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Bloody Mary On Trial

MONARCHS WITH A

TASTE FOR MURDER

CHRISTIAN II MARY I CHARLES IX
OF DENMARK REIGN: 1553-58 OF FRANCE
REIGN: 1513-23 Mary’s estimated kill count REIGN: 1560-74
includes not only the 284
When Christian invaded Sweden It was during Charles’s reign
Protestants that were burned
in 1520, the king broke his that the mass murder of French
at the stake but also Lady Jane
promise of a general amnesty Huguenots known as the Saint
Grey and her supporters, as well
by ordering the execution of Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was
as many of those who had joined
between 80-90 members of the committed. Although estimates of
the Wyatt Rebellion. Despite her
Swedish nobility. This atrocity the number killed vary and Charles
nickname of Bloody Mary, she
became known as the Stockholm was not responsible for all of these,
was by no means as ruthless as
Bloodbath, and Christian was he did order the murder of the
many of her fellow monarchs.
later deposed. leaders, which began the massacre.
ESTIMATED KILL
80-90 ESTIMATED KILL ESTIMATED KILL
300-380 2,000-30,000

ISMAIL ‘THE IVAN THE HENRY VIII
BLOODTHIRSTY’ TERRIBLE REIGN: 1509-47
OF MOROCCO REIGN: 1547-84 The number of people killed
REIGN: 1672-1727 Ivan only admitted to killing during the reign of Mary’s father
has almost certainly been grossly
3,750 people during his reign,
Also known as the Warrior King, exaggerated, but it is true that the
but the reality was far worse. He
Ismail acquired a reputation king ordered the executions of a
ruled Russia with ruthlessness,
for the torture and execution number of people close to him,
and even killed his own son.
of his enemies. He also had the including two of his wives.
As a child he tortured animals,
severed heads of up to 10,000
and in adulthood raped and
of his enemies displayed on the
mass murdered a number of his
city gates of Fez as a gruesome
subjects.
warning to his people.
ESTIMATED KILL ESTIMATED KILL ESTIMATED KILL
30,000 60,000 57,000-72,000
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