Son of King Charles V of France, and younger brother of Charles VI. Louis disputes the kingdom with the Dukes of Burgundy, his uncle Philippe le Hardi, then his cousin Jean Sans Peur. On the order of this last Louis was assassinated provoking the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians. Louis is
Son of Louis the German and Emma. In 881, Charles was crowned Emperor of the West. Called to ensure the regency of Charles III, last son of Louis II le Bègue, he took the opportunity to be crowned king of France in 885. The Empire of Charlemagne was thus reconstituted, with the exception of Provence
Known as Queen Mary, Mary Thomas (circa 1848 – 1905) led the workers uprising known as Fireburn, in the Danish West Indies. Unknown past Little is known of the life of Mary Thomas before the 1878 uprising. Originally from Antigua, she was born in the 1840s and settled on Sainte-Croix Island, then
Empress of Austria Elizabeth of Wittelsbach (1837-1898) was the wife of Franz Joseph I, ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Made world famous in the cinema in the guise of Romy Schneider, she is represented there as the icon of a Vienna vibrating to the rhythm of the waltz. But the personality of