Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 2 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Khosrou or Chosroës of Persia, Noushirwan (*, 531-579).

King (surnamed the Magnificent), Soliman I., sultan (1493, 1520-1566).

King (surnamed the Martyr), Charles I. of England (1600, 1625-1649).

Edward the Martyr, of England (961, 975-979).

Louis XVI. of France (1754, 1774-1793).

Martin I., pope (*, 649-655).

King (surnamed the Minion), Henri III. of France (1551, 1574-1589).

King (surnamed the Noble), Alphonso VIII., of Leon and Castile (1155, 1158-1214).

Charles III. of Navarre (*, 1387-1425).

Soliman, called Tchelibi, Turkish prince at Adrianople (died 1410).