NOBLEMAN

Rorik of Dorestad

900 - 882

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Rorik (Latin: Roricus, Rorichus; Old Norse: Hrœrekr; c. 810 – c. 880) was a Danish Viking, who ruled over parts of Friesland between 841 and 873, conquering Dorestad and Utrecht in 850. Rorik swore allegiance to Louis the German in 873. He was born in Denmark around 800. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rorik of Dorestad has received more than 224,062 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rorik of Dorestad is the 560th most popular nobleman, the 213th most popular biography from Denmark and the 12th most popular Danish Nobleman.

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  • 55.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Rorik of Dorestad ranks 560 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Maria Amalia of Courland, Otto I, Duke of Merania, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy. After him are William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, William, Duke of Brunswick, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg, and Emma of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Rorik of Dorestad ranks 34. Before him are Donald II of Scotland, Constantine of Preslav, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Indravarman I, Wiborada, and Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Wifred II, Count of Barcelona, Ibn Wahshiyya, Engelberga, Naddodd, and Sunyer, Count of Barcelona. Among people deceased in 882, Rorik of Dorestad ranks 6. Before him are Pope John VIII, Louis III of France, Louis the Younger, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, and Hincmar. After him is Eudokia Ingerina.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Rorik of Dorestad ranks 213 out of 1,032. Before him are Jens Otto Krag (1914), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Marie Krøyer (1867), Søren Lerby (1958), Henning Larsen (1925), and Jacob Gade (1879). After him are Kurt Westergaard (1935), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), King Diamond (1956), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Denmark

Among noblemen born in Denmark, Rorik of Dorestad ranks 12. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), and Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520). After him are Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (1650), Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (1940), Princess Louise of Denmark (1726), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1721), and Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792).

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