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Mehmed II (1432-1481)
Nicknamed "The Conqueror" was an Ottoman sultan who ruled from 1444 -1446, and then 1451-1481. He defeated several crusaders. He strengthened the Ottoman navy, At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire
Constantine XI Palaiologos (1405-1453)
The last Byzantine emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. His death marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.
A skilled general and administrator, serving as regent twice for his brother
Blackbeard (c.1680-1718)
Edward Teach or Thatch, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. His piracy was short lived although bloody, he was killed after two years operating as a buccaneer
Skanderbeg (1405-1468)
Born as Gjergj Kastrioti, he was the Lord of Albania from 1443 until his death
He ranks high in the military history of that time as the most persistent—and ever-victorious—opponent of the Ottoman Empire in its heyday.
Louis XIV of France (1638-1715)
Nicknamed Louis the Great and the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death. Reigning for 72 years. He centralized France and reformed it's institutions, he's the prime example of an absolutist monarch
Drawings i did for @AngstheWicked of two ancestors of his OC Mel, those are Zelda and Klaus
Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786)
Nicknamed "The Great", was a prussian king from 1740 until his death. His accomplishments include his military successes, his re-organisation of the Prussian Army, the First Partition of Poland, and his patronage of the arts, he gay too