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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Medieval Period Figures in Europe
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Pope Alexander VI
1431–1503Spain
He was a pope who fathered children, bribed his way to the papacy, and helped divide the entire western hemisphere between two countries — and the Church never fully disowned him.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
1394–1460Portugal
He never navigated anywhere himself — but the expeditions he financed from his palace on the Portuguese coast opened the African coastline and began the age of exploration.
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