Louis II’s Unusual Survival
26. Louis II of Hungary was born prematurely during 16th century. Court doctors kept him alive by killing animals and covering him in their warm carcasses as a primitive form of an incubator.
27. King Louis XVI of France was sentenced to death by a margin of only 1 vote. Among the people who supported the execution was the king’s own cousin, Philippe Égalité, and the king did not have positive relations with him. Philippe himself was guillotined on the same scaffold a year later.
28. King Charlemagne kept his daughters at home with him and would not let them enter sacramental marriages. Even so, he approved of their extramarital relationships. He honored their common-law husbands and cherished their illegitimate grandchildren.
29. King Farouk of Egypt was known as the ‘Pickpocket King.’ He gained notoriety for stealing Winston Churchill’s pocket watch. He was a known kleptomaniac and frequently took personal belongings from several rulers. After he fled Egypt, authorities discovered the world’s largest porn collection among his other possessions.
30. King George V had two tattoos: a dragon and a tiger, which stood for the East and the West.
31. In 1193, King Philip II of France married Ingeborg of Denmark. On their wedding night, he found that her breath was so terrible that he refused to allow her to be crowned Queen of France.
32. King Bansah is an African king who lives in Germany and works as a mechanic while also ruling his kingdom in Ghana.
33. King Charles II was known to mock his mistress for getting up late. Reports say that he offered her “all the land she could ride around before breakfast”. The following morning, he found her already seated at breakfast after she had gone around an area now called Bestwood Park.
34. Before Edward I became king of England, he was held prisoner by Simon de Montfort. One day, he asked whether he could ride the guard’s horses and raced them one after another. When he reached the final horse, he rode away to freedom, and the other horses were too exhausted to follow.
35. After King Louis XVI was guillotined, several spectators rushed forward to dip their handkerchiefs into his blood that had fallen onto the ground.
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