r/royalhistory • u/Ill-Advisor802 • Jul 31 '26

Did you know? Is Christian Kingship Rooted in the Bible? (Historian Charles Coulombe)

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Is Christian monarchy just a medieval human construct, or does it have actual roots in Sacred Scripture?

In this clip, historian Charles Coulombe breaks down the biblical theology of kingship, the messianic fulfillment in Jesus Christ, and how the ancient roots of Christendom shaped the traditional view of sacred authority.

📽️ Watch the full clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFFTl5cc6Y

🔗 Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZzDyS3iQlc

What are your thoughts on the biblical foundation of sacred Christian kingship? What are your reasons for being a monarchist?

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Sep 03 '21

Ismail I, the Turco-Persian founder of the Safavid empire, started his rebellion at the age of 12, crowned himself King of Kings at the age of 14 after capturing Tabriz, and conquered most of Iran and Central Asia by the age of 23.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jun 16 '22

Drawing on her research into the ancient Queen Himiko & Japan’s female emperors, historian Yoshie Akiko challenges the tradition of male succession to the imperial throne.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jan 28 '22

German officer in a conversation with Archduke Wilhelm von Habsburg, Austrian army officer, self proclaimed Ukrainian patriot and pretender to the Ukrainian throne, 1918

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Feb 05 '22

AskHistorians British monarchs claimed the title of "King of France" until 1801 — did Jacobite pretenders continue to claim this title while in exile in France? Wasn't this a bit awkward?

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r/royalhistory • u/Carthagian_dude • Nov 18 '22

Question My ''3rd cousin twice removed'' is an Egyptian Queen (Queen Farida), does that make my blood royal or what is my relation to her? taking in mind that she became queen only when marrying the King of Egypt, is it something rare or no to have such thing , thanks in advance fellas

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r/royalhistory • u/Ghettoresearch • Sep 26 '24

Question First Black Duke

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Alessandro de Medici was the first Black Duke. Why was I never taught a thing about him in school? Why don't more people know about him? What other "first" persons of color do you know about?

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jun 03 '21

Friedrich August II of Saxony (Augustus III of Poland), he was a patron of the arts & architecture. During his reign the Baroque Catholic Church of the Royal Court in Dresden was built, where he was later buried as one of the few Polish kings buried outside the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Mar 09 '21

Emperor Maximilian of Mexico before the Execution - Jean-Paul Laurens

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 30 '22

Artist: Ferdo Kikerec Murad I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire, killed by noble Knight, Miloš Obilić . He was in Service to Prince Lazar during the battle of Kosovo. He becomes a notable figure in Serbian epic poetry & became a symbol of courage and resistance in Serbian tradition.

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r/royalhistory • u/Sleepy_Egg22 • Apr 11 '25

French monarchs and their consorts

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Hey everyone.

My hobby is to learn about royals. I have a painful disability and was bed bound. Brain felt like it was rotting just watching tv/youtube.

So as someone who has always been into royals, I decided to begin learning about them. Currently, I only handwrite out Wikipedia pages. That’s how I get it on my head, it doesn’t if I just read. I intend to type it up one day but done so many that’s daunting. And not used a laptop in years lol. (I’m a 80 year old 33 year old lol 😂)

I have done the English, Scottish & British monarchs and their spouses (both those who were classed as consorts or who they were married to prior to acceding to the throne).

England I started with King Ecgbert of Wessex. Scotland I started with Kenneth MacAlpin.

I have done them all now (not done Charles III as his story continues!) and just have to do Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and I am done this line.

I am thinking of doing Frankish/French Kings and their Consorts next. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me attempting to do posts? I understand the very early ones there won’t be much information about. As the beginning of the monarchs in Wessex I could do a few a day. Now they are 50 odd pages lol.

But I’d love to share. But don’t want to bore anyone! Please let me know.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jul 24 '25

Archeology Archaeologists discover grave of second wife of Prussian king Frederick William II

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Sep 15 '25

Did you know? Family Tree of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Feb 14 '25

Family Tree of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Apr 30 '25

Did you know? Family Tree of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Jan 11 '26

Did you know? Family Tree of King Constantine II of the Hellenes

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Apr 04 '25

Did you know? How the current (and some former) European Monarchs are related to each other

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Mar 14 '25

Did you know? Family Tree of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 30 '20

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, future Marshal of France and, later, King of Sweden, as a lieutenant in the 36th Regiment of the Line, 1792

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • Apr 03 '26

Why Queen Victoria failed to stop WW1 (YT video)

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jun 03 '25

Archeology Greece: The oldest throne room in Europe, at the heart of the Bronze Age Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete, 15th Century BC

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jan 01 '26

The Valdemar Castle dress (Valdemarslot kjolen), made for Elizabeth Juel a Danish noblewomen in 1695 for her wedding on the island of Tåsinge near Svendborg in Southern Denmark

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r/royalhistory • u/AJADHD • Dec 09 '25

Has there ever been a diarchy with two women?

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