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Monmouth
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Mon·mouth  (mnmth), Duke of. Title of James Scott. 1649-1685.
English pretender to the throne. The illegitimate son of Charles II, he led a rebellion after the succession of the Catholic James II but was defeated in battle, captured, and beheaded.
Monmouth [ˈmɒnməθ]
n
(Placename) a market town in E Wales, in Monmouthshire: Norman castle, where Henry V was born in 1387. Pop.: 7246 (1991)
Monmouth2
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(Biographies / Monmouth, Duke of (1649-1685) M, English, POLITICS: rebel leader) James Scott, Duke of Monmouth. 1649-85, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England, he led a rebellion against James II in support of his own claim to the Crown; captured and beheaded


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