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Æthelflæd

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Æthelflæd (c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled as Lady of the Mercians in the English Midlands from 911 until her death in 918. She was the eldest child of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. Æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the Viking invasions of England. By 878, most of England was under Danish Viking rule – East Anglia and Northumbria having been conquered, and Mercia partitioned between the English and the Vikings – but in that year Alfred won a crucial victory at the Battle of Edington. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Æthelflæd is the 2,749th most popular politician (down from 2,198th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 134th most popular British Politician.

Aethelflaed was the daughter of Alfred the Great and the wife of Aethelred. She is most famous for defending Mercia from Viking attacks, and for her victory over the Vikings at the Battle of Tettenhall in 910.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelflæd ranks 2,749 out of 19,576. Before her are Cyril Ramaphosa, Sebastián Piñera, Émile Lahoud, Pharnaces II of Pontus, Kara Ahmed Pasha, and Alpha Condé. After her are Henry Morgenthau Sr., Thomas Fairfax, Mykola Azarov, Emperor Hui of Han, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, and Yasuo Fukuda.

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Among people born in 869, Æthelflæd ranks 2. Before her is Muhammad al-Mahdi. After her is Gung Ye. Among people deceased in 918, Æthelflæd ranks 2. Before her is Conrad I of Germany. After her are Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders, William I, Duke of Aquitaine, and Gung Ye.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Æthelflæd ranks 685 out of 8,785. Before her are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Philip Miller (1691), Augustus Pugin (1812), William Dampier (1651), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), and Roger Glover (1945). After her are Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), John le Carré (1931), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), and Robert Smith (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelflæd ranks 134. Before her are George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), James Wilson (1742), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767). After her are Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Tristan (535), Anne Neville (1456), and Norman Angell (1872).

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