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Isabella II of Spain
Juan Sisinio Pérez
The queen whose reign saw Carlist wars and the road to Spain's First Republic.
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Frederick William IV of Prussia
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Maria II of Portugal
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William III of the Netherlands
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Alexander II of Russia
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Ferdinand I of Austria
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Victoria
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Francis I of Austria
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Wilhelm I
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Frederick William III of Prussia
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1797–1840
William II of the Netherlands
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1840–1849
William I of the Netherlands
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1815–1840
Abdülmecid I
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1839–1861
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Mughal Empire
1837–1857
Emperor Meiji
Japan
1867–1912
Pope Pius IX
Papacy
1846–1878
Napoleon III
France
1852–1870
Daoguang Emperor
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1820–1850
Emperor Kōmei
Japan
1846–1867
Hong Xiuquan
China
1851–1864
Tokugawa Ieyoshi
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1837–1853
Xianfeng Emperor
China
1850–1861
Emperor Ninkō
Japan
1817–1846
Pope Gregory XVI
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Oscar I of Sweden
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1844–1859
Abdulaziz
Ottoman Empire
1861–1876
Tongzhi Emperor
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Mahmud II
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William IV of the United Kingdom
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Charles XIV John of Sweden
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Akbar Shah II
Mughal Empire
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Pedro V of Portugal
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Luís I of Portugal
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