Historical Briefs

Short and concise historical facts and backgrounds related to many of my display figures.

These briefs are not meant to be an exhaustive encyclopedia of history, but some brief and fun facts relating to the historical display figures.

Sir William Marshal English Knight 1147-1219

Balian of Ibelin 12th C

The Crusades 1099-1291

Eastern European Slavic Warriors

European Soldier’s with Espadon 16th C

Spanish ‘Princess Regiment’ from the Napoleonic Wars.

Mounted Arquebusier’s 16th-17th C

Voltigeurs of the 8th Infantry Regiment Poland 1808-1810

Vikings and the Saxons 9th-11th C

Roman Centurion 1st C AD

King Richard I – the Lionheart

Mongol Golden Horde

Hun Warriors from the 4th-5th C

Medieval Russian Armies 1240-1550

Austrian Knight ‘Albert von Pranckh’ 14th C

Knights of ‘The Order of the Sword Brethren’

German knight ‘Hasso Johann von Bredow’ 1290

Roman Tribune of ‘The Second Auxiliary Legion’

Mongol General ‘Subutai’ 12th-13th C

Battle of Legnica 1241

Samurai Warrior of the ‘Oda Clan’

Simon de Montfort ‘The Elder’ 1175-1218

French Line Infantry (Fusiliers) 1808-1815

French Imperial Guard 1804-15

Medieval European Knight’s

Spartan Warriors

The Teutonic Knight’s and Sergeant’s

The Knight’s Templar and Sergeant’s

Thermopylae 480 BC

Medieval European Infantry

The Normans

William Longespee 13th C

Cuirassier Cavalry