A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Nicholas II of Russia

He reigned as the Emporer of all of Russia during the late 1800s but amassed somewhere between $250 and $300 billion dollars during his reign. However, most of his wealth was controlled by the State as the property of the Crown.

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