swap_horiz King Louis XVI Alternatives

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King Frederick II the Great

Frederick II was king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 and a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty. His seizure of Silesia from...

Military 18TH Century Hohenzollern Prussian

8.8 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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Tsarina Catherine II the Great

Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, was the German-born empress of Russia from 1762 until her death in 1796. She...

Russian 18TH Century Empress Romanov

8.4 Great

4

King Louis XIV

King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715), the 'Sun King,' ruled from 1643 in the longest reign of any major European monarch...

French Bourbon 17TH Century United States

8.3 Great

5

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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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 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 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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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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Nadir Shah

Nadir Shah was an Iranian military ruler who became shah in 1736 and founded the Afsharid dynasty. He restored Iranian p...

18TH Century Persian Conqueror Afsharid

7.2 Good

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Queen Anne of Great Britain

Anne (1665-1714) was queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1702, then queen of Great Britain and Ireland after th...

18TH Century British Union Stuart

7.1 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 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

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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 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 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