POLITICIAN

Malcolm IV of Scotland

1141 - 1165

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Malcolm IV (Medieval Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Eanric; Scottish Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" (between 23 April and 24 May 1141 – 9 December 1165) was King of Scotland from 1153 until his death. He was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria (died 1152) and Ada de Warenne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm IV of Scotland has received more than 478,218 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Malcolm IV of Scotland is the 4,265th most popular politician (down from 3,784th in 2019), the 861st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 836th in 2019) and the 144th most popular British Politician.

Malcolm IV of Scotland is most famous for the Battle of Largs, which took place in 1263. Malcolm IV of Scotland led an army of Scots and Norwegians against a Norwegian invasion force. The Norwegians were led by King Magnus VI of Norway and his brother Haakon. The battle was a decisive victory for the Scots and a disaster for the Norwegians.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 4,265 out of 19,576. Before him are Ōkuma Shigenobu, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Bairam Khan, Agrippa Postumus, Sun Liang, and Queen Munjeong. After him are Tushratta, Ahmed ‘Urabi, George Canning, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Ernesto Geisel, and Jayavarman II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1141, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 3. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi, and Gerard de Ridefort. After him are Eisai, Floris III, Count of Holland, and Azalais de Porcairagues. Among people deceased in 1165, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi, and Stephen IV of Hungary. After him are Emperor Nijō, Sibylla of Anjou, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and Archpoet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 861 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Milland (1907), Stephen Frears (1941), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Mary Kingsley (1862), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), and Thomas Cavendish (1560). After him are George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), James Gregory (1638), Andy Serkis (1964), Simon Cowell (1959), and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 144. Before him are Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430). After him are George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Rishi Sunak (1980), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770).

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