Hortense Mancini's life was full of drama, intrigue, and more than a little controversy. Read on for these scandalous facts about Hortense Mancini.
It’s fun to hate a guy like Manuel Godoy. The King lavished him with piles of cash, all while Godoy was recklessly—and secretly—sleeping with the Queen.
Rasputin rose from a Russian peasant to one of the most powerful men in the Romanov Empire, and he did it by means that still stump historians today.
From his illicit romances to his disastrous marriages, Philippe I broke hearts and budgets his entire life, and he did it all the way to his sudden end.
Some women have everything and still want more, but Sita Devi practically invented ambition. There's a reason they call her the "Indian Wallis Simpson."
Lucia Joyce left in a series of asylums after losing her father—but that cruel treatment was nothing compared to the indignities she suffered in death.
Sophia of Hanover was truly the mother of modern England—so much so that her descendants still have claim to the British throne.
It took one fatal error for Kaspar Hauser to go from sympathetic figure and victim of a shadowy captor to complete fraud.
From his father’s brutal demise to his mother’s cruel machinations, King Francis II's life was no gilded existence—and then there was his own tragic end.
In 1527, Pope Clement VII was captured by enemies. Despite agreeing on a ransom, his torment was far from over. For six months, he languished in a dungeon.
Becoming an enemy of England and the law itself, Robert the Bruce fought for Scotland’s independence and to claim his right to the Scottish throne.
Tsar Nicholas II looked just like his cousin, George V of England—yet George still dealt him a ruthless betrayal.
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