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 7,806,207 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Edward the Confessor is the 585th most popular religious figure (down from 505th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 368th in 2019) and the 6th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edward the Confessor ranks 585 out of 3,187. Before him are Yasuke, Hugues de Payens, Francis of Paola, Muadh ibn Jabal, Camillus de Lellis, and Anna the Prophetess. After him are Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Ansgar, Marcel Lefebvre, Joseph of Cupertino, Ibn Hisham, and Nachman of Breslov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1003, Edward the Confessor ranks 1. After him are Herleva, Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, 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 3. Before him are Harold Godwinson, and Harald Hardrada. After him are Stenkil, Al-Bayhaqi, Elisiv of Kiev, Muniadona of Castile, Tostig Godwinson, Gottschalk, Yahya of Antioch, Ibn Butlan, and Conan II, Duke of Brittany.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward the Confessor ranks 398 out of 8,785. Before him are Oswald Mosley (1896), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), George Eliot (1819), Ian Holm (1931), Mary Read (1695), and Gordon Banks (1937). After him are Richard Owen (1804), A. A. Milne (1882), Daniel Craig (1968), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Jackie Stewart (1939), and Arthur Eddington (1882).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Edward the Confessor ranks 6. Before him are Saint Patrick (385), Saint Ursula (400), Alcuin (735), Thomas Becket (1119), and William Laud (1573). After him are John Wesley (1703), John Knox (1514), Saint Walpurga (710), Saint Boniface (680), Thomas Wolsey (1473), and Pope Adrian IV (1100).

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