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Old January 18th, 2008, 12:09 PM
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Charles VII marries Joan of Arc

Don't ask how I removed Charles's wife, just run with this.

Basically at Rheims Charles VII decides to make Joan his wife and Queen.

How does this play out?
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Old January 18th, 2008, 04:48 PM
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Obviously, she won't stay virgin for very long.
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Old January 18th, 2008, 04:52 PM
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Obviously, she won't stay virgin for very long.
Unless she threatens Charles with the wrath of God if he tried anything funny in bed...
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Old January 18th, 2008, 05:16 PM
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Did Charles already had successor? If so, he didn't have to sleep with Joan. They are married, but she swore celibacy, or something. I think it was possible in medieval Europe.
Personally I don't see any reason for French king to marry someone of low status (wasn't she peasant girl?). Joan served well as symbol of Fighting France and as pure messenger of God. The marriage might have spoiled her image. But hey, everything is possible. I read a book in which she almost become queen of Poland.
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Old January 18th, 2008, 06:45 PM
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Unless she threatens Charles with the wrath of God if he tried anything funny in bed...
It would be funny if he didn't.

Joan is a good wife and mother, as God intends, and bears Charles 7 children that survive, 3 boys and 4 girls. All 3 brothers will be King as Guillauame is killed in battle and Charles VIII and Paul rule in their turn. Paul the Great reigns for nearly 50 years, and leaves behind a Kingdom that extends halfway down the Italian peninsula and deep into the forests of Germany. He also leaves France a huge fleet, one of his mother's ambitions to protect France from the ravening English. When the Englishman Sinclair, sailing for France, discovers America in 1382 France is poised to colonise the Western Hemisphere better than any other nation in Europe
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Old January 18th, 2008, 07:24 PM
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Charles VII wouldn't have married Joan of Arc because they were siblings. Everyone knows she actually was the illegitimate daughter of Louis of Orléans and Isabeau of Bavaria:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alterna...of_Joan_of_Arc
Plus, she was a man in disguise, so she actually was Charles VII's brother
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Old January 18th, 2008, 08:42 PM
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Charles VII wouldn't have married Joan of Arc because they were siblings. Everyone knows she actually was the illegitimate daughter of Louis of Orléans and Isabeau of Bavaria:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alterna...of_Joan_of_Arc
Plus, she was a man in disguise, so she actually was Charles VII's brother

Come on!!!! Everybody knows that this is a mere speculation!!!
Besides there are numerous facts that point to the exact opposite...
The sword in the coat of arms for instance doesnt look like at all like a batton and certainly isnt pointing sinister...
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