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Vitiges

475 - 542

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Vitiges (also known as Vitigis, Vitigo, Witiges or Wittigis, and in Old Norse as Vigo) (died 542) was king of Ostrogothic Italy from 536 to 540. He succeeded to the throne of Italy in the early stages of the Gothic War of 535–554, as Belisarius had quickly captured Sicily the previous year and was in southern Italy at the head of the forces of Justinian I, the Eastern Roman Emperor. Vitiges was the husband of Queen Amalasuntha's only surviving child, Matasuntha; therefore, his royal legitimacy was based on this marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vitiges has received more than 164,542 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Vitiges is the 2,317th most popular politician (down from 2,130th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 776th in 2019) and the 126th most popular Turkish Politician.

Vitiges is most famous for being the last king of the Ostrogoths, and for being defeated by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the Battle of Ravenna.

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  • 160k

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  • 69.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vitiges ranks 2,317 out of 19,576. Before him are Dalia Grybauskaitė, Julia Avita Mamaea, Fatma Sultan, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Heinrich Lübke, and Émile Loubet. After him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Giovanna of Italy, Jehoahaz of Judah, and Phalaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 475, Vitiges ranks 3. Before him are Dionysius Exiguus, and Clotilde. After him is Tribonian. Among people deceased in 542, Vitiges ranks 1. After him are Tribonian, and Caesarius of Arles.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Vitiges ranks 243 out of 1,347. Before him are Evagrius Ponticus (345), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Şehzade Abdullah (1776), Aratus (-315), and Fatma Sultan (1605). After him are Theodore the Studite (759), Cevdet Sunay (1899), André Chénier (1762), Novatian (220), John IV Laskaris (1250), and Michael IX Palaiologos (1277).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Vitiges ranks 126. Before him are John VII Palaiologos (1370), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Kenan Evren (1917), Julius Martov (1873), Şehzade Abdullah (1776), and Fatma Sultan (1605). After him are Cevdet Sunay (1899), John IV Laskaris (1250), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), Basiliscus (500), Constantine Laskaris (1170), and Michael V Kalaphates (1015).

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