Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485)
Gustav II Adolf (9 December 1594 – 6 November 1632,)
Gustav not only lead his army in combat, he actually died in combat. I guess chivalry wasn’t quite done :dubious:
**Tipu Sultan ** (1750-1799), led his army and died as Arthur Wellesley was checking his pulse after the Seige of Seringapatam
I believe Swedish Kings Carl X, Carl XI and Carl XII also led troops in battle. Carl XII was possibly killed by enemy fire in action during a siege while observing the field from a forward trench. I say “possibly” because it may be that he was shot by one of his own troops, many of whom had been involved in constant war their entire adult lives, and were sick and tired of it.
Elsewhere Frederick the Great of Prussia was a brilliant commanding general of the mid 1700s, and his collateral descendant Frederick III commanded troops in battle as a Crown Prince when he led the Prussian II Army in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and then the III Army in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). He was by all accounts highly capable.
The last royal commanding general may have been the WW I era Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht. He was also an excellent general.
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I would like to publicly acknowledge and thank colonial for no longer hitting his “enter” key to make line breaks.
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oops
To be more exact, the Google sysop de jour of the group “alt.history.british” sent
me a red text message that my posts were no longer wanted. It was not an
ad hominem rant. The group apparently did have a moderator who deleted “nut cases” and trolls who tried to commandeer threads (something common in USENET).
Your opinion of Google is rather sterling. My opinion of Google and Facebook is that
their mission is “market share” and secondly “revenue.” The stated mission of
SDMB is “combating ignorance.” The flipside of that is “promoting intelligence.”
Piper, I should have said the group “alt.history.british” felt that Richard III’s defeat at
Bosworth was the end of Chivalry. The only thing I knew related to this is that the
“Romantic Era” in English Lit ended with the death of Sir Walter Scott. I assumed that
Chivalry was Knighthood and all the virtues and defects of knights. These
posters were connected to an international club (members in Britain and USA) devoted to
restoring the honor of Richard III. IIRC, the Tudors had every last Plantagenet first cousin
murdered after the death of Richard III.
My source for the OP is the German movie “Fallen” (IIRC) . I believe the AH
role was played by Bruno Gantz. I remembered Blondi because Hitler’s personal
secretary “Trudi” said she liked to kick Blondi whenever the dog touched her legs
under the table. Trudi survived the war, and she gives a firsthand recollection
of those last hours in the bunker.
In the film, Dr. Goebbels goes above ground after Hitler’s suicide and shoots
himself in the head. The orders were for their bodies to be doused with petrol
and burned.
This must have happened in the last couple minutes, and without any advance warning, because I was on Google Groups an hour ago and the Usenet gateway is still there.
Yeah, but to be fair so did the Allied liberators. American sergeant William Blazkowicz in particular was infamous for shooting puppies in Nazi strongholds.
Do you mean Downfall, perhaps?: Downfall - Wikipedia
Presidents George Washington (during the Whiskey Rebellion), James Madison (at the Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812) and Abraham Lincoln (near Norfolk in 1862, during the Civil War) also personally exercised command of U.S. forces in the field while serving as head of state.
Bingo. Thanks for looking up the correct title.
In the movie, the bunker neighborhood is surrounded by Russian troops. “Trudi” switches to civilian clothes and walks right thru the Russian cordon while grasping the hand of a German boy.