Monarchs

Monarchs

For the rulers of nations past and present.

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Monarchs

King Edward VIII ruled for only 325 days. He abdicated the thrown so that he could marry his love Wallis Simpson. A king is not able to marry a divorced woman and become king, and Mrs Simpson was an ...

George VI

People; Monarchs

King George VI did not expect to become king, he was the shy brother of Edward VIII who only took the thrown when Edward abdicated. King George VI ruled during World War two and bravely refused to ...

Queen Elizabeth II

People; Monarchs

Queen Elizabeth II is the current queen and monarch of Britain. Taking over at the age of 26, Elizabeth took the thrown in 1952. Queen Elizabeth II was the first monarch who had their coronation ...

Alfonso de Borbón y Borbón Dos-Sicilias

People; Monarchs

Alfonso de Borbón y Borbón Dos-Sicilias (1941 - 1956), Infante of Spain, was born in Italy. He was the son of the Count of Barcelona, Juan de Borbón and Princess María de las Mercedes de Borbón-Dos ...

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud

People; Monarchs

One of the world's few remaining absolute monarchs, King Abdullah has continued to pursue an agenda of moderate reform in the desert kingdom that contains 20% of the world's known oil reserves and ...

Charlemagne

People; Monarchs

Charlemagne (Latin: Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) (742 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms into a Frankish ...

Catherine the Great

People; Monarchs

She took power after a conspiracy deposed her husband, Peter III (1728–1762), and her reign saw the high point of the Russian nobility. Peter III, under pressure from the nobility, had already ...