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Tango01 | 07 May 2018 10:46 a.m. PST |
… A Topless Princess And A Topless Countess. "The history of dueling is full of shocking moments, like the time the vice president shot and killed the Secretary of the Treasury – that was, of course, the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. But no duel was more shocking than the topless duel between fought a princess and a countess. It was called the first emancipated duel because not only were both duelers women, their seconds and the doctor on hand to tend their wounds were also women. Female sword duels were uncommon, even by the late 19th century when the topless duel was fought. In the 1892 duel, both women were Austrian noblewomen of the highest ranks. Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg met with swords to settle a dispute over flower arrangements. And they fought topless for a very good reason. The noblewomen fought according to all the rules of the Code Duello, and both women agreed to abide by the outcome. After all, the duel was not just about flower arrangements, it was also part of the women's rights movement. The duel proved that women could do anything men could do – and they could even do it topless…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Glengarry5 | 07 May 2018 10:53 a.m. PST |
The was a fencing scene between two women in the Flashman movie I recall… but they kept their tops on. More like corsets, really. |
bsrlee | 07 May 2018 11:47 a.m. PST |
I think the duel in hot air balloons with blunderbusses is right up there, it was even parodied in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (or its knock off). |
Ramming | 08 May 2018 1:59 a.m. PST |
… was between two officer cadets at Sandhurst, on a pond, in kayaks, with flare pistols, I know this to be true. |
Tango01 | 08 May 2018 11:47 a.m. PST |
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