Einhard(770 - 840)

Minister and historiographer of Charlemagne, Einhard is the author of "The Life of Charlemagne", which remains one of most precious contemporary documents on the emperor and life at the court of the King of the Franks. A man of letters, architect, adviser admitted into the intimacy of the king, Einhard is one of the typical figures of this cultural renaissance to which the long reign of Charlemagne gave rise.

Duport or Du Port Adrien (1759 - 1798)

Elbee Maurice Gigost d(1752 - 1794)

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