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French Playing Cards Got Their Face Card Designs because they were named after, and designed to look like, actual historical figures.

The King of Hearts was Charlemagne;

the King of Diamonds was Julius Caesar;

the King of Clubs was Alexander the great,

and the King of Spades was King David from the Holy Bible.

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