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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

1390 - 1447

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Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (3 October 1390 – 23 February 1447) was an English prince, soldier and literary patron. He was (as he styled himself) "son, brother and uncle of kings", being the fourth and youngest son of Henry IV of England, the brother of Henry V, and the uncle of Henry VI. Gloucester fought in the Hundred Years' War and acted as Lord Protector of England during the minority of his nephew. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester has received more than 688,312 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester is the 9,297th most popular politician (down from 8,479th in 2019), the 1,869th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,791st in 2019) and the 284th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 9,297 out of 19,576Before him are José María Velasco Ibarra, Trần Đại Quang, Driss Jettou, Prasutagus, Prince Hisaaki, and Demaratus of Corinth. After him are Bathilde d'Orléans, Demetrius of Pharos, Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Wang Huning, Charles D. B. King, and Georges Catroux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1390, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 11Before him are Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Elizabeth of Görlitz, John Cantius, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Al-Musta'in, and Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo. After him are Bengt Jönsson, Petr Chelčický, Alexander I of Georgia, Contessina de' Bardi, Cristoforo Moro, and Nils Jönsson. Among people deceased in 1447, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 9Before him are Shah Rukh, Filippo Maria Visconti, Masolino da Panicale, Mircea II of Wallachia, Henry Beaufort, and Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria. After him is Colette of Corbie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 1,869 out of 8,785Before him are Arthur Percival (1887), John Mandeville (1300), Max Mallowan (1904), Cyril Jackson (1903), James Blunt (1974), and Prasutagus (50). After him are David Coulthard (1971), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Herbert Chapman (1878), Andrew Bertie (1929), Millicent Fawcett (1847), and Pauline Moran (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 284Before him are Margaret Douglas (1515), Emma Darwin (1808), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Mark of Cornwall (480), and Prasutagus (50). After him are Ken Tyrrell (1924), Andrew Bertie (1929), Ine of Wessex (700), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Ælle of Sussex (500), and Catherine Ashton (1956).