800 - 958
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 187,868 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Thyra is the 5,448th most popular politician (down from 5,275th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 155th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Danish Politician.
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Among politicians, Thyra ranks 5,448 out of 15,577. Before her are Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Empress Masako, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden, Shiban, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, and Matilda of Boulogne. After her are Artabasdos, Emperor Uda, Mikhail Tomsky, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, Amyrtaeus, and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia.
1066 - 1121
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 5,442
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,443
1116 - 1156
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,444
1200 - 1266
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,445
1650 - 1714
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,446
1103 - 1152
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,447
800 - 958
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,448
700 - 743
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,449
867 - 931
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,450
1880 - 1936
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5,451
1165 - 1226
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 5,452
450 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 5,453
1803 - 1892
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 5,454
Among people born in 800, Thyra ranks 19. Before her are Sigurd Ring, Pribina, Gudfred, Piast the Wheelwright, Al-Muqanna, and Antipope Philip. After her are Hemma, George Syncellus, Andal, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, and Himiltrude. Among people deceased in 958, Thyra ranks 2. Before her is Gorm the Old. After her is Toda of Pamplona.
800 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 13
800 - 860
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 14
800 - 810
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 15
800 - 870
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 16
800 - 783
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 17
800 - 769
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 18
800 - 958
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 19
800 - 876
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 20
800 - 810
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 21
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 22
800 - 831
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 23
800 - 800
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 24
800 - 800
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
900 - 958
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 1
800 - 958
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 2
876 - 958
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 3
Among people born in Denmark, Thyra ranks 161 out of 893. Before her are Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Jesper Christensen (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), Carl Bloch (1834), and Asger Jorn (1914). After her are Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), Carl Værnet (1893), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Ole Nydahl (1941), and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768).
1895 - 1992
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 155
1842 - 1927
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 156
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 157
1918 - 2014
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 158
1834 - 1890
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 159
1914 - 1973
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 160
800 - 958
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 161
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 162
1893 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 163
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 164
1747 - 1820
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 165
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 166
1768 - 1810
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 167
Among politicians born in Denmark, Thyra ranks 62. Before her are Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Hastein (810), Olaf I of Denmark (1050), and Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895). After her are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), Thorvald Stauning (1873), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943), and Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935).
1540 - 1583
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 56
1776 - 1831
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 57
1796 - 1881
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 58
810 - 896
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 59
1050 - 1095
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 60
1895 - 1992
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 61
800 - 958
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 62
1747 - 1820
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 63
1768 - 1810
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 64
1532 - 1585
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 65
1873 - 1942
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 66
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 67
1935 - 2018
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 68