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Guthrum

830 - 890

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Guthrum (Old English: Guðrum, c. 835 – c. 890) was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century. Originally a native of Denmark, he was one of the leaders of the "Great Summer Army" that arrived in Reading during April 871 to join forces with the Great Heathen Army, whose intentions were to conquer the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guthrum has received more than 1,802,854 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Guthrum is the 6,592nd most popular politician (down from 4,217th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 124th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Danish Politician.

Guthrum is most famous for his defeat of King Alfred the Great of Wessex at the Battle of Edington in 878.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guthrum ranks 6,592 out of 19,576. Before him are Sardanapalus, Pedubast I, Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Oleksii Reznikov, and Virgilio Barco Vargas. After him are Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, Vittoria della Rovere, Cochise, Petro Doroshenko, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Herennia Etruscilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 830, Guthrum ranks 10. Before him are Saint Naum, Carloman of Bavaria, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Kocel, Ermentrude of Orléans, and Emperor Kōkō. After him are Rimbert, Mutimir of Serbia, Ishaq ibn Hunayn, and Erchanger, Duke of Swabia. Among people deceased in 890, Guthrum ranks 2. Before him is Ashot I of Armenia. After him are Indravarman I, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Anandavardhana, Ranulf II of Aquitaine, and Henjō.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Guthrum ranks 179 out of 1,032. Before him are Peter Naur (1928), Mette Frederiksen (1977), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Edvard Eriksen (1876), and Ole Nydahl (1941). After him are Olaf I of Denmark (1050), Prince Harald of Denmark (1876), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943), Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), and Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Guthrum ranks 68. Before him are Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), Thyra (800), Mette Frederiksen (1977), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), and Edvard Eriksen (1876). After him are Olaf I of Denmark (1050), Prince Harald of Denmark (1876), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943), Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (1946).

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