Playing Card | Historical Personage |
King of Hearts | Charlemagne |
Queen of Hearts | Judith (of the Book of Judith, an Apocryphal Book of the Bible) |
Jack of Hearts | "La Hire," a famous French warrior a.k.a. Etienne de Vignoles |
King of Spades | King David |
Queen of Spades | Pallas, a.k.a. Minerva |
Jack of Spades | Hogier the Dane, one of Charlemagne's paladins |
King of Diamonds | Julius Caesar |
Queen of Diamonds | Rachel (of the Bible) |
Jack of Diamonds | Hector of Troy alternately, Roland of France |
King of Clubs | Alexander the Great |
Queen of Clubs | Argine An anagram of Regina |
Jack of Clubs | Lancelot |
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Playing Cards - Historical Personage
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