emperor

emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)

Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)

emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975)

emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989)

Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)

Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)

emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912)

the last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520)

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873)

the first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC)

Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666)

Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)

Emperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161)

Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)

empress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727)

empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)

king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)

as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)

Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54)

Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)

Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251)

Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313)

Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)

Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)

Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637)

Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657)

the last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835)

Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)

the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)

Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)

King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)

King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)

Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)

Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311)

Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)

Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98)

King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)

the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)

son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)

Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81)

Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of building (53-117)

Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79)

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)

a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor

sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire

the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno

sovereign of the Roman Empire

a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia