# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-scott-1st-duke-of-monmouth
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:28:49.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-scott-1st-duke-of-monmouth"
name: "James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth"
slug: "james-scott-1st-duke-of-monmouth"
description: "Charles II's illegitimate son who bet his life that England would rather crown a bastard than a Catholic — and lost his head when the country chose his uncle instead."
tagline: "English nobleman and soldier (1649–1685)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Lely_(1618-1680)_(after)_-_James_Scott_(1649%E2%80%931685)%2C_Duke_of_Monmouth%2C_KG%2C_in_Garter_Robes_-_1171154_-_National_Trust.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1649-04-09"
deathDate: "1685-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.01
  momentum:             11.80872309397958
  historical:           23.35006933333334
  currentAttention:     49.41580756013747
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Other"
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  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Джэймс Скот"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott, vévoda z Monmouthu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott%2C_Dug_1af_Mynwy"
    title: "James Scott, Dug 1af Mynwy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott%2C_1._Duke_of_Monmouth"
    title: "James Scott, 1. Duke of Monmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ιάκωβος Σκοτ, δούκας του Μόνμουθ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott, Duke of Monmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott%2C_I_duque_de_Monmouth"
    title: "James Scott, I duque de Monmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott, Monmouthi hertsog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott (Monmoutheko I. dukea)"
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    title: "جیمز اسکات، دوک مونماوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(herttua)"
    title: "James Scott (herttua)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(1er_duc_de_Monmouth)"
    title: "James Scott (1er duc de Monmouth)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'יימס סקוט, דוכס מונמות' הראשון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott, Monmouth első hercege"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott, I duca di Monmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჯეიმზ სკოტი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제1대 몬머스 공작 제임스 스콧"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(hertog)"
    title: "James Scott (hertog)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott, 1. hertug av Monmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99)"
    title: "James Scott (książę)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Scott%2C_1.%C2%BA_Duque_de_Monmouth"
    title: "Jaime Scott, 1.º Duque de Monmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Scott%2C_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D8%AB"
    title: "دوق مونمث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D8%AB"
    title: "دوق مونمث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born James Crofts in Rotterdam in 1649, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter, he grew into a capable military officer who served in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars and commanded the Anglo-Dutch brigade in the Franco-Dutch War. When his uncle James II ascended the throne as England's first openly Catholic monarch in decades, Monmouth launched a rebellion in 1685, staking his claim on his Protestant faith and royal blood. After one of his officers declared him the legitimate king in Taunton, Somerset, the uprising collapsed. He was captured and beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685.