Nefertari Meryenmout is the main Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramses II; she lived around the 13th century BC. Her significant influence on Ramses II made her a great figure of her time. Nefertari Meryenmut (Fairest of All, Beloved of Mut) probably came from a powerful family of Akhmim. At fourteen
Coming from one of the most powerful families in the kingdom, Anne de Montmorency was brought up at the Château dAmboise with the future King François I, to whom he is very close. His military qualities are widely demonstrated (Marignan, Ravenna, Novara), and he becomes Marshal of France. He was tak
The youth and beauty of Agnès Sorel will very quickly bring her to the notice of the King of France, Charles VII . She is presented to him as the prettiest woman in the kingdom. Very quickly, in 1444, Agnès Sorel rose to the rank of unofficial first lady of the kingdom of France. She has the status
Louise Labé (1524 – 1566), nicknamed La Belle Cordière, was a French poet of the modern era. Considered one of the greatest authors of the 16th century, she claimed for women the right to education and independence of thought. The Beautiful Cordiere Daughter of Pierre Charly, apprentice ropemaker