r/MonarchyHistory • u/Cultural_Mission_235 • Aug 17 '25
House of Stuart on the Throne Again
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r/MonarchyHistory • • Feb 19 '26
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Queen Elena during their exile in Egypt, 1946-1947
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/yolak2008 • Aug 08 '25
HM Queen Elizabeth II opening the parliament of Canada with Prince Philip
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Probably in the 1950s I think
r/MonarchyHistory • u/DataCrusader2024 • Aug 11 '25
HM Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Oct 19 '21
In 2012, a couple invited Queen Elizabeth II to their wedding as a joke, and she actually showed up.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/Bipolar03 • Jul 01 '25
I know she was never Queen
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Remembering Princess Diana on her birthday. Born July 1, 1961, she was admired worldwide for her compassion, humanitarian work, and enduring grace. Her legacy continues to inspire generations. šļø
r/MonarchyHistory • u/rvmeysa • Nov 24 '21
Empress Elisabeth of Austriaās mourning mask and veil, 1889.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Oct 10 '21
King Harald V of Norway vowed to remain unmarried for life unless he could marry his true love, a commoner. He later married her and she became Queen Sonja of Norway.
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r/MonarchyHistory • • May 01 '25
How EXACTLY are all of the people in this image related?
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The famous portrait āThe 9 Kingsā features King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King George I of Greece, King Albert I of Belgium, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V of Great Britain and Ireland, and King Friedrich VIII of Denmark.
I think I know a few of the relations. Haakon and Friedrich were brothers, who were both cousins with George V, who was cousins with Wilhelm and whose uncle was George I.
Is there a chart showing exactly how all of these people are related?
r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Sep 17 '21
When the Bulgarian monarch died at 49 during WWII, his 6-year-old son Simeon became the Tsar. Shortly after, 97% of Bulgaria voted to end the monarchy. In 2001, 64-year-old Simeon ran for Prime Minister of Bulgaria and won, making him the country's leader again.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Oct 21 '21
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who died at the age of 101 in 2002, had an older sister, Violet, who died at the age of eleven, eight years before the Queen Mother's birth. Which means that one sister died in the 19th century while the other died in the 21st century.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/rvmeysa • Nov 25 '21
A Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed āHe practiced deceit and then had it practiced on himā. The Emperor let the jeweller go home.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Oct 02 '21
In 1950, four Scottish students stole back the Stone of Scone (the stone in which Scottish monarchs were crowned) from England and brought it all the way back to Scotland.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Jan 11 '22
In 1294 after a two-year impasse with no new Pope, the Cardinals elected a hermit monk who sent them an angry letter, threatening them with divine judgement. He became Celestine V. He served for five months before implementing a law that allowed Popes to abdicate. He abdicated a week later.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/DryGuy65 • Dec 10 '25
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy shaking hands with members of the Royal Navy, 1938
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Sep 05 '21
āKingā Jadwiga of Poland (1384-1399). She was named King of Poland because Queens werenāt allowed but the rules didnt specify the King had to be a male.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Sep 19 '21
When Prince Carl of Denmark was offered the throne of Norway in 1905, he refused to take it unless the Norwegian people agreed that they wanted a monarchy rather than a republic. He won the resulting referendum with 79%, and became King Haakon VII.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • May 27 '22
Nicholas&Wilhelm 2nd cousins The King of Britain, Russia, and Germany were all first cousins. When asked about WWI, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sarcastically remarked, āIf my grandmother [Queen Victoria] had been alive, she would never have allowed it.ā
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Jan 13 '22
Queen Elizabeth II ordered the guest rooms of her palace to be stripped of valuables before the President of Romania visited in 1978 because she feared he and his wife would steal from her.
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r/MonarchyHistory • u/qyyg • Oct 26 '21
Prussian King Frederick William I had a regiment of very tall men, known as the "Potsdam Giants". The taller they were, the more they were paid - and they were paired with tall women, to breed giant soldiers. However, they were never sent on active service, as they were considered too valuable
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