Dent-de-Lion

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The four kings, are based on real rulers: Julius Caesar; Alexander the Great; David of Israel; the king of Hearts represents the emotionally disturbed Charles VII of France.

Charles’ face was put on the king of hearts at the very beginning of his rule. Many years later when he became very ill with a fever and was informed that he would be in bed for the rest of his life, he began learning card games to pass the time.

Charles lay in his bed for two years. As time passed, there were reports that Charles was obsessed with the idea that the king being the 13th card was causing him bad luck. He talked about how he was starting to see the number show up everywhere and that he was close to figuring out its secret.

One day, one of Charles’ physicians went to his chamber to find the frail old King standing in the middle of the room with a large sword. Before the doctor could react, the king said, “They have shown me the truth of thirteen, and it is not meant for mortal eyes.”

Without hesitation the King rammed the blade through the left side of his head until it came out the other side. He collapsed on to the floor, dead.

After the incident was announced and it was made public that the king had gone mad, the card was altered to show his suicide!

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