How medieval kings were named...

#history #europeanhistory #medievalhistory #englishhistory #anglosaxons

[ThePingouinter]

The guy who worked out the numbering must have been so proud in the office the next day !

[CraigFox-ltlt]

Hare foot - fleet of foot, speedy, especially in battle I've heard ?

[CompelledUsername]

Yeah, but Charles The Tampon would have eventually been a thing. Perhaps it is better to have a numbered system.

[brettlevering]

Did they change some of the tenants become a saint recently? I’ve been talking about this with one of my other friends I’m curious.

[ket_boofer]

The use of "Confessor" as an epithet for a saint means, as far as i know, that they were tortured but not killed for their faith

[robcat]

Giving the kings numbers was a French practice, carried over in the Norman Invasion.

[HobartBloke]

In Peter Cook's spoof interviews with Clive Anderson, he plays a rock superstar fresh out of rehab. Anderson suggests 'Eric Daley' had an erratic record as a movie actor, and 'Eric' agrees: 'I should never have played Edward the Confessor'.

[kiyankurji]

Edward I is actually Edward IV! There have been 11 King Edwards of England.

[sabhyde]

Sainthood is more important than being royal. He is a Saint first then King. England at that time was raided by remnants of the Danelaw invasion. He had to contend with rebels and the Church unrest between the East and West. He was a great man that deserves respect. "Hahaha he doesnt have number with name" Grown men making elementary school level jokes whilst poking fun at a man that gave everything for his people. Shameful

[pupper]

this is like a speech check in fallout 2 lol

[BerndSchnabl]

Never too late ... Could not think of anyone better than Dominic and Tom to come up with insulting monikers 😂

[michaelstjohn]

Meanwhile Rammesses II 1200 BC and what about Alaric the II ? This guy

[big-smoke-rc]

All of our surnames in England came about the same way

[bigjoe]

Harold the hairy was an actual Norwegian king

[fieldagentryan]

Man of great knowledge ..if you know your real language, but you don't do keep chirping