James II of England

Quality:

James II of England - King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633–1701). This person is the 1560^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of people and the 345^th most popular person in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “James II of England” in Simple English Wikipedia has 35.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). 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 3011^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 4277^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 345^th most popular in people in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 5272^nd most popular in all topics.

The 5857^th most popular in AI.

The 1560^th most popular in people.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 8341^st most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 4515^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 (4277^th place) and edited by 3290 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (5857^th place).

James II of England is on the 345^th place in local ranking of people in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1560^th place in global ranking of people in all the time.

The article is cited 182 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 17453 times in all languages (9567^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #248 in December 2017
• Global: #621 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #759 in June 2020
• Global: #227 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, 2025 (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		97.7383
5	Korean (ko) 제임스 2세 (잉글랜드)		96.5397
6	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		94.2535
7	Arabic (ar) جيمس الثاني ملك إنجلترا		89.9232
8	Romanian (ro) Iacob al II-lea al Angliei		74.3273
9	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		72.9432
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) James II od Engleske		72.7009

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) James II of England		25 080 370
2	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		2 461 088
3	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		1 793 964
4	Russian (ru) Яков II		1 720 396
5	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		1 237 718
6	German (de) Jakob II. (England)		1 194 552
7	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		864 747
8	Polish (pl) Jakub II Stuart		716 469
9	Japanese (ja) ジェームズ2世 (イングランド王)		530 665
10	Chinese (zh) 詹姆斯二世 (英格蘭)		508 403

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		125 204
2	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		9 262
3	Russian (ru) Яков II		8 389
4	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		7 288
5	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		4 941
6	German (de) Jakob II. (England)		4 031
7	Chinese (zh) 詹姆斯二世 (英格蘭)		3 404
8	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		3 143
9	Japanese (ja) ジェームズ2世 (イングランド王)		2 350
10	Polish (pl) Jakub II Stuart		2 264

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		944
2	French (fr) Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre)		231
3	German (de) Jakob II. (England)		220
4	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		176
5	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		124
6	Russian (ru) Яков II		119
7	Dutch (nl) Jacobus II van Engeland		111
8	Portuguese (pt) Jaime II de Inglaterra		75
9	Japanese (ja) ジェームズ2世 (イングランド王)		74
10	Chinese (zh) 詹姆斯二世 (英格蘭)		72

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		4
2	Finnish (fi) Jaakko II (Englanti)		3
3	Catalan (ca) Jaume II d'Anglaterra i VII d'Escòcia		2
4	Swedish (sv) Jakob II av England		2
5	Spanish (es) Jacobo II de Inglaterra		1
6	Hebrew (he) ג'יימס השני, מלך אנגליה		1
7	Hungarian (hu) II. Jakab angol király		1
8	Italian (it) Giacomo II d'Inghilterra		1
9	Slovenian (sl) Jakob II. Angleški		1
10	Turkish (tr) II. James (İngiltere kralı)		1

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

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