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* FanNickname: Charles (Carlos) von Habsburg, the Prince of Asturias, is popularly known among readers as "Cawwos", ever since he was revealed to have ElmuhFuddSyndwome. (The author denied that his rhotacism was ''that'' strong, but the damage was done.) The nickname is useful for a practical purpose: it distinguishes him from the ''many'' other characters in the story who are ''also'' named Charles. Now an AscendedMeme, as his younger half-brother the Infante Fernando calls him "Cawwoth."
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* MagnificentBastard: Anne Boleyn, as a ManipulativeBastard and TheChessmaster, obviously also fits this trope.
** Pope Pius IV also qualifies. A cagy politician, he's managed to use the various Hapsburg-Valois wars to strengthen his own hand in Italy, while pushing his pragmatic reformist agenda in the Church.
** Charles, Prince of Asturias, also pulls off the Anne Boleyn trifecta, managing this, ManipulativeBastard, and TheChessmaster at once.
** Pope Pius IV also qualifies. A cagy politician, he's managed to use the various Hapsburg-Valois wars to strengthen his own hand in Italy, while pushing his pragmatic reformist agenda in the Church.
** Charles, Prince of Asturias, also pulls off the Anne Boleyn trifecta, managing this, ManipulativeBastard, and TheChessmaster at once.
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** IronWoobie: Edward Tudor, Duke of York, is a Renaissance era EmoTeen for a reason, but damn if he let's that stop him...
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** JerkassWoobie: Henri II was held hostage as a child, in conditions that eventually caused the death of his elder brother, and part of his paralysis in the face of critical situations is due to his trauma.
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** Poor, overweight, and mentally retarded Prince Fernando ofSpain.Spain. In the scene that reveals to the general population that something is wrong, he's in tears of guilt after panicking and accidentally killing an exotic lizard.
** Poor, overweight, and mentally retarded Prince Fernando of
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* OneSceneWonder: The Jiajing Emperor of China is introduced on his deathbed. As he quickly demonstrates, [[TheCaligula he's had an interesting reign]].
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** MoralEventHorizon: Ivan IV hits these with startling regularity. And then he keeps going.
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* IronWoobie: Edward Tudor, Duke of York, is a Renaissance era EmoTeen for a reason...
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** Charles, Prince of Asturias, also pulls off the Anne Boleyn trifecta, managing this, ManipulativeBastard, and TheChessmaster at once.
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* StopHelpingMe: Thomas Trilby, Bishop of Westminster, "assists" Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, with a minor dispute in such a way as to turn the entire thing into a national controversy over the proper forms of worship.[[invoked]]
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* StopHelpingMe: Thomas Trilby, Bishop of Westminster, "assists" Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, with a minor dispute in such a way as to turn the entire thing into a national controversy over the proper forms of worship.[[invoked]]
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* StopHelpingMe: Thomas Trilby, Bishop of Westminster, "assists" Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, with a minor dispute in such a way as to turn the entire thing into a national controversy over the proper forms of worship.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Charles von Hapsburg, Prince of the Asturias, and son of Philip of Spain, has acquired a surprising fanbase, even though he is a side character.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Charles von Hapsburg, Prince of the Asturias, and son of Philip of Spain, has acquired a surprising fanbase, even though he is began as a side character.character, belonging to the rival Hapsburg dynasty.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Quite a few monarchs qualify, though Henry VIII, Francois I, and Henry II of France probably top the bill.
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** Pope Pius IV alsoqualifies.qualifies. A cagy politician, he's managed to use the various Hapsburg-Valois wars to strengthen his own hand in Italy, while pushing his pragmatic reformist agenda in the Church.
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**And likewise, his similarly named uncle/cousin, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria is [[ButtMonkey a man who the universe hates]]. [[TheEeyore And he knows it]].
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* IronWoobie: Edward Tudor, Duke of York, is a Renaissance era EmoTeen for a reason...
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* {{Jerkass}}: Quite a few monarchs qualify, though Henry VIII, Francois I, and Henry II of France probably top the bill.
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* MagnificentBastard: Anne, Anne Boleyn, as a ManipulativeBastard and TheChessmaster, obviously also fits this trope.
