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Author: Hodor2

Apr 23rd 2015 at 10:44:51 AM

Couple of examples:

*Another ''Series/Blackadder'' example- Edmund's "friend", Percy is a fictional member of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Percy House of Percy]], an English noble family that had great power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.  In the first series, Percy is identified as the Duke of Northumberland and in the second series, he's Lord Percy Percy, the heir to this title. In what is possibly a deliberate error, although the Percy family were Earls of Northumberland for a long time, the title of Duke of Northumberland didn't exist until the 1550's and no one with the last name of Percy held it until 1766.

*Gary Corby writes the ''Literature/AthenianMysteries'' series about Nicolaos, the fictional older brother of Socrates (who in the novels is Nic's AnnoyingYoungerSibling).  The historical record gives the name of Socrates' parents and in Platos' Dialogues, Socrates mentions being taught by a Diotima, who in the novels, is Nicolaos' girlfriend.

* The Golden Age Mystery character Albert Campion of the ''Literature/AlbertCampion'' books and ''Series/{{Campion}}'' is implied but never stated to be the illegitimate son of King George V. Campion is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob with an undisclosed source of wealth and is indicated to have some connection with the royal family.  George V, like other members of the House of House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha/Windsor had Albert among his names, and Campion's real name, Rupert, also fits in with the German origin of the family.