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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 ...

King Arthur

People; Monarchs

King Arthur is a semi mythical figure, who is believed to have been a model King in the early history of Britain. Much of his early legend comes from the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth (in the ...

King Stephen

People; Monarchs

King Stephen was king of England (and not Normandy), although he was born in France. He was crowned at Westminster Abbey, like his father before him. Stephen was nephew of Henry I and grandson of ...

King Henry I

People; Monarchs

Henry is the first English king of the Normans. Son of William I and Matilda of Flanders, he was crown on 6th August, 1100 at Westminster Abbey. He married twice, one of his wives was a Scottish ...

King William I, the Conqueror

People; Monarchs

Otherwise known as William the Conqueror was born in France on 1028. He became friendly with the current English King, Edward the Confessor. He invaded and attacked England on Edward's death, as he ...

King William II

People; Monarchs

Often known as William the Red due to his odd red colour and hair/complexion. William II is William I son and inherited England while his brother inherited France. William II died under suspicious ...

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