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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

1767 - 1820

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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. His only child, Victoria, became Queen of the United Kingdom 17 years after his death. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799 and, a few weeks later, appointed a General and commander-in-chief of British forces in the Maritime Provinces of North America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn has received more than 6,882,440 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn is the 2,716th most popular politician (down from 1,799th in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 417th in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Politician.

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn is most famous for being Queen Victoria's father.

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  • 63.70

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  • 39

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  • 4.07

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  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 2,716 out of 19,576. Before him are Mithridates I of Parthia, Mariano Rajoy, Candaules, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Aristagoras, and Petr Pavel. After him are Emperor Higashiyama, Eugenius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, William I of Sicily, Vladimír Mečiar, and Richard of Cornwall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Say, John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, August Wilhelm Schlegel, and Nicolas Oudinot. After him are Manuel Godoy, Henri Christophe, Maria Theresa of Austria, Rama II of Siam, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure. Among people deceased in 1820, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 6. Before him are George III of the United Kingdom, Joseph Fouché, Jiaqing Emperor, Elisa Bonaparte, and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. After him are François Christophe de Kellermann, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Gia Long, Henri Christophe, Manuel Belgrano, and Jean-Lambert Tallien.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 579 out of 8,785. Before him are John Davis (1550), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), A. J. Cronin (1896), Jonathan Pryce (1947), and Antony Hewish (1924). After him are Richard of Cornwall (1209), Maud of Wales (1869), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), A. S. Neill (1883), Chris Slade (1946), and Erasmus Darwin (1731).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 100. Before him are George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), David II of Scotland (1324), Eadwig (940), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), and Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796). After him are Richard of Cornwall (1209), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Nigel Farage (1964), and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453).

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