Royal Pets From earliest times, royalty has collected strange animals. Power, wealth, and privilege gave them the ability to acquire animals of great beauty, ferocity, or rarity. | Ruler | Pet |
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| Julius Caesar, emperor of Rome | Giraffe | | Ramses II, pharaoh of Egypt | Lion (Anta-M-Nekht) | | Nero, emperor of Rome | Tigress (Phoebe) | | Charlemagne, emperor of France | Elephant (Abul Abba) | | Charles V, king of Spain | Seals (7) | | Louis IX, king of France | Elephant & Porcupine | | Henry III, king of England | White bear & Elephant | | Josephine, wife of Napoleon | Orangutan |
Henry's elephant was the first ever in England. Josephine's orangutan sat at her dinner table wearing a coat!
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