Languages of Every Leader In Sid Meier's Civilization Series

Name the languages spoken by the real life counterparts of every leader in the Sid Meier's Civilization main series. Civ II has a character just named "Gunnhild" which I interpreted as Cnut's mother since he's the male counterpart to her in the game.
Languages that were spoken by them fluently or at least at a relatively high level
Only languages that I was able to confirm they could speak, Elizabeth I for example was reported to speak anywhere from 5-11 language so I went with the ones that were most concrete.
The following are not real people and thus not included: Nazca (Named after the Nazca People, Civ II), Ishtar (Goddess, Civ II), Hippolyta (Mythological, Civ II), Amaterasu (Goddess, Civ II), Scheherazade (1001 Nights Character, Civ II), Shakala (Entirely Fictional, Civ II)
Tried to put languages in the order they learned/were most proficient in which wasn't always possible however the first language listed will always be their (most likely) first.
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Game(s)
Leader
Language
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization VI
Abraham Lincoln
English
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Alexander the Great
Ancient Greek / Ancient Macedonian (Unknown if distinct language or divergent dialect)
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization VI
Julius Caesar
Latin
Koiné Greek
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Elizabeth I
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Latin
Greek
Civilization I Civilization II
Frederick II
Sicilian
Middle High German
Old French
Latin
Greek
Arabic
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI Civilization VII
Chinggis Khan
Middle Mongolian
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization VI
Hammurabi
Akkadian
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization VI
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Early Modern Japanese
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Mohandas Gandhi
Gujarati
English
Hindi
Urdu
Sanskrit
Tamil
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV
Mao Zedong
Old Xiang
Mandarin
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Motēuczōma II Xōcoyōtzin
Classical Nahuatl
Civilization I Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VII
Napoléon Bonaparte
Corsican
Italian
French
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Ramesses II
Egyptian
Civilization I Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Zulu
Civilization I Civilization IV
Joseph Stalin
Georgian
Russian
German
Civilization II
Eleanor Roosevelt
English
French
Civilization II Civilization IV Civilization VI
Saladin
Kurmanji
Arabic
Turkish
Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV
Hannibal
Punic
Koiné Greek
Latin
Civilization II Civilization V Civilization VI
Dido
Punic
Civilization II
Cunobeline
Common Brittonic
Latin
Civilization II Civilization IV Civilization V
Boudica
Common Brittonic
Civilization II Civilization V Civilization VI
Wu Zetian
Middle Chinese
Civilization II Civilization III Civilization VI
Cleopatra VII
Koiné Greek
Egyptian
Aramaic
Median
Meroitic
Parthian
Syriac
Civilization II
Henry VIII
English
French
Latin
Civilization II Civilization IV
Louis XIV
French
Spanish
Italian
Latin
Civilization II Civilization III
Joan of Arc
French
Civilization II Civilization V
Maria Theresa
German
Latin
French
Italian
Spanish
Civilization II
Atahualpa
Classical Quechua / Imperial Quechua / Inca Lingua Franca
Civilization II
Indira Gandhi
Hindi
French
English
Civilization II
Börte
Middle Mongolian
Civilization II Civilization III Civilization VII
Xerxes I
Old Persian
Civilization II
Livia Drusilla
Latin
Civilization II
Vladimir Lenin
Russian
English
German
French
Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VII
Catherine II
German
French
Russian
Civilization II Civilization IV
Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake / Sitting Bull
Lakota
Civilization II
Sacagawea
Shoshoni
Hiraaciré’
Civilization II Civilization VI
Philip II
Spanish
Portuguese
Latin
Civilization II Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VII
Isabella I of Castile
Spanish
Latin
Civilization II
Cnut / Knútr
Old Norse
Old English
Ecclesiastical Latin
Civilization II
Gunnhildr Gormsdóttir
Old Norse
Civilization III
Abu Bakr / Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa
Classical Arabic
Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V
Otto von Bismarck
German
French
English
Italian
Plattdeutsch
Russian
Polish
Civilization III Civilization IV
Brennus
Gaulish
Civilization III
Charles V
French
Dutch
Spanish
Basque
German
Portuguese
Latin
Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization VI
Gilgamesh
Sumerian
Civilization III
Dom Henrique / Prince Henry the Navigator
Portuguese
Civilization III Civilization V
Haiëñ'wa'tha / Hiawatha
Onondaga
Kanien'kéha
Civilization III
Mursili I
Hittite
Civilization III
Osman I
Old Anatolian Turkish
Civilization III Civilization V Civilization VI Civilization VII
Pachacuti
Classical Quechua / Imperial Quechua / Inca Lingua Franca
Civilization III Civilization IV
Ragnarr Loðbrók
Old Norse
Civilization III
Chan Imix Kʼawiil / Smoke Jaguar
Classical Chʼoltiʼ
Civilization III Civilization V Civilization VI
Theodora
Koiné Greek
Civilization III Civilization IV
Taejo Wang Kŏn
Old Korean / Middle Korean
Civilization III Civilization IV Civilization V
Willem van Oranje
German
French
Dutch
Spanish
Civilization IV Civilization VII
Ashoka
Ashokan Prakrit / Māgadhī Prakrit
Aramaic
Koiné Greek
Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VII
Augustus
Latin
Koiné Greek
Civilization IV Civilization VII
Charlemagne
Old Frankish
Latin
Greek
Civilization IV
Winston Churchill
English
French
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Cyrus II
Old Persian
Median
Civilization IV Civilization V
Darius I
Old Persian
Aramaic
Civilization IV
Charles de Gaulle
French
English
Civilization IV Civilization VII
Frederick the Great
German
French
English
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Civilization IV Civilization VII
Hatshepsut
Egyptian
Civilization IV
Wayna Qhapaq
Classical Quechua / Imperial Quechua / Inca Lingua Franca
Civilization IV
João II
Portuguese
Civilization IV
Justinian I
Latin
Koiné Greek
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Kublai Khan
Middle Mongolian
Old Mandarin
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Mansa Musa
Mandinka
Arabic
Civilization IV
Mehmed II
Ottoman Turkish
Arabic
Serbo-Croatian
Farsi
Greek
Latin
Civilization IV Civilization V
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
Classical Chʼoltiʼ
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Pericles
Ancient Greek
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Peter I
Russian
French
Dutch
German
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Qin Shi Huang
Old Chinese
Civilization IV
Franklin D. Roosevelt
English
German
French
Civilization IV Civilization V Civilization VI
Suleiman I
Ottoman Turkish
Arabic
Farsi
Serbo-Croatian
Chagatai
Urdu
Civilization IV
Sūryavarmăn II
Old Khmer
Sanskrit
Civilization IV Civilization VI
Alexandrina Victoria
German
English
French
Italian
Latin
Hindustani
Civilization IV Civilization V
George Washington
English
Civilization IV
Zara Yaqob
Geʽez
Civilization V
Ahmad al-Mansur
Arabic
Civilization V
Aššurbāniapli
Akkadian
Sumerian
Civilization V
Askia Muhammad I
Soninke
Arabic
Civilization V
Attila
Hunnic
Civilization V
Casimir III the Great
Old Polish
Civilization V
Enrico Dandolo
Venetian
Latin
Civilization V
Gajah Mada
Old Javanese
Civilization V
Gustavus Adolphus
Swedish
German
Latin
French
Dutch
Ancient Greek
Civilization V
Haile Selassie
Amharic
French
Civilization V
Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson
Old Norse
Civilization V
Harun al-Rashid
Classical Arabic
Civilization V
Kamehameha I
Hawaiian
Civilization V
Dona Maria I
Portuguese
Civilization V
Nebuchadnezzar II
Akkadian
Aramaic
Civilization V
Oda Nobunaga
Late Middle Japanese
Civilization V Civilization VI
Pedro II
Portuguese
Latin
French
German
English
Italian
Spanish
Greek
Arabic
Hebrew
Sanskrit
Occitan
Tupi
Mandarin
Civilization V
Tondzaosha / Pocatello
Shoshoni
Civilization V
Ramkhamhaeng
Thai
Civilization V Civilization VI
Sejong
Middle Korean
Civilization VI
Amanitore
Meroitic
Civilization VI
Ambiorix
Gaulish
Civilization VI
Bà Triệu
Proto-Việt-Mường
Civilization VI
Basil II
Koiné Greek
Civilization VI
Catherine de' Medici
Tuscan / Florentine
French
Latin
Greek
Civilization VI
Chandragupta Maurya
Prakrit
Sanskrit
Civilization VI
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Poitevin–Saintongeais
French
Occitan
Latin
Civilization VI
Frederick Barbarossa
Middle High German
Latin
Civilization VI
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi / Gitarja
Middle Javanese
Civilization VI
Gorgo
Doric Greek
Civilization VI
Haraldr "Harðráði" Sigurðarson
Old Norse
Civilization VI
Houjou Tokimune
Late Middle Japanese
Civilization VI
Jadwiga
Hungarian
Polish
German
Latin
Italian
Civilization VI
Jayavarman VII
Old Khmer
Sanskrit
Civilization VI
João III
Portuguese
Latin
Greek
Civilization VI
John Curtin
English
Civilization VI
Kristina
Swedish
German
Dutch
Danish
Greek
Latin
French
Italian
Arabic
Hebrew
Civilization VI
Kupe
Proto-Māori / Proto-Polynesian
Civilization VI
Wak Chanil Ajaw / Lady Six Sky
Classical Chʼoltiʼ
Civilization VI
Lef-Traru / Lautaro
Mapudungun
Spanish
Civilization VI
Ludwig II
German
French
Civilization VI
Matthias Corvinus
Hungarian
Latin
Italian
Polish
Czech
German
Romanian
Civilization VI
Menelik II
Amharic
Oromo
Tigrinya
Afar
English
French
Italian
Civilization VI
Mvemba a Nzinga
Kikongo
Portuguese
Civilization VI
Nader Shah
Southern Oghuz Turkic
Farsi
Civilization VI
Nzinga Mbande
Kimbundu
Portuguese
Civilization VI
Pîhtokahanapiwiyin / Poundmaker
Nēhiyawēwin
Civilization VI
Robert the Bruce
Middle English
Early Modern Gaelic
Anglo-Norman
Latin
Civilization VI
Seondeok
Old Korean
Civilization VI Civilization VII
Simón Bolívar
Spanish
Civilization VI
Sundiata Keita
Mandinka
Civilization VI
Tamar Mepe
Middle Georgian
Civilization VI
Theodore Roosevelt
English
French
Civilization VI
Tomyris
Saka
Civilization VI
Trajan
Latin
Greek
Civilization VI
Wilfrid Laurier
French
English
Civilization VI
Wilhelmina
Dutch
English
Civilization VI
Zhu Di / Yongle Emperor
Classical Chinese
Civilization VII
Amina
Zazzaganci / Hausa
Civilization VII
Benjamin Franklin
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Latin
Civilization VII
Confucius
Old Chinese
Civilization VII
Harriet Tubman
English
Civilization VII
Himiko
Proto-Japonic
Civilization VII
Ibn Battuta
Taqbaylit / Kabyle
Maghrebi Arabic
Civilization VII
José Rizal
Tagalog
Spanish
German
French
English
Ilokano
Catalan
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
Chavacano
Cebuano
Japanese
Civilization VII
Marquis de Lafayette
French
Latin
English
Civilization VII
Niccolò Machiavelli
Tuscan / Florentine
Latin
Civilization VII
Tecumseh
Shawnee / Sâwanwâtowêwe
Civilization VII
Trưng Trắc
Proto-Việt-Mường
Civilization VII
Ada Lovelace
English
French
Italian
Civilization VII
Rani Lakshmibai
Marathi
Hindi
Farsi
English
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Nov 16, 2024
Really like this quiz! One thing - typing "Greek" doesn't count Koine Greek for Hannibal, even though it does for all the others.
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