Historical Artifacts

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Christmas gift of (12 sets of) sporting armor given to a Prince of Saxony by his wife, 1591 AD. Merry Christmas! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] alleycat 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

According to his Wikipedia Article, he died in September 1591 and never received the gift.

If it cheers anyone up: according to German Wikipedia, one of his favourite activities was getting shitfaced drunk, letting his buddy carry him on a large hill, then riding back down on a horse in full gallop.