The Dachau concentration camp was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany, and it was initially intended for political opponents. It is located near Munich, and eventually, it also became a place of imprisonment and forced labour for Jews, Romani and other groups. There were around 32,000 documented deaths at the camp, [read more]
Margaret of Austria was born on 10 January 1480 as the daughter of Mary, Duchess of Burgundy and the future Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Her elder brother, Philip, would go on to become King of Castile by right of his wife Joanna. Margaret was just two years old when her mother tragically died after [read more]
Archduchess Helen of Austria is one of those women of whom we know very little. She was born on 7 January 1543 as the second youngest child of Anne of Bohemia and Hungary and the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was born in Vienna or possibly in Innsbruck and was baptised later that [read more]
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]
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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