Grand-nephew of Constable Bertrand du Guesclin, Gilles de Rais is certainly the most troubling of Jeanne d Bow. He gets the marshals baton after Patays landslide victory. He retired to his lands after the failure of Paris, it was there that he committed his crimes. He is accused of having raped, tor
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator reigned Egypt between 51 and 30 BC, first with her brothers and husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, then with the Roman general Marc Antoine. Childhood Born during the winter of -69/-68 in Alexandria, Cleopatra was one of the daughters of the king of Egypt Ptole
After the death of Vigraharaj (IV) in AD 1163, his minor son Amargangaya or Apargangeya ascended the throne of Ajmer. He could only rule for 5-6 years and was ousted by his cousin Prithviraj (II). Prithviraj (II), was the son of the patriarch Jagadeva. An inscription dated to AD 1167 from the time o
Poetess from Pate Island (Kenya), Mwana Kupona binti Msham (circa 1810 -1865) wrote the long poem Utendi wa Mwana Kupona (“The Book of Mwana Kupona”), which marks the birth of Swahili literature. A little-known life What little we know of Mwana Kuponas life comes from his work and from the tes