Edward the Martyr

About Edward the Martyr

Edward the Martyr was an English king who reigned briefly over the Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons from 975 until his death in 978. As a politician and monarch of the late Anglo-Saxon period, his primary historical significance stems from his early accession and subsequent assassination, which ultimately cleared the path for his younger half-brother, Æthelred the Unready, to take the throne. This period was marked by intense political maneuvering and challenges to royal authority, solidifying Edward's place at rank #927 in the Pantheon project's index of historical influence.

In terms of modern internet attention, Edward the Martyr occupies a position that closely mirrors his historical rank. He garnered approximately 443K Wikipedia views in 2025, resulting in an Attention Gap factor of roughly 1x-suggesting his online visibility is proportional to his historical importance within the dataset. This contrasts sharply with figures like A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, another politician, who achieved a far greater 2.4M views despite a similar importance ranking (#990 vs. #927). Conversely, Edward retains significantly more attention than the much more historically influential Louis XIII of France (#406), who logged only 82K views in the same year.

Despite the relatively stable current attention level, the data shows a potential shift in interest: his 2025 momentum (Q1 vs Q3) dropped by 50%, indicating that interest waned significantly across the latter half of the year, though his year-over-year change was still positive at +23.8%.