Oh but Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are such sweet doggies. They were named after a Stuart King (Charles II). The Cavalier name comes after Charles I supporters. Charles II's reign went sideways: he converted to Catholicism because he was actually in love with his new Catholic wife, and consequently the roundheads basically threatened to decapitate him for it. Of course, the people didn't actually like having no king, so a protestant cousin, Mary Stuart, who had married William of Orange from Holland, was crowned. (The reign of William and Mary).
I think everything kind of went downhill from there - I mean a foreign King on the throne? What next?
Unfair that those sweet dogs now have to share their name with this Greek Nazi sympathizer pretender. Oh, and his Grandfather let his cousin be murdered by the Bolsheviks, rather than get him to safety. WTF.
Oh but Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are such sweet doggies. They were named after a Stuart King (Charles II). The Cavalier name comes after Charles I supporters. Charles II's reign went sideways: he converted to Catholicism because he was actually in love with his new Catholic wife, and consequently the roundheads basically threatened to decapitate him for it. Of course, the people didn't actually like having no king, so a protestant cousin, Mary Stuart, who had married William of Orange from Holland, was crowned. (The reign of William and Mary).
I think everything kind of went downhill from there - I mean a foreign King on the throne? What next?
Unfair that those sweet dogs now have to share their name with this Greek Nazi sympathizer pretender. Oh, and his Grandfather let his cousin be murdered by the Bolsheviks, rather than get him to safety. WTF.