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Moreover, I can only imagine how much grief the Armagnacs went through. It would make for a good opera. (I'm not trying to minimize the grief of the others, but
by pradn 6y ago
Moreover, I can only imagine how much grief the Armagnacs went through. It would make for a good opera. (I'm not trying to minimize the grief of the others, but just imagine if a ton of people from one family died - the grief must be different, devastating.) The one analogue I can think of is Mehmet III's summary execution of 19 of his (half)brothers when he ascended the throne.
https://royalcentral.co.uk/asia/the-night-19-ottoman-princes-were-killed-by-their-brother-146628/#:~:text=The%20bloody%20royal%20massacre%20of,the%2015th%20and%2016th%20centuries https://royalcentral.co.uk/asia/the-night-19-ottoman-princes....