Curated category
Executed monarchs
- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- Joachim MuratJoachim Murat was born on the 25th of March 1767 in La Bastide-Fortunière, a small village in southwestern France. His father Pierre Murat-Jordy worked as an…
- JugurthaThe name Jugurtha matches ancient naming traditions of Berber peoples. It likely derives from the Libyco-Berber word yugurtən meaning he exceeded them.