Arthur, Duke of Richemont was the son of John IV, Duke of Brittany. Wounded at Agincourt, Richemont will retain the nickname scarred. Taken prisoner, he remained in England until 1420. Yolande dAragon, mother-in-law of Charles VII, had him appointed Constable of France in 1425. But Arthur was a whol
Blood prince of the House of Bourbon (descendant of Louis IX), Antoine de Bourbon is the brother of Louis de Condé and the father of Henri de Navarre (Henri IV). He becomes king of Navarre thanks to his marriage with Jeanne dAlbret. With his wife, he participated in the introduction of Calvinism in
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
Anne of Brittany is the daughter of Duke Francis II of Brittany. Heiress to the Duchy of Brittany at the age of 11, she married Maximilian of Austria. Charles VIII, dissatisfied with this alliance, sends his troops against Brittany and submits most of the Breton towns, then besieges Rennes where Ann
Elder daughter of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy, she married Pierre de Beaujeu at the age of 12 , who becomes Duke of Bourbon. On the death of her father, she exercised the regency during the minority of Charles VIII, her brother. Contrary to the expectations of the princes of the kingdom, it cont
Minister of Charlemagne, Angilbert is with Alcuin, one of the pillars of the cultural renaissance who figured during of the reign of Charlemagne. He secretly married Bertha, the sister of the Carolingian emperor.
A great French figure of the 16th century, Ambroise Paré is the battlefield surgeon, the father of modern surgery . He is the inventor of many instruments. On the battlefields, he sees atrocious scenes and successfully tries to soften the overly brutal methods of healing which consist, for example,
Eléonor de Guyenne is better known by her anglicized name:Aliénor. She marries Louis VII the Younger thus bringing the Duchy of Aquitaine, of which she is the heiress, to the kingdom of France. Cultivated woman and queen of the troubadours, her character does not go well with her husband. She accomp
Anglo-Saxon religious scholar. Charlemagne put him at the head of the school of the palace of Aix-la-Chapelle and that of Tours. He was instrumental in the restoration of culture in the 9th century (teaching, conservation of manuscripts) and in the fight against heresies.
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
Archbishop of Reims, he was Chancellor of the Carolingian king Lothaire (974) who accused him of treason. Hughes Capet, Duke of France, had his innocence proclaimed to the assembly of Senlis. As a sign of gratitude, Adalberon proposed that the Duke of France should be made provisional king, the thro
Maria Skłodowska-Curie Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934) - Polish physicist and chemist. In 1898, she discovered two new chemical elements:polonium and radium. In 1903 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics and in 1911 in Chemistry. From 1906, she headed the chair of physics at the Sorbonne
Pilot Stanisław Skalski (photo:public domain) Stanisław Skalski (1915-2004) Polish pilot, fighter ace of the Second World War, participant in the Battle of Britain. He was awarded, inter alia, With the Gold Cross and the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari War Order. Stanisław Skalski was bor
Jadwiga Piłsudska with her father (photo:public domain) Jadwiga Piłsudska proper Jadwiga Jagoda Piłsudska-Jaraczewska (1920-2014) - Polish pilot, daughter of Józef Piłsudski. Jadwiga was born on February 28, 1920 in Warsaw as the second extramarital daughter of Marshal Józef Piłsudski and Alek
Witold Pilecki in the dock in 1948. Witold Pilecki Polish soldier, cavalry captain, voluntary prisoner of KL Auschwitz. Witold Pilecki was born on May 13, 1901. He grew up in Vilnius, he was one of the scouts. At the end of World War I, in 1918, he joined the self-defense troops. In the years 19
Antoni Cierplikowski (photo:public domain) Antoni Cierplikowski (1884-1976) One of the most famous hairdressers in history, creator of new trends, friend of crowned heads. Antoni Cierplikowski, the son of a shoemaker, first came across hairdressing at the age of 11. He began his apprenticeship
Władysław Anders during maneuvers. The interwar period. Władysław Anders (1892-1970) - Polish military. From 1934, he was a brigadier general. Participant in the September campaign, seriously wounded in fights with the Soviet troops, interned on September 29. In 1939-1941 he was in captivity, am
Ernest Hemingway and Lauren Bacall in Spain (photo:public domain) Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American writer and journalist. He was born in the small town of Oak Park, Illinois. At a young age he was interested in nature and belonged to the Klub Miłników Przyrody im. Agassiz, with whom he we
Che Guevara (photo:public domain) Che Guevara (1928-1967) - Latin American revolutionist. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born in Argentina to a left-wing middle-class family. As a child, he was ill and thus avoided conscription to the army. He graduated from medicine. After graduation, he set o
Alfred Rosenberg (photo:Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1985-0723-500, Bauer, Friedrich Franz, license CC-BY-SA 3.0) Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946) - Nazi criminal, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories, creator of racist theories. He was born in 1893 in Riga. His mother died shortly after,
Aïcha Al-Qourtoubiya (? – around 1010) is an Andalusian poet, woman of letters and calligrapher who contributed to the influence of Cordoba. Caliphate of Cordoba Aïcha Al-Qourtoubiya lives in the golden age of Al-Andalus. She was born in the 10th century, probably within the Umayyad Caliphate of
Mieszko I according to Jan Matejko Mieszko I Prince of the Piast dynasty, the first Christian ruler of Greater Poland. He was born around 935. He took power after his father, Siemomyśl, in the 50s of the 10th century, quickly getting involved in a difficult war with his western neighbor - a un
Bhairon Singh was well aware of the power of the vast mineral deposits of Rajasthan. Thats why they often used to say that the central government should give us rail, our state is capable of fulfilling the demand of cement and marble across the country. Abolition of octroi During the tenure of h
Suffering from the wars of the Fronde as a child, Louis XIV never ceased to subjugate the nobility. The regency of his mother Anne of Austria ending with the death of Cardinal Mazarin who governed in the shadows, Louis XIV therefore seized full powers until his death, the ministers now having only o