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1. Cleopatra and Mark Anthony

Hundreds of men dreamed of spending a night with her, but she passionately fell in love with the Roman commander Mark Anthony. He left his wife Octavia for the sake of the bewitching beauty of Cleopatra. To destroy the apostates, the brother of Octavia brought a whole army of soldiers to Egypt. However, the lovers were so fascinated by each other that they preferred to commit suicide than to part. Their love was able to defeat not only death, but also time.

2. Napoleon and Josephine

Napoleon was struck by the beauty of the beautiful Josephine at first sight. But he needed years to make her a marriage proposal. Despite mutual strong feelings, their marriage was full of betrayal and drama. When Napoleon became the emperor, Josephine could not give him the heir. Then he went to another woman, and she died of a broken heart. However, Napoleon could not forget the beautiful Josephine. There were rumors that until his death he wore violets from her garden in his medallion.

3. Dante and Beatrice

Despite the fact that Dante Aligieri met with Beatrice only twice, she became the main source of his inspiration. The first time this happened when he was nine years old, and she was eight. The second time they collided on the street, already being young people. Beatrice turned and greeted the poet with a burning gaze of her emerald eyes. A few years later the girl died. In subsequent years, Dante wrote about his beloved: "She is my bliss and salvation, the destroyer of all vices and the queen of virtue."

4. King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

King Edward VIII allowed himself an inadmissible luxury - he married love. True, for the sake of this he had to abandon the British throne. Turning to the radio to the nation, the king said that he could not fulfill his duties without the support of his beloved woman. The following years, ex-Korol and twice diluted American Wallis Simpson wandered around Europe. During the Second World War, they settled in the Bahamas. And after its end, they returned to Europe and lived the rest of their lives in a luxurious castle in the south of France.

5. Gertrude Stein and Alice Babett Toklas

Alice and Gertrude grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco. But we met in Paris when they exceeded both thirty. At first they were good friends, and then their friendship grew into a stormy romance. Famous Americans lived together a happy and long life in the company of three charming poodles. Their love gained international fame after the “Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas” was published. As the lover of Stein wrote: "To be happy, you need to dare."

6. Frida Kalo and Diego River

Frida Kalo and Diego Rivera constantly quarreled, started novels on the side and even once divorced, then to get married again. Meanwhile, there was some inexplicable, mystical connection between them. This is what a Mexican artist wrote about her wife in her diary: “Diego is my husband. Diego is my friend. Diego is my mother. Diego is my father. Diego is my son. Diego - me. Diego is my universe. "