Famous Kings - page 7

The Most Famous Kings
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Sundiata Keita	August 20, 1217	Central African	Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa
Ashoka	304 BC	Indian	Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent
Murad IV	July 26, 1612	Turkish	Murad IV was one of the mighty Sultans in the history of the Ottoman Empire
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia	August 1, 1924	Saudi Arabian	Abdullah 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 I	519 BC	Iranian	Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great) was the fourth and the most famous king of the Archaemenid dynasty of Persia
Sargon of Akkad	2340 BC	Iraqi	Sargon of Akkad, also called ‘Sargon the Great’, ‘Sarru-Kan’ and ‘Shar-Gani-Sharri’, was the founder and first king of the Akkadian Empire
Gia Long	February 8, 1762	Vietnamese	Gia Long was the first emperor of the Nguyen dynasty as well as the founding father of the modern nation of Vietnam
Flavius Odoacer	435	Ancient Roman	Flavius Odoacer was a soldier who went on to become the King of Italy
Suleiman The Magnificent	November 6, 1494	Turkish	Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Bindusara	320 BC	Indian	Bindusara was the second Mauryan Emperor of India who ruled from c

Charles VII was the King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461

Menelik II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913

William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy, who later became the King of England

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William IV was the King of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under whose reign the revolutionary ‘Reform Act of 1832’ was passed.

Wilhelm II was the last German emperor (kaiser) and King of Prussia, whose belligerent policies resulted in World War I

William II (Rufus) was the King of England from 1087 to 1100 who ascended the throne upon the death of his father, William I the Conqueror.

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Vespasian was the ninth emperor of Rome who founded the Flavian dynasty of emperors

Nero was the last Roman emperor in the Julio-Claudian dynasty who ruled from 54 to 68 AD

Sneferu was the founder and the first king of the 4th dynasty of ancient Egypt during the Old Kingdom

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Edward VIII was the shortest reigning King of United Kingdom and the only British sovereign to voluntarily retire from the throne