Curated category
Medieval child monarchs
- Charles VIII of FranceCharles VIII was born at the Château d'Amboise on the 30th of June 1470. He became King of France on the 30th of August 1483 when he was only thirteen years…
- Edward IIIOn the 25th of January 1327, a fourteen-year-old boy named Edward was proclaimed king in London. His father, King Edward II, had been forced to relinquish…
- Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorOn the 26th of December 1194, a child named Frederick was born in the market square of Jesi. The location itself was unusual for a royal birth and…
- Henry IV, Holy Roman EmperorHenry IV entered the world on the 11th of November 1050 within his father's palace at Goslar. He was the third ruler of the Salian dynasty, which governed…
- Edward VIOn the 12th of October 1537, Prince Edward was born in the private apartments of his mother at Hampton Court Palace. The news spread through London with such…
- Basil IIBasil II was born in 958, a child of the purple. His father Romanos II died on the 15th of March 963 at just 24 years old.
- Mehmed IIOn the 30th of March 1432, a boy named Mehmed was born in Edirne, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. His father was Sultan Murad II and his mother Hüma…
- Matthias CorvinusMatthias Corvinus was born in Kolozsvár, now Cluj-Napoca in Romania, on the 23rd of February 1443. He was the second son of John Hunyadi and his wife…
- Louis IX of FranceLouis IX was born on the 25th of April 1214 at Poissy, near Paris. He became king of France when his father Louis VIII died on the 8th of November 1226.
- Dmitry DonskoyDmitry Ivanovich Donskoy was born in Moscow on the 12th of October 1350. He became Prince of Moscow at just nine years old after his father died.