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Post by mikef6 on Sept 18, 2022 15:03:02 GMT
We all have heard about King Henry VIII and his 6 wives, especially wife #2, Anne Boleyn who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I and who was framed for treason and executed by her husband the King.
Anne had an older sister named Mary (born 1499, the title character of the film “The Other Boleyn Girl” who was played by Scarlett Johansson). Before her sister married the King, Mary became the King’s reluctant mistress. Mary may have already been married when the King took her, but the King of England could schtupp anybody he wanted. Mary got kicked out, disgraced, when Anne entered the picture. Mary and her husband eventually had two kids. After Mary’s husband died, Anne received her sister back in court until Mary turned up pregnant again, which caused a scandal, so got the boot for good. A court document from the times calls Mary “that infamous whore.”
Queen Elizabeth II (1936-2022) was a direct descendant of Mary Boleyn via one of Mary’s daughters, a 12-greats granddaughter.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 18, 2022 15:36:21 GMT
Princess Diana is descended from not one, but two illegitimate children of King Charles II of England: Henry Fitzroy and Charles Lennox, via two of her great-grandmothers, Adelaide Seymour and Rosalind Bingham. This means that Diana's royal family tree stretches back through the ages of both English and Scottish history.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 18, 2022 16:39:34 GMT
Some say the nursery rhyme "Rock a Bye Baby" is about the Glorious Revolution and the fall of James II
"Rock a bye baby" - the birth of James Francis Edward, James II's son and Catholic heir
"in the tree top" - the top of England
"when the wind blows, the cradle will rock" - the wind is bringing the fleet of William & Mary
"when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall" - Not "bough", but "bow", the bows of W&M's ships landing
"down will come baby, cradle and all" - the fall of James II
Beats the hell out of being just about a baby falling out of a tree
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Sept 18, 2022 17:27:21 GMT
Burger King once married Dairy Queen.
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Post by clusium on Sept 18, 2022 18:36:09 GMT
Some say the nursery rhyme "Rock a Bye Baby" is about the Glorious Revolution and the fall of James II "Rock a bye baby" - the birth of James Francis Edward, James II's son and Catholic heir "in the tree top" - the top of England "when the wind blows, the cradle will rock" - the wind is bringing the fleet of William & Mary "when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall" - Not "bough", but "bow", the bows of W&M's ships landing "down will come baby, cradle and all" - the fall of James II Beats the hell out of being just about a baby falling out of a tree Yeah, the vast majority (if not ALL) nursery rhymes are in some way, or another, about historical events, told in metaphorical terms.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 18, 2022 21:12:03 GMT
It was during the reign of King Edward III (1327-1377) English began to replace French as the official language of mainland Britain. Before, for some two centuries, French had been the language of English aristocracy and nobles, while English was only associated with peasants.
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Post by theauxphou on Sept 25, 2022 11:22:10 GMT
Princess Diana is descended from not one, but two illegitimate children of King Charles II of England: Henry Fitzroy and Charles Lennox, via two of her great-grandmothers, Adelaide Seymour and Rosalind Bingham. This means that Diana's royal family tree stretches back through the ages of both English and Scottish history. She’s also descended from Charles II’s brother James II (via an illegitimate son, James FitzJames). Camilla Parker-Bowles is also descended from Charles II—as is Sarah Ferguson.
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 5, 2022 20:04:08 GMT
Burger King once married Dairy Queen. Well, he had to, after he forgot to wrap up his big Whopper. (Sorry, but that was the big joke at my middle school 45+ years ago, and I couldn't resist.)
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 5, 2022 20:30:51 GMT
Burger King once married Dairy Queen. Well, he had to, after he forgot to wrap up his big Whopper. (Sorry, but that was the big joke at my middle school 45+ years ago, and I couldn't resist.) 
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 5, 2022 21:33:45 GMT
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) was the nephew of the Russian Empress Alexandra (1872-1918). Mountbatten had romantic feelings for his cousin Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918) who he met in 1913 when he was 13 and Maria was 14. Mountbatten kept a photograph of Grand Duchess Maria at his bedside for the rest of his life.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 5, 2022 22:30:08 GMT
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 5, 2022 22:35:35 GMT
It was not until 1810 that King George III became permanently deranged. Before that he had had serious bouts of illness in 1778, 1788-89 and again in 1801. George III ruled for almost 60 years, and for the majority of his reign, he was not insane. It was after the death of his daughter Amelia that George III became permanently deranged
George III and his wife Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz had 15 children, 13 of them lived to adulthood.
George III was king from 25 October 1760 until 29 January 1820, but between 1811 and until his death his was his son George (later George IV ) who was regent.
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Post by amyghost on Oct 6, 2022 12:33:20 GMT
Some say the nursery rhyme "Rock a Bye Baby" is about the Glorious Revolution and the fall of James II "Rock a bye baby" - the birth of James Francis Edward, James II's son and Catholic heir "in the tree top" - the top of England "when the wind blows, the cradle will rock" - the wind is bringing the fleet of William & Mary "when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall" - Not "bough", but "bow", the bows of W&M's ships landing "down will come baby, cradle and all" - the fall of James II Beats the hell out of being just about a baby falling out of a tree Yeah, the vast majority (if not ALL) nursery rhymes are in some way, or another, about historical events, told in metaphorical terms. True. 'Ring Around the Roses' is supposedly a reference to the use of sweet-smelling plants and magical incantations used to try and ward off the Black Death during the medieval plagues.
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Post by amyghost on Oct 6, 2022 12:41:13 GMT
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) was the nephew of the Russian Empress Alexandra (1872-1918). Mountbatten had romantic feelings for his cousin Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918) who he met in 1913 when he was 13 and Maria was 14. Mountbatten kept a photograph of Grand Duchess Maria at his bedside for the rest of his life. Most of the European ruling houses of the period were peopled by direct descendants (children and grandchildren) of that most redoubtable of monarchs, Queen Victoria; Alexandra was her grand-daughter. Kaiser Wilhelm was a grandson, and Alex and Willi were quite close until his making war against Russia, when the Empress turned away from him--even so, many Russians firmly believed she was a German sympathizer and possibly even agent for the Kaiser, one of the major factors involved in the eventual Russian Revolution and execution of the Tsar and his family.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 6, 2022 14:04:24 GMT
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) was the nephew of the Russian Empress Alexandra (1872-1918). Mountbatten had romantic feelings for his cousin Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918) who he met in 1913 when he was 13 and Maria was 14. Mountbatten kept a photograph of Grand Duchess Maria at his bedside for the rest of his life. Most of the European ruling houses of the period were peopled by direct descendants (children and grandchildren) of that most redoubtable of monarchs, Queen Victoria; Alexandra was her grand-daughter. Kaiser Wilhelm was a grandson, and Alex and Willi were quite close until his making war against Russia, when the Empress turned away from him--even so, many Russians firmly believed she was a German sympathizer and possibly even agent for the Kaiser, one of the major factors involved in the eventual Russian Revolution and execution of the Tsar and his family. I know Most European royals today are as you said direct descendants of Queen Victoria, but also of the Danish king Christian IX. Queen Victoria was known as the grandmother of Europe and King Christian IX of Denmark was called the grandfather of Europe, or the father in law of Europe. he was either called the grandfather of Europe or the father in law of Europe. Christian IX (1818-1906) was the king of Denmark from 1863 until 1906 Both the British royal family and the former Russian imperial family are direct descendants of Christian IX of Denmark. Because his wife Louise got their two oldest daughters married to the heirs of the British and Russian throne. The British and the Russian monarchies where the two most important monarchies at that time.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 6, 2022 14:14:00 GMT
From 1939 to 2022 John William Friso (1687-1711) and his wife Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688-1765) were the most recent common ancestors of all currently reigning monarchs in Europe. Royal descendants of John William Friso and his wife |
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Post by clusium on Oct 6, 2022 14:20:30 GMT
Yeah, the vast majority (if not ALL) nursery rhymes are in some way, or another, about historical events, told in metaphorical terms. True. 'Ring Around the Roses' is supposedly a reference to the use of sweet-smelling plants and magical incantations used to try and ward off the Black Death during the medieval plagues. From my own understanding, the nursery rhyme was called Ring around the Rosey, & the 'Rosey' referred to the red swelling on the back one's hand, during the early states of catching the Black Death plague.
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