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Henry Percy

1364 - 1403

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Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur or Harry Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hotspur" was given to him by the Scots as a tribute to his speed in advance and readiness to attack. The heir to a leading noble family in northern England, Hotspur was one of the earliest and prime movers behind the deposition of King Richard II in favour of Henry Bolingbroke in 1399. He later fell out with the new regime and rebelled, and was slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 at the height of his fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Percy is the 11,438th most popular politician (down from 10,550th in 2019), the 2,596th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,175th in 2019) and the 396th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Percy ranks 11,438 out of 19,576. Before him are Francesco I Gonzaga, Pierre Poilievre, Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg, Claude Allègre, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, and Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia. After him are Théophraste Renaudot, Cristoforo Moro, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Orestes of Macedon, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, and Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro.

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Among people born in 1364, Henry Percy ranks 6. Before him are Al-Maqrizi, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Manuel III of Trebizond, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, and Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg. After him are Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Baude Cordier. Among people deceased in 1403, Henry Percy ranks 2. Before him is Bayezid I. After him is Katherine Swynford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Percy ranks 2,597 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Lings (1909), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Alfred Tysoe (1874), and Mary Ure (1933). After him are A. H. M. Jones (1904), William Curtis (1746), Gordon Jackson (1923), Glen Matlock (1956), Tom Hiddleston (1981), and Edward Vernon (1684).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Percy ranks 396. Before him are Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Joseph Lancaster (1778), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), James Harrington (1611), Francis Pym (1922), and Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891). After him are John Owen (1616), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), and Ivor Richard (1932).

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