Leading European Heads of State, Consorts, and Heirs, 1850

(At the time my cello was made by Thomas Kennedy in London)

CountrySovereignBornAccededConsort (born)Heir (born)

Kingdom of Württemberg

King Wilhelm I
27 Sep 178130 Oct 1816
Queen Pauline (1800)

Crown Prince Karl (1822)

Russian Empire

Emperor Nicholas I
6 Jul 17961 Dec 1825
Empress Alexandra (1798)

Tsarevich Alexander (1818)

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

King Ferdinando II
12 Jan 18108 Nov 1830
Queen Maria Theresa (1816)
Crown Prince Francesco
(1836)

Kingdom of Belgium

King Leopold I
16 Dec 179021 Jul 1831
Queen Louise (1812)

Prince Leopold,
Duke of Brabant (1835)

Kingdom of Greece

King Otto I
1 Jun 181527 May 1832
Queen Amalia (1818)

Kingdom of Spain

Queen Isabel II
10 Oct 183029 Sep 1833
Francisco de Asís,
Duke of Cádiz (1822)

Infanta Luísa,
Princess of Asturias (1832)

Kingdom of Portugal

Queen Maria II
4 Apr 181926 May 1834
(1826-28)

King Ferdinand II (1816)

Crown Prince Pedro
(1837)

Kingdom of Saxony

King Friedrich August II
18 May 17976 Jun 1836
Queen Maria Anna (1805)

Prince Johann (1801)

United Kingdom of
Great Britain & Ireland

Queen Victoria
24 May 181920 Jun 1837
Prince Albert (1819)

Prince Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales (1841)

Kingdom of Hanover

King Ernst August I
5 Jun 177120 Jun 1837
Crown Prince Georg (1819)

Kingdom of Prussia

King Friedrich Wilhelm IV
15 Oct 17957 Jun 1840
Queen Elisabeth (1801)

Prince Wilhelm (1797)

Kingdom of Sweden
& Norway

King Oscar I
4 Jul 17998 Mar 1844
Queen Josephine (1807)

Crown Prince Carl (1826)

Papal States

Pope Pius IX
13 May 179216 Jun 1846

Kingdom of Denmark

King Frederik VII
6 Oct 180820 Jan 1848

Kingdom of Bavaria

King Maximilian II
28 Nov 181120 Mar 1848
Queen Marie (1825)
Crown Prince Ludwig (1845)

Austrian Empire

Emperor Franz Joseph I
18 Aug 18302 Dec 1848
Archduke Maximilian
(1832)

French Republic

President Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte
20 Apr 180820 Dec 1848

Kingdom of the Netherlands

King Willem III
19 Feb 1817 17 Mar 1849
Queen Sophie (1818)
Willem, Prince of Orange
(1840)

Kingdom of Sardinia

King Victor Emanuel II
14 Mar 1820 23 Mar 1849
Queen Adelaide (1822)

Crown Prince
Umberto (1844)

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