Ryksa Elżbieta according to Antoni Boys. Ryksa Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia and Poland, the only daughter of Przemysł II and wife of Wenceslaus II of the Przemyślid dynasty. The marriage with her, concluded in 1303, strengthened Wacławs claims to Greater Poland and to the Polish throne, on which
Victoria Hanoverka (actually Alexandrine Victoria; May 24, 1819–22 January 1901) ruled for 63 years (in the entire history of Great Britain only Elizabeth II overtook her in terms of the length of her reign). The Queens influence on the history of her own country and Europe was so great that the en
A talented German composer and pianist, Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847) saw her career thwarted by the opposition of her father, who refused to allow her to devote herself to music. A gift for music Daughter of Lea and Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny was born on November 14, 1805 in Hamburg
Son of Clotaire II, he was placed at the age of 10 under the guardianship of Pépin de Landen and by Arnold of Metz. On the death of his father, he took control of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy and settled in the Paris region. He leaves to his brother Caribert II, the care of governing Aquitaine.