hugh lupus

It's never lupus.

The CMII is the best I can offer you. However, I used to live in Chester, where your namesake once held court in a building like London's Westminster Hall. The County Palatine of Cheshire, once named 'the English Lands' after 1066.

Are you thankful that you are at least known to some, or simply that you aren't known to any more?

hugh lupus said: ↑
Germany is capable of crossing the Alps without Spanish help

a strong aggressive neighbour over the Alps

The Basque Mountains Cantabrian range to the west and the Pyrenees to the east.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Mountains

a good story I enjoy reading it-- sorry posted in story only-- since deleted

I will tell you a difficult hint since you are the first consecutive poster; Mons. :}