Best monarch ever? Who would be your choice?

[Papyrophile]

Nominating Henry VII, the first Tudor. Sorted taxation, prohibited private armies. Created peace.

Spoiler alert: He won a Rex Factor.

I'll vote when one of them decides the monarchy should be abolished.

Surely King John was the worst!

Well we were under threat by Spain during that time, if thats what you mean by war. A country needs to be able to defend itself.

I don’t agree Henry VII “ended the Wars of the Roses”

Everyone was dead (Dave), underage or attainted. If HVII hadn’t chosen to betroth himself to EofY and to invade, would any other Lancastrian have challenged RIII? HVII wasn’t engaged in other battles in which he beat other Yorkists.

I think HVII was a decent enough king, but I think the Wars of the Roses had run their course at that point regardless of him.

Stephen was pretty bad. And Charles I? There’s lots of contenders I think!

What a great thread!

Can’t believe Edward VIII isn’t getting a mention. You know where you are with a tyrant, but a king who doesn’t have any understanding of or interest in doing the job is quite another. Wouldn’t want him next to you in the trenches.

I sometimes wonder what Shakespeare would’ve made of that guy. It could actually have been amazing – certainly not a scenario he’d covered in the other plays.

QEII.

Everyone was dead (Dave)

We still say that loads 😂

Yes of course, the boys

IF they were still alive of course and theres debate about that....

I was thinking more of Warwick, son of Clarence (both underage and attainted 😀) rather than the Princes in the Tower (crazy name, as either neither was a Prince, or one was a Prince and one a King, but there we are…)

Other than HVII, I don’t think there were any plausible Lancastrians left to lead an army…?

Frederik X. He is hot.

Just had to look him up. Wouldn’t like to be in his shoes at the moment. This will definantly be his defining moment.