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Alexander II of Scotland

1198 - 1249

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Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander II of Scotland has received more than 876,762 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Alexander II of Scotland is the 4,852nd most popular politician (down from 3,776th in 2019), the 1,034th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 866th in 2019) and the 176th most popular British Politician.

Alexander II of Scotland is most famous for his role in the Union of the Crowns in 1603, which united England and Scotland under one monarch.

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

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  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander II of Scotland ranks 4,852 out of 15,577Before him are Yusuf I of Granada, Pir Muhammad, Qapaghan Qaghan, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Iltutmish, and Niklot. After him are Archduke Eugen of Austria, Emperor Duanzong, Utu-hengal, Veljko Kadijević, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and Philippe Buonarroti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1198, Alexander II of Scotland ranks 4Before him are Ertuğrul, Berengaria of Portugal, and Stefan Vladislav. After him are Renaud de Vichiers, Beatrice of Swabia, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, Beatrice of Savoy, Vardan Areveltsi, and Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim. Among people deceased in 1249, Alexander II of Scotland ranks 2Before him is Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse. After him are As-Salih Ayyub, Jacopo Tiepolo, Hugh X of Lusignan, and Mikhail Khorobrit.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander II of Scotland ranks 1,034 out of 7,765Before him are Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), Edith Cavell (1865), Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), and James Meade (1907). After him are Bob Hope (1903), Samuel Butler (1612), Roger Daltrey (1944), George Vancouver (1757), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), and Alan Moore (1953).

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