POLITICIAN

Henry III of England

1207 - 1272

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Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War. Cardinal Guala Bicchieri declared the war against the rebel barons to be a religious crusade and Henry's forces, led by William Marshal, defeated the rebels at the battles of Lincoln and Sandwich in 1217. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry III of England has received more than 7,688,998 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Henry III of England is the 768th most popular politician (up from 779th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Politician.

Henry III is most famous for his struggle with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in the Second Barons' War.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Henry III of England has had the most page views in the with 981,643 views, followed by French (79,881), and Spanish (78,541). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (350.97%), Pashto (137.90%), and Wu Chinese (126.36%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry III of England ranks 768 out of 19,576. Before him are Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Enver Pasha, Umar II, Karl Liebknecht, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Emperor Gaozu of Tang. After him are Phocas, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Haile Selassie, and John of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1207, Henry III of England ranks 4. Before him are Rumi, Batu Khan, and Elizabeth of Hungary. After him are Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Ottone Visconti, and Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq. Among people deceased in 1272, Henry III of England ranks 1. After him are Stephen V of Hungary, Richard of Cornwall, Emperor Go-Saga, Enzo of Sardinia, Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, Zita, Yaroslav of Tver, Henry IV, Duke of Brabant, and Bartholomeus Anglicus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry III of England ranks 183 out of 8,785. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Boudica (33), Aleister Crowley (1875), Humphry Davy (1778), Charlotte Rampling (1946), and Elizabeth of York (1466). After him are Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Peter O'Toole (1932), Robert the Bruce (1274), Tony Blair (1953), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), and Saint Ursula (400).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry III of England ranks 37. Before him are Æthelstan (895), John, King of England (1166), James VI and I (1566), Edward V of England (1470), Anthony Eden (1897), and Boudica (33). After him are Robert the Bruce (1274), Tony Blair (1953), Arthur Henderson (1863), Charles II of England (1630), Henry I of England (1068), and Edward the Elder (871).

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