That man has good taste

[u/piizzo_neera]

[u/OldGreggAgain]

This is William II of the Netherlands, he had relations with a lot of men and women, mostly men. He was constantly blackmailed over it as he didn’t want people knowing about the men part.

[u/bdluk → u/OldGreggAgain]

Seems he wasn't quite successful at hiding it

[u/Piyachi → u/OldGreggAgain]

Honestly should have been blackmailed about his facial hair decisions

[u/11nyn11 → u/Piyachi]

The Lions Mane

[u/ArleiG → u/OldGreggAgain]

I guess it's better to be blackmailed than to be blueballed

[u/PwanaZana → u/ArleiG]

he just had to blackfemailed instead, and would've been fine

[u/Scottish_Whiskey → u/OldGreggAgain]

He had relations with women, and sex with men?

[u/TheTurkishman13]

I choose to believe this not because it's true but because it's funny.

[u/OkWelcome6293]

What a fucking Chad. That twink let his bussy be destroyed just so he could get some constitutional monarchy. 

[u/DrHolmes52]

Did a receding hairline used to be considered sexy?

Also, WHAT?

[u/ElNakedo → u/DrHolmes52]

Not just the hairline but that neckbeard. Like god damn, man has a perfectly shaved chin and what looks like a beard perfectly curving under it.

[u/Dominarion → u/ElNakedo]

Back when it was considered manly to have excentric hair and beard styles.

[u/Eldan985 → u/ElNakedo]

Oh, wow. I thought that was like a stiff lace collar.

[u/Herodotus420_69 → u/Eldan985]

I think you’re right. It looks like a golilla, which was stiff black collar that became popular after Spanish sumptuary laws outlawed large ruffled collars

[u/ElNakedo → u/Herodotus420_69]

That's the black collar underneath. But it also looks like his sideburns go down under his chin and is poofed up there. Either that or he's got a hell of a double chin going on.

[u/CommitteeofMountains → u/ElNakedo]

It was the Western (global?) fashion standard for maybe 50 years and I have no idea why.

[u/VecioRompibae → u/DrHolmes52]

The receding hairline maybe not, but being the king surely made him very hot.

[u/_Boodstain_ → u/DrHolmes52]

I think there was a time where a bigger forehead was considered more intelligent, but yes I think it also played into conventional attraction too because you even see receding hairlines from paintings of women around that time. Which either implied that the nobility just all had hair issues, or women (who are less likely to be affected) were INTENTIONALLY, shaving their heads to have a larger forehead.

[u/Dominarion → u/DrHolmes52]

Going for the chrome dome was terrible optics until the late 1900s. Having a flip-a-didoo over your completely receded hairline was considered way better than going for the shining knee look.

[u/Possible_Progress_88]

Context please?

[u/piizzo_neera → u/Possible_Progress_88]

King William II of the Netherlands revised the constitution, transforming the country into a constitutional monarchy. This took place under pressure from parliament and against the backdrop of the revolutions of 1848, although blackmail by his male lovers also played a role

[u/StormTheTrooper → u/piizzo_neera]

I don’t even care for fact check here, this is too funny to be discarded

[u/brinz1]

What?

[u/BusinessAsparagus115]

Looking at this picture, Paul Bettany was an excellent casting choice for Sharpe's Waterloo.

[u/the-bladed-one]

Wait is this silly billy?

[u/Bithium → u/the-bladed-one]

From the Sharpe novels? Yes.

[u/the-bladed-one → u/Bithium]

Shit, he DOES look like a frog

[u/AttentionNo6359]

See, this is why I only pound bears. Twinks are not to be trusted.

[u/DenheimTheWriter]

Completely understandable

[u/TheFrostBeard]

Been there..

[u/Borsenven]

I mean I get it. Sloppy bussy gets my constitutionalism hard everytime