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Henry VIII (1465-1513) was a count of Waldeck and the founder of the older line of Waldeck-Wildungen. He was also temporarily governor of the County of Vianden, a possession of the House of Nassau.

he was the son of Philip I of Waldeck and his wife Johanna of Nassau-Dillenburg, a daughter of John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg. After the early death of his parents, his uncle Philip II acted as his guardian.

Cristián I de Sajonia (Dresde, 29 de octubre de 1560 - Dresde, 25 de septiembre de 1591), fue Elector de Sajonia y miembro de la Casa de Wettin.

Era el sexto hijo, pero el segundo en sobrevivir, de Augusto de Sajonia y Ana de Oldemburg. La muerte de su hermano mayor Alejandro, lo dejó como heredero del electorado el año 1565.

Cristián sucede a su padre a la muerte de éste el año 1586, su canciller fue Nikolaus Krell. Durante su gobierno se realizó el primer catastro de Sajonia.

Sofía de Brandeburgo (Rheinsberg, 6 de junio de 1568 – Dresde, 7 de diciembre de 1622), fue una princesa de Brandenburgo por nacimiento, y Electora de Sajonia por matrimonio.

Sofía era un miembro de la Casa de Hohenzollern, e hija del príncipe elector Juan Jorge de 

Brandeburgo (1525-1598) y de su segunda esposa Sabina de Brandeburgo-Ansbach (1548-1575).

Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin (died 1461) was a boyar at the court of Vasili II. He was a son of Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin, along with brother Yakov, Ivan, and Feodor, and great-grandfather of Anastasia Romanovna, the first tsaritsa. He had three sons of his own: Yakov Zakharyevich, Yuri Zakharyevich, and Vasily Zakharyevich.

Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (born July 24, 1529 in Pforzheim; died: March 23, 1577 in Durlach), nicknamed Charles with the bag, governed the Margravate of Durlach from 1552 to 1577. On June 1, 1556, Charles issued a new Church Order, which made Lutheranism the official religion in Baden-Durlach.

Charles was the son of Margrave Ernest of Baden-Durlach and his second wife Ursula of Rosenfeld. Since the marriage between Ernest and Ursula was morganatic, Charles's ability to succeed was disputed. Nevertheless, he started ruling Upper Baden in his father's name in September 1552. His 12 years older half brother Bernard IV died on 20 January 1553 and his father died two weeks later, on 6 February. Charles then inherited then entire country,^[1] which was called Baden-Pforzheim at the time. He moved the capital to Durlach, thereby changing the name of his country to Baden-Durlach.

Countess Palatine Anna of Veldenz (12 November 1540 – 30 March 1586) was born a countess of Palatinate-Veldenz and, by marriage, Margravine of Baden-Durlach. From 1577 to 1584 she was involved in the guardianship and regency of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach.

Anna was the eldest child of the Count Palatine Rupert of Veldenz (1506–1544) from his marriage to Ursula (1515–1601), daughter of Wild- and Rhinegrave John VII of Salm-Kyrburg.