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huge is subject really, complex Frankia in times and one wonder really as i said few times, maybe country predestined to fail :) by many factors but it survived ;... problem is that there is always that "OR" on many subjects so in contrast to previous words of mine ) so to again repent and...

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if we accept "my theory" that all events during era, esp. relating us, are politically interconnected even with events in western Europe and never isolated esp.if they include persons of such "weight" as Raymond T. or Hainry the Lion ; and we already even remotely explained backg...

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so yes, like many subjects touching us, sisters Normies are "subject of contest" and hijack on various Wiki pages, not their fault more "our" as some have "interest" that particular question to be hidden or masked :) one of maps showing their "influence and conques...

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Disputes among European powers led to the formation of two coalitions in the late 1140s. One alliance was formed by the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and Conrad III against Roger II of Sicily who had invaded Byzantine territories. Geza II of Hungary sided with Roger II and his allies, includi...

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so did Vukan have brother at all - or the one so rarely mentioned, starter of lines, is actually oversized sister Marko from southern Italy? :lol ...was Bela just blind or blind and castrated, but had 6 children etc etc..... Behemoth was, btw, unmarried and mature, able to be "Vukan's enigmatic...

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interesting is really and right in front of our noses for so long.... St Marko even chosen small city near Bari as own burial place... practice of our rulers own tombs as separate churches seems to match some Norman or Hauteville practices, but not all, but it does in case of Marko-Behemoth ) though...

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more if unknown..... his name - not all sources agree but likely considering that Bohemond wasn't baptism name ; - was Marko :) sapienti sat :) it is so interconnected to remind that, it was also name of Rascian prince about who very few sources survived - "burp!"... what you said Jacques?...

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idk, really some med figures and politicians :) (even if sons of "bandit knights")) had more honesty or "tact" or how to define, sensibility, than many modern ones, not at all those considered "bad" in modern times ) but really and honestly more than figures as Nap or B...

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...so, something more modern but not my field and philosophical.... considering all, even all up to XX c, but considering our very long (let's forget about our ancient Ruma now) medieval history and even 400 years practicing falconry and dog breeds before Constanin-Frederik Staufen :) (unlike Stefan...

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interesting is also, btw speaking now as for me subjects became clear and no doubt that Miluten was not only SU II but also one in great touch with French whole life etc. On river Lys ) with Charles Valois, imagine even ;) so interesting is also for true history that question of islam in Hungary, we...

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:lol :lol :lol this i must report, see for yourself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_II_of_Hungary lovely article and it says a lot about some stand of our elite in those times, as when (quasi) "our queen ruled Hungary together with our palpatine (her brother)" strong alliance with ...

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regarding some quasi role of some queens of round times (and only/mostly in that interesting moments) already talked but also to disappoint some female writers who wrote about likes of Jaquinta :) again saythat my personal view is that it was more some intention to "satanize" some foreign ...

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to me, most likely by events from Licinius, as claimed after all :) ...or maybe indeed, early influence of Rogers to Nemanja, so uncle and to extent rival of Bohemond, could explain some punches if they found some Roger letters in Nemanios pockets ) anyway, when another puzzle pieces match their pos...

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so, what are some constructions and circle or chain of events etc. in short for film knowers ;) ....it is Bohemond's grandaughter that married later Raynald "Baldwin beat me" Chatillon and was also related (via Bohemond wife) to French Capets so it was daughter of Philip I (or was it Louis...

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His eyes were light-blue and gave some hint of the man's spirit and dignity. He breathed freely through nostrils that were broad, worthy of his chest and a fine outlet for the breath that came in gusts from his lungs extract from Anna's Komnena description of Bohemond, i think our great pal deservi...

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but hardly, Bohemond faction yes he even left some lines that could match views of our elite then, but Franks too wide and deep subject to be easily matchable.... btw and anyway "beautiful" and no sarcasm informative text on Fourth ;) ...generally to say first, continental events during st...

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OR - to say - if we say that Nemanja's oldest son wife wasn't from that [/b] Roman nobility, as i said, and guess of her being Conti is wrong etc. - as obviously American congresmen :) Inokent and Gregory (Conti) were not in favor of Rascia, but Savelli yes etc. - or WAS but Conti held different pos...

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generally, while looking at all those events of XII c important for us (like Baldwing beating Raynald)) and looking back at XI at same, somehing i expressed before as doubt to me personally looks more true, and with disappointment due to my previous praise :) must say i don't see much evidence of an...

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btw, serbo-croat is maybe only or one of very few non-romanic languages that can make whole even longish sentences with latin-italian words almost exclusively, so "ochi moje vide (veni, vici so also word from Latin) banderu, na pijacu idem voljom svojom (sui) to je meta, nesto da procedim pa se...

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yeah to put this also into your treasure of (speculative) knowledge, Napoli - shh, shh ) - (Naples) is btw for mere fun fact one of Italian cities, along Rome, we do not pronounce as almost 90% of their cities, "their way"... probably more examples, but two biggest and most fun, listen.......

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really for humor, as seen i don't care much nor for many humanitaat quasi dilemmas and similar as views are often based on incomplete picture, personal bias or some heritage and really zillion undefinable things so i will not even try, but generally you get it, nor majority of people really understa...

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generally just another example of anti-Serb :) acts i.e. views of history.... both mock trial and relief ;... too many to be normalized and acceptable ) but our rulers and acts were class above and just for example compared to all great powers combined etc.... did i tell example of imperial guards a...

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when in "Shake-spear mode" (too often if you get it)) sometimes write some scenes and either humoristical sketches or very serious, dark themed scenes so lately wrote one of our agents making some deposits to Florentine/Bolognese banker in the beginning of XIV c.... so after short dialogue...

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...and if you understand why are some facts or docs about some figures so "eaten" (obvious suspect papa-Jacques)) and blurred, lost... and why vampirism on question of few related to us, while Michael VIII even not so important for us (except that we put him to end)) even more is interesti...

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btw and unimportant except that Bulgaria tried to launch herself into some importance long past it's old glory )), but see that several Eng pages use this map for XIII c events - which is let's say friendly not really 100% accurate nor true for given moment :) It is from some atlas from 1917 :) duri...

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After assuming the throne, Philip inherited a sizable debt from his father's war against Aragon. By November 1286 it reached 8 tonnes of silver to his primary financiers, the Templars, equivalent to 17% of government revenue. This debt was quickly paid off, and, in 1287 and 1288, Philip's kingdom r...

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really how big is gap between myth and true history is really this subject "mythical Templars" and like to deal with it... really from continental to (quasi) global stage, people don't realize they were more bankers and engaged in various corruption than any fighters in 1307 ; ...but on lo...

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so to respect copyrights :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10ECkQXQtU video was shot in our fort of Smederevo (or Semendria or similar) made by George Brankovic ;) ...so i "intentionally" posted other video as our role in "Templar heresy" is objected by yours trully :) as lyrsi...

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great are stories, no sarcasm and so many details people simply don't know and maybe also good illustration is title of "Charles Anjou" (Stefan Capet) photo in Wiki "some old guy" :) (chopper of heads))... simply don't know which to present and when etc. which ones you maybe know...

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one more thing - really among millions - from my earlier notice and to understand additionally some humor.... so in short, one realtively unimportant pope dies in 1342, same year of death of Napoleone btw ; - and next pope, Avignon and French one for total laics of course, so line like "rift wi...

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great is confusion on many things that at first look less important and and are but if you try make some detailed picture they confuse or distract... so only one page i've seen says that papa-Jacques was "a Gascon" (origin) and none else mentions it, while French would not agree :) group r...

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already talked, but now as i very expanded whole story and we reached some conslusions - and it is not just Edward, Ludwig and Dushan (and of course often forgotten Andrea due to size and his republican status, and at least in moments Kantakouzenos etc) alone as some rulers and elites around them - ...

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...instead we demanding him to take down our song :) ...don't understand at (not that song thing)) all above historical stand of some nations, above all Italians and Brits/English as they knew some things about our older history and similar but also about our alliance in XIV and XV, but they decided...

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and it seems that French pronunciations were already "legendary" across whole continent really early so quasi is story that both in Bruges (so some Flanders) and on Sicily (probably elswewhere but known examples) their enemies forced captured French (or suspected ones) to say some words th...

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I mean as an observer (if not upgraded) in Frankokratia organisation i have at least right to ask, don't I :) ...you know also what is interesting and why i express some doubts, as we also have some proposed Gaulish words in language - said intentionally Kalish as suggested is that our Scordisci and...

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Château de Chenonceau, place where one tapestry is preserved depicting Kosovo battle etc... as it is medieavl-renesance made often is credited as one of preserved documents of Franco-Serb ties and similar... Revolutionaries wanted to ruin it along along other places but it was preserved due to bridg...

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yes, i BTW found original and much greater maps of Europe by Ortelius and talking about his "knowledge of our cities" :) and not to confuse some who may use it ) to say that on continental map he put some 6 cities in both Rascia and Serbia and they are something like "Taunanburg (or l...

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really when you arrange some pieces of puzzle correctly you reach some "eureka" moment and there is one flow of solutions and ideas and many things become clearer... totally unimportant example but with this solutions i gave in last few posts even "trivial" things like Abraham Or...

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it is baby one very nasty game of factions, very deep and very masked at moments that it is almost impossible to track it all and just some "soda" version of history is known generally etc... it is important to look at all as one continuity and other things i said before not to repeat, wit...

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really our rulers - i'd say objectively - were compared to many "careful" to our queens, and almost all in Nemanide line... of all foreign it seems that Jaquinta gave most births almost (she was Dioclean and you know that Montenegrins are great lovers)) but Anna at most 2, Helen Capet 2, a...

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already introduced you to Zhanlebon, slowly Jean le Bon called "the good" in France as he poisoned our emperor ;) ...really and seriously for French readers, soo numerous, i'm telling story in relative terms with starting point that there was some crusade and huge rift or split between roy...

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BTW theoretically it is possible that, on all that tiny details and some theories on Lazar, that Dushan as well after Ludwig's death or lets say in his final years also made some "peace" with Luxes or Karlo (now it is safe to use this form unlike with French Stefans)) IV Luxemburg as there...

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and just to note, except few other Alemanniacs on our, Ludwigs and English side were firmly electors from Palpatine and we tried to attract green but able Edward to the dark side [/b] ....so when i posted this long ago, remember, talking about HIM i knew what i was talking https://www.youtube.com/wa...

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I personally did not know but briefly after Ludwig's "sudden death" (also in hunt as many) title was (if my info is good) offered to Edward III of England (rare thing as well as previous example with Charles C. Valois) and he refused... Ludwig's sons briefly as well tried to oppose Luxes b...

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really is dubious, must say with some disappointment miladies :) how significant was really role of any queen (i don't mean personal so listen further) in some political sense and in practice of literally all it seems not so much as even those related by wives were often passionate enemies :) so as ...

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must say also this for end on subject of Kresi.... probably detail i liked the most in description and is one for laughter till tears is how French knights, finally catching English raised their fearsome, cruel "oriflamme" banner and couldn't wait and hurried to give English some beating :...

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and - it goes by itself who knows but to mention - year of Dushans declaration of empire is same as Crecy, exact months not so important but bit earlier, however Edward as well increased activity and operations started earlier as well, though battle itself was few months before proclamation - but mo...

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also to say just shortly to my French "madmazels" i.e. readers that despite Charles Valois personal (tik-tok... wiki) page claiming that he abandoned deal/s partly due to his then wife death and partly as one Habsburg king was assassinated (not our nor French fault)) who wanted to revive &...

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really really is so complicated and really is question of who to trust :) in sea of quasi sources and quasi stories, often contradictory to one another :) and problem how to make some consistent story is always there and guess all is almost in vain, just trying and trying but maybe no one succeeded ...

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also to say now and not to forget if i finish suddenly ) some charm or beauty of middle ages and better said its research or understanding is that all was somehow interconnected and "action-reaction" sequenced or lined, so really our position was almost privileged one in some sense and eve...

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