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Guess Who

1. Was a great ruler of Western Europe born in 742. Spread Christianity and the importance of education.

2. Queen of both England and France born c. 1122. Mother of Richard the Lion Heart and King John.

3. King of England born in 1491. Split with the Pope to create the Church of England.

4. An uncrowned king of Florence born in 1389. A patron of the arts, created Florence as the cultural center of Europe.

5. A famous Scottish hero born c. 1270. Known as a resistance fighter against the English.

6. A Mongol conqueror born in 1336. Had a reputation is of a being cruel conqueror, and slaughtering the people he conquered.

7. A Norwegian Queen born c. 1353. Was the regent of Norway, Sweden and Demark all at the same time.

8. Irish king born c. 940. Was able to gain control of all of Ireland and was crowned as the first 'Ard Ri' or High King.

9. King of Spain born in 1452. Started the Spanish Inquisition and sponsored Columbus.

10. A German knight born in 1481. Led the Knights War and aided the reformer Martin Luther.

Answers:

1. Charlemagne

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/charlemagne.html

2. Eleanor of Aquitaine

http://www.who2.com/eleanorofaquitaine.html

3. King Henry VIII

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html

4. Cosimo il Vecchio

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/medici.html

5. William Wallace

6. Timur or Tamerlane

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Timur.html

7. Queen Margrethe

http://www.medsca.org/frameset.html

8. Brian Boru

http://www.princeaugust.ie/ihs2/

9. Ferdinand of Aragon

10. Franz von Sickingen

http://www.bartleby.com/65/si/Sickinge.html