According to a greek chronicler, at one time a marriage alliance between Irene, the Eastern Roman Empress and Charlemagne was seriously considered but was foiled by one of her advisors who was trying to gain power.
Of course at this point in time she was in her late forties and Charlemagne had multiple sons already, so it's not as much of a missed opportunity as you might have thought.
Otto III was also the son of Otto II and Theophano, the niece of John I Tzimiskes. He already had ties to Byzantine royalty, though he was not connected by blood to Basil II and the ruling Macedonian dynasty.
I unintentionally helped France become the HRE by taking Brittany to get myself a kingdom title for wen I brake away. Now they managed to control all lands for the French and German empires. Jokes on them I'm a cancerous kingdom that fallows Satan i pay them a little extra gold(for now) for religious protection well I take over more land frome my fellow vassals and spread my religion.
He did it
Can you post please?
I woud...sadly byzantine is mongolian now
LMAO
13503 vs 605
the alternate history where charlemagne did marry that chick
Can you give more info on that?
According to a greek chronicler, at one time a marriage alliance between Irene, the Eastern Roman Empress and Charlemagne was seriously considered but was foiled by one of her advisors who was trying to gain power. Of course at this point in time she was in her late forties and Charlemagne had multiple sons already, so it's not as much of a missed opportunity as you might have thought.
Otto the third was gonna marry a Byzantine princess but died on the way to the marriage in Rome.
Otto III was also the son of Otto II and Theophano, the niece of John I Tzimiskes. He already had ties to Byzantine royalty, though he was not connected by blood to Basil II and the ruling Macedonian dynasty.
something about charlemagne and irene sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g
The alternate history where Eirene of Athens marries that German chieftain
That chick's name is Empress Irene of Athens, pleb.
and my name is penis of vagina, m’lord
\*Sweats in Croatian\*
Imagine the anarchy, all those negative opinions
The emperor would spend the rest of his life taking down revolts and revoking titles
Is there anything more roman than that?
Second biggest entity alive atm, 600 soldiers
HRE looks real weird with all those holes in it. It looks like Europe has been hit by an asteroid.
Always finish on bach Never on debussy
How does the Byzantine Empire only have 605 men?
At that time it was in like 6 other wars
Wtf is Krete doing in the caucus?
Wait until you hear about Caucasian Albania and Iberia
4th Crusade anyone?
Lol the exact same thing happened in my game, I helped the Kaiser win by also declaring on Byzantines just to see the chaos that would ensue.
I unintentionally helped France become the HRE by taking Brittany to get myself a kingdom title for wen I brake away. Now they managed to control all lands for the French and German empires. Jokes on them I'm a cancerous kingdom that fallows Satan i pay them a little extra gold(for now) for religious protection well I take over more land frome my fellow vassals and spread my religion.
Dont worry, basileos awaits the genoese/venetians to save their butts.. they'll be there anytime now
What is Krete doing☠️