Pope Sixtus V
Head of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590
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Takeda Shingen
Japanese samurai and daimyo
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I
Pope Urban VII
Head of the Catholic Church in 1590
Peter Canisius
Dutch Jesuit Catholic priest
Maurice, Elector of Saxony
Elector of Saxony from 1547 to 1553
Maria, Duchess of Viseu
Portuguese princess and influential patron of the arts
Francesco Laparelli
Italian military engineer
Hans the Elder, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev