A love for music appears to run in Taylor Swift's family — the royal family that is. The 34-year-old international pop star is related to King Louis XIV, the French monarch who built the Palace of ...
Legend has it that French King Louis XI requested a new snack be made for him in 1469. He was presented with onion rings, he didn't like them, and then he had their inventor killed. While this was the ...
The fates of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution are widely known. What happened to their children is another story. Only two of the French royals’ four children outlived ...
King Louis XI of France is beset with the idea that his uncle, the aged King Rene, is trafficking with England and Burgundy against the French throne. The fourth installment in The Adventures of ...
There have been some infamous rulers in history, but no one was more despicable than King Louis XI of France. Unfortunately for Louis’ many enemies, no one was smarter, either.
The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An hour-and ...