Politician

Edward the Martyr

King of the English

962 - 978

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His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2024). Edward the Martyr is the 272nd most popular politician (up from 2,176th in 2024), the 89th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 463rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Politician.

Edward the Martyr was the son of King Edmund Ironside and grandson of King Æthelred the Unready. He was murdered in 978 by his half-brother, Eadwig, who then became king.

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Edward the Martyr climbed 6,053 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #6,980 to #927.

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Edward the Martyr ranks #89 among 9,870 people in Pantheon born in United Kingdom, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Edward the Martyr's biography appears in 52 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 91% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Edward the Martyr ranks 272 out of 20,022. Before him are Konrad Adenauer, Frederik IX, Paul von Hindenburg, Mehmed I, Elagabalus, and Olav V of Norway. After him are Lucius Verus, Slobodan Milošević, Pratibha Patil, Augusto Pinochet, Louis Philippe I, and Reinhard Heydrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 962, Edward the Martyr ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 978, Edward the Martyr ranks 1. After him are Gyeongsun of Silla, Rogvolod, Li Yu, and Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward the Martyr ranks 89 out of 9,870. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Tom Jones (1940), James Clerk Maxwell (1831), Richard Burton (1925), and Olav V of Norway (1903). After him are Virginia Woolf (1882), Francis Drake (1540), Charles Babbage (1791), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Thomas More (1478), and Joseph Lister (1827).

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Among Politicians In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward the Martyr ranks 29. Before him are Margaret Thatcher (1925), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Lord Mountbatten (1900), James V of Scotland (1512), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), and Olav V of Norway (1903). After him are Oliver Cromwell (1599), Edward Heath (1916), Edgar the Peaceful (943), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), Edward III of England (1312), and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545).

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