Charles Martel (the one who strikes like a hammer) is the son of Pépin dHerstal. From the death of his father in 714, Charles had to oppose his mother-in-law Pléctrude in order to recover his right to the succession granted to him by Pépin de Herstal. Very clever, Charles manages to get himself elec
Hōjō Masako (1156 – August 16, 1225) was an onna-bugeisha, a female warrior from medieval Japan. Minamoto no Yoritomo Born in 1156 in the province of Izu, Hōjō Masako is the daughter of Hōjō no Maki and Hōjō Tokimasa, samurai and leader of the Hōjō clan, a very influential samurai clan. She is t
Short biography - Although he was an influential politician, François René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) is best known as a talented writer and precursor of theRomantic movement. . Coming from an aristocratic class abused by the French Revolution, conservative, pious, he despises the materialistic ra
General of France, unlike Napoleons other main men of war who are all marshals. Junot was one of Bonapartes companions during the siege of Toulon, he will participate with him in the first Italian campaign, and will support him in Egypt, he will particularly distinguish himself in Portugal in 1807,