swap_horiz King Gustav Vasa Alternatives

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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 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

3

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

4

King Gustav II Adolf

Gustav II Adolf was king of Sweden from 1611 until his death in 1632 and a leading Protestant commander in the Thirty Ye...

Swedish 17TH Century Thirty Years War Vasa

8.4 Great

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

12

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

13

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

14

King Carl XVI Gustaf

Carl XVI Gustaf has been king of Sweden since 15 September 1973, when he succeeded his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf. Swe...

21ST Century Scandinavian Swedish Current

6.9 Fair

15

Queen Christina of Sweden

Christina of Sweden was a monarch of the House of Vasa who reigned from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Educated in l...

Intellectual Swedish 17TH Century Abdicated

6.8 Fair

16

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

17

King Charles XII of Sweden

King Charles XII of Sweden (r. 1697–1718) was a military king who led Sweden through the Great Northern War, winning ear...

18TH Century Warrior Swedish Great Northern War

6.5 Fair

18

King Edward VI

King Edward VI (1537–1553) ascended the English throne at age nine in 1547 and presided over the consolidation of the Pr...

English Tudor 16TH Century Protestant

5.8 Mediocre

19

Queen Mary Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots was monarch of Scotland from 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. She was also queen consort o...

Catholic Scottish 16TH Century Stuart

5.5 Mediocre

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King Erik XIV of Sweden

Erik XIV was king of Sweden from 1560 to 1568 and a member of the Vasa dynasty. His reign took place during the Northern...

Swedish Paranoid 16TH Century Vasa

4.9 Poor