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Charlemagne massively bungled by not impressing primogeniture on his son
| preventive strike | 08/26/25 |
| Oliver Anthony in Ghibli | 08/26/25 |
| Texas School Book Suppository | 08/26/25 |
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Date: August 26th, 2025 1:33 PM Author: preventive strike 2 generations later you get the treaty of verdun splitting the Carolingian empire into three parts because his grandsons were all like “No I want my kingdom too that’s not fair!”
And then of course it split up more with their sons
Could all of this been avoided had Charlemagne sat his son Louis down and said “let’s do some basic simple division math to show you why primogeniture is the only way”? Possibly |
Date: August 26th, 2025 3:28 PM Author: Oliver Anthony in Ghibli (🐾👣) cr but the perennial problem is fratricide assassinations also claimants popping up all the time alleging the heir is illegitimate and the truth rests on which brother has the good generals and mercs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5766377&forum_id=2в#49214010) |
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Date: August 26th, 2025 3:46 PM Author: Texas School Book Suppository Charlemagne came from a culture and society that did not have primogeniture. They split holdings among the sons. Yes, it would have been better for him to start a new practice of inheritance, but it would have required him to buck generations of tradition. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5766377&forum_id=2в#49214041) |