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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 in 796. 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 1,258,693 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Offa of Mercia is the 3,344th most popular politician (down from 2,703rd in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 619th in 2019) and the 123rd 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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  • 47

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  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Offa of Mercia ranks 3,344 out of 19,576. Before him are Ma Ying-jeou, Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Frank B. Kellogg, Cleitus the Black, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and Kurt Zeitzler. After him are P. W. Botha, Chiyou, Mieszko II Lambert, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, James Macpherson, and Miran Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Offa of Mercia ranks 11. Before him are Pope Boniface VI, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Ælla of Northumbria, Fatima al-Fihri, Thomas the Slav, and Al-Muqanna. After him are Pribina, Piast the Wheelwright, Jayavarman II, Horik I, Gudfred, and Sigurd Ring. Among people deceased in 796, Offa of Mercia ranks 1. After him are Hisham I of Córdoba, Ecgfrith of Mercia, and Æthelred I of Northumbria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Offa of Mercia ranks 711 out of 8,785. Before him are Ann Radcliffe (1764), John Surtees (1934), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Oliver Reed (1938), and John Gurdon (1933). After him are John Franklin (1786), John Cale (1942), James Macpherson (1736), John Paul Jones (1946), George Darwin (1845), and William Byrd (1543).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Offa of Mercia ranks 123. Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550). After him are James Macpherson (1736), H. H. Asquith (1852), Margaret of York (1446), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), and Clementine Churchill (1885).

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