Chapter 19 - People Flashcards
most powerful ruler in Spanish history; end protestantism; “Prudent King”
Philip II
dynasty that ruled Spain and Austria; most powerful family
The Hapsburgs
1st Tudor Monarch
Henry VII
son of Henry VII, most powerful Tudor Monarch
Henry VIII
Catholic daughter of Henry VIII, persecuted Protestants
Mary I
Protestant ruler of England during a golden age of literature, last of the tudors
Elizabeth I
French priest who became chief advisor to the Regent Marie de Medici
Cardinal Richelieu
became the ruler of Austria while rearing 16 children
Maria Theresa
dynasty that ruled Brandenburg-Prussia
The Hohenzollerns
most powerful Bourbon monarch
Louis XIV
prussian king who established a standing army
Frederick II
most powerful of the early Czars, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV
dynasty that ruled Russia until 1917
Romanov
Czar who moved Russia into the mainstream of European Civilazation
Peter the Great
the last of the great absolute rulers in Russia
Catherine the Great