Son of Charles Martel, born in 714, Pepin the Short (so nicknamed because of his small size), shares the kingdom of the Franks with his brother. But the latter, retiring to the convent in 747, left Pepin to reign alone, after having together reformed the Church (742-744). He was elected king of the
Suzanne Lacore (1875 – 1975) was a French politician. She is one of the first three women to have been part of a French government, in 1936. Leader of the National Committee of Socialist Women Suzanne Lacore was born on May 30, 1875 in Corrèze, into a bourgeois family. After her studies at the tea
A former cavalry officer, he sat with the Tiers in 1789. He was initially favorable to the Revolution but the civil constitution of the clergy shocked him and dragged him into the Vendée insurrection. He fought alongside Cathelineau, to whom he succeeded as general of the Catholic and royal army. Br
Born near Grenoble in 1476, Pierre de Terrail, Lord of Bayard, served his apprenticeship as a young nobleman as a page to the Duke of Savoy; then he went into the service of the kings of France. He will become the “Knight without fear and without reproach”. His name has always been synonymous with u