![]() ![]() ^ "Playing Cards - The Unicode Standard, Version 13.0" (PDF).^ Paris and Rouen pattern figures at the International Playing-Card Society.France and Belgium at Andy's Playing Cards. ^ "The Four King Truth" at the Urban Legends Reference Pages.Suicide King at the World of Playing Cards. ^ English pattern at the International Playing-Card Society.Moorish playing cards at World of Playing Cards. The names for the kings in the Paris pattern ( portrait officiel) are: This practice survives only in the Paris pattern which ousted all its rivals, including the Rouen pattern around 1780. Starting in the 15th century, French manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology. This is a result of centuries of bad copying by English card makers where the king's axe head has disappeared. The king of hearts is sometimes called the "suicide king" because he appears to be sticking his sword into his head. The English imported their cards from Rouen until the early 17th century when foreign card imports were banned. Many Spanish court designs were simply reused when the French invented their own suit-system around 1480. The French originally used Spanish cards before developing their regional deck patterns. During the 15th century, the Spanish started producing standing kings. Seated kings were generally common throughout Europe. Evolution of the King of Hearts from the Rouennais pattern to the English pattern ![]()
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