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Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I was queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. H...

Renaissance English Tudor 16TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Emperor Charlemagne

Charlemagne was king of the Franks from 768, king of the Lombards from 774, and emperor from 800 until his death in 814....

Medieval Frankish 8TH Century Carolingian

9.2 Excellent

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Emperor Akbar the Great

Akbar was the third Mughal emperor, ruling from 1556 to 1605 and extending Mughal authority across much of northern and...

Golden Age 16TH Century Mughal Timurid

9.2 Excellent

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Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent

Suleiman I ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, leading campaigns in Hungary, the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and...

Ottoman 16TH Century Osman Lawgiver

9.1 Excellent

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Shah Abbas I the Great

Abbas I ruled Safavid Iran from 1588 to 1629 and strengthened the monarchy through military, administrative, and economi...

Golden Age Persian 16TH Century Safavid

8.4 Great

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King Gustav Vasa

Gustav Vasa was king of Sweden from 1523 to 1560 and the founder of the hereditary Vasa dynasty. He led the rebellion th...

Swedish Reformation 16TH Century Vasa

8.3 Great

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Empress Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa ruled the Habsburg hereditary lands from 1740 until her death in 1780 and was the dynasty's only woman to...

Austrian 18TH Century Habsburg Reformer

8.2 Great

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King Henry IV of France

King Henry IV of France (1553–1610) was the first Bourbon king, whose 1598 Edict of Nantes granted religious toleration...

French Bourbon United States 16TH Century

8.1 Great

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Sultan Selim I

Selim I was sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 until his death in 1520. He defeated the Safavid army at Chaldiran in...

Expansion Grim Ottoman 16TH Century

8.1 Great

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Emperor Babur

Babur (1483-1530) was a Timurid prince from Central Asia and the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent...

Founder 16TH Century Mughal Central Asian

7.8 Good

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Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa

Frederick I, called Barbarossa, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190 and a member of the Hohenstaufe...

German 12TH Century Crusader Holy Roman

7.7 Good

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King Sigismund I the Old

Sigismund I the Old was king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1506 until 1548, and a member of the Jagiellonia...

Polish Renaissance Golden Age 16TH Century

7.7 Good

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Emperor Huayna Capac

Huayna Capac was an Inca ruler who governed during the early 16th century and continued the imperial expansion begun by...

Expansion South American Inca 16TH Century

7.5 Good

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Emperor Joseph II

Joseph II was Holy Roman emperor from 1765 to 1790 and co-ruler of the Habsburg lands with his mother, Maria Theresa, un...

Austrian 18TH Century Habsburg Reformer

7.3 Good

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King Francis I of France

King Francis I of France (1494–1547) was a Renaissance monarch who patronized Leonardo da Vinci—who spent his final year...

French Renaissance 16TH Century Patron

7.2 Good

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King Henry VIII

King Henry VIII (1491–1547) ruled England from 1509 and is notable for breaking with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 t...

English Tudor Reformation 16TH Century

7.1 Good

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Emperor Leopold I

Leopold I was Holy Roman emperor from 1658 to 1705 and ruler of the Habsburg hereditary lands. His reign included prolon...

Baroque 17TH Century Habsburg Holy Roman

7.0 Good

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King Philip II of Spain

Philip II was king of Spain from 1556 to 1598 and a member of the Habsburg dynasty. During his reign, Spain ruled an ext...

Spanish Empire 16TH Century Habsburg

6.7 Fair

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Emperor Francis Joseph I

Francis Joseph I was emperor of Austria and king of Hungary from 1848 until his death in 1916. His reign included the 18...

Austrian 19TH Century Habsburg Austria Hungary

6.0 Fair

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Emperor Franz II

Franz II was the last elected Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 180...

18TH Century Habsburg Holy Roman Last Hre Emperor

5.8 Mediocre