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Roman Catholic monarchs

  • Mary I of EnglandMary Tudor entered the world on the 18th of February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first…
  • Marie Louise, Duchess of ParmaArchduchess Marie Louise of Austria was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on the 12th of December 1791. Her father became Holy Roman Emperor a year later…
  • Mary, Queen of ScotsOn the 8th of December 1542, a baby girl was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian. Her father, King James V, died six days later on the 14th of December.
  • 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…
  • Constantine XI PalaiologosOn the 8th of February 1404, a son was born to Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš within the marble halls of Constantinople.