The Cruelest Rulers In History

When we think of the evilest rulers in history, names like Joseph Stalin, and Benito Mussolini rush to mind. But it's important to remember that brutality existed in rulers well before the 1930s.

Others, like Attila the Hun or Chinese Empress Wu, may seem like obvious choices. But after looking deeper at the effects of their rule and how they were perceived by those they reigned over, it becomes clear that they're not the worst rulers in history. Instead, they suffered from then-contemporary historians' ire (Attila because he wasn't Roman, and Wu because she was a woman).

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[ZhoRZh]

Ghengis Khan has become somewhat of a household gene.

[fleetcenturion]

3:19 - His predicessor, Vladislav II, murdered his father (the body was never found), and buried his brother alive. Dracula would avenge this, by first surrounding Vladislav's army, forcing him into a duel, then _beating him to death with his bare hands._

[nenenindonu]

Honorable mentions : Basil the Bulgarslayer, Selim the Grim, Attila the Hun, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Stalin, the Austrian Painter

[ParasocialActivity]

I read the title of this video too quickly and misread it as "the cutest rulers in history". 😆

[CoryShowtime]

"Ok, time to draft a team of the worst dudes ever."
- The Jets GM every year -

[NewMessage]

You forgot my 7th grade P.E. teacher... He should have gotten a mention, at least.

[TetsuShima]

Count Dracula: "Death is not the worst. There are things more horrible than death..."
Mina Harker: "Like what?"
Count Dracula: *Remembers the screams of impaled alive Ottomans as he sinisterly smiles*

[David-mbip]

We need a full video on Leopold II and Pol Pot. These quick glance overs don't do them justice.

[RavynAngelDarck]

I would love to see a video on the cruelest female rulers too. They were some bad mothers, figuratively and literally.

[jovanweismiller]

I'm sorry, but Mussolini doesn't even rank in the top three. I despise Fascism, but when you have Ivan, Vlad, Robespierre, Leopold, Talat Pasha, Mao and Pol Pot, Mussolini can't hold a candle.

[TetsuShima]

Speaking of Genghis Khan, there is actually a 1956 movie about him named "The Conqueror", in which the mongol Lord of War is played by no other than John Wayne (no wonder why that movie is considered one of the worst ever made). In fact, that film caused the death by cancer of 46 members of the staff, as it was filmed in zones actively used for nuclear tests

[RedKresnik]

Vlad is a national hero in Romania. He’s one of the first to effectively use biowarfare against a much larger enemy. He managed to keep Wallachia out of Ottoman hands after decades under them. His methods, yes, were disgusting, but effective.

[aisforapple]

You forgot Caligula and Mao.
Mao tops the list for his sheer numbers!

[fretboy]

sneaking suspicion this video could have been an hour long. Sooo many villians.

[trevorslinkard]

Vlad the Impaler deserves his own video.

[Sam-zunp]

A lot of people who have history channels like this are not funny and the jokes fall flat but this guy his delivery is very good you sir just got a new sub

[icyjake]

Qin Zhi Huang is the title, translated from Chinese to be the First Emperor of Qin. Qin Zhi Huang's actual name is Ying Zhang.

[itsacrazyworld]

Thank you for such an entertaining form of history. Your sense of humour and great compilations make these our favourite shows to watch

[severinreichelt]

tamerlane once besieged a city that was rebellious to his empire. after crushing the rebellion down and executing most of the citys men and enslaving the women and children, he then had to rebiuld the citys walls. to teach everyone a lesson he used the war captives as living bricks, so they were biuld in to the wall alive.

[christinalahey]

Please do a history on Halloween (the holiday, not the movie).