25 Most Cruel Rulers In History
Empress Wu Zetian
Empress Wu Zeitan is one of the few female leaders in ancient history and history at large. Her story is remarkable, however, becoming a concubine to rise through the power structure of China, eventually becoming the Empress. However, she made a lot of enemies in the process and likely that was because she was said to engage in vile sex acts, murdered her husband, killed off a lot of her family members, smothered her newborn baby girl and blamed it on a her old rival and then ordered she be mutilated and drowned. It’s difficult to know the accuracy of these claims due to a potential smear campaign.
