15 – Christine of Saxony, German noble (b. 1505) April 24 – Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English earl (b. 1498) May 11 – María de Toledo, Vicereine and regent of the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo (b. 1490) June 26 – Luis Cáncer, Spanish Dominican priest, missionary, martyr and servant of God (b. 1500) July 19 – Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield, English baron (b. 1521) August 11 – Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, Prince of Lüneburg and Baron of Harburg (b. 1495) September 10 – Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (b. 1501) September 21 – Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1497) October 27 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, French nobility (b. 1491) November 10 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468) November 26 – Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (b. 1496) December 7 – Robert Kett, English rebel (executed) December 21 – Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) date unknown Daniel Bomberg, Brabantian printer References