The popularity of the monarchy of Louis XIX was seriously declining when Charles X of France decided to abdicate and hand over the throne to his son, Louis XIX.
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Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated his throne as Emperor of France in 1814. It gave the title to his three-year-old son, Napoleon II, but his descendants were not eligible. The child Napoleon II lost his seat on the throne after only two days.
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Conrad I was the king of Jerusalem and an extremely popular king, but four days later he was suddenly assassinated by a group of assassins. Richard the Lionheart was eventually convicted of hiring assassins as he went on a crusade.
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King Louis X died without an heir to the throne ready to replace him, although his wife was pregnant with a son, becoming King of France as soon as he was born.
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King Sigeric came to power at the time of the assassination of the previous king and killed his family so that no one could challenge his right to the throne, and he was later assassinated as well.
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Queen Jane was a cousin of King Edward VI and when he died, Lady Jane was chosen as his successor she was a devout Catholic whom King Edward did not want to take the throne.
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Konstantin I Pavlovich was named Tsar of Russia; Konstantine I married the woman he loved; Konstantine I resigned immediately and stepped down after only 24 days in power.
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