Who are the 12 real characters behind the cards 'J, Q, K' in the West deck?

The deck of cards is a familiar one for many people, but not everyone knows who 12 real historical figures are hidden behind the cards J, Q, and K. The following article will answer that question for us.

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Military card J

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La Hire (1390 - 1443) is the historical figure behind the J card. La Hire is the entourage of King Charles VII le Victorieux and is also an effective assistant of the saint Jeanne d 'Arc.

Military card J check

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Who is the historical figure behind the J-check card is still controversial. Many comments said that it was Hector - the son of King Priamus. Although he knew he would fail, Hector did not escape, he still led the Troops and the Citadel against the Greeks.

Military card J clove

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Military card J is the image of the knight Lancelot - one of the most talented heroes of King Arthur but fell in love with the queen.

When this love affair was discovered, King Arthur executed the queen, but Lancelot stormed her and became a rival to the king.

When King Arthur was rebelled by the rebel rebel, Lancelot returned to support him but it was too late. The king was murdered, the queen also became a nun. Grief-stricken, Lancelot left the knighthood and lived the rest of his life as a priest.

Military J Flanges

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Many believe that Albrecht von Wallenstein, a military and political leader under the Roman Emperor Holy Ferdinand II, is the historical figure behind the J-card.

During the Twenty Years War (1618-1648), Albrecht von Wallenstein was the commander of an army of 30,000 to 10,000 people.

But there are also other opinions that the cards of J Bich are the image of Ogier - King Charlemagne's entourage.

Military card Q

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The image that appears on the Q card is that of Queen Judith - the Old Testament character. With beauty and intrigue, she murdered Holoferne, the hero of the Philippines, to save the people of Bethulia.

Q check card

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Empress Rachel, the second wife of Jacob, the Jewish ancestor is the historical figure on the checkered card.

Military card Q

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Argine Queen is the historical figure hidden behind the Q card. The picture on this card is the story of the rose war - the civil war that won the British crown of the Lancaster and York families. The badge of these two families has a rose image: the red rose of Lancaster's house, while the York royal family chose white rose. At the end of the war, they reconciled and "shook hands" with each other so in the hands of Miss Argine holding a pink flower.

Military Q Flange

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The Q-Gu is the image of Queen Eleanor - wife of a Holy Roman emperor, Leopold I. Q-Flang is the only female card in the cards holding weapons.

K cards

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Charlemagne Charles the Great (742 - 814) was the king of the Frank (768-814), becoming the first of the Germans to be historical figures on the K cards.

During his reign, he conducted more than 50 conquests, mastering more than half of European territory. On the K army, only the image of Charlemagne Charles the Great was without whiskers because the wood chisel on his statue had accidentally made the chisel slip through his lips to make his mustache lost.

K check card

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The card is the image of Gaius Julius Caesar (100 - 44 BC) - a Roman military and political leader. He was one of the most influential people in world history and played a key role in the conversion of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

Military cards of Kep

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The image of the K card is Alexander Dai (356-323TCN) of the Kingdom of Macedonia. At the age of 20, he inherited his throne and became the 14th King of the Argead house in the Kingdom of Macedonia. He was considered one of the most successful commanders in history when he conquered almost the entire world he knew.

Military cards

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King David (1040 - 970 BC), the famous king of the kingdom of Israel unified as a character on a flamboyant card.

According to the Jewish Bible, David is a true king and a music lover, good at harp performance. He is thought to be the author of many biblical hymns, so in his drawings there is a picture of a guitar.