Greatest hero in Western-European history?

[Curtis24]

Charles Martel

But why is George Washington on there, but not Abe Lincoln?

[Debaser11]

I picked the Pollack. It makes it even sweeter that he was bashing Mooslims' heads in while saving the continent.

Martel would probably be my second choice.

[Curtis24]

I probably would have picked Sobieski if I knew who he was before looking him up. But either of them really, probably had the most important accopmlishment.

[Sol Invictus]

[YOUTUBE]Kh9S1Hk975U[/YOUTUBE]

[Óttar]

Julian the Faithkeeper



From Wiki:

Flavius Claudius Julianus (331/332[1] – 26 June 363), commonly known as Julian, Julian the Apostate or Julian the Philosopher, was Roman Emperor from 355 to 363. He is also a noted philosopher and Greek writer.

Julian was a man of unusually complex character: he was "the military commander, the theosophist, the social reformer, and the man of letters".[3] He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire and it was his desire to bring the empire back to its ancient Roman values in order to save it from "dissolution".[4] He purged the top-heavy state bureaucracy and attempted to revive traditional Roman religious practices at the cost of Christianity. His rejection of Christianity in favour of Neoplatonic paganism caused him to be called Julian the Apostate by the church.[5] Interestingly, he was also the last emperor of the Constantinian dynasty - the empire's first Christian dynasty.

[Lábaru]

Obviously Don Pelayo, el gran reconquistador.

He represents the european resistance to the Islamic Invasion.

[/IMG]

I agree, without him there would be no "reconquista" and the history of Europe would have been different with a powerful Islamic Iberia, thinking of conquer infidels territories, not to mention the possibility of an America Islamized.

Thank you Osweo /Kneel.



[YOUTUBE]8Qm4u3mCK_s[/YOUTUBE]

[Smaland]

Voted for Sobieski. If it were possible, I would also vote for Don Pelayo and Charles Martel.

[Sahson]

I picked charlemagne, but I would have gone for Martel as a second choice.

[Aramis]

Nikola Šubić Zrinski as well. For me, he wins over any of them.

A nobleman who fought bravely, and honorably gave his final breath for his homeland. What more can one expect from a hero?

[YOUTUBE]LVhUQa3JbI0[/YOUTUBE]

[Loki]

Where's Arthur?

Arthur could be a mythical character, did he really exist? And if he did, wouldn't he be considered anti-English, since he fought against the English? Why is he considered a hero by the English? I can understand from a Welsh point of view ...