Maria Letizia Ramolino was born on 24 August 1750 as the daughter of Nobile Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino and Nobile Angela Maria Pietrasanta, who were low ranking nobility of Genoa. She was educated at home. On 3 June 1764, she married the 18-year-old Carlo-Maria Buonaparte, who was still a law student at the time. She was accompanied by over 50 male cousins. [read more]
Louise of Savoy was a politically active, assertive woman and a mother of a French king, but she had never been Queen of France herself and was not born into the monarchy. Louise was born to Phillip II of Savoy and his wife, Marguerite de Bourbon. Louise’s father spent most of his life as the younger [read more]
Marguerite Louise of Orléans was born in July 1645 to Gaston, Duke of Orléans and his second wife Marguerite of Lorraine. Her father was the brother of King Louis XIII of France, making Marguerite the granddaughter, niece and cousin of three French kings. Marguerite’s older half-sister was La Grande Mademoiselle; a high ranking heiress at [read more]
Anne of Brittany was born on 25 January 1476 at 6.30 in the morning as the daughter of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix. Her father had married once before to his cousin Margaret of Brittany, who had given him a son who died not long after birth. Margaret died of consumption [read more]
Élisabeth of France had just celebrated her 30th birthday when she was removed from the Temple, where she had been imprisoned with her sister-in-law, Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Antoinette’s daughter Marie-Thérèse and son, now King Louis Louis XVII. Only Marie-Thérèse would emerge from the Temple alive. Élisabeth was executed on 10 May 1794 along with 23 others. She reportedly conversed [read more]
The first cathedral on this site was built from 337 to 371 but burned down in 561. It was restored and rededicated in 590. It was completely rebuilt in the 12th century and again burned down in 1166. The building of the current cathedral began as early as 1170. Construction took place well into the [read more]
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