The future King Henry IV of Castile was born on 5 January 1425 as the third child but only son of King John II of Castile and his first wife, Maria of Aragon. At the time of his birth, his eldest sister, Catherine, had already died in infancy. Another elder sister, Eleanor, would die in [read more]
Yaroslav, the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv, had at least three daughters: Elisaveta, Anastasia, and Anna. From early on, he wanted them all to make prestigious marriages. He succeeded in this, and each of these three daughters married kings. Early Life Anastasia of Kyiv was born sometime in the 1020s to Yaroslav the Wise, Grand [read more]
On 2 January 1475, Isabella’s husband Ferdinand returned home after eight months on a military campaign. Much had changed since they had last seen each other – most notably, Isabella had succeeded her half-brother, King Henry IV, as Queen upon his death on 11 December 1474. She had ordered that the cities “raise flags for [read more]
At the end of the Reconquista, the Emirate of Granada was the last land left for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon to conquer. The Reconquista is a term used for the military campaigns that the various Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, [read more]
Jeanne du Barry is a brand-new film about Madame du Barry, the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France, starring Maïwenn as Madame du Barry and Johnny Depp as King Louis XV. Jeanne du Barry begins chronologically and swiftly walks the viewer through a simplified version of her early life as the illegitimate daughter of [read more]
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