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Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
- NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley entered the world on the 1st of May 1769 within a townhouse at 6 Merrion Street in Dublin. The exact date and location remain disputed by…
- Philip V of SpainPhilip was born on the 19th of December 1683 at the Palace of Versailles in France. He entered the world as the second son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, and his…
- Ferdinand VIIFerdinand was born on the 14th of October 1784 in the palace of El Escorial near Madrid. He became the eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain and Maria…
- Maximilian III JosephMaximilian III Joseph was born on the 28th of March 1727 in Munich. He entered a world already burning with conflict when his father died in January 1745.
- 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.
- Louis XVIIILouis Stanislas Xavier entered the world on the 17th of November 1755 inside the Palace of Versailles. He was a younger son of Louis Ferdinand, Dauphin of…
- 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…
- 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…
- Alexander III of RussiaGrand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich entered the world on the 10th of March 1845 inside the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg.
- Louis BonaparteLouis Bonaparte entered the world on the 2nd of September 1778 in Ajaccio, Corsica. This island had been conquered by France less than a decade before his…
- Alexander I of RussiaAt 10:45 on the 23rd of December 1777, a baby named Alexander Pavlovich drew his first breath inside the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.
- Frederick William III of PrussiaFrederick William III entered the world on the 3rd of August 1770 in Potsdam. His father Frederick William II of Prussia neglected him during his childhood…
- Nicholas I of RussiaThe morning of the 14th of December 1825 dawned at minus eight degrees Celsius in St. Petersburg. A cold so biting that Russian superstition declared it an…
- Charles IV of SpainCharles IV of Spain was born on the 11th of November 1748 in Naples. He entered the world as the second son of Charles III and Maria Amalia of Saxony.
- 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…
- Joseph BonaparteGiuseppe di Buonaparte entered the world on the 7th of January 1768 in Corte, the capital of the Corsican Republic. His parents were Carlo Buonaparte and…
- Alexander II of RussiaOn the 13th of March 1881, a bomb exploded on the Catherine Canal in Saint Petersburg. The blast shattered the legs of Emperor Alexander II and tore open his…
- HirohitoHirohito was born on the 29th of April 1901 at Tōgū Palace in Aoyama, Tokyo. He entered the world as Prince Michi during the reign of his grandfather…
- Paul von HindenburgPaul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg entered the world on the 2nd of October 1847 in Posen, Kingdom of Prussia.
- Charles XIV JohnJean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was born on the 26th of January 1763 in Pau, the capital of Béarn. He entered the army as a private soldier on the 3rd of…
- 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…
- Louis Philippe ILouis Philippe was born in the Palais-Royal on the 6th of October 1773. He grew up as a Prince of the Blood within the House of Bourbon.
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordCharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord entered the world on the 2nd of February 1754 in Paris. He was born into an ancient aristocratic family that lacked…