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Nothing ensures political loyalty quite like a swift palm to the face. The eccentric Danish king had a horrible habit of violently slapping his most trusted…
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The biological desperation for an heir can literally trick the human body. Queen Mary Tudor of England experienced two separate phantom pregnancies,…
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Eating absolutely massive quantities of incredibly rich red meat has a very aggressive physical toll. Known strictly as the 'disease of kings', gout violently…
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Why negotiate complex treaties when you can just export your offspring? Maria Theresa viewed her sixteen children as highly effective chess pieces, marrying…
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Generations of relentless royal inbreeding produced a monarch whose face practically defied basic biology. The Spanish king had a lower jaw so severely…
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When you are heavily engaged in a massive war against Germany, having a deeply German last name is a PR nightmare. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha smoothly…
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