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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

1390 - 1447

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Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (3 October 1390 – 23 February 1447) was an English prince, soldier and literary patron. He was (as he styled himself) "son, brother and uncle of kings", being the fourth and youngest son of Henry IV of England, the brother of Henry V, and the uncle of Henry VI. Gloucester fought in the Hundred Years' War and acted as Lord Protector of England during the minority of his nephew. A controversial figure, he has been characterised as reckless, unprincipled, and fractious, but is also noted for his intellectual activity and for being the first significant English patron of humanism, in the context of the Renaissance. Unlike his brothers, Humphrey was given no major military command by his father, instead receiving an intellectual upbringing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester is the 2,680th most popular politician (up from 9,296th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,869th in 2019) and the 131st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 2,680 out of 19,576. Before him are Jehoahaz of Judah, Shah Jahan II, Mithridates I of Parthia, Shigeru Ishiba, Kārlis Ulmanis, and Frederick IV, Elector Palatine. After him are Emperor Higashiyama, Gustav Bauer, James Francis Edward Stuart, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Baer, and Nur Muhammad Taraki.

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Among people born in 1390, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 2. Before him is Rogier van der Weyden. After him are Elizabeth of Görlitz, La Hire, João Gonçalves Zarco, John Dunstaple, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Al-Musta'in, Contessina de' Bardi, John Cantius, Bengt Jönsson, and Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1447, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 5. Before him are Pope Eugene IV, Vlad II Dracul, Shah Rukh, and Filippo Maria Visconti. After him are Masolino da Panicale, Mircea II of Wallachia, Colette of Corbie, Henry Beaufort, and Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 671 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Gordon Banks (1937), John Ross (1777), and Thomas Bayes (1702). After him are James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), Robert Burton (1577), and David Hockney (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ranks 131. Before him are Arthur Balfour (1848), Harold Macmillan (1894), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), James Wilson (1742), and Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411). After him are James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Æthelflæd (869), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532).

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