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Monarch Biographies
Every archived life recorded as monarch, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Medieval era
Egbert of Wessex
771 CE – 839 CE
King of Wessex
Medieval era
Edgar the Peaceful
943 CE – July 8, 975 CE
King of the English (r. 959–975)
Medieval era
Æthelberht of Kent
552 CE – February 24, 612 CE
King of Kent from 589
Medieval era
Diarmait Mac Murchada
1110 – May 1, 1171
King of Leinster in Ireland
Ancient era
Clovis I
466 CE – November 27, 511 CE
First king of the Franks (c. 466-511)
Medieval era
Pepin the Short
715 CE – September 24, 768 CE
King of the Franks from 751 to 768
Medieval era
Louis the Pious
April 16, 778 CE – June 20, 840 CE
King of the Franks
Medieval era
Charles the Bald
June 13, 823 CE – October 6, 877 CE
King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877
Medieval era
Charles V of France
January 21, 1338 – September 16, 1380
King of France from 1364 to 1380 (1338–1380)
Medieval era
Charles VI of France
December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422
King of France from 1380 to 1422 (1368–1422)
Medieval era
Charles VII of France
February 22, 1403 – July 22, 1461
Monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France (1403-1461)
Ancient era
Theodoric the Great
May 12, 454 CE – August 30, 526 CE
King of the Germanic Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (493–526)
Medieval era
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
February 14, 1368 – December 9, 1437
Monarch from the House of Luxemburg (1368-1437)
Medieval era
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
907 CE – September 28, 935 CE
Duke and saint
Medieval era
Ottokar II of Bohemia
1233 – August 26, 1278
King of Bohemia (1253-1278)
Medieval era
Harald Bluetooth
911 CE – November 1, 985 CE
King of Denmark and Norway
Medieval era
Olaf Tryggvason
960 CE – September 9, 1000
King of Norway
Medieval era
Birger Jarl
1210 – October 28, 1266
Jarl and ruler of Sweden (c.1210–1266)
Medieval era
Bela IV of Hungary
November 29, 1206 – May 3, 1270
King of Hungary (1206-1270)
Medieval era
Louis I of Hungary
March 5, 1326 – September 10, 1382
King of Hungary, Poland and Croatia
Medieval era
Boris I of Bulgaria
827 CE – May 2, 907 CE
Bulgarian ruler
Medieval era
Krum
755 CE – April 13, 814 CE
Bulgarian ruler
Medieval era
Lothair I
795 CE – September 29, 855 CE
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 817 to 855
Medieval era
Louis the German
806 CE – August 28, 876 CE
King of East Francia from 843 to 876
Medieval era
Charles the Fat
839 CE – January 13, 888 CE
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire (839-888) (r. 881-887)
Medieval era
Charles the Simple
September 17, 879 CE – October 7, 929 CE
King of West Francia
Medieval era
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
August 11, 1086 – May 23, 1125
King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty
Medieval era
Conrad III of Germany
1093 – February 15, 1152
Hohenstaufen dynasty king (r. 1138–1152)
Medieval era
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
November 1, 1165 – September 28, 1197
Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197
Medieval era
Rene of Anjou
January 16, 1409 – July 10, 1480
King of Naples (1409-1480)
Medieval era
Radegund
518 CE – August 13, 587 CE
Frankish queen consort
Medieval era
Totila
510 CE – 552 CE
King of the Ostrogoths and King of Italy (541–552)
Lugalzagesi
d. 2335 BCE
Sumerian King from c. 2370 - 2316 BC
Ancient era
Necho II
c. 700 BCE – 595 BCE
2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty
Ancient era
Arsinoe II
316 BCE – 270 BCE
Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia
Ezana of Axum
4th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum
Ancient era
Shutruk-Nahhunte
c. 1300 BCE – 1165 BCE
Elamite king
Medieval era
Khosrow II
570 CE – February 28, 628 CE
The 24th Sassanid emperor (590–628)
Ancient era
Bahram V
406 CE – 438 CE
The 15th Sassanid Emperor (421–438)
Ancient era
Hattusili I
c. 1700 BCE – 1620 BCE
Hittite king
Ancient era
Suppiluliuma I
1375 BCE – 1335 BCE
Hittite king
Ancient era
Masinissa
238 BCE – 148 BCE
First king of Numidia from 202 BC to 148 BC
Ancient era
Jehu
876 BCE – 814 BCE
King of Israel
Ancient era
Salome Alexandra
140 BCE – 67 BCE
Queen regnant of Hasmonean Judaea from c.76 to 67 BCE
Ancient era
Herod Antipas
b. 20 BCE
1st century AD tetrarch of Galilee and Perea
Ancient era
Abgar V
c. 1 BCE – 50 CE
1st century AD King of Osroene
Ancient era
Aretas IV
c. 100 BCE – c. 60 BCE
King of the Nabataeans (ruled 9 BC-40 AD)
Ancient era
Mavia
c. 400 CE – 425 CE
Late 4th/early 5th century Arab warrior-queen
Early Modern era
Velu Nachiyar
January 3, 1730 – December 25, 1796
Indian queen and freedom fighter
Modern era
Wazir Akbar Khan
October 15, 1816 – 1845
Emir of Afghanistan (1842-1845)
Modern era
Shahu of Kolhapur
June 26, 1874 – May 6, 1922
Raja and first Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur (1874-1922)
Ancient era
Pyrrhus of Epirus
318 BCE – 272 BCE
King of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC
Ancient era
Darius III
380 BCE – 330 BCE
Last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)
Ancient era
Kanishka
78 CE – 144 CE
The fourth and greatest Kushan emperor (127–150)
Ancient era
Chandragupta II
c. 400 CE – c. 500 CE
Ruler of Gupta Empire from c. 375 to c. 415
Ancient era
Sun Quan
182 CE – 252 CE
Emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period
Ancient era
Herod the Great
74 BCE – 4 BCE
King of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE
Ancient era
Nefertari
1290 BCE – 1255 BCE
Ancient Egyptian queen consort
Medieval era
Vladimir the Great
958 CE – July 15, 1015
Grand Prince of Kiev
Medieval era
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250
King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)