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Minamoto no Yoshiie

1039 - 1106

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Minamoto no Yoshiie (源 義家; 1039 – 4 August 1106), also known as Hachimantarō Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家) and his title Most Valorous Warrior in the Land (天下第一武勇之士), was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, he proved himself in battle with the Abe clan in the Zenkunen War (Former Nine Years' War) and the Kiyohara clan in the Gosannen War (Later Three Years' War). Subsequently, he became something of a paragon of samurai skill and bravery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minamoto no Yoshiie has received more than 131,121 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Minamoto no Yoshiie is the 8,962nd most popular politician (down from 8,705th in 2019).

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Minamoto no Yoshiie ranks 8,962 out of 19,576Before him are Malyuta Skuratov, Nubkheperre Intef, Matilda of Habsburg, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Chormaqan, and Chen Gongbo. After him are Firmus, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Alfredo Palacio, and Constanza Manuel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1039, Minamoto no Yoshiie ranks 2Before him is Sancho IV of Pamplona.  Among people deceased in 1106, Minamoto no Yoshiie ranks 6Before him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Nestor the Chronicler, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, and Benno. After him is Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou.

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