Twins in Royal Families
- Alexander Helios (b. 40 BC) and Cleopatra Selene II (40 BC–6)
- James II of Scotland (1430–1460) and Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1430–1430)
- Princess Louise Élisabeth of France (1727–1759) and Princess Henriette of France (1727–1752)
- Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896–1980) and Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989)
- Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901–1943) and Richard Wilhelm Leopold (1901–1969)
- Archduchess Michaela and Archduchess Monika of Austria (1954–)
- Princess Aisha and Princess Sara bint Al Faisal (1997–)
- Prince Alexander and Prince Philip of Yugoslavia (1982–)
- Prince Aymeric and Prince Nicolas of Belgium (2005–)
- Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958–)
- Princess Helene and Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia (1963–)
- Jacques, duc d'Orléans and Michel, comte d'Evreux (1941–)
- Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi and Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (1972–)
- Prince Jean and Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957–)
- Lucilla (148–182), daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius; twin brother Gemellus Lucillae died young
- Princess Maria Gabriella and Princess Maria Teresa of Orleans-Bragança (1959–)
- Princess Sofia and Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (1999–), twin children of Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin.
- Princess Paulina and Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007–), twin children of Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse.
- Prince Louis of Bourbon and Prince Alphonse (2010–), twin sons of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou.
- Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark (born 2011)
- Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi and Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran (born 1919, the Shah died in 1980)
- Sempad of Armenia (b. 12 January 1276/11 January 1277 – d. 1310 or 1311) and Isabella of Armenia (b. 12 January 1276/11 January 1277 – murdered May 1323)
- Oshin of Armenia (b. 10 January 1283/9 January 1284 – murdered 20 July 1320) and Alinakh of Armenia (b. 10 January 1283/9 January 1284 – d. 28 August 1310), Lord of Lampron and Tarsus.
- Victoire de Valois (24 June 1556 – August 1556) and Jeanne de Valois (died as an infant), twin daughters of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici
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“What if there are not only two nostrils, two eyes, two lobes, and so forth, but two psyches as well, and they are separately equipped? They go through life like Siamese twins inside one person.... They can be just a little different, like identical twins, or they can be vastly different, like good and evil.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“What strikes many twin researchers now is not how much identical twins are alike, but rather how different they are, given the same genetic makeup....Multiples don’t walk around in lockstep, talking in unison, thinking identical thoughts. The bond for normal twins, whether they are identical or fraternal, is based on how they, as individuals who are keenly aware of the differences between them, learn to relate to one another.”
—Pamela Patrick Novotny (20th century)
“Because humans are not alone in exhibiting such behavior—bees stockpile royal jelly, birds feather their nests, mice shred paper—it’s possible that a pregnant woman who scrubs her house from floor to ceiling [just before her baby is born] is responding to a biological imperative . . . . Of course there are those who believe that . . . the burst of energy that propels a pregnant woman to clean her house is a perfectly natural response to their mother’s impending visit.”
—Mary Arrigo (20th century)
“For those parents from lower-class and minority communities ... [who] have had minimal experience in negotiating dominant, external institutions or have had negative and hostile contact with social service agencies, their initial approaches to the school are often overwhelming and difficult. Not only does the school feel like an alien environment with incomprehensible norms and structures, but the families often do not feel entitled to make demands or force disagreements.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)