On 8/23/06, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
I can guess that the number of missing incumbents is around a couple of thousands. Many of them ruled countries of which the average westerner never heard. :-)
SB> Yeah, it would be a shame if *notable* former rulers were missing...
Perhaphs a guy who ruled a 19th century Europan country (population: ~5 million) for about 10 years? :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_II_Ghica (Wallachia; 1834-1842 and 1856-1858)
Heh, speaking of countries "of which the average westerner never heard"...
Actually let's look at this question from the other direction. For how many countries do we have at least a stub on every ruler?
* The US * Australia * UK * France ...?
Incidentally, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_Chinese_monarchs is pretty impressive, but there are redlinks.
Steve