French trader. His fortune, built on speculation in precious metals and trade with the Levant, enabled him to become Charles VIIs banker. Appointed kings treasurer (1440), invested with import diplomatic missions, he cleaned up the monetary situation, financed the reconquest of the kingdom, while in
The British government ruled the princely states of India through the political department. The Governor General of India, in the capacity of Viceroy i.e. Crown Representative (representative of the King of Britain), imposed on these kings the laws made and declared and undeclared by him. When the
Also known as “Tandang Sora” or “Old Sora”, Melchora Aquino de Ramos (1812 – 1919), Filipino revolutionary, played an important role during the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution by supporting the revolutionaries. The Spanish Philippines Little is known about Melchora Aquinos life before the P
Raoul is the son of Richard le Justicier, Duke of Burgundy. He succeeded his father as duke in 921. He married Emme, daughter of King Robert I. On the death of this one, the great ones choose him as king, his brother-in-law Hugh the Great having probably preferred not to find himself in the case of