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Cuthred of Wessex

750 - 756

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Cuthred or Cuþræd was the King of Wessex from 740 (739 according to Simeon of Durham, 741 according to John of Worcester) until 756. He succeeded Æthelheard, his relative and possibly his brother. Cuthred inherited the kingdom while Mercia was at its peak. The two kingdoms often fought in Cuthred's first three years, but it appears that Æthelbald of Mercia was Wessex's overlord and that Æthelbald compelled Cuthred to join him in fighting the Welsh in 743. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cuthred of Wessex is the 12,173rd most popular politician (down from 11,288th in 2019), the 2,806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,347th in 2019) and the 408th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cuthred of Wessex ranks 12,174 out of 19,576. Before him are Gyula Kállai, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Polemon of Laodicea, Ehmetjan Qasim, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Gazanfar Musabekov, and Alexander Khatisian. After him are Artūras Paulauskas, Neferu III, Publius Valerius Laevinus, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, and Menestheus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 750, Cuthred of Wessex ranks 14. Before him are Theodulf of Orléans, Theodore Abu Qurrah, Cynewulf of Wessex, Giovanni I Participazio, Domenico Monegario, and Teodato Ipato. After him are Sigeberht of Wessex, Antony I of Constantinople, Æthelheard of Wessex, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, Gisulf II of Benevento, and Liutprand of Benevento. Among people deceased in 756, Cuthred of Wessex ranks 7. Before him are Yang Guifei, Ibn al-Muqaffa', Emperor Shōmu, Aistulf, Kormisosh, and Galla Gaulo. After him is Wang Changling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cuthred of Wessex ranks 2,807 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Henry Gosse (1810), Joseph Larmor (1857), John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), John Terry (1980), and Anthony Horowitz (1955). After him are Harold Laski (1893), Vanessa Angel (1966), John Cockerill (1790), Alexander Albon (1996), Gilbert Walker (1868), and Bobby Sands (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Cuthred of Wessex ranks 408. Before him are Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Henry Pottinger (1789), Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), and Ed Davey (1965). After him are Bobby Sands (1954), Ruth Belville (1854), John McDonnell (1951), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831).

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