King Pedro I and Ines de Castro

Casanova

Teruel: Diego de Marcilla and Isabel Segura

Dido and Aeneas

Helen and Paris

Ahaseurus and Esther

The story of Emperor Qianlong and Xiang Fei, the fragrant concubine, took place in Beijing Imperial Palace. Another one happened during the Ming Dynasty between Emperor Chenghua and one of his concubines, Imperial Noble Consort Wan. The lady was almost 20 years older than the emperor but he apparently loved her till the end of her life. He was so distraught by her death that he died soon after. A third one happened during the Qing Dynasty between Emperor Shunzhi and Consort Donggo. After the lady died the emperor wanted to commit suicide

Lady White Snake and Xu Xian (story based in Hangzhou and the lake, met on Broken Bridge on the lake, Lady imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda, etc).

Emperor Hadrian and his gay lover Antinous (in 1998 the remains of the monumental tomb of Antinous, or a temple to him, were discovered at Villa Adriana)

Romeo and Juliet

Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

Napoleon and Josephine

Solomon and Queen of Sheba, David and Bathsheba

Topkapi Palace in Istanbul for Suleyman the magnificent and Roxolana

Meng Jiangnu cried for 3 days 3 nights for her husband's body, until the Great Wall of China collapsed

Lahore Fort for love of Prince Saleem and Anarkali

allegedly built by Anthony for Cleopatra

Shirin and Fahrad

See www.livius.org

“The Song of Seodong”

Story of Prince Saliya and his lowcast lover, Asokamala.