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Æthelstan

895 - 939

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Æthelstan or Athelstan (; Old English: Æðelstān [ˈæðelstɑːn]; Old Norse: Aðalsteinn; lit. 'noble stone'; c. 894 – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Æthelstan has received more than 9,498,512 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Æthelstan is the 594th most popular politician (down from 522nd in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 136th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Politician.

Aethelstan is most famous for his victory over the Vikings at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937.

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  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelstan ranks 594 out of 19,576. Before him are Mithridates VI of Pontus, Chandragupta Maurya, Valens, Valentinian III, Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, and Juliana of the Netherlands. After him are Aurelian, Didius Julianus, Christian IV of Denmark, Hugo Chávez, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 895, Æthelstan ranks 1. After him are Al-Muqtadir, Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, Liu Zhiyuan, and Sigurd Haakonsson. Among people deceased in 939, Æthelstan ranks 1. After him are Pope Leo VII, Dirk I, Count of Holland, Eberhard of Franconia, Pietro II Candiano, and Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Æthelstan ranks 147 out of 8,785. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), Cat Stevens (1948), Howard Carter (1874), Eric Clapton (1945), Mary Boleyn (1499), and Jane Birkin (1946). After him are Anna Wintour (1949), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), Henry Purcell (1659), John Venn (1834), and Tim Berners-Lee (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelstan ranks 31. Before him are Edward II of England (1284), Charles I of England (1600), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Henry VI of England (1421), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), and George IV of the United Kingdom (1762). After him are John, King of England (1166), James VI and I (1566), Edward V of England (1470), Anthony Eden (1897), Boudica (33), and Henry III of England (1207).

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