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Oct. 11th, 2015 07:38 pmDied on this day in 1159 aged 22 William Blois I, Count of Boulogne (my toy,wikipedia). Son of King Stephen. William would have been King, except that Henry II (son of Matilda) got to be King instead. Henry didn't immediately have William killed (amazing!) and there wasn't a civil war (!!!), but there was a Plot and William fled to Normandy. He died of disease.
Born on this day in 1671 to King Christian V of Denmark and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, King Frederick IV of Denmark (my toy,wikipedia). Nephew of George who married Queen Anne. Frederick's most important domestic reform was the abolition in 1702 of the so-called vornedskab, a kind of serfdom which had fallen on the peasants of Zealand in the Late Middle Ages. His efforts were largely in vain because of the introduction of adscription in 1733. Adscription is basically serfdom.
So that wasn't really a REFORM then was it now?
Born on this day in 1671 to King Christian V of Denmark and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, King Frederick IV of Denmark (my toy,wikipedia). Nephew of George who married Queen Anne. Frederick's most important domestic reform was the abolition in 1702 of the so-called vornedskab, a kind of serfdom which had fallen on the peasants of Zealand in the Late Middle Ages. His efforts were largely in vain because of the introduction of adscription in 1733. Adscription is basically serfdom.
So that wasn't really a REFORM then was it now?