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Rafael del Riego

1784 - 1823

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Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the establishment of the Liberal Triennium (Trienio liberal in Spanish). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael del Riego has received more than 124,725 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael del Riego is the 4,440th most popular politician (down from 4,360th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Spain (down from 391st in 2019) and the 138th most popular Spanish Politician.

Rafael del Riego was a Spanish general who led a coup against the king of Spain, Ferdinand VII. He was executed for his actions, which led to the First Carlist War.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael del Riego ranks 4,440 out of 19,576. Before him are Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Ewelina Hańska, Louis, Prince of Condé, Emperor Go-Fushimi, Rafael Caldera, and Lucius Munatius Plancus. After him are Brahim Ghali, Sten Sture the Elder, Sancho I of Pamplona, Bernabò Visconti, Kaja Kallas, and Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Rafael del Riego ranks 13. Before him are Louis Spohr, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Karl Thomas Mozart, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily. After him are Leo von Klenze, François Rude, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Peter von Cornelius, and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1823, Rafael del Riego ranks 13. Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Charles François Dumouriez, Ann Radcliffe, André-Jacques Garnerin, Edmund Cartwright, and Abraham-Louis Breguet. After him are Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Markos Botsaris, Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and William Playfair.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael del Riego ranks 394 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Rabal (1926), Theudis (470), Ramiro II of León (898), Sisebut (565), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), and César Rodríguez Álvarez (1920). After him are Sancho I of Pamplona (865), Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965), Quique Setién (1958), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), Marisa Paredes (1946), and Martin I of Sicily (1374).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Rafael del Riego ranks 138. Before him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), Blanche II of Navarre (1424), Theudis (470), Ramiro II of León (898), Sisebut (565), and Ramiro I of Asturias (790). After him are Sancho I of Pamplona (865), Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965), Martin I of Sicily (1374), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374), and Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848).

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