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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 455,741 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Malcolm IV of Scotland is the 3,794th most popular politician (up from 4,061st in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 925th in 2019) and the 146th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 3,794 out of 15,577Before him are Joseph Chamberlain, Raúl Alfonsín, Geunchogo of Baekje, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and António Lobo Antunes. After him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Constance of Antioch, Edvard Kardelj, Anitta, and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1141, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 3Before him are Nizami Ganjavi and Gerard de Ridefort. After him are Eisai and Floris III, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1165, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 2Before him is Muhammad al-Idrisi. After him are Stephen IV of Hungary, Emperor Nijō, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Sibylla of Anjou, and Archpoet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 836 out of 7,765Before him are Charles Vane (1680), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Pete Townshend (1945), Petula Clark (1932), Osborne Reynolds (1842), and Joseph Chamberlain (1836). After him are John Hanning Speke (1827), William Webb Ellis (1806), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Owen Tudor (1400), Peter Finch (1916), and Robert Graves (1895).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Malcolm IV of Scotland ranks 146Before him are David Cameron (1966), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Denis Thatcher (1915), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), and Joseph Chamberlain (1836). After him are Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), and Harthacnut I of Denmark (880).