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Patrons of literature

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Konstantinos VII

Byzantine emperor

Alfonso V of Aragon

King of Aragon from 1416 to 1458

Scipio Aemilianus

Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)

Alfonso VII of Castile

Castilian monarch

Constantin Brâncoveanu

Prince of Wallachia

queen and chief consort of Shah Rukh, the emperor of the Timurid Empire

Isabella de' Medici

daughter of Cosimo I. de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo (1542-1576)

Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus

1st-century BC Roman politician and general

Alfonso II d'Este

duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597 (1533–1597)

Bernardo Dovizi

Italian cardinal and playwright

Yahya ibn Khalid

Abbasid vizier and provincial governor (died c.806)

Han dynasty scholar

Saray Malik Katun

princess of Chagatai Khanate and consort of Timur

Friedrich Justin Bertuch

German publisher (1747–1822)

Slovenian scientist

noblewoman; English countess (1590-1676)

Al-Fat·h ibn Khàqan

9th-century Abbasid official

Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox

Dalfin d'Alvernhe

English countess, viscountess and baroness

Spanish physician

Carl Friedrich Ernst Frommann

German bookseller and publisher (1765-1837)

Katharina Fröhlich

Austrian philanthropist and patron of the arts (1800–1879)

Josef Kalasanz von Erberg

Botanist and historian (1771-1843)

Romanian politician (1812-1880)

Endymion Porter

English politician (1587-1649)

Hershey Friedman

Canadian businessman

Broder Knudtzon

merchant, politician and patron (1788-1864)