Third sister of Napoleon, she married Murat in 1800. Grand Duchess of Cleves and Queen of Naples. An eternal schemer, she tried in vain to preserve her kingdom.
Lawyer at the Parliament of Paris, he was elected to the Estates General but remained unnoticed. He will nevertheless be elected to the Convention, but remains discreet within the Plain. He declared himself hostile to the Terror and joined the Committee of Public Safety after Thermidor. President of
Eldest son of Robert Guiscard, Bohémond was one of the leaders of the First Crusade. He seized Antioch on June 2, 1098. He could not defend his Syrian principality for long against the double threat of the Byzantines and the Turks. Captured by the Emir of Sivas, he remained a prisoner from 1100 to 1
Granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Blanche was promised in 1200 to the future King Louis VIII. This marriage has for main purpose a reconciliation between France and England. Queen of France in 1223, she gave birth to twelve children. The rigor of the moral and religious education that she gave
Lawyer from La Rochelle. Vice-president of the Jacobin club in July 1792, he took the place of Danton as deputy prosecutor of the Commune after August 10. Elected to the Convention, he votes for the death of the king and participates in the fall of the Girondins. President of the Convention in 1793,
Of great bravery under the Empire, he was cited several times for his exploits. He accompanies Bonaparte to Egypt, and protects him during 18 Brumaire. He charges at Marengo and commands the imperial cavalry at Austerlitz and Eylau where he is decisive. He was killed by a cannonball during the Saxon
Originally from Brittany, Bertrand du Guesclin won the respect of the nobility at the point of his sword. He is at the origin of many exploits, he is one of the greatest warriors of his time. Entered the service of Charles V, he won the Battle of Cocherel in 1364 against Charles the Bad. The same ye
Daughter of Caribert, count of Laon, she married Pépin le Bref and thus became queen of the Franks. She is the mother of Charlemagne and Carloman. At first just Pepins concubine, ambitious, Berthe managed to get him to marry him in 749.
Engineer and geographer, Berthier took part in the American War of Independence. Suspected of being a royalist, he was removed from office until he took part in a campaign against the whites of the West. Bonaparte will attach himself to his person, who will be his friend and confidant. He is an exce
Originally from a noble family, Bernard became a monk in the Cistercian abbey of Cîteaux in 1113. He founded the Abbey of Clairvaux in 1115. Under his direction, the Abbey of Clairvaux developed considerably and became the most eminent abbey of the Cistercian order. The rumor that Bernard would perf
Bernard became Count of Armagnac on the death of his older brother in 1391. He gradually gained influence at the court of France, while the views of Louis dOrléans on the Milanese became clearer, where their interests were similar. After the death of Duke Louis in 1407, Armagnac remained attached to
Marshal of France, he distinguished himself during the Revolution and the wars of the Empire, but he does not shine by his military genius, the Emperor removed him from his entourage. Bernadotte was approached by the Diet of Stockholm to succeed the kingdom of Sweden. Napoleon did not oppose it, bel
Eugène de Beauharnais (1781 - 1824) Son of Joséphine and Alexandre de Beauharnais. He becomes prince of Empire, lieutenant of Bonaparte he follows him in Italy, in Egypt, takes part in the campaigns of Austria, Spain and supplemented the Emperor and Murat during the retirement of Russia. Eugene attr
Brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, he left with him at the head of the 1st crusade in 1095. He founded the county of Edessa of which he was put in possession. In 1100 he left this county and succeeded Godfrey on the throne of Jerusalem. In 1104, helped by a Genoese fleet, he seized Ptolémaïde (St Jean
Lawyer in Toulouse, he was elected to the Estates General, he was then judge before the Court of Cassation of the Hautes Pyrénées . A conventional mountain dweller, he was president of the assembly during the kings trial. A member of the Committee of Public Safety, he played an important role in for
At first little involved during the Revolution, he had a brief military career. Conventional, he is a representative on mission in particular in Toulon to liberate the city, he will name Bonaparte captain. He is recalled by the Public Safety Committee. He then throws himself into the opposition and
Brilliant speaker of the National Constituent Assembly, he forms with Lameth and Duport the opposition to Mirabeau and the right . He joined the Jacobins and became president of the Assembly in October 1790. After the episode of Varennes, he fell in love with the queen and became a defender of a con
He is part of a family of French painters, sculptors and scholars. He himself was a writer and astronomer, he belonged from 1785 to the three academies (French, Fine Arts and Sciences). Member of the Third Estate, he became President of the National Assembly. After the storming of the Bastille, he i
Commissioner in 1787, he participated in the writing of the notebooks of grievances. He founded the newspaper “Le Tribun du peuple”. In 1796, he conspired to overthrow the Directory:“the conspiracy of equals”. Dismantled, Babeuf is sentenced to death. Founder of Babouvism, Marxist movements consider
Aid-de-camp of Rossignol in Vendée. He will accompany Bonaparte to Italy, where he covers himself with glory. He sits on the left of the Council of Five Hundred. He actively participated in the coup detat of Fructidor. After having condemned the 18 Brumaire, he joined Napoleon who made him Marshal o
Khrushchev at the UN General Assembly, 1960. Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) - Soviet politician and dictator. He was born in Kalinówka in Ukraine. In his youth he worked as a locksmith, in 1919 he joined the Red Army, in which he took part in the Russian Civil War. From 1925, an employee of the p
Charlotte Delbo (1913 – 1985) is a French woman of letters, Resistance fighter during the Second World War, who notably devoted a large part of her work to testifying to her experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrück camps. Communist Youth Born August 10, 1913 in Essonne (Île-de-France)
Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland (1542-1587) is a sovereign of Scotland. Imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth Ire of England, she was convicted of high treason and executed. On the throne of Scotland at six days Daughter of Marie de Guise and James V of Scotland, born December 7 or 8, 1542,
Considered as one of the masters of French and European Romanticism, Jules Michelet (1798-1874) is above all presented as the father of the history of France but also as the “teacher” of this nation. A man of the people, dedicated to the people, the historian has always thought that his mission was