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Guthrum

830 - 890

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Guthrum (Old English: Guðrum, c. 835 – c. 890) was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century. Originally a native of Denmark, he was one of the leaders of the "Great Summer Army" that arrived in Reading during April 871 to join forces with the Great Heathen Army, whose intentions were to conquer the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. The combined armies were successful in conquering the kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, and parts of Mercia and overran Alfred the Great's Wessex but were ultimately defeated by Alfred at the Battle of Edington in 878. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guthrum is the 7,087th most popular politician (down from 6,591st in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 179th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Danish Politician.

Guthrum is most famous for his defeat of King Alfred the Great of Wessex at the Battle of Edington in 878.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guthrum ranks 7,087 out of 19,576. Before him are Aratus of Sicyon, Margherita de' Medici, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Rishi Sunak, Wu Peifu, and Sekhemib-Perenmaat. After him are Anna Komnene Angelina, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Sarit Thanarat, and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 830, Guthrum ranks 10. Before him are Junayd of Baghdad, Saint Naum, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Kocel, Emperor Kōkō, and Ermentrude of Orléans. After him are Rimbert, Mutimir of Serbia, Ishaq ibn Hunayn, and Erchanger, Duke of Swabia. Among people deceased in 890, Guthrum ranks 2. Before him is Ashot I of Armenia. After him are Indravarman I, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Ranulf II of Aquitaine, Anandavardhana, and Henjō.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Guthrum ranks 193 out of 1,032. Before him are Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Edvard Eriksen (1876), Nathaniel Wallich (1786), Preben Elkjær (1957), and Peter Naur (1928). After him are Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (1946), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Paul Gustav Fischer (1860), and Prince Harald of Denmark (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Guthrum ranks 73. Before him are Icel of Mercia (501), Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), Anker Jørgensen (1922), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887), and Edvard Eriksen (1876). After him are Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (1946), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), Prince Harald of Denmark (1876), Mette Frederiksen (1977), Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), and Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895).

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