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Realworld t1_j7csk6m wrote

Reply to comment by CommentContrarian in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

It's the motto of the monarch of the United Kingdom and appears on Royal coat of arms of UK outside Scotland.

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BeatlesTypeBeat t1_j7d1k2e wrote

How did that come to be?

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Pippin1505 t1_j7d3v90 wrote

Oversimplifying a lot : Because kings of England were related to the kings of France and saw themselves as the rightful kings of France (see the 100 Years War) hence "mon droit"

other exemple : Richard the Lionheart, king of England, only spoke French and spent most of his time in his French estates or crusading

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CommentContrarian t1_j7d3529 wrote

William Plantagenet--a French noble--took the British crown in 1066. The British royal court spoke French for hundreds of years afterwards.

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