Who was the cruelest king in history?

Joseph Stalin
He is considered as the most dangerous and cruel ruler in the history because he exercises greater political power than any dictator. He was responsible for the death of more than 20 million of its own people during his 29 years of rule.
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Who was the most evil king?

King John I may forever be known as a Bad King following that seminal history textbook 1066 and All That, but according to history authors, it is Henry VIII who should bear the title of the worst monarch in history.
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Who was the craziest king in history?

The most notorious of all crazy kings and queens, King Vlad of Wallachia (Southern Romania) was so infamously cruel that he surpassed history and became myth - it's said that Bram Stoker's Dracula is based on Vlad, but he's even more terrifying in reality.
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Who was the meanest ruler in the world?

Ivan IV 'the Terrible' (1547–84)

It gave him a lifelong hatred of the nobility and a deep streak of ruthless cruelty – aged 13 he had one boyar eaten alive by dogs. Ivan was Prince of Muscovy from 1533, and in 1547 he was crowned Tsar (Emperor) of all Russia – the first ruler to hold the title.
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Who was one of the worst kings in history?

1. Edward II (King of England) Edward II's kingship looks particularly bad when compared with the successful tenures of his father and son. Indeed, historians now regard him as one of the worst monarchs in British history.
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Top 10 Most Evil Kings in History



Who is the best king in history?

Top 10 Greatest Kings in the World's History
  1. Cyrus The Great. His actual name is Cyrus II of Persia. ...
  2. King Augustus Caesar. He belonged from Rome and was born in 63 BC. ...
  3. Pharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt. ...
  4. Ashoka The Great. ...
  5. King Henry VIII of England. ...
  6. King Tamerlane. ...
  7. Attila the Hun. ...
  8. King Louis XIV of France.
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Who was the crazy king of England?

George III is well known in children's history books for being the "mad king who lost America". In recent years, though, it has become fashionable among historians to put his "madness" down to the physical, genetic blood disorder called porphyria.
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Who was the most cruel king of England?

Henry VIII is undoubtedly one of the most infamous kings in English history, widely known for his ruthless ways and six wives, two of which were beheaded.
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Who is the 1st king in the world?

Meet the world's first emperor. King Sargon of Akkad—who legend says was destined to rule—established the world's first empire more than 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
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Who was the cruelest queen?

Queen Isabella co-ruled Spain with King Ferdinand II from 1451 through 1504, and her reign was marked by oppression. The notorious Spanish Inquisition began during her rule, and she was instrumental in the effort to expel Spanish Jews and Muslims from the kingdom.
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Who is the bravest king in the world?

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  1. Ajatasatru (512-461 BCE) ...
  2. Chandragupta Maurya (340-298 BCE) ...
  3. Ashoka (304-232 BCE) ...
  4. Samudragupta (315-380) ...
  5. Pulakesi II (610-642) ...
  6. Raja Raja Chola I (947-1014) ...
  7. Krishnadevaraya (1471-1529)
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Who ruled in India first?

The Mauryan Empire, which formed around 321 B.C.E. and ended in 185 B.C.E., was the first pan-Indian empire, an empire that covered most of the Indian region.
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Which language is king of world?

English as the King and Queen of Languages.
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Which monarch killed the most?

Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) is perhaps the most well known of all England's monarchs, notably for the fact that he had six wives and beheaded two of them.
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What made King George 3 mad?

Revolutionary War

Historians and scientists have long struggled to identify the cause of King George's famous “madness.” Back in 1969, a study published in Scientific American suggested he had porphyria, an inherited blood disorder that can cause anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, confusion, paranoia and hallucinations.
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Did King George III own slaves?

Unlike 41 out of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence, George III never owned, bought or sold a slave, and he signed the abolition of the Slave Trade into law in 1807.
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Who won the whole world?

Alexander, the great Macedonian emperor, is known to have conquered the world. Though his intention was to win Persia first. According to the ancient Greeks, his empire consisted of most parts of the world among which the Macedonian empire was the greatest of all.
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What's the first language in the world?

Dating back to at least 3500 BC, the oldest proof of written Sumerian was found in today's Iraq, on an artifact known as the Kish Tablet. Thus, given this evidence, Sumerian can also be considered the first language in the world.
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Which is the mother of all languages?

COIMBATORE: The Tamil language is older than Sanskrit and is "the mother of all languages in the world," said Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday.
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How old is India?

India: 2500 BC. Vietnam: 4000 Years Old.
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Who was the most handsome king in India?

CHENNAI: They say that Shah Jahan was the most handsome of all the Mughal emperors. Portraits of him show an aristocratic nose, a high forehead and eyes far less Mongol than that of his father. He was an accomplished rider and a swordsman.
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Who invented India?

Answers. Vasco-Da-Gama discovered India when on a voyage.
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Who Ruled India most?

The Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE) unified most of the Indian subcontinent into one state, and was the largest empire ever to exist on the Indian subcontinent.
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