A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest Weirdest Most Wanton Kings Queens (32 page)

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Louis XIV (“ The Sun King”)
Born 1638
Ascended the throne 1643
Reigned 72 years (longest in European history)
Son of Louis XIII
Married (1) Marie Therese of Austria (2) Mme. de Maintenon
Died 1715, aged 77
Pages: 14, 34-38, 180-181, 272-273

Louis XV
Born 1710
Ascended the throne 1715
Reigned 58 years
Great-grandson of Louis XIV
Married Marie Leszcynska of Poland
Died 1774, aged 64
Pages: 14-15, 93

Louis XVI
Born 1754
Ascended the throne 1774
Reigned 18 years (deposed and executed)
Grandson of Louis XV
Married Marie Antoinette of Austria
Died 1793, aged 38
Pages: 14, 93, 272, 276-277

First Republic (No Monarchy) 1792-1804
Empire

Napoleon I
Born 1769
Crowned himself emperor 1804
Reigned 14 years (twice abdicated)
Married (1) Josephine de Beauharnais (2) Marie Louise of Austria
Died 1821, aged 51
Pages: 96, 158-169, 279-280

Appendix III

Russian Monarchs (1682-1917) The Romanovs

Peter I (The Great )
Born 1672
Ascended the throne 1682 (shared with half brother Ivan V until 1696)
Reigned 43 years
Married (1) Eudoxia Lopukhin (2) Marta Skowronska
(later Empress Catherine I)
Died 1725, aged 52
Pages: 115-119, 182-185

Catherine I
Born 1684
Ascended the throne 1725
Reigned 2 years
Second wife of Peter the Great
Died 1727, aged 43

Peter II
Born 1715
Ascended the throne 1727
Reigned 2 years
Grandson of Peter the Great
Never married
Died 1730, aged 14

Anna
Born 1693
Ascended the throne 1730
Reigned 10 years
Niece of Peter the Great
Married Frederick William of Courland
Died 1740, aged 47
Pages: 39-40
Ivan VI
Born 1740
Ascended the throne 1740
Reigned 13 months (deposed and later murdered)
Great nephew of Empress Anna
Never married
Died 1764, aged 23

Elizabeth
Born 1709
Ascended the throne 1741
Reigned 20 years
Daughter of Peter the Great
Never married
Died 1762, aged 52
Pages: 86-87

Peter III
Born 1728
Ascended the throne 1762
Reigned six months (deposed and murdered)
Grandson of Peter the Great; nephew of Empress Elizabeth
Married Sophie Frederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
(later Catherine II)
Died 1762, aged 34
Pages: 3, 86-88, 93, 191-192

Catherine II (The Great )
Born 1729
Ascended the throne 1762
Reigned 34 years
Married Peter III
Died 1796, aged 67
Pages: 3-7, 86-88, 93, 191-192

Paul I
Born 1754
Ascended the throne 1796
Reigned 4 years (assassinated)
Son of Catherine II (paternity remains uncertain)
Married (1) Wilhelmina of Darmstadt (2) Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg
Died 1801, aged 46
Pages: 191-193

Alexander I
Born 1777
Ascended the throne 1801
Reigned 24 years
Son of Paul I
Married Princess Louise of Baden-Durlach
Died 1825, aged 47
Page: 192

Nicholas I
Born 1796
Ascended the throne 1825
Reigned 29 years
Brother of Alexander I
Married Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Died 1855, aged 58

Alexander II
Born 1818
Ascended the throne 1855
Reigned 26 years (assassinated)
Son of Nicholas I
Married Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Died 1881, aged 62

Alexander III
Born 1845
Ascended the throne 1881
Reigned 13 years
Son of Alexander II
Married Princess Dagmar of Denmark
Died 1894, aged 49

Nicholas II
Born 1868
Ascended the throne 1894
Reigned 22 years (deposed and murdered)
Son of Alexander III
Married Alexandra (granddaughter of Britain’s Queen Victoria)
Died 1918, aged 50
Pages: 194-197, 281-284

APPENDIX IV

Timeline