Brother of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII. In 1789, then Count of Artois, he was one of the first to emigrate. In 1824, he acceded to the throne and showed himself faithful to his absolutist positions, choosing as minister Villèle, whose authoritarian policy reinforced the opposition movements which asse
Son of the younger brother of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor François-Joseph, Charles-Louis, François-Ferdinand is not called to reign. He devotes himself to hunting and makes a military career. But the death of the Emperors only son, Rodolphe, upsets his destiny. His father renounces the throne and d
Sappho is an ancient Greek poetess who lived in the 7th and 6th centuries BC in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos. Poetess, singer and dancer We have little information about Sapphô; the sources that have come to them are late or are comic works, and most of his works have been lost. Sapphô was b
A teacher, woman of letters and anarchist and feminist activist, Louise Michel (1830 – 1905) is one of the major figures of the Commune of Paris . Love of equality Born on May 29, 1830 in Haute-Marne at the Château de Vroncourt, Louise Michel was the daughter of Marie-Anne Michel, a servant, and