The story of Marie-Madeleine-Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart was eclipsed by that, more scandalously hectic, of his sister Madame de Montespan. However, the one that was nicknamed the Pearl or the Queen of Abbesses was the glory of her sex and the adornment of her age . A woman of character,
After the disastrous defeat at Manzikert in 1071, the Byzantine Empire faltered. The ascension to the throne of incompetent emperors and the civil conflicts that followed, exacerbated the weakening of the Empire. 10 years passed after the disaster before a remarkable soldier-emperor, Alexios I Komne
During the 20th century, Spain was a country more focused on its internal problems than on international issues. Its non-participation in either of the two world wars freed the country from suffering and destruction, but instead it had its own civil war. The conflict occurred in the European context
Continuing and now to close the series of entries on the succession of Alfonso IX of León, we place ourselves in the weeks after his death in 1230 to follow in the footsteps of the candidates for the throne, the infantas Sancha and Dulce on the one hand, and the King Ferdinand III of Castile on the