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Also Known As Peter the Just • Peter I • Pedro el Justiciero • Pedro el Cruel • Peter the Cruel
Born August 30, 1334 • Burgos • Castile
Died March 23, 1369 (aged 34) • France
Title / Office king (1350-1369), Castile-León
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Narses
Syrian theologian
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
queen of England
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Justinian I
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming dynasty
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Edward I
Edward I
king of England
Philip II.
Philip II
king of France
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor

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