Lovers, renowned and notorious– DW– 02/14/2025

The Most Famous Gay Couple of Antiquity …

…Was Possibly Really Just Close Platonic Friends Whether Alexander the Great and his Close Advisor and Bodyguard Hephaestion Did Indeed Share A Bed is a Matter That Divides Opinion Among Historian’s toThis Day What is indisputable is that throughout Alexander’s Lifetime- in the fourth Century Bc-Same-Sex Relationships Were Nothing Unusual So there is historic proof that alexander and hephaesion foht with each other on the macedonian king’s terrific projects.

Writings by Ancient Historian’s Claim that Alexander Mourned the Death of his Friend So Deeply That He Posthumously Declared Him A Demigod, No Longer Allowed Festival Throughout the Empire, Massacred An Entire Tribe Out of Sheer Grief andHad Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Had Accounts Cannot Be Historically Verified.

Cleopatra and Caesar: Love Affair and Political Alliance

The Year is 48 BC A Power Struggle in Ancient Egypt Between Cleopatra and Her Brother – and Husband – Ptolemy has emerge right into a bitter civil. Seeking Support from Rome, Cleopatra Attempts to Ensnare The Local General, Julius Caesar, with Her Charm andBeauty Caesar Takes the Bait: In Addition to a Liaison with the Most Beautiful and Powerful Woman of Antiquity, He Can Expect Even Greater Power, Since a Roman Alliance with EgOwland Allow Him to Maintain his setting in the Eastern Mediterranean.

With his Armies, he Ends the Civil War in Egypt inCleopatra’s Favor Ptolemy Suffers AConvenient Fatal Accident Caesar Goes on Live with Cleopatra in Rome, where his His Close Relationship With a Foreign Queen Causes aStir Still, lots of romans so Recognize the Political Benefits of the Relationship – which finishes with Caesar’s murder in 44 BC. Cleopatra after that Begins Another Love Affair in Rome, one no much less politically eruptive, yet that is one more tale.

Heloise and Abelard: Dazzling Lovers of the Middle Ages

The 12th Century: 40-Year-Old Peter Abelard Is Considered The Most Intelligent Scholar in All of Europe; 18-Year-Old Heloise the Most Beautiful Maiden inParis Abelard Wants to Win Over the Young Beauty, But needs to obtain Past Her Uncle and Protector,The Canon Fulbert So he offers heloise exclusive tutoring. Abelard Teaches Heloise Not just the Arts of Science, yet so the arts of love – and heloise makes search terrific development that Abelard extols it to his various other trainees. Soon All of Paris Knows About It – And Fulbert is the last to discover.

When Fulbert’s Anger Subsides, He and Abelard Negotiate A Deal: An Immediate Marriage withHeloise The Marriage is to Remain Secret, as the Role of Husband would certainly Damage Abelard’s Reputation as a Star Among the Scholars of the Middle Ages, as Heloise So IT. When fulbert stabs in the back his word and make their mariage public, to frustrated Abelard Sends Heloise to aConvent Fulbert is once more angry, seing this as an effort by Abelard to escape the Obligations ofMarriage Hey theSinful Professor Castrated Abelard Flees to Abbey and Baces a Monk; Heloise is Left with Little Choice But to Become a currently. Though divided by range and spiritual swears, The Two Remain Intimately Linked for the remainder of their lives.

Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII: Love on the Chopping Block

1527: King Henry VIII of England is Married to Catherine ofAragon But she has Yet to Bear Henry a Son-And The King Now Finds Her Young Lady-In-Waiting Anne Boleyn Far More Attractive Hey with ardent love letters, yet Anne Makes it clear to him that she will certainly not make love prior to margin. Henry is so consumed with her that he relinquishes the unique Catholic Church so he can separation Catherine and wed anne. But that Marriage So Fails to Produce a Male Heir to theThrone The Couple Become Estranged and Henry is Told That Anne is having an event. Hey His Former Mistress Imprisoned in the Tower ofLondon

She is condemned of high treason and performed on the Morning of May 19, 1536. Thousands Watch as the death squad Beeads Anne Boleyn with aSword Henry is not Among theSpectator He Marries Four More Times – And Has his Fifth Wife Beheaded for Adultery.

Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal: a Monumental Love

It was Love at First Sight in 1607 When 15-Year-Old Prince Khurram, Later to Become India’s Great Mogul Shah Jahan, and 14-Year-Old Arjumand Banu Begum Meet Five Years Later, they are wed. From after that on, Arjumand is called “Mumaz Mahal” – The Jewel of the Palace – And isShah Jahan’s Favorite Wife She goes along with Him on all his journeys and Bears Him 14Children After the Birth of their Last Child, She Starts Bleeding to Death.

The Widower, Whose Beard Turns White Overnight, Has a Mausoleum Built in Agra, India – It was to be one of the most Perfect Building inHuman History To this particular day, The Taj Mahal Shines in the Bright Test White Marble.

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas: Power Couple of the Parisian Boh ème

The jet set of the Parisian progressive fulfills in the Salon ofJewish American Gertude Stein Stone has cash and is an Author and Art Collector with an eager nose for fads. On the Walls of Her Salon Hang Pictures by Painters Such as Gauguin, Picasso and Delacroix, that are constant visitor, Along with Writers Like Ernest Hemingway and TSEliot A Woman, Gertrude’s Great Love, Toils Away in the Background: Writer Alice B. Toklas.

The Two Women Had drops in Love in 1907. But alice is not just undertrude’s enthusiast, she is Her Cook, Secretary, Muse, Editor and Critic – And They Live Together for Almost 40 Years Until Gertrude’s Death in 1946. Alice Outlives Her by 21 years. She is Buried Next to Gertrude in Paris, Her name Inscribed in Gold Letters on the Back of Stein’s Gravestone.

Bonnie and Clyde: Outlaw Lovers

Bonnie Parker (1910-1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909-1934) Meet in Texas in 1930. Both Grew Up in Poverty and they Share a Dream of aBetter Life Clyde was currently dedicating criminal activities, and their love is disrupted when he is sentected to 2 years inPrison But Bonnie Waits for Him, and When Clyde is Released, They Join Forces in Robbing Stores, Gas Stations and Banks Across Several States, Always Just Managing to Evade Arrest.

Newspapers Print Photos Of The Two Lovebirds Posing with Weapons, and they’re Celebrated as Rebellious Anti-Heroes in Depression- A-A-A-AA. But Public Sympathy Wanes When theCouple Starts Killing People Their Love Story Comes to a Violent and Gruesome End When They are drawn right into 1934. For Sixteen Seconds, Police Fire on their Car, and Bonnie and Clyde Die, Riddled with Dozens of Bullets.

Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis: The (Self-) Destruction of a Diva

Maria Callas goes to the Height of Her job as an opera celebrity and is still wed when she experiences aristotle onassis, a well-off delivery mogul that is soMarried The Two Meet at a Glamorous High Society Party on Onassis’ Luxury Yacht, and Begin aPassionate Relationship Onassis Lavishes Callas with Expensive Gifts and She isCrazy About Him Both Their Marriage End in Divorce.

Callas wants to wed onassis, yet he remains in no rush to celebrate a marriage with. Their Relationship ends up being Increasingly hazardous. She does just when he desires her to. Her fascination with Him influences her voice; She ends up being Erratic and Flops inConcerts While Destroying Her Opera Career, She Clings To Him – And He Distances Himelf Further andFurther When he fulfills the Presidential Widow Jacqueline Kennedy and Marries Her, Callas Can Only Look onHelplessly Although Onassis and Callas Still Meet from Time to Time, Their Relationship is as messed up as Maria Callas’ Voice.

Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader: Till Death Do Us Part

Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader Meet in 1967 During Student Protests inBerlin Both are energetic in the “Extra Parliamentary Opposition”- a team that does not really feel stood for by celebrations in the Bundestag and Makes that Clear Through Politicated Act ofSabotage In 1968, Baader and Ensslin Commit Their First Crime Together: Two Attacks on Department ofStores

Together with Ulrike Meinhof, They Become the Heads of the Baader-Meinhof Group, Who Were Responsible for the First Terrorist Attacks by the Red Army Faction (RAF), which Shook Germany to the Core in the 1970s. Baader and Ensslin Are Are Arrested in 1972, Followed by a lengthy test, covered substantial in the media. In October 1977, Both Are Found Dead inTheir Cells The Circumstances of their Deaths Remain Unclear to this particular day.

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