Khosru or Chosroēs I. of Persia (*, 531–579). The golden period of Persian history was 550–628.
Lorenzo de Medici (1448–1492).
Robert, Duc de Normandie, also called Le Diable (*, 1028–1035).
Soliman I., greatest of the Turkish sultans (1493, 1520–1566).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.