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Monarchs who died as children

  • Peter II of RussiaPeter II Alexeyevich arrived in Saint Petersburg on the 23rd of October 1715. His mother Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg died just ten days after…
  • Francis II of FranceOn the 10th of July 1559, a fifteen-year-old boy named Francis II became king of France after his father Henry II died in a jousting accident.
  • 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…