delvy has sodded off to the pub with nattydreadi so I have been left to my own devices with only a teeny portion of lasagne and half a bottle of wine for company. Both seem to have disappeared
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Bet you wish you'd never asked...?caddymanAugust 4 2004, 15:41:44 UTC
The Plantagenets had a number of Arthur in the family, but thay were all dukes of Britanny, I believe, and rather remote from the royal succession. I don't know any more about them than that.
Prince Arthur Tudor died of (probably) TB in Ludlow. Bad luck, but not really ignominious, I'd have thought.
Charles I's elder brother was Henry, not Arthur though.
The Stuarts did have a few Arthurs in the family, I think, under the surname Stewart, but none after they became Kings of England, and they were only dukes and such when the family was purely Scottish.
Queen Victoria's 3rd son, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught lived into his 90's, though his son, also Prince Arthur predeceased him by 4 years.
Re: Bet you wish you'd never asked...?bitofstuffAugust 5 2004, 00:27:44 UTC
No - actually I like being corrected as long as its not by delvy! You're right of course - there were a lot of Dukes weren't there... I suppose it just seems funny thinking that we nearly had a King Arthur. It seems to have been quite a popular name amongst royalty - but none of them ever made it into the top spot, so to speak.
I had no idea you were so knowledgeable... What's your opinion on Cromwell then? (Oliver, not Thomas!)
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Prince Arthur Tudor died of (probably) TB in Ludlow. Bad luck, but not really ignominious, I'd have thought.
Charles I's elder brother was Henry, not Arthur though.
The Stuarts did have a few Arthurs in the family, I think, under the surname Stewart, but none after they became Kings of England, and they were only dukes and such when the family was purely Scottish.
Queen Victoria's 3rd son, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught lived into his 90's, though his son, also Prince Arthur predeceased him by 4 years.
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I had no idea you were so knowledgeable... What's your opinion on Cromwell then? (Oliver, not Thomas!)
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Firmly in the 1066 camp with that one: right but repulsive. ;-)
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