thought a lot about Blanche, really is it some hidden message by telling that she was "most photographed woman of our middle ages" (although many places related to her are ruined as said)... i mean why would it be if just some relative of Baldwin or Stefan Anjou, not even his daughter? Simply not enough for such fame if you ask me or reasonably said, but if she was from Frankish crown it would confirm such rating etc ; ...btw, even if we accept Blanche as chance and we even accept dates about her as "pedantistic" in France and we don't accept our as even closely true (as was case, we don't know even birth of HIM and it ranges by 6 years etc) in time of birth of Miluten she could still be even 18 or 19, or 16 at worst.... SU I "the rugged" (again we know only some circa date of his birth) could be even below 30 - considering all not so shameful or disturbing
so could be even in that sense, while i agree 110% that Dragutin was obviously just half-brother by Rugged one and maybe just some lover (he was very young obviously) or maybe some Hungarian or rival to Dandolo Venetian or Italian woman, to speculate - but generally no need, but for story just to "put him in trouble" as having extra-marriage affair..... so that is what i accepted and really glad that French historian agrees it was possible, he looked at dates, practices of Capets and even structures etc. Even if it wasn't Blanche herself, just other maybe even older (also maybe outside marriage)) daughter of Loius....... French BTW have practice - and precedents are important - to "hide" things related to "us", not only 1204
but generally closer to modernity as i gave example of "hidden" fact that misje Barthou was killed by French cop (not only bullet but also few strikes with sword as he was closest to our king.... just joking)) but also Napoleon who hid letters, debts ) and of course that our king Pierre, ex-French commando was sent here to dethrone "too Germanic" line and puch Austria, old foe
etc..... already wrote impression to French (esp. Frankish as Blanche was of them) women of middle ages so no repeat - true heroines as they lived beside such known sex-maniacs as Frenchmen
and also as same Frenchmen died almost wherever they fought in thousands, but they supplied new Frenchmen endlessly
...lovely, like that theory very much and fits in many way
something else wanted to say.... there are matrixes in facts about foreign figures related to us so mentioned vampirism and life after death by some (Michael and Raniero Dandolo among more) but also lovely how Ludwig Bavarian had few "dead daughters" but would be too much to think that "Helen" of HIM was in fact some Bavarian princess
... just joking here, even ages of Ludwig's daughters do not remotely fit for marriage with HIM but noticed as fact. so he sent Elisabeth of his co-ruler, who was killed somewhere i don't understand where exactly but she was killed and story of her words (even changed) "stinks" to say mildly..... only thing i guess as possible that he actually seen Dushan and then died, and in that case could accept fear as he was really impressive figure and she maybe 150 cm ; but generally story stinks... always is question, to say for maybe US readers as guess E-lovers know - of interests to ruin or change sources in the west about us in the west, while east and Phanariots etc. quite obvious... simply, as state fell out of memory almost evryone around had some interest to change it, Austria new power as well, Hungary to extent etc (but they all aslo kept some facts)....only Brits (hope you had few good dinners with our silver plates) and Italians knew some facts and our role, but anyway shouldn't be going to other extreme - facts were different, changed or masked and our say in events as well, but not most important of all etc etc. some balance... they were all disappointed as we - so important and great! - didn't listen to papas and mamas, or (from Greek side) betrayed Romea and already changed it during times etc etc others jumped in.... but i say it is lovely, and allowed for great hobby or speculations
and for historians great room to improve their detective skills, esp. on questions of 3-4 figures
nonetheless, serious about Blanche as theory (or other unknown one) and hope i wrote nice, emotional letter to French women
....glad we made one monumental, even naked around, but too small for my ideas ).... dedicated this to her mostly and Frenchwomen generally, but went wider as always.... somehow feeling is that French knights weren't such heroes and "best cavalry" around and always died evrywhere but them.....only now i understand that myth of "Joan"
or Jeanne and it almost sounds like "woman" in our language....but that is myth as well, they mostly stayed home and waited letters about dead husbands
and then new French arrived etc.... to say as my last words, even papa-Jacques if we take aggressiveness and dead bodies count wasn't so bad, but i'm with doctor Eco and Italians on this
...worst ever and huge apetite for docs
Blanche, Anna (the queen) and Jaquinta - great movies esp. if we add fame, secrecy or similar around
... and Elena Gattilusuio, she was such "despotina"
...always remember - when Konstantin wrote his work, Stefan was dead and nothing approved by him
...ooor, black George what have you done
(maybe they even had kids but George "erased" them all.....) ....that much, share some hobby
