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Charles the Younger

772 - 811

Charles the Younger

Charles the Younger (c. 772 – 4 December 811) was the son of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne and his wife Queen Hildegard. Charlemagne's second son, Charles gained favour over his older, possibly illegitimate half brother Pepin. Charles was entrusted with lands and important military commands by his father. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles the Younger has received more than 215,490 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Charles the Younger is the 2,854th most popular politician (up from 3,341st in 2019).

Charles the Younger was most famous for being a member of the Carolingian dynasty and the son of Charlemagne.

Memorability Metrics

220k
Page Views (PV)
63.35
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
30
Languages Editions (L)
8.50
Effective Languages (L*)
2.34
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles the Youngers by language

Over the past year Charles the Younger has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 29,482 views, followed by French (7,011), and Spanish (5,877). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (1,401.96%), Central Bicolano (173.38%), and Cantonese (87.55%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles the Younger ranks 2,854 out of 19,576. Before him are Vuk Branković, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Netjerkare Siptah, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Francisco de Almeida, and Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases. After him are Canute Lavard, Alfonso III of Aragon, Vukašin of Serbia, Zhang Xueliang, Askar Akayev, and James II of Scotland.

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Vuk Branković
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HPI: 63.38
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Philibert II, Duke of Savoy
1480 - 1504
HPI: 63.37
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Netjerkare Siptah
2216 BC - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 2,850
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
1735 - 1806
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 2,851
Francisco de Almeida
1450 - 1510
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2,852
Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases
1569 - 1630
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2,853
Charles the Younger
772 - 811
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2,854
Canute Lavard
1096 - 1131
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2,855
Alfonso III of Aragon
1265 - 1291
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,856
Vukašin of Serbia
1320 - 1371
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,857
Zhang Xueliang
1901 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,858
Askar Akayev
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,859
James II of Scotland
1430 - 1460
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 2,860

Contemporaries

Among people born in 772, Charles the Younger ranks 2. Before him is Bai Juyi. After him are Wala of Corbie, and Liu Yuxi. Among people deceased in 811, Charles the Younger ranks 2. Before him is Nikephoros I. After him are Pepin the Hunchback, and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.