List of people known as "the Great"
Monarchs

List of people known as "the Great"

Section Title: Monarchs
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Name	Description

Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629)	Fifth Shahanshah of Persia Safavid Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515)	Portuguese general, statesman and empire builder

Akbar (1542–1605)	Mughal emperor (India)

Alexander I of Georgia (1386–1446)	King of Georgia

Alexander the Great (356 BC–323 BC)	King of Macedonia and Persia. Pharaoh of Egypt.

Alfonso III of Asturias (c. 848–910)	King of León, Galicia and Asturias

Alfred the Great (848/849–899)	King of Wessex, England

Antiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 BC)	Ruler of the Seleucid Empire

Ashoka (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

Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927–2016)	King of Thailand

Bolesław I the Brave (967–1025)	First King of Poland

Casimir III the Great (1310–1370)	King of Poland (1333–70)

Catherine the Great (1729–1796)	Empress of Russia

Charlemagne (died 814) ("Charles the Great")	King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans

Chlothar II (584–629)	King of Neustria and King of the Franks

Chulalongkorn (1853–1910)	King of Siam (In present-day: Thailand)

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1097–1157)	Margrave of Meissen

Constantine the Great (c. 272–337)	Roman emperor

Cnut the Great (c. 985 or 995–1035)	King of England (1016–35), Denmark (1018–35) and Norway (1028–35).

Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC)	Founder and First Shahanshah of Persia Achaemenid Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Darius The Great (550–486 BC)	Third Shahanshah of Persia Achaemenid Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Eucratides I (reigned c. 170–145 BC)	Ruler of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and the Indo-Greek Kingdom

Farrukhan the Great	Ispahbadh of Tabaristan (712–728)

Ferdinand I of León (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

Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (c. 1292–1340)	German prince who ruled Schauenburg and Holstein-Rendsburg and for a while a large part of Denmark

Gero (c. 900–965)	Ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe

Gustavus Adolphus (1594–1632)	King of Sweden (1611–32), 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	Three leaders of Carthage, in the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries BC

Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002)	Duke of Burgundy

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)	Count of Paris (923–956), Duke of the Franks (936–956)

Hugh Magnus (1007–1025)	Co-King of France

Hugh, Count of Vermandois (1057–1101)

Humphrey I de Bohun (died c. 1123)	Anglo-Norman aristocrat

Ivan III of Russia (1440–1505)	Grand Prince of Moscow

John I of Portugal (1358–1433)	King of Portugal and the Algarve

John II of Aragon and Navarre (1398–1479)	King of Aragon and, through his wife, King of Navarre

Justinian I (483–565)	Roman Emperor (Eastern)

Kamehameha I (c. 1758–1819)	First King of Hawaii

Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722)	Emperor of Qing China

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

Louis XIV of France (1638–1715)	King of France and Navarre

Mangrai (1238–1317)	Lanna, Northern of Thailand

Manuel I Komnenos (1118-1180)	Byzantine Emperor

Emperor Meiji (1852–1912)	Emperor of Japan

Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418)	Ruler of Wallachia

Mithridates II of Parthia (121-91 BC)	Ninth Shahanshah of Persia Parthian Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Mithridates VI of Pontus (134 BC–63 BC)	Ruler of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom

Mubarak Al-Sabah (1840–1915)	Ruler of Kuwait

Mstislav I of Kiev (1076–1132)	Grand Prince of Kievan Rus'

Narai (1633–1688)	King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (In present-day: Thailand)

Naresuan (1590–1605)	King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (In present-day: 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 (1123–1186)	King of Sri Lanka

Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (1059-1075)	King of Croatia

Peter the Great (1672–1725)	Tsar of Russia

Peter III of Aragon (1239–1285)	King of Aragon and King of Sicily

Phutthayotfa Chulalok (1782–1809)	King of Siam (In present-day: Thailand)

Pompey (106–48 BCE)	Rival of Julius Caesar in the late Roman Republic

Qin Shi Huang (259 BC–210 BC)	First emperor of China, who unified China from Warring States

Radama I (1793–1828)	First king of greater Madagascar

Raja Raja Chola I (947 CE– 1014 CE)	The Great Chola Emperor from present day South India who ruled over the Chola kingdom between 985 and 1014 CE.

Ramesses II (reigned 1279 BC–1213 BC)	Pharaoh of Egypt known for his temples, monuments, and military feats.

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

Reza Shah (1878–1944)	Founder and First Shahanshah of Persia Pahlavi dynasty, (in present-day Iran)

Rhodri the Great (c. 820–878)	King of Gwynedd (in present-day Wales)

Robert I, Count of Dreux	Count of Dreux

Roman the Great (after 1160–1205)	Grand Prince of Kiev

Sancho III of Pamplona (c. 992–1035)	King of Navarre

Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2215 BC)	Ruler of the Akkadian Empire

Sejong the Great (1397–1450)	Korean king

Shapur I (215–270)	Second Shahanshah of Persia Sassanid Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Shapur II (309–379)	Tenth Shahanshah of Persia Sassanid Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Simeon I of Bulgaria (864–927)	Tsar (emperor) of Bulgaria

Stephen III of Moldavia (1433–1504)	Prince of Moldavia (Romania)

Stefan Uroš I (c. 1223–1277)	King of Serbia (1243–76)

Stefan Dušan (c. 1308-1355)	King of Serbia (1331–45) and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks (1345–55)

Sultan Agung of Mataram (1593-1645)	Ruler of Mataram Sultanate (present day, Yogyakarta and most of Java island, Indonesia) from 1613 to 1645

Sun Quan (182-252)	Emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China, formally known as Emperor Da of Wu (literally "Great Emperor of Wu")

Taksin (1734–1782)	King of the Thonburi Kingdom (In present-day: Thailand)

Tamar of Georgia (1160–1223)	Queen of the Georgian Empire

Emperor Taizong of Tang (598–649)	Emperor of Tang (China)

Theoderic 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

Timur (1336–1405)	Better known as Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Dynasty

Tiridates III of Armenia (285-339)	King of Armenia

Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182)	King of Denmark

Valentinian I (364-375)	Roman emperor

Vladimir the Great (c. 958–1015)	Kievan Rus' ruler; Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev

Vytautas (c. 1350–1430)	Archduke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy

Emperor Wu of Han (156 BC–87 BCE)	Emperor of Han China, from whose reign dynasty the Chinese majority people are named

Xerxes I (519–465 BC)	Fourth Shahanshah of Persia Achaemenid Empire, (in present-day Iran)

Yuknoom Ch'een II (c. 600–680s)	Mayan king of Kaan

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Gustavus Adolphus is a Swedish monarch, known as "the Great".

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