Kings of France
King Henri III
The English and Their Queen -
Queen Elizabeth Tudor of England
The 16th century was a time for ruling women - Mary and Elizabeth Tudor in England, Louise de Savoie the regent for her son King Francois II, Mary and Margaret of Austria - Governors of the Low Countries, Catherine de Medici - the French regent and a succession of ineffective/powerless archduchesses as Portuguese regents. Elizabeth would rule for almost half a century
The Earl of Leicester, one of the few high ranking
nobles in England, many were killed off by King Henry VII & VIII.
He is dressed as a dandy - the red cloth in his01.jpg)
clothes was fabulously expensive at the time.