Who is your favorite gay historical figure ? (before XXth century)

The more I learn about History, the more I realize there were some amazing gay historical figures. Sadly, there are often straight-washed. Here are some of my favorites:Frederick the Great, King of PrussiaFrederick was a young prince concerned with literature and philosophy contrary to his father nicknamed the Soldier King.When he was 16, he fell in love with a young page named Keith. His father was angry when he found out about it. He sent Keith away and locked up Frederick in a hunting lodge to repent of his sin.But the sin wouldn’t go away. Frederick grew close to another man named Katte. Together they planned to escape from the King’s control and flee to Great Britain. But the King found out about it and they were accused of treason. To punish Frederick, the king ordered that Katte would be executed right in front of him. Frederick fainted right before the fatal blow was struck.After this event, Frederick was kept far from court and then was forced to marry a woman he could never love. He became colder and more alike his father, beginning a brilliant career in the military.He then became one of the greatest kings of Prussia setting the first stone for the unification of Germany. He was a patron of the arts and his palace of Sanssouci (literally “no worries” in French). There, only men were allowed and they may or may not have had quite a lot of fun beside ruling the country and discussing philosophy (those Greek philosophers were sure very inspiring). I hear he was a great flauntist too.Joan of ArcBy today’s standards, it’s unclear whether she would simply be a lesbian or straight trans guy.She was an epic and completely crazy heroin. She was a great leader and a true knight. She could be a jealous bitch who ordered other prophetess to be executed because they were heretics contrary to her. And there are several accounts (which may be exaggeration but let me dream) of her sleeping with beautiful young maidens.When she was under trial in Rouen for witchcraft, she was demanded to wear woman’s clothes at the court or she would be immediately burned. There are two versions here. Either she had woman’s clothes in her cell, but she refused to wear them. Then you have an early trans icon who preferred to die than going back into the closet. Or you believe that the guard kept the clothes and refuse to give them to her unless she gave up her virginity to him. And she becomes a lesbian martyr.I don’t even get why French conservatives would claim Joan of Arc to be hersRichard Lionheart and Philip II of FranceThe prince Richard is at war with his father to give the throne of England to his elder brother. He decides to get the help of the young King of France Philip II. They strike this alliance by sharing the same bed (no homo). They make tons of promises to each other. Philip will help Richard in the war for the throne and in return Richard accept that Normandy is technically part of France even though it is owned by England. When Richard’s elder brother died, he decided to take the throne for himself.Long after they met, Richard would continue to write passionate letters to Philip. But Philip was apparently using him. They decided to go make a crusade together. But at the last moment Philip quickly went back to France to steal Normandy from Richard. Richard went crazy when he realized he was betrayed by the man he admired. Years later, he would be back to France. He laid with quite a lot of men and women on the way. He would die on a small petty siege before the war he planned against Philip to take back his land.There are so many more. Julius Caesar was mocked for being a bottom but then he became emperor. Louis XIII of France “the Chaste”: chaste because he didn’t have a mistress but he had many guys fond of jewelry in his bedroom to play with.To be clear, I tell this stories with our understanding of sexuality. None of them identified as homosexuals. I bent this stories based on true facts, Hollywood style, to fit my narrative. This is not how History works and I encourage you to read more about them. But it feels so good to gay-wash History for once!