Louis the Pious had four sons, three by his first wife (Lothair, Pepin, and Louis) and one (Charles) by his second wife. Charles the Bald was the... Learn more about this topic: Feudalism & the Roman Empire | History & Events ...
King Henry was assassinated when Louis was only eight. A Catholic fanatic ran the king through with a knife in the streets of Paris. He was 56 years old. The thing is, it actually gets more disturbing than all that. There were rumors that Louis’s scheming mother Marie may have been be...
His housekeeper was the passionate Margarita Cogni (called "La Fornarina" as she was a baker's wife), Byron's latest inamorata. In a letter to Murray dated 10 July 1818, he mentioned that he had completed an ode on Venice, and that he had "two stories--one serious & one ludicrous ...
From Madame de Pompadour, the famed mistress of Louis XV, to Pamela Harriman, who married into the English aristocracy and the American plutocracy, there is a rich history of women who have found glamour and wealth in the arms of a billi... C Hays - 《Macmillan》 被引量: 0发表: 0年...
Louis XV is said to have told Madame du Pompadour that the masked prisoner was a “minister of an Italian prince.” Louis XVI told Marie Antoinette that he was a political intriguer from Mantua in Italy. These comments are worth remembering, for they point to one of two likely suspects. ...
He was accused of the attempted murder of his wife Sunny von BÜlow (born Martha Sharp Crawford, 1931–2008) by administering an insulin overdose in 1980 which left her in a persistent vegetative state for the rest of her life, but his conviction in the first trial was reversed and he ...
The Rivals of Versailles is about King Louis XV’s mistressMadame de Pompadour. When I lived in France, I heard a lot about her but never knew her story. I was surprised how much the French knew about her (so American of me — shocked at the lack of French shame about affairs and ...
wealthy heiress during her elaborate scam - while also claiming benefits.She fooled auctioneers and jewellers in London, Geneva and Paris to amass a collection of 16th century artworks, ornate jewellery and antique furniture, including a Louis XV commode.When she was finally arrested police found ...
He was survived by two daughters, Rebecca H. "Becky" Hartmeister of Lubbock, Texas, and Holly Johnston (born 1955) of Wheatland; two sons, Robert L. "Rob" Hellbaum (born 1958) of Chugwater and Bruce A. Hellbaum (born 1960) and wife Catherine of Wheatland, and six grandchildren, Aft...
Seriously, if you go around thinking scientists are boring old geezers, you need more Richard Owen in your life. The dude was basically a Real Housewife of the British Museum. A Real Cut Up So let's start with the stuff that made Owen famous, because the first 50 or so years of his...