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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Edward the Confessor

1003 - 1066

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Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward the Confessor has received more than 7,063,317 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Edward the Confessor is the 510th most popular religious figure (up from 1,852nd in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 455th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Religious Figure.

Edward the Confessor is most famous for being the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. He was also the first Norman king to have been born in England.

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  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edward the Confessor ranks 510 out of 2,238. Before him are Haggai, Antipope Clement VII, Ansgar, Pope Silverius, Ahmed Yassin, and Korah. After him are Peter the Hermit, Pope Stephen I, Pope Miltiades, Pope Caius, Saint Eustace, and Eric IX of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1003, Edward the Confessor ranks 1. After him are Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, Herleva, Judith of Schweinfurt, Ibn Zaydún, Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia, and Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1066, Edward the Confessor ranks 2. Before him is Harold Godwinson. After him are Harald Hardrada, Stenkil, Al-Bayhaqi, Elisiv of Kiev, Muniadona of Castile, Tostig Godwinson, Gottschalk, Yahya of Antioch, Udayadityavarman II, and Conan II, Duke of Brittany.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward the Confessor ranks 368 out of 7,765. Before him are John Ruskin (1819), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Thomas Cromwell (1485), Boudica (33), Kate Bush (1958), and Marianne Faithfull (1946). After him are Ralph Fiennes (1962), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Harold Pinter (1930), Pelagius (360), Sam Neill (1947), and Anthony Burgess (1917).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Edward the Confessor ranks 5. Before him are Saint Patrick (385), Saint Ursula (400), Alcuin (735), and Thomas Becket (1119). After him are Saint Boniface (680), John Wesley (1703), Saint Walpurga (710), John Knox (1514), William Laud (1573), Thomas Wolsey (1473), and William Tyndale (1494).

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