Famous Kings - page 5

The Most Famous Kings

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Sundiata KeitaAugust 20, 1217Central AfricanSundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa
Ashoka304 BCIndianAshoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent
Murad IVJuly 26, 1612TurkishMurad IV was one of the mighty Sultans in the history of the Ottoman Empire
Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaAugust 1, 1924Saudi ArabianAbdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was the King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 and the third wealthiest head of state in the world
Xerxes I519 BCIranianXerxes I (Xerxes the Great) was the fourth and the most famous king of the Archaemenid dynasty of Persia
Sargon of Akkad2340 BCIraqiSargon of Akkad, also called ‘Sargon the Great’, ‘Sarru-Kan’ and ‘Shar-Gani-Sharri’, was the founder and first king of the Akkadian Empire
Gia LongFebruary 8, 1762VietnameseGia Long was the first emperor of the Nguyen dynasty as well as the founding father of the modern nation of Vietnam
Flavius Odoacer435Ancient RomanFlavius Odoacer was a soldier who went on to become the King of Italy
Suleiman The MagnificentNovember 6, 1494TurkishSuleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Bindusara320 BCIndianBindusara was the second Mauryan Emperor of India who ruled from c
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Humayun

Humayun was the second Mughal ruler of territories in the Indian subcontinent

IndianMarch 17, 1508197 views

Agustín de Iturbide

Agustin de Iturbide was the leader of the conservative faction of the Mexican independence movement who later served as the Emperor of Mexico

MexicanSeptember 27, 1783140 views

Babur

Babur was an Uzbek warrior who laid the foundation of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent

Charles I of Austria

Charles I of Austria was the last Emperor of Austria and last King of Hungary

HungarianAugust 17, 1887110 views

Constantine the Great

Constantine the Great was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian ancestry who ruled from 306 to 337 AD

Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtemoc was the last Aztec Emperor who ruled from 1520 and 1521

Mexican1495183 views

Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore renowned for his bravery in the wars against the British East India Company

IndianNovember 20, 1750149 views

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England was the King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547

BritishJune 28, 1491104 views

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I was the King of Romans and first elected Holy Roman Emperor

AustralianMarch 22, 1459102 views

Peter III of Russia

Peter III was the Emperor of Russia who served for merely six months, before he was deposed in 1762

RussianFebruary 21, 1728259 views