Harlech Castle, built between 1282 and 1289 onto a rocky knoll by the Irish Sea in northern Wales

In the year 1409, the Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English (Jan 1), the controversial ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, the Council of Pisa, opens (Mar 25) and deposes popes (Jun 5), the University of Leipzig opens (Dec 2), the University of Aix-Marseille is founded as University of Province (Dec 9), admiral of the Ming empire fleet from China deposes the king of Sri Lanka - and all these fine people were born:

1409-xxxx Bernardo Rossellino*  Florentine sculptor/architect - Settignano (1464/c.55)

1409-0116 René of Anjou* King of Naples etc - Castle of Angers, Anjou, Kingdom of France (1480/71)

1409-0302 John II of Alençon* nobleman - Château d’Argentan, Kingdom of France (1476/67)
1409-0312 Isabella of Urgell* noblewoman/ daughter of Isabella of Aragon - Balaguer, Catalonia, Aragon (1459/50)

1409-0913 Joan of Valois* Duchess of Alençon/first wife of John II of Alençon - Blois, Kingdom of France (1432/22)

1409-1005 Charles VIII of Sweden* (b Karl Knutsson) - Ekholmen Castle, Uppsala, Sweden (1470/60) The birth year could also be 1408.
1409-1007 Elizabeth of Luxembourg* queen consort of Hungary, Germany and Bohemia - Visegrád, Kingdom of Hungary (1442/33)
1409-1021 Alessandro Sforza* Italian mercenary captain - Cotignola, Emilia-Romagna (1473/)

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