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Tekle Giyorgis II

1836 - 1873

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Tekle Giyorgis II (Ge’ez: ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ, born Wagshum Gobeze (Amharic: ዋግሹም ጎበዜ), 1836 – 21 June 1873) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the Ethiopian Church to strengthen his right to rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tekle Giyorgis II has received more than 209,963 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tekle Giyorgis II is the 16,638th most popular politician (down from 14,577th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Ethiopia and the 32nd most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tekle Giyorgis IIS by language

Over the past year Tekle Giyorgis II has had the most page views in the with 38,173 views, followed by Italian (2,172), and Russian (2,036). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (89.42%), Serbo-Croatian (53.87%), and Ukrainian (52.94%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 16,638 out of 19,576. Before him are E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Gideon Welles, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Amir Ohana, Samuel Huntington, and Anthony Carmona. After him are Anna Komorowska, Juliet Mitchell, Roman Dzindzichashvili, John N. Mitchell, Sadeq Larijani, and Mohamed Said Fofana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 77. Before him are Casimir de Candolle, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Adolf Schwarz, Justiniano Borgoño, and Pablo Arosemena. After him are Joseph Smit, Walter Besant, and Russell A. Alger. Among people deceased in 1873, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 80. Before him are George-Étienne Cartier, Charles Allston Collins, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, and Sarah Moore Grimké. After him are William J. Hardee, John W. Geary, and Hamilton Hume.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 53 out of 105. Before him are Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), Sahle Dengel (1778), Derartu Tulu (1972), Gelawdewos (1522), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), and Tirunesh Dibaba (1985). After him are Ruth Negga (1982), Sifan Hassan (1993), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Bogaletch Gebre (1960), Berhane Adere (1973), and Addis Abebe (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 32. Before him are Susenyos I (1572), Tafari Benti (1921), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), Sahle Dengel (1778), and Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953).

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