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Re: Shocking discovery

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Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
> Keith F. Lynch <kfl@keithlynch.net> wrote:
>> This has resulting in a shocking discovery.  It turns out that William
>> the Conqueror was illegitimate, i.e. his parents were not married to
>> each other!

> Umm...William was known as "William the Bastard" before he did his
> conquering...the marital status of his parents was well known.

Yes, that was the whole point of my joke.  You did notice the date I
posted it on, right?

Another part of the joke is that it's extremely unlikely that there's
anyone now living who is descended from Alfred who is not also
descended from William.

> Conquest has a way of restarting laws from scratch.

William did have a fairly good claim to the throne.  He wasn't just
some random person who decided to take over.  Edward the Confessor was
such a generous person that he was made a saint.  Unfortunately, he
was so generous that he promised the throne to several people -- who
then fought over it.

> When Alfred died his son Edward the Elder took over despite the
> claims of Ethelwald of York,son of Alfred's elder brother Ethelred I.

> How long will this injustice persist?

> And how can a Parliament convened by a false monarch have a say?

I don't think Edward the Elder ever convened a parliament.

Speaking of Edwards, I recently noticed that Ed 3 ruled for more years
than Eds 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 combined.
-- 
Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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Shocking discovery "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2024-04-01 20:35 +0000
  Re: Shocking discovery Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-04-11 06:45 +0000
    Re: Shocking discovery "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2024-04-11 13:26 +0000
      Re: Shocking discovery Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-04-11 15:44 +0000
        Re: Shocking discovery "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> - 2024-04-11 23:58 +0000
          Re: Shocking discovery Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-04-17 21:54 +0000

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