Thread: Name that historical figure!

  1. March 17, 2015, 07:07 AM #4921
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spear Dog View Post
    Hope this image is legit, there are fewer renditions of this guy than I would have thought! A long memory and sour grapes maybe?
    Ow ow ow, I've seen him before!
    It's John de Courcy, an ambitious Norman who thought it was easier to get forgiveness than permission, so on his own initiative he invaded Ireland with a small army and kicked ass, only to fall out of favor with the King. Norman Kings were big on personal initiative, but not without royal approval
    The King sent a guy after him, a real teacher's pet named Hugh de Lacy, who managed to defeat John.
    He was imprisoned and was only released when he promised to go on a pilgrimage.
    He died obscure and poor in, errr, the 1220's or thereabouts iirc.
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  2. March 17, 2015, 04:51 PM #4922
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    Yes. John de Courcy, the rouge Norman who set up his own Kingdom in Ireland and even minted his own coinage - King Henry II didn't even notice for a few years. He's the guy they invented the word; 'bold' for. Icing on the cake was that after he patched things up with Henry, he was included in the expedition sent to remove Hugh de Lacy after he'd fallen out of favour.


    I can't rep Visna atm, could someone get that for me please? Thx.
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  3. March 17, 2015, 05:26 PM #4923
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  4. March 18, 2015, 03:09 PM #4924
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    Someone can take my turn.

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  5. March 20, 2015, 03:27 PM #4925
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    OK then,
    Here is a fun one.
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  6. March 23, 2015, 07:25 PM #4926
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    Should I post a hint, it really isn't that hard of a guess though.

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  7. March 23, 2015, 10:12 PM #4927
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    That goofy mug of his looks familiar.

    Edit: Is the last name Fokker?
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  8. March 24, 2015, 01:34 PM #4928
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    yes, Anthony Fokker
    His aircraft company designed a lot of Germany's aircraft in WW1.
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    How did you figure it out btw.
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  9. March 24, 2015, 03:24 PM #4929
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    Went on a bit of a Great War kick when To End All Wars came out.



    Pretty easy one.
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  10. March 26, 2015, 11:07 AM #4930
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    Huh. The image I put up isn't showing for me. Here's another picture of him in case you could not see the image.

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  11. March 26, 2015, 04:40 PM #4931
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    Random guess: Fenton Aylmer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Oda Nobunaga View Post
    Random guess: Fenton Aylmer.
    Nope. Hint: Eastern Front
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    That's the reactionary white Russian leader Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ★Bandiera Rossa☭ View Post
    That's the reactionary white Russian leader Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.
    That's Baron Roman Nikolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg to you. Your turn.
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  15. March 26, 2015, 10:37 PM #4935
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    Both pictures are the same person at different ages.
    Last edited by ★Bandiera Rossa☭; March 26, 2015 at 10:39 PM.

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    Louis Auguste Blanqui
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scharfrichter View Post
    Louis Auguste Blanqui
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  18. March 31, 2015, 10:32 AM #4938
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    someone else is free to pick up my turn
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  19. March 31, 2015, 02:07 PM #4939
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    OK i'll put one up.

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  20. March 31, 2015, 08:21 PM #4940
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    Winfield Scott?
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