PIRATE

Eric of Pomerania

1381 - 1459

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Eric of Pomerania (c. 1381/1382 – 24 September 1459) ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric of Pomerania has received more than 1,007,025 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Eric of Pomerania is the 3rd most popular pirate (up from 4th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Poland (up from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Pirate.

Eric of Pomerania is most famous for being the king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. He was also the King of England.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Eric of Pomerania ranks 3 out of 29. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa, and Blackbeard. After him are Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, D. B. Cooper, François l'Olonnais, William Kidd, and Henry Every.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1381, Eric of Pomerania ranks 2. Before him is Rita of Cascia. After him are John I, Duke of Bourbon, Chang of Goryeo, Lawrence Justinian, and Colette of Corbie. Among people deceased in 1459, Eric of Pomerania ranks 1. After him are Poggio Bracciolini, Fra Mauro, Ausiàs March, Antoninus of Florence, John Fastolf, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Gregory III of Constantinople, and James of Portugal.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Eric of Pomerania ranks 27 out of 1,694. Before him are Erich Ludendorff (1865), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Janusz Korczak (1878), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Fedor von Bock (1880), and Władysław IV Vasa (1595). After him are Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902), Ernst Cassirer (1874), Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), and Sigismund II Augustus (1520).

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Among PIRATES In Poland

Among pirates born in Poland, Eric of Pomerania ranks 1. 

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