The Loose Association of Wargamers

valleyboy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:48 pm Superb, and jealous
Wish I could paint while I worked

RMD wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:03 pm Isn't a Guelph one of those heraldic animals, like Martlets and Talbots?

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:32 am

RMD wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:03 pm Isn't a Guelph one of those heraldic animals, like Martlets and Talbots?

Definitely two-legged primates, as far as I know. The House of Welf/Guelph links the British throne with those of Hanover, both Brunswicks, and a dispossessed early Medieval line of Dukes of Bavaria (replaced by the Wittelsbachs who ruled until 1918, and whose current head is the last of the Stuarts).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_ ... to_present

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:53 am Well, not impossible given the level of inbreeding we're talking about:

Friederich Wilhelm, the Duke of Brunswick killed at Quatre Bras, was a nephew of George III via his father Charles (killed at Jena) who had married George III's older sister, Augusta; both Charles and his wife (and new brother-in-law) were great-grandchildren of George I. George IV later married Fred's sister Caroline, making him Fred's cousin and brother-in-law. Worth pointing out that Fred was Charles' fourth son, the other three being excluded from succeeding to the title Duke of Brunswick by dint of being (1) retarded, (2) extremely retarded, and (3) blind and mildly retarded.

It's people like that who give incest a bad name.....