The future Madame du Barry was born Jeanne Bécu on 19 August 1743 as the illegitimate daughter of Anne Bécu. Her father was most likely a monk named Brother Angel or Jean-Baptiste Gomard de Vaubernier. Jeanne and her mother travelled to Paris with her mother’s lover Monsieur Dumonceaux in 1747, after Anne had given birth [read more]
Aleid van Poelgeest was born circa 1370 as the daughter of Jan van Poelgeest and Aleid van Beest Gerbrandsdr. Her life isn’t easy to piece together. She was presumably born in Koudekerk, and her father was an important man at the court of John II, Count of Blois, who later also claimed the Duchy of [read more]
Mitzi or Mizzi was born as Maria Kaspar on 28 September 1864 in Austria. We do not have any details on her parentage or the early years of her life, as it was only in adulthood that she came into the public eye. The first details that we have on her are that she was [read more]
King Charles II ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death in 1685. Before Charles’ reign, there had been the English Civil War, followed by a period called The Interregnum, an 11-year period of rule by a largely Puritan government without a monarch. Due to this [read more]
Dangereuse was born around 1079 into a noble family to parents Bartholomew de l’Isle Bouchard and his wife Gerberge in the centre of modern-day France. Unfortunately, due to the family not being extremely important and the events taking place so long ago, there is little detail on her early life. However, it seems her first [read more]
Marguerite was born on 9 December 1890 in Paris into a working-class family; her father Fermin was a driver, and her mother Marie was a housekeeper. Marguerite had a normal upbringing until her younger brother was killed one day while in her care. After being blamed by her parents for this, Marguerite was sent away [read more]
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