The Greatest Monarch of England

by **Shofercia** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:10 pm

King Henry VIII, for he treated women like the UK wishes it could treat other countries

by **Freezic Vast** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:12 pm

Shofercia wrote:King Henry VIII, for he treated women like the UK wishes it could treat other countries

By beheading them if he got sick of them?

by **The Empire of Pretantia** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:28 am

John. He was the only monarch England deserved.

by **Hammer Britannia** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:35 am

Oliver Cromwell best king.

by **Vassenor** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:52 am

Hammer Britannia wrote:Oliver Cromwell best king.

:thinkyface:

by **Risottia** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:02 am

Mardla wrote:Who do you think was the greatest English monarch?

ANTONINVS PIVS. Peace in Britannia and expansion of civilisation into Caledonia, with the city of the Votadini inside and Glaschu outside of civilisation, as it should be.

by **Unstoppable Empire of Doom** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:49 am

King Brutus of course.

by **Almorea** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:12 pm

Hammer Britannia wrote:Oliver Cromwell best king.

He was arguably more successful than any king in his conquests

by **Western Vale Confederacy** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:49 pm

Oswald Mosley.

by **Nocturnalis** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:18 pm

Henry VIII. He's a big guy.

by **The Empire of Pretantia** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:37 pm

Nocturnalis wrote:Henry VIII. He's a big guy.

4u

by **Nocturnalis** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:52 pm

The Empire of Pretantia wrote:
Nocturnalis wrote:Henry VIII. He's a big guy.

4u

I wonder if getting divorced was part of his plan.

by **Bombadil** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:25 am

Nocturnalis wrote:
The Empire of Pretantia wrote:4u

I wonder if getting divorced was part of his plan.

Leviticus 20:21
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

Henry VIII was essentially driven mad by the thought he had no son because God was punishing him for marrying his brother's wife.

by **Cetacea** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:50 am

I've personally got a liking for King Penda of Mercia, who was the last pagan warrior-king of th Anglo Saxons and responsible for establishing Mercian dominance over the Anglo0Saxon Heptarch. Penda's hegemony included both Anglo-Saxon and British leaders, pagans and Christians and was suprisingly tolerant for the era.

by **Kubra** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:59 am

HRH Queen Elizabeth II, by the grace of god. Any other statements ought to be considered an act of sedition.

by **Western Vale Confederacy** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:09 am

Kubra wrote:HRH Queen Elizabeth II, by the grace of god. Any other statements ought to be considered an act of sedition.

I unironically think that my mother, who is not even British, will cry on the day of Queen Elizabeth II's death.

She always had this passive liking of the Queen.

by **Crookfur** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:37 am

Personally I always kind of liked Henry II but as the greatest he likely doesn't cut it. Maybe if he had hugged his sons more so they didn't grow up wanting to spend all thier time fighting him and each other and leaving John as last man standing...

I have a soft spot for John, the Wash! To paraphrase an old Dorset joke.

Oddly I could almost make a case for James II if only as the greatest example of how to turn everybody who matters against you.

by **Bienenhalde** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:00 am

Bombadil wrote:
Nocturnalis wrote:I wonder if getting divorced was part of his plan.

Leviticus 20:21
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

Henry VIII was essentially driven mad by the thought he had no son because God was punishing him for marrying his brother's wife.

Exactly. This is the real reason the Church of England broke with Rome. The pope had granted Henry permission to marry his brother's wife, even though it was against the Bible. The Protestant reformer Thomas Cranmer objected to the pope's action and considered the king's marriage invalid.

by **The Empire of Pretantia** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:47 am

Nocturnalis wrote:
The Empire of Pretantia wrote:4u

I wonder if getting divorced was part of his plan.

Of course. He needed to have a son.

by **United Dependencies** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:57 am

Henry V or Elizabeth I

by **Heloin** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:56 pm

Eight pages on and I'm still the only one showing any love for my boy Æthelred.

by **Unithonia** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:58 pm

None

*dabs in Ireland*

Actually I kinda like Elizabeth II, she seems BA and not-assholey

by **Blackledge** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:59 pm

King Alfred, of course.

Though I have a soft spot for Harold Godwinson.

by **Murab** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:05 pm

Senegalboy wrote:
Mardla wrote:The UK includes England.

OK then
I would say Queen Victoria … Britain also stayed out of European wars.

Umm... Crimea is in Europe?

by **Nocturnalis** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:08 pm

Kubra wrote:HRH Queen Elizabeth II, by the grace of god. Any other statements ought to be considered an act of sedition.

She's not even the best British monarch of the 21st century.

The Empire of Pretantia wrote:
Nocturnalis wrote:I wonder if getting divorced was part of his plan.

Of course. He needed to have a son.

Well congratulations, he got himself a son. What was the next step of his master plan?

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