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Ælfgifu of Northampton

990 - 1040

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Ælfgifu of Northampton (c. 990 – after 1036) was the first wife of Cnut the Great, King of England and Denmark, and mother of Harold Harefoot, King of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ælfgifu of Northampton has received more than 628,734 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ælfgifu of Northampton is the 685th most popular companion (down from 670th in 2019), the 2,378th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,541st in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Companion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Ælfgifu of Northampton ranks 685 out of 784. Before her are Maria d'Este, Cindy Breakspeare, Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine, Adelaide of Rheinfelden, Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, and Jagat Gosain. After her are Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ellen Axson Wilson, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Irene of Brunswick, Ermesinda of Bigorre, and Rosa Vercellana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 990, Ælfgifu of Northampton ranks 14. Before her are Mieszko II Lambert, Jovan Vladimir, Gisela of Swabia, Stefan Vojislav, Hilarion of Kiev, and Estrid Svendsdatter. After her is John Mauropous. Among people deceased in 1040, Ælfgifu of Northampton ranks 5. Before her are Harold Harefoot, Duncan I of Scotland, Fulk III, Count of Anjou, and Alan III, Duke of Brittany. After her is Renauld I, Count of Nevers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ælfgifu of Northampton ranks 2,378 out of 8,785. Before her are Patrick Troughton (1920), Charles Burney (1726), James Nasmyth (1808), Ray Cooney (1932), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406). After her are Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Jamie Vardy (1987), Peter Mayle (1939), Anna Sewell (1820), Mary McAleese (1951), and Henry Ireton (1611).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Ælfgifu of Northampton ranks 51. Before her are Joan of the Tower (1321), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), Edith Tolkien (1889), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), and Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261). After her are Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Anabella Drummond (1350), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), and Eanflæd (626).

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