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Hyeonjong of Goryeo

992 - 1031

Hyeonjong of Goryeo

Hyeonjong of Goryeo (1 August 992 – 17 June 1031), personal name Wang Sun, was the 8th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was a grandson of the dynastic founder King Taejo. He was appointed by the military leader Kang Cho, whom the previous King Mokjong had called upon to destroy a plot by Kim Ch'i-yang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyeonjong of Goryeo has received more than 194,317 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hyeonjong of Goryeo is the 4,163rd most popular politician (down from 4,055th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 28th in 2019) and the 24th most popular North Korean Politician.

The Goryeo dynasty was a Korean dynasty that lasted from 918 to 1392. The Goryeo Dynasty was the longest-lived dynasty in Korean history. It was founded by Wang Geon, who was posthumously renamed King Taejo. The Goryeo Dynasty had been a kingdom since the founding of Goguryeo in 37 BCE by Jumong and thus achieved unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
2.44
Effective Languages (L*)
3.29
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Page views of Hyeonjong of Goryeos by language

Over the past year Hyeonjong of Goryeo has had the most page views in the Korean wikipedia edition with 360,115 views, followed by English (65,723), and Chinese (24,361). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (14,793.09%), Persian (468.55%), and Indonesian (433.03%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hyeonjong of Goryeo ranks 4,163 out of 19,576. Before him are Milan Milutinović, Masamune, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Artaphernes, and Graça Machel. After him are Julia the Younger, Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Andocides, Eliot Ness, and Leontios.

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Milan Milutinović
1942 - 2023
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 4,157
Masamune
1300 - 1400
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,158
Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,159
Josip Juraj Strossmayer
1815 - 1905
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,160
Artaphernes
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,161
Graça Machel
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,162
Hyeonjong of Goryeo
992 - 1031
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,163
Julia the Younger
19 BC - 28
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,164
Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
1678 - 1737
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 4,165
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
1311 - 1356
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4,166
Andocides
440 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4,167
Eliot Ness
1903 - 1957
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4,168
Leontios
660 - 705
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4,169

Contemporaries

Among people born in 992, Hyeonjong of Goryeo ranks 1. After him is Otto Orseolo. Among people deceased in 1031, Hyeonjong of Goryeo ranks 4. Before him are Robert II of France, Emperor Shengzong of Liao, and Saint Emeric of Hungary. After him are Al-Qadir, and Gunnor.