François Leclerc du Tremblay

François Leclerc du Tremblay

male, deceased (1638)
Capuchin, Fontevrault, cardinal richelieu, la rochelle, Huguenot, friar…Eminencegrise
François Leclerc du Tremblay, also known as Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar, confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu. He was the el...
Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista

male, deceased (1973)
y Zaldívar, came to power in a coup, Eminencegrise, guerrilla movement, Mafia associates, Cold War leader
General Ruben Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the "de facto" military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940, and thus the eminence grise of Cuban p...
Anna Dalassena

Anna Dalassena

female, deceased (1102)
Eminencegrise, medieval woman, Comnenid dynasty, Byzantine empress, Empress Augusta, L'éminence grise
Anna Dalassena was an important Byzantine noblewoman who rose to position comparable to that of an Empress-Mother during the reign of her son...

Eadburh

female
Eminencegrise, Beggars, Anglo-Saxon royal consort, pavia, eminence gris
Eadburh was the daughter of Offa of Mercia and his Queen, Cynethryth, and was the wife of Beorhtric of Wessex. She married Beorhtric in 789....

Charles Richard Crane

male, deceased (1939)
University of Chicago, Wilson, yemen, World War I, diplomat, qing dynasty…Eminencegrise
Charles Richard Crane or Charles R. Crane (1858-1939) of Chicago was a wealthy American Arabist, a philanthropist who had business knowledge of...