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Born March 6, 1405 • Toro • Spain
Died July 21, 1454 (aged 49) • Valladolid • Spain
Title / Office king (1406-1454), Castile
Notable Family Members daughter Isabella I
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Alfonso X
Alfonso X
king of Castile and Leon
Philip I
king of Castile
Urraca
queen of Castile and Leon
Álvaro de Luna
constable of Castile
Henry III
king of Castile
Henry IV
king of Castile
John I
king of Castile
Ferdinand I
king of Castile and Leon
Henry II
king of Castile
Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII
king of Castile
Henry I
king of Castile
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Akhenaten
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Francis I
Francis I
king of France

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