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John Balliol

1249 - 1314

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John Balliol or John de Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning 'empty coat'), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life. After the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, Scotland entered an interregnum during which several competitors for the Crown of Scotland put forward claims. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Balliol has received more than 1,508,521 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). John Balliol is the 3,337th most popular politician (down from 2,844th in 2019), the 755th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 671st in 2019) and the 136th most popular British Politician.

John Balliol is most famous for being the first king of Scotland. He was the first person to be crowned King of Scotland, and his reign lasted from 1292 to 1296.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Balliol ranks 3,337 out of 15,577. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Emperor Zhezong, Berengaria of Castile, Emilio Mola, and Ptahhotep. After him are Shigeru Yoshida, Fujiko Fujio, Lennart Johansson, Tokugawa Iemitsu, Anatoly Sobchak, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1249, John Balliol ranks 3. Before him are Eric V of Denmark and Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon. After him are Robert III, Count of Flanders, Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, Emperor Kameyama, Zhu Shijie, and John I, Duke of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1314, John Balliol ranks 4. Before him are Philip IV of France, Pope Clement V, and Jacques de Molay. After him are Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes, Helen of Anjou, Zhu Shijie, and Muhammad III of Granada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Balliol ranks 755 out of 7,765. Before him are Ben Jonson (1572), David J. Thouless (1934), John Frederic Daniell (1790), Boris Karloff (1887), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881). After him are Terence Stamp (1938), George Darwin (1845), Amy Winehouse (1983), John Fowles (1926), David Coverdale (1951), and Ronald Fisher (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Balliol ranks 136. Before him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Robert III of Scotland (1330), Gordon Brown (1951), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430). After him are James Macpherson (1736), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), David Cameron (1966), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), and Philip Noel-Baker (1889).

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