An image of Saladin from a 14th century manuscript. Saladin (1137 / 1138-1193) Actually Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (meaning righteousness of faith, Joseph son of Job), also called al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, founder of the He was bor
On the death of Clotaire I, Gontran received the former kingdom of Burgundians (Burgundy), he supported first his brother Sigebert facing Chilpéric, but falls out with him and suddenly takes Chilpérics side. On the death of Chilpéric, Gontran gets closer to his nephew Childebert II (son of Sigebert)
We are on May 27, 1234 in the cathedral of Sens. Archbishop Gautier Cornut prepares to officiate the royal wedding between Louis IX, better known as Saint Louis, and Marguerite de Provence. This barely teenage girl is about to become a royal wife and queen of France . Here is the portrait of Marguer
Isadora Duncan (1877 – 1927) was an American dancer. Very inspired by Greek antiquity and spirituality, it laid the foundations of modern European dance. The start of a dancing career The fourth child of Mary Dora Gray and Charles Duncan, Isadora was born on May 26, 1877 in San Francisco. Her par