Who was the cruelest queen in history?

The 5 Cruelest Women in History to Hold Power
  • Lady Elizabeth Báthory: One of the World's Cruelest Women. Killing people is one thing. ...
  • Irma Grese: The Cruelest Woman of Nazi Germany. ...
  • Wu Zetian: The Cruelest Woman of Ancient China. ...
  • Mary I of England. ...
  • Isabella of Castile.
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Who was the brutal queen of England?

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
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Who were the evil female queens?

England's Mary Tudor: "Bloody Mary." France's Catherine de Medici: "The Black Queen." France's Marie Antoinette: "Madame Deficit." China's Cixi: "The Dragon Empress."
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Who were the evil female rulers in history?

10 Most Evil Women Rulers In History
  • Empress Julia Agrippina of Rome. ...
  • Warrior Queen Zenobia of Palmira. ...
  • Empress Wu Zetian of China. ...
  • Queen Tamara of Georgia. ...
  • Queen Elizabeth I of Spain. ...
  • Queen Mary I of England. ...
  • Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary. ...
  • Queen Ranavalona I, the Madagascan Monarch of Madagascar.
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Who was the best queen in history?

  • Matilda of Scotland (1080–1118)
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204)
  • Philippa of Hainault (1314–69)
  • Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
  • Anne (1665–1714)
  • Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737)
  • Victoria (1819–1901)
  • Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)
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Most Brutal Queens in History



Who is the most lived queen?

On September 9th 2015, the late Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-lived British monarch, having previously surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, in 2007.
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Who was the first queen on earth?

Kubaba is the first recorded female ruler in history. She was the queen of Sumer, in what is now Iraq about 2,400 BC.
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Who is the most cruel ruler in world history?

Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot and Idi Amin are just several the world has seen within the last century. Let's take a deeper dive and explore some five ruthless rulers throughout ancient history.
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Who is the most evil female character?

Mean Queens! 12 Female Villains We Can't Help But Love
  • Bellatrix Lestrange – Harry Potter. ...
  • Maleficent – Sleeping Beauty. ...
  • Cruella de Vil -Cruella. ...
  • Regina George – Mean Girls. ...
  • Ursula – The Little Mermaid. ...
  • Villanelle – Killing Eve. ...
  • Catwoman – Batman Returns. ...
  • O-Ren Ishii – Kill Bill: Vol 1.
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Who was the most evil monarch?

  • 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)
  • King Leopold II of Belgium (1865–1909)
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Who is the meanest queen?

The 5 Cruelest Women in History to Hold Power
  • Lady Elizabeth Báthory: One of the World's Cruelest Women. Killing people is one thing. ...
  • Irma Grese: The Cruelest Woman of Nazi Germany. ...
  • Wu Zetian: The Cruelest Woman of Ancient China. ...
  • Mary I of England. ...
  • Isabella of Castile.
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Who did the Evil Queen love?

— -- Lana Parrilla, aka the Evil Queen in "Once Upon a Time," stopped by “Good Morning America” today as fans anticipate the Season 5 finale. In the last episode, viewers saw Evil Queen Regina's love, Robin Hood, stepping in front of a magic crystal to sacrifice his life for her.
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Who was the best queen of England?

From ferocious Boudica to 'Good Queen Bess' and Queen Elizabeth II, author Elizabeth Norton discusses the 10 greatest queens of England
  • Isabella of France (c. ...
  • Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ...
  • Queen Anne (1665-1714) ...
  • Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) ...
  • Queen Victoria (1819-1901) ...
  • Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)
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Which Queen was ruthless?

Mary Tudor has gone down in history as the Catholic tyrant “Bloody Mary.” There's certainly cause for such a brutal nickname: she executed hundreds of Protestants during her short reign. But there's so much more to Queen Mary's life than her ruthless reputation.
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Was there really a white Queen of England?

Elizabeth Woodville, born in 1437, was the Queen of England while her husband, King Edward IV ruled between 1464 to 1470. Interestingly, the King wasn't Elizabeth's first marriage. She was previously married to Sir John Grey of Groby, and the pair shared two sons, Thomas and Richard.
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Has anyone ever tried to assassinate the Queen of England?

Christopher John Lewis (7 September 1964 – 23 September 1997) was a New Zealand criminal who made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981. He planned later attempts at assassinating other British royal family members but was kept away from them by the authorities in New Zealand.
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Who is the most famous female in history?

The mother of Jesus, Mary is venerated by both Christians and Muslims, and is probably the most famous woman in history. The actual details of her life are veiled as much as they are elucidated by the New Testament.
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What are some evil queen names?

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  • 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)
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Who is the evilest female villain?

Bellatrix Lestrange and 9 More of the Most Evil Female Movie...
  1. 1 Rose from 'Get Out' (2017) ...
  2. 2 Annie Wilkes from 'Misery' (1990) ...
  3. 3 Madeline 'Ma-Ma' from Dredd (2012) ...
  4. 4 Alex Forrest from 'Fatal Attraction' (1987) ...
  5. 5 Amy Dune from 'Gone Girl' (2014) ...
  6. 6 Elle Driver from 'Kill Bill' (2003/2004)
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Who was the most insane ruler?

1. Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (604-562 B.C.) The granddaddy of all mad kings is King Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian ruler whose first-person account of a seven-year descent into animal-like insanity is one of the most fascinating sections of the Old Testament book of Daniel.
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Which rulers killed the most people?

But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people—easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.
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Who was a mad ruler in history?

European monarchs. Charles VI of France (1368–1422; ruled 1380–1422), known as Charles le Fou ("Charles the Mad"), had bouts of psychosis, including glass delusion. Henry VI of England (1421–1471; ruled 1422–1461 and 1470–1471). A breakdown in 1453 caused him to neglect state affairs for more than a year.
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What did Queen Elizabeth suffer from?

According to a new book, the Queen Elizabeth II covertly battled a particularly terrible kind of cancer in the final years of her life. A future biography of Her Majesty authored by a close friend of Prince Philip stated that the Queen had bone marrow cancer, with bone pain being the most prevalent symptom.
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What is a female king called?

A queen regnant (plural: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank and title to a king, who reigns suo jure (in her own right) over a realm known as a "kingdom"; as opposed to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king; or a queen regent, who is the guardian of a child monarch and rules pro ...
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Who is the first female king of the world?

In all antiquity, history records only one woman who successfully calculated a systematic rise to power during a time of peace: Hatshepsut, meaning “the Foremost of Noble Women,” an Egyptian king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled during the fifteenth century bc and negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very ...
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