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Yaroslav the Wise
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054
Justinian II
Byzantine Emperor from 685 to 695 and from 705 to 711
Hezekiah
Hezekiah (; ), or Ezekias (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Judah according to the Hebrew Bible. He is described as "the best-attested figure in biblical history," due to the extensive documentation of his reign in biblical texts and external sources (notably Assyrian inscriptions). His reign was marked by his significant religious reforms and his revolt against the Assyrian Empire. He witnessed the destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians under Sargon II in and later faced the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem by King Sennacherib in 701 
Josiah
Josiah (; ) or Yoshiyahu () was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE). Described as "one of Judah’s most important kings," his reign likely marked a turning point in the development of Yahwism.
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand Duchess of Russia (1864–1918)
Andrey Bogolyubsky
Russian Grand Prince
David II of Trebizond
last Emperor of Trebizond
Irene of Hungary
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1134)
Rastislav
Grand Duke of Moravia
Demetrius I of Georgia
King of Kings of Georgia from 1125 to 1156
Balthild
Wife of Clovis II
Theophano Martiniake
Byzantine empress
Alexios V Megas Komnenos
despot, crown prince then briefly emperor of Trebizond
Anthusa of Constantinople
Byzantine saint
Ana-Neda
Ana-Neda (Bulgarian Анна-Неда and ; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Asen III "Shishman" who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323 and Empress of Bulgaria during the 1330 - 1331. Some historians believe that she may have ruled as regent for her son, but this hypothesis is meaning as controversial. She was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Princess Elizabeth Arpad, daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Kuman, a daughter of Köten. From the marriage with Michael Asen III,
Zofia of Słuck
Polish noble and saint
Right-Believing
Right-Believing (, , ), also called under the prefix The most Orthodox, is an Orthodox saint title for monarchs who were canonized for having lived a righteous life. They do not belong to martyrs or passion bearers. The saint title was initially given to Byzantine Emperors and their wives by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the period of Ecumenical Councils, but other local Orthodox churches later took that tradition, including the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian Right-Believing princes include Andrey Bogolyubsky, Davyd Yuryevich, Alexander Nevsky, and Dmitry Donskoy.