Europe
- Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Christian III (1534–1559)
- Kingdom of England - Henry VIII (1509–1547)
- Kingdom of France - Francis I (1515–1547)
- Holy Roman Empire - Charles V (1519–1556)
- Kingdom of Hungary -
- Habsburg - Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
- Zápolya - John Zápolya (1526–1540)
- Polish–Lithuanian union - Sigismund the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (1506–1548)
- Duchy of Mantua - Federico II (1500–1540)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Süleyman I, the Magnificent (1520–1566)
- Papal States - Pope Paul III (1534–1549)
- Kingdom of Portugal - John III (1521–1557)
- Grand Duchy of Moscow - Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) then Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
- Duchy of Savoy - Charles III (1504–1553)
- Kingdom of Scotland - James V (1513–1542)
- Kingdom of Spain - Charles I (1516–1556)
- Kingdom of Sweden - Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
- Republic of Venice - Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)
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Famous quotes containing the word europe:
“Of one thing I can assure you with comparative certainty, whoever wins, Europe will be economically ruined. This war is America’s great opportunity.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“No human being can tell what the Russians are going to do next, and I think the Japanese actions will depend much on what Russia decides to do both in Europe and the Far East—especially in Europe.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Can we never extract this tape-worm of Europe from the brain of our countrymen?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)