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Hisham II

965 - 1013

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Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah (ابو الولید ھشام المؤيد بالله, Abū'l-Walīd Hishām al-Muʾayyad bi-ʾllāh) (son of Al-Hakam II and Subh of Córdoba) was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and from 1010 to 1013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hisham II has received more than 192,359 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Hisham II is the 3,485th most popular politician (down from 3,085th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Spain (down from 266th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Spanish Politician.

Hisham II is most famous for being the last ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate. He was a member of the Umayyad dynasty and was in power from 724-743 AD. His reign was marked by civil war and he was eventually overthrown by the Abbasids.

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  • 27

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  • 4.41

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  • 2.89

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hisham II ranks 3,485 out of 15,577. Before him are Cleopatra Thea, Ana Pauker, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, André Maginot, Hipparchus, and Filippo Maria Visconti. After him are Yakov Yurovsky, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Emperor Ku, Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, Emil Maurice, and Deodoro da Fonseca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 965, Hisham II ranks 2. Before him is Ibn al-Haytham. After him are Henry I, Margrave of Austria, Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Sancho García of Castile, Frederick of Luxembourg, and Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1013, Hisham II ranks 2. Before him is Al-Zahrawi. After him is Reginar IV, Count of Mons.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Hisham II ranks 304 out of 2,932. Before him are Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Yolande of Aragon (1384), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Wittiza (687), and Eusebi Güell (1846). After him are Prudentius (348), Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Iker Casillas (1981), Sancho VII of Navarre (1154), and Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Hisham II ranks 109. Before him are Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), Sigeric (370), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Hisham I of Córdoba (757), Yolande of Aragon (1384), and Wittiza (687). After him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Sancho VII of Navarre (1154), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Blanche II of Navarre (1424), Al-Hakam I (770), and Maria Anna of Spain (1606).

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