MonarchyDB

123 monarchs, emperors, and sovereigns who ruled history. From Ramesses II to Elizabeth II, the men and women who wore crowns and moved the world.

Famous Monarchs

Crowned at 25, she reigned 70 years through decolonization, Cold War, and digital revolution. Fifteen prime ministers from Churchi...

Louis ruled personally from 1661 after Mazarin death, Létat cest moi attributed. Versailles, the hunting lodge turned palace, dome...

Temujin united the steppe tribes 1206, Genghis Khan, universal ruler. His armies took northern China, Khwarazm destroyed, the grea...

Ying Zheng conquered the six warring states by 221 BC, inventing the title Huangdi, emperor. Standardized script, weights, axle wi...

Greek Macedonian dynasty, she was the first Ptolemy to learn Egyptian. Caesar in Alexandria, Caesarion born, civil war after Ides....

German princess who deposed her husband Peter III and ruled 34 years. She corresponded with Voltaire and Diderot, the Nakaz law co...

Charles the Great united most of Western Europe for the first time since Rome. Crowned Imperator by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day ...

From concubine to emperor, Wu ruled China in her own name, the only woman ever. She expanded the exam system, meritocracy against ...

Ramesses the Great ruled 66 years, outliving a dozen crown princes. Kadesh against the Hittites, the earliest documented battle, a...

Suleiman took Belgrade, Rhodes, Hungary at Mohacs 1526, besieged Vienna 1529, the high tide. The Mediterranean contest with Charle...