How well do you know your rulers in history? We're going to find out.
Let's go through the alphabet and see is we can name one ruler for each letter. First and Last names are acceptable to meet the ABC criteria.
So, who knows a ruler beginning with "A"?
My Great, many times great, grandfather was Charlemagne.
D
Darius
Ethelred II, also known as Ethelred the Unready, son of Edgar the Peaceable.
F
Ferdinand II of Aragon to become King Ferdinand V of Castile and Le�n & married Isabella - the world was never seen the same anymore; wasn't flat
This is great! You've really pulled names that are not on everyone's lips. I love it.
I'll be the one to choose an easy one.
George II
H
Henry the 'whatever'
- I'll go with Henry VIII
Come on! Anyone got an "I"?
um...Ichabod Crane? no! sorry...
Indira Ghandi
Khadija Turhan
1627 - 1683
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
next alphabetically would be 'M'
Mary, Queen of Scots
O
Otto I the Great (German Emperor)
P
Pontius Pilate - Roman governor of Judea
R
Red Cloud (Lakota Chief)
S
Simeon The Proud ( 1340-1353, Grand Prince of Moscow, Rurik Dynasty - just prior to the Tsars )
This is great! We need a T. Who has our T name?
T
Tecumseh - Shawnee Chief during the period of The War of 1812
U - Do I hear a U?
We are are SO close.
U
Uther Pendragon (Arthur's dad)
W
Wilhelm II - German Emperor
Y
Yitzhak Rabin (5th Prime Minister of Israel)
Z
Zhuang (15th sovereign of the Zhou Dynasty)
Wow! These were some really good ones! I loved the more obscure names.
Does anybody want to stretch and give me the final "Z"?
Zo�, Byzantine Empress (1028�50)
Oh! I just notice that BettleMess gave us a Z.
That's ok. Goes to show there were more than one Z out there.
