Queens & kings: and other royal rotters

Ramesses II, pharaoh of Egypt, 1303 BCE-1213 BCE

Qin Shi Huang Di, Chinese emperor, 259-210 BCE

Cleopatra, pharaoh of Egypt, 69 BCE-30 BCE

Nero, Roman emperor, 37-68

Justinian II, Byzantine emperor, 669-711

Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, 849-899

Harold Godwinson, English king, 1022-1066

Empress Matilda, English queen, 1102-1167

Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193

Richard the Lionheart, English king, 1157-1199

Moctezuma II, Aztec emperor, 1466-1520

Henry VIII, English king, 1491-1547

Henry VIII's wives, English queens, 1480s-1500s

Charles II, British king, 1630-1685

Marie Antoinette, French queen, 1755-1793

Catherine the Great, Russian empress, 1729-1796

Shaka Zulu, Zulu king, 1787-1828

Queen Victoria, British queen, 1819-1901.