The birth of the Buddha (part 1)

Prince Siddhattha Gotama, the Buddha-to-be or the bodhisatta, was born on the full moon day of May in the year 623 B. C. in Kapilavatthu , in what is now known as Nepal, to King Suddhodana and Queen Mahamaya of the aristocratic Sakyan clan.
On the day of the naming ceremony at the palace, seven of the eight brahmins, the masters of astrology, looked at the birth stars of the baby and raised two fingers and said the baby would become either a universal monarch or a Buddha. But the youngest Brahmin looked at the stars and the signs and raised only one finger and predicted the baby would definitely renounce the world and become a Buddha.
As a prince, Siddhattha Gotama, the Buddha-to-be, had an extremely luxurious life. He was fairer and more handsome than all others. His clothes were of the finest and softest fabric; food was from the most tender rice and meat. There were three palaces, one for the summer, one for the winter and one for the rainy season. He was entertained all the time by beautiful maidens, dancers and musicians.

Birth of the Buddha (part 2)

At the early age of sixteen, he married his beautiful maternal cousin, Yasodharæ.
When he was twenty nine years of age, he visited the park and on the way he saw what he had never before seen in his life in the palace - the fragile aged person, the diseased disabled person, the dead, and the hermit. The first three sights were signs that awakened and reminded him of the inescapable reality and inevitability of living beings. The hermit reminded him of the necessity of pursuing the path that was peaceful and free from the turmoil of life.
On his return to the palace that day, it was reported to him that a son had been born. News of the birth of his son came as a disappointment to him as he felt it would be an impediment (rahu) in his search for the ultimate peace. So the grandfather, King Suddhodana, named the baby Rahula .
The time had come and he could no longer find the palace alluring.