Great French musician, nicknamed the Latin Lully Michel-Richard De Lalande embodies the French Baroque in his violin and organ pieces. A composer, he is mainly known for his sacred work, made up of motets for the kings mass, inspired by Latin texts taken from the Psalms. Becoming master of the grand
Jeanne de France is the daughter of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy. Anxious to marry her to the Orleans, Louis XI promised her to the future Louis XII (Jeanne being disabled, he hoped that Louis XII would not have children, and thus intended to reduce the line of the Orleans). A neglected wife, des
Louis X le Hutin (meaning the Quarrelsome) is the son of King Philippe of France IV le Bel and the Queen of Navarre Jeanne Ière. In 1305, he first married Marguerite de Bourgogne. Convicted of adultery with the complicity of her sisters-in-law (Tour de Nesle scandal), Marguerite was sentenced to imp
Italian countess, Caterina Sforza (1463 – 1509) was a woman of power and influence in 15th century Italy. She has distinguished herself as much by her determination and courage as by her intransigence and even her cruelty in certain circumstances. At the court of Milan Born in Milan in 1463, Cater