The words:
"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse."
The speaker:
King Charles the Fifth (1500–1558), King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor.
To Sheila:
Please tell your 'friend' that as Charles V is also Holy Roman Emperor, that means that he was also the King of Germany! He is Spanish though (The Holy Roman Empire was the precursor of the German states later on)
the coin inscriptions read IMP.CAES.CAROLVS.V.AVG, meaning:
IMP = Imperator, a honorary title bestowed when a general has won a victory in battle.
CAES = Caesar, means there is family relation to Julius Caesar (but later on means it's a title of the emperor)
CAROLVS V = Charles V, in Roman alphabet
AVG = Augustus, Roman rulers held the title of Augustus (and Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor) and it's most distinctive title, used only by the reigning emperor
7 comments:
TO Sheila,
please tell your "friend" that we are merely quoting a very interesting stance from a Spanish King.
we don't mean to ignite a war
hahahahaha
TO Ming,
Why don't you post our daughters' pictures instead???
You promised me yesterday!!!!
Why dont you post your own blogs? (and post your daughter pics too in the process? or LEARN how to do it?)
and
"we don't mean to ignite a war"
??? What war? He was the EMPEROR of Germany, he had the right to bitch about his own people any way he wanted.
i miss sth here...
at least the horses were smart enough to understand german...
and of course neither indonesian nor chinese was considered important enough for the holy roman empire at that time... not even to be spoken to the horses....
auch!!!
good one!!
ps. I hold british passport, sooo..
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