swap_horiz King William I (the Conqueror) 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

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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

King Alfred the Great

King Alfred the Great (849–899) was the Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex who halted the Viking conquest of England, promoted l...

English Defender Saxon 9TH Century

9.1 Excellent

4

King Æthelstan

Æthelstan was king of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 and ruled a kingdom encompassing most of present-day England from 927 un...

English 10TH Century Saxon Wessex

8.4 Great

5

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

6

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

7

King Cnut (Canute)

King Cnut (c. 995–1035) was a Danish king who conquered England by 1016 and ruled a North Sea empire encompassing Englan...

Danish English Viking 11TH Century

8.2 Great

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Yaroslav the Wise

Yaroslav the Wise was grand prince of Kiev for most of the period from 1019 to 1054 and one of the principal rulers of K...

Golden Age Rurikid 11TH Century Lawgiver

8.2 Great

9

King Henry II of England

Henry II ruled England from 1154 to 1189 and governed extensive territories in Britain and France that are often called...

12TH Century English Plantagenet Common Law

8.2 Great

10

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

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King Brian Boru

Brian Boru was an Irish king of the Dál Cais dynasty who became king of Munster and later asserted authority as high kin...

Irish 11TH Century Dal Cais High King

8.1 Great

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King Bolesław I the Brave

Bolesław I the Brave was duke of Poland from 992 and the first Polish ruler to be crowned king, receiving the crown in 1...

Polish Expansion Piast 11TH Century

7.9 Good

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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

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King Edward III

King Edward III (1312–1377) ruled England from 1327 and initiated the Hundred Years' War with France in 1337 by claiming...

Medieval English 14TH Century Plantagenet

7.7 Good

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King Olaf II Haraldsson (Saint Olaf)

Olaf II Haraldsson was king of Norway from 1015 to 1028 and later became the country's patron saint, commonly known as S...

Norwegian 11TH Century Sainted Christianizer

7.7 Good

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King Edward I

Edward I, born in 1239, ruled England from 1272 until his death in 1307. His conquest of Wales resulted in the defeat of...

Medieval English 13TH Century Plantagenet

7.5 Good

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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

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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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King Macbeth of Scotland

Macbeth was a medieval ruler of the Scottish kingdom of Alba who became king after Duncan I was killed in battle in 1040...

Medieval Scottish Shakespeare 11TH Century

6.6 Fair

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King John I of England

King John I of England (1166-1216) reigned from 1199 until his death. A son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the...

Medieval English 13TH Century Magna Carta

3.6 Poor