swap_horiz King Cetshwayo Alternatives

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Emperor Meiji

Emperor Meiji reigned over Japan from 1867 to 1912, during the political transformation known as the Meiji Restoration....

19TH Century Japanese Meiji Restoration Modernization

8.9 Great

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Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte

Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769–1821) rose from Corsican-born general to Emperor of the French in 1804, conquered muc...

French 19TH Century Revolutionary Conqueror

8.5 Great

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Mansa Musa I

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire in West Africa during the fourteenth century, commonly dated from about 1312 to 1337. H...

African 14TH Century Pilgrim Mali Empire

8.3 Great

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Sundiata Keita

Sundiata Keita was a 13th-century ruler remembered as the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa. Oral traditions des...

African Founder 13TH Century Lion King

8.3 Great

5

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901, a reign...

19TH Century British Empress Commonwealth

8.2 Great

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Emperor Menelik II

Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and had previously ruled Shewa as king. During his reign Ethiopia e...

19TH Century Ethiopian Modernizer Solomonic

8.1 Great

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Moshoeshoe I

Moshoeshoe I was the founder of the Basotho kingdom and the central figure in the formation of modern Lesotho during the...

19TH Century African Founder Lesotho

8.0 Great

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Emperor Pedro II of Brazil

Pedro II was the second and last emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until a military coup replaced the monarchy with...

Longest Reign 19TH Century Abolition Brazilian

7.9 Good

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King Victor Emmanuel II

Victor Emmanuel II was king of Sardinia from 1849 and became the first king of a unified Italy in 1861, retaining his re...

Italian 19TH Century Unification Savoy

7.6 Good

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Tsar Alexander II

Alexander II was emperor of Russia from 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He is chiefly associated with the Emancipa...

Russian 19TH Century Romanov Assassinated

7.5 Good

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King Shaka

Shaka was king of the Zulu from about 1816 until his assassination in 1828 and played a central role in expanding a smal...

19TH Century Zulu Warrior African

7.4 Good

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King Carol I of Romania

Carol I was the ruler of Romania from 1866 to 1914, first as prince and, from 1881, as the country's first king. A membe...

19TH Century Founder Independence Romanian

7.3 Good

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Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia

Yohannes IV (1837-1889) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His rei...

19TH Century Warrior Ethiopian Solomonic

7.1 Good

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King Edward VII

King Edward VII (1841–1910) was the eldest son of Queen Victoria who reigned from 1901 and lent his name to the Edwardia...

19TH Century British Edwardian Commonwealth

7.0 Good

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Emperor Pedro I of Brazil

Pedro I (1798-1834) was the first emperor of Brazil and a member of the House of Braganza. As Portuguese rule in Brazil...

19TH Century Brazilian Founder Independence

7.0 Good

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Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia

Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, born Kassa Hailu around 1818, ruled as emperor from 1855 until 1868. He pursued the pol...

19TH Century Ethiopian Suicide Modernizer

6.7 Fair

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King Alfonso XII of Spain

Alfonso XII was king of Spain from 1874 until his death in 1885 and the son of Queen Isabella II. His return to the thro...

Spanish 19TH Century Restoration Bourbon

6.6 Fair

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King Louis XVIII of France

Louis XVIII was king of France from 1814 to 1824, apart from Napoleon Bonaparte's return during the Hundred Days in 1815...

French 19TH Century Restoration Bourbon

6.4 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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King Letsie III

Letsie III has been king of Lesotho since 1996 and is the constitutional monarch of the southern African kingdom. He suc...

21ST Century African Current Mosotho

5.9 Mediocre