Who is your favourite British monarch?
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View Poll Results: Favourite British monarch?
William the Conqueror 5 3.73% Richard the Lionheart 9 6.72% King John (what a disaster) 6 4.48% Henry V 6 4.48% Richard III 3 2.24% Henry VIII 19 14.18% Mary I 1 0.75% Elizabeth I 35 26.12% Charles I 6 4.48% Charles II 6 4.48% William of Orange 10 7.46% George III 1 0.75% Victoria 22 16.42% George V 5 3.73%
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?You mean the one who went mad, lost the majority of France, and let his wife cause a civil war?(Original post by jmenkus)
No Henry VI option? How disappointing.
My favourite has to be Cnut. As well as England he was king of Denmark and Norway, and was paid tribute by Scotland, Wales, and parts of Sweden and Ireland. Despite being a Christian, he promoted religious tolerance in the pagan Danelaw and tried to be a just king in all ways. He was powerful enough to be able to deal with the Pope and Holy Roman Emperor on equal terms, and so arguably helped put England on the global stage. -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Yea.(Original post by thunder_chunky)
Why is Mary I on that list? I don't really see why she should be.
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?King John represent!
Ok, so maybe not the best monarch ever, but feel the need to compensate for all the "disaster" views out there. (Plus, there were long term causes of problems, he was an 'administrative innovator' etc). Revisionism for the win! -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Elizabeth I, what a woman! Ironically despised as not being the true King Henry wanted, yet turned out to be one of the greatest monarchs this country ever saw. Held firm to her beliefs, navigated the political arena well, and let no man be her master, which given her times, was an incredible thing. Plus I love Anne Boleyn, so...
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Really? That seems to be something of a gross generalisation. I think Bruce's name has had greater historical staying-power to that of his English counterpart. What English King has been immortalised in the written word like Macbeth?(Original post by navarre)
They generally tend to be more boring and far less known than their English counterparts.
I thought about James I, but then included Charles I instead, as their reigns were both absolutist and Stuart.
Lesser-known is perhaps accurate (even in Scotland, one has to say), but the lack of wider knowledge about the Kings of Scotland in no way detracts from their fascinating reigns and characters!
As an aside, what about the Jacobite pretenders? Henry IX and I springs to mind! -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Richard III... if for the wrong reasons.(Original post by Vanzetti)
What English King has been immortalised in the written word like Macbeth?
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Good points (though I would argue Henry V has also been immortalised in the Shakesperean play, Henry V).(Original post by Vanzetti)
Really? That seems to be something of a gross generalisation. I think Bruce's name has had greater historical staying-power to that of his English counterpart. What English King has been immortalised in the written word like Macbeth?
Lesser-known is perhaps accurate (even in Scotland, one has to say), but the lack of wider knowledge about the Kings of Scotland in no way detracts from their fascinating reigns and characters!
As an aside, what about the Jacobite pretenders? Henry IX and I springs to mind!
