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![Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18869.jpg?v=1715541005)
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Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
Louis I de Bourbon (l. 1530-1569) was a descendant of Louis IX of France (r. 1226-1270) and founder of the House of Condé. The Prince of Condé proved his valor as a Huguenot military leader during the first three French Wars of Religion and...
![Sir Thomas More](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12102.jpg?v=1715923983)
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Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535 CE) was a lawyer, scholar, statesman, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) who was executed in July 1535 CE for his refusal to endorse Henry's break of the Church in England from the Catholic...
![Thomas Wolsey](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12070.jpg?v=1699884247)
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Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York (l. c. 1473-1530 CE) served as Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from around 1513 CE to 1529 CE. Wolsey rose to become the most powerful man in England after the king, he...
![Thomas Cranmer](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12236.jpg?v=1699884304)
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Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer served as the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to 1555 CE and was one of the prime architects of the English Reformation during the reigns of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) and Edward VI of England...
![Château de Chenonceau](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18244.jpeg?v=1715619778)
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Château de Chenonceau
The Château de Chenonceau, picturesquely located astride the river Cher, in the Loire Valley town of Chenonceaux, France is a magnificent Renaissance-style building also known as le "Château des Dames" (the Ladies' Castle). Passing from hand...
![Empress Catherine II of Russia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17778.jpg?v=1692694411)
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Empress Catherine II of Russia
A portrait of Empress Catherine II of Russia, oil on canvas by Alexander Roslin, 1780s.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
![Catherine the Great and the Russian Empire, c. 1796](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17952.png?v=1696180685)
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Catherine the Great and the Russian Empire, c. 1796
A map illustrating the state of the Russian Empire, c. 1796, during the reign of Ekaterina II Alekseyevna (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst), commonly known as Catherine the Great. Longest ruling Russian Empress (1762 – 1796), she continued...
![Portrait of Catherine II](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17776.jpg?v=1692749584)
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Portrait of Catherine II
Portrait of Catherine II, oil on canvas by Alexey Antropov, 18th century.
Art Gallery of Tver, Russia.
![Tsar Peter III & Catherine the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17782.jpg?v=1717705623)
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Tsar Peter III & Catherine the Great
A Portrait of Tsar Peter III and his wife, the future Catherine the Great, oil on canvas by Georg Christoph Grooth, c. 1745.
Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine.
![Margaret of Valois' Account of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16079.jpg?v=1720566123)
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Margaret of Valois' Account of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Margaret of Valois' eyewitness account of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre is among the most famous and the only written record of the event left by a member of the royal family of France at the time. Her account appears in her memoirs as Letter...