History quiz

[Knight Templar]

SFTS, are you going to post if the answers above are true or false?

[Avicenna]

EDIT again:

I found this map: http://home.comcast.net/~vienna1230/..._1138_1254.jpg

The HRE under the Hohenstaufens seems to be its greatest extent. I'm not much of a middle ages fan, so I just googled it.

[AntiochusIII]

Yes, apparently it was during Heinrich's short reign, an Emperor who was the son of Freidrich I Barbarossa, arguably the dynasty's greatest, and father of Freidrich II, the last Emperor (though not the last) of the Hohenstauffen line when the Holy Roman Empire was at its greatest extent.

The main difference between his realm and Barbarossa's was that he added Sicily to his holdings--his son, Freidrich II, would practically lose the empire as he spent his entire life fighting in Italy from the base in Sicily (how ironic...) and a short time in the Holy Land, while his son and the German dukes disobeyed him from Germany.

Nonetheless, my answer is not absolute because the Holy Roman Empire was a very vague thing even back in the day. The Italians sometimes were recognized formally (though rarely practically, until Freidrich II's time) as subjects of the Empire and sometimes weren't.

Later on, during the Hapsburg timeframe, the Hapsburg Emperors would have holdings far beyond the Holy Roman Empire's official border, and yet in that official border their authority was always in question; later on it was nonexistent. That doesn't matter though, for the border was indeed smaller than Heinrich's Empire.

Also, we are taking this question based on the conclusion that Charlemagne's Empire was not the same as the Empire we're talking about here.

And somebody answered it before, so I'm not claiming any right to ask questions.

[Strike For The South]

gah sorry all

Yall are right... someone new question

[Craterus]

What happened in 1369 to the Timurid Empire?

[Aenlic]

It began?

[Craterus]

Nope...

[matteus the inbred]

the accession of Timur the Lame at Samarkand?

[Aenlic]

That one sounds good to me. I guess the confusing part was using the term Timurid empire. The empire itself isn't refered to as such until 1370 by historians, probably because the ascension to the throne of Samarkand came at the end of 1369; but the ascension to the throne is considered the beginning of the empire. Thus, I said that is when it began.

[Craterus]

Sure have it. I wasn't sure how to word the question.

I was actually looking for Samarkand being made the capital of the empire...

[matteus the inbred]

So it's Aenlic's question now, yes? or mine? I don't mind which. Better Aenlic as I'm going home now!

[Aenlic]

You take it, Matteus. Your answer was more in line with what Craterus was looking for, answer-wise. Ask away!

[matteus the inbred]

why thankyou!

ok; what was the battlecry or motto of the Grand Catalan Company?

[Aenlic]

Well since no one is answering and I had no clue, I went looking for the answer.

Took a lot of digging, but I found the answer here in the Guild! In a Feb. 2006 post, Swordsmaster posted here a translation of a Spanish newspaper article about the Almughavars which included their two battle cries.

Aragon, Aragon!

and

Desperta, ferro! (Awake Iron!)


Ask another nice tough one, Matteus! I like digging for answers more than I like thinking up a new question.

[matteus the inbred]

heheh, well done Aenlic!
'Desperta ferre' was the one I was looking for, meaning 'awake the iron!', I didn't know about the Aragon warcry, although I do know that they used the banner of Aragon most of the time. Lovely bunch, the CGC...

If it's okay with everyone I'll ask another one then. (If it's not ok, someone else can ask one! Should be Aenlic as he answered correctly)

Name the only Napoleonic Marshal of France to receive his baton on the battlefield.

[cegorach]

I am not sure, maybe Jozef Poniatowski ?

[The Stranger]

the guy that lead the hussars...forgot his name

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Etienne MacDonald?


I don't think that's his full title, but you know who I mean.

[matteus the inbred]

evil maniac is correct. Marshals Marmont, Suchet, Oudinot and Poniatowski were all promoted as a result of battlefield performance, but only Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald (!!) was created a marshal on the field.
fire away, evil maniac.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Who was the Chief of General Staff in Germany between 1906 and 1914?


EDIT: I need the full title.

[Aenlic]

Who was the Chief of General Staff in Germany between 1906 and 1914?


EDIT: I need the full title.

Chief of the Great General Staff Helmuth von Moltke (the Younger)

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Correct, otherwise known as Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke.

[Aenlic]

Well then... ask another one! And I'll let someone else answer.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

OK then...


What is the motto of the House of Hohenzollern?

[Louis VI the Fat]

What is the motto of the House of Hohenzollern?

Nihil sine Deo (nothing without God).

Who is the greatest Frenchman in history?

[Strike For The South]

you

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Charlagamane

[Louis VI the Fat]

you

I did mean to ask who was VOTED the greatest Frenchman in history. The French chose De Gaulle. But I phrased it incompletely and you obviously did answer the question as posted correctly .

Do go ahead and post your question.

[Strike For The South]

Name the republic of Texas presdints (all of them)

[Avicenna]

EDIT: nevermind, I thought former governors of Texas who then became president

[Csargo]

Sam Houston is the only one right?