POLITICIAN

Alexander III of Scotland

1241 - 1286

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Alexander III (Scottish Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair; 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1249 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of Perth, by which Scotland acquired sovereignty over the Western Isles and the Isle of Man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander III of Scotland has received more than 1,395,688 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Alexander III of Scotland is the 4,971st most popular politician (down from 4,524th in 2019), the 1,001st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 981st in 2019) and the 174th most popular British Politician.

Alexander III of Scotland is most famous for his death in 1286. His sudden death led to the Scottish Wars of Independence, which eventually led to the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, which made Scotland an independent country.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander III of Scotland ranks 4,971 out of 19,576. Before him are Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, Munjong of Goryeo, Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, and František Palacký. After him are Léon M'ba, Conrad Hilton, Kakuei Tanaka, Emperor Uda, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and António Ramalho Eanes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1241, Alexander III of Scotland ranks 2. Before him is Eleanor of Castile. After him are Mechtilde, Leszek II the Black, Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, Sophia of Denmark, Vasily of Kostroma, and Gregory II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1286, Alexander III of Scotland ranks 3. Before him are Eric V of Denmark, and Bar Hebraeus. After him are Gurju Khatun, Zhenjin, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq, William of Moerbeke, John I, Duke of Brittany, Sophia of Denmark, and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander III of Scotland ranks 1,001 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Hamilton (1922), Ewan McGregor (1971), Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Lee Child (1954), and Antony Flew (1923). After him are Henry Briggs (1561), Ian Curtis (1956), Jill Ireland (1936), Bill Shankly (1913), Michael Nyman (1944), and Colin Chapman (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Alexander III of Scotland ranks 174. Before him are Denis Thatcher (1915), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670). After him are Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), John Balliol (1249), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900).

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