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Cynewulf of Wessex

750 - 786

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Cynewulf was the King of Wessex from 757 until his death in 786. He ruled for about 29 years. He was a direct male descendant of Cerdic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cynewulf of Wessex has received more than 809,430 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Cynewulf of Wessex is the 9,749th most popular politician (up from 9,788th in 2019), the 1,981st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,083rd in 2019) and the 306th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cynewulf of Wessexes by language

Over the past year Cynewulf of Wessex has had the most page views in the with 100,158 views, followed by Spanish (6,760), and Russian (6,079). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (62.71%), Southern Azerbaijani (46.99%), and Simple English (31.78%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cynewulf of Wessex ranks 9,749 out of 19,576. Before him are Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, August Heissmeyer, Commius, Theodoros Pangalos, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, and Nikolaos Andriakopoulos. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden, Guru Hargobind, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Toktu of Bulgaria, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Mireya Moscoso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 750, Cynewulf of Wessex ranks 10. Before him are Benedict of Aniane, Bermudo I of Asturias, William of Gellone, Theodulf of Orléans, Pietro Tradonico, and Domenico Monegario. After him are Antony I of Constantinople, Teodato Ipato, Giovanni I Participazio, Cuthred of Wessex, Æthelheard of Wessex, and Sigeberht of Wessex. Among people deceased in 786, Cynewulf of Wessex ranks 4. Before him are Desiderius, Al-Hadi, and Abo of Tiflis. After him is Lullus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cynewulf of Wessex ranks 1,981 out of 8,785. Before him are Graham Bonnet (1947), Augustus Pugin (1812), Geoffrey Hinton (1947), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), and Roger Hodgson (1950). After him are Edith Pargeter (1913), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Herbert Read (1893), Francis Rossi (1949), John Adams (1767), and Randolph Churchill (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Cynewulf of Wessex ranks 306. Before him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757). After him are Randolph Churchill (1911), Joe Davis (1901), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Sadiq Khan (1970), and Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563).

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