MILITARY PERSONNEL

Roland

736 - 778

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Roland (French pronunciation: [ʁɔ.lɑ̃]; Old Frankish: *Hrōþiland; Medieval Latin: Hruodlandus or Rotholandus; Italian: Orlando or Rolando; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland has received more than 1,519,428 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Roland is the 49th most popular military personnel (down from 41st in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Spain (down from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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  • 73.71

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Roland ranks 49 out of 2,058. Before him are Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Tughril, Romulus Augustulus, Isoroku Yamamoto, and Michel Ney. After him are Baron Munchausen, Mikhail Kutuzov, Flavius Aetius, Erich Ludendorff, Prince Eugene of Savoy, and Gerd von Rundstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 736, Roland ranks 1. After him is Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak. Among people deceased in 778, Roland ranks 1. After him are Sufyan al-Thawri, and Lupus II of Gascony.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Roland ranks 46 out of 3,355. Before him are Charles III of Spain (1716), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Joan Fuster (1922), Montserrat Caballé (1933), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), and Arcadius (377). After him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Michael Servetus (1509), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Roland ranks 1. After him are Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Juan Pujol García (1912), John of Austria the Younger (1629), José Sanjurjo (1872), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Antonio Tejero (1932), Inés Suárez (1507), Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), Serena (365), and José Miaja (1878).

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