[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Assasinations and attitudes towards them

[Kathryn]

 Heidi

It all depends on who you deem a monarch, and that's setting aside the
executions of two of Henry VIII's wives. Jane Grey, who was queen for
nine days, was executed under Mary's orders, and Mary Queen of Scots was
also killed, although more per Elizabeth I's orders.
 
And, of course, Diana was certainly killed, although whether it was an
accident or, as conspiracy theorists would have you believe, as a result
of a plotted murder is fodder for said theorists.
 
 K

Lady Jane Grey would sort of count I guess - she was Queen, sort of I guess.
But I was talking about actual Monarchs (I did mention the frequency of
their relatives dying) and so wives of Kings definitely don't count. And I
was only talking English Kings and Queens because the on;y thing I know
about Scottish History is that if a Monarch actually managed to live long
enough to die a natural death then they should probably be given a medal.
Besides unless you live in Scotland you don't learn about Scottish history
in this country except where it intersects English History, which generally
means those periods of history where we're invading them. Obviousl once you
get to James I of England Scottish monarchs and English Monarchs are the
same anyway.

Again Diana, not a monarch, so it doesn't count and I wasn't listing
unnatural deaths just assassinations/murders/executions and until there's
some actual proof I wouldn't put Diana in that category. If you want to
include all deaths not of natural causes I would have had to include a heck
of a lot more - including William the Conquerer who was injured when his
horse reared and he was struck in the stomach with the pommel of his saddle
(allegedly the injury caused him to swell so much that when they tried to
put him in his stone coffin he exploded). William II (William of Orange)
fell from his horse when it tripped on a molehill and died of his injuries -
Jacobites used to drink to 'the gentleman in the brown velvet' meaning the
mole who 'assassinated' their enemy .... etc etc


K




 
 
 
 

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