From November 15, 2025, the BnF Richelieu will be hosting an immersive experience where you'll have to unravel Cardinal ...
History professor Paul Sonnino at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says he's solved the centuries-old mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask. Sonnino discredits the two Frenchmen's theory of ...
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A piece of "French royal treasure" went under the hammer with the auction of the 19.07-carat Grand Mazarin diamond in Geneva. The jewel once graced the crowns of Louis XIV, Emperor Napoleon and ...
On March 9, 1661, Jules Cardinal Mazarin, the chief minister of France, died, leaving King Louis XIV in full control. In 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais. In 1822, Charles M.