10 cruelest kings of all time
The 10 cruelest kings of all time slaughtered 20 million of their own people, who was the most sadistic?
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- The cruelest king of all time in human history. They will continue to be remembered for their inhumane actions.
Here, we will discuss the 10 cruelest kings of all time who are remembered for their brutality, evil acts, and policies that caused a fear factor in human civilization.
As quoted by Hops.ID from jagranjosh.com, here are the 10 cruelest kings of all time:
1. Vlad Tepes
History remembers him as a legend of cruel punishments (the Sadistic King) such as disemboweling and impaling the anus and face. It is said that the most violent stabbing incident in Man's history was when he stabbed 20,000 men, women and children. They were to be skinned, boiled, beheaded, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive and impaled.
2. Ivan IV of Russia
He was called an evil king because he liked to stab people and every day, around 500-1000 people were executed in his palace and it was all done in front of him.
3. Adolf Hitler
He was the dictator of Nazi Germany and put forward fascist policies towards the Jews. He united all of Germany by creating fear among the non-Jews in Germany. His policies sparked World War II and led to the genocide known as the Holocaust, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 6 million Jews and 5 million other non-combatants.
4. King Pharaoh
He was a selfish, arrogant, and notorious Egyptian dictator. He declared himself to be God and forced people to believe and worship him as God. If people disobeyed him then he gave them very bad and grievous punishments. There is a legend that after his death, there was no land, fire received his last rites and as a result, his remains are still kept in the museum.
An interesting fact about his corpse is that his body weight will automatically increase and his body will not be damaged.
5. Alexander III of Macedon
He spent most of his reign on military raids through Asia to northwest Africa. He probably had extraordinary ambitions and spent his entire life on the battlefield with uncontrollable irritability. Alexander III often massacred people after getting drunk from drinking excessive amounts of wine.
6. Joseph Stalin
He is considered the most dangerous and cruel ruler in history because he exercised greater political power than any dictator. He was responsible for the deaths of more than 20 million of his people during his 29 year reign.
7. Leopold II of Belgium
He was king of the Belgians and famous for his brutal exploitation of the Congolese as his forced labor policies resulted in the deaths of over 3 million Congolese citizens.
8. Attila the Hun
He is called one of the evil rulers in human history. His final invasion is remembered as a bloodbathed battle. The reason is that he invaded all the villages in his territory and massacred all the villagers afterwards. He never spared a single person when carrying out massacres.
9. Genghis Khan
He was the leader of the Mongols and was known for his military genius, politics, and bloodthirsty terror. For example, Genghis Khan massacred people of below average height because dwarf people did not have the right to live. The number of descendants of Genghis Khan is countless, it is said that every 1 in 3 people in the world has the bloodline of Genghis Khan.
10. Maximilien Robespierre
He was famous for his actions of never trusting others and he beheaded everyone he considered an enemy without any trial. He beheaded around 5 million human heads to gain power. ***