NOBLEMAN

Hugh the Great

898 - 956

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Hugh the Great (c. 898 – 16 June 956) was the duke of the Franks and count of Paris. He was the most powerful magnate in France. Son of King Robert I of France, Hugh was Margrave of Neustria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh the Great has received more than 657,462 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Hugh the Great is the 116th most popular nobleman (down from 114th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from France (down from 619th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Nobleman.

Hugh the Great was a Norman nobleman who was the first person to be Duke of the Franks. He was also the first ruler of the Kingdom of France.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

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  • 66.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hugh the Greats by language

Over the past year Hugh the Great has had the most page views in the with 89,959 views, followed by Spanish (19,364), and Russian (16,339). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (303.25%), Afrikaans (75.69%), and Basque (62.61%)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Hugh the Great ranks 116 out of 1,415. Before him are Gaius Caesar, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Joanna I of Naples, Albert I of Germany, Chlodomer, and Albert, Duke of Prussia. After him are John of Gaunt, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, Odo of France, Mariana of Austria, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 898, Hugh the Great ranks 1. After him is Ramiro II of León. Among people deceased in 956, Hugh the Great ranks 2. Before him is Al-Masudi. After him are Ordoño III of León, Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy, Theophylact of Constantinople, and Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hugh the Great ranks 647 out of 6,770. Before him are Emma of Normandy (985), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Ariovistus (-101), François Guizot (1787), Louis Blériot (1872), and Maurice Chevalier (1888). After him are Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Ansgar (801), Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), and Pérotin (1160).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Hugh the Great ranks 24. Before him are Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Élisabeth of France (1764), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), and Chlodomer (495). After him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Robert Curthose (1054), Bertrada of Laon (720), and Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764).

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