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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

1608 - 1670

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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle KG PC JP (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth, his support was crucial to the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, who rewarded him with the title Duke of Albemarle and other senior positions. The younger son of an impoverished Devon landowner, Monck began his military career in 1625 and served in the Eighty Years' War until 1638, when he returned to England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle has received more than 498,528 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle is the 7,679th most popular politician (down from 7,314th in 2019), the 1,526th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,534th in 2019) and the 247th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 7,679 out of 19,576. Before him are Beatrice of Lorraine, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Sergey Naryshkin, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Ibrahim Muteferrika, and Ahmad Shukeiri. After him are Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Mihai Antonescu, Karl Nehammer, Vladislav Ardzinba, Arnold of Torroja, and Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1608, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, John Milton, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Tukaram, and Ivan Vyhovsky. After him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, António Vieira, Pieter Post, Eudoxia Streshneva, and Thomas Fuller. Among people deceased in 1670, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 11. Before him are Louis Le Vau, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, and Giovanna Garzoni. After him are William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Niccolò Zucchi, Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, and Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 1,526 out of 8,785. Before him are Rosamund Pike (1979), Trevor Horn (1949), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Martin (1789), Margaret Burbidge (1919), and Roger Williamson (1948). After him are Jack Phillips (1887), Algernon Blackwood (1869), Kay Parker (1944), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Frederick Delius (1862), and Beorhtric of Wessex (800).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 247. Before him are Henry Pelham (1694), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Edward the Exile (1016), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720). After him are Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Gytha of Wessex (1053), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693).

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