Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
LOL.

You're exagerating a touch, of course, since most of the Western world at least would connect him with Rome, but you are quite correct as to the level of "fuzziness" most have in their knowledge of history. If it will not get them laid or paid, many will fast track the bit of knowledge in question into the recycle bin and use that grey matter for something more important.
And that is the shame of society.

About Gustavus. How about making alliances with Catholic French cardinals against the HRE/AH? First signs that the state's importance outweighed the religion (a common theme for wars of the time).