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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

1649 - 1685

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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England with his mistress Lucy Walter. The Duke of Monmouth served in the Second Anglo-Dutch War and commanded English troops taking part in the Third Anglo-Dutch War before commanding the Anglo-Dutch brigade fighting in the Franco-Dutch War. He led the unsuccessful Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, an attempt to depose his uncle King James II and VII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth has received more than 1,396,292 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is the 10,124th most popular politician (down from 8,247th in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 341st in 2019) and the 74th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 10,124 out of 19,576. Before him are Ramón Castro Ruz, Élias Sarkis, István Friedrich, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Pietro Grimani, and Stephen Harper. After him are Autobiography of Harkhuf, José Linhares, Enlil-nadin-apli, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Benedetto Cairoli, and Constans II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 11. Before him are Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Thomas Tew, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, John Blow, and Jan Luyken. After him are Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Elihu Yale, Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, and Titus Oates. Among people deceased in 1685, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 10. Before him are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, and Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria. After him are Michel Le Tellier, Thomas Otway, Francisco Herrera the Younger, John Pell, and Francisco Rizi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 459 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Luyken (1649), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Frans Brüggen (1934), Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Salomon de Bray (1597), and Gijs van Lennep (1942). After him are Frans Post (1612), Wim Rijsbergen (1952), Macropedius (1487), Jaap Eden (1873), Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), and Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 74. Before him are Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Louis Beel (1902), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), and Nicolaes Witsen (1641). After him are Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Dirk Stikker (1897), Jan Gies (1905), Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Roméo Dallaire (1946), and Sigrid Kaag (1961).

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