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Yeah, the more usual wording is "given a free rein", which makes it a little clearer. A monarch isn't given their reign, it's theirs by right (well, with a bit
by regularfry 5y ago
Yeah, the more usual wording is "given a free rein", which makes it a little clearer. A monarch isn't given their reign, it's theirs by right (well, with a bit of hand-waving. Or possibly sword-waving, but not since Henry VII).
- pasc1878 5y agoFor English kings you forgot William III
- dash2 5y agoActually I think the last king to go into battle at all was George II.
- rjsw 5y agoThe last English king to try to reign with no constraints was Charles I, it didn't end well for him.
- Zuider 5y agoJames II entertained the same delusions as Charles of being absolute monarch. He had a kinder fate, being carefully allowed to escape twice on his journey to France.