Where kings, queens and royals grew up and lived

Akhenaten1353 BC–1336 BC

📍 Amarna, Minya Governorate, Egypt

Alexander the Great

📍 Royal Palace of Pella, Pella, Central Macedonia 59035, Greece

Alfred the Great871–899

📍 Winchester, Hampshire, UK

Anne Boleyn1506–1513

📍 Hever Castle, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG, UK

Ashoka the Great268 BC–232 BC

📍 Pataliputra Palace, Patna, Bihar, India

Attila the Hun406–453

📍 Pannonian Plain, Hungary

Augustus36 BC–14

📍 House of Augustus, Palatine Hill, 00186 Rome, Italy

Boudicca30–61

📍 Venta Icenorum region, Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk, England, UK

Catherine de' Medici1559–1589

📍 Château de Chenonceau, 37150 Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France

Catherine the Great1762–1796

📍 Catherine Palace, Sadovaya Street 7, Pushkin, St Petersburg, Russia

Catherine, Princess of Wales1995–2011

📍 Bucklebury, Berkshire, UK

Charlemagne742–814

📍 Palatine Chapel (Palace of Aachen), Klosterplatz 2, 52062 Aachen, Germany

Cleopatra VII

📍 Royal Palace Quarter (Brucheion), Alexandria, Egypt

Constantine the Great306–316

📍 Aula Palatina (Basilica of Constantine), Konstantinplatz, 54290 Trier, Germany

Cyrus the Great

📍 Pasargadae, Fars Province, Iran

Diana, Princess of Wales1975–1981

📍 Althorp, Northampton NN7 4HQ, United Kingdom

Emperor Akihito1993–2020

📍 Tokyo Imperial Palace, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Emperor Franz Joseph I1830–1916

📍 Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 47, 1130 Vienna, Austria

Emperor Shah Jahan1628–1658

📍 Agra Fort, Rakabganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282003, India

Empress Elisabeth of Austria1854–1898

📍 Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Genghis Khan1162–1227

📍 Avarga, Delgerkhaan, Mongolia

Grace Kelly1929–1950

📍 3901 Henry Avenue, East Falls, Philadelphia, PA 19129

Hadrian128–138

📍 Villa Adriana, Largo Marguerite Yourcenar 1, 00010 Tivoli, Italy

Haile Selassie1892–1974

📍 Kazanchis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Joséphine Bonaparte1799–1814

📍 Avenue du Château de la Malmaison, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France

King Charles III1948–1970

📍 Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA, UK

King Francis I of France1519–1547

📍 Château de Chambord, 41250 Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France

King George III1781–1818

📍 Kew Palace, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond TW9 3AE, UK

King Henry VIII1528–1547

📍 Hampton Court Way, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU, United Kingdom

King Hussein of Jordan1935–1999

📍 Al-Hummar, Amman, Jordan

King Kamehameha I1812–1819

📍 Kamakahonu, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA

King Louis XIV1682–1715

📍 Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France

King Ludwig II of Bavaria1886

📍 Neuschwansteinstraße 20, 87645 Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany

King Pedro I of Castile1364–1369

📍 Patio de Banderas, s/n, 41004 Seville, Spain

King Rama I1782–1809

📍 Na Phra Lan Rd, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, Thailand

King Tāwhiao1825–1894

📍 Ngāruawāhia, Waikato, New Zealand

Leonidas I

📍 Sparta, Laconia, Greece

Marcus Aurelius121–138

📍 Caelian Hill, 00184 Rome, Italy

Marie Antoinette1774–1789

📍 Petit Trianon, 78000 Versailles, France

Mary, Queen of Scots1561–1567

📍 Palace of Holyroodhouse, Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DX, UK

Mathilde Kschessinska1906–1917

📍 Kuybysheva Street 2-4, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex1981–1999

📍 View Park-Windsor Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Napoleon Bonaparte1799–1815

📍 Chateau de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France

Nefertiti1346 BC–1332 BC

📍 North Palace, Amarna (Akhetaten), Minya Governorate, Egypt

Nero64–68

📍 Domus Aurea, Via della Domus Aurea 1, 00184 Rome, Italy

Peter the Great1714–1725

📍 Razvodnaya St. 2, Peterhof, Saint Petersburg 198516, Russia

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero1800–1860

📍 Ngāruawāhia, Waikato, New Zealand

Prince Harry1984–1997

📍 Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, London W8 4PX, UK

Prince Philip1921–1922

📍 Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece

Prince William1982–1997

📍 Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, London W8 4PX, UK

Princess Margaret1963–2002

📍 Apartment 1A, Kensington Palace, London W8 4PX, UK

Queen Elizabeth I1558–1603

📍 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1NJ, England

Queen Elizabeth II1940–1945

📍 Windsor Castle, Windsor SL4 1NJ, UK

Queen Liliʻuokalani1891–1895

📍 ʻIolani Palace, 364 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA

Queen Margrethe IIfrom 1940

📍 Amalienborg, 1257 Copenhagen, Denmark

Queen Victoria1852–1901

📍 Balmoral Estates, Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB35 5TB, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ramesses II

📍 Pi-Ramesses, Qantir, Egypt

Richard III1465–1483

📍 Middleham Castle, Castle Hill, Middleham, Leyburn DL8 4QG, UK

Richard the Lionheart1157–1160

📍 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2LN, UK

Robert the Bruce1274–1292

📍 Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Girvan KA26 9LT, UK

Saladin1138–1193

📍 Citadel of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

Suleiman the Magnificent1520–1566

📍 Babı Hümayun Cad. No:1, 34122 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu1931–2006

📍 Ngāruawāhia, Waikato, New Zealand

Tsar Nicholas II1905–1917

📍 Alexander Palace, Pushkin, St Petersburg, Russia

Tutankhamun1341 BC–1332 BC

📍 Amarna (Akhetaten), Minya Governorate, Egypt

Vlad the Impaler1431–1436

📍 Casa Vlad Dracul, Piața Cetății 5, Sighișoara 545400, Romania

William the Conqueror1028–1047

📍 Château de Falaise, Place Guillaume le Conquérant, 14700 Falaise, France

Wu Zetian624–705

📍 Tang Dynasty Imperial Palace, Xian, China

Yongle Emperor1420–1424

📍 4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing 100009, China

Zenobia of Palmyra240–274

📍 Palmyra, Tadmur, Syria