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The Crown He Held: Visionary, Fraud, or King?
A man holds a crown, convinced it belongs to him, even as he dies in a fisherman's cottage. This is the story of a man's lifelong fight for a claim to Irish royalty.
The Crown He Held: Visionary, Fraud, or King?
This episode explores the life of Roger O'Connor, a man who spent 72 years asserting his royal lineage despite dying in humble circumstances. Was he a visionary, a fraud, or something else entirely?
Person: Roger O'Connor
Date: Died 1834
Location: County Cork, Ireland
Period: 18th-19th Century
Topic: Irish royalty claim
- Roger O'Connor was born into the Protestant Ascendancy in 1762…
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