Born around 406 AD he died in 453 AD aged about 47. He is believed to have died on his wedding night from a nosebleed. (I'm sure the alcohol he had imbibed had something to do with it). It is also rumoured that his new wife poisoned him.
2. Alexander the Great.
Answer: Other
Born in 256 BC, he died June 13 323 BC aged 32 years and 8 months. He died from malaria fever.
3. Vlad Tepes (The Impaler).
Answer: Other
Born November or December 1431, his father was Vlad Dracul. He died towards the end of December 1476. He is supposed to have been killed by a Turkish assassin posing as a servant, but may have been killed by his own men, whilst disguised as a Turk. His head was displayed on a pike in Constantinople.
4. Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Answer: Other
Born July 4th 1807 AD died June 2nd 1882 AD. He conquered Sicily and Naples in 1860 and handed them to King Victor Emmanuel II as a reunited Italy. He died a peaceful death.
5. William the Conqueror.
Answer: Accidental horse riding injury
William I was born in either 1027 or 1028 AD and died September 9 1087 AD. During the Battle of Mantes in Normandy he was thrown against the pommel of his saddle. The impact was so violent it burst his intestines, and he died 5 weeks later.
6. Hernando Cortes.
Answer: Other
Born in 1485 AD he died December 2nd 1547 AD. No indication of the cause of death, but he did die in Spain.
7. Saladin.
Answer: Natural causes
Salah ad-Din was born around 1138 AD and died 1193 AD. He was 55 and died after a brief illness.
8. Hannibal.
Answer: Suicide
Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, was born 247 BC and died 182 BC. He took poison, which he habitually carried for this reason, when the Romans demanded his surrender as a condition of peace.
9. Sitting Bull.
Answer: Shot by Indian police
Born Tatanka Iyotake, of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe in 1831 AD he died December 15 1890 AD. Fearing he would join the 'Ghost Dancers' a group commited to ridding the coutry of the 'Whites', the Lakota police were sent to arrest him. His supporters resisted and during the struggle, Sitting Bull was shot and killed.
10. Richard I.
Answer: Wound suffered in a siege
The Lionheart was born September 8th 1157 AD and died April 6th 1199. He was wounded during the battle around Chalus in Limousin and died. He ruled England for 10 years, but spent only 6 months there.
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