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Child monarchs from Europe
- Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorThe year 1500 marked the arrival of Charles in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city within the Habsburg Netherlands. A poet at the court reported that…
- William III of EnglandOn the 4th of November 1650, a boy named William Henry was born in The Hague. His father died eight days before the birth from smallpox.
- James VI and IJames Charles Stuart was born on the 19th of June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle. He became King of Scotland at the age of thirteen months after his mother, Mary…
- Mary, Queen of ScotsOn the 8th of December 1542, a baby girl was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian. Her father, King James V, died six days later on the 14th of December.
- Peter II of RussiaPeter II Alexeyevich arrived in Saint Petersburg on the 23rd of October 1715. His mother Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg died just ten days after…
- Ferdinand I of the Two SiciliesFerdinand was born in Naples on the 12th of January 1751. He grew up amidst monuments erected by his father, including the Palaces of Portici, Caserta and…
- Edward VIOn the 12th of October 1537, Prince Edward was born in the private apartments of his mother at Hampton Court Palace. The news spread through London with such…
- Alfonso XIIIThe Royal Palace of Madrid held a newborn on the 17th of May 1886. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, the prime minister, received the infant king naked and placed upon…
- Peter the GreatPeter grew up at Izmaylovo Estate, where his education began under tutors commissioned by his father. Nikita Zotov, Patrick Gordon, and Paul Menesius taught…
- Ivan the TerribleOn the 25th of August, a child named Ivan Vasilyevich drew his first breath in Moscow. He was the eldest son of Vasili III and Elena Glinskaya.