Duke of Aquitaine and son of Eudes, Hunald revolts against Charles Martel and his sons. He gets help from Griffon. But beaten by Pepin the Short, Hunald withdraws in favor of his son Waifre.
On February 28, 1518, Queen Claude of France gave birth to her first son. First name Francois like his father, the child is titled dauphin of France and it is on him that the hopes of the dynasty rest. By the death of his mother in 1524, François inherited the Duchy of Brittany and was crowned in R
This famous phrase uttered by Julius Caesar when he was assassinated by a group of conspirators in the Senate. Traditionally it is believed that he was referring to Marcus Junius Brutus, son of Servilia, who in turn was Julius Caesars lover for a long time. It was even believed that he could be h
It is easy to imagine a medieval leader smashing enemy bodies, looting villages and ordering executions. But what about the prince, who by the way ... cries like a beaver? This question is by no means rhetorical. It bugs itself when reading the chronicle of the German bishop Thietmar. A peculiar
Upon his death in 511, Clovis Ist , the first Christian sovereign of the Franks, divides his prestigious kingdom between his four sons:Thierry, from a first marriage, and his half-brothers Clodomir, Childebert and Clotaire. Quickly, King Clotaire established himself as the shrewdest politician and t