James II of England

Quality:

James II of England - King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701). This person is the 1547^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of people and the 366^th most popular person in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “James II of England” in Simple English Wikipedia has 33.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 3128^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 4568^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 366^th most popular in people in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 5098^th most popular in all topics.

The 5809^th most popular in AI.

The 1547^th most popular in people.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 6603^rd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 4008^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

Since the creation of article “James II of England”, its content was written by 38 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (4568^th place) and edited by 3346 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (5809^th place).

James II of England is on the 366^th place in local ranking of people in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1547^th place in global ranking of people in all the time.

The article is cited 176 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 17951 times in all languages (9676^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #247 in December 2017
• Global: #620 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #761 in June 2020
• Global: #228 in September 2022

There are 52 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) James II of England		100
2	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		100
3	Greek (el) Ιάκωβος Β΄ της Αγγλίας		100
4	Vietnamese (vi) James II của Anh		97.6711
5	Korean (ko) 제임스 2세 (잉글랜드)		96.6916
6	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		95.0057
7	Arabic (ar) جيمس الثاني ملك إنجلترا		89.4316
8	Romanian (ro) Iacob al II-lea al Angliei		74.1567
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) James II od Engleske		73.5716
10	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		72.8608

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) James II of England		26 838 699
2	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		2 593 735
3	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		1 912 711
4	Russian (ru) Яков II		1 860 557
5	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		1 312 837
6	German (de) Jakob II. (England)		1 264 158
7	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		903 250
8	Polish (pl) Jakub II Stuart		758 444
9	Japanese (ja) ジェームズ2世 (イングランド王)		559 335
10	Chinese (zh) 詹姆斯二世 (英格蘭)		542 206

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) James II of England		124 807
2	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		8 514
3	Russian (ru) Яков II		7 894
4	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		7 127
5	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		4 747
6	German (de) Jakob II. (England)		4 200
7	Polish (pl) Jakub II Stuart		2 825
8	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		2 750
9	Japanese (ja) ジェームズ2世 (イングランド王)		2 335
10	Chinese (zh) 詹姆斯二世 (英格蘭)		2 101

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) James II of England		980
2	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		235
3	German (de) Jakob II. (England)		223
4	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		176
5	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		129
6	Russian (ru) Яков II		120
7	Dutch (nl) Jacobus II van Engeland		111
8	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		78
9	Japanese (ja) ジェームズ2世 (イングランド王)		77
10	Chinese (zh) 詹姆斯二世 (英格蘭)		76

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) James II of England		6
2	Russian (ru) Яков II		2
3	Catalan (ca) Jaume II d'Anglaterra i VII d'Escòcia		1
4	Finnish (fi) Jaakko II (Englanti)		1
5	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		1
6	Korean (ko) 제임스 2세 (잉글랜드)		1
7	Polish (pl) Jakub II Stuart		1
8	Serbian (sr) Џејмс II Стјуарт		1
9	Thai (th) พระเจ้าเจมส์ที่ 2 แห่งอังกฤษ		1
10	Ukrainian (uk) Яків II (король Англії)		1

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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