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unusual facts about Pretenders



Emperor of Constantinople

the Latin Emperors, who ruled in the city from 1204 to 1261, as well as the later pretenders to this title

John II of Aragon

The Catalans, who had adopted the cause of Charles and who had grievances of their own, called in a succession of foreign pretenders in a War against John II.

Maschito

Maschito was founded in 1467 by King Ferdinand I of Naples, when the Albanian hero Skanderbeg was sent with numerous troops to fight the Angevin pretenders to the throne of Naples and the Barons.

Molly Millions

William Gibson has stated that he derived inspiration for the character from the image of Chrissie Hynde on the cover of the first Pretenders album.

Scott Sternberg

In the 1990s, Sternberg wrote, executive produced and directed the documentary The Road to Hollywood, hosted and executive produced the game show Let's Go Back, and executive produced The Quiz Kids Challenge, Wheel 2000, Jep!, As Seen On, Extreme Gong, Solo en America, and Great Pretenders.

Very Old Pretenders

Very Old Pretenders was written by Carl Gorham, known to British audiences since his earlier 'Gorham and Swift' radio sitcom and the television series Stressed Eric.


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