By the way "Aethelraed the Unready" was not "Unready" - he was "Unraed" which means "badly advised" or "lacking counsel"

@fredriks5090

2 жыл бұрын

The scandinavian term would be "Uråde" meaning "unadviced". Contrary to Hardrada which would mean "Harshly Adviced". Referring to the seeming mood of each rulers style.

@stevelknievel4183

2 жыл бұрын

The name was a deliberate pun. Aethelraed means 'wise counsel'.

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

His name should be pronounced Ethelred.

@crowbar9566

2 жыл бұрын

Un-read .... makes sense

@neilbuckley1613

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevelknievel4183 I think noble counsel is a more accurate translation, Alfred though literally elf counsel meant wise counsel.

Dude, gotta admit, I thought you were just another KZreadr out for likes and subs. Turns out you are legit excited about history. Great video. You got my like and sub.

I like your reaction, and knowledge! I think there were two things you missed that were mentioned during your exitement: First that the house of Windsor is not technically the house of Hannover, but the house of Saxe, Coburg and Gotha (the house from which Victoria's husband came). The house name changes AFTER a female queen, to the house of her husband. Therefore, and that's the second point, when Elizabeth II dies, Charles should officially change the name to the house his father comes from (Schleswig Holstein, the house that ruled in Greece, and still does in Denmark), just follow the purple line from Charles's father upward. But it will probably stay Windsor.

@monael-chami798

Жыл бұрын

Elizabeth 11 husbands family were German from a nazi family That why they want to leave the house name Windsor

@stpaley

Жыл бұрын

didn't Philip change his name to Mountbatten who was his "uncle" and Elizabeth's godfather, one reason Lady Elizabeth Bowls-Lyon and parliament changed to the House of Windsor so it would not become the house of Mountbatten? i think it was the queen that made sure her descendants would have the name Mountbatten-Windsor

@adriankolsters

Жыл бұрын

@@stpaley Yes, she did. as to overrule what i wrote earlier as the 'normal' way of doing things. Whatever normal means in this context 🙂. Currently only one queen left (Marghrete of Denmark) in all the existing monarchies in Europe, the rest is all kings.

@johnnash2815

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't there a big thing about the name of the future monarch back in the 50's? Parliament decided at that time that the house of Windsor should continue, for what reason they decided that I don't know however, although Prince Philip was quite adamant that all of their decendents carry the name mountbatten

@monael-chami798

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnash2815 This family was placed in that position and made royal, replacing the Legitimate royal family but yet controlled like puppets.

from what I understand, Mary 1st was named Bloody Mary due to the number of people she had killed during her reign. It is understood that when her father divorced her mum and married Anne Boleyn, Mary lost a lot of her Dad's favour as a loved child which only grew worse when Elizabeth was born. Mary was also not allowed to visit her mother - so a lot of religious hatred grew in her mind as she wanted to stay catholic. When she came to power she did what her dad had done years earlier which was to kill and persecute people who supported a branch of religion that didnt hold her favour. i hope this makes sense.

@monael-chami798

Жыл бұрын

Bunch of crooks

@oreo-sr2pq

Жыл бұрын

Yes that is correct sum of what happened! Love learning this stuff

@jeanniewarken5822

Жыл бұрын

The country became protestant inddr Henry VIII. But when Mary who was brought up a catholic came to the throne she made the country catholic again and burned at tge stake many protestant preists.. hense bloody mary.. when her sister Elizabeth came to the throne England became protestant again... but unlike her sister she dud not persecute catholics as long as they practiced their religion discretely

@AlanLindaCumming

8 ай бұрын

Henry viii killed way more than Mary and Elizabeth put together

@AlanLindaCumming

2 ай бұрын

Henry viii killed more people than his three children put together.

😂😂 Interesting and provocative use of "succubus". Nice one

The Holy Roman Emperor whom Matilda married was much older than her and he died. Divorced? No question of her popping down to Reno. She was a mere chattel and didn’t have any say in matters. Royal princesses were bargaining chips in political alliances. She was then married off to a teenager, Geoffrey of Anjou.

@wellingboroughanddistrictu3a

2 жыл бұрын

I think she was more than that. Henry I wanted her to succeed him, remember, and made his nobles swear to support her in becoming Queen Regnant after his death. At the time nobody would have been surprised if he'd passed her over in favour of his nephew, Stephen or even suggested her husband become King, either as a sole monarch or jointly with her. He even had an illegitimate son, Robert of Gloucester who was highly respected by the Norman nobility who he could have put forward as his successor, we're only 2 generations away from William the Bastard after all. But he didn't. He chose her. By all historical accounts, she was a very strong minded, determined woman, if somewhat prickly. And she didn't lose the civil war. There was a negotiated settlement. Stephen would be King during his lifetime but he would be succeeded by her son, Henry II.

@lindylou7853

2 жыл бұрын

@@wellingboroughanddistrictu3a agreed - that’s only after her father didn’t have a son and he’d sent her off to marry the biggest available catch in Europe. There was no way she was ruling England if she was the HR Empress.

@Ionabrodie69

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindylou7853 More Americans pontificating on British Mediaeval History …🙄🇬🇧

The fact you called Megan a succubus made me chuckle😂

@littlemy1773

2 жыл бұрын

Dying at that!🤣🤣🤣

Matilda left England aged 8 and went to live at the Imperial court, and married the emperor when she was 12 and he was 28. The Emperor died when she was 23 so she returned to England, and then when she was 25 she was married off again to Geoffrey, who was 14!

You did really well, it's quite complicated, so a really good effort, well done.

Elizabeth 1st was badly affected by smallpox in her 20s and left badly scarred, so took to wearing white lead based makeup, hence the white look she has.

Good going mate, I find your enthusiasm for your education on the subject very refreshing!

The reason for Queen Elisabeth's "super pale face" (apart from her being ginger) is that, at that time, it was extremely popular among courtiers to wear full makeup with an extremely white lead based foundation (which, yes, gave them lead poisoning but they didn't know).

Queen Victoria was one of my favorites too❤ She and Prince Albert had 9 children. Her granddaughter was the wife of Czar Nicholas of Russia. Her Grandson was Kieser William if Germany etc.

@littlemy1773

2 жыл бұрын

Between her and Christian of Denmark it’s no surprise so many of the royal families of Europe are related one way or another

If you think the English monarchy chart is confusing when they go up generations and start again, you should see the French one. At least in England, the female line was allowed. In France, it was strictly male only, so at one point, they had to go back hundreds of years to find an unbroken male line.

Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, hence the line's name changed from Hanover to the house of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. THAT was the name that changed to Windsor. Similarly, Elizabeth ii married Phillip Mountbatten, which itself was a not very subtle change from another German name, Battenburg. I assume (not sure!!) That Charles' line should technically be Mountbatten, his father's name, but the Queen wants him to keep Windsor. 🤯

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

The house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha didn't exist in the UK. It was called the House of Wettin. And it's Battenberg, not Battenburg.

@amandab4978

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaynor1721 my apologies for the misspelling, I should have checked. Re Saxe-Coburg Gotha, I found this on the official site, royal.uk/royal-family-name : "Queen Victoria's eldest son Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (the family name of his father Prince Albert). Edward VII's son George V became the second king of that dynasty when he succeeded to the throne in 1910. In 1917, there was a radical change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War, and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of the same name." and "...if at any time any of them [Prince Charles et al] do need a surname (such as upon marriage), that surname is Mountbatten-Windsor." The surname of the family of the house of Saxe-Coburg Gotha WAS Wettin, but I cannot find any reference to that being an official surname used by the UK royal family. I am not a historian, however, merely a Googler, so I will ascribe any inaccuracies to that. 😁

@neilbuckley1613

2 жыл бұрын

Phillip took his mother's name, Mountbatten, strictly speaking he was of the Danish royal house of Sonderburg-Glucksburg.

@MrBulky992

Жыл бұрын

@@gaynor1721 Dynastic houses are sometimes referred to by their territorial titles and sometimes by a surname or ancestor's name so both names are correct. The House of Hanover is sometimes called the House of Welf or Guelph for that reason. The Houses of York and Lancaster are cadet branches of the House of Plantagenet. The House of Anjou (hence "Angevin") is the House of Plantagenet. The House of Denmark (Sweyn Forkbeard, Canute and his heirs) is also known as the House of Gorm or the House of Knytlinga.

British history is scattered with 'What If' events, where seismic moments could have gone either way. The White Ship disaster was one of them, the Princes in the Tower was another.

@matthewcastleton2263

6 ай бұрын

Others are what if Queen Elizabeth I had married and had children? Or if Queen Mary I had had children with her husband, who became King Phillip II of Spain? Or what if King William III and Queen Mary II had children? Specifically, the ones about the two Mary's and William III. If Queen Mary I would have had children with her husband Prince Philip (the later King Phillip II of Spain), said child would have inherited both the thrones of Spain and England, likely leading to an eventual merging of Spain and England into one kingdom. Had William and Mary had children (or Mary's sister Queen Anne had any children who lived), the House of Hanover may have never reigned in England, which means no King George III. Meaning, no American Revolutionary War and no United States ever existing. At least in the form as we know it now. Also, William III was also the Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and the later Kings of the Netherlands are descended from his family. Had he and his wife Mary II had children, may we have seen a United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Netherlands?

I love your genuine interest and curiosity. You did well to follow in just a few minutes what we have many years of schooling to learn.

What. A great chart !! Hanks for this one🤗 ‘tis indeed fascinating !👍

Tudor and Victorian England are my 2 favourite periods in our history 🇬🇧 Henry VIII is an interesting character although obviously a bit of a brute - Victoria and Albert were more in touch with the public I think - Queen Elizabeth I wore powdered make-up because I think her face was pockmarked after illness - she lost lots of teeth as she mistakenly thought eating sweets was good for her - in those days rich folk would buy poor people's teeth lol - and she wore wigs as she lost hair growing older - I think portrait painters made her look more attractive than she really was as they wanted to flatter her - Charles Dickens is a great recorder of life in Victorian England

@AlanLindaCumming

9 ай бұрын

He was a tyrant. It all came from the jousting accident he had.

When he referred to Markle as "the Succubus" I nearly fell off my chair hahaha!

@susansmiles2242

11 күн бұрын

I have only just watched this and spit my wine all over the floor 😂😂😂😂

@Anglo_Saxon1

11 күн бұрын

@@susansmiles2242 ha!ha!

Useful Charts is an excellent resource. Great reaction.

Great show !!❤

Queen Victoria has been portrayed by Judi Dench in the 1997 film "Mrs Brown" her servant was played by the comedian Billy Connolly with unusual skill for a not well known actor. It gives a taste of the period , though other films may have given more historical detail such as the later Victoria and Abdul again with Judi Dench as Queen Victoria.

@davidcooks5265

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a film enjoyed,Billy played it out of the park 😃

Great video - By the way, your remembrance of a red dress during an beheading is correct but it was Mary Queen of Scots who wore it at her execution. Mary Tudor - Bloody Mary - was so called due to the burnings of Protestants.

@Brawl_for_luxury_land

2 жыл бұрын

I knew that Mary queen of Scots was executed because of treason

You HAVE to rewind useful Charts sometimes to understand everything... one of the best chanels on YT in my opinion. So cool you discovered it.

Your knowledge is AMAZING

There are a few times when things get confusing around the Tudors and the Stewarts. I also think is all the Mary's that confuse the issue too. Henry VIII was actually the second son, the spare. His brother Arthur was supposed to become King, but sadly he, and his bride Katherine of Aragon,(who after his death, and a special dispensation from the Pope, became Henry VIII's first wife.), caught what they think was Seating Sickness, (something that today we still have no idea what it was. It was a fast killer too, you could be fine in the morning, ill by lunch, and dead by dinner!). Luckily Katherine Survived. Henry's elder sister, Margaret, was married off to James IV of Scotland, in the hope that the fighting between the two countries would stop. After all, marrying your enemy's heir, had worked for Henry VII, when he married Elizabeth of York, and joined the Houses of York, and Lancaster, so why wouldn't it work between England and Scotland! Then after Henry was born, he had a little sister called Mary. This is where there is some confusion, Henry was close to his little sister, and named his daughter, Mary, (later Queen "Bloody" Mary), after her. Like Scotland, England was constantly and war with France, so as his father had done with his sister, Margaret, Henry VIII married his sister Mary off to King Louis XII of France in 1514. Later in 1515 her husband had died, and with her brother being King, despite Henry's promises, that she could marry who she wanted to, she knew Henry would marry her off to someone else, for a political alliance. So, when Henry sent his friend Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk to fetch her home, he did not think his little sister would talk the Duke into marrying her, especially as he had made Brandon promise he wouldn't prepose to her. Yet they did marry in secret, with the new King of France as a witness. Technically, members of the Royal family and certain Nobles marrying without the King's permission, was treason. As you can imagine, Henry was extremely ticked off, to say the least! But being the King's favourites, they survived, and went on to having several children including a son named after her brother, and a daughter, Frances. Who was the mother of Lady Jane Grey, the nine day Queen. Who was only 15-17 yrs old when she was used as a puppet. The other Mary, Queen of Scots, was the granddaughter of Princess Margaret, Henry's sister. She had been raised in France, and was also to become Queen of France, when her young husband, the Dauphin, died. She came back to Scotland, as Queen, which by then, was no longer a Catholic country, unlike her. There is SO much going on here, at this time point, marriages that she shouldn't have had, births, deaths, murder, explosions, abdication, on the run, arrest, death plots, secret messages... And still more! The Red dress you were thinking of, and thinking it was Bloody Mary, and that's why she was called that. Well, it wasn't. She got the name, because she was a Catholic, as after her father divorced her mother, the country had steadily became more and more Protestant. And both Elizabeth and her little brother Edward (VI), had been raised Protestant. So under Edward VI, a lot of Catholics had been executed, exiled and forced to convert. So when it was clear that Edward VI, who had become King aged 9, was dying aged 15, his regent and advisor, Duke of Northumberland, pursuaded Edward to change his father's will, that said it was to be Edward, then Mary and then Elizabeth. As Mary was Catholic, they didn't want her to become queen. And as Elizabeth had been declared illegitimate, and after counting out Margaret's family line, that left Mary, Dutchess of Suffolk's line, her granddaughter, Lady Jane Grey. Who had been raised Protestant. Thinking he would still have control of the crown, the Duke of Northumberland plotted with Jane's parents, and forced her to marry Guilford Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland's youngest son. Husbands controlled their wives, back then, Queen or not, and he, the Duke would control his son, and therefore the country. So Edward wrote his will, naming Jane and her (future), sons, the succession, and the Crown. Sadly, it didn't happen, and Mary, raised an army, and after 9 days of being the Queen, the men in Jane's Privy Chamber,, switched sides. Allowing Mary to become Queen. And in her wake, came the message to convert back to being Catholic, or die. Hundreds were executed either with the axe or at the stake, hense the title "Bloody" Mary. As for the Red Dress? Well that was Mary, Q of S. When she was being taken down to her execution, Mary took off her outer black velvet dress, and underneath it, she wore a red petticoat, underskirt. Sorry about the LOOONG history lesson!

@intotheunknown21

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@gillcawthorn7572

2 жыл бұрын

Timber Wolf ,I think what you refer to was called `Sweating Sickness`. It was indeed very fast ,killed off the young healthy adults unlike many epidemics which pick off the frail and elderly . It lasted for some years ,then disappeared as mysteriously as it arrived. Reading back, I think it may have been a typo.

We are all shouting Cromwell at the screen lol

@QPRTokyo

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@PerryCJamesUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@QPRTokyo Well the ones who could remember his name.

@christinepreston8642

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I was!!

I would also highly recommend the Scottish Monarchy and Who Would be the Monarch if the Jacobites had Won. This channel is great and very informative.

21:31 Yes, but only by marriage. Kaiser Wilhelm II's mother was Elizabeth II's great grandfather Edward VIII's sister. This sister married Kaiser Frederick III, who reigned for just 99 days. Frederick III was a great-great grandson of Frederick the Great's nephew. Also, Kaiser Wilhelm II was the first cousin twice removed of Elizabeth II (Grandchild of Wilhelm's 1st cousin George V), both being descendants of Victoria. Interestingly, Wilhelm's sister was the aunt of Prince Philip by marriage to Constantine I of Greece.

The answering to the Pope ended with King Henry 8th. He created The Church of England.

Two films to watch, as you said you wanted to learn about the eighteenth century. Firstly, "The Favourite", about Queen Anne. Secondly, "The Madness of King George". About George III, starring Nigel Hawthorn from "Yes Minister". You may find something interesting in the latter as it dispels some of the ridiculous US propaganda?

Queen Elizabeth I had her COUSIN, Mary Queen of Scots, beheaded. Mary Queen of Scots (a Catholic) wore a red under garment at her beheading as a sign of martyrdom to other Catholics. You have her confused with Queen Elizabeth's HALF SISTER, Queen Mary (also a Catholic), who was known as Bloody Mary because of the amount of Protestants she had burnt at the stake during her reign. Also Queen Elizabeth I famously NEVER married during her life despite mounting pressure from advisors around her. Great channel by the way. :-D

Wow great video ! ..I'm British and I never saw it all in this much detail before just in segments and it's so difficult to remember who is who in the past ..Thankyou for sharing

Yes! :D I waited for this reaction. Please check out the other royal family tree videos of Useful Charts, they are very informative. Especially the "Who would be King of ... today?" videos.

OMG, `the one with the succubus` !!

Connor luv, would recommend Simon Schama'sy History of Britain either the telly series or the books. Also anything by Tracy Borman or Lucy Wolsey, both are curators of the royal palaces. Still waiting for the tour of the Tower.

@JJBushfan

2 жыл бұрын

Did you mean Lucy Worsley? She's my favourite TV historian. She's quite happy to tell you that her view of the facts are just her view, that other historians will have their own views, and that none of them are necessarily definitive. I like that. (And she's a tiny bit weird, which I also like.)

@janebeard3411

2 жыл бұрын

@@JJBushfan I do. I love her eccentricity, she's so terribly British.

You done very well

The succubus from America. Pishing maself laughing at that squire. She's after a bit more than tree fiddy though! Cheers 🍻

@pauldryburgh6346

2 жыл бұрын

@gerrygallen Have you watched Chef's parent's and The Loch Ness Monster?

18:25 That’s not a bad example. Napoleon was compared to Cromwell by contemporaries, when he was First Consul.

The Kings of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom from George I until the death of William IV, were also Kings of Hanover. When Victoria ascended the throne, she could not become Queen of Hanover, as the accession to the throne of Hanover was governed by Salic Law. This bars the female line.

@AlanLindaCumming

9 ай бұрын

That's in Germany tho

Conner love the channel, you need one of this gentleman s posters, I'm English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and I'm having trouble keeping up😵‍💫

Getting my history lessons on your channel, love it

4:53 There's an insurance company in Britain called Hastings Direct, and their telephone number ends 1066, which is either the best coincidence ever or more likely someone paid a lot of money to use the number! It's one of those phone numbers they sing at you so you never forget it! 😂

@colinharbinson8284

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a coincidence, including the ', no claims for eye injury' clause in the policy small print.

@LottyRayner-Vincent

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a coincidence. I live in Hastings and Hastings Direct were based about 20 minutes away for years. All their branding is Battle of Hastings themed too.

@Ben-xe8ps

2 жыл бұрын

The 1066 number is not a number with a normal Hastings area code allocated by coincidence. It is an 0800 free phone number and probably cost no more than whatever the normal charge for such numbers is.

Love History!!❤❤

The houses went from Hannover to the House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (Albert's family name) and then George V (Victoria's grandson) changed the name to Windsor because of the first world war (as it states in the video). Technically, the family name should've remained Saxe-Coburg & Gotha to this day. The name would then have changed upon the death of Elizabeth to the House of Mountbatten - or more accurately, the House of Battenberg (Philip's family name - also changed during the first world war for the same reason)...but it will remain Windsor...still confused?

@panther7748

2 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid you are wrong with the future house name. Prince Philip was from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg and the ruling house of Denmark, Norway and (formerly) Greece. He chose the house name of his mother, Alice of Battenberg/Mountbatten, because it had a better reputation in Britain. So the future house name should really be "Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". However, it will most likely remain Windsor forever.

@idristaylor5093

2 жыл бұрын

@@panther7748 I think time will prove you to be right but as Phillip was a Mountbatten prior to his marriage, I would prefer the fictional Windsor to be invalidated and replaced with SC&G and Mountbatten, as appropriate.

@panther7748

2 жыл бұрын

@@idristaylor5093 Prince Philip was "a Mountbatten" only through his mother. In the paternal line, he was a Prince of Greece and Denmark and thus a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. He may have called himself "Mountbatten", but members of ruling noble dynasties don't have real surnames anyway. They mostly use their dynasty name or a variation of it if the circumstances demand it. The fact that Philip used his mother's house name as his british legal surname (instead of of his real paternal dynasty name) was an anomaly because WW2 was raging and the well known "Mountbatten" was much less controversial than "Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". So calling Philip "a Mountbatten" is like calling Queen Elizabeth "a Bowes-Lyon". It's just not how paternal dynasties work. Also, I don't know why the name Windsor should be considered invalid. Changing the name of a house was practically unheard of until WW1, but George V. had the right to do it as the british sovereign. Other monarchies like the Netherlands or Luxemburg also kept their paternal house name, even after they stopped following agnatic primogeniture. The end of "equal marriages" and gender equality will render the concept of noble houses meaningless anyway - in the long run.

@nntflow7058

2 жыл бұрын

It would be funny if Williams decided to abdicated alongside his childreens, which would left Harry and Meghan as the last line. Imagine what Daily mail would do.

@panther7748

2 жыл бұрын

@@nntflow7058 Very, very unlikely.

What I like doing from time to time is going on Wikipedia and typing in Elizabeth II and then going back by clicking on predecessor

Queen Elizabeth 1st never married so was known as the virgin Queen, Virginia is named after her. When James the 6th of Scotland became James 1st of England the crowns were not united, they continued as seperate kingdoms with a shared monarch.

@amandab4978

2 жыл бұрын

The crowns WERE united (Union of the Crowns, 1603). The Union of Parliaments, 1707, united the 2 kingdoms.

@charmainelamont2020

4 ай бұрын

@@amandab4978 The union of the crowns was a personal union, so it was two kingdoms sharing a monarch.

After Queen Victoria, the royal house became the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Queen Victoria's husband's house). Traditionally, the Queen's descendants would be said to be from the House of Mountbatten (or perhaps Mountbatten-Windsor), but the Queen issued a proclamation that the royal house should remain the House of Windsor. Prince Charles could of course change this in future though.

@panther7748

2 жыл бұрын

Technically, it's not the House of Mountbatten (Battenberg), but the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

There was no such thing as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the UK. It was called the House of Wettin.

@panther7748

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaynor1721 Then why is there even an anglizised form of this house name? Why is it called "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" in the historical publications? Of course the Queen is a member of the House of Wettin, but it is a very old and large house, with many branches. The "Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha", branch formerly "Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld" (the real german names) is only one of many branches. Following this logic, the "House of Hanover" would have to be called the House of Welf. (Technically, it was the Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg branch, ruling over the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. "Hannover"/"Hanover" was just a colloquial name until 1814/15.)

20:50 In Germany the House of Hanover ist known as the House of Welf (of which it was the main branch at that time), and one of his ancestors, Henri the Lion, married in 1168 (as his second wife) Matilda, daughter of King Henry II Plantagenet of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, sister of Richard Lionheart. Henry the Lion was presumably born at the ancestral seat of the Welfs in Swabia (Ravensburg); his cousin was Friedrich I Barbarossa, Emperor of the HRE, who gave the Duchy of Bavaria (back) to the Welfs (which are sometimes referred to also as Guelphs, which was their name in Italy). Henry had inherited already the Duchy of Saxony, so he became a double Duke. Henry founded the cities of Munich and Lubeck (among others), but lost the ancestral seat, as his uncle Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto, bequeathed it to Friedrich I Barbarossa. Henry and Friedrich became estranged, Henry refused to send troops for Friedrich's war against insurgent Italian cities, Henry was convicted for treason and lost his duchies (he lost also the civil war against Friedrich) and had to go into exile - which was England. His (and Matilda's) son Otto IV howewer became the only German king and Emperor of the HRE of the Welf dynasty; he was also King of Italy and Burgundy (as successor of the son and predecessor to the grandson of Friedrich Barbarossa). 23:20 King Edward VIII was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, a cadet branch of the Saxon House of Wettin).

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

There was no House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the UK. It was the House of Wettin.

There always was power-struggles between thrones and popes.

@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE

2 жыл бұрын

This is sovereignty

@gillcawthorn7572

2 жыл бұрын

The various monarchs objected to the way that first call on any country`s wealth was to the Pope ,via the Catholic Church .Which is why Henry viii decided to dissolve the monastery system and enable the flow of wealth back to the English coffers.

The House of Hanover becomes the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha when Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert. When World War One starts anti-German sentiment in Great Britain is on the rise and fearing a revolution George V decides to change the name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor.

The Holy Roman Emperors were not the Popes. The title Holy Roman Emperor was a German Monarch/ Emperor of central Europe and did not even rule from Rome.

You know and Understand so much more than the average Brit!

Mary, Queen of Scots is the one who wore the red dress when she was beheaded. By her cousin Queen Elizabeth in 1587. That's why when Elizabeth died in 1603 that Mary, Queen of Scots's son James became the next King of England. Had Mary, Queen of Scots not plotted against her cousin, she would have inherited the throne from her cousin Elizabeth because she was the next most senior heir presumptive to the throne

Elizabeth I used white lead make-up which is why she is always portrayed with a very pale face.

Victorian era is my favourite era too cuz their engineering is built to last. An example of this is tower bridge

If you just listened it was Cromwell.

You did very well! I’ve always loved our history and studied (your favourite!) the industrial revolution at school. My personal favourite has always been the Tudor period…crazy times! 😂

The law was changed a few years ago so that the first child born of a monarch will become King or Queen... so that the first male line is not automatically King just the first born ...

@gillcawthorn7572

2 жыл бұрын

jkpole, and females have entered the line of succession ,so Prince William`s daughter Charlotte is now included ,as well as her brothers George and Louis

@jkpole

2 жыл бұрын

@@gillcawthorn7572 That is true and that is what I said. It is now in LAW for evermore

I have a video idea for you. The War of the Pig (or the Pig War) The second war between USA and GB. it kind of ended in a no score draw after about 15 years (technically awarded to USA, but only cos it happened on your land), and the only real casualty of the entire conflict was the pig...

I notice when he talks about Henry VIII and his wives the narrator sometimes says "divorced" and another time says "annulled". Actually, at this time there was no divorce, only annulment. It's a technical, but important difference because annulment meant that any children of the annulled marriage became illegitimate, which in turn obviously has huge political consequences because whether you think Henry was or was not properly separated from Catherine of Arragon affects whether you think Mary or Elizabeth was a legitimate queen.

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

Divorce illegitimises children in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Annulment can only occur if the marriage was not consumated as in the case of Anne of Cleves. By the time Henry VIII married her, he was already impotent.

@MrBulky992

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@@gaynor1721 The Roman Catholic Church does not recognise divorce - marriage is for life: you remain married to your divorced spouse until your death or their death. Hence, children of a valid marriage do not become illegitimate in the eyes of the church. The opposite is true of an annulment: the slate is wiped clean - the marriage is deemed never to have taken place in their eyes of God and any children are deemed to have been born out of wedlock and therefore illegitimate. Such was the case with Mary I and Elizabeth I as the marriages to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn were both annulled (as was the marriage to Anne of Cleves). The Boleyn annulment occurred a few days before her execution. So it should be annulled, annulled, died; annulled, beheaded, survived. Not very easy to remember!

@MrBulky992

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@@gaynor1721 There are numerous other grounds for an annulment, consanguinity being one of them: those were the grounds for Catherine of Aragon's annulment. It was claimed she and Prince Arthur, Henry's brother *had* consummated their marriage, making Henry's subsequent marriage to her an illicit union.

If you want a new favourite monarch, though not English yet, but with the dream, watch or read, The Last Kingdom (Bernard Cornwell). Marvellous stuff. Alfred TG. My friend lives in Wantage, Oxfordshire, where there is a statue of him, as he was born there.

@littlemy1773

2 жыл бұрын

Seconded . I love the series, cannot wait for the next two and the film!

"there's the one with the succubus from america" unfathomably based

Dude, I congratulate you on most of your memory and on your attention to the detail. You are doing a good job on a complicated field. If you think this is bad try doing the Roman families! I am just reading the 'Masters of Rome' series by Colleen McCullough and that it far worse than this.

No. The name of the Royal House did not change from Hanover to Windsor. It changed from the very German-sounding Coburg, Saxe, and Gotha to Windsor. King Edward VII was NOT a member of the House of Hanover because he was from his FATHER Prince Albert's house: the German House of Coburg, Saxe, and Gotha. Queen Victoria was the final monarch from the House of Hanover because whenever a female monarch reigns, their house comes to an end with their death. This is because their children come from their father's house, not the one of their mother's. It's literally the same as someone's last name, in that you usually get your last name from whomever your father was in most cases. Most people don't use their mother's maiden name as their last name unless their father is unknown. In the case of monarchy, they ALWAYS know who the father is. Technically, Queen Elizabeth II was the final monarch from the House of Windsor because King Charles III is actually a member of his father Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's house: the House of Mountbatten. Many members of the Royal Family use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor when they're not being referred to by their titles of nobility (or if they don't have a title to begin with) because it shows their connection to the Royal Family and their descent from the late Prince Philip.

A better title: American struggling to learn the British monarchy

The Succubus from America 🤣🤣

Please react to the documentaries about the discovery of Richard III (or at least clips of the best bits). Both the main documentary and the additional one about how Richard would have lived and fought are a must for anyone interested in UK history.

@tarrynharris373

2 жыл бұрын

Found it on youtube kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmyFpsNqqti7lJc.html

@Ionabrodie69

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the comment section b does not consist of “Ooh he was a monster, he killed his nephews.. “ 🙄 I am sick of all that crap.. 🙄🇬🇧

So Prince Harry should just give up on the idea of ever becoming king, the more children William has the lower down the list Harry drops. And when William’s kids start having kids that’s it, Harry and his kids are pretty much cut out.

Hey guys I originally asked this to @CeNedra in her comment down below but would like to know if anyone else knows. I thought Bloody Mary was the one who wore a red dress at her execution, I was wrong obviously but who am I thinking of?!?! 😤😡

@claregale9011

2 жыл бұрын

Mary queen of Scott's I think she wore red as a sign of mytredom..but not 100 %

@lyndarichardson4744

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty certain it was Mary Queen of Scots .

Surely the people around king Henry the eight must have realized that he was the reason he couldn't have any healthy sons

You say you can't forget the date of the battle of Hastings but neither can we. We got it drummed into us in school and now there's that car insurance advert with the talking seagul! "O-EIGHT HUNDRED, DOUBLE O........TEN SIXTY SIX!"

A British monarch can choose any of their (usually) many first names when they succeed to the throne, not their well-known first name. Several monarchs have chosen a different one (Queen Victoria's first name was actually Alexandrina, chosen to honour Tsar Alexandre Ist., Britain's ally in the Naploeinic war. It is widely believed that Prince Charles will alter the family name to Mountbatten-Windsor in honour of his beloved "Uncle" (not actaully his uncle but that is another, complicated story) Loius Mountbatten, famously murdered by IRA terrorists.

I've held off on my comment until you got to the Glorious Revolution. I *think* it was William of Orange (or it might have been George I) who was "officially" something silly like 58th in the line of succession but the first Protestant, so got the gig.

You did better than me and I live in UK 👍👍

Random fact but my ‘high school’ was given royal license by ‘Bloody Mary’ and so was founded in 1554 under her name. The time between now and the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the signing of the DOI and the opening of my school only has a difference of about 25 years :))

ITS divorsed, behaded, died ,divorsed, behaded, survived

What should be remembered (but never is) Is that Harold Godwinson and his army had just fought his own Brother on the South Coast, Marched up to Stamford Bridge in the North Of England to defeat Harold Hardrada and then had to very quickly march South again the face William of Normandy. Had this not happened then History would have been very different as Harold was by far the better Battle Commander but his Army had already been decimated before the Battle of Hastings

Connahs Elizabeth the first put a poision white lead on her face to symbolise she was a virgin queen. Hope this helps

I always feel sorry for Lady Jane Grey when I hear her mentioned.

@littlemy1773

2 жыл бұрын

Why is she only referred to as lady tho? If she reigned for 9 days wasn’t she a queen, or did she not go thru coronation? It’s not sth we really went into in history we did Tudor’s and Stewart’s but she is glossed over always

@Griexxt

2 жыл бұрын

@@littlemy1773 No, she was never crowned queen. She barely had time to perform any royal functions before Mary Tudor’s armed insurrection deposed her.

@littlemy1773

2 жыл бұрын

@@Griexxt such a shame, she may have turned out to be a good ruler as well

Don't know if someone's already suggested. But would love to see you react to Horrible Histories! I think you'd like it! It's BBC so there may be only limited clips you could do, but they're worth doing!

There's a Black Added special from Comic Relief featuring Charles I and Oliver Cromwell.

You did very well as there are many Brits who do not have your grasp of such complex blood lines.

@McJibbin

2 жыл бұрын

😊😋

Matilda's first husband died 🥺 I'm very impressed with how much English history you've remembered, more so than a lot of English people 😂 Queen Mary was bloody Mary due to her tendency to have protestants burnt.. around 300

@McJibbin

2 жыл бұрын

Then who was the one who was famous for wheeling a red dress during her own execution?? This is driving me nuts!

@cenedra2143

2 жыл бұрын

@@McJibbin Mary, Queen of Scots 😊 She was also wearing black and purple.

@Ionabrodie69

2 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself dear… I know my history… 😊🇬🇧

@cenedra2143

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ionabrodie69 I didn't say all English people 🤣 2 now that I know of 🤔

if you wanna learn about other European royal family trees then UsefulCharts have a bunch of others to choose from and, as a swede, i'll have to recommend the Swedish Monarchs Family Tree. Heres the link to that one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaCGw8igo6qbndY.html

You should watch more useful charts! His vids are great

Actually, all contemporary people of european descent are most probably descendants of Charlemagne, including you, me and most other viewers of this channel. It's a matter of statistical probability. Matt Baker (the creator of Useful Charts) made a video about this topic.

@McJibbin

2 жыл бұрын

I’m related to Charlemagne???!! 😎nice

@franzliszt8957

2 жыл бұрын

It's like Genghis Khan? That's fucking crazy!

Who else remembers 1066 for the battle of Hastings from the Hastings insurance company ad?

Not Hanover, it was Saxe Coburg & Gotha

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

What was?

@T0xiikGaz14

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaynor1721 The original name of the House of Windsor

@gaynor1721

2 жыл бұрын

@@T0xiikGaz14 No. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was not Prince Albert's surname. Prince Albert's paternal grandfather was Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, so it wasn't even a hereditary surname. And it was the House of Wettin between the House of Hanover and the House of Windsor. Not the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The House of Wettin commenced in 1901 when Edward VII became king and ended in 1917 with George V.

Hi this is the history from the Top echelon but if you REALLY want to understand how England became what it is, and I think you do, you should try to get hold of a BBC series called “Michael Woods History of England” It’s out on DVD and it’s quite long (too long for KZread) but it is the history of England from the point of view of 1 village in Central England from before 1066 up to date. Everything that happens in England happens in this village and vice versa. Possibly not useful for your channel but for your own personal education I recommend you try and find the whole program. I wouldn’t suggest this if I didn’t think you would be interested and would benefit from seeing it. Keep up the good work.

When you said you won't forget 1066, the amount if 4 digit locks on doors have that as the code, if not try a few other famous dates every English person knows, 1966, 3945, 1418.

Have a look at the Princes in the Tower..

@Ionabrodie69

2 жыл бұрын

What so everyone can castigate Richard AGAIN……?🙄🇬🇧

Some innaccurances george the third wasn't mad,and it wasn't because he wanted to marry an American it was because she was twice divorced.

I recommend the movie, Mrs Brown.

Queen Elizabeth NEVER married (The Virgin Queen). The Elizabethan Era was amazing.

Being a member of the royal family in those days was a dangerous life. They had to LEAD their men into battle,no armchair generals in those days, Everybody on the battlefield wanted to kill you,and if they didnt it,s likely some other member of your " family" did.Life could be short,and you had to keep a sharp eye on those close! to you ,just in case .

Imagine living in germany and then someone said "hey you are the king of england now"...that was precisely what George was thinking, he even said he hated England because it's too cold, wet and cloudy and want to go back to Germany lmao, he doesn't even speak English.

Nice to follow the viking blood line! William the conqueror is Rollo duke of Normandy great great great grandson

1) Divorced 2) Beheaded 3) Died 4) Divorced 5) Beheaded 6) Survived