Matilda of Tuscany (1046 – 1115) was an Italian princess who played a very important role during the Investiture Quarrel. She also remained famous for military feats. Education and marriage negotiations The youngest child of Béatrice de Bar and Boniface III, Marquis of Tuscany, Mathilde is, throug
Louis XII was the son of the poet Charles dOrléans and Marie de Clèves. Educated by Louis XI, he was forced to marry his daughter:Jeanne de France. Louis dOrléans opposes the regency of Anne de Beaujeu who leads the country during the minority of Charles VIII (Mad War). Beaten, Louis dOrléans is imp
Lalla Fatma NSoumer (1830 – 1863) is a Kabyle woman who resisted the conquest of Algeria by France in the 1850s. The Koranic school Lalla Fatma NSoumer was born in 1830 in Haute Kabylie, in the village of Werja (now Abi Youcef or At Bu Yusek in Kabyle, located in northern Algeria). She has four o
Marie Félicie Élisabeth Marvingt (1875 – 1963) was a French sportswoman, pioneer aviator and mountaineer. Adventurous, she has earned many nicknames through her audacity, including that of the bride of danger. Four km swim at five years old Marie Félicie Elisabeth Marvingt was born on February