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Petru Rareș

1487 - 1546

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Petru Rareș (pronounced [ˈpetru ˈrareʃ]), sometimes known as Petryła or Peter IV (Petru IV); c. 1483 – 3 September 1546), was twice voivode of Moldavia: 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. He was an illegitimate child born (probably at Hârlău) to Stephen the Great. His mother was Maria Răreșoaia of Hârlău, whose existence is not historically documented but who is said to have been the wife of a wealthy boyar fish-merchant nicknamed Rareș "rare-haired" (i.e., bald). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petru Rareș has received more than 77,883 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Petru Rareș is the 6,164th most popular politician (down from 4,678th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Romania (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Romanian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Petru Rareș ranks 6,164 out of 19,576. Before him are Kido Takayoshi, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Pleistoanax, Chung Hong-won, Pontiac, and Ratchis. After him are Aratus of Sicyon, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Alexander Gorchakov, Matvei Zakharov, Mesha, and Milan Babić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Petru Rareș ranks 6. Before him are Ismail I, Pope Julius III, John Zápolya, Pedro de Mendoza, and Bernard van Orley. After him are Michael Stifel, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Anna of Brandenburg, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1546, Petru Rareș ranks 8. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Meera, Francisco de Orellana, Giulio Romano, Francisco de Vitoria, and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. After him are Marinus van Reymerswaele, Étienne Dolet, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Isabella di Morra, and David Beaton.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Petru Rareș ranks 108 out of 844. Before him are Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Mundzuk (368), Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903), Marcel Janco (1895), Andrew Báthory (1563), and Serge Klarsfeld (1935). After him are László Tőkés (1952), Radu Lupu (1945), Arnold Hauser (1892), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), Artur Phleps (1881), and Tudor Vladimirescu (1780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Petru Rareș ranks 48. Before him are Ben Ferencz (1920), Aureolus (220), Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902), Christopher Báthory (1530), Mundzuk (368), and Andrew Báthory (1563). After him are László Tőkés (1952), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Petre Roman (1946), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), Victor Stănculescu (1928), and Vlad Călugărul (1425).

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