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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 in battle in 1488. James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with the Kingdom of England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James III of Scotland has received more than 1,312,148 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). James III of Scotland is the 2,199th most popular politician (down from 2,045th in 2019), the 531st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 484th in 2019) and the 96th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James III of Scotland ranks 2,199 out of 15,710. Before him are Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Tarō Asō, Barsine, Mohammad Khodabanda, Fahri Korutürk, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. After him are Ajax the Lesser, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, Huayna Capac, Blanche I of Navarre, Edmund Ironside, and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1451, James III of Scotland ranks 4. Before him are Christopher Columbus, Isabella I of Castile, and Muhammad Shaybani. After him are René II, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick of Naples, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Kemal Reis, Nicolás de Ovando, and Franchinus Gaffurius. Among people deceased in 1488, James III of Scotland ranks 2. Before him is Andrea del Verrocchio. After him are Clarice Orsini, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Alvise Cadamosto, Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, John II, Duke of Bourbon, and Girolamo Riario.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James III of Scotland ranks 531 out of 6,924. Before him are John Franklin (1786), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Richard Francis Burton (1821), James Clark Ross (1800), Nigel Mansell (1953), and Gordon Banks (1937). After him are Edmund Ironside (993), A. S. Neill (1883), Bob Hoskins (1942), Alice Liddell (1852), Tony Scott (1944), and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James III of Scotland ranks 96. Before him are Eadred (923), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), and James II of Scotland (1430). After him are Edmund Ironside (993), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Marie of Romania (1875), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415).

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