The Latest
TIL After Francis I exchanged himself in spanish captivity in 1526 with his two sons, aged 7 and 8, he annuled everything he signed in exchange for his release, but the kids remained in captivity for nearly 4 years. His eldest son and heir was scarred for life as a result
In 1526, French Dauphin Francis I was exchanged as a hostage in Spain after his father’s capture. This event shaped his life and French-Spanish relations.
TIL that the son of the man who welcomed the puritans and fed them when they were starving had his head cut off and put on a spike for 20 years at the same location as the first thanksgiving.
New evidence confirms that the son of Metacomet, the Wampanoag sachem known as King Philip, was sold into slavery after the King Philip’s War.