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James III of Scotland

1451 - 1488

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James III (10 July 1451/May 1452 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James III of Scotland has received more than 1,788,498 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). James III of Scotland is the 2,317th most popular politician (down from 2,195th in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 530th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Politician.

James III of Scotland is most famous for his defeat at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488.

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  • 52

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  • 5.13

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  • 4.55

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James III of Scotland ranks 2,317 out of 15,577Before him are Mikhail Mishustin, Eliot Ness, John of Brienne, Merneith, Isaias Afwerki, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. After him are Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Sergey Bubka, Peroz I, Milan I of Serbia, Cleopatra IV of Egypt, and Ptolemy X Alexander I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1451, James III of Scotland ranks 3Before him are Christopher Columbus and Isabella I of Castile. After him are René II, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick of Naples, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Kemal Reis, Muhammad Shaybani, Nicolás de Ovando, and Franchinus Gaffurius. Among people deceased in 1488, James III of Scotland ranks 2Before him is Andrea del Verrocchio. After him are Clarice Orsini, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Alvise Cadamosto, Girolamo Riario, John II, Duke of Bourbon, and Charles II, Duke of Bourbon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James III of Scotland ranks 535 out of 7,765Before him are Walter Raleigh (1554), Norman Haworth (1883), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Richard Griffiths (1947), Raymond Cattell (1905), and J. Bruce Ismay (1862). After him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Chaim Herzog (1918), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Thomas Hardy (1840), Tony Buzan (1942), and Jacqueline du Pré (1945).

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