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42 figures
Henry VIII
King of England
Queen Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom
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Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
Louis XIV
King of France
Marie Antoinette
Queen of France
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Frederick the Great
King of Prussia
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Nicholas II
Emperor of Russia
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Emperor Meiji
Emperor of Japan
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Hirohito
Emperor of Japan
Norodom Sihanouk
King & Head of State of Cambodia
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
King of Thailand
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Ang Duong
King of Cambodia
Harald Fairhair
First King of Norway
Gustav Vasa
King of Sweden
Menelik II
Emperor of Ethiopia
Cyrus the Great
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire
Suleiman the Magnificent
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Darius the Great
King of the Achaemenid Empire
Reza Shah
Shah of Iran
Ibn Saud
Founder and King of Saudi Arabia
Baybars
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Mohammad Zahir Shah
King of Afghanistan
Norodom Sihamoni
King of Cambodia
Ashoka
Emperor of the Mauryan Empire
Kublai Khan
Founder of the Yuan dynasty
Casimir III the Great
King of Poland
John III Sobieski
King of Poland
Nur Jahan
Mughal empress
Ranavalona I
Queen of Madagascar
Tewodros II
Emperor of Ethiopia
Leopold II of Belgium
King of the Belgians
Boris III of Bulgaria
Tsar of Bulgaria
Simeon II
Tsar and Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Zog I
King of Albania
Hassan II of Morocco
King of Morocco
Mohammed V of Morocco
King of Morocco
Hussein of Jordan
King of Jordan
Abdullah I of Jordan
Founding ruler of Jordan
Bảo Đại
Last emperor of Vietnam
Chulalongkorn
King of Siam
Rama I
Founder of the Chakri dynasty
Taksin
King of Thonburi
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