Why does the house of Bourbon-Parma have the Byzantine standard on its coat of arms?
>>2005070
lol no fugging idea
>>2005070
I know that Montferrat was ruled by the Palaeologus, so it may have something to do with that.
>>2005198
I don't see how that would give a completely unrelated House the standard
>>2005070
Bump
>>2005070
in attempts to save Byzantium, the Palaiologos Dynasty arranged several marriages in hopes have marriage alliances to encourage larger nations to support their efforts against the Seljuk-Turks.
Among the marriages arranged
The House of Bourbon in the 1300s
The House of Rurik (not sure of that's the official name but eehh)
The House of Barcelona also sometime in the 1300s
Failed attempts for the Jagiellonian dynasty
The House of Hapsburg but they went back on their deal and kept the daughter
The House of Bagrationi
There are probably others but most of my books focus on Russia and the Orthodox link.