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Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster

1310 - 1361

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Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (c. 1310 – 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, Grosmont was a member of the House of Plantagenet, which was ruling over England at that time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster has received more than 537,708 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster is the 2,731st most popular writer (down from 2,416th in 2019), the 2,025th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,851st in 2019) and the 224th most popular British Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ranks 2,731 out of 7,302Before him are Ryōkan, Cornelia Funke, Marie Marvingt, Francis Ponge, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and Ludwig Rellstab. After him are Vladimir Voinovich, Sebastian Franck, Itzhak Katzenelson, Takuboku Ishikawa, Mina Witkojc, and Stephenie Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1310, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ranks 13Before him are Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, Winrich von Kniprode, Berdi Beg, Andronikos III of Trebizond, Lorenzo Celsi, and Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz. After him are Jean de Roquetaillade, Guariento di Arpo, Juan Fernández de Heredia, Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria, John Spata, and Thomas Preljubović. Among people deceased in 1361, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ranks 9Before him are Johannes Tauler, Philip I, Duke of Burgundy, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, María de Padilla, Blanche of Bourbon, and An-Nasir Hasan. After him are Giovanni Dolfin, and Ingeborg of Norway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ranks 2,025 out of 8,785Before him are John Mills (1908), John Smeaton (1724), Robert Smith (1959), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Gordon Milne (1937), and Lesley Manville (1956). After him are Sadiq Khan (1970), Perry Anderson (1938), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), and Robert Torrens (1780).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster ranks 224Before him are Tom Sharpe (1928), Edith Pargeter (1913), Herbert Read (1893), William Smith (1813), Peter James (1948), and Marjorie Boulton (1924). After him are Thomas Gray (1716), Thomas Kyd (1558), Samuel Smiles (1812), Robert Holdstock (1948), Josephine Tey (1896), and Marion Chesney (1936).