Count of the March of Brittany, Roland would be the nephew of Charlemagne. In 778, in Roncesvalles, after a campaign against the Muslims of Spain, Rolands rearguard was massacred by a detachment of Gascons (Basques). This famous event inspired La Chanson de Roland where the Gascons became Muslims. H
German automobile pioneer and inventor, Bertha Benz (1849 – 1944) was the first person in 1888 to drive a car over a long distance, outside the framework of short and supervised tests. It also developed the first brake pads. Passionate about technology Bertha Ringer was born on May 3, 1849 to a w
Michel Eyquen de Montaigne (1533-1592) is a French writer famous for his essays, his only work. A great Humanist, he was inclined towards tolerance between beings and respect for difference, by laying down the first principles where the Society should be made to serve Man and not the other way aroun
Son of Philip the Bold and Isabella of Aragon, Charles de Valois was the father of Philip VI, the future king of France of the Valois dynasty. Moderately intelligent, overly ambitious and fairly greedy, Charles de Valois collected principalities. In 1280, the pope recognized him as king of Aragon (u