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Heirs apparent who never acceded

  • Percy Bysshe ShelleyOn a summer day in 1804, Percy Bysshe Shelley stood before the wooden paling fence at Eton College. He held a bag of gunpowder he had stolen from the school…
  • George Boleyn, Viscount RochfordGeorge Boleyn entered the world around 1504, born into the powerful Boleyn and Howard families. His father Thomas held titles that would eventually make him…
  • Henry Stuart, Lord DarnleyHenry Stuart, Lord Darnley was born at Temple Newsam in Leeds during the year 1546. His father Matthew Stewart held the title of Earl of Lennox while his…
  • Louis Antoine, Duke of EnghienLouis Antoine Henri de Bourbon entered the world on the 2nd of August 1772 at the Château de Chantilly. This estate served as the country residence for the…
  • Dara ShikohOn the 20th of March 1615, a son was born to Prince Shahib-ud-din Muhammad Khurram and his second wife Mumtaz Mahal in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
  • Otto von HabsburgOtto von Habsburg was born at Villa Wartholz in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria-Hungary on the 20th of November 1912. His full baptismal name included Franz…