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Monarch Biographies
Every archived life recorded as monarch, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Medieval era
Godfrey of Bouillon
1060 – July 18, 1100
Medieval Frankish knight
Medieval era
Henry II of England
March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189
King of England from 1154 to 1189
Medieval era
Louis IX of France
April 25, 1214 – August 25, 1270
King of France from 1226 to 1270 (1214–1270)
Medieval era
Cnut the Great
994 CE – November 12, 1035
11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England
Medieval era
Edward III of England
November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377
King of England from 1327 to 1377
Medieval era
Richard III of England
October 2, 1452 – August 22, 1485
King of England from 1483 to 1485
Medieval era
Henry VII of England
January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509
King of England from 1485 to 1509
Early Modern era
James I of England
June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
Early Modern era
Charles I of England
November 19, 1600 – January 30, 1649
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649)
Early Modern era
Henry IV of France
December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
Early Modern era
Christina of Sweden
December 18, 1626 – April 19, 1689
Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)
Early Modern era
Charles XII of Sweden
June 27, 1682 – December 11, 1718
The fifth and last emperor of Sweden (1697–1718)
Early Modern era
John III Sobieski
August 17, 1629 – June 17, 1696
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1629–1696)
Medieval era
Sundiata Keita
August 20, 1190 – 1255
Emperor of Mali
Medieval era
Boabdil
1459 – 1533
Last Nasrid ruler of Grenada
Modern era
Empress Dowager Cixi
November 29, 1835 – November 15, 1908
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
Modern era
Edward VIII
June 23, 1894 – May 28, 1972
King of the United Kingdom in 1936
Modern era
Kaiser Wilhelm II
January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941
As King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
Modern era
Victor Emmanuel II
March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878
King of Sardinia (1849–1861) and King of Italy (1861–1878)
Modern era
Alexander II of Russia
April 17, 1818 – March 1, 1881
The 12th Emperor of Russia (1855–1881)
Modern era
Nicholas II of Russia
May 6, 1868 – July 17, 1918
14th and last Emperor of Russia (1894–1917)
Modern era
Pedro II of Brazil
December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891
2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. 1831–89)
Modern era
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980
Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979
Modern era
Ibn Saud
January 15, 1876 – November 9, 1953
King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953
Early Modern era
Shaka Zulu
1787 – September 22, 1828
Leader of the Zulu Kingdom