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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Minamoto no Yoshinaka

1154 - 1184

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Minamoto no Yoshinaka (源 義仲, 1154 – February 21, 1184), also known as Kiso Yoshinaka (木曾 義仲), was a Japanese samurai lord in the late Heian period. A member of the Minamoto clan, shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo was his cousin and rival during the Genpei War between the Minamoto and the Taira clans. In The Tale of the Heike, he is known as Asahi Shogun (朝日将軍). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minamoto no Yoshinaka has received more than 246,331 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Minamoto no Yoshinaka is the 613th most popular military personnel (down from 579th in 2019).

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  • 24

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Minamoto no Yoshinaka ranks 613 out of 1,468Before him are Nikolay Gumilyov, Ludwig von Benedek, Wilhelm Rediess, Ernst Linder, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.. After him are Julius von Payer, Kemal Reis, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Zhuge Jin, Israel Tal, and Werner Kempf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1154, Minamoto no Yoshinaka ranks 5Before him are Constance, Queen of Sicily, Sancho I of Portugal, Sancho VII of Navarre, and Vsevolod the Big Nest. After him are Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Among people deceased in 1184, Minamoto no Yoshinaka ranks 5Before him are Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Agnes of Antioch, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, and George III of Georgia. After him are Arnold of Torroja, Magnus V of Norway, Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Heinrich von Veldeke.

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