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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 429,463 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Hywel Dda is the 13,087th most popular politician (down from 12,274th in 2019), the 3,207th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,251st in 2019) and the 448th most popular British Politician.

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  • 47.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hywel Dda ranks 13,087 out of 15,577. Before him are Constantine, Carlos P. Garcia, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Leonel Brizola, Isaías Medina Angarita, and José Bové. After him are José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Cornelio Saavedra, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Annette Lu, and Manius Otacilius Crassus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 880, Hywel Dda ranks 10. Before him are Lambert of Italy, 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 6. Before him are Lothair II of Italy, Chernorizets Hrabar, Al-Qahir, Siemomysł, and Sunyer, Count of Barcelona. After him is Constantine Lekapenos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hywel Dda ranks 3,207 out of 7,765. Before him are James B. Francis (1815), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Bob Shaw (1931), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), and Bert Jansch (1943). After him are John Mawe (1764), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Isaac Watts (1674), Pat Jennings (1945), John Callen (1946), and Tobias Menzies (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Hywel Dda ranks 448. Before him are Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), Richard Cobden (1804), Stephen Gardiner (1497), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Tommy Douglas (1904), and Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779). After him are William Davies Evans (1790), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Gayatri Devi (1919), and Tony Benn (1925).

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