Edward VIII ruthlessly dumped his mistress Thelma Furness in favor of Wallis Simpson—but the repercussions of the affair poisoned the rest of Thelma’s life.
Isabella of Portugal wasn’t just a queen, she was a storm in a crown. With razor-sharp wit and ironclad charm, she bent empires to her will and left ripples that still echo through history. Few expected it, but this dazzling royal ended up shaping Spain—and the world—in ways no one saw coming.
The downfall of Nero in June of AD 68 set off a struggle in Rome that saw four emperors in the span of a year.
When Maria Carolina married Ferdinand, the King of Naples and Sicily, it seemed like a fairy tale—but it was really a horror story.
From being kidnapped by his stepfather to enacting revenge on an entire family, the life of James V was a wild ride, right up until his dark end.
In 300, Xerxes was a monstrous villain, but the real King of Kings was even worse than what we saw on screen.
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