James Scott

1st Duke of Monmouth

1649 CE to 1685 CE

Sir James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch KG PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685), is an English nobleman.

Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter.

Monmouth is executed in 1685 after making an unsuccessful attempt to depose his uncle, King James II, commonly called the Monmouth Rebellion.

Declaring himself the legitimate King, Monmouth attempts to capitalize on his position as the son (albeit illegitimate) of Charles II, and his Protestantism, in opposition to James, who is Catholic.

His full titles are Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, in the County of York (1663), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Baron Scott of Tindale, in the County of Northumberland (1663) and Baron Scott of Whitchester and Eskdale (1663).

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