Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa Born October 18th

Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa was born on October 18th, 1868 in Nakawa, an area that is now part of Kampala, Uganda. He was Kabaka or king from 1884 until 1888 and from 1889 until 1897 of Bugunda, which is modern day Uganda. Mwanga had sixteen wives and he also expected his male pages to submit to his sexual desires. In the period between 1885 and 1887 forty five of his pages refused to submit and were put to death.

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King Ludwig II Of Bavaria Born August 24th

Son of King Maximillian II and Queen Maria, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm was born August 24th, 1845 at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany. Ludwig became king on March  10, 1864 at age eighteen. Ludwig became so enamored of Richard Wagner's music that he paid the composer's substantial debt. A marriage to Princess Sophie was at first delayed and then cancelled after Ludwig met and fell in love with the  blond, blue eyed Richard Hornig, followed by a string of other handsome gentlemen.

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Alexander The Great

Alexander of Macedon was born on either July 20 or 21st in Pella. Alexander succeeded his father as King of Macedon in 336 BCE after Philip was assassinated. By his untimely death at age thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in the ancient world, ranging from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River in India. Hephaestion is believed by many to have been Alexander's beloved.

Modern day labels of sexual orientation do not correspond to the types of sexual and personal relationships of ancient Greece, and their complexity is beyond my ability to describe in short.

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King James Born June 19th

James, the future King of the Scots and then king of England and Ireland was born June 19th, 1566 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Yes, the same King James who commissioned an English translation of the Bible. James ascended the English throne after the death of Queen Elizabeth I. A popular saying at the time was Rex fuit Elizabeth, nunc est regina Jacobus (Elizabeth was King, now James is Queen).

Seventeenth century poet Théophile de Viau wrote about the king's relationship with George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. His poem "Au marquis du Boukinquan" contains the lines: "Apollo with his songs / debauched young Hyacinthus, ... And it is well known that the king of England / fucks the Duke of Buckingham."

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Conrad Born On March 24th

Conrad (often referred to as Conradin or Conrad the Younger or Conrad the Boy) was born on March 24th, 1252 in Wolfstein, Bavaria to Conrad IV of Germany and Elisabeth of Wittelsbach. Sometimes known as Conrad V of the Holy Roman Empire. Though not old enough for sole rule, he inherited the titles of Duke of Swabia, King of Jerusalem, and King of Sicily upon his father's death. Charles of Anjou seized the Sicilian kingdom and Conrad was persuaded travel to Italy to recover it. Conrad was accompanied by his lover, Frederick of Baden, titular duke of Austria. Conrad's army was defeated in September, 1268 and the pair were captured and then publicly beheaded in the Piazza del Mercato in Naples on October 29. Conrad was 16 and Frederick was 19.

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