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Eadwig

940 - 959

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Eadwig (also Edwy or Eadwig All-Fair, c. 940 – 1 October 959) was King of England from 23 November 955 until his death in 959. He was the elder son of Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu, who died in 944. Eadwig and his brother Edgar were young children when their father was killed trying to rescue his seneschal from attack by an outlawed thief on 26 May 946. As Edmund's sons were too young to rule he was succeeded by his brother Eadred, who suffered from ill health and died unmarried in his early 30s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eadwig is the 3,517th most popular politician (down from 2,662nd in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 569th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular British Politician.

Eadwig was most famous for ruling as king of England from 955-959.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eadwig ranks 3,517 out of 19,576. Before him are Tetricus I, Urraca of León, Robert Smith, Muhammad I of Córdoba, Al-Mu'tamid, and Bajram Begaj. After him are Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Vortigern, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Chung Il-kwon, Anatoly Lunacharsky, and Hyrcanus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Eadwig ranks 6. Before him are Hugh Capet, Ferdowsi, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, and Mieszko I of Poland. After him are Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Ibn Sahl, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, and Baldwin III, Count of Flanders. Among people deceased in 959, Eadwig ranks 2. Before him is Constantine VII. After him is Pietro III Candiano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eadwig ranks 849 out of 8,785. Before him are John Newlands (1837), Cynegils (575), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), and Samuel Richardson (1689). After him are Sawney Bean (1600), Daniel Rutherford (1749), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Sean Bean (1959), Charles Frederick Worth (1825), and John Nelson Darby (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Eadwig ranks 173. Before him are Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Asma al-Assad (1975), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415). After him are Ælla of Northumbria (800), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), James Macpherson (1736), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141).

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