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Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York

1473 - 1483

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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 787,755 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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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United Kingdom

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).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

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).

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