Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath View Post
I wouldn't say Victoria had NO power. The British monarch did still have a little pull left over in her era, even moreso because Victoria herself was a highly influential woman.

But there is no comparison between her personal power and the power of Catherine II. William III (as mentioned, the 'current' British monarch) held more tangible power than Victoria.

As to kings fighting battles, I dont think that ever happened in this era. Certainly heads of state sometimes attended a battle, but they never actually took part in the fighting as far as I know. For example, Alexander, Francis and Napoleon were all at Austerlitz (Hence, 'The Battle of the Three Emperors'), but none of them personally rode out.

I think that, by now, the probability of being killed by a random bullet was too high to warrant such actions. And nobility had started to value their own skin more too, possibly
only ten years before the games start date, king william II and king james VII were both present at the battle of the boyne