Peter I
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Peter I may refer to:
Religious hierarchs:
Rulers:
Religious hierarchs:
- Pope PeterSaint PeterSaint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, papal name sometimes referring to the Apostle Peter (c. 1 BC–AD 67) - Patriarch Peter I of Alexandria (300–311)
Rulers:
- Tsar Peter I of BulgariaPeter I of BulgariaPeter I was emperor of Bulgaria from 27 May 927 to 969.-Early reign:Peter I was the son of Simeon I of Bulgaria by his second marriage to Maria Sursuvul, the sister of George Sursuvul. Peter had been born early in the 10th century, but it appears that his maternal uncle was very influential at...
(died 970) - Count Peter I of SavoyPeter I of SavoyPeter I was count of Savoy and margrave of Turin jointly with his brother Amadeus II of Savoy from c. 1060 to 1078. He ruled only nominally, as true power was in the hands of his mother, Adelaide of Susa....
(c. 1048–1078) - King Peter I of Aragon and NavarrePeter I of Aragon and NavarrePeter I was the King of Aragon and Navarre for a decade from 1094 until his death. He was the son and successor of Sancho V Ramírez by his first wife, Isabella of Urgell. He was named in honour of Saint Peter, because of his father's special devotion to the Holy See, to which he had made his...
(1068/9–1104) - Count Peter I of Barcelona=Catalonia, i.e. King Peter II the Catholic of Aragon (1178–1213)
- Latin Emperor Peter I of Constantinople (died 1219)
- Peter I, Duke of BrittanyPeter I, Duke of BrittanyPierre Mauclerc , also known as Peter of Dreux or Pierre de Dreux, was duke of Brittany jure uxoris from 1213 to 1221, then regent of the duchy from 1221 to 1237 as well as Earl of Richmond from 1219 to 1235.-Biography:He was the second son of Robert II, Count of Dreux...
(c. 1190–1250) - King Peter I of Valencia, i.e. King Pedro III of Aragon (1239–1285)
- Peter I, Duke of BourbonPeter I, Duke of BourbonPeter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death.Peter was son of Louis I of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberlain of France, and Mary of Avesnes....
(1311–1356) - Peter I of PortugalPeter I of PortugalPeter I , called the Just , was the eighth King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife, princess Beatrice of Castile....
(1320–1367) - Peter I of CyprusPeter I of CyprusPeter I of Cyprus or Pierre I de Lusignan was King of Cyprus, and Titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his own death in 1369. He was also Latin King of Armenia from either 1361 or 1368...
(1328–1369) - King Pedro of CastilePedro of CastilePeter , sometimes called "the Cruel" or "the Lawful" , was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI of Castile and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Afonso IV of Portugal...
a.k.a. 'Pedro the Cruel' (1334–1369) - Petru I of MoldaviaPetru I of MoldaviaPetru I Muşat was Voivode of Moldavia from 1375 to 1391, the son of Costea Muşat, the first ruler from the dynastic House of Bogdan. During his reign, he maintained good relationships with his neighbours, especially Poland....
(ruled 1375–1391) - Pedro I of KongoPedro I of KongoPedro I Nkanga a Mvemba was manikongo of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1543 until being deposed in 1545.-Background:Pedro I was the son of King Afonso I and became his immediate successor in 1543. He was part of a splinter kanda known as the Kibala or court faction or house in Kongo which had its...
(ruled 1543–1545) - Peter I, "The Great", of Russia, the first Russian czar titled emperor (1672–1725)
- Peter I of the Miskito nationPeter I of the Miskito nationPeter I was a ruler of the Miskito kingdom, 1729–1739.He came to power as a result of the death of his brother, his predecessor, probably Jeremy II. Another official, called the governor had died at the same time, and as a result there was a civil war that resulted in the loss of property...
(ruled 1729–1739) - Peter I of Montenegro (1747–1830)
- Emperor Peter I of BrazilPeter I of BrazilDom Pedro I of Brazil , nicknamed "the Liberator" and "the Soldier-King", was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil and also King of Portugal as Pedro IV, having reigned for eight years in Brazil and two months in Portugal.-Birth:Pedro was born on 12 October 1798, around...
who declared independence (after, crowned as King Peter IV of Portugal) (1798–1834) - King Peter I Karađorđević of Serbia, later Peter I King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (i.e. of Yugoslavia) (1844–1921)