Sri Lankan politician, Sirimavo Bandaranaike ( 1916 – 2000) was in 1960 the first woman to become head of government of a country. She will serve as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka three times. First female head of government Daughter of Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy and Barnes Ratwatte, Sirimavo
Louis is the younger brother of Antoine de Bourbon and therefore the uncle of the future Henri IV. He is at the origin of the House of Condé, a very powerful line in France until the 19th century. He made a military career under Henri II (defeat of Saint-Quentin in 1557). Under François II, he becam
Cheyenne Warrior, Buffalo Calf Road Woman or Brave Woman (1850s? – 1879) distinguished herself by saving the life of her brother, Chief Comes in Sight, during a battle against the American army. The Cheyenne credit her with the killing blow to Lt. Col. Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The In
Charles VII, son of King Charles VI, was disinherited in favor of the English heir Henry VI of Lancaster during the Hundred Years War by the Treaty of Troyes (1420). Married to Marie dAnjou in 1422, with whom he would have 13 children, he would also have 4 children with his mistress Agnès Sorel, who