| Description or Quote | Monarch | Years |
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| Supported by ultraroyalists, he created the Charter and ruled as a consitutional monarch. | |
| 1767 'The Usage of Torture is contrary to all the Dictates of Nature and Reason...'/1775 'Kill Pugachev!!!!' | |
| Lancastrian ruler at the height of England during the Hundred Years' War | |
| 'nobody shall ... be exposed to hardships on account of his creed; no man shall be compelled ... to profess the religion of the state if it be contrary to his persuasion....' | |
| He did not send the Bad Ems telegram. (Spell his name as he would) | |
| Known for having a son tutored by a Catholic. Economic problems sparked next conflict because he had to consult Parliament. | |
| As the last Hapsburg king of the Spanish Empire, he saw his empire decline significantly. (specify country) | |
| Ended jousting as a sport, married Catherine de Medici, who would later scheme the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. | |
| National symbol of culture, privately attempted to influence decisions | |
| In Egypt: 'From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.' (include last name) | |
| 'Alliances, to be sure, is good. But forces of one’s own are better' | |
| 'The liberties of England and the Protestant religion I will maintain' | |
| 'I would have had scant reason to desire such a rule, had I not found myself obliged to it through God’s bidding and nature'; successfully attacked his south. | |
| 'We thought that the clergy of our realm had been our subjects wholly, but now we have well perceived that they be but half our subjects' | |
| Invaded Italy through Piedmont, destroyed peace in Italy | |
| 'I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I Pardon those who have occasioned my death' | |
| Known as the 'Soldier King,' he maintained a rigid economy and ensured a surplus in the treasury | |
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| 'Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.' | |
| 'I, the sultan of sultans, and the strongest ruler, the loftiest king who defeats the kingdoms around the world...' | |
| As Tsar of Russia, he transformed a medieval state into an empire. Then he killed his competent son and the empire declined (for now). | |
| Attacked Denmark, Russia, Poland, Norway in a series of Northern Wars and ultimately failed, causing the decline of his kingdom. | |
| Cardinal Fleury was his chief minister; supported and won many costly wars, but returned gained land at the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. | |
| The only competent one of his kind. Saved Vienna. | |
| 'Monarchy is the greatest thing on earth. Kings are rightly called gods since just like God they have power of life and death...' | |
| Protestant. He passed the Test Act and was succeeded by his brother. (specify country) | |
| | Description or Quote | Monarch | Years |
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| 'For me it will be enough that a marble stone should declare that a queen having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.' | |
| Restored Catholicism in England; married Philip II of Spain | |
| 'If occasion were, I hope God would give me his grace to suffer death for the true Catholic religion as well as banishment.' | |
| 'Paris is worth a Mass' | |
| Told Parliament, 'you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you' | |
| 'Catholics, Lutherans, Reformed, Jews and other Christian sects live in this state, and live together in peace.' | |
| 'My only ambition is to be first soldier of Italian independence.' Italy had a monarchy, and he was the first. | |
| Agreed to cuius regio, eius religio, he was also Charles I of Spain | |
| Queen that united the Iberian Peninsula. | |
| 'That woman's achievements are those of a great man.' - Frederick II of Prussia. Who is that woman? | |
| Initially pushed for spreading Catholicism across his empire, issued Edict of Restitution, then realized this was a bad idea and signed Peace of Prague (1635) | |
| 'Belgrade must be bombed and occupied. The Slavs must know that they should serve.' (Spell his name as he would) | |
| Fought the War of Devolution, War of the League of Augsburg, agreed to Treaty of Utrecht, pressured nobles with social customs and distanced himself from the city. | |
| 'God, who has given me so many Kingdoms to govern, has not given me a son fit to govern them' | |
| Winning Lancastrian of the War of the Roses (include last name, not roman numeral) | |
| Bourbon 'king of the French' and rueld during the July Monarchy; Catholicism declared religion of the majority; Crushed workers revolts; Happily occupied Algiers. | |
| “It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below” | |
| 'Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the more'; boosted power of nobility and clergy | |
| 'I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.' | |
| With Cardinal Richilieu, he entered into the Thirty Years' War against the Habsburgs. | |
| “I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.” --1894 | |
| Favored the Whigs, did not attempt to rule, end of reign saw the importance of PM, Robert Walpole | |
| Grandson of Louis XIV, his claim to the Spanish throne sparked the War of Spanish Succession | |
| He allowed refugees, increased toleration, and connected regions to form a powerful state. | |
| Elected in 1848, voted Emperor in 1851 by plebiscite. Encouraged more trade and cheap credit. | |
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