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Born February 8, 1487 • Germany
Died November 6, 1550 (aged 63) • Tübingen • Germany
Philip
Philip
landgrave of Hesse
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Painting by Anthonis Mor of Mary I of England seated on an ornate chair, wearing a dark gown with gold embroidery, a jeweled necklace, and holding a red rose.
Mary I
queen of England
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Medieval manuscript miniature showing Frederick I as a crowned crusader holding an orb and scepter, with Henry of Schaftlarn kneeling and presenting a book to him.
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Henry III
Henry III
Holy Roman emperor
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Stone sculptures of Otto I and his wife Edith, both crowned and seated, displayed side by side in the cathedral at Magdeburg, Germany.
Otto I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry II, detail from a statue, c.1235; from a portal in the Bamberg Cathedral, Germany
Henry II
Holy Roman emperor
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Henry V and Pope Paschal II
Henry V
Holy Roman emperor
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
German theologian and church historian
Freiherr von Pufendorf
Samuel, baron von Pufendorf
German jurist and historian