940 - 959
Eadwig (also Edwy or Eadwig All-Fair, c. 940 – 1 October 959) was King of England from 23 November 955 until his death. 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 2,429,762 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Eadwig is the 2,107th most popular politician (down from 2,053rd in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 500th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Politician.
Eadwig was most famous for ruling as king of England from 955-959.
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Among politicians, Eadwig ranks 2,107 out of 15,577. Before him are Cleomenes I, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Liu Shan, Tang of Shang, Albert, King of Sweden, and Herennius Etruscus. After him are Joseph McCarthy, Maria Mandl, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Senusret II, and Omar Bongo.
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 2,101
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 2,102
207 - 271
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 2,103
1601 BC - 1646 BC
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 2,104
1340 - 1412
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,105
220 - 251
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,106
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,107
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2,108
1912 - 1948
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 2,109
1490 - 1527
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 2,110
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 2,111
1900 BC - 1879 BC
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 2,112
1935 - 2009
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 2,113
Among people born in 940, Eadwig ranks 5. Before him are Hugh Capet, Ferdowsi, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, and Mieszko I of Poland. After him are Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Doubravka of Bohemia, Henry III, Duke of Bavaria, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, and Abū Sahl al-Qūhī. Among people deceased in 959, Eadwig ranks 2. Before him is Constantine VII. After him is Pietro III Candiano.
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 1
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 2
940 - 998
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 3
940 - 992
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 4
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 5
940 - 997
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 6
940 - 994
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 7
940 - 977
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 8
940 - 989
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 9
940 - 962
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 10
940 - 1000
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 11
940 - 1000
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 12
905 - 959
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 1
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2
901 - 959
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 3
Among people born in United Kingdom, Eadwig ranks 482 out of 7,765. Before him are Edmund Ironside (993), John Cleese (1939), Peter Brook (1925), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Arthur Balfour (1848), and Thomas Wolsey (1473). After him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), G. E. Moore (1873), Arthur Eddington (1882), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), and Olivia Newton-John (1948).
993 - 1016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 476
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 477
1925 - 2022
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 478
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 479
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 480
1473 - 1530
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 481
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 482
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 483
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 484
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 485
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 486
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 487
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 488
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Eadwig ranks 89. Before him are Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), James Callaghan (1912), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Edmund Ironside (993), Austen Chamberlain (1863), and Arthur Balfour (1848). After him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), and George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859).
1020 - 1076
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 83
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 84
1473 - 1483
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 85
993 - 1016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 86
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 87
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 88
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 89
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 90
1660 - 1744
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 91
1779 - 1848
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 92
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 93
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 94
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 95