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Vasili IV of Russia
Tsar of Russia (1606–1610)
Andronikos II Palaiologos
Byzantine Emperor from 1282 to 1328
John VI Kantakouzenos
Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
Romanos IV Diogenes
Byzantine emperor
Zoe Porphyrogenita
Byzantine Empress
Romanos I Lekapenos
Byzantine emperor from 919/920 to 944
Theodora Porphyrogenita
Byzantine empress regnant (984-1056)
Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia
Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)
Michael VII Doukas
Byzantine emperor
Childeric III
King of Francia
Theuderic III
King of the Franks
Theodora
9th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Theophilos
Desiderius
Desiderius, also known as Daufer or Dauferius (born – died ), was king of the Lombards in northern Italy, ruling from 756 to 774. The Frankish king of renown, Charlemagne, married Desiderius's daughter and subsequently conquered his realm. Desiderius is remembered for this connection to Charlemagne and for being the last Lombard ruler to exercise regional kingship.
Theudebert II
King of Austrasia
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Byzantine Empress from 1059 to 1071
Wamba
Visigothic king
Simeon Bekbulatovich
Tatar Khan, Grand Prince of Rus
Zoe Karbonopsina
Byzantine Emperor's wife
Alfonso IV of León
King of León
Pepin the Hunchback
Frankish prince, son of Charlemagne
Rastislav
Grand Duke of Moravia
Ignatius of Constantinople
9th century Patriarch of Constantinople
Michael of Trebizond
Emperor of Trebizond
Ebroin
thumb|Coin of Ebroin and bearing his effigy Ebroin (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the authority of Neustria, which was under his control, over Burgundy and Austrasia.
Álmos, Duke of Nitra
Duke of Hungary, Croatia and Nyitra (c.1070–1127)
Marfa Boretskaya
politician
Theophylact
Byzantine co-emperor
Maria of Amnia
Byzantine empress
Konstantios Doukas
Byzantine co-emperor
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria
Austrian archruchess (1629-1685)
Constantine
9th-century Byzantine emperor
Pressiyan II
Bulgarian prince, Byzantine general
Margarita Luti
Italian mistress and model of Raphael
Ceolwulf of Northumbria
Northumbrian king, monk and saint
Leo Tornikios
mid-11th century Byzantine general and noble
Xenia Borisovna of Russia
Russian tsarevna
Sudislav
Sudislav Vladimirovich (; ; died 1063) was Prince of Pskov from 1014 to 1036. He was imprisoned by his brother, Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, in about 1035. He was liberated from the prison in 1059 and died as a monk in a monastery in Kiev.
Nikephoros Xiphias
Byzantine military commander
Henry I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia
Lothringen, Pfalzgraf
Mariam Tsitsishvili
Queen Consort of Georgia
Xenia Shestova
mother of Tsar Mikhail Romanov
Ioan Joldea
prince of Moldavia in 1552
Anna Vasilchikova
tsaritsa of All Russia
Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia
Russian princess (1652-1707)
Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa
Queen of Livonia (1560-1610)
Rudolph
noble man
Ivan Romanov
Russian noble
Theodo III of Bavaria
duke of Bavaria
Evfrosinia Staritskaia
(died 1569)
Anna of Turov
(1157-1205)