NOBLEMAN

Charles, Prince of Wales

1948 - Today

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Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has been heir apparent as well as Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952 and is both the oldest and the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. He is also the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held the title since July 1958. Upon the death of his father, Prince Philip, on 9 April 2021, Charles also inherited the title of Duke of Edinburgh.Charles was born in Buckingham Palace as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles, Prince of Wales has received more than 58,080,358 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2019). Charles, Prince of Wales is the 14th most popular nobleman (up from 17th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 74th in 2019) and the 4th 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.

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  • 58M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 83.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 93

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 14 out of 843. Before him are Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Margrethe II of Denmark, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Lucrezia Borgia, Akihito, and Rollo. After him are Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Harold Harefoot, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and El Cid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 1. After him are Al Gore, Jean Reno, Gérard Depardieu, Cat Stevens, Samuel L. Jackson, Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, Ozzy Osbourne, Eckhart Tolle, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Hassan Rouhani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 59 out of 6,924. Before him are Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Lewis Carroll (1832), Oliver Cromwell (1599), Virginia Woolf (1882), John Stuart Mill (1806), and Richard Burton (1925). After him are David Ricardo (1772), Edward VI of England (1537), George VI (1895), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Henry VII of England (1457), and Mary Shelley (1797).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth II (1926), Henry VIII of England (1491), and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900). After him are Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Harold Harefoot (1016), Edward VII (1841), Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), Henry IV of England (1367), Henrietta of England (1644), and Edward the Black Prince (1330).

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