Legend of No British king being able to be named "John"

[mrtn]

Stupid database...

 

[Kafka2]

The English monarchy should dig out some old classics. Sledda, Eorcenbert, Pappo, Beli Mawr....

 

[Plotinus]

Well, given Charles' reported reluctance to be called Charles when he becomes king, perhaps he's browsing that list even as we speak. I think his image would be massively improved if he called himself King Eorcenbert.

 

[Asclepius]

Well, given Charles' reported reluctance to be called Charles when he becomes king, perhaps he's browsing that list even as we speak. I think his image would be massively improved if he called himself King Eorcenbert.

Way too English for someone of such mixed pedigree! I doubt if he will last on the throne as long either! Isn't he too much of a Pagan tree hugger to be named after the first Christian King of Kent?

 

[Plotinus]

That's true! Penda II it is, then, without a doubt.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Given his previous desires to be a female sanitary product, one would think that Cnut would be eminently suitable.

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

So what legacy does Prince William have?

William I- Bastard fascist invader.
William II- Transvestite murder victim.
William III- Hunchback Dutch invader.
William IV- Idiot pro-slavery campaigner.

William III was not a hunchback, you're thinking of prince William IV, stadtholder of Holland from 1745, who married an English princess.
So he did have a tie to England.

William III was the opponent of Louis XIV, while William IV was overseeing the final fall of Holland as a world power.

 

[Kafka2]

No, I'm definitely thinking of William III of England. The bisexual midget who reigned 1688- 1702.

 

[DAv2003]

Were were meant to have one or two Arthurs on the English throne as well but they died.

 

[Colonel_here]

Personally i don't think that William III the Orange should be bashed. He was invited to take the throne and did it almost without sheding any blood. He was also the first king to accept the power of Parliament (unlike the previous which tried to take it away) and only used his veto 2 times through out the reign. After him the veto never has been used.

 

[Plotinus]

I was under the impression that Queen Anne was the last to do that, when she withheld her assent to the Scottish Militia Bill in 1707.

 

[Colonel_here]

My bad i was not aware of that fact.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I'd be most worried about being named James.

James I - Assassinated in a sewer
James II - Blown up in an accident with a cannon
James III - Killed in battle fleeing for his life
James IV - Killed in battle
James V - Grieved to death at age 30
James VI/I - Did pretty well
James VII/II - Deposed

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

No, I'm definitely thinking of William III of England. The bisexual midget who reigned 1688- 1702.

But my point was he did not have a hunchback, that was William IV.

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

I'd be most worried about being named James.

James I - Assassinated in a sewer
James II - Blown up in an accident with a cannon
James III - Killed in battle fleeing for his life
James IV - Killed in battle
James V - Grieved to death at age 30
James VI/I - Did pretty well
James VII/II - Deposed

That's because most of them were Scottish kings, and we all know that was one of the worst jobs of the Middle Ages.

 

[Jafendel]

Well, given Charles' reported reluctance to be called Charles when he becomes king, perhaps he's browsing that list even as we speak.

Well that sounds interesting. Is he going to separate Prince Charles from King X with this move? Or is there some deeper anti-Charleism?

If I may propose, let him be King Zardoz I !

 

[Odin2006]

Well, given Charles' reported reluctance to be called Charles when he becomes king, perhaps he's browsing that list even as we speak. I think his image would be massively improved if he called himself King Eorcenbert.

He knows what happened the last time a King Charles came after a Queen Lizzie. He doesn't want to lose his head.