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Henry II the Pious

1196 - 1241

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Henry II the Pious (Polish: Henryk II Pobożny; 1196 – 9 April 1241) was Duke of Silesia and High Duke of Poland as well as Duke of South-Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. Between 1238 and 1239 he also served as regent of Sandomierz and Opole–Racibórz. He was the son of Henry the Bearded and a member of the Silesian Piast dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry II the Pious has received more than 247,329 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Henry II the Pious is the 3,451st most popular politician (down from 3,003rd in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Poland (down from 170th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Polish Politician.

Henry II the Pious was most famous for being the son of Henry I the Fowler and the father of Otto I the Great. He was also famous for being a member of the Ottonian dynasty, which ruled over the Holy Roman Empire from 919 to 1024.

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  • 62.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry II the Pious ranks 3,451 out of 19,576. Before him are Anatoly Lunacharsky, Salome Alexandra, Haakon Sigurdsson, Jean de Dunois, Olaf III of Norway, and Lucius Aelius. After him are Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, João Lourenço, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Jacob Kettler, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, and Hormizd II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1196, Henry II the Pious ranks 1. After him are Emperor Tsuchimikado, William II of Dampierre, Alice of Champagne, Sviatoslav III of Vladimir, and Hugh I, Count of Blois. Among people deceased in 1241, Henry II the Pious ranks 7. Before him are Pope Gregory IX, Ögedei Khan, Snorri Sturluson, Pope Celestine IV, Valdemar II of Denmark, and Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. After him are Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, Köten, Fujiwara no Teika, Amaury de Montfort, and Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Henry II the Pious ranks 204 out of 1,694. Before him are Otto von Below (1857), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), and Vasily Sokolovsky (1897). After him are B. Traven (1882), Józef Gosławski (1908), Paul Tillich (1886), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Henryk Górecki (1933), and Przemysł II (1257).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Henry II the Pious ranks 56. Before him are Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), Bolesław II the Generous (1041), Hans Lammers (1879), Mieszko II Lambert (990), and Frederick I of Württemberg (1754). After him are Przemysł II (1257), Yisrael Kristal (1903), Piast the Wheelwright (800), Władysław I Herman (1043), Hans Modrow (1928), and Władysław II the Exile (1105).

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