Curated category
Dethroned monarchs
- Mohammad Reza PahlaviMohammad Reza Pahlavi entered the world on the 26th of October 1919 in Tehran. He was born to Reza Khan, a Brigadier-General of the Persian Cossack Brigade…
- 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.
- Romulus AugustulusNo known policies, laws or inscriptions of significance survive from the ten-month reign of Romulus Augustus. The historical record leaves a profound silence…
- Napoleon IIICharles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Paris on the night of 19 to the 20th of April 1808. His father Louis ruled Holland from 1806 until 1810.
- Lady Jane GreyJane Grey sat in the presence of her father or mother, speaking, keeping silence, sitting, standing, going, eating, drinking, merrily or sadly.
- Maximilian I of MexicoOn the 6th of July 1832, Maximilian was born inside the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. He entered a world of rigid hierarchy where his father, Archduke Franz…
- Louis XVILouis-Auguste de France entered the world on the 23rd of August 1754 within the Palace of Versailles. He was the second surviving son of Louis, Dauphin of…
- Selim IIIOn the 24th of December 1761, a boy named Selim was born into the Topkapı Palace. His mother Mihrişah Sultan was an ethnic Georgian who later reformed…
- Charles I of EnglandCharles Stuart entered the world at Dunfermline Palace on the 19th of November 1600 as the second son of King James VI of Scotland.
- Olof SkötkonungOlof Skötkonung died in the winter of 1021 or 1022. He stands at the threshold of recorded history as the first Swedish ruler about whom there is substantial…
- 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…