On 8/23/06, Bogdan Giusca <liste(a)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