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Mad kings and royal secrets

Chapter 1

The glass kings and fragile minds

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Chapter 2

Bizarre court etiquette and royal rules

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Chapter 3

Posthumous rulers and phantom crowns

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Chapter 4

Animal royalty and sacred beasts

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Ch 3 · Posthumous rulers and phantom crowns
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misslily The bizarre trial of a deceased Pope

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misslily The Swedish king with a secret revolutionary tattoo

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misslily The Portuguese queen who was crowned after death

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Posthumous rulers and phantom crowns

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misslily The Spanish queen who traveled with a coffin

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He placed the golden crown on his father’s bones, And made the killers carry it right past the thrones.

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The bizarre trial of a deceased Pope

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Fun Fact

Cadaver Synod: The bizarre 897 AD trial of deceased Pope Formosus ended with his corpse being stripped, mutilated, and thrown into the Tiber River.

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The Swedish king with a secret revolutionary tattoo

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Glossary
coronation (noun)
The ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort. In 1360, Portugal's King Pedro I held a posthumous coronation for his deceased lover, Inês de Castro.

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What did Pedro I of Portugal force his courtiers to do to the exhumed corpse of Inês de Castro?

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Gossip

Which posthumous royal story do you find the most shocking?

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Who was the deceased husband of Queen Juana of Castile?

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In which river was the mutilated body of Pope Formosus thrown after his bizarre trial?

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What did King Charles XIV John of Sweden secretly have tattooed on his body?

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Which Portuguese king exhumed his deceased lover, Inês de Castro, to crown her queen?

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Quiz

Which Spanish queen traveled across the country with her husband's coffin?

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Quiz

What was King Charles XIV John's original French commoner name before ascending the Swedish throne?

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What is the historical name of the 897 AD trial where Pope Formosus's corpse was prosecuted?

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