Why were several rulers in 18th century europe known as englitented despoto?

Because they are Absolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social change. Despot means "absolute ruler."

Explanation:

The 'enlightement' introduced the idea that the kings should not be the one that has the highest power in a country. It should be the law.

Several rulers in 18th century (including the founding fathers) use their power as a ruler to instill law as the highest power in the country.  The founding fathers did this by establishing the constitution and representative democracy. The constitution made government officials became a subject to the same law as the citizen. Representative democracy give the citizens with the ability to overthrew the rulers in case those rulers fail to fulfill their duty.

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