Favorite and Least Favorite Monarchs?

[Minarchist]

Who are some of your favourite and least favourite monarchs?

[Kodratos]

My fav is probably Victoria, least favorite is that Belgian guy

[Erc]

Favorites: Frederick the Great, Joseph II, Louis-Philippe

Least Favorite: Nicholas II, Henry VI

[Banana Republic]

I am directly descended from the following monarchs, and therefore have a soft spot for all of them:
Emperor Charlemagne
Emperor Louis I
King Robert I
King Hugh Capet
King Robert II
King William I of England

Besides those, Victoria and Edward VII

Least favourites: Henry IV and most of the Lancasters

[The Dowager Mod]

Faves: Edward IV/Richard III/Henry II/Gustav II Adolph of Sweden
Don't like: Henry IV/Henry VII/Willhelm II

[Emsworth]

Favourites: Augustus, Elizabeth I, Louis XIV
Least favourites: William IV, Charles II, Napoleon

[Peter]

Favourite: Henry II, it went pretty much downhill after that

Least Favourite: Probably Richard II, Stephen gets points for being a total twat as well.

[Peter]

I am directly descended from the following monarchs, and therefore have a soft spot for all of them:
Emperor Charlemagne
Emperor Louis I
King Robert I
King Hugh Capet
King Robert II
King William I of England

I hate to be a ball-breaker, but everybody with Western European descent theoretically has descent from Charlemagne. All English people have theoretical descent from Edward I too, so we'd all be related to William I as well.

[Banana Republic]

I am directly descended from the following monarchs, and therefore have a soft spot for all of them:
Emperor Charlemagne
Emperor Louis I
King Robert I
King Hugh Capet
King Robert II
King William I of England

I hate to be a ball-breaker, but everybody with Western European descent theoretically has descent from Charlemagne. All English people have theoretical descent from Edward I too, so we'd all be related to William I as well.

It's something I like to throw out at Americans. It impresses them. But I have an uninterupted line which is a bit better than most.

[opebo]

King Bumibol of Thailand.  He's been in office since about 1946 or 1947, and he's always been very tolerant.

[Emsworth]

King Bumibol of Thailand.  He's been in office since about 1946 or 1947, and he's always been very tolerant.

Does the King of Thailand have political power? I was under the impression that Bhumibol was a constitutional monarch.

[opebo]

King Bumibol of Thailand.  He's been in office since about 1946 or 1947, and he's always been very tolerant.

Does the King of Thailand have political power? I was under the impression that Bhumibol was a constitutional monarch.

He is.  He does have a great deal of influence however, as he is very popular and greatly loved.  Additionally, before the nastiness of democracy took hold here in the early 1990s, the country was usually ruled by military juntas.  The king is believed to have been very friendly with those.

I miss those days, as the military dictatorships were much less likely to crack down on private behaviours on 'moral' grounds.

[PBrunsel]

Kaiser Wilhelm I is my favorite European Monarch.

[patrick1]

Louis IX of France and Stephen I of Hungary. Faves;)

Least Favorites: too many to mention.

[Emsworth]

Louis IX of France and Stephen I of Hungary. Faves;)

As you probably know, both, incidentally, are saints.

[Rob]

I've always had a soft spot for Maximillian, who was Emperor of Mexico. He was a good man who meant well. All the other monarchs are basically horrible.

[J. J.]

Favorites include Elisabeth I, Henry VIII, Charles II, (England) Frederick the Great (Pussia), John XXIII, Qabus ibn Sa'id (Oman).

Least favorite:  Faruk (Egypt), Alexander III, Ivan the Terrible (Russia), Augustus III (Poland), any number of the Sultans of Turkey, Pope Alexander VI.

[Storebought]

Not one mention of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, aka Napoleon III?

He was a Socialist, an authoritarian, and a weakling. What more could ask for from an emperor?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Favorite: Michael of Romania, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Bao Dai of Vietnam
Least Favorite: Victor Emmanuele III, Leopold II of Belgium, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal

[Chiahead]

Well i find Hirohito one of the most interesting.

Some of the pope "kings"

Least fav. Louis XVI

[??????????]

Any of the Hapsburg kings & queens I like.

Oh and Banana Republic : I am a cousin of Miss "Let them have their cake".

[Hatman 🍁]

Favourite: Princess Victoria of Sweden and Norodom Sihanouk (King of Cambodia)
Least favourite: Mswati III ( the King of Swaziland) I also dont like the King of Nepal or the Sultan of Brunei.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

King Bumibol of Thailand.  He's been in office since about 1946 or 1947, and he's always been very tolerant.

Does the King of Thailand have political power? I was under the impression that Bhumibol was a constitutional monarch.

He is.  He does have a great deal of influence however, as he is very popular and greatly loved.  Additionally, before the nastiness of democracy took hold here in the early 1990s, the country was usually ruled by military juntas.  The king is believed to have been very friendly with those.

I miss those days, as the military dictatorships were much less likely to crack down on private behaviours on 'moral' grounds.

wasn't there a military dictatorship in the 70s that was really right wing, and during that time there was lots of communist rebels in Thailand?

Communist rebel Thai girls...are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[Hitchabrut]

Favorite: Solomon

[MissCatholic]

In terms of reading

Edward IV
Henry VI
Richard III
Mary Queen of Scots
Henry V

Gets on my nerves.
Charles I
Edward II