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Eadwig

940 - 959

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Eadwig (also Edwy or Eadwig All-Fair, c. 940 – 1 October 959) was King of England from 23 November 955 until his death in 959. He was the elder son of Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu, who died in 944. Eadwig and his brother Edgar were young children when their father was killed trying to rescue his seneschal from attack by an outlawed thief on 26 May 946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eadwig has received more than 2,652,440 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Eadwig is the 2,662nd most popular politician (down from 2,100th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 482nd in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Politician.

Eadwig was most famous for ruling as king of England from 955-959.

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  • 5.05

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eadwig ranks 2,662 out of 19,576. Before him are Blanche I of Navarre, Teos of Egypt, Kavad II, Prince George of Denmark, Ram Nath Kovind, and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Emperor Kōan, Hayk, Altan Khan, Abul Kalam Azad, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Eadwig ranks 6. Before him are Hugh Capet, Ferdowsi, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Mieszko I of Poland, and Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians. After him are Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Doubravka of Bohemia, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, and Henry III, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 959, Eadwig ranks 2. Before him is Constantine VII. After him is Pietro III Candiano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eadwig ranks 569 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Tolkien (1924), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Beatrix Potter (1866), Walter Raleigh (1554), and Archibald Hill (1886). After him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), Malcolm Young (1953), John Davis (1550), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), and Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Eadwig ranks 96. Before him are William Wilberforce (1759), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), and David II of Scotland (1324). After him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Richard of Cornwall (1209), and Ramsay MacDonald (1866).

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