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William the Lion

1142 - 1214

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William the Lion (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam an Leòmhann), sometimes styled William I (Uilleam MacEanraig; Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric) and also known by the nickname Garbh, 'the Rough' (c. 1142 – 4 December 1214), reigned as King of Alba from 1165 to 1214. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William the Lion has received more than 1,054,555 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). William the Lion is the 5,788th most popular politician (down from 5,085th in 2019), the 1,163rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,079th in 2019) and the 198th most popular British Politician.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

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  • 5.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William the Lion ranks 5,788 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, King Li of Zhou, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Piyassili, Yang Kaihui, and Tewodros II. After him are George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Rómulo Betancourt, Hermann Billung, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and M. Visvesvaraya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1142, William the Lion ranks 4. Before him are Yue Fei, Moinuddin Chishti, and Philip I, Count of Flanders. After him are Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Al-Mustadi, Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, and Godfrey III, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 1214, William the Lion ranks 4. Before him are Alfonso VIII of Castile, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, and Qasar. After him are Rurik Rostislavich, Theobald I, Count of Bar, Michael IV of Constantinople, and Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William the Lion ranks 1,163 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Recorde (1512), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Frances Fisher (1952), Robert Fludd (1574), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), and Bernard Lee (1908). After him are Cynthia Lennon (1939), Ed Miliband (1969), John McLaughlin (1942), Rosemary Harris (1927), Rod Evans (1947), and Joan Plowright (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William the Lion ranks 198. Before him are Domnall mac Ailpín (812), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Francis Walsingham (1532), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935). After him are Ed Miliband (1969), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), and Spencer Perceval (1762).

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