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Sigeberht of Wessex

750 - Today

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Sigeberht (meaning roughly "Magnificent Victory") was the King of Wessex from 754 or 755, to around 756. Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred, but was then accused of acting unjustly. After ruling a year he was accused of unlawful acts and removed from power by the witan, a council of nobles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigeberht of Wessex has received more than 732,131 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sigeberht of Wessex is the 11,285th most popular politician (up from 11,376th in 2019), the 2,509th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,785th in 2019) and the 385th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sigeberht of Wessex ranks 11,285 out of 15,577Before him are Gnaeus Octavius, Neferhotep III, Ioannis Alevras, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Juan José Torres, and Publius Valerius Comazon. After him are Aulus Caecina Alienus, Cem Özdemir, Natalia Gutman, Viviane Reding, Marcus Vinicius, and Sanford B. Dole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 750, Sigeberht of Wessex ranks 16Before him are Domenico Monegario, Teodato Ipato, Giovanni I Participazio, Cuthred of Wessex, Æthelheard of Wessex, and Antony I of Constantinople. After him are Theodore Abu Qurrah, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, Eanred of Northumbria, Alhred of Northumbria, and Alboin of Spoleto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sigeberht of Wessex ranks 2,509 out of 7,765Before him are Malo (487), Richard Dadd (1817), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Eric Ambler (1909), Leonard Hobhouse (1864), and David Crystal (1941). After him are David Chipperfield (1953), Veronica Cartwright (1949), Richard Swinburne (1934), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Nick Kamen (1962), and Jodie Whittaker (1982).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Sigeberht of Wessex ranks 385Before him are Edwin of Northumbria (586), Roger Williams (1603), Mary McAleese (1951), Banastre Tarleton (1754), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), and Henry Pottinger (1789). After him are Ken Livingstone (1945), Charles James Fox (1749), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), and Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841).