One bizarre facts about every King and Queen of England (Part 1)

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[Calebya]

Ate too many eels after his doctor told him not to eat too many eels 😂

[KossolaxtheForesworn]

"do not eat too many eels, your highness."
"bah, nonsense."

and then he died.

[BambiTrout]

Richard I being out of the country meant all of the tyranny under his reign was blamed on the nobles rather than him, while he was seen as the brave king fighting infidels, who would one day come back and put everything right again. Basically he wasn't in the country long enough to be hated.

[_.ana._.]

"Prithee, Your Highness, that's one eel too many, you need to stop"
"Guess I'll die."

[jimmytrex]

Fun fact: the hunter that “accidentally” shot William Rufus was named Sir Walter Tyrrell, and was said to be a very keen bowman. The king, before the hunting trip began, even gave Walter 2 arrows, saying, “to the good archer, the good arrows.” So, there’s a lot of speculation into the “accidental“ death, because an archer of Tyrrell’s calibre wouldn’t have taken such a impulsive shot towards a running stag. There’s a spot in the place where William was shot called the “new forest” where there’s a stone called the “Rufus Stone” commemorating the event, and close to it, there’s a fine pub called the “Sir Walter Tyrrell” named after the archer that shot William. After the event, Tyrrell fled to France and lived in exile, living quite happily while being sheltered by his friend, Abbot Suger, while Henry the 1st was happy to take the throne.

[racheldeschaine]

“No one liked him so they didn’t look into it.” ☠️☠️☠️

[Purplecocobolo]

i misunderstood something and thought the two kings got married at first 💀

[MsCreepyChan]

Yeah, the Robin Hood stories always gloss over the fact that Evil Prince John was taxing the poor specifically to keep paying Good King Richard's bail, because he kept getting captured by the Saracens and ransomed back.

[crazyviking]

The official explanation for William II death was a "hunting accident". The person responsible for firing the shot was his hunting master and it was never clear whether the death was deliberate or not.

[danielpfaff]

He got lost in the woods and everyone was like "yeah assassin".

[stevensonbak]

I'm surprised that the King Stephen fact wasn't, "responsible for a civil war so devastating by Medieval standards that the era it encompassed is simply remembered as 'The Anarchy'', a time where, 'Christ and his saints were asleep'"

[MehWhatever]

It’s easy to be less popular than the guy who’s not there. The guy who’s not there can’t make mistakes, can’t hurt you, can’t do anything wrong really. And you can eternally compare the idiot in front of you that you hate, with the hero far away.

And, maybe there’s something to that whole absence makes the heart grow fonder 🤷🏻‍♀️

[sybillful]

“stop eating eels”
that dude: i’d like to see you try and stop me

[whospeaks]

Doctors: "We're all real worried about you, bud, this eel thing is a lil crazy"

Him: "FACK YOU"

[danmc]

Henry III might habe had a long rule, on paper, but part of that is him being a child, and another part of it caused him to become a prisoner of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and his son, later King Edward I, saved his rule at Evesham.

[stormbladeschannel]

Kind of surprised you didn’t mention how Matilda’s siblings died in a drunk driving accident and this led to nearly two decades of civil war

[denisdooley]

I was sure the first one was going to be "William the Conquer was known as William the Bastard before conquering England." But I suppose an exploding corpse would pretty much have to win that round.

[ALL_HAIL_WADLEY]

Fun fact: the type of eel he died from is actually considered a fish. It's called a lamprey and it has hundreds of teeth in its mouth. And it produces a lot of slime. I genuinely flabbergasted that he wanted to eat them.

[rml]

Calling Eleanor of Aquitaine just a wife is a vast understatement of the power that woman had, she was incredible in trying to secure her position in nobility and her children’s positions

To address the comments in replies, I’m not criticizing just saying a statement that might draw in people to look into her, it’s not that serious😂

[EyeLean]

Regarding the eels incident: People think medieval doctors didn't know anything at all because some of their information was bad, but this isn't true. They did hand out good advice on nutrition, sleep, exercise, and even psychology sometimes. They also did have some treatments that were effective, otherwise people would never have used them at all.