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Louis II of Italy

825 - 875

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Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone. Louis's usual title was imperator augustus ("august emperor"), but he used imperator Romanorum ("emperor of the Romans") after his conquest of Bari in 871, which led to poor relations with the Eastern Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis II of Italy has received more than 514,696 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Louis II of Italy is the 996th most popular politician (up from 1,417th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Italy (up from 559th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Italian Politician.

Louis II of Italy is most famous for being the last ruler of the Kingdom of Italy. He was the son of Amadeus III of Savoy and Maria of Burgundy. Louis II was only three years old when his father died, so his uncle Charles I of Savoy acted as regent.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Louis II of Italy has had the most page views in the with 70,551 views, followed by Italian (19,717), and French (17,379). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (9,575.00%), Simple English (259.87%), and Basque (60.76%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis II of Italy ranks 996 out of 19,576Before him are Béla Kun, Grigory Potemkin, Wilhelm Frick, Stephen III of Moldavia, Abd el-Krim, and Shang Yang. After him are Pepin of Herstal, Queen Seondeok of Silla, Leonid Kravchuk, Constans II, Andronikos II Palaiologos, and Manuel II Palaiologos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 825, Louis II of Italy ranks 1After him are Al-Muhtadi, Ono no Komachi, Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, Ariwara no Narihira, and Galindo Aznárez I. Among people deceased in 875, Louis II of Italy ranks 2Before him is Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. After him are Ado of Vienne, Otfrid of Weissenburg, and Teutberga.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Louis II of Italy ranks 425 out of 5,161Before him are Pope Sergius I (650), Philolaus (-470), Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807), Geta (189), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), and Arturo Toscanini (1867). After him are Poppaea Sabina (30), Andrea Doria (1466), Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Pope Martin I (590), Pietro Badoglio (1871), and Pope Fabian (200).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Louis II of Italy ranks 63Before him are Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Ancus Marcius (-675), Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), Petronius Maximus (396), Charles I of Hungary (1288), and Geta (189). After him are Pietro Badoglio (1871), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87), Brennus (-500), Octavia the Younger (-69), and Gaius Gracchus (-154).