Curated playlist
Medieval child monarchs
- Charles VIII of FranceCharles VIII of France took Naples in 1495 without a pitched battle or siege. He had entered Italy with 25,000 men.
- Edward IIIEdward III seized power at 17 by capturing Roger Mortimer at Nottingham Castle. Mortimer was executed.
- Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorFrederick II won back Jerusalem while excommunicated, and was vilified for it.
- Henry IV, Holy Roman EmperorEmperor Henry IV stood barefoot in the snow for three days in January 1077. He was begging a pope to forgive him.
- Edward VIEdward VI was king at nine and dead at fifteen. In those years he helped turn England's church Protestant.
- Basil IIByzantine emperor Basil II was found in a church in 1260 with a shepherd's flute in his mouth.
- Mehmed IIMehmed II, remembered for cannon and impalement, also filled his palace with Italian painters.
- Matthias CorvinusMatthias Corvinus became king of Hungary at 14, elected on a frozen river. He had been a prisoner months earlier.
- Richard II of EnglandRichard II of England was born in the Archbishop's Palace of Bordeaux on the 6th of January 1367. Contemporary sources claimed that three kings were present at the birth: "the King of Castile, the King of Navarre and the King of Portugal".…
- Baldwin IV of JerusalemBaldwin IV of Jerusalem was still remembered by his enemies' people long after he died. After the disastrous Seventh Crusade, an old man in Damascus told a crusader what he had seen: "I have seen a time when King Baldwin of Jerusalem, the…
- Louis IX of FranceLouis IX became king of France at 12 and later a Catholic saint. He is the only French king ever canonised.
- Dmitry DonskoyDmitry Donskoy became the first Grand Duke to pass his titles to his son without asking the Khan.