AD 1205: King John I of England, of Robin Hood and Magna Carta fame, attempting to build an alliance against the French, gives Prince Llewelyn of Exhibit Dalet his illegitimate daughter Joan in marriage. Joan becomes Lady of Wales and prefigures, although the title was not established until just after Joan’s tenure, a certain Princess of Wales of later years.
This same year, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, hero of Czechs everywhere, is born, paving the way for a billion things named in his honor, including Prague’s great square and a not-very Christmassy Christmas carol.
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