Portrait of the king in a coronation garment by Marcello Bacciarelli. Stanisław August Poniatowski The elected king of Poland after the death of August III, the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Born January 17, 1732 in Wołczyn. He was the son of an influential but not very weal
Second son of Francis I, Henry became King of France on the death of his father in 1547. His personal life and his political influence is shared by his wife Catherine de Medici and his mistress Diane de Poitiers. During his reign, he severely represses the Protestants who are in full swing. He recov
Last brother of Napoleon, he became king of Westphalia in 1807. He took part in the Belgian campaign and was wounded at Waterloo where he obtained command of the army after Napoleons departure. Jérôme became Marshal of France in 1850 then President of the Senate in 1852.
Son of Childeric Ist , Clovis was carried on the bulwark (shield) and proclaimed king of Salian Gaul in 481:he was only 15 years old. He tries to conquer a territory, abandoned by the Romans (476), with disparate cultures. The Gallo-Romans have been Christians since Constantine 1st , the Visigoths a