Biography

At a very young age, he lost his younger brother Thomas due to illness, and his mother died shortly thereafter.

After the death of his brother Kasper, Beethoven tried hard to take care of his son Karl, because he believed that his widow, Johanna, was too promiscuous to take care of the child.

Lodovico was not interested in the children, for whom he was cold and strict, especially Michelangelo.

His mother was Nancy Lincoln, née Hanks. Her descendant, and therefore a descendant of Abraham Lincoln, is actor Tom Hanks.

In her free time, the Princess indulges her second passion - cooking.

In 1914, she married Victor Dandré, a Duma official, who she met in Paris between 1900 and 1904.

He died as a result of a gunshot wound during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater.

Chopin's next teacher was Wilhelm Waclaw Wurfel, also of Czech origin.

He participated in the longest press conference in history, lasting 14 hours.

Hemingway’s home in Key West still serves as a museum dedicated to the writer.