Western europes ancient elite

Roman Emperor Vitellius (15 - 69 AD)

Roman Emperor Hadrian (76 - 138 AD)

Roman Emperor Pescennius Niger (135/140 - 194 AD)

Roman Emperor Septimius Severus(145 - 211 AD)

Roman Emperor CaracallaSon of Emperor Septimius Severus

(188 - 217 AD)

Saint MauriceLeader of the legendary Roman Theban

(3rd century AD)

Roman Emperor Varius Avitus Bassianus(Circa 203 - 222 AD)

Roman Emperor Maximinus Daia(270 - 313 AD)

Roman Emperor Maximian (250 - 310 AD)

Roman Emperor Valentinian III (419 - 455 AD)

Pabo PrydainCeltic King

(5th century AD)

Saint OswinKing of Deira in Northumbria, England

(644 - 651 AD)

Saint Richard of WessexKing in England (7th century AD)

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Circa 742 - 814 AD)

King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Circa 742 - 814 AD)

Palatine Chapel Shrine, GermanyA UNESCO site

Edward III, the ElderKing of Wessex in England and Son of Alfred the Great

(870 - 924 AD)

Edith of England (910 - 946) and Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912 - 973) (Daughter of Edward the Elder and son of King Henry 1 of Germany)

They married in 929 AD

Sancho 1 King of Leon, Spain

(Circa 935 - 966 AD)

Constantine IIIKing of Scotland (10th century AD)

William the ConquerorKing of England

(1028 - 1087 AD)

Peter IKing of Aragon and Pamplona, Spain

(1068/9 - 1104 AD)16th century painting

Harald Bluetooth King of Denmark and Norway

(10th century AD)

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I BarbarossaGermany

(1122 - 1190 AD)  

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I BarbarossaGermany

(1122 - 1190 AD)  Receiving ambassadors from Venice

Johannes Morus Governor of Sicily under Emperor Frederick II

(13th century AD)

Boleslaus II the Bald, Duke of Krakow (Circa 1220 - 1278 AD)

Son of Anne of Bohemia

Valdemar 1King of Sweden

(1239 - 1302 AD)

Edward IIIKing of England 

(1312 - 1377 AD)  

Richard IIKing of England 

(1367 – circa 1400 AD)  

Holy Roman Emperor Charles IVKing of Bohemia

(1316 - 1378 AD)  

Charles VKing of France

(1338 - 1380 AD)

Charles VIIKing of France

(1403 - 1461 AD)

Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I of HabsburgArchduke of Austria and King of Germany

(1459 - 1519 AD)

Elector Frederick III the Wise of Saxony(1463 – 1525 AD)

Candidate for Holy Roman Emperor and defender of Martin Luther and the protestant reformation

Elector, John of SaxonyAlso known as John the Constant

(1468 - 1532 AD)Successor of Frederick III of Saxony

Albert of Prussia The 37th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

(1490 - 1568 AD)

Eleanor of Austria and Castile Queen of Portugal and France

(1498 - 1558 AD)

The Adoration of the Kings Painting by Vincenzo Foppa

(Circa 1500 AD)

King Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and first King of Spain

(1500 - 1558 AD)Heir of three European dynasties – the Houses of Habsburg, Valois-Burgundy and

Trastámara which hosted the crowns of Castile and Aragon

Incan perspective of Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand 1 and his son Maximillian IIKing of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia

(1503 - 1564 AD)  Younger brother of Charles V

Ippolita GonzagaMarquess of Mantua, Italy

(1503 - 1570 AD)

Philip 1, Count of HesseGerman champion of the Protestant Reformation

(1504 - 1567 AD)

Alessandro de' MediciDuke of Florence (1510 - 1537 AD)

Dorothea of Denmark and NorwayDanish, Norwegian and Swedish princess

(1520 - 1580 AD)

King Philip II of Spain(1527 - 1598 AD) 

Son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress(1528 - 1603 AD) 

Daughter of Charles V and Wife of Roman Emperor Maximilian II

Joanna of Austria Archduchess of Austria, Infanta of Castile and Aragon, Princess of Portugal

(1535 - 1573 AD)Second daughter of Charles V

Henry IVKing of France

(1553 - 1610 AD) 

Holy Roman Emperor Matthias of Austria Archduke of Austria(1557 - 1619 AD) 

King James VI of Scotland and I of England King of France and Ireland

(1566 - 1625 AD) 

Elizabeth StuartQueen of Bohemia (1596 - 1662 AD)

Daughter of James VI and I

Charles 1 King of England, Scotland and Ireland

(1600 - 1649 AD) 

Holy Roman Emperor Leopold 1 King of Germany, Hungría, Bohemia and Croatia and Archduke of Austria

(1640 - 1705 AD) 

Ferdinand VIKing of Spain

(1713 - 1759 AD)

Coin issued during the reign of King George III in 1792 King of Great Britain and Ireland

(1738 - 1820 AD)

Queen Charlotte of GermanyGerman Duchess and Queen of England

(1744 - 1818 AD)

General Thomas Alexandre Davy de la PailleterieGrandfather of French writer Alexandre Dumas

(1762 - 1806 AD)

Another disappeared aka a black slave?

Another African Prince? Wearing medieval European royal and Teutonic Knights finery