Rulers
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629) | Shah of Iran |
| Akbar (1542–1605) | ruler of the Mughal Empire in South Asia, mainly in the Indian subcontinent |
| Alain I of Albret (1440–1522) | French aristocrat |
| Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) | King of Macedonia, Persia, Greece, Egypt, and all of Mesopotamia |
| Alexander I of Georgia (1386–1446) | King of Georgia |
| Alfonso III of León (c. 848-910) | King of León, Galicia and Asturias |
| Alfred the Great (848/849-899) | King of Wessex |
| Antiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 BC) | ruler of the Seleucid Empire |
| Ashoka the Great (c. 304–232 BC) | Indian emperor of the Maurya dynasty |
| Ashot I of Iberia (died 826/830) | presiding prince of Caucasian Iberia (in modern Georgia) |
| Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538) | ruler of the Songhai Empire |
| Bayinnaung (1516–1581) | Emperor of the Second Burmese Empire |
| Bolesław I Chrobry (967-1025) | first King of Poland |
| Bruno the Great (925–965) | Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the following section) |
| Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1736–1809) | founder and ruler of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (in what is now Thailand) |
| Cnut the Great (c. 985 or 995-1035) | King of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden |
| Casimir III the Great (1310–1370) | King of Poland |
| Catherine the Great (1729–1796) | Empress of Russia |
| Chandragupta II (reigned 375-413/415) | ruler of the Gupta empire in India |
| Charlemagne (died 814) | King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans |
| Chulalongkorn (1853–1910) | King of Siam (now Thailand) |
| Chlothar II (584-629) | King of Neustria and King of the Franks |
| Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1097-1157) | Margrave of Meissen |
| Constantine I (c. 272-337) | Roman emperor |
| Cyaxares the Great (c. 625-585 BC) | third king of Media |
| Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC) | founder and ruler of the Persian or Achaemenid Empire |
| Darius the Great (550 – 486 BC) | third ruler of the Persian Empire |
| Devapala (died 850) | ruler of the Pala Empire in the Indian subcontinent |
| Dionysius I | Greek tyrant of Syracuse |
| Ferdinand I of León and Castile (c. 1015–1065) | King of León and Count of Castile |
| Frederick the Great (1712–1786) | King of Prussia |
| Genghis Khan (1162?-1227) | founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire |
| Gero (c. 900–965) | ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe |
| Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632) | King of Sweden, founder of the Swedish Empire, and noted military leader |
| Gwanggaeto the Great | King of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea |
| Hanno the Great | the name of three leaders of Carthage, in the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries BC |
| Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002) | |
| Henry IV of France (1553–1610) | King of France and King of Navarre |
| Herod the Great (73/74 BC-4 BC) | King of Judea |
| Hugh the Great (898-956) | Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris |
| Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025) | co-King of France |
| Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (1057–1101) | |
| Humphrey I de Bohun (died c. 1123) | Anglo-Norman aristocrat |
| Ivan III of Russia (1440–1505) | Tsar of Russia |
| John I of Portugal (1358–1433) | King of Portugal and the Algarve |
| John II of Aragon (1398–1479) | King of Aragon and, through his wife, King of Navarre |
| Justinian I (483-565) | Byzantine Emperor |
| Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819) | first King of Hawai'i |
| Kanishka (died c. 127) | ruler of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia and parts of India |
| Kvirike III of Kakheti (1010–1029) | King of Kakheti in eastern Georgia |
| Kublai Khan (1215–1294) | Mongol ruler in the 13th century and Emperor of China; founder of the Yuan Dynasty |
| Llywelyn the Great (c. 1172–1240) | Prince of Gwynedd and de facto ruler of most of Wales |
| Louis I of Hungary (1326–1382) | King of Hungary, Croatia and Poland |
| Mangrai the Great (1238–1317) | Lanna, northern Thailand |
| Emperor Meiji (1852–1912) | Emperor of Japan |
| Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418) | ruler of Wallachia |
| Mithridates II of Parthia (died 88 BC) | ruler of the Parthian Empire (in present day Iran) |
| Mithridates VI of Pontus (134 BC–63 BC) | ruler of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom |
| Mstislav I of Kiev (1076–1132) | Grand Prince of Kievan Rus |
| Naresuan (1555–1605) | King of Ayutthaya |
| Narai (1633–1688) | King of Ayutthaya (in what is now modern Thailand) |
| Odo the Great (died c. 735) | Duke of Aquitaine |
| Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973) | Holy Roman Emperor |
| K'inich Janaab' Pakal (603-683) | ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque |
| Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa (1123–1186) | Tamil King of Sri Lanka |
| Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (died 1075) | King of Croatia |
| Peter the Great (1672–1725) | Tsar of Russia |
| Peter III of Aragon (1239–1285) | King of Aragon and King of Sicily |
| Pompey (106-48 BC) | rival of Julius Caesar in the late Roman Republic |
| Radama I (1793–1828) | first king of greater Madagascar |
| Raja Raja Chola I (c. 947-1014) | Cola emperor of Tamil Nadu. |
| Rajendra Chola I (reigned 1014–1044) | Chola King of Tamil Nadu |
| Ramesses II (reigned 1279 BC – 1213 BC) | considered the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt |
| Ram Khamhaeng (around 1237 to 1247-1298) | King of Sukhothai (in present day Thailand) |
| Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082–1131) | Count of Barcelona, Provence and various other counties |
| Rhodri the Great (c. 820–878) | King of Gwynedd (in present day Wales) |
| Roman the Great (after 1160-1205) | Grand Prince of Kiev |
| Saladin (c. 1138-1193) | Kurdish Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and victor over the Crusaders |
| Samudragupta (c. 335–375) | ruler of the Gupta empire in the Indian subcontinent |
| Sancho III of Navarre (c. 992-1035) | King of Kingdom of Navarre |
| Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2215 BC) | ruler of the Akkadian Empire |
| Sejong the Great (1397–1450) | Korean king |
| Shapur II (309-379) | king of the Sassanid Empire, Persia |
| Simeon I of Bulgaria (864/865-927) | ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire |
| Stephen III of Moldavia (1433–1504) | Prince of Moldavia (Romania) |
| Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (c. 1308-1355) | King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks |
| Taksin (1734–1782) | King of the Thonburi Kingdom (Thailand) |
| Tamar of Georgia (1160–1223) | Queen of the Georgian Empire |
| Timur (1336–1405) | better known as Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Dynasty |
| Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1090–1151) | Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV, Count of Champagne and of Brie |
| Theodoric the Great (454-526) | King of the Ostrogoths, regent of the Visigoths and a viceroy of the Byzantine Empire |
| Theodosius I (347-395) | Roman emperor |
| Tigranes the Great (140-55 BC) | Emperor of Armenia |
| Tiridates III of Armenia (285-339) | King of Armenia |
| Umar (c. 586 to 590–644) | second caliph of the Muslim Empire |
| Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182) | King of Denmark |
| Valentinian I (364-375) | Roman Emperor |
| Vladimir I of Kiev (c. 958-1015) | ruler of Kievan Rus |
| Vytautas (c. 1350-1430) | archduke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy |
| William I, Count of Burgundy (1020–1087) | Count of Burgandy and Mâcon |
| William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969-1030) | Duke of Aquitaine,also Count of Poitou |
| Xerxes I (519-465 BC) | King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire (Persia) |
| Yu the Great (c. 2200-2100 BC) | legendary ruler in ancient China |
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