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Thyra

800 - 958

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Thyra (Old Norse: Þyri or Þyre) was the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, and one of the first queens of Denmark widely believed by scholars to be historical rather than legendary. She is presented in medieval sources as a wise and powerful woman who ordered the building or fortification of the Danevirke, consistent with her commemoration on multiple Viking Age runestones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thyra has received more than 208,663 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Thyra is the 6,097th most popular politician (down from 5,434th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 160th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Danish Politician.

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  • 210k

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  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thyra ranks 6,097 out of 19,576. Before her are Muryeong of Baekje, Otto Braun, Cao Zhang, Takahashi Korekiyo, Urus Khan, and Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. After her are Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders, Al-Mustanjid, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Witteric, Seyni Kountché, and Neferhotep I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Thyra ranks 22. Before her are Gudfred, Sigurd Ring, George Syncellus, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Himiltrude, and Andal. After her are Hemma, Ratchis, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, Conrad I, Count of Auxerre, Antipope Philip, and Mauregatus of Asturias. Among people deceased in 958, Thyra ranks 2. Before her is Gorm the Old. After her is Toda of Pamplona.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Thyra ranks 171 out of 1,032. Before her are Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Carl Bloch (1834), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), and August Bournonville (1805). After her are Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), Peter Naur (1928), Mette Frederiksen (1977), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), and Edvard Eriksen (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Thyra ranks 63. Before her are Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Thorvald Stauning (1873), Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), and Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532). After her are Mette Frederiksen (1977), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Edvard Eriksen (1876), Guthrum (830), and Olaf I of Denmark (1050).

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