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POLITICIAN

Offa of Mercia

800 - 796

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Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æthelbald. Offa defeated the other claimant, Beornred. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Offa of Mercia has received more than 1,176,627 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Offa of Mercia is the 2,711th most popular politician (down from 1,993rd in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 491st in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Politician.

Offa of Mercia is most famous for his coins. He was the first Anglo-Saxon king to produce coins, which he minted in gold, silver, and bronze.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Offa of Mercia ranks 2,711 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Nintoku, Valdemar III of Denmark, Fausta, John Buchan, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, and Gerard de Ridefort. After him are Serzh Sargsyan, Richard Walther Darré, Intef I, Habibullah Khan, Vicente Fox, and Robert Peel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Offa of Mercia ranks 9Before him are Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Pope Adrian III, Ælla of Northumbria, Pope Boniface VI, Pope Sergius II, and Fatima al-Fihri. After him are Thomas the Slav, Jayavarman II, Horik I, Sigurd Ring, Pribina, and Gudfred. Among people deceased in 796, Offa of Mercia ranks 1After him are Hisham I of Córdoba and Ecgfrith of Mercia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Offa of Mercia ranks 619 out of 7,765Before him are James Hargreaves (1720), Douglas Adams (1952), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Tilda Swinton (1960), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), and John Buchan (1875). After him are Philip Miller (1691), Eduard Suess (1831), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Robert Peel (1788), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), and Bill Nighy (1949).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Offa of Mercia ranks 112Before him are Kenneth MacAlpin (810), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Henry the Young King (1155), William Wilberforce (1759), and John Buchan (1875). After him are Robert Peel (1788), Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Philippa of England (1394), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), and Nigel Farage (1964).