He was the third surviving child and second eldest son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony, and was thus the second oldest brother to the future kings Louis XVI, Louis Xviii and Charles X.
The dukeofAquitaine (Occitan: Duc d'Aquitània, French: Duc d'Aquitaine, IPA: [dyk dakitɛn]) was the ruler of the medieval region of Aquitaine (not to be confused with modern-day Aquitaine) under the supremacy of Frankish, English, and…
The given name Xavier (/ ˈ z eɪ v i ər, ˈ s eɪ-, ˈ z æ v i eɪ/, Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe, ʃaviˈeɾ, tʃaviˈeɾ], Galician: [ʃaˈβjeɾ], Portuguese: [ʃɐviˈɛɾ], French: [ɡzavje, ksavje]; Spanish: Javier [xaˈβjeɾ]; Basque: Xabier [ʃaβier]) [1 ] is a…
Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X of France and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830.
Vilém X. Akvitánský (francouzsky Guillaume X de Poitiers, okcitánsky Guilhèm X de Peitieus; 1099 – 9. dubna 1137) byl v letech 1126–1137 akvitánským vévodou, gaskoňským vévodou a hrabětem z Poitiers.
A Queen, Two Kings, and a Kingdom: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine, by Pat Scales. An article on teaching A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg