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16th-century regents
- Catherine of AragonCatherine of Aragon was born at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares in the early hours of the 16th of December 1485.
- Catherine ParrCatherine Parr entered the world in 1512, likely during late July or August. Her father Sir Thomas Parr held the manor of Kendal in Westmorland, now part of…
- Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetEdward Seymour was born around the year 1500. He entered the household of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, in 1514 at about fourteen years old.
- Philip II of SpainOn the 21st of May 1527, a baby boy was born inside the Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid. This child would become Philip II of Spain.
- Catherine de' MediciCatherine de' Medici was born on the 13th of April 1519 in Florence, Republic of Florence. Her parents were Lorenzo de' Medici and Madeleine de La Tour…
- Margaret of Austria, Duchess of SavoyMargaret of Austria was born on the 10th of January 1480 in Brussels. Her mother Mary of Burgundy died when Margaret was only four years old.
- Sher Shah SuriIn 1472 or 1486, a boy named Farid al-Din Khan was born in the town of Sasaram. His family belonged to the Sur clan of Pashtun Afghans who had migrated from…
- Mary of GuiseMary of Guise stood tall by the standards of her time, reaching a height that made her memorable to those who met her. She was born at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine…
- Bairam KhanThe region of Badakhshan in Central Asia produced Muhammad Bairam Khan on the 18th of January 1501. He belonged to the Baharlu Turkoman clan within the Kara…