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Wilfred the Hairy

840 - 897

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Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós), (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886). On his death in 897, his son, Wilfred Borrell, inherited these counties, known by the historiography as the Catalan counties. He was responsible for the repopulation of the long-depopulated no-man's land around Vic (the county of Ausona, a frontier between Christians and Muslims), the re-establishment of the bishopric of Vic and the foundation of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, where he is buried. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfred the Hairy is the 7,143rd most popular politician (down from 5,318th in 2019), the 2,059th most popular biography from France (down from 1,624th in 2019) and the 500th most popular French Politician.

Wilfred the hairy is most famous for his appearance in the famous children's story "The Three Little Pigs."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilfred the Hairy ranks 7,143 out of 19,576. Before him are Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Floris I, Count of Holland, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, and Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma. After him are Beatrice of Lorraine, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Arioald, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Samsu-Ditana, and Prince Carl Bernadotte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Wilfred the Hairy ranks 7. Before him are Pope Theodore II, Michael III, Clement of Ohrid, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Richardis, and Notker the Stammerer. After him are Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Eudokia Ingerina, Hucbald, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 897, Wilfred the Hairy ranks 4. Before him are Pope Theodore II, Pope Stephen VI, and Pope Romanus. After him are Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Jinseong of Silla, and Buhturi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wilfred the Hairy ranks 2,059 out of 6,770. Before him are François-Marie Raoult (1830), Florent Schmitt (1870), Jean Girault (1924), Joseph Monier (1823), Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), and Théodore Dubois (1837). After him are Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Christiane Martel (1936), Rose Bertin (1747), François Georges-Picot (1870), André Messager (1853), and François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Wilfred the Hairy ranks 500. Before him are Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Pierre Messmer (1916), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Michel Rocard (1930), and Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257). After him are Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), François Georges-Picot (1870), François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), and Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950).

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