– Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (d. 1528) October 26 – Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1510) date unknown – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English Tudor politician (d. 1555) probable Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (d. 1525) Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (d. 1484) Cecilia Gallerani, principal mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1536) Deaths January 24 – Conrad Paumann, German composer (b. c. 1410) February 23 – Arnold, Duke of Guelders (b. 1410) April 3 – Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (b. 1409) April 15 – Yamana Sōzen, Japanese daimyō and monk (b. 1404) May 8 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) June 6 – Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese nobleman (b. 1430) June 28 – John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, English nobleman (b. 1448) July 10 – James II of Cyprus (b. c. 1440) November 26 – Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma October – Contessina de' Bardi, politically active Florentine woman (b. 1390) December 24 – John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian (b. 1390) date unknown Ewuare I, Oba of Benin Jean Jouffroy, French prelate and diplomat (b. c. 1412) Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1448) Sigismondo Polcastro, Paduan physician and natural philosopher (b. 1384) probable – Marina Nani, Venetian dogaressa (b. c. 1400) probable – Patriarch Gennadios II of Constantinople (b. c. 1400) References