Sérurier fought the Prussians during the Seven Years War, imprisoned then freed thanks to Barras, he participated to the Italian campaign where he takes the city of Mantua. Napoleon appreciated this upright and honest man, incapable of any intrigue, he had been nicknamed The Virgin of Italy. He rema
Liliʻuokalani (1838 – 1917), also known as Lydia Kamakaʻeha Paki, was the last queen of Hawaii. Kings daughter Born September 2, 1838, Liliʻuokalani is the daughter of Annie Keohokālole and Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea, two Kauaʻi chiefs , one of the main islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. In accor
Within Voltaires multiple facets, his role as historian stands out. His historical works, beyond the facts or events that they collect, are permeated by his philosophical ideas, which increases the interest in analyzing them. Although with current criteria we could not consider the French thinker as
Philip II the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, seeking alliances with Germany gave as wife his nephew Charles VI the daughter of the Duke of Bavaria, Isabeau. The kings madness, which broke out in 1392, made her the regent of the kingdom. She then found herself at the center of all the quarrels and intrigues