Curated playlist
Sons of queens regnant
- Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew and Duke of York, was arrested on the morning of the 19th of February 2026. It was his 66th birthday. Officers detained him on the Sandringham estate on suspicion of misconduct in public…
- Charles IIICharles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey on the 6th of May 2023, in a ceremony planned for many years under the code name Operation Golden Orb. Reports before the day promised a coronation shorter, smaller and less expensive than his…
- Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was born during a ball in Ghent in 1500. He ruled more of the world than any Christian monarch before.
- Ferdinand I, Holy Roman EmperorFerdinand I grew up in Spain and did not learn German until he was a young adult. He still became Holy Roman Emperor.
- James VI and IJames VI and I was already a king at thirteen months old. His mother was forced out and his father was murdered.
- Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorFrederick II won back Jerusalem while excommunicated, and was vilified for it.
- Edward VIIEdward VII was barely a month old on the 8th of December 1841 when he was created Prince of Wales. He would carry that title until the 22nd of January 1901, a span of 59 years and 45 days. No heir in British history had waited so long, and…
- Joseph II, Holy Roman EmperorEmperor Joseph II issued over 6,000 edicts and 11,000 new laws, yet many subjects came to loathe him.
- Leopold II, Holy Roman EmperorLeopold II abolished the death penalty in Tuscany in 1786. Historians call it the first permanent abolition.
- Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-EsteFerdinand Karl founded a noble house even though he never held the duchy he was promised.