WRITER

Sven Aggesen

1145 - 1300

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Svend Aggesen (or "Sven"; also known as Aggessøn, Aggesøn or Aagesen, in Latin Sveno Aggonis; born around 1140 to 1150, death unknown) was the author of Brevis historia regum Dacie, one of the first attempts to write a coherent history of Denmark covering the period 300AD-1185AD. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sven Aggesen has received more than 49,273 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sven Aggesen is the 2,937th most popular writer (up from 3,170th in 2019).

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sven Aggesen ranks 2,937 out of 7,302Before him are Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Ales Adamovich, Thomas Corneille, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Song Yu, and Edmond Privat. After him are Han Suyin, Howard Fast, Suzanne Curchod, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Jean-Sifrein Maury, and Vince Gilligan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1145, Sven Aggesen ranks 12Before him are Maria of Antioch, Najm al-Din Kubra, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Mikhail of Vladimir, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders. After him are Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, and Christina Hvide. Among people deceased in 1300, Sven Aggesen ranks 15Before him are Anonymus, Robert de Boron, Chaka of Bulgaria, Liang Kai, Kilij Arslan III, and Mitso Asen of Bulgaria. After him are Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Dobromir Chrysos, Ivanko, Alexius Slav, Ivan II of Bulgaria, and Roy Mata.

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