Leopold V, Duke of Austria
5 booksLeopold V was duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and participated in the Third Crusade. During the siege of Acre he quarrelled with Richard I […]
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Louis VII of France
5 booksLouis VII ruled France from 1137 to 1180 and was the first husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine. He participated in the unsuccessful Second Crusade, during which […]
Louis XII of France
5 booksBorn Louis of Orléans, Louis XII succeeded his cousin Charles VIII in 1498. After obtaining the annulment of his marriage to Joan of France, he married […]
Louis XIV
5 booksLouis XIV was the French king whose long reign became a model of dynastic absolutism. He centralised court life at Versailles and fought repeated wars, including […]
Mahaut, Countess of Artois
5 booksMahaut, Countess of Artois, was a powerful French noblewoman of the early fourteenth century. Her disputed inheritance, political authority and connections to the Capetian court made […]
Margaret Tudor
5 booksMargaret Tudor was the eldest daughter of Henry VII and became queen of Scots by marrying James IV. Widowed after Flodden, she served as regent for […]
Miyamoto Musashi
5 booksMiyamoto Musashi is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, exploration, travel and cultural encounter, and military command and battlefield decision-making. […]
Moctezuma II
5 booksMoctezuma II was ruler of the Aztec Empire when Hernán Cortés reached central Mexico in 1519. He received the Spaniards in Tenochtitlan, was taken under their […]
Nefertari
5 booksNefertari was the principal wife of Ramesses II and one of the most prominent queens of the New Kingdom. She appears in royal monuments, diplomatic contexts […]
Paul Kruger
5 booksPaul Kruger was president of the South African Republic and a leading Boer political figure during conflict with British imperial power. His leadership is closely associated […]