Lost stories

Alexander Shishman was the eldest son of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Shishman (reigned between 1371 and 1395).

Alexander was possibly made co-emperor by his father before the Ottoman conquest of the Tsardom of Tarnovo in 1395.

After the subjugation of Ivan Shishman's kingdom and his execution, Alexander converted to Islam to avoid his father's fate.

Marie Tudor (1496-1533) was the daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.

She was briefly Queen Consort of France through her marriage to Louis XII of France.

Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1884-1916) was the only son of Prince Arnulf of Bavaria and his wife, Princess Therese of Liechtenstein.

Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045-1093) was Queen of Alba from 1070 to 1093 as the wife of King Malcolm III.

Folco I d'Este (1070-1128) was the third son of Alberto Azzo II d'Este, first Marquis of Este from 1039, and, from 1029, Marquis of Milan, Count of Luni, Genoa and Tortona.

Ermenteude of Orléans (823-869) was the Queen of the Franks by her marriage to Charles II.

Ermentrude had a gift for embroidery and was interested in religion. Her husband gave her the Abbey of Chelles.

She separated from her husband after he executed her rebellious brother William in 866 and retired to monastic life.

Infante Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona (1913-1993) was a claimant to the Spanish throne as Juan III.

Juan became heir apparent to the defunct Spanish throne after the renunciations of his two older brothers, Alfonso and Jaime, in 1933.

To assert his claim to the throne, following his father's death (in 1941) he used the title of Count of Barcelona, a sovereign title associated with the Spanish crown.

Annabella Drummond (1350-1401) was Queen of Scots, as the wife of King Robert III.

Prince Constantin Constantinovich of Russia (1891-1918) was the third son and fourth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia.

Árpad (845-907) was the leader of the confederation of Magyar tribes in the late 9th and 10th centuries.

Mary of Guelders (1434-1463) was a queen consort of James II of Scotland and regent of Scotland between 1460 and 1463.

Matteo II Visconti (1319-1355) was co-ruler of Milan together with his brothers Galeazzo II and Bernabò.

Pietro Azario describes him as handsome but lazy and negligent in government affairs.

Galeazzo II Visconti (1320-1378) was the son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria.

Together with his brother Bernabé (though not by mutual agreement), he expanded the family's domains, paving the way for the great "Visconti State," which would be definitively embodied in his son Gian Galeazzo Visconti.

Elizabeth de Burgh (1289-1327) was the second wife of Robert I of Scotland.

She was the daughter of the powerful Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. Her father was a close friend of King Edward I of England.

Cesar de Bourbon, Duc de Vendôme (1594-1665), was the firstborn son of King Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées, and founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendôme.

He was legitimized in 1595, and created the first Duke of Vendôme by his father in 1598.