Timeline for Which bastards became kings?
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 19:26 | answer | added | andejons | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 18:10 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Transformed title to question, fixed capitalization. Removed "children", since very few daughters would become kings.
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 18:03 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited title
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 12:19 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
removed unsourced hearsay.
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 6:26 | answer | added | M.A. Golding | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 8, 2015 at 10:25 | comment | added | TheMathemagician | There's a slight subtext to the beefeater's phrase. Supposedly William should NOT be referred to as Conqueror in the City of London because he didn't conquer it. However as the Tower of London (built by William!) is not itself in the City (it's just outside it) their argument seems weak. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 21:17 | comment | added | Oldcat | I'd rule out William, not because of Bastardy but because he won the crown by conquest as an adult. | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 7:50 | vote | accept | Ronan | ||
| Apr 18, 2014 at 5:44 | comment | added | Duncan | William's mother was a tanner's daughter, which is pretty common, compared to other recognised bastards usually made with other nobles e.g. Gruffydd son of Llewellyn the Great. Gruffydd was heir to the throne of Wales, but his father named Dafydd heir, to please the English as he had an English mother. William I was actually teased by rivals about his origins, e.g. They hung skins from a wall under siege "you stink like a tannery" | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 1:43 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | William I most certainly was a bastard as well as The Conqueror. | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 0:20 | answer | added | Thomas Pornin | timeline score: 29 | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 17:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackHistory/status/456846735038377984 | ||
| Apr 17, 2014 at 16:37 | answer | added | Felix Goldberg | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 16:06 | answer | added | Steve Jessop | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 12:16 | answer | added | David H | timeline score: 13 | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 11:44 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 17, 2014 at 11:27 | history | asked | Ronan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |