Five most famous Pirates who ruled the sea

There are many pirates in history who ruled the sea with their self made power and chaos. They set their names on the top in thier time. They pillaged, they invaded, and they obeyed only the sea laws they made up as they went along. Following are the Top five Pirates who ruled the sea:

Blackbeard

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Many pirates known for their strength, power and army but BLACKBEARD is one of the most famous and widely-feared of his time.  Edward Teach “BLACKBEARD” commanded four ships and had a pirate army of 300. Born Edward Teach, Blackbeard intimidated enemies by coiling smoking fuses into his long, braided facial hair and by slinging multiple pistols and daggers across his chest. Edward was also the most dangerous and powerful among the pirates as he defeated the famous warship, HMS “Scarborough” in sea-battle and When a man refused to hand over his ring, he took both the jewelry and the finger. He was overtaken by the British Navy after a fierce battle.

Anne Bonny

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While many women occupied ships of all kinds during piracy’s “golden era” of the 1600s and 1700s, they were normally relegated to servant’s work. Having traveled to the New World with her family, Anne fell in love and married a poor sailor named James Bonny.  But when she grew increasingly disappointed by her husband’s lack of valor, she began seeking out the company of many different men in Nassau. Then after some time she joined the crew of “Calico Jack” Rackham, captain of a pirate ship. No one is sure how the famous female pirate died, though there is speculation that she returned home to her husband or her father.

The Barbarossa Brothers

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The Barbarossa Brothers were pirates that were feared by many. The Barbarossa Brothers Aruj and his younger brother Hizir (Kheir) were born in Greece in the 1470's. Aruj began his career by attacking Aegean ships from his home island of Lesbos. After being freed from slavery to the Knights of Rhodes by Egyptian forces, he began working with his brother Hizir out of the port of Alexandria with ships provided by the local ruler. Sailing from North Africa’s Barbary Coast, the Barbarossa (which means “red beard” in Italian) brothers Aruj and Hizir became rich by capturing European vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.

William Kidd

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He was also the most dangerous pirate of his time. He was also known as “Captian Kidd” who once had been a leading  of New York City, actively involved in the building of Trinity Church, Captain Kidd began his career as a privateer, originally commissioned to rid the seas of pirates. Captain William Kidd set sail in 1696 with the assignment of hunting down pirates in the Indian Ocean. But he soon turned pirate himself, capturing vessels such as the Quedagh Merchant and killing a subordinate with a wooden bucket.

 

FRANCOIS L’OLONNAIS

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L’Olonnais was a poor man who works for  on a plantation in America as an indentured servant. L’Olonnais was one of many buccaneers—a cross between state-sponsored privateers and outright outlaws—who plied the Caribbean Sea in the mid- to late 1600s. Seventeenth-century pirate historian Alexander Exquemelin wrote that L’Olonnais would hack his victims to pieces bit by bit or squeeze a cord around their necks until their eyes popped out. He is said to have eaten a Spanish soldier’s heart during one of his many attacks. His own death, however, was equally as gruesome. Karma came back to haunt him in 1668, however, when, according to Exquemelin, he was captured and eaten by cannibals.