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Who was the weakest 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 weakest king in history?

  • 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 was the weakest English king?

8 Worst Monarchs in British History
  1. King Stephen (King of England) ...
  2. King John (King of England) ...
  3. King Edward II (King of England) ...
  4. King Henry VI (King of England) ...
  5. King Henry VIII (King of England and Ireland) ...
  6. Queen Mary I (Queen of England and Ireland) ...
  7. King George IV (King of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Who was the worst king and why?

Throughout the Old Testament most of the kings are bad. But the worst is King Ahab. In his 22 years as king he does “more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him” (1 Kings 16:30). With the help of his queen, Jezebel, he vigorously and violently promotes the worship of other gods in Israel.
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Who was the most angry king?

10 cruellest kings in human history
  • Vlad Tepes.
  • Ivan IV of Russia.
  • Adolf Hitler.
  • King Firon.
  • Alexander III of Macedon.
  • Joseph Stalin.
  • Leopold II of Belgium.
  • Genghis Khan.
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Deaf And Mute Boy Becomes The Strongest King Of All

Which king never lost a battle?

Narasimhavarman I is claimed to be one of the Indian kings who never lost on the battlefield to their enemies.
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Who was the strongest king in history?

He is Cyrus the Great of Persia, who in the mid-6th century BC ruled the greatest empire the world had ever known. He started as the chief of a downtrodden tribe that overthrew its masters, and he went on to ensure that for the next couple of centuries no other nation would conquer his people again.
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Who was the meanest queen?

1. Lady Elizabeth Báthory: One of the World's Cruelest Women
  • Philip II of Spain, via Art UK.
  • The Death of Thomas Cranmer, via the Wellcome Collection, London.
  • Queen Isabella of Castile, “La Virgen de la Mosca,” via National Geographic.
  • Spain during the reign of Isabella, via Smart History.
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Which king died as a child?

His only legitimate son to survive infancy, Edward VI, became king at nine years old and died when he was only 15.
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Who was the real mad king?

King George III ruled Great Britain and Ireland between 1760–1820. His reign was marked by the loss of the American colonies in 1783, yet he is also primarily remembered as the so-called 'mad king'. Following the king's mental decline due to an illness, his son acted as regent from 1811 until the king's death.
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Who was the first king in history?

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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Which king did not speak English?

King George didn't speak English and he spent a lot of time in Germany, so he gave some power to another man called Robert Walpole to make decisions whilst he was away. He would tell King George what parliament were talking about. He was called the 'Prime Minister' and prime means first.
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Which king lost us?

He was the third Hanoverian monarch and the first one to be born in England and to use English as his first language. George III is widely remembered for two things: losing the American colonies and going mad.
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Who is powerful than a king?

Emperors are generally recognized to be of the highest monarchic honor and rank, surpassing kings.
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Who was the last king to fight?

1727-1760) George II, at the age of 60, was the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 in Germany, against the French.
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Who was the king who killed his own son?

In the Biblical account we are told only that after Mesha sacrificed his son, “there was bitter indignation against the Israelites, who then withdrew” ( 2 Kings 3:27 ). No other explanation is given.
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Which king killed his father?

Oedipus, in Greek mythology, the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
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Who is the most forgotten queen?

Lady Jane Grey is one of England's least fortunate monarchs. Aged just 15, she was catapulted to the throne in July 1553, in succession to her cousin, King Edward VI, in order to prevent the accession of Mary Tudor.
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Who was the first evil queen?

The Evil Queen, also known as the Wicked Queen, Queen Grimhilde, or just the Queen, is a fictional character who appears as the main antagonist in Walt Disney Productions' first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and remains a villain character in their extended Snow White franchise.
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Who is the most fierce queen?

Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Elizabeth I was one of most powerful English monarchs ever and arguably the most powerful woman in the world.
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Who is undefeated king?

Lalitaditya Muktapida was the ever-undefeated King of Kashmir of the Karkota dynasty. Chinese, Turkish and Tibetan legends referred to him as a great conqueror. Lalitaditya was the first Indian king who gave a befitting reply to the Arabs and one of the few Indian kings who was able to conquer Central Asia.
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Who is the most handsome king?

10 of the most Handsome Kings
  • King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, of Bhutan. King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at the Guest House Akasaka Palace. ...
  • Alexander The Great. ...
  • King Felipe VI of Spain. ...
  • Richard The Lionheart. ...
  • King Henry VIII. ...
  • King Phillip IV. ...
  • King Absalom. ...
  • Saul.
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Which king was killed in war?

Harold, king of England, was killed in the fourth and last phase of the Norman attack at the Battle of Hastings in the late afternoon of October 14th, 1066.
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