601 - 716
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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Among politicians, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 6,720 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1923 - 2018
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 6,714
1589 - 1613
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,715
1338 - 1355
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,716
1921 - 1997
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,717
1006 - 1077
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,718
1817 - 1892
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,719
601 - 716
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,720
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,721
1088 - 1123
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,722
1902 - 1999
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,723
1326 - 1332
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,724
1124 - 1170
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,725
1448 - 1508
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,726
Among people born in 601, Æthelred of Mercia ranks 6. Before 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 6. Before 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.
601 - 661
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 1
601 - 719
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Rank: 2
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 3
601 - 716
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 4
601 - 800
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 5
601 - 716
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6
601 - 693
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 7
601 - 672
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 8
601 - 665
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 9
601 - 656
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 10
601 - 761
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 11
662 - 716
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2
695 - 716
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 3
601 - 716
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 4
700 - 716
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
601 - 716
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6
700 - 716
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 7
700 - 716
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 8
697 - 716
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 9