George II of Great Britain vs Vasili IV of Russia

George II involved Britain in the War of the Austrian Succession, fighting against France and Spain. British forces achieved victories at Dettingen and Fontenoy. The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, which returned conquered territories.

George II personally led British and allied forces to victory over the French at Dettingen in Bavaria. He was the last British monarch to command troops in battle. This victory was part of the War of the Austrian Succession.

George II faced a major Jacobite rebellion led by Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). The rebels advanced into England but were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. This ended the Stuart threat to the Hanoverian throne.

George II died of an aortic dissection at Kensington Palace at age 76. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. His death passed the throne to his grandson George III. His reign saw the expansion of British colonial power.

Vasili IV was elected Tsar by a hastily assembled Zemsky Sobor after the overthrow and murder of False Dmitry I. His election ended the brief reign of the first pretender but failed to stabilize Russia, as the country descended into the Time of Troubles.

Vasili IV's forces, led by Prince Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky, defeated the rebel army of Ivan Bolotnikov near Moscow. The rebellion, which combined Cossacks, peasants, and nobles, threatened the capital but was crushed, though it weakened the tsar's authority.

Vasili IV signed the Treaty of Vyborg, ceding the fortress of Korela to Sweden in exchange for military aid against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and False Dmitry II. The treaty brought Swedish intervention into the Time of Troubles but failed to secure his throne.

Vasili IV was deposed by a coalition of boyars and forced to become a monk, ending his reign. He was later handed over to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and died in captivity in 1612, the last Rurikid tsar to rule Russia.