ChronologyThe Renaissance 1450 - 1600

Europe in the 15th century• France – Ruled by the House of

Valois since 1328 Charles VII (r. 1422 – 1461) Louis XI (r. 1461 – 1483) Louis XII (r. 1498 – 1515) Francis I (r. 1516 – 1547) Henry II (r. 1547 – 1559) Francis II (r. 1559 – 1560) Charles IX (r. 1560 – 1574) Henry III (r. 1574 - 1589)

Spain

Ferdinand II King of Aragon & Sicily King of Castille in 1474 King of Naples in 1504 King of Navarre in 1512

Daughter Joanna of Castille married Philip I (son of HRE)

Son Charles I claimed Spanish throne in 1516 Became HRE Charles V

• Philip II 1556 – 1598

• Philip III 1598 - 1621

EnglandHouse of Lancaster

Henry V (1413 - 1422) Henry VI (1421 – 1461)

• House of York Edward IV (1461 – 1470)

• House of Lancaster Henry VI ( 1470 – 1471)

• House of York Edward IV (1471 – 1483) Edward V (1483) Richard III (1483 – 1485)

• House of Tudor Henry VII (1485 – 1509) Henry VIII (1509 – 1547 Edward VI (1547 – 1553) Mary I (1553 – 1558) Philip I of Spain (1554 – 1558) Elizabeth I (1558 – 1603)

Holy Roman Empire

House of Habsburg

• Frederick III (r. 1440 – 1493)

• Maximillian I (r. 1486 – 1519)

• Charles V (r. 1519 – 1556)

• Ferdinand I (r. 1531 – 1564)

• Maximillian II (r. 1562 – 1576)

• Rudolph II (r. 1575 – 1612)

Florence

Papacy• Paul II (1464 – 1471) – approved

use of printing press

• Sixtus IV (1471 – 1484)

• Innocent VIII (1484 – 1492)

• Alexander VI (1492 – 1503)

• Julius II (1503 – 1513)

• Leo X (1513 – 1521) – Medici family

• Adrian VI (1522 – 1523)

• Clement VII (1523 – 1534) – Medici family

• Paul III (1534 – 1549)

• Julius III (1550 -1555)

• Paul IV (1555 – 1559)

• Pius IV (1559 – 1565) – Medici

• Pius V (1565 – 1572)

• Gregory XIII (1572 – 1585)

• Sixtus V (1585 – 1590)

• Innocent IX (1591)

• Clement VIII (1592 – 1605)