Characters
33 entries in the Europa Universalis compendium.
Peter the GreatThe Tsar who modernized Russia through military, diplomatic, and administrative reforms.Frederick the GreatThe enlightened despot who forged Prussia into a European military powerhouse.Alfonso XThe Wise King of Castile, León, and GaliciaAkbarThird Mughal emperor who expanded and consolidated the empire across the Indian subcontinent.Nader ShahThe last great Asiatic military conquerorElizabeth IThe Virgin Queen who turned England into a maritime titan.Suleiman the MagnificentThe Magnificent: a ruler of high administrative skill in the game.Isabella I of CastileQueen of Castile and León, co-ruler of Spain, and Catholic Monarch who completed the Reconquista and…Mehmed IIMehmed the Conqueror, the Ottoman sultan who took Constantinople in 1453.Catherine the GreatThe Northern Semiramis: conqueror, reformer, empress.Charles VThe emperor whose realm spanned every time zone on the map.Philip II of SpainPhilip the Prudent, king of Spain at the height of its power.Gustavus AdolphusThe king who taught Europe how to fight — and made Sweden roar.Oliver CromwellThe Lord Protector who reshaped England's destiny—with a sword in one hand and a Bible in the other.Maria TheresaArchduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman EmpressFrederick William IThe drillmaster who whipped a kingdom into an army.Selim IThe Grim Conqueror who expanded the Ottoman Empire by seventy percent.BaburFounder of the Mughal Empire, tiger of Central Asia.Akbar the GreatThe third Mughal emperor who expanded and consolidated Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent.Shah JahanBuilder of empires and monuments to love.AurangzebThe sixth Mughal emperor who expanded the empire to its greatest extent.Ivan the TerribleThe first crowned Tsar, whose iron hand forged Muscovy into Russia.Henry VIII of EnglandSix wives, one broken faith, and a kingdom remade in the player's hands.Francis I of FranceThe Renaissance king who defied the Habsburgs and sheltered da Vinci's final years at Amboise.Ferdinand II of AragonKing of Aragon, architect of a unified Iberia, and master of the Mediterranean board.Napoleon BonaparteThe Corsican who crowned himself Emperor and redrew Europe's map by force.Joan of ArcA seventeen-year-old girl who broke the English siege and rewrote France's destiny.Vlad the ImpalerA small Balkan principality, a brutal king, and an empire that will not stop at the Danube.Maximilian IThe archduke who married his way into a continent and forged the Habsburg century.Henry VII of EnglandThe man who ended the Roses and planted the Tudor oak on the English throne.Alexander I of RussiaThe Tsar who held Europe together after Napoleon and watched his own empire strain under the weight of peace.Louis XIV of FranceThe Sun King's golden reign turns France into the continent's undisputed colossus.James IV of ScotlandA poet-king who built a navy, then lost it all at Flodden.
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