swap_horiz King Matthias Corvinus 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 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

Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror

Mehmed II was an Ottoman sultan who reigned from 1444 to 1446 and again from 1451 to 1481. On May 29, 1453, his forces c...

Ottoman 15TH Century Conqueror Osman

8.9 Great

9

Emperor Pachacuti

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui was the ninth Sapa Inca and ruled during the fifteenth century, traditionally from 1438 to 1471....

South American Inca Builder 15TH Century

8.9 Great

10

King Stephen I of Hungary

Stephen I was the first king of Hungary, ruling from about 1000 or 1001 until 1038 after consolidating authority among t...

Hungarian Founder Arpad 11TH Century

8.4 Great

11

King Henry VII

Henry VII (1457-1509) was King of England from 1485 until his death and the founder of the Tudor dynasty. He gained the...

English Tudor 15TH Century Wars Of Roses

8.1 Great

12

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

13

King Henry V

Henry V (1386-1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death and a member of the Lancastrian branch of the Plantage...

Medieval English Lancaster 15TH Century

7.8 Good

14

Queen Isabella I of Castile

Isabella I (1451-1504) ruled Castile from 1474 until her death and governed alongside her husband, Ferdinand II of Arago...

Spanish 15TH Century Reconquista Trastamara

7.7 Good

15

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

16

King Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II was king of Aragon from 1479 to 1516 and ruled dynastic Spain jointly with his wife, Isabella I of Castile....

Spanish 15TH Century Reconquista Trastamara

7.3 Good

17

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

18

King James IV of Scotland

James IV was King of Scots from 1488 until his death in 1513 and a member of the Stewart dynasty. His reign strengthened...

Renaissance Scottish 15TH Century Stuart

7.0 Good

19

King Edward IV of England

Edward IV (1442-1483) was king of England from 1461 to 1470 and again from 1471 until his death, and the first monarch o...

English York 15TH Century Wars Of Roses

7.0 Good

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King Richard III

King Richard III (1452–1485) was the last Plantagenet king of England, ruling from 1483 until his death at the Battle of...

English York 15TH Century Wars Of Roses

5.3 Mediocre