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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Alexandru H.

#1380
November 15, 2009, 04:32:22 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on November 15, 2009, 04:10:48 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on November 12, 2009, 02:09:41 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 11, 2009, 11:15:05 AM
Answers...

A. Spanish Ummayids (Admiral Yi) and Ghaznavids
B. Fatimids in Egypt (Admiral Yi), Buyids in Iraq and let's say the Yemeni Rassids, even though there 9 more such dynasties
C. Seljuks (garbon) and Almoravids

Werent the Samanids sunni?
As were the Ghaznavids and eventually the Seljuks.

I'm too drunk to debate right now, but something is fishy about this.

What's fishy about it? In 1000, you had only two great Sunni dynasties in the whole Muslim world.

AnchorClanker

#1381
November 16, 2009, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 14, 2009, 05:06:09 PM
Maurice de Saxe?

I know he is the son of a king, at least...

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.  He father was the English / Scottish / Irish king.
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.  - Reinhold Niebuhr

Alexandru H.

#1382
November 16, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on November 16, 2009, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 14, 2009, 05:06:09 PM
Maurice de Saxe?

I know he is the son of a king, at least...

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.  He father was the English / Scottish / Irish king.

Logically, he can only be a Stuart. But I'm not sure who he was, since I have no idea who had a mother that wore the name of Churchill.

Drakken

#1383
November 16, 2009, 04:28:46 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on November 16, 2009, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 14, 2009, 05:06:09 PM
Maurice de Saxe?

I know he is the son of a king, at least...

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.  He father was the English / Scottish / Irish king.

The closest I can think of is the James, Duke of Monmouth. He did soldier under the command of the French against the Dutch for a while and was the bastard of Charles II.

However, the Walters, the line of his mother Lucy, were of Welsh descent, not Churchills. Also, he is only the half-cousin of Queen Anne and, as far as I know, have no blood ties to the Malboroughs.

Drakken

#1384
November 16, 2009, 04:29:18 PM Last Edit: November 16, 2009, 04:33:29 PM by Drakken
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 16, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on November 16, 2009, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 14, 2009, 05:06:09 PM
Maurice de Saxe?

I know he is the son of a king, at least...

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.  He father was the English / Scottish / Irish king.

Logically, he can only be a Stuart. But I'm not sure who he was, since I have no idea who had a mother that wore the name of Churchill.

Not only Charles fathered bastards, James did as well. However, they didn't achieve the notoriety of Monmouth, and where also eclipsed by their Jacobite brother and nephew.

Alexandru H.

#1385
November 16, 2009, 04:33:13 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 16, 2009, 04:29:18 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 16, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on November 16, 2009, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 14, 2009, 05:06:09 PM
Maurice de Saxe?

I know he is the son of a king, at least...

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.  He father was the English / Scottish / Irish king.

Logically, he can only be a Stuart. But I'm not sure who he was, since I have no idea who had a mother that wore the name of Churchill.

Not only Charles fathered bastards. James did as well.

Oh, I'm sure he was a bastard son of James.

Drakken

#1386
November 16, 2009, 04:36:54 PM Last Edit: November 16, 2009, 04:44:46 PM by Drakken
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 16, 2009, 04:33:13 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 16, 2009, 04:29:18 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 16, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Quote from: AnchorClanker on November 16, 2009, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 14, 2009, 05:06:09 PM
Maurice de Saxe?

I know he is the son of a king, at least...

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.  He father was the English / Scottish / Irish king.

Logically, he can only be a Stuart. But I'm not sure who he was, since I have no idea who had a mother that wore the name of Churchill.

Not only Charles fathered bastards. James did as well.

Oh, I'm sure he was a bastard son of James.

The Duke of Berwick, perhaps? I'll have to look it up (in my books), but it's the only one I can think of. I faintly remember that his mother was a Churchill, but I am not sure.

EDIT: Yep, James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick was Maréchal de France.

If I'm right, floor's open.

Drakken

#1387
November 17, 2009, 05:58:07 PM Last Edit: November 17, 2009, 06:02:40 PM by Drakken
Allright, I take that as "who say nothing consent". So I take the floor.

After Jacques Cartier sneaked away from Sieur de Roberval, left New France and returned to the metropole in 1542, what was the main reason why he wasn't entrusted with anymore exploration command afterwards, and rather ended his career instead in more or less forced retirement on his estates? 

Oexmelin, keep out.

HisMajestyBOB

#1388
November 17, 2009, 06:02:25 PM
He was a Huguenot?
Three lovely Prada points for HoI2 help

Drakken

#1389
November 17, 2009, 06:04:16 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 17, 2009, 06:02:25 PM
He was a Huguenot?

Nope. Roberval was Huguenot himself.

Viking

#1390
November 17, 2009, 06:19:06 PM
He go into conflict with somebody in the colony?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Drakken

#1391
November 18, 2009, 10:19:27 AM
Quote from: Viking on November 17, 2009, 06:19:06 PM
He go into conflict with somebody in the colony?

No. Surely he did (and his relations with Roberval were at most cordial), but the main reason is even more down-to-earth than that.

As a clue, a famous French proverb was born out of it.

Caliga

#1392
November 18, 2009, 10:21:18 AM
He insulted the King?
0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

The Brain

#1393
November 18, 2009, 10:21:52 AM
He got gas?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Grey Fox

#1394
November 18, 2009, 10:22:50 AM
Can I answer this or is answering question about your own country also verboten?
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.
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