John of Gaunt This was the counterpart to his brother, the Black Prince's, "shield for peace" (on which the ostrich feathers were white), and may have been used in jousting. The ostrich feather arms appeared in stained glass above Gaunt's chantry chapel in St Paul's Cathedral. John of Gaunt is a character in William Shakespeare's play "Richard II". Shortly before he dies, he makes a speech that includes the lines "This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars ... This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England". He is also referred to by Falstaff
Line of succession to the former Romanian throne in 1880), who renounced his rights to the Romanian throne, on 20 December 1886, in favor of his younger brother, the future King Ferdinand. On 30 December 2007, the 60th anniversary of his loss of the throne, the former King Michael issued the "Fundamental Rules of the Royal House of Romania". in which he again appealed to the Romanian Parliament to alter the Salic Law of succession, should the Romanian nation and Parliament consider restoring the monarchy in the future, and calling for the first in line of succession to be Michael's eldest daughter, newly titled "Crown Princess of Romania"