Regicides?

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Eeyorecore in reply to @Alf0nse

We did have a letter/receipt somewhere with a translation that some ancient relative escaped England after the civil war and served in Hungary with a bunch of other royalists with not much else to do

That’s pretty neat. There were a number of English Catholics serving in the armies of France during the same period also.

I read somewhere that the number one export from Scotland in the 16/17th century was mercenaries and that they are the forebears of noble houses all over Europe.

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Alf0nse in reply to @Eeyorecore

There’s a great play called “the Rover” by Aphra Ben about a bunch of royalist soldiers hanging out in Spain like England fans at a football tournament while Cromwell does his thing.
It was written by Aphra Behn a female Anglo-Dutch spy/playwright. It’s an interesting part of history we don’t get taught much about.

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Eeyorecore in reply to @Alf0nse

Will check it out.

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