| Weasel | 23 Mar 2017 2:09 p.m. PST |
Kings or emperors of the 19th century, which is your favourite for any criteria you care to apply ? Most interesting, most influential, most intriguing, most brutal, most enlightened. Give your suggestions to make it into the poll, along with a line or two why. |
| Winston Smith | 23 Mar 2017 2:29 p.m. PST |
Ludwig I of Bavaria. His mistress was Lola Montez. |
| Gone Fishing | 23 Mar 2017 2:34 p.m. PST |
I've always had a soft spot for Emperor Norton – "certainly one of the most genial and harmless of the breed." link |
| daler240D | 23 Mar 2017 2:48 p.m. PST |
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| John Treadaway | 23 Mar 2017 2:56 p.m. PST |
Victoria, obviously. It is, after all, generally known as the 'Victorian Era'. John T |
Gunfreak  | 23 Mar 2017 3:06 p.m. PST |
While I'm not Bonaparteist, you can't deny he had a massive influence on the world that is still felt today. And I'm not anti Bonaparteist either. Also George III I have a soft spot for inbred mad kings |
 miniMo | 23 Mar 2017 3:11 p.m. PST |
Napoleon III — I am so grateful to live after the French Second Empire and its invention of good cooking! |
| Gone Fishing | 23 Mar 2017 3:29 p.m. PST |
In all seriousness, I would agree with John T: certainly she is one of history's great women. Weasel, you neglected to mention your choice! |
| Lascaris | 23 Mar 2017 3:39 p.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 23 Mar 2017 5:23 p.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 23 Mar 2017 7:04 p.m. PST |
I find Alexander the 1st to be quite a fascinating character and it's hard to deny the impact Napoleon had in the transition between the old world and the new, regardless of which side of the fence you think he falls down on. |
| robert piepenbrink | 23 Mar 2017 7:40 p.m. PST |
1. Victoria
2. Norton I, Emperor of California
3. Ludwig of Bavaria |
| tkdguy | 23 Mar 2017 9:51 p.m. PST |
Ludwig II of Bavaria Johann of Saxony Albert of Saxony Wilhelm I of Prussia (later Germany) Victoria Napoleon III Franz Josefh I |
| GurKhan | 24 Mar 2017 2:07 a.m. PST |
Shaka Zulu. Tougher and far more interesting than all these pampered stereotyped Europeans. With the Dowager Empress Cixi as a close second. |
| Gunfreak | 24 Mar 2017 3:02 a.m. PST |
Napoleon I would cry himself to sleep if he knew people preferred his nephew over him! |
| Bismarck | 24 Mar 2017 2:18 p.m. PST |
Napoleon III and the "widow of windsor", Queen Victoria. |
 etotheipi  | 24 Mar 2017 2:57 p.m. PST |
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is back from Council of Five Nations.