The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “15 royals who turned family drama into national crises.”
- Stephen and Matilda (r. 1135-1154)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Mortimer and Isabella
- Murder, Justice, and la chose publique in an Age of Madness
- The Princes in the Tower
- Glorious Revolution: How did these events change the British Monarchy?
- War of the Spanish Succession
- Divorce of King Milan and Queen Natalie
- Nepal’s New King Clings to Life
- Castilian War of Succession
- The last Atlantic revolution: Emigrados, Miguelists, and the Portuguese Civil War
- The Tragic Fate of Louis the Pious Who Was Betrayed by His Own Sons
- Sigismund III, King of Poland and Sweden