In XIII e century BC, Tapputi-Belet-ekalle was a perfumer at the court of Assyria. She is considered one of the oldest chemists we have kept track of. At the court of Assyria History has retained almost nothing of Tapputi-Belet-ekalle, not even, probably, his name. Belet-ekalle indeed means “as
Duke of Lower Lorraine and Lothier, attorney of the Holy Sepulchre. He decided to cross in 1095 and he left in August 1096 with his brothers Eustache and Baudouin and ten thousand crusaders from the regions of the Meuse and the Rhine. Arriving in Constantinople in December 1096, he paid homage to th
Pépin is part of the Austrasian aristocracy, he owns several lands in the Meuse. Alongside Arnoul, bishop of Metz, he opposes Queen Brunehaut in favor of the Neustrians of Clotaire II. He concludes a marriage with his daughter Begga and Ansegisèle, the son of Arnoul. From this union will be born Pép
Deputy to the Convention (Mountain), sent on a mission to Lyon, he repressed anti-republican revolts and ensured the dechristianization of the region. Fouché is one of the main ministers with Talleyrand of the Consulate and the Empire. A schemer without scruples, he was until his disgrace in 1809, t