What do you think of General Etienne Maurice Gérard? Should Napoleon have promoted him to marshal?
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 13 hours ago
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TIL that Tamar I was the first female to rule Georgia in her own right. She broke with tradition by claiming the title of mepe or king in order to exercise the military authority of a male ruler. Her reign marked a golden age of territorial expansion and cultural flourishing in Georgian history
en.wikipedia.orgu/PreferenceInternal67 — 3 days ago
TIL that Eleanor of Aquitaine was blamed by her husband King Louis VII for failing to produce a male heir in their fifteen years together. After the annulment of their marriage, Eleanor would go on to have five sons with her second husband Henry II including Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 5 days ago
TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte preferred simple dishes like roast chicken, fried potatoes, hot soup, poached eggs/omelets and macaroni to all the complicated gourmet dishes his chefs could have prepared. He rarely spent more than fifteen minutes at the table and often used his hands instead of utensils
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 6 days ago
Which French monarch had the best or worst sense of style?
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 8 days ago
TIL that in spite of his hedonistic rockstar reputation, Keith Richards has been happily married to his wife Patti Hansen for over 42 years and is a devoted father to their children
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 8 days ago
TIL that in spite of WWII surrender jokes, France has won the most recorded battles of any nation in world history
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 8 days ago
TIL that when King Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in Germany by the Holy Roman Emperor and a ransom of 150,000 silver marks was set for his release, Richard's younger brother John Lackland offered 80,000 marks to keep him imprisoned
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 8 days ago
Musicians you used to dislike but now you love?
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 8 days ago
TIL that in 1685 King Louis XIV had a molar pulled due to toothache but because of poor hygiene, his mouth became infected and the doctors decided to pull out all his remaining teeth on the upper jaw. The king would have had to endure this operation without the relief of any anesthetics.
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 9 days ago
The death masks of six notable figures from history. Typically cast in plaster or wax shortly after death, these masks created a mold of an individual's face and are generally considered the most reliable depiction of the physical features we possess prior to photography
u/PreferenceInternal67 — 11 days ago