Lost stories

Margaret of Valois (1553-1615) was Queen of Navarre from 1572 to 1599 and Queen of France from 1589 to 1599 as the consort of Henry IV of France and III of Navarre.

In 1602, Rory O'Donnell (1575-1608) succeeded his brother as Lord of Tyrconnell and chief of Clan O'Donnell. After traveling to London, where he submitted to King James I of England, he was created Earl of Tyrconnell on September 4, 1603. Due to his disagreements with the English Crown, he and other Irish nobles sought support in Europe for a new rebellion, the Flight of the Earls, which ultimately failed. He died the following year in Rome, Papal States.

Although Louis X reigned for only a year and a half (from November 1314 to June 1316), certain aspects of his policies can be noted. Succeeding Philip IV the Fair, he had to deal with revolts sparked by his predecessor's policies and led by the barons, which he quelled through concessions. Louis attempted to increase royal revenues and initiated several reforms, including the liberation of serfs and allowing Jews to return to France.

He created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire.

Although at birth he was only a member of a cadet branch of the French royal family, he managed to gain importance when the direct Capetian line died out and acquired, in the name of his wife Joan II of Navarre, the Iberian throne and several French fiefs.

In 1519, according to the Venetian ambassador Giustinian, Henry VIII was “extremely handsome; nature could not have done more for him.”

Ambitious, beautiful, and scheming, she managed to become Henry IV's mistress in her teens. While he was still grieving the death of his lover, Gabrielle de Estrées, Catherine obtained a written promise from the king to marry her. This led to several arguments at court when the king married Marie de' Medici shortly afterward. Feeling scorned and betrayed, she took part in a conspiracy against the king in 1608, receiving only mild punishment when the plot was foiled. That same year, she regained Henry's favor by becoming one of his mistresses once more.

Ioannes was a pious and dedicated monarch who was determined to undo the damage the Empire had suffered since the Battle of Manzikert, half a century earlier.

As the heiress of the House of Poitiers, which controlled much of southwestern France, Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.

Isabella of Aragon (1470-1498) never understood (according to contemporary testimonies) why, being the firstborn and a woman being able to reign in Castile, she did not remain heir after the birth of Prince John...

In popular oral tradition, the darkest and most lurid tales are associated with Joanna II. Perhaps due to her reputation for scandalous relationships, she became a fitting figure upon whom to project the vices attributed to her.

The renowned historian Jules Michelet, in his *Histoire de France*, granted him a place in the national narrative. Charles VIII was the king who dedicated himself to the Italian Wars, thereby igniting the spark that allowed Italian culture to encounter French civilization and thus igniting the fire of the Renaissance.

He was also King of Gwynedd from 1137 until his death in 1170.

François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme (1470-1495) was a seventh-generation descendant, through the male line, of King Saint Louis and a great-grandfather, also through the male line, of King Henry IV of France.

Anna Ioanovna of Russia (1693-1740) established an alliance with Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire and led the Russian Empire to participate in the War of the Polish Succession, imposing his candidate Augustus III on the throne of Poland.

Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (1523-1590), was recognized as King of France under the name “Charles X” in 1589 by the League faction in place of his nephew, Henry III of Navarre, who became Henry IV, leader of the Protestant faction.

Her reign marked the end of the Reconquista and also the start of the Spanish Empire, allowing Spain to dominate European politics for the next century.