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    Cool Re: Wrong Mathilda !!

    Re Joan of Arc & marriage ( to a woman ) in the game. This is not as daft as one might think.

    Joan disguised herself as a man & many thought she was one at the time. She even led troops on the battlefield ( although the extent of any "fighting" can only be guessed at ). Offers of marriage are therefore not totally unreasonable in the circumstances. To keep up this facade, who knows what lengths the French Court would have gone to, and any "wife" would have had affairs ( as would Joan ? ) , hence children (?). As it turned out, no offers of marriage are known to have occurred and she was captured / "unmasked" after a limited career & put to death.

    On a different note, "Matilda" "de Normandie" married Geoffrey of Anjou in 1128 ( aged 25/26 ) and produced a son Henry ( future Henry II of England ). So what happens to HER re marriage ( in the game ) is very important!!

    Also worth noting, is that William II of England never married prior to his death aged 40, so sons & daughters prior to 1100, should NOT occur in the game. It was rumoured after his death more so than before, that William II was homosexual; however it should be noted that his brothers married at age 47 & 32 respectively. The only oddity was that he made no provision for the succession. What is the usual ( in game ) succession here?
    Last edited by DEB8; 10-03-2009 at 01:35.

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