[Moo] Moo Digest, Vol 98, Issue 3

[Megan Mitchell]

Same-sex relationships amoung royalty are fairly well documented within
period. I don't think that two men or women ever ruled jointly, but many
European sovereigns had 'favorites'. Also, there has been a significant
amount of controversy over a possible relationship between Richard the
Lionheart and Phillip II of France.

It seems that the normal response to such 'favorites' was to turn a blind
eye to such a relationship, as long as there were still heirs. (The Valois
dynasty in particular died out because Henry II refused to bed a woman for
the sake of an heir.)
The question doesn't seem to have mattered to them; why should it to us?

-- Marina
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Adrianna du Chesne <neopkwaii28 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dante;
>
> What about not having a "King" for a few years?
>
> ^.^
>
> My tuppence (for what it's worth): We are an organization devoted to
> recreating the middle ages.   What would they have done?
>
> *sitting back to watch the history buffs respond so that I can be
> schooled.*
>
> ~Adrianna~
>
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