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Æthelheard of Wessex

750 - 740

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Æthelheard (meaning roughly "Noble Stern"), also spelled Ethelheard, Edelard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood. Some sources identify him as the brother of Queen Æthelburg of Wessex, the wife of his predecessor, King Ine. His own successor Cuthred is identified in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as 'his relative'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Æthelheard of Wessex is the 13,008th most popular politician (down from 11,852nd in 2019), the 3,078th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,508th in 2019) and the 431st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelheard of Wessex ranks 13,008 out of 19,576. Before him are Alice Milliat, Hayder of Crimea, Juan Guaidó, Shehu Shagari, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, and Lorenzo Batlle y Grau. After him are Nikolai Podvoisky, Guaram I of Iberia, Haakon the Young, Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, Juan Carlos Varela, and Carlos Prío Socarrás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 750, Æthelheard of Wessex ranks 17. Before him are Giovanni I Participazio, Domenico Monegario, Teodato Ipato, Cuthred of Wessex, Sigeberht of Wessex, and Antony I of Constantinople. After him are Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, Gisulf II of Benevento, Liutprand of Benevento, Alboin of Spoleto, Eanred of Northumbria, and Alhred of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 740, Æthelheard of Wessex ranks 5. Before him are Zayd ibn Ali, Andrew of Crete, Meng Haoran, and Wu Daozi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Æthelheard of Wessex ranks 3,079 out of 8,785. Before him are Jude Bellingham (2003), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Ray Davies (1944), and Gary Hocking (1937). After him are R. M. Hare (1919), John McVie (1945), Florence Green (1901), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), and Quentin Blake (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelheard of Wessex ranks 431. Before him are Ralph Abercromby (1734), John Profumo (1915), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), and Gary Hocking (1937). After him are Florence Green (1901), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), John Wilkes (1725), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286), and Terence O'Neill (1914).

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