Did You Know..........? A Bit Of French History.

tiggerblue10 | 21:48 Sun 16th Jan 2022 | History

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Going along the theme of did you knows.....

Duchess de Polignac, one of Marie Antoinette's best friends, was the great, great, great grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. She and the Polignac family managed to escape the guillotine by travelling around Europe in exile in 1789 and eventually to Austria where she died of illness the same year as the Queen.

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ToraToraTora

oi! I do the DYKs round ere!

tiggerblue10

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Apologies for rattling you cage!

Spicerack

It's better to be copied by everyone, ttt, than not copied at all. Oscar said that.
All them royal families are/were mixed up with each other, weren't they.

tiggerblue10

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Yes they were in some form or other but not always clear as to the actual lineage connections.

Spicerack

For instance. We ended up with a German or Austrian who couldn't speak English (and wasn't too keen on the job, either)
But he must have been next in line?

Spicerack

George 1st?

tiggerblue10

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Wasn't much of a choice to choose from but they all descended from James I and through his daughter, Elizabeth of Bohemia.

Atheist

I'm afraid the European royals are all in the same gang. They were never bothered too much about which kingdom they has, as long as they had a kingdom.
Bless 'em! All they care about is the dynasty (so Andy has had his lot!)

tiggerblue10

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To keep the Protestant line.