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    Guilliame le Batarde claimed the crown of the English as the legitimate heir of Ethelred, so he did not claim to be the first King of England. Why should we disagree with him?

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    ... the French quiz, which starts in 843, when there was a clear French monarch. (Which, incidentally, is why there are only sixteen Louis', whereas the last one is numbered Louis XVIII)
    There was a king of the Franks much earlier. IIRC Clovis is the first. The French enumeration recognises this because there is no Charles I, thats Charlemagne.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    Guilliame le Batarde claimed the crown of the English as the legitimate heir of Ethelred, so he did not claim to be the first King of England. Why should we disagree with him?
    We should disagree because back then as much as now leaders understood the power of propaganda.
    Guillaume le Bâtard was a plain usurper.

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    "You got ALL 41 Kings and Queens of England."

    Good thing we got so many Henry's, Richard's, Charles, James, Williams, Victoria, Elizabeth, etc.

    They didn't have Cromwell on there though. Would have made him roll in his grave.
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    My family's ancestor treatied with Queen Vicky as our band's hereditary chief. The document is in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum right now. Good stuff.

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    39 French through random guesses and 40 British because so many have the same names, I missed Lady Jane Grey.

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    I can´t even name more than 3 or 4 Portuguese ones....I´m not touching this with a 10 foot stick :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
    I can´t even name more than 3 or 4 Portuguese ones....I´m not touching this with a 10 foot stick :P
    Really? :o What about all the Joãos and Afonsos and Pedros?
    BLARGH!

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