Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur, ( 1799 – 1874) is a French woman of letters of Russian origin, whose very moralizing writings have become great classics. A childhood in Russia Born on August 1, 1799 in Saint-Petersburg, Sophie Rostopchin was the third child of a Russian noble family in Mong
A 15-year-old soldier, Kellermann willingly got involved in the Revolution. He is under the orders of Dumouriez, one of the winners of Valmy. He distinguished himself during the battle by standing up to the Prussians of Brunswick. Imprisoned under the Terror, he was reinstated in the Alps and in Ita
French doctor, Nicole Girard-Mangin (1878 – 1919) volunteered to go to the front during the First World War. Mobilized by mistake, she is the only French female doctor at the front. An unconventional journey Child of middle class merchants, Nicole Mangin was born in Paris on October 11, 1878. Sh
Chilpéric II is king of Neustria in 715. He is the presumed son of Childeric II, he would have survived the massacre of his parents and has since been hiding in a monastery under the name of Daniel. On the death of Dagobert III in 715, the Neustrians took him out of his convent, proclaimed him king,