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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

1608 - 1670

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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English military officer and politician who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth, his support was crucial to the 1660 Stuart Restoration of Charles II. Monck began his military career in 1625 and served in the Eighty Years' War until 1638, when he returned to England. Posted to Ireland as part of the army sent to suppress the Irish Rebellion of 1641, he quickly gained a reputation for efficiency and ruthlessness. After Charles I agreed to a truce with the Catholic Confederacy in September 1643, he was captured fighting for the Royalists at Nantwich in January 1644 and remained a prisoner for the next two years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle is the 8,293rd most popular politician (down from 7,678th in 2019), the 1,846th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,527th in 2019) and the 311th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 8,293 out of 19,576. Before him are Hantili I, Dirk V, Count of Holland, Vasile Milea, Neidhart von Reuental, John Brown Gordon, and Michael II Komnenos Doukas. After him are Philip of France, Arvid Lindman, Dragan Đokanović, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Menkare, and Lucile Desmoulins.

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Among people born in 1608, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Tukaram, Ivan Vyhovsky, and Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine. After him are António Vieira, Eudoxia Streshneva, Pieter Post, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, and Thomas Fuller. Among people deceased in 1670, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 11. Before him are Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, and Giovanna Garzoni. After him are William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Niccolò Zucchi, Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, and Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 1,846 out of 8,785. Before him are William Watson (1715), Norman Davies (1939), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), John William Godward (1861), Charli XCX (1992), and John Eliot Gardiner (1943). After him are Kingsley Amis (1922), John Moore (1761), Martin Freeman (1971), Lynn Redgrave (1943), Jean Marsh (1934), and Ida Lupino (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ranks 311. Before him are John Bowring (1792), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Ælle of Sussex (500), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), and Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777). After him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Peter Fraser (1884), Lulach (1030), Gytha of Wessex (1053), and Edward the Exile (1016).

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