COMPANION

Ealhswith

852 - 902

Ealhswith

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 1,352,421 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ealhswith is the 507th 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.

Memorability Metrics

1.4M
Page Views (PV)
56.46
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
22
Languages Editions (L)
3.70
Effective Languages (L*)
3.07
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ealhswiths by language

Over the past year Ealhswith has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 134,502 views, followed by Spanish (11,374), and French (10,435). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (2,737.50%), Kurdish (Kurmanji) (80.09%), and Turkish (55.33%)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Ealhswith ranks 507 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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Anne of Bavaria
1329 - 1353
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 501
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 502
Çiçek Hatun
1431 - 1498
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 503
Fernán González of Castile
910 - 970
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 504
Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 505
Justina
400 - 388
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 506
Ealhswith
852 - 902
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 507
Maria of Navarre
1326 - 1347
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 508
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary
1013 - 1075
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 509
Charlotte of Bourbon
1546 - 1582
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 510
Ida Dalser
1880 - 1937
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 511
Princess Isabella of Bavaria
1863 - 1924
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 512
Muniadona of Castile
995 - 1066
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 513

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.