Most people who use superlatives when describing historical figures need to study more history.
However, he is considered to have been an administrative genius.
Yep. Henry VIII probably the worst, by far…almost as bad as Vlad the Impaler.
Totally agree!
I wholeheartedly agree.
The worst of the British monarchs was probably Stephen, last ruler of the House of Normandy.
Regardless, on the last of the worst were any of the German-speaking Hanoverian kings (which list includes George III, whom we overthrew; Henry VI (weak is the most flattering of his adjectives), Mary I, James II.
For that matter, Richard I “the Lionheart” spent a mere six months of his reign in England, spending the rest of it in the Crusades (two years at the siege of Acre alone), and in the hoosegow of some European king. About 30 years ago there was a bio of Richard I that argued he was one of the ablest British monarchs, but that’s difficult to argue, IMHO. :’)