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%.