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King Casimir III The Great - 1310–1370
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Ill definitely include some of the Croats, I recently had the opportunity to make a brief stop in Split, Croatia and found even that small taste very lovely.
Niccolo da Tolentino will be a great add too, unique armor and attire that should be fun and challenging to create.
Casimir is a really cool armor set! I actually think I can make his armor 100% correct.
Niccolo da Tolentino will be a great add too, unique armor and attire that should be fun and challenging to create.
Casimir is a really cool armor set! I actually think I can make his armor 100% correct.
If you haven't already (which seems to be very unlikely to me, but still), take a look at the paintings of The Battle of San Romano; They're epic!thick1988 said:Niccolo da Tolentino will be a great add too, unique armor and attire that should be fun and challenging to create.
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I also suggest this armour pack to help modelling http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?520872-15th-Century-ArmourCaptured Joe said:If you haven't already (which seems to be very unlikely to me, but still), take a look at the paintings of The Battle of San Romano; They're epic!thick1988 said:Niccolo da Tolentino will be a great add too, unique armor and attire that should be fun and challenging to create.
Thanks, I will add him to the next poll
Tannhäuser (?-1265) was a German Minnesänger and poet. He is not attested historically outside of his poetry, which is dated to between 1245 and 1265. His biography is consequently obscure. It is assumed that there is a connection to the old noble family of the Lords of Thannhausen, who are still residing in their castle in Tannhausen, near Ellwangen and Dinkelsbühl. There is also a historical Tannhausen castle near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. He was active at the court of Frederick II of Austria, and the Codex Manesse depicts him in the habit of the Teutonic Order, which suggests he might have participated in the Fifth Crusade.
Tannhäuser’s poems are parodies of the traditional genre. His Bußlied (poem on atonement) is unusual, given the eroticism of the remaining Codex Manesse Tannhäuser was a proponent of the leich style of poetry.
Tannhäuser (?-1265) was a German Minnesänger and poet. He is not attested historically outside of his poetry, which is dated to between 1245 and 1265. His biography is consequently obscure. It is assumed that there is a connection to the old noble family of the Lords of Thannhausen, who are still residing in their castle in Tannhausen, near Ellwangen and Dinkelsbühl. There is also a historical Tannhausen castle near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. He was active at the court of Frederick II of Austria, and the Codex Manesse depicts him in the habit of the Teutonic Order, which suggests he might have participated in the Fifth Crusade.
Tannhäuser’s poems are parodies of the traditional genre. His Bußlied (poem on atonement) is unusual, given the eroticism of the remaining Codex Manesse Tannhäuser was a proponent of the leich style of poetry.
Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234), Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born at The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders. Floris IV succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin of Bentheim. He acquired the Land of Altena. He had constant disputes with the bishop of Utrecht, Otto of Lippe, but helped him against the peasants of Drenthe in 1227. Floris was a real knight, who went on crusade against the Stedingers north of Bremen in 1234.
On 19 July 1234, he was killed at a tournament in Corbie, France.
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1327–1384) was a Scottish magnate.
William Douglas was the son of Sir Archibald Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay, and nephew of "Sir James the Good", Robert the Bruce's trusted deputy. From the time of his father's death at Halidon Hill, he is described as being a ward of his kinsman and godfather, William Douglas, Knight of Liddesdale and was educated in France. In 1342, under pressure from Liddesdale, his uncle Hugh the Dull resigned the Lordship of Douglas to him, though Liddesdale rapaciously administered his estates while it was in his ward-ship, and assumed direct ownership of some of the Douglas territories.
Douglas returned to Scotland, upon reaching his majority in 1348, and immediately started to put his house in order. In 1346-47 following the Battle of Neville's Cross, King David II, and other nobility, including Liddesdale, were held captive by the English. Edward Baliol used the opportunity to ravage the whole of the south of Scotland. Douglas gathered his men and drove the English out from his ancestral lands of Douglasdale. Douglas went in the style of his uncle, the Good Sir James, and for the following few years waged guerrilla war against the English in the Ettrick Forest and Jedforests.
In 1353, Edward Baliol was ensconced at Buittle in his ancestral territories in Galloway. Douglas led a raid there to eject him due to Baliol's forfeiture of those lands that had been made over to Sir James Douglas in 1324. Following this raid, returning through the Forest, Douglas came across Liddesdale hunting on what Douglas viewed as his desmesne. This was the match that lit the fuse of years of resentment over Liddesdale's assumption of the Douglas patrimony, notwithstanding Liddesdale's murder of Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie which John of Fordun gives as a reason for the enmity between the men. Liddesdale, once in high standing with the Crown, had fallen into disfavour following his murder of Ramsay and another Knight, Sir David de Barclay. Douglas set upon Liddesdale and killed him. In February 1354, William of Douglas received a new charter from King David bestowing all the lands held by his uncle Sir James, his father Sir Archibald, and Liddesdale itself.
In 1355 the truce with England expired and Douglas with the Earl of Dunbar and March, whose lands had been ravaged, decided to take Norham Castle in retaliation. One of Douglas' captains, Sir William Ramsay of Dalhousie, was instructed to despoil the lands around Norham and burn the town in an effort to entice the garrison out to battle. Ramsay did so and the English under the castle's constable, Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton and Lord Dacre, gave chase. Douglas and March meanwhile were encamped seven miles away in woodland to the south of Duns, when Ramsay had reached them. The English pursuers were ambushed by the Scots force, and completely overwhelmed. Following this Battle of Nesbit Moor, Douglas and March joined with the Earl of Angus in making an assault upon Berwick, but the Scots had to retire from there before the advancing army of Edward III. King Edward laid waste to the Lothians in an event that would be known as the "Burnt Candlemas". His supply lines were overstretched, and following the sinking of his fleet, and the Scots scorched earth policy, Edward had to turn homewards, but not before being ambushed and nearly taken by Lord Douglas's men outside Melrose. Following Edward's retreat into England, Douglas arranged a truce with William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton that would last until Michaelmas.
He also arranged a Safe conduct to visit the captive King David. Following this Douglas crossed with a large following to France and took up arms with Jean le Bon against Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince. Douglas was present at the Battle of Poitiers where he was knighted by the French King. Douglas fought in the King's own Battle, but when the fight seemed over Douglas was dragged by his men from the melee. Froissart states that "... the Earl Douglas of Scotland, who fought a season valiantly, but when he saw the discomfiture he departed and saved himself; for in no wise would he be taken by the Englishmen, he would rather there be slain". After the defeat there Douglas escaped, but left a number of his men either slain or captive, including his first cousin latterly the 3rd Earl of Douglas, Archibald the Grim.
Douglas returned to Scotland by mid Autumn, and was involved in peace negotiations with the English, one aspect of the treaty was the creation of March Wardens of which Douglas was one. Under the auspice of this office, Douglas seized Hermitage Castle in Liddesdale from the English in response to their depredations on Eskdale. Douglas was part of the parliament that met at Berwick in 1357, which finalised the release of King David through the Treaty of Berwick, Douglas himself being one of the securities for his release.
Douglas was created Earl of Douglas on the 26th January 1358. In 1364, he joined David II in seeking a treaty with England which would have written off Scotland's debt to England in return for depriving his nephew, Robert the Steward, formerly an ally of Douglas, of the succession. Edward III's son, Lionel of Antwerp, would have taken the Scottish throne, although the independence of Scotland was to be guaranteed, and a special clause provided for the restoration of the English estates of the Douglas family.
The plan never succeeded and, on the accession of Robert II, Douglas was nevertheless reconciled and appointed Justiciar South of the Forth in 1372. The last years of his life were spent in making and repelling border raids. He died at Douglas in May 1384.
I have another suggestion:
Don Quixote de la Mancha
Don Quixote de la Mancha
Mastino II della Scala:
http://www.lamescaligere.it/foto/Teatro/Mondo%20fuori%20Verona/Cangrande.JPG
http://www.verona.net/img_storia/big/213.jpg
http://www.exibart.com/foto/22322(1).jpg
http://www.araldicacivica.it/pix/province/verona.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastino_II_della_Scala
The motto reads (loosely)"Neither go down (drop, bend - hard to translate directly) nor stand still" as in just get better I'd guess.
Also, the Green Count, Amedeo VI of Savoy:
http://www.ornellamariani.it/uploads/7143_sigillo_conte_verde.jpg
http://www.parvimilites.it/images/6_GIOSTRE_E_TORNEI/10b.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_VI,_Count_of_Savoy
http://www.lamescaligere.it/foto/Teatro/Mondo%20fuori%20Verona/Cangrande.JPG
http://www.verona.net/img_storia/big/213.jpg
http://www.exibart.com/foto/22322(1).jpg
http://www.araldicacivica.it/pix/province/verona.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastino_II_della_Scala
The motto reads (loosely)"Neither go down (drop, bend - hard to translate directly) nor stand still" as in just get better I'd guess.
Also, the Green Count, Amedeo VI of Savoy:
http://www.ornellamariani.it/uploads/7143_sigillo_conte_verde.jpg
http://www.parvimilites.it/images/6_GIOSTRE_E_TORNEI/10b.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_VI,_Count_of_Savoy
Good suggestions, I've added them to the poll as we're only a few hours into it and I plan on running the poll for quite a long time. Also, all users have the ability to change their vote.
EDIT: I added the Title of the lords, kings, knights etc. on the poll just because I think having some with out titles and others with titles was a little biased
Minor knights or nobles are marked just with "Sir" as well as some of the Italian Condotierri
EDIT: I added the Title of the lords, kings, knights etc. on the poll just because I think having some with out titles and others with titles was a little biased
Minor knights or nobles are marked just with "Sir" as well as some of the Italian Condotierri
Lithuanian duke
Sergeant at Arms
I suggest Mindaugas the first and the last king of Lithuania
or Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania, he almost became a king so we call him king without a crown. During his regn Lithuania was from Baltic sea to Black sea, so I think he is an importan figure. (the one in my avatar)
or Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania, he almost became a king so we call him king without a crown. During his regn Lithuania was from Baltic sea to Black sea, so I think he is an importan figure.
(the one in my avatar) FinnishKnight
Dracula is the coolest one of those in the list
Thane_of_Dhirim
Squire
Sh*t , it seems that Paul Subic ( only Croat onto this list) woudn't going to be in new volume, he has too few votes ...
, it seems that Paul Subic ( only Croat onto this list) woudn't going to be in new volume, he has too few votes ...
