Royals who Died of Bubonic Plague

As the great pestilence burned across central Asia, north Africa and Europe, roughly 100 million people lost their lives in the worst pandemic in human history. More than half of the populations of Florence, Paris and London fell victim. We will never know the names of most of the poor souls who met their end in mass graves. But perhaps the best way to put a human face on this apocalyptic event is to explore the lives of those victims for whom we do have carefully kept records - the Royals. Today let’s meet 21 Kings, Queens and Princes who where cut out of history by the scythe of the black death, and the many outbreaks of plague that followed. And see how their sudden deaths changed the course of history.

Abu Sa’id Bahadur Khan, Mongul Sultan

Joan of England, daughter of Edward III

Blanche of Lancaster

Edward of Angoulême, Son of Edward the Black Prince

Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England

Gruffudd ap Owain

George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, Future Prince of Wales

Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond

Joan II, Queen of Navarre

Jeanne of Burgundy, Queen of France

Bonne of Luxembourg