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16th-century regents

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Philip II of Spain

King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

Ferdinand II of Aragon

King of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia (1452-1516)

Catherine de' Medici

queen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523 (1459–1523)

Catherine of Aragon

first wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)

Gustav I of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

Charles IX of Sweden

King of Sweden in 1604–1611

sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor

Scottish Queen consort (1489-1541)

Founder of the Suri Empire in India (1472-1545)

Isabella of Portugal

16th-century Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain (1503-1539)

Isabella of Austria

Queen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; (1501-1526)

Mary of Lorraine

Scottish Queen consort; (1515-1560)

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy

Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530)

Mary of Hungary

governor of the Netherlands and queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (1505-1558)

Christina of Denmark

duchess consort of Milan and duchess consort of Lorraine (1521-1590)

Isabella d'Este

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Holy Roman empress (1528-1603)

Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal

queen consort and regent of Portugal

Mughal military commander and statesman (1501–1561)

Margaret of Parma

Habsburg noble (1522-1586)

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros

Catholic cardinal (1436-1517)

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

Louise of Savoy

Mother of King Francis I of France (1476-1531)

Regent of France (1461-1522)

Isabella Jagiellon

Queen Consort of Hungary

Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal

Spanish infanta, Austrian archduchess, Portuguese princess

Catalina Micaela of Spain

Austrian archduchess (1567-1597)

Catherine de Bourbon

Infanta of Navarre, Princess of France, crown princess of Navarre and crown princess consort of Lorraine

Sten Sture the Elder

Swedish statesman and military figure (1440-1503)

Eleanor of Toledo

Duchess of Florence (1522-1562)

Elena Glinskaya

second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III

Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sten Sture the Younger

Regent of Sweden (1493-1520)

Indian Muslim regent and warrior (1550-1599)

Queen regent of Gondwana (1524–1564)

Eleanor de' Medici

Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)

Chinese Grand Secretary (1525-1582)

James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray

regent of Scotland, natural son of James V, king of Scots (1531-1570)

George of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484-1543)

Christina Gyllenstierna

Noblewoman of Sweden and leader of resistance to Christian II of Denmark (1494-1559)

Swedish royal; daughter of Gustav I of Sweden and Margaret Leijonhufvud (1545-1610)

Gerolama Orsini

16th-century Italian noblewoman

Swedish statesman (1460-1512)

Blanche of Montferrat

duchess of Savoy and wife of Charles I of Savoy (1472-1519)

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

Grandfather of James VI and I, Regent of Scotland

Christine of Saxony

German noblewoman (1506-1549)

Margaret Paleologa

Marchioness of Montferrat in her own right

John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Anne d'Alençon

marquise of Montferrat (1492-1562)

Charlotte of Albret

wife of Cesare Borgia; sister of King John III of Navarre

Regent of Sweden (1460-1530)

Aliya Rama Raya

Vijayanagara emperor

Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus

John Stewart, Duke of Albany

Regent of Scotland

Anna of Oldenburg

Regent of East Frisia from 1540 to 1561

James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault

Scottish noble (1516-1575)

Alonso de Aragón

Catholic Archbishop; illegitimate child of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1470-1520)

princess and ruler of Bundi, India

Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburgian royal