019). Charles, Prince of Wales is the 16th most popular nobleman (down from 13th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 50th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Nobleman.

Charles, Prince of Wales is most famous for being the heir to the British throne. He is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 138

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 16 out of 1,415Before him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Akihito, Lucrezia Borgia, William the Conqueror, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. After him are Harold Harefoot, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Marie Thérèse of France, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Lucretia, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 2Before him is Al Gore. After him are Jean Reno, Gérard Depardieu, Terry Pratchett, Svetlana Alexievich, Eckhart Tolle, Jean-Michel Jarre, Cat Stevens, Samuel L. Jackson, Hassan Rouhani, and Sauli Niinistö.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 64 out of 8,785Before him are Emily Brontë (1818), Herbert Spencer (1820), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), William Wallace (1270), Edward Jenner (1749), and Virginia Woolf (1882). After him are Harold Harefoot (1016), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), John Stuart Mill (1806), Alex Ferguson (1941), and James Clerk Maxwell (1831).

Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 6Before him are Elizabeth II (1926), Henry VIII of England (1491), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900), and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930). After him are Harold Harefoot (1016), Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), Edward VII (1841), Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), and Empress Matilda (1102).