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  1. 2025Michael Schumacher's family has kept his condition secret since 2013, and a former guard tried to sell his medical records for €15 millionbluewin.ch and 2 more
  2. 2023Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €30 million to a friend convicted of mafia tiesansa.it and 3 more
  3. 2023Chuck Feeney secretly handed his Duty Free Shoppers stake to a foundation in 1984, gave away more than $8 billion, and kept about $2 millionatlanticphilanthropies.org and 2 more
  4. 2023Rupert Murdoch tried to rewrite his family trust so Lachlan would control his companies, and a Nevada commissioner found they acted in bad faithwashoecourts.com and 8 more
  5. 2023Harry Belafonte tried to sell Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers, King's children said they were wrongfully taken, and Belafonte sued them and kept the papersupr.org and 3 more
  6. 2022Pelé fought a paternity case he lost, and after his death a woman claimed his estate until two DNA tests failedprimicias.ec and 3 more
  7. 2021Melinda French Gates left the Gates Foundation with $12.5 billion from Bill Gates under their divorce agreementnbcwashington.com and 2 more
  8. 2021Argentine president Carlos Menem's son from his prison-era affair was recognised by a court only in 2006, after his mother's deathpagina12.com.ar and 2 more
  9. 2021Vicente Fernández's widow went to court to stop Televisa using his name for a biopic, and the series aired anywayinfobae.com and 5 more
  10. 2020Diego Maradona left five recognised heirs, more paternity claims, and two trials over his death and his namelacapital.com.ar and 3 more
  11. 2020Deputies and firefighters shared photos of Kobe Bryant's remains, and his widow won $28.85 million from Los Angeles Countyetonline.com and 2 more
  12. 2019Robert Mugabe left about $10 million and no will, and a village chief fined his widow five cows and ordered his body dug upAl Jazeera and 2 more
  13. 2019Gugu Liberato's will left nothing to the mother of his three children, and a chef who said he was Gugu's partner of eight years sued as wellagazeta.com.br and 3 more
  14. 2019Karl Lagerfeld left about €200 million to his assistant, models, his godson and his cat, and seven years later a French tax claim and a will challenge hold itvol.at and 3 more
  15. 2019El Chapo was ordered to forfeit $12.6 billion, and two of the sons who inherited his cartel faction pleaded guilty in Chicagoapi-prod.gothamist.com and 2 more
  16. 2017Liliane Bettencourt gave a photographer about €1 billion, and her daughter's complaint ended in his convictionabcnews.com and 8 more
  17. 2017Chris Cornell's widow sued Soundgarden over his last seven recordings and called their $278,000 buyout offer "villainously low"loudwire.com and 4 more
  18. 2016A former baker bought a prince's title by adult adoption, sold it on to adopted sons, and became Zsa Zsa Gabor's heirgoodmorningamerica.com and 4 more
  19. 2016Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband ran her estate as conservator and moved most of her ashes to Budapesttmz.com and 3 more
  20. 2016Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski sold his family's collection to Poland for €100 million, the money went to Liechtenstein, and he sued his daughternik.gov.pl and 4 more
  21. 2015Police found the P2 lodge's 962 names in Licio Gelli's factory in 1981, and after he died prosecutors asked a court to confiscate his villa from a dead manIl Post and 3 more
  22. 2014Spain's King Felipe renounced his father's inheritance after a $100 million Saudi payment came to light, and Juan Carlos left for Abu Dhabieuronews.com and 2 more
  23. 2014Switzerland's top court ruled that Baby Doc's family could have his frozen millions hours before the Haiti earthquake, and parliament passed a law to stop itswissinfo.ch and 3 more
  24. 2013Tom Clancy signed a codicil 68 days before he died, and the top court of Maryland ruled 4 to 3 that it freed his widow's family trust from estate taxmdcourts.gov and 3 more
  25. 2011Jimmy Savile left £4.3 million to friends and his charity; abuse claims froze the estate and the courts approved paying it to his victimsBBC and 4 more
  26. 2009Two barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent seven years in court with Sligo County Council over its avenuesThe Irish Times and 5 more
  27. 2009Ryan O'Neal took a Warhol portrait from Farrah Fawcett's home; her university sued and losttexasmonthly.com and 2 more
  28. 2008George Carlin's estate sued a podcast over an AI-made comedy special and won its removalThe New York Times and 2 more
  29. 2008Yves Saint Laurent signed a civil union days before he died, and his collection sale included two bronze heads looted from Beijing in 1860lalibre.be and 7 more
  30. 2008British and French troops looted the Summer Palace in 1860; Yves Saint Laurent's estate auctioned two of its bronze heads, and the winning bidder refused to payvisualizingcultures.mit.edu and 4 more
  31. 2008Britney Spears's father ran her money for 13 years on $16,000 a month, a judge removed him, and she paid to end the fightNPR and 4 more
  32. 2007Pavarotti left three wills, and his daughters challenged the share of his second wife until a 2008 settlementfoxnews.com and 3 more
  33. 2006Chile's Supreme Court forfeited Pinochet's assets in 2018 after the US Senate exposed his Riggs Bank accountslatercera.com and 2 more
  34. 2006Stroessner's family wealth was never prosecuted, and human bones were found in his former house in 2019NBC News and 5 more
  35. 2006Muriel Spark left her entire estate to her companion Penelope Jardine and took steps to leave her only son nothingmanuscripts.nls.uk and 3 more
  36. 2004Rick James's trust was sued for $50 million by a woman who says he raped her at 15 in a Buffalo group homebtpm.org and 4 more
  37. 2003Alberto Sordi's sister left his €50 million to a foundation, relatives accused nine people of exploiting her, and all nine were acquittedIl Post and 2 more
  38. 2003Celia Cruz left everything to her husband; one of her executors sued the other for draining his money while he had dementiaCBS News and 4 more
  39. 2002Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza sued over his family's Bermuda trust and sold his collection to Spain for $350 millionForbes and 7 more
  40. 2001Aaliyah's uncle owned her masters, and most of her music stayed off streaming for 20 years after her deaththefader.com and 3 more
  41. 1998Frank Sinatra's will disinherited any family member who challenged it, listing 13 forbidden legal actionsDeseret News and 2 more
  42. 1997Switzerland released Mobutu Sese Seko's frozen money to his heirs, and his body stays in Rabatswissinfo.ch and 7 more
  43. 1996François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after the state had paid to hide herfr-academic.com and 3 more
  44. 1995Lana Turner left her daughter $50,000 and the rest of a $1.7 million trust to her maid of 45 yearsLos Angeles Times and 1 more
  45. 1993Albert II of Monaco acknowledged two children born outside marriage, and Monaco's constitution keeps both off the thronelegimonaco.mc and 2 more
  46. 1993Cantinflas's son and nephew fought over his films on the strength of a deathbed paper, and the family crypt was broken open in 2018eltiempo.com and 2 more
  47. 1993Pablo Escobar's four hippos outlived him, Colombia seized his ranch, and in 2026 the government approved killing their descendantsminambiente.gov.co and 3 more
  48. 1991Margot Fonteyn died in Panama in 1991 after her savings went to her paralysed husband's care, and a 1990 gala raised 250,000 pounds for herThe Seattle Times and 3 more
  49. 1990Paulette Goddard inherited Erich Maria Remarque's money, properties and art in 1970 and left New York University more than $20 million in 1990findingaids.library.nyu.edu and 2 more
  50. 1989A Madrid judge had Salvador Dalí exhumed for a paternity test 28 years after his death, and the DNA said noThe Art Newspaper and 4 more
  51. 1988Basquiat died at 27; his estate shut its authentication board, and the FBI later seized 25 fake Basquiats from a museumitsartlaw.org and 4 more
  52. 1987Andy Warhol's foundation valued his art at $95 million; a court said $390.9 million, and his estate lawyer was paid on the differenceThe Art Newspaper and 3 more
  53. 1987Liberace's doctor signed a death certificate that hid AIDS; the coroner pulled his embalmed body back for an autopsyLos Angeles Times and 5 more
  54. 1984Jackie Coogan earned $3 million as a child; $252,000 was left when he sued his mothergov.ca.gov and 1 more
  55. 1983Tennessee Williams left his $10 million estate to Sewanee and his brother $25,000; the brother sued for undue influence and settled for $100,000new.sewanee.edu and 4 more
  56. 1982Alfred Bloomingdale's mistress sued his dying body for palimony, was beaten to death a year later, and her estate won $200,000UPI and 3 more
  57. 1981Bob Marley died without a will, and his widow forged his signature to move his companies into her nameFindLaw Caselaw and 3 more
  58. 1979John Wayne's heirs ended an 11-year trademark fight with Duke University after agreeing that no letter of DUKE on their liquor will be bluettabvue.uspto.gov and 14 more
  59. 1977Jacqueline Onassis paid to stop her aunt's eviction from Grey Gardens, and the house sold for $220,000 on condition it not be torn downThe New Yorker and 5 more
  60. 1975Spain's Supreme Court confirmed in March 2026 that Franco's grandchildren must give the Pazo de Meirás to the stateBoletín Oficial del Estado and 6 more
  61. 1975Josephine Baker barricaded herself in the kitchen of her château when it was sold for her debts, and was carried out to the stepsculture.gouv.fr and 3 more
  62. 1974Thieves cut the hands off Juan Perón's body in 1987 and demanded 8 million dollars, and the judge investigating died in a car crashpagina12.com.ar and 3 more
  63. 1973Picasso died with no will and about 43,000 works, and the French state took its tax in paintingsInternet Archive and 3 more
  64. 1973The Tolkien estate sued New Line for $150 million, saying it had received nothing from three films that earned billionsawn.com and 3 more
  65. 1973Soldiers shot Víctor Jara 44 times, his widow buried him in secret, and 50 years later Chile jailed his killers and Florida deported the last oneice.gov and 6 more
  66. 1971Louis Armstrong's will said he had no children, his widow's nieces contested her will, and his letter called a girl born in 1955 his "Little Satchmo"wealthmanagement.com and 3 more
  67. 1970Jimi Hendrix died with no will, and his father's will later cut his brother out of an $80 million estateThe Seattle Times and 3 more
  68. 1969A Florida judge ruled that the will giving Jack Kerouac's estate to his widow's family was forged, and the ruling changed nothingnbcmiami.com and 3 more
  69. 1969After Sharon Tate's murder her mother Doris backed California's 1982 Victims' Bill of Rights and became the first victim's relative to speak at a state parole hearingthe-line-up.com and 4 more
  70. 1965T. S. Eliot's 1,131 letters to Emily Hale stayed sealed at Princeton for 60 years, and Harvard released his own denial the same daypwb.princeton.edu and 3 more
  71. 1963Edith Piaf's body was driven secretly from Grasse to Paris so her death could be announced there, and her husband inherited her debtspariszigzag.fr and 4 more
  72. 1963A Lewis scholar says he saved C. S. Lewis's papers from a bonfire; a critic charged in 1988 that the story and an unfinished novel were a hoaxchristianitytoday.com and 2 more
  73. 1961The US government seized Dashiell Hammett's royalties for back taxes, and after he died Lillian Hellman took control of his copyrightsLondon Review of Books and 3 more
  74. 1961Ernest Hemingway's widow gave his Cuban house to Castro's government in 1961 and shipped his papers and paintings out on a shrimp boatSmithsonian Magazine and 3 more
  75. 1961A Belgian police officer kept Lumumba's tooth after dissolving his body in acid; Belgium returned it in 2022, and the last suspect died before trial in 2026NBC News and 6 more
  76. 1960Loretta Young hid her daughter by Clark Gable in orphanages, then "adopted" her, and admitted the truth only in a book published after her deathThe New York Times and 2 more
  77. 1959Billie Holiday died under arrest in a hospital bed with 70 cents in the banklegacy.com and 2 more
  78. 1956Bela Lugosi's widow and son sued Universal over Dracula merchandise and lost in 1979Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 more
  79. 1955Charlie Parker's wife, his partner and his mother fought over his body, and he was buried where he asked not to beInternet Archive and 3 more
  80. 1954Hitler paid his field marshals 4,000 Reichsmarks a month and gave Guderian a confiscated Polish estatejournals.uchicago.edu and 3 more
  81. 1953Jim Thorpe's widow sold his body to two Pennsylvania towns, which renamed themselves after himpenntoday.upenn.edu and 3 more
  82. 1952Argentina's military seized Eva Perón's embalmed body and buried it in Milan under a false nameIl Post and 3 more
  83. 1951Pétain's property was confiscated in 1945 and his coffin was stolen from Île d'Yeu in 1973ina.fr and 3 more
  84. 1951Doctors took Henrietta Lacks's cells without her knowledge in 1951, and her estate has settled with Thermo Fisher and Novartisthebanner.com and 2 more
  85. 1947Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion and paid every cent, a live TV search for his vault found nothing, and his family sold his pistol for $860,000fbi.gov and 3 more
  86. 1945Hitler willed his property to the Nazi Party, a Munich court gave it to Bavaria, and Bavaria used his copyright to block Mein Kampf for 70 yearsjewishvirtuallibrary.org and 3 more
  87. 1945Anton Webern was shot dead by a US Army cook in Mittersill on 15 September 1945, and the record shows no trialtheamericanscholar.org and 2 more
  88. 1944Rommel took poison on 14 October 1944 in exchange for a state funeral and pensions for his familyifz-muenchen.de and 3 more
  89. 1941James Joyce's grandson destroyed his aunt Lucia's letters and threatened scholars until the copyrights ran out in 2012historynewsnetwork.org and 4 more
  90. 1940F. Scott Fitzgerald left an estate of about $35,000 in 1940, and the Catholic church refused his burial plot until his daughter petitioned in 1975blogs.library.duke.edu and 3 more
  91. 1936Federico García Lorca was shot with three other men in August 1936, and a 2009 dig at the supposed grave in Alfacar found no remainsforoporlamemoria.info and 4 more
  92. 1930Arthur Conan Doyle's heirs charged licence fees for Sherlock Holmes until a court ruled the character was free to uselaw.justia.com and 2 more
  93. 1926Rudolph Valentino's will gave his ex-wife $1, and his body went into a borrowed cryptCaselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 more
  94. 1925Max Linder and his wife died in a Paris hotel in 1925, a letter said "He will kill me," and his brother won custody of his daughter and her fortuneThe New York Times and 3 more
  95. 1923Pancho Villa's grave was opened in 1926 and his head taken, and his widows' court fight ended with the government seizing his haciendarevistabicentenario.com.mx and 2 more
  96. 1923Villa's soldiers took Luis Terrazas's son from the British consulate for ransom, and Mexico bought the family's estates for 13.6 million pesos in 1922history.state.gov and 5 more
  97. 1922Proust's sister-in-law burned his papers after her husband died in 1935, and a perfume heir bought his furniture for 1,500 francsbnf.fr and 3 more
  98. 1921Princess Isabel sued Brazil for her Rio palace in 1895, and her heirs lost the case 125 years laterjota.info and 4 more
  99. 1918After Gustav Klimt died in 1918, the mothers of his children claimed support from his estate and were paid 4,000 to 10,000 crowns eachklimt-database.com and 4 more
  100. 1917Buffalo Bill's 1913 will gave everything to Louisa; Denver newspaper owners held his $20,000 debt, and Wyoming has claimed his body since 1917cowboystatedaily.com and 2 more
  101. 1911Alma Mahler held Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony for decades and first demanded a veto over Deryck Cooke's completionmahlerfoundation.org and 2 more
  102. 1909Leopold II owned the Congo personally, married his 26-year-old mistress five days before he died, and his daughters sued for the moneyWikipedia (English) and 2 more
  103. 1909Geronimo's descendants sued Skull and Bones in 2009 for the skull a member's 1918 letter says was taken from his grave, and a federal judge dismissed the casehistorynewsnetwork.org and 5 more
  104. 1906Cézanne's 1902 will left everything to his son and nothing to his wife Hortense, and they sold his studio to Vollard for 275,000 francsspectator.com and 3 more
  105. 1905Jules Verne's son rewrote his posthumous novels, and Verne's lost 1863 novel stayed in a locked safe until his great-grandson forced it open in 1989depauw.edu and 3 more
  106. 1901Giuseppe Verdi's villa was closed by a Parma court in 2022 over an heirs' fight, then taken by the state for about 7.6 million euros against a 30 million appraisalquotidiano.net and 4 more
  107. 1900Oscar Wilde died bankrupt in Paris; his friend Robbie Ross bought back the rights and gave the income to Wilde's sonsthecanadianencyclopedia.ca and 1 more
  108. 1899Johann Strauss II gave up Austrian citizenship and his church to remarry, then left his fortune to a music society instead of his familyprojekt-gutenberg.org and 3 more
  109. 1891Pedro II's heirs still collect 2.5 percent of every land sale in central Petrópolis, 137 years after the empire fellub.edu and 2 more
  110. 1889Austria's crown prince shot his 17-year-old lover and himself at Mayerling, and the throne passed to the man killed at SarajevoWikipedia (English) and 1 more
  111. 1889Father Damien was buried on Molokai where he had served leprosy patients, Belgium took the body in 1936, and Hawaii got back his right hand in 1995US National Park Service and 2 more
  112. 1877Argentina confiscated Rosas's property and sentenced him to death; he died a tenant farmer in England and was reburied in 1989infobae.com and 3 more
  113. 1867Juárez refused to hand over Emperor Maximilian's body after the 1867 execution, and his widow's fortune went home to Belgium with her under her brother's controlhistory.state.gov and 4 more
  114. 1867Maximilian made the two-year-old grandson of Mexico's first emperor a prince and his ward, and the boy died a Georgetown language teacher with no childrenes.wikisource.org and 2 more
  115. 1851Begum Samru's heir was declared insane on his wife's petition, and after his death she contested his will leaving £200,000 to an Indian collegeUK Parliament, Hansard and 3 more
  116. 1830Simón Bolívar's will left only the Aroa copper mines, his sisters sold them in 1832, and Hugo Chávez had his bones dug up in 2010es.wikisource.org and 4 more
  117. 1828Goya's grave in Bordeaux was opened in 1888 and his skull was missing; he was reburied in Madrid in 1919 without itSmithsonian Magazine and 2 more
  118. 1827Beethoven took his nephew from the boy's mother in court; the nephew shot himself, then inherited everythingInternet Archive and 2 more
  119. 1821Napoleon's will left 10,000 francs to the man who tried to shoot the Duke of Wellingtonnapoleon.org and 3 more
  120. 1809Phrenologists stole Haydn's head after burial, and it was reunited with his body 145 years laterclassical-music.com and 2 more
  121. 1798Napoleon took Malta from the Knights in three days in 1798, his flagship blew up with the island's treasure by legend, and Malta gave the Order part of its old fort back in 2001Project Gutenberg and 4 more
  122. 1795A doctor stole the heart of the boy king Louis XVII, and DNA in 2000 ended 200 years of impostorsJournal article (DOI) and 1 more
  123. 1791Mozart's widow passed off a Requiem finished by his student as his own and sold it twicedme.mozarteum.at and 2 more
  124. 1741Antonio Vivaldi was buried in Vienna for 19 florins 45 kreuzer, and his manuscripts were sold off, then found at a school in 1926finestresullarte.info and 2 more
  125. 1715Louis XIV's will gave power to his illegitimate son, and the Paris Parlement annulled it the day after he diedWikipedia (English) and 1 more
  126. 1700Spain's childless Charles II left his whole empire to a French prince in his will, and Europe went to war for 13 yearsWikipedia (English) and 1 more
  127. 1680Louis XIV jailed Fouquet for life 19 days after his party at Vaux-le-Vicomte, and in 2019 robbers tied up its 90-year-old owner with his own necktiesthelocal.fr and 5 more
  128. 1675Vermeer died with 11 children and debts; his widow paid creditors in paintings and petitioned for bankruptcyWikipedia (English) and 1 more
  129. 1665Elisabetta Sirani died at 27 in Bologna in 1665; her father charged the maid with poisoning her and then withdrew the chargetheflorentine.net and 3 more
  130. 1635Champlain named the Virgin Mary as his heir in 1635; his cousin sued in Paris and the will was annulled in 1639Dictionary of Canadian Biography and 4 more
  131. 1616Shakespeare left his wife his "second best bed" and struck his new son-in-law out of the willnationalarchives.gov.uk and 3 more
  132. 1599In Shakespeare's Hamlet, an uncle kills the king, marries the widow and is chosen king over the son, and the crown ends with a foreign princeProject Gutenberg and 3 more
  133. 1564Michelangelo's nephew smuggled his body out of Rome to Florence in a bale of goods in March 1564, ahead of the pope's tomb plandailyartmagazine.com and 3 more
  134. 1553Pedro de Valdivia's wife waited 27 years in Spain, learned on her voyage that he was dead, and the governor married to his former mistress did not pay her pensionmemoriachilena.gob.cl and 3 more
  135. 1547Henry VIII's will was signed with a stamp, not his hand, and its validity was disputed for 20 yearsdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk and 3 more
  136. 1547Cortés's heir was tried for treason, Mexico seized and sold the estate, and Lucas Alamán hid his bones from 1823 to 1946Boletín Oficial del Estado and 8 more
  137. 1542De Soto's body was sunk in the Mississippi, and his widow governed Cuba and fought his business partner over the estate until 1546 to 1550revistascientificas.us.es and 3 more
  138. 1541Pizarro's daughter and heir married her imprisoned uncle, his skull was found in a lead box in 1977, and Spain reissued his marquisate in 2019Boletín Oficial del Estado and 5 more
  139. 1537Robert Aske's rebels demanded the repeal of the law that stopped landowners leaving land by will; Aske was hanged in chains, and Henry VIII gave way in 1540familyrecords.awh.durham.ac.uk and 5 more
  140. 1535Henry VIII beheaded Thomas More and took the family's property, and his daughter bribed a man for his head, which a Canterbury parish voted in 2025 to dig upcanterbury-archaeology.org.uk and 4 more
  141. 1526Elcano was granted 500 ducats a year for the first circumnavigation, was never paid, and left church bequests payable only from what the King owed himaunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus and 3 more
  142. 1525Jakob Fugger paid for Charles V's election, and his heirs lost much of the fortune when the Spanish crown stopped payingEncyclopaedia Britannica and 7 more
  143. 1524Vasco da Gama was ordered out of his home town of Sines in 1507 and asked to leave Portugal before the King made him a count in 1519Project Gutenberg and 4 more
  144. 1521Magellan left a hereditary governorship to his son, but his wife and sons died, and his brother-in-law was still claiming the estate in 1540sevilla.2019-2022.org and 3 more
  145. 1519Leonardo da Vinci's legitimate half-brothers cut him out of their father's estate, and his will still left them money and landTreccani and 2 more
  146. 1506Columbus's 1502 will disappeared while his descendants fought over the Veragua estate from 1578 to a final ruling in 1793revistas.ucm.es and 4 more
  147. 1506Columbus's heirs sued the Spanish Crown for 28 years over his promised tenth and viceroyalty, and settled for a dukedom and 10,000 ducats a yearEncyclopaedia Britannica and 4 more
  148. 1506Spain and the Dominican Republic both claim Columbus's body; a 2006 DNA test matched the Seville bones, and Santo Domingo refused testinghistorynewsnetwork.org and 4 more
  149. 1504Isabella of Castile's will made her daughter Joanna queen, and Joanna's father and son kept her locked in Tordesillas for 46 yearscapillarealgranada.com and 2 more
  150. 1503Pope Alexander VI built a state in central Italy for his son Cesare Borgia, and Cesare lost it after his father's deathProject Gutenberg and 4 more
  151. 1492Lorenzo de' Medici took 53,643 florins from his cousins' inheritance, and two years after his death Florence seized the insolvent Medici bankcambridge.org and 5 more
  152. 1487Queen Charlotte of Cyprus lost her throne to her father's illegitimate son and signed her crowns of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia over to Savoymedievalists.net and 3 more
  153. 1485Richard III's bones were found under a car park, and his distant relatives sued the government over where to bury himle.ac.uk and 1 more
  154. 1483Parliament declared Edward IV's sons illegitimate, they vanished in the Tower, and two child skeletons found in 1674 have never been DNA-testedwestminster-abbey.org and 3 more
  155. 1455Gutenberg's investor sued him in 1455 while the Bible was being printed, and Soviet officers carried one of the Bibles to Moscow in 1945gutenberg-gesellschaft.de and 2 more
  156. 1324Marco Polo's son-in-law kept his daughter's third of the Polo estate, and she won it back in court 42 years laterhistorywalksvenice.com and 7 more
  157. 1321Florence demanded Dante's bones for 200 years; friars took them out of the tomb, and a worker found them in 1865Wikipedia (English)
  158. 1315Philip IV's treasurer was hanged on the Montfaucon gallows he had built, and the king who let him hang left legacies to his childrenEncyclopaedia Britannica and 2 more
  159. 1135Henry I's barons swore to make his daughter queen, and his nephew Stephen took the crown within weeks of his deathavalon.law.yale.edu and 4 more
  160. 1099El Cid's widow carried his body out of Valencia, and his bones were moved five times between 1102 and 1921encyclopedia.com and 4 more
  161. 814Charlemagne's 811 division left two-thirds of his treasure to 21 archbishoprics and a silver table engraved with Constantinople to St Peter'ssourcebooks.fordham.edu and 2 more