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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 a Dutch-born 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 1,294,362 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is the 8,271st most popular politician (down from 7,053rd in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 8,271 out of 15,577. Before him are Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Erato of Armenia, Walid Jumblatt, Wang Ming, William VI, Duke of Aquitaine, and Edmund Stoiber. After him are Arabella Churchill, Anjang of Goguryeo, Sid Watkins, Władysław Czartoryski, Yehuda Ashlag, and Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 9. Before him are Marie Anne Mancini, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Thomas Tew, John Blow, and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. After him are Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Jan Luyken, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Elihu Yale, and Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1685, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 9. Before him are Adriaen van Ostade, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, and Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria. After him are Michel Le Tellier, Francisco Herrera the Younger, and John Pell.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 342 out of 1,427. Before him are Philippa of Guelders (1464), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), and Aad de Mos (1947). After him are Barent Fabritius (1624), Hans van Breukelen (1956), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), John de Mol Jr. (1955), and Frits Philips (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ranks 60. Before him are Jan Gies (1905), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philippa of Guelders (1464), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), and Floris I, Count of Holland (1025). After him are Piet de Jong (1915), Joseph Luns (1911), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Anna van Egmont (1533), and Dirk I, Count of Holland (875).

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