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Regarding problems of producing royal offspring, I always liked the rumored story of how Louis XIV was conceived: after his mother Anna of Austria had experienc
by lqet 5y ago
Regarding problems of producing royal offspring, I always liked the rumored story of how Louis XIV was conceived: after his mother Anna of Austria had experienced four stillbirths and failed to produce an heir, she fell in disgrace and was largely ignored by the king. On December 5th 1637, after 23 years of a marriage that at that point only existed on paper, the king was on his way to a hunting lodge near Versailles. Bad weather forced him to stop at the Louvre palace, where his wife was already set up for the winter. The only rooms that were heated were hers, so the king was forced to share a bed with his wife. 9 months later, on September 5th 1638, Louis XIV was born.
- MadeThisToReply 5y agoI'm a big fan of this theory of royal offspring: https://medium.com/@leibowitt/of-course-fidel-castro-is-justin-trudeaus-dad-nobody-has-debunked-anything-4db6fc8a9042 https://medium.com/@leibowitt/of-course-fidel-castro-is-just...
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- lqet 5y agoMy initial thoughts were that this was a bad satirical piece, but I was quickly intrigued. The resemblance is uncanny.
- patentatt 5y agoYeah, is this real? Or is it nut-job stuff? Either way, a surprisingly fun read.
- Bayart 5y agoYou know who Justin Trudeau also looks like ? Pierre Trudeau.
- MadeThisToReply 5y agoI don't think the resemblance is that strong: https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2FMAR20_TRUDEAU_VS_TRUDEAU_POST-1.jpg&sp=1637242612T55472a9634d2c3063fcd90fd96755cae3b1fadf64ee334eb7ea42be01169e24f https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2...
- 908B64B197 5y agoIt was also a known fact at the time that Margaret, his mother, was "promiscuous". The son is also much closer in height to Castro (6'3) than to his alleged father Pierre (5'7) and mother (5'6).
- jeffbee 5y agoWow that is entertaining and very interesting but it seems like, in accordance with other plausible-seeming internet conspiracy theories, this one relies on one seriously defective fact: Barbados is in no way "nearby" to Cuba. Ottawa is itself closer to Havana than is Barbados. That seems to scuttle the entire thing.
- patentatt 5y agoBut Cuba is definitely ‘on the way’ to Barbados if you’re coming from Ottawa.
- MadeThisToReply 5y ago> Ottawa is itself closer to Havana than is Barbados. Wow, this looks really wrong on Google Maps (Mercator strikes again!), but I looked it up and you're right. Havana to Ottowa: 1585 miles. Bridgetown, Barbados to Havana: 1644 miles.
- foobarian 5y agoDNA should make short work of any guesswork. Even from relatives.
- geoduck14 5y agoI thought this was a joke at first, but then they go through lists of sex scandals and traveling and... Is ANY of that true? Please. I had never considered that Trudeau and Castro were friends, let alone lovers.
- MadeThisToReply 5y agoNo idea, but the theory is as plausible as it is hilarious.
- jjk166 5y agoI'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the queen was boinking the guard/staff