Accepting Hitler and Stalin's positions in the top two, who holds the grim accolade of 'Europe's third-worst despot'?
2006-06-29 05:06:15 · 14 answers · asked by rehgnl 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Ivan the Terrible?
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2006-06-29 05:48:31 · answer #1 · answered by Starreply 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
1,000,000–3,000,000 Armenian Massacres (1895-1923) under the despot: Abdul Hamid
400,000 by genocide -Ustasha/Independent State of Croatia genocide of Serbs, Jews, Roma people during World War II (1941-1945) under the reign of Ante Pavelic
100,000–300,000 - Jews massacred in Poland by the Cossacks led by Chmielnitzki, (1648 - 1649)
100,000 - Massacre of Romans by Mithridates VI Eupator (Anatolia, 88 BC)
Catherine de Médicis, was Queen of France who is generally believed to be the instigator of the 70,000 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (France, 1572)
75,000 killed via genocide - England (1509-1547) under King Henry VIII
40,000 - France (1793-1794) under the Jacobin Reign of Terror
2006-06-29 21:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon Bonaparte
2006-06-29 14:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going back a bit further in time than previous answers, I would say Ivan the Terrible. Like Stalin, he killed at random with no reason.
2006-06-29 12:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by John The Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Ceausescu, the Romanian communist leader, was as bad as Hitler or Stalin. A Romanian may even say that Ceausescu was as bad as both. What Romanians had to go through during his 25 years' rule is unbelievable!
2006-06-29 12:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by Victoria S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pope Innocent the Third
2006-06-29 15:42:34 · answer #6 · answered by meisa777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Enver Hoxha of Albania- a crazed and fanatical follower of Maoism. His tyrannical rule paved the way for this nation's myriad of problems today. Slobadan Milosevic would be a close contender for this dubious distinction.
2006-06-29 12:16:42 · answer #7 · answered by Mannie H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In terms of arbitrary and psychotic behavoir, although the net body count wasn't nearly so bad, Roman emperors TIberius and Caligula might qualify.
2006-06-29 16:18:49 · answer #8 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mao, of course, usually credited with the same or even more kills than Stalin. Pol Pot wins for percentage of population, and Idi Amin for cannibalism.
2006-06-29 13:30:46 · answer #9 · answered by datbbelliotts@prodigy.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would vote for Ivan the terrible.
Or maybe Vlad of Romania whose bloodthirstiness inspired the Dracula character.
2006-06-29 13:11:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋