Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon was the second wife of Louis XIV and an influential figure at the French court. Rising from a precarious background, she […]
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Frederick II was king of Sicily, king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, ruling a far-reaching Mediterranean monarchy in the thirteenth century. A patron of law, […]
Frederick VI of Denmark
1 bookFrederick VI was regent of Denmark from 1784 and king of Denmark and Norway from 1808 to 1814, continuing as king of Denmark until 1839. His […]
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, was the British general who commanded the invasion of Zululand in 1879. He divided his forces and was absent when the […]
Freydís Eiríksdóttir
1 bookFriedrich Paulus
1 bookFriedrich Wilhelm von Steuben was a Prussian officer who joined the American cause in 1778 and became inspector general of the Continental Army. At Valley Forge […]
Fulvia
1 bookFulvia married three prominent popularis politicians, including Mark Antony, and became unusually visible in the conflicts following Julius Caesar’s assassination. She supported Antony’s interests in Italy, […]
Gaius Servilius Glaucia
1 bookGaius Servilius Glaucia was a Roman politician of the late Republic and ally of Lucius Appuleius Saturninus. His career belongs to the violent factional politics of […]
Gaius Terentius Varro
1 bookGaius Terentius Varro was one of the Roman consuls in 216 BC and shared command at the Battle of Cannae, where Hannibal destroyed a much larger […]