1473 - 1483
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (17 August 1473 – c. 1483), was the sixth child and second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, born in Shrewsbury. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York has received more than 701,877 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York is the 2,258th most popular politician (up from 3,880th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 834th in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Politician.
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York is most famous for being the father of King Edward IV and King Richard III.
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Among politicians, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York ranks 2,258 out of 15,710. Before him are Wei Yan, Wilhelm Marx, Phalaris, Harthacnut I of Denmark, Carlos Menem, and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. After him are Louis, Duke of Orléans, Artur Axmann, Abdullah II of Jordan, Ivan I of Moscow, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.
200 - 234
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 2,252
1863 - 1946
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 2,253
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 2,254
880 - 1000
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 2,255
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 2,256
1943 - Present
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 2,257
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 2,258
1703 - 1752
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2,259
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2,260
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2,261
1288 - 1340
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2,262
1852 - 1912
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2,263
1701 - 1773
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2,264
Among people born in 1473, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York ranks 4. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus, Oruç Reis, and James IV of Scotland. After him are Thomas Wolsey, Georg von Frundsberg, John Corvinus, Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, Cecilia Gallerani, Hans Burgkmair, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, and Henry IV, Duke of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1483, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York ranks 5. Before him are Edward V of England, Edward IV of England, Louis XI of France, and Charlotte of Savoy. After him are Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Margaret of Bourbon, Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, and Pedro Pardo de Cela.
1473 - 1543
HPI: 93.51
Rank: 1
1473 - 1518
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 2
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 3
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 4
1473 - 1530
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 5
1473 - 1528
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 6
1473 - 1504
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 7
1473 - 1484
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
1473 - 1536
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 9
1473 - 1531
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 10
1473 - 1541
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 11
1473 - 1541
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 12
1470 - 1483
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 1
1442 - 1483
HPI: 81.31
Rank: 2
1423 - 1483
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 3
1441 - 1483
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 4
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 5
1467 - 1483
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 6
1438 - 1483
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 7
1428 - 1483
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 8
1420 - 1483
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 9
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York ranks 548 out of 6,924. Before him are John Wallis (1616), Charles Dance (1946), Pope Adrian IV (1100), Marie of Romania (1875), John Edward Gray (1800), and Harthacnut I of Denmark (880). After him are J. L. Austin (1911), E. H. Carr (1892), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Chris Slade (1946), and Malcolm Young (1953).
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 542
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 543
1100 - 1159
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 544
1875 - 1938
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 545
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 546
880 - 1000
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 547
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 548
1911 - 1960
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 549
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 550
1868 - 1928
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 551
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 552
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 553
1953 - 2017
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 554
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York ranks 101. Before him are James II of Scotland (1430), James III of Scotland (1451), Edmund Ironside (993), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Marie of Romania (1875), and Harthacnut I of Denmark (880). After him are Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), and Gordon Brown (1951).
1430 - 1460
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 95
1451 - 1488
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 96
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 97
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 98
1875 - 1938
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 99
880 - 1000
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 100
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 101
1415 - 1495
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 102
810 - 858
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 103
1779 - 1848
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 104
1550 - 1604
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 105
1930 - 2017
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 106
1951 - Present
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 107