List famous contemporaries of Willem I of Orange.
October 31, 2020 | Education
| In Spain: King Philip II, Dukes Fernando Alba and Alexander Farnese, Prince Juan of Austria and Admiral Andrea Doria; in France: Kings Charles IX and Henry III, Queen Catherine of the Medici, Dukes François Alencon and Henry of Bourbon (future King Henry IV), Admiral Coligny; in England: Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart, navigator Francis Drake; in the Netherlands: Counts of Egmont and Horn; in Russia: Tsar Ivan the Terrible; in Turkey: Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent, as well as writers Miguel Cervantes and François Rabelais, artists Albrecht Durer and Titian, playwright V. Shakespeare.
