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Edmund I

921 - 946

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Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great. After Edward died in 924, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund's half-brother Æthelstan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund I has received more than 4,297,306 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Edmund I is the 1,449th most popular politician (down from 1,044th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 260th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Politician.

Edmund I was the king of England from 939 to 946. He is most famous for his defeat of the Danes at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund I ranks 1,449 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie Louise d’Orléans, Neoptolemus, Childebert I, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, Quintillus, and Athaulf. After him are Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, John II of Portugal, James V of Scotland, Ismail Haniyeh, Ziying, and Alexios I of Trebizond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 921, Edmund I ranks 1. After him is Abe no Seimei. Among people deceased in 946, Edmund I ranks 2. Before him is Pope Marinus II. After him are John of Rila, Eadgyth, Al-Qa'im, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, and Ibrahim ibn Sinan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund I ranks 322 out of 8,785. Before him are Stanley Matthews (1915), Arthur Harden (1865), Jon Lord (1941), John Hurt (1940), Ian Gillan (1945), and Edmund Ironside (993). After him are Frederick Soddy (1877), James V of Scotland (1512), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Alexander Selkirk (1676), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), and Robbie Coltrane (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund I ranks 60. Before him are Æthelred the Unready (968), Randal Cremer (1828), Harold Macmillan (1894), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Harold Wilson (1916), and Edmund Ironside (993). After him are James V of Scotland (1512), Halford Mackinder (1861), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Theresa May (1956), Arthur Balfour (1848), and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660).

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