Woah, dont think weve all gone crazy!
The kind of fairy tale only Kissinger could find happy.
It could be a place where things like the Red Wedding would merely indicate that its Tuesday.
This house and their Angevin Empire were Frankish transplants that had the most successful direct lineage in British history.
That straight line ended with the succession of Richard II.
He also was the loser in history.
His successful imprisonment of Richard cemented that power grab.
This is all a long-winded way of saying that Henry IV broke 200 years of clean Plantagenet succession.
Kind of like how a Baratheon King or two onGame of Thronescould really just be considered Lannisters.
How could this go wrong?
Which probably couldve happened in some alternate version ofGame ofThrones, come to think of it… Well, turns out that Richard of York was descended from Edwardssecondson.
How do you like them apples, Lancasters?
Gains made by Henry V and other British monarchs were lost, and England was pissed.
Just as Ned Stark was supposed to be Joffreys Hand.
Both the Lancasters and Yorks had men dubbed kings over these three decades.
), but suffice it to say that Richard III is considered the final Medieval King in English history.
And he bore more than a passing resemblance to Tyrion Lannister.
He was accused of having red eyes and claws at birth, and being a monstrous hunchback.
their Hand, just as Tyrion Lannister was Joffreys Hand.
The War of the Roses and justsomeof its influences onGame ofThrones.
Well explore these and other interesting facets of history being placed on the show very soon too!
