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  • King Macbeth of Scotland
    Macbeth of Scotland
    Mac Bethad mac Findlaích was King of the Scots from 1040 until his death...

     (d. 1057)
  • Godwin, Earl of Wessex
    Godwin, Earl of Wessex
    Godwin of Wessex , was one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex...

     (d. 1053)
  • El Cid
    El Cid
    Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...

     (b. 1040)
  • Yaroslav I the Wise
    Yaroslav I the Wise
    Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

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