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James II of England

1633 - 1701

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James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James II of England has received more than 11,027,155 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). James II of England is the 433rd most popular politician (up from 491st in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 132nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Politician.

James II of England is most famous for being the last Catholic king of England. He was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James II of England ranks 433 out of 15,577. Before him are Idi Amin, Sitting Bull, Menes, Menkaure, Horemheb, and Moon Jae-in. After him are António Guterres, William III of England, Louis VII of France, Ali Khamenei, Feodor I of Russia, and Clara Zetkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, James II of England ranks 1. After him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Abbas II of Persia, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Kaya Sultan, Bernardino Ramazzini, Samuel Pepys, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Willem Drost, and Arsenije III Čarnojević. Among people deceased in 1701, James II of England ranks 2. Before him is Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. After him are William Kidd, Madeleine de Scudéry, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, and Stanislaus Papczyński.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James II of England ranks 117 out of 7,765. Before him are Aldous Huxley (1894), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Emily Brontë (1818), Charles I of England (1600), and John Napier (1550). After him are Rowan Atkinson (1955), Edward Elgar (1857), Catherine Howard (1523), Brian May (1947), Mick Jagger (1943), and Lady Godiva (990).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James II of England ranks 28. Before him are Edward V of England (1470), Edward VIII (1894), George V (1865), Henry VI of England (1421), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), and Charles I of England (1600). After him are Robert the Bruce (1274), Olav V of Norway (1903), Æthelstan (895), William IV of the United Kingdom (1765), Anthony Eden (1897), and John, King of England (1166).

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