Third king of the so-called branch of Valois, Charles V is the son of John II the Good. He is the first heir to use the title dauphin, after his father acquired the province of Dauphiné. Charles must very early ensure the Regency of the kingdom after the capture of his father in Poitiers. In 1358, t
Marie Walewska was Napoleon Is most famous mistress. Sent to the emperor by Polish partisans in order to bribe him, Marie manages to seduce the emperor who will fall in love with her. Taking the cause of his mistress, the Emperor created the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807. Marie Walewska gave him a s
The discovery of the Indies was not narrated by historians but by the conquerors themselves who, either through their correspondence, or Through more elaborate writings, they made known to the world the adventures that led a handful of men to discover and colonize an entire continent. Bernal Díaz de
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996) was an American jazz singer, known by the nickname The First Lady of Song and renowned for the purity of her voice and her improvisational abilities. The beginnings of a singer Daughter of Temperance and William Fitzgerald, Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April