From Poverty to Monarchy

>>1627376

The House of Tancred de Hauteville.

>Basil I, called the Macedonian (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μαkεδών, Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – August 29, 886) was a Byzantine Emperor who reigned from 867 to 886. Born a simple peasant in the Byzantine theme of Macedonia, he rose in the Imperial court, and usurped the Imperial throne from Emperor Michael III (r. 842–867). Despite his humble origins, he showed great ability in running the affairs of state, leading to a revival of Imperial power and a renaissance of Byzantine art. He was perceived by the Byzantines as one of their greatest emperors, and the Macedonian dynasty, which he founded, ruled over what is regarded as the most glorious and prosperous era of the Byzantine Empire.

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>>1627376
Liu Bang.
>Liu Bang was born in a peasant family in Zhongyang Village (中陽里), Feng Town (豐邑), Pei County (沛郡), which is in present-day Feng County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu. His parents' names were not recorded in history

>The young Liu Bang was outspoken, charismatic, and of great forbearance and tolerance. However, he enjoyed loafing, disliked reading, and showed no interest in farming, hence his father often called him a "little rascal". Liu Bang persisted in his idling ways and depended on his brother's family for food and lodging.
He then proceeded to become the first emperor of the Han dynasty, which lasted over four centuries.

The Chinese's dominant ethnic group and writing are named after said dynasty.

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Sargon of Akkad
>Primary sources pertaining to Sargon are very sparse; the main near-contemporary reference is that in the various versions of the Sumerian king list. Here, Sargon is mentioned as the son of a gardener, former cup-bearer of Ur-Zababa of Kish. He usurped the kingship from Lugal-zage-si of Uruk and took it to his own city of Agade.

>>1627502
Speaking of Han, you just reminded me of Liu Bei too. Liu Bei was a distant scion of the Han Dynasty whose branch of the family fell into poverty, and he lived as a shoemaker and eventually became emperor.

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>Ivaylo, also spelled Ivailo, (Bulgarian: Ивaйлo), nicknamed Bardokva ("radish" or "lettuce" in Bulgarian) or Lakhanas (Λαχανᾶς, "cabbage") in Greek, was a rebel leader and emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria.[1] In 1277, he spearheaded a peasant uprising and forced the nobles to accept him as emperor. He reigned as emperor from 1278 to 1279, scoring victories against the Byzantines and the Mongols, but beset by foreign and domestic enemies, which included the Bulgarian nobility, he was forced into exile among the Mongols, where he presented himself as a dethroned vassal.

>>1627578
>Liu Bei
>emperor
Shu a shit

toyotomi hideyoshi

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>>1627376
Justinian's uncle, Justin. From swineherd to emperor.

>>1627675
Shu is indeed shit but it was a State and Liu Bei became the man in charge of it.

>>1627727
similarly, Basil I. Went from Macedonian peasant to one of the best Byzantine emperors.

>>1627760
oh wait nvm just looked up higher in the thread

>>1627396
Minor landowners in Normandy
Hardly poor

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>>1627376
China's two great dynasties, the Han and the Ming, were founded by literal plebs.

Well, the Ming was (Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor). Han's Liu Bang was beyond pleb: he was fucking bandit.

Based hideyoshi. Was born as a peasant and then through military service worked his way up to basically ruling japan

>>1627869
>based
>literally Nobunaga's pet monkey
>only got the job because based Akechi had the balls to do the right thing
>an actual cuck with a wife's son to boot
>invasion of the mainland was a farce
Thank God for Ieyasu for saving Japan

Grigori Rasputin is the first that comes to mind.

>>1627675
this, the only true pure example of a true peasant with no royal connections becoming an emperor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivaylo_of_Bulgaria

How come none has mentioned Temujin or Nader Shah?
Granted, genghis' father was somewhat of a tribe chief, but his son inherited nothing of it upon his murder.
Nader was quite literally a paesant who rose to become emperor of Persia:
"Nader Shah was born in the fortress of Dastgerd[2] into the Oghuz-Turkish Qirqlu clan of the Afshars, a semi-nomadic Qizilbash tribe settled in the northern valleys of Khorasan, a province in the north-east of the Persian Empire.[17] His father, Emam Qoli, was a herdsman who may also have been a coat maker.[18]"

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Genghis
Diocletian
Augustus(Plebeian Octavii family)

Pertinax is the best example. His father was a freedman and he rose through merit to become emperor of Rome after Commodus' assassination

>>1627782
>literal plebs
>not in ancient rome
>literal
enough memery

>>1627942
Talking about his wife's son, who was Hideyori's father?