Alfonso V of Aragon 1396-1458 Renaissance King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia, Corsica & Sicily Marsilio Ficino 1433-1499 Philosopher, priest and homosexual of the early Italian Renaissance, worked for de' Medici's Lorenzo de' Medici 1449-1492 One of the wealthiest men in Europe, patron of Marsilio Ficino & Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Christopher Columbus 1451-1506 Marrano Jewish explorer, aided by Marranos Louis de Santangel and Antonio de Marchena Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463-1494 Renaissance philosopher, studied the Hebrew Kabbalah. Related to Este, Sforza & Gonzaga Giles of Viterbo 1469-1532 Cardinal of Catholic Church. Studied the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism Alfonso I d'Este 1476-1534 Duke of Ferrara, of the House of Este during the Italian Wars Martin Luther 1483-1546 Initiated the Protestant Reformation, funded by Frederick III of Saxony of the House of Wettin Edward Montagu 1485-1557 Ancestor of the Dukes of Montagu & Manchester and the Earls of Sandwich Catherine of Aragon 1485-1536 1st wife of King Henry VIII of England, sparked England's break from Rome Archibald Douglas 1489-1557 Scottish Earl of Angus, ally of Henry VIII, consolidated the Douglas families power Vittoria Colonna 1490-1547 Italian Protestant, daughter of Fabrizio Colonna of the powerful Colonna family Ignatius of Loyola 1491-1556 Marrano Jew, founded the Society of Jesus. Religious leader during Counter-Reformation Clarice de' Medici 1493-1528 Granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici. Educated Catherine, the future Queen of France Francis I 1494-1547 France's first renaissance monarch. Gave rise to the Protestant Reformation Eleanor of Austria 1498-1558 Habsburg Infanta of Castile, wife of Manuel I of Portugal & Francis I of France Charles V 1500-1558 Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor & King of Spain, oversaw Americas colonization Ferdinand I 1503-1564 Holy Roman Emperor, Habsburg, supported the Society of Jesus Isabella of Portugal 1503-1539 Holy Roman Empress, wife of Charles V, daughter of Manuel I of Portugal Gemma Frisius 1508-1555 Dutch cartographer and philosopher, taught occultist John Dee at the University of Leuven
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