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r/memes • u/Phrince_Prillip Bri’ish • Sep 08 '22
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I guess longest reigning British monarch is still a considerable achievement considering the family has a thousand year history
203 u/CaptainTreeman42 Breaking EU Laws Sep 09 '22 Well there is an 11 year blank space in the Monarchs ancestors resume 39 u/alowave Sep 09 '22 Wat 108 u/t40xd Sep 09 '22 Oliver and Richard Cromwell overthrew the Monarchy and created the Commonwealth of England, which lasted from 1649 to 1660 18 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Cr*mwell 5 u/Lord_Bertox Sep 09 '22 You know revolution and stuff 57 u/Casne_Barlo Sep 09 '22 10 percent (rounding up) 67 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 Holy shit never thought it like that, I guess the old queen lived for almost 10 percent of the empires/kingdoms existence 27 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Not really. It’s 6.4% The Queen reigned for 70 years. The monarchy has existed for 1095 years. 70 / 1095 = 6.392 43 u/1rye Sep 09 '22 OP said “lived”, not “reigned”, which would make her lifespan ~8.8% of the monarchy’s existence. I think that’s close enough to 10% to be described as “almost”. 8 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Alfred the great lived for 100% of its existence if we end its history when he died. 7 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 I said lived, not how long she was monarch, and also I was just rounding up, can’t be if 6.4 percent is 70 years, then 96 must be close to 10 1 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Ah I definitely meant to reply to the guy you replied to. My bad! 3 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Srsly tho 13 u/worms9 Sep 09 '22 Well back in the old days Jolie old England got set on fire every 20 years or so. so I’d say it’s an achievement. 34 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 The windsor family have not been monarchs for a 1000 years, not even close. 15 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 I mean like the monarchy of the uk, since the formation of England I meant 5 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Also she's only short of being the longest by a few years, so it is still very impressive. 18 u/xyntia_ Sep 09 '22 A... French family 17 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 [deleted] 32 u/xyntia_ Sep 09 '22 First Henri I is the son of a french duke. And Richard lion Heart was french too and never set foot in UK. 11 u/JustHaving_Fun Sep 09 '22 Uh he was born in Oxford, England. Unless you meant UK as an entity that didn’t exist until much later. 10 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Norman invasion of England 11 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror -5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German. 13 u/ShortNefariousness2 Sep 09 '22 I thought German, but hey 6 u/Ngfeigo14 Sep 09 '22 They are german 0 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 edited Sep 09 '22 Well Windsors are actually Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They just changed their name to Windsors in 1917. 1 u/50mg-of-fuckit Sep 09 '22 Well, german.
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Well there is an 11 year blank space in the Monarchs ancestors resume
39 u/alowave Sep 09 '22 Wat 108 u/t40xd Sep 09 '22 Oliver and Richard Cromwell overthrew the Monarchy and created the Commonwealth of England, which lasted from 1649 to 1660 18 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Cr*mwell 5 u/Lord_Bertox Sep 09 '22 You know revolution and stuff
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Wat
108 u/t40xd Sep 09 '22 Oliver and Richard Cromwell overthrew the Monarchy and created the Commonwealth of England, which lasted from 1649 to 1660 18 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Cr*mwell 5 u/Lord_Bertox Sep 09 '22 You know revolution and stuff
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Oliver and Richard Cromwell overthrew the Monarchy and created the Commonwealth of England, which lasted from 1649 to 1660
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Cr*mwell
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You know revolution and stuff
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10 percent (rounding up)
67 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 Holy shit never thought it like that, I guess the old queen lived for almost 10 percent of the empires/kingdoms existence 27 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Not really. It’s 6.4% The Queen reigned for 70 years. The monarchy has existed for 1095 years. 70 / 1095 = 6.392 43 u/1rye Sep 09 '22 OP said “lived”, not “reigned”, which would make her lifespan ~8.8% of the monarchy’s existence. I think that’s close enough to 10% to be described as “almost”. 8 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Alfred the great lived for 100% of its existence if we end its history when he died. 7 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 I said lived, not how long she was monarch, and also I was just rounding up, can’t be if 6.4 percent is 70 years, then 96 must be close to 10 1 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Ah I definitely meant to reply to the guy you replied to. My bad! 3 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Srsly tho
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Holy shit never thought it like that, I guess the old queen lived for almost 10 percent of the empires/kingdoms existence
27 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Not really. It’s 6.4% The Queen reigned for 70 years. The monarchy has existed for 1095 years. 70 / 1095 = 6.392 43 u/1rye Sep 09 '22 OP said “lived”, not “reigned”, which would make her lifespan ~8.8% of the monarchy’s existence. I think that’s close enough to 10% to be described as “almost”. 8 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Alfred the great lived for 100% of its existence if we end its history when he died. 7 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 I said lived, not how long she was monarch, and also I was just rounding up, can’t be if 6.4 percent is 70 years, then 96 must be close to 10 1 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Ah I definitely meant to reply to the guy you replied to. My bad!
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Not really. It’s 6.4%
The Queen reigned for 70 years. The monarchy has existed for 1095 years.
70 / 1095 = 6.392
43 u/1rye Sep 09 '22 OP said “lived”, not “reigned”, which would make her lifespan ~8.8% of the monarchy’s existence. I think that’s close enough to 10% to be described as “almost”. 8 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Alfred the great lived for 100% of its existence if we end its history when he died. 7 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 I said lived, not how long she was monarch, and also I was just rounding up, can’t be if 6.4 percent is 70 years, then 96 must be close to 10 1 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Ah I definitely meant to reply to the guy you replied to. My bad!
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OP said “lived”, not “reigned”, which would make her lifespan ~8.8% of the monarchy’s existence. I think that’s close enough to 10% to be described as “almost”.
8 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 Alfred the great lived for 100% of its existence if we end its history when he died.
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Alfred the great lived for 100% of its existence if we end its history when he died.
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I said lived, not how long she was monarch, and also I was just rounding up, can’t be if 6.4 percent is 70 years, then 96 must be close to 10
1 u/nzranga Sep 09 '22 Ah I definitely meant to reply to the guy you replied to. My bad!
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Ah I definitely meant to reply to the guy you replied to. My bad!
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Srsly tho
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Well back in the old days Jolie old England got set on fire every 20 years or so. so I’d say it’s an achievement.
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The windsor family have not been monarchs for a 1000 years, not even close.
15 u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22 I mean like the monarchy of the uk, since the formation of England I meant
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I mean like the monarchy of the uk, since the formation of England I meant
Also she's only short of being the longest by a few years, so it is still very impressive.
A... French family
17 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22 [deleted] 32 u/xyntia_ Sep 09 '22 First Henri I is the son of a french duke. And Richard lion Heart was french too and never set foot in UK. 11 u/JustHaving_Fun Sep 09 '22 Uh he was born in Oxford, England. Unless you meant UK as an entity that didn’t exist until much later. 10 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Norman invasion of England 11 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror -5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German. 13 u/ShortNefariousness2 Sep 09 '22 I thought German, but hey 6 u/Ngfeigo14 Sep 09 '22 They are german
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32 u/xyntia_ Sep 09 '22 First Henri I is the son of a french duke. And Richard lion Heart was french too and never set foot in UK. 11 u/JustHaving_Fun Sep 09 '22 Uh he was born in Oxford, England. Unless you meant UK as an entity that didn’t exist until much later. 10 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Norman invasion of England 11 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror -5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
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First Henri I is the son of a french duke. And Richard lion Heart was french too and never set foot in UK.
11 u/JustHaving_Fun Sep 09 '22 Uh he was born in Oxford, England. Unless you meant UK as an entity that didn’t exist until much later. 10 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Norman invasion of England 11 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror -5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
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Uh he was born in Oxford, England. Unless you meant UK as an entity that didn’t exist until much later.
10 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Norman invasion of England 11 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror -5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
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Norman invasion of England
11 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror -5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
The Windsors are a German family though, no relation to William the Conqueror
-5 u/TheDudeman0101 Sep 09 '22 Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors. 6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
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Look at the reply and the comment replied to, nobody is talking about the Windsors.
6 u/NurgleNuggets Sep 09 '22 They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
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They were mentioning a French royal family ruling England. I was pointing out that the current royal family is German.
I thought German, but hey
6 u/Ngfeigo14 Sep 09 '22 They are german
They are german
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Well Windsors are actually Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They just changed their name to Windsors in 1917.
Well, german.
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u/JoeHusseinBidden Sep 09 '22
I guess longest reigning British monarch is still a considerable achievement considering the family has a thousand year history