Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Do you know who they are?

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Do you know who they are?

King of Spades
King of Hearts
King of Clubs
King of Diamonds

Votes	Answer
22	No, I don't know any of them.
6	Yes, they all are
3	I don't know what you are talking about.
1	Other
0	Yes, the one(s) I know are

User	Comment
dora	posted 21-Nov-2002 6:50pm No! Is that a real question or did you make it up?
LocoXXL	posted 21-Nov-2002 7:35pm Yes, I also know who the queens and jacks are: Kings-- Spades: King David Hearts: Charlemagne Clubs: Alexander the Great Diamonds: Julius Caesar Queens-- Spades: Pallas Hearts: Judith (book of Judith, an alternative book of the Bible) Clubs: Argine (an anagram of Regina) Diamonds: Rachel (from the Bible) Jacks-- Spades: Hogier the Dane (one of Charlemagne's paladins) Hearts: 'La Hire' (term for a French warrior) Clubs: Lancelot Diamonds: Roland of France (or Hector of Troy)
rhino3	posted 21-Nov-2002 7:35pm Oops, I am a little late with the answer... King of Spades - King David King of Hearts - Charlemagne King of Clubs - Alexander the Great King of Diamonds - Julius Caesar
LocoXXL	(reply to rhino3) posted 21-Nov-2002 7:37pm beat ya
LocoXXL	posted 21-Nov-2002 7:38pm whoops, my jack of clubs is a little off to the side, oh well
rhino3	(reply to LocoXXL) posted 21-Nov-2002 7:50pm Yes, you did! , at least you were right til I was able to get here! Thanks!
Iseult	posted 21-Nov-2002 8:24pm Did playing cards come from Tarot cards?
juliw	posted 21-Nov-2002 8:25pm no
Zang	posted 22-Nov-2002 7:54am No idea. I'll hazard some guesses: Charlemagne, Herod, Louis XVI, and George III.
anoddoblivion	posted 22-Nov-2002 8:40am Have no clue.
Dino	posted 22-Nov-2002 8:40am I believe the answer to this is made up retrospectivly and not genuine.
Biggles	posted 22-Nov-2002 7:18pm No idea.
jekaba	posted 22-Nov-2002 9:28pm spades - david hearts - charlemagne clubs - alexander the great diamonds - caesar only cuz i had cards with it written on them once
darkshadowsseeker	posted 29-Nov-2002 11:41pm Don't know, don't care and I don't wear pink underwear!
Analog	posted 2-Dec-2002 1:09am I think that the premise of this question is incorrect. My understanding is that it's a fallacy that the cards were designed to represent any historical kings. Here's a link to a site with info about the history of the design of playing cards: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/playing-cards/tmfaq/tmfaq.html
sonikJ	posted 18-Dec-2002 10:27am King David (spades), Alexander the Great (hearts), Julius Caesar (diamonds) and Charlemagne (clubs).

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