Historical men and women
Thursday 25 February 2021
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
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Anne Hyde (1637-71) had two daughters who would become Queens and would have been a Queen Consort herself had she not died before her husb...
Thursday 11 February 2021
Sweyn Forkbeard
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Sweyn Forkbeard was the father of King Cnut (also known as Canute), the Dane who ruled England from 1016 to 1035. Sweyn was himself the vi...
Monday 25 January 2021
Thorkell the Tall
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Thorkell the Tall was a Viking leader who was prominent in English affairs during the reigns of Ethelred the Unready (Anglo-Saxon king fro...
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
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Henry Fox was a prominent English politician during the late 18 th century, although he never became Prime Minister (or First Lord of the...
Friday 23 October 2020
King Louis IX of France
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King Louis IX was the only king of France to be declared a saint, a status that he earned through his excessive piety and participation in...
Monday 21 September 2020
Ernst Wollweber: saboteur for Communism
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Ernst Wollweber was born in 1898, the son of a miner in Hamburg, Germany. He joined the German Navy in 1917 and was inspired by what was ...
Sunday 20 September 2020
Manco Capac: legendary founder of the Incas
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Manco Capac, who died in or around the year 1107, is generally described as the first emperor of the Inca people who occupied much of the ...
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