Potatoes were once so despised they were linked to leprosy. What changed? It's a tale of propaganda, survival, and ordinary ...

(adoc-photos/Corbis) King Louis XVI ... France to its former footing, appointing the Comte de Lacépède as chancellor. At a concert at the Tuileries he kindled a romance with the celebrated 36 ...

He was five years old when he inherited ... one of the wealthiest in France. He was also the Prince du Sang or Prince of the Blood, second in line to the throne only behind the Count of Artois, the ...

Born on October 9, 1757, in Versailles, Charles-Philippe of France was the youngest son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony. Titled the Count of Artois, he was the grandson of ...

However, any enmity with the Orléans, rooted in Louis Philippe d’Orléans’ fatal betrayal of his cousin Louis XVI, was quickly ... De Gaulle furthered the old notion of France under a sole ...

The ancien régime, or the ‘old regime’, is the retrospective ... more just Constitution for France. Story continues below this ad Sensing a challenge to his authority Louis XVI started moving more ...

Her husband King Louis XVI’s sexual inadequacy had a profound impact on the destiny of France and the world ... died when she was six days old. His final words prophesied that his daughter ...

Under the 70-year-old ham-fisted management by the Le Pen family and their freshly minted 28-year-old TikTok superstar stuntman Jordan Bardella, France ... named after King Louis XV’s chief ...

are trying to figure out what to do with a statue of its namesake, King Louis XVI of France, nearly four years after it was moved into storage. The 200-year-old statue was damaged during protests ...

Local leaders in Louisville, Ky. are trying to figure out what to do with a statue of its namesake, King Louis XVI of France, nearly four years after it was moved into storage. The 200-year-old statue ...