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(1) With the royal wedding coming up there's a good chance you're going to hear about King George III's "mixed race" wife Charlotte
Like most Afrocentric history the theory that Charlotte was mixed race is rejected by conventional historians and doesn't stand up to much scrutiny
Like most Afrocentric history the theory that Charlotte was mixed race is rejected by conventional historians and doesn't stand up to much scrutiny
(2) The theory took off when Mario de Valdes y Cocom talked about it on US TV show Frontline (PBS)
Valdes based his belief on two pieces of evidence
1 - Charlotte's descent from a 13th century Portuguese king and his Moorish mistress
2 - a contemporary portrait by Allan Ramsay
Valdes based his belief on two pieces of evidence
1 - Charlotte's descent from a 13th century Portuguese king and his Moorish mistress
2 - a contemporary portrait by Allan Ramsay
(3) the ancestry theory has three holes in it
1 - Charlotte and the Morrosh mistress (Madragana) are separated by 15 generations
2 - Moors aren't black
3 - It is now believed she wasn't even Moor but a Mozarab (a local convert)
1 - Charlotte and the Morrosh mistress (Madragana) are separated by 15 generations
2 - Moors aren't black
3 - It is now believed she wasn't even Moor but a Mozarab (a local convert)
(4) here is the portrait by Ramsay
admittedly her features do seem a little mixed race
admittedly her features do seem a little mixed race
(5) here is another portrait (by Nathaniel Dance-Holland)
again her features do seem to support the theory
again her features do seem to support the theory
(6) however there are many other portraits of Charlotte where she looks more white
(7) here are some of her brothers and sisters
all share the same distinctive facial features
all share the same distinctive facial features
(8) here are her two parents
(9) and three of her four grandparents
charlotte's facial features seem consistent with those of her relatives, none of whom appear mixed race
charlotte's facial features seem consistent with those of her relatives, none of whom appear mixed race
(10) most Afrocentric history relies on evidence that, presented out of context, seems plausible
however it always ignores Ockham's razor and all evidence to the contrary
always ask yourself - why do mainstream historians reject this theory?
there is always a good reason
however it always ignores Ockham's razor and all evidence to the contrary
always ask yourself - why do mainstream historians reject this theory?
there is always a good reason
