France

After a lifetime of trouble-making, Princess Elisabeth Charlotte was banished from court—until she came up with a truly wicked plan.

It was a twist of fate that made Charles IX the child king of France, but it was his own horrible decision that caused it all to come tumbling down around him.

It was a twist of fate that made Charles IX the child king of France, but it was his own horrible decision that caused it all to come tumbling down around him.

Napoleon: Is there any one name from history that's so maligned? But for good reason—this supposedly small tyrant had enormous scandals.

Madame de Pompadour was the alluring chief mistress of King Louis XV, but few people know her dark history—or the chilling secret shared by her and Louis.

Princess Elisabeth Charlotte Facts. While the Sun King and his mistresses lived it up in Versailles, one woman quietly watched and wrote it all down.