Posted by Bjarne Birkrem
on 24/2/2009, 8:45:24, in reply to "Re: Link"
85.252.67.211
Congratulations, René!
Yes, that is the link: they were all sons-in-law of emperors.
Here is a complete list, with the name of the fathers-in-law in parentheses:
1: Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (Wilhelm I, German Emperor and King of Prussia)
2: Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (Franz I, Emperor of Austria, AKA Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor)
3: Haakon VII, King of Norway (Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India)
4: Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and de jure King of Hannover (Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia)
5: Marcus Marcellus (Octavianus Augustus, Roman Emperor)
6: Erik “XII” Magnusson, King of Sweden (Ludwig IV “the Bavarian”, Holy Roman Emperor)
7: Juan, Prince of Asturias (Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor)
8: Gaston, Prince of Orléans, Count of Eu (Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil)
9: Willem II, King of the Netherlands (Pavel I, Emperor of Russia)
10: Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (Karl VII, Holy Roman Emperor, AKA Karl Albrecht, Elector of Bavaria)
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: They are all sons of law of an emperor.
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: Well done indeed, René! (And how silly of me
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: I should have realised that the name of the
: building was right there in the URL of the
: photo...)
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: And Damian - I don't know whether you are
: aware of it, but one of the things you said
: about Marcellus is actually what the link is
: all about (though even after you find it,
: you may have to think twice before you
: realise that it actually does fit all the 10
: people in the quiz...)
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: 5. Marcus Marcellus (never heard of him) but
: thanks to Wikepedia. The clue of the picture
: was given by the picture itself.
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: Ah..of course! I guessed Bjarne was
: referring to someone from ancient times but
: I just couldn't pin him down.Well
: done,Bjarne!
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: As to who he was...Marcus Claudius Marcellus
: was the nephew and son-in-law of Emperor
: Augustus.The latter,with no son of his
: own,designated him as his heir after
: marrying him to his only daughter,Julia.But
: Marcellus died suddenly at the age of just
: 19.There were suspicions that he had been
: poisoned on the orders of Augustus's
: wife,Empress Livia who feared him as a rival
: to her own son Tiberius (Augustus's eventual
: successor).
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: The author Robert Graves makes these and
: other rumours about Livia into fact in his
: novel, I Claudius.
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