Pedro was born covered in hair from head to foot,

kidnapped by pirates as a boy, sold in a slave market,

and given as a gift to the newly-crowned king of France

and his wife, Queen Caterina de' Medici.

Catherine was beautiful, adventurous, and just 17 when she was married off to the "Wild Man" of the French court

to pay her father's debts.

Their marriage was rumored to be the inspiration for

The Beauty and the Beast.