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Hywel Dda

880 - 950

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Hywel ap Cadell, commonly known as Hywel Dda, which translates to Howel the Good in English, was a Welsh king who ruled the southern Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth and eventually came to rule most of Wales. He became the sole king of Seisyllwg in 920 and shortly thereafter established Deheubarth, and proceeded to gain control over the entire country from Prestatyn to Pembroke. As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr through his father Cadell, Hywel was a member of the Dinefwr branch of the dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hywel Dda has received more than 460,896 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hywel Dda is the 14,384th most popular politician (down from 13,042nd in 2019), the 3,534th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,199th in 2019) and the 474th most popular British Politician.

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  • 28

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  • 2.19

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  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hywel Dda ranks 14,384 out of 19,576. Before him are Higinio Uriarte, Beorhtwulf of Mercia, Thurisind, Salvador Jovellanos, Purushottam Das Tandon, and Luis Batlle Berres. After him are José María Carreño, Naplanum, Eduardo Santos, Martín Carrera, Maati Bouabid, and Eugen Huber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 880, Hywel Dda ranks 10. Before him are Harthacnut I of Denmark, Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Beatrice of Vermandois, Adalbert I of Ivrea, Abas I of Armenia, and Fujiwara no Tadahira.  Among people deceased in 950, Hywel Dda ranks 7. Before him are Al-Qahir, Siemomysł, Chernorizets Hrabar, Lothair II of Italy, Sunyer, Count of Barcelona, and Constantine Lekapenos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hywel Dda ranks 3,534 out of 8,785. Before him are Sophie Okonedo (1968), Patricia Routledge (1929), Thomas Fuller (1608), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), and John Arbuthnot (1667). After him are Sheena Easton (1959), Michael Berry (1941), Joe Alwyn (1991), Len Deighton (1929), Giuseppe Wilson (1945), and Norman Hunter (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Hywel Dda ranks 474. Before him are Cherie Blair (1954), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), John Julius Norwich (1929), Ken Livingstone (1945), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919). After him are William Huskisson (1770), Roy Jenkins (1920), Stafford Cripps (1889), Jack Straw (1946), Robin Cook (1946), and John Taylor (1808).

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