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Godwin, Earl of Wessex

1001 - 1053

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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; died 15 April 1053) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex (c. 1020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godwin, Earl of Wessex has received more than 1,222,185 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Godwin, Earl of Wessex is the 5,422nd most popular politician (up from 5,714th in 2019), the 1,078th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,213th in 2019) and the 184th most popular British Politician.

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  • 30

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  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 5,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Bocchus I, Emperor Jingzong of Tang, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Chris Patten, D. F. Malan, and Ichirō Hatoyama. After him are Emperor Montoku, Emperor Heizei, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Burt Munro, Prisca, and Mikhail of Tver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1001, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 7. Before him are Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Qutalmish, Trota of Salerno, Duncan I of Scotland, and Al-Qa'im. After him are Blot-Sweyn, Abd al-Rahman V, Antipope Adalbert, Gyda of Sweden, Alberic of Cîteaux, and Catherine of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 1053, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 1. After him are Procopius of Sázava, and Frederick, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 1,078 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Wilmut (1944), Mungo Park (1771), Edmund Leighton (1852), William Henry Perkin (1838), Jane Hawking (1944), and Chris Patten (1944). After him are Paul Grice (1913), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Dirk Bogarde (1921), and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 184. Before him are John Balliol (1249), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), and Chris Patten (1944). After him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), and Alexander II of Scotland (1198).

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