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Ramrod
02-08-2004, 17:06
Hello all.
Does anyone know what spinal condition/complaint Prince William of Orange suffered from?
:dunce:

Bifta
02-08-2004, 17:13
King Billy? Perhaps he fell of his horse more than once, practice makes perfect.

Jon M
02-08-2004, 17:17
only description I can find is: William died of complications resulting from a fall off his horse

Nemesis
02-08-2004, 17:18
Yep same here

He confiscated it from some other nobleman and fell off at it at Hampton Court
...

Dave Stones
02-08-2004, 17:18
yeh, he broke his collarbone when he fell off his nag though. cant find anything about his spinal complaints, even in ATHENS...

Nugget
02-08-2004, 17:18
Yep, I'll second Bifta and S1lv3r on that one - that's the only reference that I can find as well

Earl of Bronze
02-08-2004, 17:20
I think he was supposed to have a deformed foot as well. Then again I heard that years ago, and I may be wrong....... for a change.

Mr_love_monkey
02-08-2004, 17:32
Are you sure it's a real question, and not just someone taking the pith?

Nugget
02-08-2004, 17:44
Are you sure it's a real question, and not just someone taking the pith?

Oi you - nicking all my gags is getting rind up my nose ;)

MetaWraith
02-08-2004, 18:14
Didn't he break a collar bone in a fall whilst riding at Hampton Court, and died from pneumonia contracted shortly thereafter. At least that's what I remember was the story as told by Hampton Court staff when I took Vanethica around there 2 years ago.

Theodoric
02-08-2004, 19:22
King Billy? Perhaps he fell of his horse more than once, practice makes perfect.
Hence the Jacobite toast, " To the little gentleman in black velvet." :)

Russ
02-08-2004, 19:26
Didn't he break a collar bone in a fall whilst riding at Hampton Court, and died from pneumonia contracted shortly thereafter.

And according to the Earl (above), a deformed foot as well??

What was his nickname, 'lucky'??

Ramrod
02-08-2004, 19:28
The reason I ask is 'cos a freind went to Hampton Court and was told that the Prince had a spinal problem, but not what it was.
I can't find reference to it anywhere :confused:

Marge
02-08-2004, 19:55
On February 20, 1702 William was riding Sorrel, a new horse, in the park of Hampton Court. As the horse began to gallop it stumbled on a molehill and fell throwing William who broke his collarbone, with ultimately fatal consequences. This unhappy incident was to give rise to a new Jacobite toast, †˜To the little gentleman in black velvetââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢.

The bone was set and William returned to Kensington by coach. As a result of a jolt in the coach it had to be set again. For a younger man such a riding accident would not have proved fatal but William at 51, by early 18th century standards, was not a young man. Furthermore, William had never enjoyed good health. He was asthmatic and, if not a hunchback he certainly had the appearance of one.