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Royal reburials
- NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
- Richard III of EnglandOn the 2nd of October 1452, a boy named Richard was born inside the stone walls of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
- Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorThe year 1500 marked the arrival of Charles in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city within the Habsburg Netherlands. A poet at the court reported that…
- Stefan DušanOn the 21st of August 1331, Stefan Dušan captured his own father at Petrich. The man who had been crowned king just months earlier now turned against the…
- Frederick William I of PrussiaBerlin, 1709. A plague outbreak swept through Prussia during the Great Northern War, exposing deep rot within King Frederick I's government.
- 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.
- Marie de' MediciOn the 26th of April 1575, Maria de' Medici was born inside the Palazzo Pitti of Florence. Her father Francesco I ruled Tuscany as Grand Duke while her…
- 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…
- Carol II of RomaniaCarol was born in Peleș Castle as the son of Crown Prince Ferdinand and Crown Princess Marie. He spent his early years under the thumb of King Carol I, a…
- Napoleon IINapoleon II entered the world on the 20th of March 1811 inside the Tuileries Palace in Paris. His father was Emperor Napoleon I and his mother was Empress…
- 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.