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Edward Bruce

1275 - 1318

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Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick (Norman French: Edward de Brus; Middle Irish: Edubard a Briuis; Modern Scottish Gaelic: Scottish Gaelic: Eideard or Iomhair Bruis; c. 1280 – 14 October 1318), was a younger brother of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. He supported his brother in the 1306–1314 struggle for the Scottish crown, then pursued his own claims in Ireland. Proclaimed High King of Ireland in 1315 and crowned in 1316, he was eventually defeated and killed by Anglo-Irish forces of the Lordship of Ireland at the Battle of Faughart in County Louth in 1318. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Bruce is the 12,899th most popular politician (down from 12,312th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 147th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Bruce ranks 12,899 out of 19,576. Before him are Tom Perez, Stylianos Gonatas, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, Jan de Quay, Nikos Beloyannis, and Udo of Neustria. After him are Shlomo Ben-Ami, Sextus Julius Severus, Pero López de Ayala, Chorso, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Phil Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1275, Edward Bruce ranks 11. Before him are Mondino de Luzzi, Chungseon of Goryeo, John II, Duke of Brabant, Dnyaneshwar, Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, and Musō Soseki. After him are Abu Sa'id Uthman II, and Walter Burley. Among people deceased in 1318, Edward Bruce ranks 8. Before him are Mikhail of Tver, Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Margaret of France, Queen of England, Eric Magnusson, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, and Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. After him is Thomas I Komnenos Doukas.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edward Bruce ranks 171 out of 549. Before him are George Abraham Grierson (1851), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), Catald (700), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Patrick Hillery (1923), and Seán T. O'Kelly (1882). After him are Moya Brennan (1952), Brian McFadden (1980), Peter Woulfe (1727), Seán O'Casey (1880), Enda Kenny (1951), and Barry Fitzgerald (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Edward Bruce ranks 35. Before him are Daniel O'Connell (1775), Micheál Martin (1960), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Patrick Hillery (1923), and Seán T. O'Kelly (1882). After him are Enda Kenny (1951), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Bruton (1947), and Garret FitzGerald (1926).

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