Kazimierz Jagiellończyk after Jan Matejko Casimir IV the Jagiellonian King of Poland of the Jagiellonian dynasty, son of Władysław II Jagiełło and Zofia Holszańska. Lithuanian Grand Duke from 1440, proclaimed against the protests of Poles. Invited to the Polish throne in 1445, after his older
Velleda or Veleda was a Germanic priestess and prophetess of the Bructera nation in the first century AD. Worshiped as the equal of the gods, she had a strong influence on the Germanic tribes. She who sees Velléda, daughter of Segenax, lives in a tower near the Lippe River, a tributary of the Rhin
Tumād̩ir bint ʿAmr, nicknamed Al-Khansā’ (before 610 – between 634 and 644), was a 7th century woman of letters and the most famous Arab poetess in Arabic literature. Elegies Al-Khansā’ was born before 610 in Nejd, in pre-Islamic Arabia, into a wealthy family from the Banū Sulaym tribe. The adjec
Jean de Valois, Duke of Alençon is the son of Jean le Sage, killed at Agincourt. He descends directly from Charles de Valois, father of Philippe VI. In 1428, after the disgrace of the constable Richemeont, his rank as the kings closest relative made him lieutenant-general commanding the royal army.