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Ælle of Sussex

500 - 514

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Ælle (also Aelle or Ella) is recorded in early sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ælle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymensora and fought against the local Britons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ælle of Sussex has received more than 216,090 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ælle of Sussex is the 6,811th most popular politician (up from 7,175th in 2019), the 1,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,564th in 2019) and the 226th most popular British Politician.

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  • 220k

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  • 56.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ælle of Sussex ranks 6,811 out of 15,577Before him are Queen Heonae, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Enrique Bolaños, Jânio Quadros, and Odo III, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Harry Dexter White, Chadae of Goguryeo, Vlad Călugărul, Jacques Thibaud, Demades, and Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Ælle of Sussex ranks 31Before him are Gildas, Gerasimus of the Jordan, Hesychius of Alexandria, Wacho, Sigobert the Lame, and Rhadamistus. After him are Ardaric, Tato, Theodoric Strabo, Clotilde, Skandagupta, and Agathangelos. Among people deceased in 514, Ælle of Sussex ranks 2Before him is Pope Symmachus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ælle of Sussex ranks 1,429 out of 7,765Before him are Louise d'Orléans (1869), Greg Lake (1947), Michael Scot (1175), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), and Sydney Chaplin (1885). After him are David Purley (1945), Robert Shaw (1927), Patrick Macnee (1922), Alvin Lee (1944), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), and Lucinda Riley (1965).

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