Gertrude of Poland, a duchess with royal lineage and deep piety, stands as the first Polish writer known by name. Her Latin prayerbook, a masterpiece of medieval devotion and artistic expression, ...

The Mexico City airport is named after Benito Juárez, the 19th-century leader. And you know who was named after Juárez, right ...

Jerusalem re-taken by the Christian Crusader kingdom in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ...

She is the first mayor the town had ever had and proudly held the office until November 2020, when voters decided to replace her with Murfee, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel ... It is also that way ...

The last few days have brought some fun events across Birdland, with Orioles players and front office personnel out and about in different fan-oriented events through the area. Th ...

Their eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, was also married there in 1858 to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, later the German Emperor Friedrich III. In 1893 the Duke of York and Princess ...

The relationship between Prince Hal and John Falstaff, a favorite of Shakespeare scholars, is the focus of this condensed ...

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, spent his life engaged in a power struggle that pitted cousins and siblings against ...

Thomas Cromwell arranged a marriage between the king and German princess Anne of Cleves. The marriage was a disaster and Henry divorced Anne a few months later. Henry blamed Cromwell for this ...