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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 190,039 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Æthelred of Mercia is the 6,720th most popular politician (down from 4,894th in 2019).

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  • 190k

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  • 56.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 6,720 out of 15,577Before her are Belisario Betancur, Gabriel Báthory, Louis, King of Sicily, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Andronikos Doukas, and Antonio de Torres Jurado. After her are Paul Bremer, Eystein I of Norway, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Rinchinbal Khan, Al-Mustanjid, and Philip, Elector Palatine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 601, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 6Before her are Ali, Go of Balhae, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Qapaghan Qaghan, and Julian, Count of Ceuta. After her are Ilterish Qaghan, Cenwalh of Wessex, Fructuosus of Braga, Peada of Mercia, and Óengus I. Among people deceased in 716, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 6Before her are Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Musa ibn Nusayr, Achila II, Qapaghan Qaghan, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa. After her are Coenred of Mercia, Ceolred of Mercia, and Osred I of Northumbria.

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