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Emperor Kangxi

The Kangxi Emperor ruled Qing China from 1661 to 1722, giving him the longest recorded reign of any Chinese emperor. Dur...

Expansion Chinese 17TH Century Long Reign

8.8 Great

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Tsar Peter I the Great

Peter I ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, first as tsar and later under the title emperor, and pursued extensive military,...

Russian 17TH Century Founder Modernizer

8.6 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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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

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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

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King Louis IX (Saint Louis)

King Louis IX of France (1214–1270), canonized as Saint Louis in 1297, led the Seventh and Eighth Crusades and was renow...

French 13TH Century Crusades Capet

8.1 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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King Louis XI of France

Louis XI ruled France from 1461 to 1483 as a monarch of the Valois dynasty. He worked to strengthen royal authority agai...

French 15TH Century Cunning Valois

8.0 Great

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King Jan III Sobieski

Jan III Sobieski was king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1674 until 1696. An experienced military commander,...

Polish 17TH Century Vienna Sobieski

7.8 Good

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King William III (of Orange)

King William III of Orange (1650–1702) was the Dutch stadtholder who deposed James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688...

British Dutch 17TH Century Orange Nassau

7.4 Good

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King Felipe VI

Felipe VI became king of Spain on 19 June 2014 following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I. As monarch under S...

Spanish European 21ST Century Bourbon

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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Emperor Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal emperor, ruling from 1628 until 1658 during a period noted for imperial architecture and...

17TH Century Builder Mughal Taj Mahal

7.1 Good

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King James I of England

James VI of Scotland (1566-1625) became James I of England and Ireland in 1603, bringing the crowns under one monarch wh...

English 17TH Century Union Stuart

7.0 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 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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King Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso XIII was king of Spain from his birth in 1886 until the Second Republic replaced the monarchy in 1931, although...

Spanish 20TH Century Bourbon United States

4.5 Poor

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King Charles X of France

Charles X was king of France from 1824 until 1830 and the last monarch of the senior Bourbon line to rule the country. A...

French 19TH Century Restoration Bourbon

4.0 Poor

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King Louis XVI

Louis XVI was king of France from 1774 until the monarchy was suspended during the French Revolution in 1792. A Bourbon...

18TH Century French Bourbon United States

3.8 Poor