Macrinus
2 booksMarcus Opellius Macrinus rose through the equestrian administration and became praetorian prefect under Caracalla. During the emperor’s eastern campaign, a prophecy and fear for his own […]
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Mao Zedong
2 booksMao Zedong was a founder and leader of the Chinese Communist Party who became the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. He […]
Marco Polo
2 booksMarco Polo was a Venetian merchant and traveller whose account described journeys through Asia and service at the court of Kublai Khan. Dictated after his return […]
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
2 booksMarcus Aemilius Lepidus supported Julius Caesar and held important commands after the dictator’s assassination. In 43 BCE he joined Mark Antony and Octavian in the legally […]
Mardonius
2 booksMardonius was a Persian nobleman, general and son-in-law of Darius I. He led early operations against Greece and later became one of Xerxes’s principal advisers during […]
Margaret Butler, Countess of Ormond, was the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, and the wife of Sir William Boleyn. Through her […]
Margaret Douglas was the daughter of Margaret Tudor and Archibald Douglas and a niece of Henry VIII. Her proximity to the succession repeatedly placed her under […]
Margaret was the daughter of Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy. Betrothed in childhood to Charles VIII, she was raised at the French court before being […]
Margaret of Burgundy
2 booksMargaret of Burgundy was queen consort of Louis X of France and one of the women implicated in the Tour de Nesle scandal. Her imprisonment and […]
Margaret of York
2 booksMargaret of York was the sister of Edward IV and Richard III and became duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Charles the Bold. Widowed in […]