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tercessketchfield · 5 months

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MEN THINK ABOUT ROMAN EMPIRE. WOMEN THINK ABOUT HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

JUDITH OF BAVARIA (797-843) — Daughter of Count Welf I of Bavaria, Judith was a Carolingian Empress as the second wife of Louis I the Pious. Mother of Gisela and Charles the Bald, she foght for both her own influence at court and for the succession of her son over the claims of his elder half-brothers, the sons of Louis I from his first marriage. Charles became the Emperor in 875, after the death of Louis II, his nephew and a son of his half-brother Lothair / fancast: Annabel Scholey

MARIA OF AUSTRIA (1528-1603) — Daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Isabella of Portugal. She served as Regent of Spain both jointly with her husband, Maximilian (before their accession to the imperial throne), and in person, for her father, and brother, Philip II. Her children include two Holy Roman Emperors, Rudolf II and Matthias, over whom she held great influence, and queens consorts of Spain, and France / fancast: Olivia Cooke

EMPRESS MAUD (1102-1167) — Daughter of Henry I of England and Matilda of Scotland. Her first marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, gave her the title under which she came down into history, and was a source of great pride to Maud. Rightful heiress of Henry I, she confronted her cousin, King Stephen, in the civil war, known as the Anarchy, fighting ferociously for her rights. She failed in this for herself but won for her son Henry, who became king and established the Plantagenet dynasty in England / cast: Alison Pill in The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

MARIA THERESA (1717-1780) — She succeded her father Charles VI as the ruler of Habsburg monarchy in 1740, and devoutedly defended it against its enemies in the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Year's War. Wife of the Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I, she was a forceful personality and a competent ruler herself, reigning first in her own right, and later, jointly with her son Empreror Joseph II. Her children include two Holy Romam Emperors (Joseph II and Leopold II), queens consorts of Naples ans Sicily, and France / cast: Marie-Luise Stockinger in Maria Theresia (2017)

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skitskatdacat63 · 8 months

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catie I NEED more vettonso lore for your au. please. (love u)

Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! C!!! Thank you so much for asking!! This took me a bit cause there’s a lot of stuff I want to cover and I had to figure out how to balance the explanation of the historical context and how I apply it to my AU. But seriously thank you for asking because I did more research to write this post and learned a lot of things that make me feel deranged but I cannot bring any of this up to anyone irl without sounding like a lunatic. I’d apologize for the length but you should expect this from me by now! (I realized this doc for this was 1.5k+ my god)

Basic Info: early 1700s historical AU with arranged marriage plot

Historical Context:

Okay, so this AU is based on a real historical event: The War of The Spanish Succession. Which is when the Spanish Throne was without a clear line of succession because the bloodline(Spanish Habsburgs) died out. So then, even though the previous Spanish King named his successor(Philip V, a Duke related to the French Royal family - representing Fernando in this AU), the Habsburgs still thought they should be allowed to keep the throne within their dynasty, thus offering up the second son(Charles VI - representing Seb in this AU) of the Holy Roman Emperor. So obviously they had to start a war because of it. But then the end result ended up being that because Charles VI’s older brother, the Holy Roman Emperor at the time, died during the war(because of illness though so it would have happened regardless), he became the next Emperor and Philip V ended up becoming the Spanish King after all, rendering it all pointless imo.

How does this relate to Vettonso?:

I'm not overly interested in either Charles VI and Philip V as people, but rather the roles they fulfill in this conflict, but obv I can’t help but draw on details from their lives. As I mentioned, Fernando is now Fernando I of Renault/France Spain and Seb is Sebastian I of Red Bull Austria. This is supposed to be like 2010-2012!Vettonso with Ferrari!Fernando and RBR!Seb(but like Fernando's title of Duke coming from France, because of his championships with Renault.) This AU is kinda just me looking at this historical event and thinking: wouldn’t a gay arranged marriage solve this succession quandary? But also just that it reminds me of Fernando and Seb’s rivalry, and the nationalities/kingdoms fit pretty well!!

Think about the throne of Spain as akin to winning a race, but becoming Holy Roman Emperor as winning the whole entire competition.(Also side note: real life Charles VI didn’t become a king until he became Emperor and adopted all of his brother’s titles, but I want Seb to be a boy king in this AU, so he can have a title as a treat.) Imagine you’re competing for something and you win it, but the only reason you win is because the other competitor won an even bigger prize!!!! Yay you got what you wanted but the boy king is now the emperor of most of Europe. And now you are stuck with him through lawfully wedded arranged marriage because they let you have what you wanted but only under the condition that the two kingdoms are still united. Yeah Fernando got the title, but Seb gained even more titles(get it???)

They probably have a lot of animosity coming into the marriage, like “how could I ever build a relationship with the man who tried to steal my birthright?” but then realize they’re pretty similar after all. Though obviously Fernando has a lot more resentment than Seb because Seb won the whole damn thing! He would have control over Spain as he’s the king but since it's still within the domain of the empire, Seb would always have the final say. And Seb tries to be magnanimous like “Don’t worry, I won’t interfere”, and Fernando is all snide with comments like “Oh thank you great imperial majesty, can I really? Would you really allow me to do so?” But eventually become loving co-rulers that still constantly snipe at each other over different decisions the other makes.

Some headcanons(I guess you’d still call it headcanons even if it's your own AU bcs it still comes from your head) + some fun facts from real life that have brainrotted me so I’m putting them in:

Their dynamic is just Seb being a very righteous, bratty boy king emperor who is unabashed about being that way, because he feels that it is his right, but still has a heart of gold and wants to treat his husband well no matter the circumstances leading to their marriage. And then Fernando is like a stray cat that keeps hissing and scratching because it’s really hard for him to accept the circumstances because he still feels humiliated, even though he got everything he wanted, but he still can’t help but be charmed by this baby emperor because he sees attributes of himself in Seb, and can’t really fault him because he would be the exact same, flaunting his power, if he were in Seb’s shoes.

They would have to speak in French to each other because that’s their shared language but eventually attempt to learn each other’s native languages! Imagine Seb has to travel to Spain to give some Emperor speech and Fernando then bullies him for his bad Spanish.

They would probably split where they live based on a schedule or by need. Yes, Fernando is the King of Spain but he is also the Emperor’s husband so he does have to spend time in the capital, Vienna. And then since Spain is a part of the empire, Seb has to go routinely, but y’know also to spend time with his husband. They find that their marriage as well as their politics is full of having to make concessions and compromises in order to make it work.

Something I find funny is that as compensation for not getting the Spanish throne back, Spain had to cede some Italian territories to the Empire. That is literally the Ferrari plot with the transfer from Fernando to Seb!!

I’m not sure how the titles would work in this AU because obviously a m/m political marriage has not ever happened(as far as I know.) But I guess Fernando would just be King Fernando I of Spain and then Seb would be Holy Roman Emperor Sebastian I with the million titles that come with being in that role(though like most importantly Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia and Hungary, etc.) I like the idea that Seb tries to share some titles with Fernando as a show of good will but Fernando is so affronted, mostly just from embarrassment, like “oh you think I need your good will?? I can’t be happy with what I earned in my own right??” But their kids would receive both titles and would be split in the traditional way, like first kid getting it all mostly, but the others still being nobility obv(yes.. there would be mpreg because of the plot need for succession….don’t ask who…)

They bond through their love of horses, particularly fast horses. The first time they go riding together, they’re both like awkwardly trying to act very proper as a sense of showmanship to the other like “I’m more mature than you”, but then can’t stop trying to get ahead of the other person and eventually break into a full-on race. Their aids are mutually like “oh god, they’re both the same type of insane.”

Irl Charles VI was so salty about losing the throne that he wouldn’t stop dressing like a traditional Spanish monarch. I can totally see Seb doing that and Fernando getting so pissed with him like “you became emperor!! What more could you possibly want???’ and Seb then fixing him with his biggest pout and saying “your throne!” But also Fernando being weirdly into it because it’s basically Seb presenting himself blatantly as Fernando’s spouse.

In that same vein, I’m going crazy over how there’s a painting from before the war, of Philip V wearing vestments from both the French order of chivalry and the Habsburg order of chivalry. Like basically stating the desire to see those two lines combined into one kingdom, which fits so well into this AU. Just Seb going crazy over how Fernando is willingly branding himself as belonging to Seb’s house.

A testimony of Philip V’s personality is that he was a “neurotic, vacillating ruler, concerned with outward decorum and brave only in battle,” god can you not sense the energy of Fernando in that statement???

Very important to me that Charles VI reportedly had many male lovers, and that his soulmate was one of his courtiers. Maybe there can be a bit of Martian or Sebson cheating plot with them being his courtiers hahaha

Not very relevant in this AU but there’s something about how Philip V had the longest ever reign of a Spanish monarch. Is that not Fernando??? Old man who will rule on forever, or should I say, forever keep his seat

I already obv posted the wip for this but I'll include it here again as visual rep hehehe:

I've spent way too much time lately trying to research the fashion of the time ugh. But this, as I said, is like first joint portrait session into the marriage. And I guess I kind of want them to be wearing their corronation clothing, which I'm pretty solid on for Seb but still need to research more for Fernando. I think I'll maybe try and just put him in the afformentioned traditional Spanish monarch clothing, but the fact that it's all black kinda bores me, I'd rather he wear red!! This is like a typical royal couple type pose, except they're being more tactile. Also there's something to be said about the symbolism of Fernando being the one standing and Seb being the one sitting hehehe....

#*oh also posting this in my typical habit of scheduling posts for when i sleep so sry if i dont respond bcs i am in fact asleep #*sorry for making you wait for this C! I said in a bit but then i didnt...i like waking up to notes okay ...BUT AGAIN TYSM FOR ASKING #alternate title for this post: what being in Austria does to a man #I mentioned to my friend from the trip abt how having been there has affected me and has made me think way too much about the history #and shes like 'oh yeah ive not really thought about austria too much since coming back'#me just sitting there with my phone gallery full of historical paintings for reference and my head full of research like: 'haha oh okay...'#often my thoughts about AUs is just a bunch of rambling thoughts in my head #so its very nice and helpful to have to write it out like this and turn it into something more than absent thought #most of the headcanons spontaneneously popped into my head while I was writing out the main section hahah #hope you enjoy!!!! hopefully I'll be able to finish my drawing of them !!#especially since I'll prob never end up writing a fic bcs i like writing rambling but anything more formalized is soooo difficult for me #vettonso #catie.rambling.txt #catie.asks.#formula 1 #boy king au

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best-habsburg-monarch · 5 months

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Charles V, King of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor, etc. reigned 1519-1556

His two iconic bastards are also in this bracket.

from @master-of-the-opera-house:

Universal empire babey! Sure he lucked into it, but very much successfully kept it afloat in his time on the throne, more than less anyway.

Born on toilet at a party at 3am

Mummy issues

Daddy issues

Shagged his step-grandma when he was 19. Love wins!

Look at the size of that chin! A peasant had to tell him to close his mouth bc he couldn't keep his jaws shut by default

If Leopold was the ugliest in the Austrian branch he's probably the ugliest or at least second in the Spanish branch

Approved of a cocks-out nude statue of himself walked so nsfw fanart commissions could run

The ✨ confidence ✨ he had to do that uwu

God complex

Accidentally shot a peasant dead with a crossbow once as a teen oopsie

((probably wasn't the same peasant))

Burnt out and got depressed at the end of his life the least he could win is a poll

Split the inheritance into the Spanish and Austrian branch so without him we literally wouldn't even be voting today

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, reigned, 1658-1705

So many wars going on in this reign

Also from @master-of-the-opera-house (rooting for both sides I guess):

LOOK! AT! THAT! DRIP! Serving! Slaying! Who doesn't love a red lip?

Often termed the ugliest member in the Austrian branch which is saying a LOT he's a winner baby! 💅

He must've had such confidence uwu

Un-screwed his way back from a pretty rocky start from beefing with everyone ((9 years war Spanish succession etc)), to the success in the Ottoman Siege of Vienna

Wasn't originally trained to rule even! Held up well tbh

Also backpedalled from a succession crisis

His wife called him "Uncle" because she was also his niece who doesn't love when couples are close 🤪🤪

Hated Louis XIV and don't we all

Responsible for a lot of cool baroque golden age stuffandthings

Freddie Mercury moustache before Freddie Mercury made it cool

Theatre kid

MuSicAL tHeatRe kid.

#best habsburg bracket #house of habsburg #without biasing anyone to either side #they just don't make fashion like either of these portraits anymore what a pity

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mybeingthere · 1 year

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The Pazo de San Lorenzo de Trasouto, located just over a kilometre from the Cathedral of Santiago and declared a Site of Cultural Interest by National Heritage in 1979, is one of the most beautiful Romanesque complexes in the Galician capital: its interior coexists garden, with a 17th century boxwood hedge, and a spectacular church.In its 40,000 square meters, both the emperor Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, who chose it as an Easter retreat in 1520, as Rosalía de Castro, who used to go to his carballeira for inspiration and dedicated some verses to him in New leaves.

Between the 17th and 18th centuries, some of the most characteristic elements of San Lorenzo de Trasouto were built, such as the main chapel, the sacristy or the cloister, with its characteristic boxwood hedge garden, the pazo’s greatest jewel.It is Labyrinthine boxwood garden dates back to the 17th century and, beyond the beauty of its colors, it stands out for representing ecclesiastical symbols such as the Latin cross or the cross of Santiago.

https://www.archyworldys.com/the-pazo-of-san-lorenzo-de.../

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dutch-and-flemish-painters · 1 year

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Jan de Herdt - Portrait of Emperor Leopold I - 1660s

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Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; Hungarian: I. Lipót; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 by the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV. Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest-ruling Habsburg emperor (46 years and 9 months). He was both a composer and considerable patron of music.

Leopold's reign is known for conflicts with the Ottoman Empire in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and rivalry with Louis XIV, a contemporary and first cousin (on the maternal side; fourth cousin on the paternal side), in the west. After more than a decade of warfare, Leopold emerged victorious in the east thanks to the military talents of Prince Eugene of Savoy. By the Treaty of Karlowitz, Leopold recovered almost all of the Kingdom of Hungary, which had fallen under Turkish power in the years after the 1526 Battle of Mohács.

Leopold fought three wars against France: the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. In this last, Leopold sought to give his younger son Charles the entire Spanish inheritance, disregarding the will of the late Charles II. Leopold started a war that soon engulfed much of Europe. The early years of the war went fairly well for Austria, with victories at Schellenberg and Blenheim, but the war would drag on until 1714, nine years after Leopold's death, which barely had an effect on the warring nations. When peace returned with the Treaty of Rastatt, Austria could not be said to have emerged as triumphant as it had from the war against the Turks.

Jan de Herdt, in Italy also called Il fiammingo (Antwerp, c. 1620 – between 1686 and 1690) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. After training in Antwerp, he spent his entire career abroad, first in Northern Italy and later in Vienna and other cities in central Europe. He was mainly a portrait artist but also painted genre scenes as well as religious, mythological and allegorical subjects. He was part of a network of Flemish and Dutch painters working for the court, aristocracy and ecclesiastical institutions of central Europe.

#Jan de Herdt #golden age #antwerpen #Italy #Austria #portrait #leopold i #emperor

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submissivegayfrenchboy · 4 months

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19 / 12 / 2023

🇺🇸🇬🇧 ENGLISH / ANGLAIS 🇬🇧🇺🇸

GAME WITH HISTORICAL CHARACTERS :

RULERS DURING THE 16th CENTURY

For this new game with historical characters, I chose to take 4 sovereigns who are considered the most powerful men of their time: Henry VIII Tudor, King of England and Ireland; Francis I of Valois, King of France; Charles V, King of Spain and Emperor of the Holy Roman German Empire (and many other titles); Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, longest-reigning leader of the Ottoman Empire.

They met (except Süleyman the Magnificent, but he allied himself with Francis I of France), made alliances with each other against each other. They were all beautiful in their youth but did not necessarily become more beautiful when they were older (Süleyman aged well, Francis I of France too, but Henry VIII of England became obese and Charles V's face lengthened and he lost weight).

In the television series about their reign, they are played by tall and muscular actors (Francis I was giant in size, but Henry VIII was muscular in his youth and Süleyman was considered Magnificent as much for his physique as for his reign). All four of them are the embodiment of their country's power, their reign symbolizing a golden age for their country.

They were also all four seducers, two of them having been rather faithful to their true love (Süleyman renounced his concubines to marry the Ukrainian slave Roxelane, renamed Hürrem; Emperor Charles V only deceived only once his wife and cousin the beautiful Isabella of Portugal), while two others were very unfaithful to their wives (Francis I humiliated his two wives Claude of France and Eleonore of Austria, sister of Charles V, by having favorites; Henry VIII divorced or beheaded his wives).

🇨🇵 FRANÇAIS / FRENCH 🇨🇵

JEU AVEC DES PERSONNAGES HISTORIQUES :

SOUVERAINS DU XVIe SIÈCLE

Pour ce nouveau jeu avec des personnages historiques, j'ai choisi de prendre 4 souverains qui sont considérés comme les hommes les plus puissants de leur temps : Henry VIII Tudor, Roi d'Angleterre et d'Irlande ; François Ier de Valois, Roi de France ; Charles Quint de Habsbourg, Roi d'Espagne et Empereur du Saint-Empire Romain Germanique (et plein d'autres titres) ; le Sultan Süleyman le Magnifique, chef au plus long règne de l'Empire Ottoman.

Ils se sont rencontrés (sauf Süleyman le Magnifique, mais il s'est allié à François Ier de France), ont fait des alliances les uns avec les autres les uns contre les autres. Ils ont tous été beaux dans leur jeunesse mais n'ont pas forcément embelli (Süleyman a bien vieilli, François Ier de France aussi, mais Henry VIII d'Angleterre est devenu obèse et le visage de Charles Quint s'est allongé et il a maigri).

Dans les séries télévisées portant sur leur règne, ils sont incarnés par des acteurs grands et musclés (François Ier était géant en taille, mais Henry VIII était musclé dans sa jeunesse et Süleyman était considéré comme Magnifique autant pour son physique que pour son règne). Ils sont tous les quatre l'incarnation de la puissance de leur pays, leur régne symbolisant un âge d'or pour leur pays.

Ils étaient aussi tous les quatre des séducteurs, deux d'entre eux ayant été plutôt fidèle à leur véritable amour (Süleyman a renoncé à ses concubines pour épouser l'esclave ukrainienne Roxelane, renommée Hürrem ; l'Empereur Charles Quint n'a trompé qu'une seule fois son épouse et cousine la belle Isabelle du Portugal), alors que deux autres ont été très infidèles à leurs épouses (François Ier a humilié ses deux épouses Claude de France et Éléonore d'Autriche, sœur de Charles Quint, en ayant des favorites ; Henry VIII a divorcé ou décapité ses épouses).

🇬🇧 You have to chose between these versions : All of them are shown as loyal to their lover (depending if they prefer their mistress or wife), fucking rough (Henry VIII, Francis I) or tenderly (Carlos V, Süleyman). Towards their servants, they are cocky and arrogant (Francis I in Carlos Rey Emperador is shown as someone who likes being served), or who treats them as objects or sometimes as friends (Henry VIII), who doesn't even looks at them (Carlos V) or who treats them well as long as they are obedient.

🇨🇵 Vous devez choisir parmi ces versions :

1. King Carlos V of Spain, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (played by the Spanish actor Álvaro Cervantes in the Spanish tv series CARLOS REY EMPERADOR, 2015)

2. Henry VIII Tudor, King of England and Ireland (played by the Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in THE TUDORS, 2007-2010)

3. King Francis I of France (Alfonso Bassave in CARLOS REY EMPERADOR (2015-2016))

4. Sultan Süleyman of the Ottoman Empire (played by the Turkish actor Halit Ergenç in the Turkish tv series MUHTEŞEM YÜZYIL, 2011-2014)

@jonathanrhysmeyersworld @turkishfeet @leftprogrammingroadtripdean @tidodore2 @faggotdreams @rainykpoptravelcreator @gayhopefullove @innerpiratefun @lovefanfiction01

#Game #Jeu #History #Histoire #Roi #King #Série télévisée #TV series

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Events 4.7

451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. 529 – First Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. 1141 – Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title "Lady of the English". 1348 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University. 1449 – Felix V abdicates his claim to the papacy, ending the reign of the final Antipope. 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. 1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. 1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. 1767 – End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67). 1788 – Settlers establish Marietta, Ohio, the first permanent settlement created by U.S. citizens in the recently organized Northwest Territory. 1795 – The French First Republic adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass. 1790 – Greek War of Independence: Greek revolutionary Lambros Katsonis loses three of his ships in the Battle of Andros. 1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and the Spanish Empire. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812. 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. 1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. 1831 – Pedro II becomes Emperor of Empire of Brazil. 1862 – American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee. 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist. 1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. 1922 – Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms. 1926 – Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. 1927 – AT&T engineer Herbert Ives transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). 1933 – Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.) 1933 – Nazi Germany issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banning Jews and political dissidents from civil service posts. 1939 – Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate over Albania and forces King Zog I into exile. 1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. 1943 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. 1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. 1943 – The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. 1945 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by United States Navy aircraft during Operation Ten-Go. 1946 – The Soviet Union annexes East Prussia as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. 1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. 1956 – Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco. 1964 – IBM announces the System/360. 1965 – Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington, D.C. against the termination of the Colville tribe. 1968 – Two-time Formula One British World Champion Jim Clark dies in an accident during a Formula Two race in Hockenheim. 1969 – The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. 1971 – Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization. 1972 – Vietnam War: Communist forces overrun the South Vietnamese town of Loc Ninh. 1976 – Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death. 1977 – German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter. 1980 – During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran. 1982 – Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. 1988 – Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. 1989 – Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors. 1990 – A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people. 1990 – John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair.[25] In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal. 1994 – Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. 1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. 1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. 1999 – Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 crashes near Ceyhan in southern Turkey, killing six people. 2001 – NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. 2003 – Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. 2009 – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. 2009 – Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. 2011 – The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever. 2017 – A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others. 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. 2018 – Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the “Car-Wash Operation”. Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court. 2018 – Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War. 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan. 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier. 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. 2022 – Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.

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ambiguouspuzuma · 2 years

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I'm thinking about how Portuguese Queens die.

The Empress is the greatest pity in the world. She is so thin that she does not resemble a person. That is how Isabella of Portugal was described, towards the end of her life. Consumed by consumption. She died birthing a stillborn prince, aged just 35, her seventh pregnancy.

Her husband-cousin was powerless to help her, for all his fancy titles: Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, King of the Romans, King in Germany, King of Spain, King of Italy, self-styled as the new Charlemagne, ruler of half of Europe and half the Americas, the first empire on which it was said the sun would never set.

But it set upon his wife, and he couldn't bear to stand in that darkness. The mighty conqueror lacked the strength to look upon the face of death, and fled from each of his domains, locking himself inside a monastery for two months to mourn alone, the king turned hermit, a self-imposed exile from a world he once ruled.

He wore black for the rest of his life, and never remarried. Kingdoms rose and fell, wars were won and lost, but Charles V mourned steadily throughout. He ruled in grief, right up to the day that death came for him as well. A widower, holding the same cross in his hand that she had in her own final moments. As if it would bring him back to her.

He couldn't bear to accompany her body to its burial, and sent a Duke in his stead. Perhaps he was right to do so. Francis Borgia was allegedly so horrified at what death had done to her beauty, not even recognising the Isabella he had known in life, that he became a Jesuit, and lived the rest of his life with such religious devotion that he was canonised after his death. A Saint sent reeling from her corpse, just as it had laid low a King.

Then there are the stories of Inês de Castro, the famous lover, wife and queen of Peter I of Portugal, with the latter two epithets only bestowed after her death. She was the lady-in-waiting to the young Prince Peter's lawful wife, but he became besotted with her, despite his marriage and his royal father's disapproval.

When his wife died, Peter was to be remarried, but he refused to wed anybody but Inês. The King did not deem her worthy to be queen, but Peter stayed with her, even at the expense of his legacy. The King banished her from the court, but Peter stayed with her, declaring her his true love. At last, the King ordered her killed, and she was decapitated by his soldiers. But still, Peter stayed with her.

He captured the soldiers who had committed the act, and ripped out their hearts with his own hands as recompense. Upon succession to the throne, he declared that he had secretly married Inês, and that she was therefore the lawful queen - giving only his word has evidence. The old king's soldiers had deprived her of a head, but King Peter still gave her decomposing corpse a crown.

There are stories that he had her body disinterred, arranged upon the throne, adorned with diadem and royal robes, summoning the kingdom's nobility to kiss the hem of her mortcloth of a dress, pledging allegiance to their dead new queen. Demanding, in death, the respect that she had been denied in life.

Beheaded, wed and crowned, in that order. Inês was re-buried in a tomb opposite his, a sarcophagus of exquisite marble, sculpted with his promise they would be together até ao fim do mundo - until the end of the world. It was a promise he had kept. It must have felt like his world had ended at her death, but Peter had stayed with her.

#history #writing

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xavierbautistagarcia · 2 years

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Hunting after the war

When the architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began planning the construction of Schloß Halbturn in 1701, it was only a hunting lodge and Austria was still under the rule of Emperor Joseph I. Located on the borderlands between the Austrian and Hungarian possessions, it was only a short distance from Lake Neusiedl.

When the original construction was completed in 1711, a new emperor assumed the highest office in the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire, Karl VI, who ended his Spanish adventure by attempting to become the effective king of Spain under the name of Charles III. Halbturn was to become his hunting lodge for the new times that awaited him.

However, the documented existence of Halbturn dates back at least to the 15th century, when the Counts of Bazin (Bösing, in German, the present-day Slovak town of Pezinok) disputed the boundaries of their possessions with the abbey of Heiligenkreuz. On that occasion, the Hungarian king Mátyás Hunyadi, better known as Matthias Corvinus, was asked to act as arbitrator, and the abbey benefited from property and vineyards.

The area around Halbturn was present in Roman times, documented by a cemetery from the Imperial period and a Roman villa. A Jewish community is believed to have existed as early as the 3rd century.

The name Halbturn is identified with a half-ruined tower or damaged fortification. Its origin may have served to protect the road from Neusiedl to Altenburg (the modern Hungarian town of Mosonmagyaróvár) and from Ödenburg (Sopron in Hungarian) to Preßburg (the German name for the present-day Slovak capital, Bratislava).

In 1516, the Bazin family died out and their possessions reverted to the crown. The then king Lajos II of Hungary and Bohemia (under the name Ludvík I) bequeathed the estate to his wife Maria, sister of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand I, who took over after her husband's death at the hands of the Turks at the battle of Mohács (1526).

When Queen Maria died in 1558, the possession of Halbturn passed to the Austrian Habsburgs, who already held the Imperial, Bohemian, Croatian and Hungarian crowns.

But let us return to the 18th century. During the reign of Karl VI's daughter Maria Theresia, Halbturn was rebuilt under the direction of the architect Franz Anton Hillebrandt as the summer residence of the regents of Hungary, Archduchess Maria Christina and her husband, Albert of Saxony-Teschen.

In the 19th century, the usual name was the Hungarian Féltorony, an evolution of Felthorom, documented in the 15th century, until after World War I most of the territory surrounding Lake Neusiedl became the present-day federal state of Burgenland, which was incorporated into the Republic of Austria in 1921.

#palace #halbturn #burgenland #austria

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feif-incorrect-quotes · 2 years

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Can you go in to more detail about where you think Nohr is based on? I'm not good with geography/history but I want to know more about Fates lore

Oml of course I can. I love lore too and I LOVE Feif. Now I'm not the best at that shit either because I'm American so I mostly learned about American shit and nothing about anywhere else in HS and I was homeschooled for Jr. High but really my grandma just put on ancient aliens which undermines all historical findings because "aliens" so real world history is not my strong suit. But I do read a lot of non fiction books about history between work and classes and homework.

So, to be real, Nohr is just an amalgamation of all of medieval Europe. Which, I mean, that happens a lot in the reverse too. We have American stories that are like "here's our Asian society :)" "but what race are they?" "Asian" "okay yeah but like, Japanese, Chinese, Korean...?" "Yes! :D"

But we are free to analyze the ways in which it parallels to the real world. And given the information we have, it would be most comparable to the HRE. Which makes a lot of sense because though it now is just Germany, in the middle ages the Holy Roman Empire was most of Europe....and Nohr is just Europe in the middles ages....so..... And then because it's fictional and not a 1 to 1 match, it makes sense that even though Greece was never a part of the HRE it very well could be a part of Nohr.

This isn't the most organized but anyways

Here are Emperor Ferdinand I and Emporer Charles V's armors respectively

And here's King Garon's:

While not an exact copy, you can clearly see the similarities to both. We got the circle shoulder things, got the v cuirass instead of the curved ones that most Norse and Romans used, we got the skirt panels on the side, we got the metal dong holder. We got it all! Well... They actually just gave him a dong cupper because they didn't wanna commit and give him a real codpiece. But close enough.

I've mentioned before in a post I'll link later that Nohr's castle is named after a real castle in Germany and that the Villa the royal family lives in was named ClarkenSTEIN. I think I forgot to mention there that the Manga is called "Niberungu no Hokan" or "Crown of Nibelung" which is important because is a race in GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY. And in the German Epic "Nibelungenlied" King GUNTHER is asked by SIEGFRIEND for his daughters hand in marriage. And let's not forget that Garon is a German name, so is Marx (Xander's original name) and Siegfried. So that's three Kings/Crown Princes with German names. Odin named Camillas armor: "Großartig Mond" (at least, kinda. The localization messed up the first word as Grossartig and the og messed up the last as montu instead of mond but those are translation errors on their part.) Even though they kinda messed up with the spelling, they both said it means great or beautiful moon which it does.... In German. The point here being, Nohr is very heavily influenced by Germany. And Germany is the modern HRE.

There is also a town in the south of the country called Chevalier (Cheve) that implies at least part of what we call France is in the south of Nohr, like how France was in the south of the HRE. The HRE had parts of Italy in it but not all, and what we know of Nestra makes it seem very similar to Italy and it is just outside Nohr's limits: see my beautiful highlighting of the Kingdom. So very similar to the HRE in that way, also Camilla's name is an Italian name so one can assume her mother was from the Italian inspired area. And Latin spawned in Italy and just went all over Europe and Elise is a Latin name.

Spain was never a part of the HRE BUT the Hapsburg dynasty are known for being rulers of the HRE and Spain became a Hapsburg holding. Plus, Charles I of Spain became a Holy Roman Emperor. My point being, there's a link between Spain and the HRE and the Nohrian Lancers wear Spanish Inquisition armor.

Now on to the less historically accurate side, we can say with absolute certainty that Nohr has parts of Greek culture in it. The names: Katerina, Xander, Leon, and Leo are all Greek names.

I'm getting tired so imma just trail off here but I'll probably edit this later and explain more lmao. I just don't wanna put off this ask for too long because then I'd feel rude 😭.

#thank you for asking anon #sorry I got tired :(#not a quote #ask #answered

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Here's one of my favourite characters in history: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558), son of another fave, Juana of Castile ("Joanna the Mad") and Philip the Handsome (baddie).

Charles was the nephew of Catherine of Aragon, a fellow Catholic whom she hoped would assist on her behalf during her woes with husband Henry VIII. At one time there were plans for Charles to marry Catherine's daughter, Mary (who went onto become Queen of England and married Charles' son, Philip II). Instead, Charles married Isabella of Portugal. (I have already stated on this blog that I cannot keep up with how many Isabellas of Portugal there were!! Link here.)

Posting this portrait by Titian, no less, from 1548, because I've just read the following on National Geographic website:

In the 16th century, Ghent lost it all on the wrong bet. Built around rivers and canals, it was Europe’s second-largest urban centre, falling just behind Paris. When Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who ruled over Belgium, raised taxes to fund military action abroad, the city refused to pay out. They’d already given a fair share, locals argued, and surely Charles, who had been born in Ghent, wouldn’t turn on his home. In response, he marched into the city with his army, stripping it of its finery and parading its leaders in their undershirts, nooses around their necks.

I'm forever fascinated with the Habsburg dynasty, the Holy Roman Empire, and the relationship between Spain and the Low Countries. All these European dynasties are so complicated and beguiling. I am constantly refreshing my memory, trying to keep up!

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The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or War of the League of Augsburg,[d] was a conflict between France and the Grand Alliance, a coalition including the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, and Savoy. While concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to the Americas, India, and West Africa, and it has been called the first world war.[12][13][14][15] Related conflicts included the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.

Louis XIV of France emerged from the Franco-Dutch War in 1678 as the most powerful monarch in Europe. Using a combination of aggression, annexation, and quasi-legal means, he then set about extending his gains to strengthen France's frontiers, culminating in the 1683 to 1684 War of the Reunions. The Truce of Ratisbon guaranteed these new borders for twenty years, but concerns among European Protestants over French expansion and anti-Protestant policies led to the creation of the Grand Alliance, headed by William of Orange.

Louis XIV's decision to cross the Rhine in September 1688 was designed to extend his influence and pressure the Holy Roman Empire into accepting his territorial and dynastic claims. However, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and German princes supported the Dutch in opposing French aims, while the November 1688 Glorious Revolution secured English resources and support for the Alliance. Over the new few years, fighting focused around the Spanish Netherlands, the Rhineland, the Duchy of Savoy, and Catalonia. Although the initial military balance favoured France, by 1696 neither side was able to gain a significant advantage, and the main belligerents were financially exhausted, making them keen to negotiate a settlement.

Under the terms of the 1697 Peace of Ryswick, France retained Alsace but returned Lorraine to its ruler, and relinquished gains on the right bank of the Rhine. Louis XIV also recognised William III as the rightful king of England, while the Dutch acquired barrier fortresses in the Spanish Netherlands to help secure their borders. However, both sides viewed the peace as only a pause in hostilities, since it failed to resolve who would succeed the ailing and childless Charles II of Spain as ruler of the Spanish Empire, a question that had dominated European politics for over 30 years. This would lead to the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War

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Birthday of Charles V 24/02

Did you know, today is the birthday of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V?

Charles V collected many titles over his life, including King of Spain (1516-1556) and Archduke of Austria (1519-1521). As King Charles I, he inherited the Spanish and Habsburg Empire which extended across all of Europe. His goal to unite Europe under the Catholic faith ultimately failed after due to the pressure applied by the French and Ottoman Empire.

In 1556 Charles abdicated, handing his titles over to his brother Ferdinand and son Phillip.

#daily facts #tumblr university #history #European history #charles v

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I find it interesting that you commented “honestly i think the romans with the adoption and selection had it best”, because at first I would agree. Hereditary succession through primogeniture is plagued with obvious theoretical shortcomings. What if the heir is obviously incompetent? What if there’s no son and the dynasty ends, who inherits the throne? What if there’s a better second son or uncle more competent to succeed? In this context, Roman adoptive succession seems more logical. Or some method like the Ottoman and Chinese ones, where the elders of the dynasty choose the next Emperor from amongst the family ranks.

However, historical analysis has shown us that the most stable and powerful countries were the ones with the Frankish succession through masculine primogeniture, with the occasional exception for women to rule. I. e., western European countries. This is because, even if uncomfortable situations like regencies or mad kings occasionally happened, the monarch’s family proved to be an axis of power with firm rules to guide who comes to the throne and when. That’s why France, England, Spain, Portugal and Sicily had enormous advantages among other countries and eventually surpassed them. Naturally, the succession rules aren’t the only or most important thing, but they showcase the power axis of a monarchical country. Behind all this there’s what recent historiography calls ‘the logic of Empire’, which is much more complicated, but you can read Walter Scheidel if you want to get to know more about this.

Take the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Germany. The position of Emperor was elective among the prince-electors across Germany. So, in theory, it would be fitting to always chose the strongest, right? Not exactly. The HRE fell in constant civil wars and the imperial government was absolutely nullified and became just ceremonial. Poland had elections to choose the king, the voters being all the nobles from the realm. What happened was complete chaos among the nobility and the eventual partition and dissolution of Poland in 1795 until 1919! The Ottomans became plagued with succession disputes among the House of Osman until the empire fell into disarray and was called ‘the sick man of Europe’. Meanwhile, the member-states of the HRE who followed Frankish costume became strong countries in their own right, like Bavaria, Austria and later Prussia. Byzantium itself slowly died from within because of internal strife and unending civil wars among the noble families disputing the title of Emperor. All that because there were no fixed rules.

When the Habsburg Dynasty died out in Spain with the death of Charles II ‘the Bewitched’ and there was no certainty about who would be the next king, everything fell apart and the Spanish dominions across Europe were disputed and shared between the Austrian Habsburgs and the French Bourbons. The Roman Empire itself initiated its downfall by not knowing who would be emperor. That’s why we had the tetrarchy, the year of four emperors, constant civil wars, the crisis of the third century, usurpers, and so on. Anyway, that’s just me musing about inheritances! Just like my previous asks were just musings. Regarding the au, my proposition is to ignore all the variables and just make Eren establish Frankish succession for his eldest son to unite their realms as if the Huns practiced it already (they didn’t). By the way, did I mention all I said does not apply to republics, like Carthage, the Roman Republic, and city-states like Venice and Genoa? Different power dynamics!

history anon i always beam and light up at your long ass asks 😭😭🤔🤣 its so cute to be honest like fr fr. i think that the difference also comes into molding a person from birth to fit your standards and occupy a role and getting a grown ass person to fit your standard who already has their own mind that in the minuscule part of it could disagree with something and that become a great problem. that can lead to domino effect and everything crumbles. but still some kids can become incompetent in the role for whatever reason. leading everything to shit and also tainting a bloodline for the bad reputation honestly and lose the trust of the people.

when we talk about elections is also a tricky subject tbh because obviously the nobles will be the ones to vote, but nobles have their own interests to protect which lead to basically civil wars and blood. a lot of it.

but these nobles cannot go against the birth right if royalty and position pass down to a son.

i think tbh it all comes into gambling. betting on whether and hope that the kid will be a good one. a good ruler. emperor. whatever it is. it’s still a gamble.

just like choosing another is.

they both have pros and cons in my opinion.

imma read that tho. that book you suggested. everything for you history anon.

#barbarianking!eren x empress!mikasa

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