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Figures Hidden in a Royal Book

Feb 18, 2023

anniversaries, heraldry, sources

“Princes”, adoption, British Library, Bruges, Edward IV, Hadrian, Henry VIII, libraries, manuscripts, Margaret of Burgundy, mottoes, murrey and blue, Order of the Garter, Plotila, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Roman Emperors, Romuleon, royal arms, Trajan

BL Royal 19 E V is a medieval manuscript that once belonged to Edward IV. It was compiled for him in Bruges in 1480. The content is the Romuleon, a translation of a history of Rome, and amongst the tales of Emperors and Empresses, it contains the symbols of its royal owner–the Arms of England,…
A much simpler analysis: Herr today, gone tomorrow?

Nov 12, 2022

anniversaries, genealogy, law

Abdication, adoption, Bavaria, Germany, Hohenzollerns, Jacobites, Liechtenstein, Prussia, Salic Law, Saxony, Useful Charts, Wilhelm II, Wurttenburg

This time, Useful Charts determines the hypothetical King (Emperor) of Germany. The Emperors from 1871 were the Hohenzollerns, an ancient family who had become Kings of Prussia, the largest of the four remaining component monarchies alongside Bavaria, Saxony and Wurttenburg and several smaller states. The 2018 video, ironically marking the centenary of the abdication shows…