In 1833 a king instructed his sea captain to leave him on an island for a few hours for solitary hunting purposes. He came across the sole inhabitant of the island and was so impressed with the fact he was fluent in several languages and was well educated that he declared him king of the island. Who was this king, the hermit, and what was the name of this island which is now a republic?

gtho4

wag the island of Faial, in the Azores, visited by King Pedro in 1832 http://www.mirapico.dk/faialhistory.htm http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Azores.html">www.worlstatemen.org/Azores.html Nov 11 04, 12:45 AM

peasypod

Er, I have a different king on a different island with a different hermit in a different year.....1833. [Nov 11 04 1:02 AM] peasypod writes: I'll give you a clue. This remote island today is part of a very popular country reknown for tourism, not only for it's ancient history but for it's glorious food. Oh, and it's also part of peasy's homeland. Nov 11 04, 12:54 AM

Baloo55th

Could the King be Carlo Alberto and the island Monte Cristo? Darned if I can find the story or the hermit, though. Nov 12 04, 6:44 AM

peasypod

Ooooh Baloo! Right King, wrong island. [Nov 12 04 7:31 AM] peasypod writes: Alrighty then, the hermit identified himself being a shepherd from Maddalena. Now if THAT doesn't give it away... [Nov 12 04 7:53 AM] peasypod writes: this will.....the hermit's name was Bartoleoni. Nov 12 04, 6:46 AM

Baloo55th

Tavolara? http://www.sardinie.cz/zajimavosti3.html [Nov 12 04 11:05 AM] Baloo55th writes: Looking again at that site, it gives 1836 as the date. Nov 12 04, 11:00 AM

peasypod

You can relax now, you got it. Nice One! Alberto, King of Sardinia was doing his hunting thing on the island of Tavolara (off Sardinia, Italy) , and came across this hermit dude Bartoleoni who was a shepherd from a nearby island of Maddalena. He found it very hard to believe that a peasant who, at the time were all illiterate, could speak numerous languages and was extremely well educated. This guy was also the head of two families. Alberto decided to crown this dide King of Tavolara. Because he was sovereign, the Italian government failed in it's attempt to prosecute him for bigamy. When he died his son Paolo was named his successor. 50 years later when he died the inhabitants of Tavolara proclaimed a republic. Nov 12 04, 3:43 PM

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