Best Monarchs of All Times
A great musical composer (seriously, as long as you like Baroque music you need only to search in Google or YouTube), one of the greatest generals of all time despite his dislike of war, patron of the arts, philosophy and of the sciences, ended torture, reformed the legal system and almost abolished the death penalty, abolished serfdom on all crown-owned lands, was admired by and a friend of some of the greatest scientists and philosophers of his day (D'alembert, Voltaire), brought some of the greatest mathematicians of his time to Berlin (Euler, Lagrange), opened most of the higher government posts to people of non-noble birth, religiously tolerant (which was a rarity at the time) and proud of it, speech was free-er than in any other part of Europe during his reign, established in Prussia one of the first mandatory school systems in history with the aim to eliminate illiteracy and to provide certain technical skills and was over a century ahead of countries like Britain and ...more
Frederick THE GREAT. He was abused by his father, was never let use of musical instruments and books, and yet when his reign arrived, he led Prussia through the Seven Years' War and greatly expanded Prussia's army and land. Deserving of his title, without doubt.
This one Prussian did so much for his kingdom. He was a patron of the arts and a great composer. Of course, even greater are his military exploits. The greatest German leader.
Gustav II is the most powerful king northern europe has ever seen.
He founded the swedish empire.
I'm proud to be swedish.
Take that, danes
Father of modern warfare
Come on! Nobody from that list didn't rise his country to a new, completely new level! He made from wild, medieval Russia one of the strongest empire! In the beginning of his rule, Russia had not have navy, and had had entrance only to one north sea. Russia had not have powerful trading until his rule. I'm Russian, and I think that he is the greatest Russian of all time. He made most of our great history!
Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major ...read more.The guy who demanded a higher ransom be requested for him when kidnapped.
He was never emperor but his adopted son was.
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 - 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, and their marriage lasted 73 years until Philip's death ...read more.
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.
The Greatest peace time ruler in history.
Bhumibol Adulyadej was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri Dynasty as Rama IX . He Was Born on 5 December 1927 . Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he was, at the time of his death, the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history, serving for 70 years, ...read more.Alexander III ruled Scotland from 1249-1286 and in 1266 after defeating the Norwegians at the Battle of Largs gained the Hebrides and the counties of Caithness and Ross for Scotland.
Brought about an end to the 32 year destructive War of the Roses, secured a strong Dynasty, an amazing admin.
Would of become king of France, simply through guts, determination and some great commanders, had he not died so early. Lead the English at the battle of Agincourt, one of/if not the greatest victory in the country's history. My favourite king and English monarch. My favourite queen and monarch of any other nation is Isabella of Castile.