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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

2

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

3

Emperor Taizong of Tang

Emperor Taizong was the second emperor of China's Tang dynasty, reigning from 626 to 649 after helping his father establ...

Military Tang Chinese Golden Age

9.2 Excellent

4

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

5

Emperor Ashoka the Great

Ashoka was the third ruler of the Maurya Empire, reigning over much of the Indian subcontinent from about 268 to 232 BCE...

Indian Buddhist Reformer 3RD Century Bc

9.2 Excellent

6

Emperor Augustus Caesar

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and later known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor, ruling from 27 BCE until 14 CE....

Roman First Emperor Founder Julio Claudian

9.2 Excellent

7

King Sejong the Great

King Sejong the Great ruled Korea's Joseon dynasty from 1418 to 1450. He sponsored the creation of Hangul, promulgated i...

Korean Golden Age Joseon 15TH Century

9.2 Excellent

8

King Alfred the Great

King Alfred the Great (849–899) was the Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex who halted the Viking conquest of England, promoted l...

English Defender Saxon 9TH Century

9.1 Excellent

9

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

10

King Cyrus II the Great

Cyrus II, commonly called Cyrus the Great, founded the Achaemenid Empire and ruled Persia from about 559 to 530 BCE. Thr...

Persian Founder Achaemenid 6TH Century Bc

9.1 Excellent

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Sultan Saladin

Saladin, born Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, was a Kurdish military leader who founded the Ayyubid dynasty and ruled Egyp...

12TH Century Kurdish Crusades Ayyubid

8.8 Great

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King Philip II Augustus of France

King Philip II Augustus of France (1165–1223) significantly expanded royal territory by reclaiming Normandy and other la...

French Medieval 12TH Century Crusades

8.3 Great

13

King Henry II of England

Henry II ruled England from 1154 to 1189 and governed extensive territories in Britain and France that are often called...

12TH Century English Plantagenet Common Law

8.2 Great

14

Emperor Charles V

Charles V (1500-1558) was a Habsburg monarch who ruled Spain as Charles I from 1516 and served as Holy Roman Emperor fro...

Spain 16TH Century Habsburg Holy Roman

8.1 Great

15

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 Richard I (the Lionheart)

King Richard I, commonly known as Richard the Lionheart, ruled England from 1189 until his death in 1199 as a member of...

12TH Century Warrior English Plantagenet

6.8 Fair

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Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein

Prince Hans-Adam II has been the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein since November 1989. The principality's state calendar...

German European 21ST Century Liechtenstein

6.2 Fair

18

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

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King Stephen of England

King Stephen of England, also known as Stephen of Blois, ruled from 1135 until his death in 1154 and belonged to the Hou...

12TH Century English Civil War Anarchy

3.8 Poor

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II (1859–1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 1888 until his abdication in Novem...

German 20TH Century Wwi Hohenzollern

3.2 Poor