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Ealhswith

852 - 902

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Ealhswith or Ealswitha was wife to King Alfred the Great. She was one of the most powerful noble women in early medieval England during the time of the Vikings. She was mother to King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ealhswith has received more than 1,426,205 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ealhswith is the 508th most popular companion (down from 389th in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,133rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Companion.

Ealhswith was the wife of King Edward the Elder. She was the daughter of Earl Algar, and sister of Earl Leofric. Her first husband was Ordgar, a nobleman from Devon.

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  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Ealhswith ranks 508 out of 784. Before her are Anne of Bavaria, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Çiçek Hatun, Fernán González of Castile, Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum, and Justina. After her are Maria of Navarre, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Charlotte of Bourbon, Ida Dalser, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, and Muniadona of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 852, Ealhswith ranks 4. Before her are Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Zhu Wen, and Nicholas Mystikos.  Among people deceased in 902, Ealhswith ranks 2. Before her is Al-Mu'tadid. After her is Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ealhswith ranks 1,473 out of 8,785. Before her are J. Lee Thompson (1914), David Garrick (1717), Edward Young (1683), John Graunt (1620), Roland Joffé (1945), and Janick Gers (1957). After her are Emilia Clarke (1986), Howard Staunton (1810), Billy Connolly (1942), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Bertram Ramsay (1883), and Olivia Colman (1974).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Ealhswith ranks 41. Before her are Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Mary de Bohun (1369), John Newton (1725), and Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965). After her are Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), Joan of the Tower (1321), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), and Edith Tolkien (1889).

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