NOBLEMAN

Ladies of Llangollen

The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), were two upper-class Irish women who lived together as a couple. Their relationship scandalised and fascinated their contemporaries. The pair moved to a Gothic house in Llangollen, North Wales, in 1780 after leaving Ireland to escape the social pressures of conventional marriages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ladies of Llangollen has received more than 875,169 page views. Their biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ladies of Llangollen is the 1,336th most popular nobleman.

Memorability Metrics

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ladies of Llangollen ranks 1,336 out of 1,415. Before them are Sinatruces II of Parthia, Cadwaladr, Dilras Banu Begum, Vasudeva I, Narayan Rao, and Khuit. After them are Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Drest X, Pierre Casiraghi, Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Ealdwulf of East Anglia, and Zinat-un-Nissa Begum.