1547
Author:
When I saw that my latest story had 1547 reads I was reminded of the year 1547 when for a few days a truly formidable (positively or negatively) set of monarchs ruled in various countries in Europe at the same time:
Henry VIII in England
Francois I in France
Charles V in the still undiveded Habsburg empire
Suleiman the Magnificient in the Ottoman empire
Ivan the Terrible Tsar of All the Russias
Gustav I in Sweden
Sigismund I (with Bona Sforza) in Poland