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Æthelred of Mercia

601 - 716

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Æthelred (; died after 704) was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Æthelred of Mercia has received more than 204,856 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Æthelred of Mercia is the 9,621st most popular politician (down from 6,704th in 2019).

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  • 54.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 9,621 out of 19,576. Before her are Theobald I, Count of Bar, Igor Strelkov, Mieczysław Rakowski, Mikhail Rodzianko, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Tashfin ibn Ali. After her are Gilbert Horal, Pieter Both, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Ingvar of Kiev, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, and Alan II, Duke of Brittany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 601, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 8. Before her are Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Go of Balhae, Qapaghan Qaghan, Julian, Count of Ceuta, Rostam Farrokhzad, and Ilterish Qaghan. After her are Fructuosus of Braga, Mangsong Mangtsen, Amalberga of Maubeuge, Cenwalh of Wessex, Peada of Mercia, and Thrasimund I of Spoleto. Among people deceased in 716, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 7. Before her are Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Musa ibn Nusayr, Achila II, Qapaghan Qaghan, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, and Irmina of Oeren. After her are Theodo of Bavaria, Ceolred of Mercia, Osred I of Northumbria, and Coenred of Mercia.

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