The joust is one of several sports with its origins in warfare.
The sport was practiced by nobles in England and Germany throughout the 16th century but abolished in France after the death of king Henry II of France in 1559.
Henry II received a mortal wound from the shard of a lance during a Jousting tournament and died soon after.
Ironically it was a tournament to celebrate the peace agreement with Philip II of Spain and from the lance of the captain of his personal body guard.
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