Who was the cruelest queen?

Mary I Viciously Persecuted Protestants, Burning Some 300 At The Stake. Mary I didn't get the nickname "Bloody Mary" for nothing. She was a Catholic queen in a Protestant country, ascending to the throne of England in 1553. She was the first true queen of England, but her short reign only lasted five years.
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Who was the evilest Queen of England?

The “Bloody Mary”, Mary I burned Protestants alive

Mary I, also known as “Bloody Mary”, ruled a Protestant county as a Catholic queen. Although Mary I was the first real Queen of Britain, her reign only lasted five years. She ordered war against the Protestants and slew several of them for heresy.
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Who was the worst ruler in history?

  • Gaius Caligula (AD 12–41)
  • Pope John XII (954–964)
  • King John (1199–1216)
  • King Richard II (1377–99)
  • Ivan IV 'the Terrible' (1547–84)
  • Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–67)
  • Emperor Rudolf II (1576–1612)
  • Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar (1828–61)
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Who was the most unpopular Queen of England?

Mary Tudor was the most hated Queen in British history. England was complete chaos because of her. She was born on February 18, 1516, at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, England. She took the throne in 1553, when she was the first queen regnant of England and Ireland.
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Who was the most beautiful queen in history?

Nefertiti. Queen Nefertiti may be second only to Cleopatra, as far as the beauty of ancient queens goes. And she might even be first, at that. The wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, she reigned during the 14th century B.C., and was known for her love of art.
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Most Evil Queen - Killed 75% Of Her Subjects



Who was the youngest queen ever?

Youngest. The youngest British monarch at the start of her reign was Mary, Queen of Scots, who became queen aged 6 days in 1542.
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Who was the nicest king?

So, even nice emperors can leave nasty ones behind.
  • Æthelstan (king of England, 925–939)
  • Henry VI (king of England, 1422–61; 1470–71)
  • Charles I (king of England and Scotland, 1625–49)
  • George III (king of Great Britain, 1760–1820)
  • Louis XVI (king of France, 1774–92)
  • Frederick III (German emperor, 1888)
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Who was the most violent king?

The 25 most ruthless leaders of all time
  • Qin Shi Huang. Reign: 247-210 B.C. ...
  • Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula) Reign: A.D. 37-41. ...
  • Attila the Hun. Reign: A.D. 434-453. ...
  • Wu Zetian. ...
  • Genghis Khan. ...
  • Tomas de Torquemada. ...
  • Timur (aka Tamerlane) ...
  • Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (aka Vlad Draculea or Vlad the Impaler)
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Who was the prettiest Royal?

Most Beautiful Royal
  1. No 10: Crown Princess Masako. ...
  2. No 9: Princess Margaret. ...
  3. No 8: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. ...
  4. No 7: Sweden's Princess Madeline. ...
  5. No 5: Princess Charlotte of Monaco. ...
  6. Nos 3 & 4 - Kate and Diana. ...
  7. No 2: Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. ...
  8. No 1: Princess Grace of Monaco.
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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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What are some evil queen names?

Evil Queen (Snow White)
  • Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
  • Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
  • Miranda Priestly (Devil Wears Prada)
  • Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
  • Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
  • Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
  • Regina George (Mean Girls)
  • Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)
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What monarch killed the most people?

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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Who was the first queen in the world?

Kubaba is the first recorded female ruler in history. She was queen of Sumer, in what is now Iraq about 2,400 BC. Hatshepsut was ruler of Egypt. She was born about 1508 BC and she ruled Egypt from 1479 BC.
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Who was the first female ruler in the world?

But alongside its male monarchs, the world's first known civilization also produced the first known female ruler: Kubaba (also Kug-Bau or Ku-Baba) who brewed and sold beer in the ancient city of Kish in Mesopotamia.
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Who is the king of evil?

The King's Evil was the name given to scrofula, the swelling of the bones and lymphatic glands in the neck. Now recognised to be tuberculosis. From the time of Edward the Confessor, King of England 1003-1066, it was a superstitious belief that the disease could be cured by royal touch.
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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 is the greatest ruler of England?

William I ('William the Conqueror'), r1066–87

This brave, brutal, illiterate but clever Norman warlord attained at the battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) the most durable victory of any monarch in English history. At the head of 5,000 knights, he made himself master of a kingdom with perhaps 1.5 million inhabitants.
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Who was the youngest king in history?

Alfonso XIII could be considered as the youngest ever king to be crowned as he became a king the day he was born on May 17, 1886. Though his mother Maria Christina of Austria had the power as his regent until he assumed full powers on his sixteenth birthday in 1902.
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Who was the oldest queen of England?

Queen Elizabeth II - Britain's Oldest Monarch
  • Queen Elizabeth is Britain's oldest monarch. ...
  • Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, and lived for 81 years, seven months and 29 days, before she died in 1901. ...
  • Elizabeth, the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror took the English throne in 1066, was born on April 21, 1926.
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Has there ever been a child king?

King Tut might be history's most famous child ruler.

Tutankhamun rose to power around 1333 BC, when he was about 8 years old.
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What time do royals go to bed?

And though she's one busy lady, it's said that she always makes sure that she gets a good night's sleep by sticking to some tried and tested rules. Apparently, Her Majesty always goes to bed at the same time every night, 11pm, and sleeps for eight and a half hours – meaning she wakes at 7.30am each day.
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Who is the least popular royal?

Despite Harry and Meghan's low scores, Prince Andrew remains the most disliked royal overall with a net score of -80.
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Who is the most popular queen in the world?

Top 10 Most Famous Queens In History
  1. #1: Cleopatra VII, Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt. 69 - 30 BC.
  2. #2: Elizabeth I of England. 1533 - 1603. ...
  3. #3: Marie-Antoinette of France. 1755 - 1793. ...
  4. #4: Victoria of England. ...
  5. #5: Nefertiti of Egypt. ...
  6. #6: Anne Boleyn of England. ...
  7. #7: Catherine the Great of Russia. ...
  8. #8: Maria Theresa of Austria. ...
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