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Wala of Corbie

772 - 836

Wala of Corbie

Wala (c. 755 – 31 August 836) was a son of Bernard, son of Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Charlemagne, of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious, and of Louis's son Lothair I. He succeeded his brother Adalard as abbot of Corbie and its new daughter foundation, Corvey, in 826 or 827. His feast day is 31 August Originally a count (comes) attached to the palace under Charlemagne (811), Wala was forced to enter the monastery of Corbie in 814 as part of a purging of palace rivals and hangers-on by Louis the Pious. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wala of Corbie has received more than 41,962 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wala of Corbie is the 9,200th most popular politician (down from 8,707th in 2019).

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Among politicians, Wala of Corbie ranks 9,200 out of 19,576. Before him are Peng Zhen, Isabel Moctezuma, Tyti, Tippu Tip, James F. Byrnes, and Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales. After him are Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Al-Muwaffaq, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton.

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HPI: 54.50
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HPI: 54.50
Rank: 9,200
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HPI: 54.49
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HPI: 54.49
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HPI: 54.49
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