A lot of people are asking why Britain (or Spain, Portugal, etc.) is not labeled as an empire considering the existence of a "British Empire". Well, Britain may have have had an overseas "empire" but no British monarch has ever held the title "Emperor of Great Britain" or claimed to have had an empire within the borders of the European continent. Several did hold the title of emperor but that was as Emperor of *India" only. As for other decisions I made throughout the video, keep in mind that many of them are indeed subjective and could be debated. But the whole thing is meant to be a broad overview only and that's why I'm not too worried about every little detail.

@makaan1932

4 жыл бұрын

When you say the Grand princes of Kiev were practically Kings, then at a certain point English Kings were practically Emperors, and not only of India, the Irish, Welsh and Scotts are different groups who came under english rule and that's what defiens an Empire: 1 group ruling many different other groups.

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

@@makaan1932 Yup, like I said, it's subjective. In the case you bring up, I felt that leaving Kievan Rus off the map entirely would be a mistake in terms of painting the overall picture of how the various European kingdoms evolved but on the other hand, I felt that labeling Britain as a kingdom was more correct in terms of their relationship with other European countries.

@roundtablewhore3389

4 жыл бұрын

​@@makaan1932 that definition of Empire is different from the concept that the UsefulCharts is talking about in the video. An Empire is a government that the title of "Emperor" as the head of state. This is the original definition. The British had an Empire but they never used the title of Emperor of British / Emperor of Great Britain so they weren't an "Empire" but they had an Empire in functionality.

@Crytica.

4 жыл бұрын

@@makaan1932 Same should then be said for the Dutch. Basically an empire or at least a prince at the top with as much power as a king just like the Kievan Rus principality.

@LucianoMiraballes

4 жыл бұрын

@@makaan1932 Exactly, and the same for the Spanish, they were 1 group ruling most of Europe at some point: Sicily, Naples, Netherlands, Navarre, Castile, Aragon, Austria, Milan and even the Holy Roman Empire, England and Portugal

In 1920 the Kingdom of Hungary was restored, but the Allies would not accept any return of Charles IV. It was thus decided to select a regent to represent the monarchy. Miklós Horthy, the last commanding admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was chosen for this position on 1 March. In 1921 Charles IV returned in Hungary, and tried to retake the thorne, but he failed, and exiled to Madeira, where he died in 1922. Miklós Horthy was a de facto king until 15th October 1944 when the The Arrow Cross Party take over the power, and their leader Ferenc Szálasi established a new Nazi-backed government, effectively turning Hungary into a German-occupied puppet state. According to a widely circulated, if apocryphal contemporary story, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked an aide in the early weeks of the US involvement in what came to be called World War II, if Hungary, which had just declared war against the United States, was a kingdom or a republic. “A kingdom, Mr. President”, the aide replied. This dialogue followed: FDR: What’s the King’s name? Aide: Hungary doesn’t have a King. FDR: Then who runs the kingdom? Aide: A Regent by the name of Admiral Miklós Horthy. FDR: Admiral? Then Hungary must have a powerful navy. Aide: Hungary has no navy; it doesn’t even have access to the sea. FDR: Wars are often fought for religious reasons. What’s the main religion there? Aide: Catholicism, Mr. President. But Admiral Horthy is Protestant. FDR: Did this admiral declare war on us because of territorial claims then? Aide: Hungary’s territorial claims are against Romania. FDR: In that case, did Hungary declare war on Romania? Aide: No, Hungary and Romania are allies. FDR: Let me get this straight. Hungary is a kingdom run by a Regent who’s an admiral without a navy, and it is allied with Romania against which it has territorial claims but it has declared war on the U.S. against which it doesn’t. Aide: That’s right, Mr. President.”

@kyokyoniizukyo7171

4 жыл бұрын

That is a meme worthy comment right there...

@ComradeHellas

4 жыл бұрын

Absolute Madness

@NapoleonBonaparde

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting that a protestant was allowed to lead the fleets of Austria-Hungary

@ComradeHellas

4 жыл бұрын

@@NapoleonBonaparde yeah this isn't the 1600s

@Spectrum16

4 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas Yea ever since the enlightenment era in the 1700s what religion is leading what doesnt really matter anymore

Should do Asia next, I and many other Europeans I'm sure get pretty confused with all dynasties and kingdoms in China alone, so Asia should be fun

@asrikhalid6391

4 жыл бұрын

and theres more kingdom in SEA, the best part, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Brunei, there is still a strong monarchy

@kevwang0712

4 жыл бұрын

I might add that even us Asians often get it wrong, and it's mostly to do with the quasi-revisionist history taught in the standard curricula. For example, I live in Taiwan, but we've been taught Chinese history as our "national" history (because of the whole "is Taiwan a part of China" thing), and everyone who went through our high schools basically were taught that the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire were one and the same, so the Mongol Khanates (Chagatai Khanate, Ilkhanate, Golden Horde etc.) were part of the Yuan Dynasty and therefore part of China. I left high school about 20 years ago, and up to about two years ago when I actually started to read history, that was what I believed in.

@princessham

4 жыл бұрын

I recommend dividing them into several regions (west, middle east, central, south, north & east incl china, and southeast). Maybe do one to three regions in one video but NOT all of them

@BaNana-dc2tk

3 жыл бұрын

Oh God so true. There are more than at least two in every country existing nowadays, even the area is way bigger than Europe. It'll surely become a long video!

@jessiemagee1760

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aemond2024 welcome to 2020.

Crusader Kings 2 > map mode > show kingdoms

@Razorcarl

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god

@Handlesareverydumb

4 жыл бұрын

Razorcarl Gaming look at the HRE and click Show Dukes.

@Razorcarl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Handlesareverydumb ok

@ComradeHellas

4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@coolthefool1

4 жыл бұрын

Filemonefly9 No just.. just no

I feel like this really could have benefited from some individual colors for the various empires/kingdoms. Especially when things got complicated (HRE controlling Spain, Aragon controlling parts of Italy, etc.) That minor complaint aside, this video was an enjoyable summary and I think this could be a promising format if you decide to do more like it.

@matthewhemmings2464

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it would have worked in the context of the video. Crowns don't have limited territories, they are institutions.

@imperial2252

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Hemmings I disagree. Crowns defintley do have limited territories, they only rule their own kingdom. The crown of britain would not have authority in france or germany because it only controls certain territories

@LorianR

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say the HRE controlled Spain in any way whatsoever though. In fact, Charles the first of Spain got the fancy HRE emperor title (Charles V), thanks to the Spanish wealths from the Americas, which were used to buy the necessary support from HRE electors. Certainly he used the mighty Spanish Tercios throughout key military campaigns in Europe, but in no way was Spain a subordinate to the HRE.

@aegonii8471

2 жыл бұрын

@@LorianR By that point the Habsburgs already monopolized the position of HRE as the strongest HRE state.

Today's video is a little different than usual. Let me know what you think.

@aethelfrith7376

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing format, big periods of time with lot of subject fits better to map. And also wonderful that you fit 20 centuries of monarchy into 24 minutes video. Hope you'll do the same for major republics or another region, like near east.

@MrDannyDetail

4 жыл бұрын

Technically Europe did still have one Emperor after 1918, as the British Monarchs continued to be Emperors of India until 1948, but I guess the fact that their Empire was not in Europe, even though they were, would've made that seem odd if that was designated on the map.

@lolwat5418

4 жыл бұрын

UsefulCharts I love it I’ve learnt a lot

@Sam_Sabaka1

4 жыл бұрын

UsefulCharts love it do more

@Lord_Raymund

4 жыл бұрын

Loved it❤️

What determine the status of duchies, principalities, kingdoms, empires etc? You should make some video about the ranking and history of different noble and royal titles.

@account-ll8ou

4 жыл бұрын

Up

@rivenoak

4 жыл бұрын

yep, just because they are not kings, the grand duchy of Luxemburg is still a thing. and principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein are independent entities for a long time.

@JoseManuel-is4yc

3 жыл бұрын

There si no real deifference, its a title, and the traduction is also important. For example, we say "prince of Kiev" but they use the title "kniaiz of Kiev" that means something like a king of a Slavic group

@spymasterk4873

3 жыл бұрын

that what called petty kindoms and +down rank

@Siegbert85

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabor6259 Only the Holy Roman Emperor got crowned by the pope.

This is a really great overview ⭐️. I can't imagine all the work you put in to summarize this way. Thanks so much!

I liked this video. It understandably left a lot out because it's a huge, vast subject. I think it's a great sort of background to help put the more specific events of European history into context. One might even call it a useful chart!

@christiandauz3742

4 жыл бұрын

You might be interested in the time-travel novels of the Crossover Series by Walt Socha Time-travelers in 1054 AD. Second book takes place in Medieval Ireland!

The visual impact of the last minute of the video is stunning! Such a polite and antiseptic movement of little symbols of icons, representing the shedding of so much blood and the inflicting of so much misery.

I stumbled across your channel and Im so impressed! Your videos are incredibly easy to understand history. As opposed to learning specific events, it's much easier to comprehend a timeline, and from there branch out and learn details. Keep up the amazing work.

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of errors, especially in Eastern Europe and Balkans.

THANK YOU for recognizing that huns and magyars are not the same people. As a hungarian it infuriates me

@rateeightx

4 жыл бұрын

Who Says They Are? The Closest I've Heard Is Paul From Geography Now Saying They're Probably Related...

@RunaSunset

4 жыл бұрын

@@rateeightx go to the comment section of map accounts on instagram and all the turks will claim that hungarians and turks are brothers because hungarians are huns

@rateeightx

4 жыл бұрын

@@RunaSunset Well, I Don't Use Instagram, So That Might Be Why. I Do Know That Turks Are Very Good At Lying And Claiming Other People's History, All The While Ignoring Their Own.

@RunaSunset

4 жыл бұрын

@@rateeightx i think their education is just obsolete

@Lord_Raymund

4 жыл бұрын

Dident the arpads claim to have the blood of attila?

What is baffling is that up to 1950, France still had an Exile law that prohibited all rulers of France and their descendants to even set foot in France. One of the princes good imprisoned for 2 years because he went to France despite the law. One of them had to get special authorization to continue his study there. I mean... It was 70 years ago. My dad was born when the law was still effective. O__o

@theblackprince1346

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

@thephidias

4 жыл бұрын

In Austria, Habsburgs are still (I think) legally prohibited to take any political office. Maybe not, but I think there is something like that.

@timvanstijn3744

4 жыл бұрын

In Belgium it is prohibited for any member of the Dutch royal family (House of Orange-Nassau) to take any public office.

@utvara1

4 жыл бұрын

@@timvanstijn3744 that as well as the french royalty thing is idiotic... immigrants have more rights. european nobility lost their brutality and will to power unlike in Islamic world where absolutism is strong. sissies wont risk their comfy bottoms for anything.

@eliseomartinez7911

3 жыл бұрын

@@thephidias well the current head of the house of habsburg is a member of the European Parliament representing Austria

I like these different styles of videos and would glady see more of them coming :)

I'm from León, Spain viewing this video with a beer in front of the cathedral

@leonlawson2196

4 жыл бұрын

Cool place

Perfect start to my weekend

The Scandinavian kingdoms definitively emerged earlier before the north sea empire, having had multiple kings before then.

@Dave_Sisson

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but like the seven early English kingdoms, some of them were small and had constantly changing borders.

@brandonlyon730

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dave_Sisson same with Ireland before English control.

@christiandauz3742

4 жыл бұрын

You guys might be interested in the Crossover Series by Walt Socha The second book takes place in Iceland and Medieval Ireland

@mikemikkelsen5666

3 жыл бұрын

Denmark was a kingdom since 936

@BamberdittoPingpong

Жыл бұрын

@@Dave_Sisson Norway was definitely large enough so that it could have been included and was a Kingdom since 872. But I’m not sure if this map only includes Christian kingdoms since Norway wasn’t christianized until 1000-1030.

My Friday is finally complete!

I really loved this video. There's a lot to learn of european history when looking at this different perspective, one of dynasties and crowns.

I'm really grateful you made a video about European Kingdoms. We barely got to study them in our history class since we're more focused on our own East Asian History. I remember way back that if I wanted to learn something about Europe I had to do self-study in the library.

I enjoyed the hell out of this! (Yes, I've checked out OllieBye and EmperorTigerstar too 😊.) Could I suggest, as a future possibility, a similar video concerning the zillions of German duchies/principalities/city-states/kingdoms/? There were so many for awhile, and as a history nerd on the wrong side of the pond, it can be hard to keep track of what would be where. Come to that, an Italian one could be interesting too...

Oh boy, =) great video, although I would disagree with a lot of choices on where you cut your path. Nontheless I like your view of the general outline a lot! Keep up the great work! =)

Thank you for this video, sir . I loved it

Absolutely wonderful video. History of Europe might be overwhelming with all these events. This video going through all the key points is just amazing. It would be great to have a similar video for Asia.

You skipped 1492, the union of Castile and Aragon

@DJarr216

4 жыл бұрын

The list of things he "skipped" is alot longer then that. He just took a few major important historic years and told you which kingdoms/empires were around at that time. He could have added a lot more years to this vid, including the union of Castille and Aragon as you mentioned, the year Belgium became independant and became a monarchy, the exact years those scandinavian unions got shifted around, ... As he said at the end, it was a quick look, meaning not an in dept look

@ribljikeksic

4 жыл бұрын

@@DJarr216 but it was bad to skip empires

@brandonlyon730

4 жыл бұрын

@@ribljikeksic if he had to do everything that happen in european history this video would probably go on over an hour.

@ribljikeksic

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonlyon730 He should at least show all empires

@nemo3257

4 жыл бұрын

As well Swedish empire

There were significantly more kingdoms during the time of the Roman empire. One that is WIDELY overlooked is the Dacian Kingdom. It had two true kings to be exact that are worth noting. Burebista and Decebalus.

@randomdude2026

Жыл бұрын

Only Christian kingdoms really counted. Some barbaric kingdoms were shown, but they didn't count for the counter.

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

@@randomdude2026 Ottomans were counted. Yet, they were no Christian kingdom.

@randomdude2026

Жыл бұрын

@@robertab929 But they didnt count for the counter. They were shown with the special muslim icon.

@randomdude2026

Жыл бұрын

@@robertab929 if you look at the right top corner where there is the total number of kindoms and then count what is shown on the map you will see that only Christian kingdoms and empires count for that counter

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

@@randomdude2026 Count them on the map and compare with number for several dates when Ottomans are shown on the map. You will see that the count includes Ottomans. Before I wrote my previous statement I check that.

great video short breakdown of rulers loved it !! love all your vids /charts a truly great channel

Wow! This is the explanation I've been looking for! Thank you! Please do more of this, like Asian kingdom etc

After WWI Hungary remained a monarchy, but without a king only ruled by a regent.

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. Didn't count it though cuz what's a kingdom without a king? 😀

@Lord_Raymund

4 жыл бұрын

UsefulCharts A dom? XD

@victorhugofranciscon7899

4 жыл бұрын

@@UsefulCharts a dictatorship I guess

@misiek_xp4886

4 жыл бұрын

Poland was monarchy too only one month as independent state, but socialists want republic :(

@deniaridley

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lord_Raymund 😂

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. It's scheduled for Oct. 18

@darthsawlex8257

4 жыл бұрын

@@UsefulCharts Awesome, I'll mark it on my calendar!

@autotuna3805

4 жыл бұрын

King Ecbert is not amused....

Very cool video, a great concept, well explained and well illustrated. Thank you a lot for this one !

Nice video, just a few notes. The kingdom of Navarre should be included, its small but unlike Ireland or elsewhere, it was long lived and fully united. Secondly, "Islamic Taifas" should not be included - that isn't a united kingdom. Also, Austria was renamed to Austria-Hungary in 1867. Also, how come you decided to mark Germany and Austria as empires but not Britain or Spain (or for that matter, Italy, Bulgaria or the Dutch)?

@rudolfnosek1748

4 жыл бұрын

Because they had an emperor

@MrOobling

4 жыл бұрын

@@rudolfnosek1748 What an awfully useless answer to what is actually quite a complex issue. Firstly, an empire is not defined as ruled by an emperor but "An empire is a multi-ethnic or multinational state with political and/or military dominion of populations who are culturally and ethnically distinct from the imperial (ruling) ethnic group and its culture." Though even taking the definition that an empire is ruled by an emperor (which is what I believe is used by the video), it is still inconsistent. In 913, Simeon I of Bulgaria was crowned emperor of the Bulgarians by the Byzantines and later (probably) the pope. Alfonso VII was coronated as emperor of the Spaniards in 1135. The German emperor was only self proclaimed, never awarded by the pope (even Serbian king Stefan proclaimed himself as emperor).

@Pigraider268

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrOobling Agree. Video is quite inconsistent in that matter sometimes

@rudolfnosek1748

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrOobling Chill out. Its just a human made tittle their is no exact definition. If your answer is correct then not even the HRE is an empire or the other states with an emperor(like Bulhagia etc.).

@tmptmp6836

4 жыл бұрын

He said at the beginning of the video that he won't count small kingdoms 1:18 In addition, he did not include Muslim kingdoms, he always used a placeholder

It's kind of sad when a kingdom that has existed for 770 years is extinguished. Rip 1025-1795

@KateeAngel

4 жыл бұрын

Well actually no, because it usually means unelected elite is replaced with real democracy

@TheWazzoGames

4 жыл бұрын

Kate S "real democracy?" do you honestly think that us the people had a real sway? There were only a select few elites who held power.

@jokubas3391

4 жыл бұрын

Ae taling about poland lithuania?

@ComradeHellas

4 жыл бұрын

@8bit t. 15yo

@ComradeHellas

4 жыл бұрын

@8bit Democracy was in practice, democracy is a place that the people rule directly or indirectly through elections, every country with at least a universal male suffrage is considered a democracy, that includes the first French Republic and ranges from the elitistic plutocratic Venetian Serene Republic to the egalitarian socialist Soviet Union and thus everything in between. The United Kingdom became a democracy itself essentially when it allowed elections even though they maintain a King as a figurehead.

Why is the water white and the land blue 😡🤦‍♂️

my man. ur vids are fire and so are ur charts. keep it up

one of the best vidoes on utube , huge thanks for this great and informative lesson :)

20:43 I Think You Mean Since The Fall Of The Ostrogoth Kingdom?

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

True.

@clonetrooper730

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I thought he said that since the Byzantines still held stuff in southern Italy when the Goths and Lombards held most of it, I wasn't sure.

Fun fact :slavic knez/knyaz(prince) is derived from German könig (king)

@brittakriep2938

4 жыл бұрын

Also the german ,Kaiser' comes from Cäsar, at school we laughed, when a boy of my class said ,Käsar' instead of ,Zâsar' as the name Caesar is spoken in Germany.

@untruelie2640

4 жыл бұрын

@@brittakriep2938 To be fair, according to etymologists Julius Caesar would've pronounced his own name like "Gah-ius Ih-ulius Kah-ehsar"

@brittakriep2938

4 жыл бұрын

Untrue Lie : In Germany the russian emperors are written ,Zar' , the Z is spoken TS. A ,C' is sometimes spoken K, sometimes Z in german language. So the name Caesar can be in Germany Käsar or Zäsar. In Germany we speak Zäsar but Käsar/Kaiser, so the K could be true.

@Dave_Sisson

4 жыл бұрын

Until a few decades ago the title of a Russian emperor was commonly written as Czar in English, although recently Tsar has become more common. But both spellings are pronounced 'Zar'.

@katybechnikova2821

4 жыл бұрын

Also continues to be used meaning priest, which suggests early slavic princes had religious power too.

Exceptionally interesting video! Thank you!

Extraordinarily marvelous. Great conceptual approach.

the Norwegian Kingdom started in 872 and nobody can tell me otherwise >:) Great video, fun to see how long lasting certain kingdoms are

Looks like holding Europe is a bad game of Risk.

@James-rm7sr

4 жыл бұрын

It is okay so long as they don't invade Russia.

Amazing video. I love to see the history of all these countries before they were even kingdoms

Awesome video. You should put the best assumption for country borders if you can for similar videos in the future. I know it’d be a lot more work 😂 but not knowing which countries were established while the kingdoms were ruling was kinda confusing

Do a video about the succession to the ottoman throne and maybe a video on the monarchies of Bohemia and Liechtenstein

4:10 "those tribes don't make there way to Spain but to Spain and Portugal where Suebi and Alans establish themselve in Portugal and the only that really establish only in spain was the vandals.

Very informative video! Thank you!

Very interesting and well-done!

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This was a good video! Happy to see you didnt label the British Empire as an Empire as it had no Emperor.

@joemama-df6cb

Жыл бұрын

That’s not entirely true as the British monarch was the emperor/empress of India. Furthermore, the title of emperor is really only a technicality, the monarch was still the head of the empire and was an emperor/empress by all but official title. Plus, it’s just not worth not calling the British empire an empire when that is clearly exactly what it was (and the biggest one in history)

21:20 Well Ottomans did continue until 1922 even if they were de facto'd by outside powers and republic of Turkey

would love to see more of these!

great job!!!!!

Russia became an Empire("Tzarstvo" in Russian) under Ivan IV, so much sooner than you showed in your graph here. And Serbia became a Kingdom under Mihajlo Vojislavljevic in 1077 for the first time, and an Empire Under Dusan Nemanjic in mid XIV century. You also missed the Bulgarian Empire. And a Bosnian Kingdom.

@Ilysaable

4 жыл бұрын

Russia under Ivan IV had lower value than when it become an empire so it's not correct to call "tzarstvo" as an "empire"

@Mjak-yd3og

4 жыл бұрын

Tsar is not the Emperor. The tsarism that Ivan IV established was equivalent to the Kingdom. Earlier there was the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Only Peter the Great established the Russian Empire and proclaimed himself Emperor.

@Porkeater2610957

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mjak-yd3og Wrong. Tzar literally means "Emperor". In Slavic languages, for example, Constantinople is called "Tzargrad", meaning "Emperor's city" etc. He also became a Tzar, once he proclaimed Russia to be the heir of Byzantium, the 3rd Rome, if you will.

@Mjak-yd3og

4 жыл бұрын

@@Porkeater2610957 In 1721, Peter the Great accepted the dignity of the emperor, which was to be regarded as the equivalent of the imperial, and the tsarist title was defined as the royal equivalent.

@kamilszadkowski8864

4 жыл бұрын

No one, literally no one at the time of Ivan IV recognized the Russian claim to be an Empire.

10:58 It's pronounced "Arl" (french r, mute last letters)

@Lord_Raymund

4 жыл бұрын

Dident know that, thx

@Liquessen

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking to see if anyone had already commented this xD Ahrléss. Ahrl.

@SmallAlexMoney

3 жыл бұрын

That’s after the shifts from old French to new French at the time the people of the region would probably pronounce it Ar-less making the dreaded S sound that the French have worked so hard to makes silent at the end of their words.

@Siegbert85

3 жыл бұрын

"Burgundy" is actually more accurate for that period afaik. At least I know of diplomas by emperor Henry III who called him king of Burgundy.

NICE! LOVED IT. THANKS.💖😎

Very informative and concise!

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@agniswar3

Жыл бұрын

You forgot Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

do a video about the descendants of the byzantine emperors that are still alive, please!!!!

One might have something to add, but basically... Very proficient as usual! Compliments!

Very interesting, thanks!

The Kingdom of Italy is not the First time Italy has been united since the Roman Empire.

@diazinth

4 жыл бұрын

When were the other times?

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

@@diazinth Gots ruled a unified Italy.

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

@@gamma4053 And the kingfom of england was ruled by the french I dont see that as nulifying its kingdom status.

@laurenforsyth8143

4 жыл бұрын

@@gunarsmiezis9321 The Kingdom of France and England were never truly united, even if there were French kings of England and vice versa, that's not how monarchies work

@Siegbert85

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurenforsyth8143 But there weren't French kings of England as in both: king of France and England.

10:01 The first south slavic kingdom was the bulgarian one after all 90% of its subjects were slavs and by this time even the ruling classes were speaking old bulgarian which was a south slavic language not bulgar and their ethnic origins were mostly slavic as well.

@MokiNS1

4 жыл бұрын

yea i was confused at this as well, calling Moravia a Slavic kingdom but not Bulgaria

@vojtech3748

4 жыл бұрын

Great moravia was first slavic state if i remember correctly

@user-jz3lk1oo5e

3 жыл бұрын

Bulgaria had the first царь in the Slavic world

This was very well done 👍

Great video. It's very helpful.

part of me wants to add about 20 to whenever i see the HRE, as it was never unified, but worked more like a monarchic EU of sorts. part of me wants to point at the EMPIRE part.

@Siegbert85

3 жыл бұрын

It was as unified as any feudal kingdom at the time. The differences became apparent after the late middle ages when the kings had less royal authority while other European kings managed to establish absolutism. At no point was it like the EU though.

Mate Georgia was kingdom for almost whole of its existence

@kiankier7330

4 жыл бұрын

same with armenia

@DanielCobblestone

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't put it because some people consider Georgia Asian as it's on the frontier.

Thanks for the video. I very much enjoyed this alternative way of seeing/listening to broad European history via a geographical context ( rather than genealogical ). I agree with another poster... maybe Asia next. Maybe even Africa. And it wouldn't necessarily have to be kingdoms, just the evolution of major political boundaries.

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

Are you subscribed to EmperorTigerstar and OllieBye? That's what they do in every video. However, it's usually just music. Perhaps I should approach them about doing a collab where they do the map borders and I do the commentary.

Fantastic work.

You should have mentioned the Bosnian kingdom in 1389 since it was the most powerful force in western Balkan at that time under king Tvrtko Kotromanić.

You use Englad-Scotland, Denmark-Norway and so on meanwhile you refer to Spain as "Spain", instead of Castile-Leon-Aragon-etc. The title of king of Spain was only used (oficially) at the 19c.

@alekord15

Жыл бұрын

Ya existia y se hablaba de Reino de España con los Austrias, lo que pasa es que no funcionaba como un solo Estado, eso ya empieza a ocurrir con los Decretos de Nueva Planta, los borbones.

@bobitronix7093

Жыл бұрын

@@alekord15 Totalmente de acuerdo y sin problema con ello. Sin embargo, en el contexto del vídeo, me parece un tanto impreciso e incorrecto emplear esos nombres compuestos tan arbitrariamente. Para mí, es como hablar de Reino Unido o del Imperio Austrohúngaro durante los siglos XVI y XVII.

The reason you start at the Roman Empire for kingdoms in case you're wondering is because before that there were petty tribal kings, which were only around for a thousand years at best since they arrived in Europe 3,000 years ago from the present day. Before that the Uralic & Basque people were the dominant tribes in Europe, of which only the Basque, Skjáldic & Sámi people remain in Europe. And even then Skjáldic is questionable since their region sat close to the Russian Europe-Asia split at the Ural mountains. I mean it doesn't anymore, Russia genocided the shit out of them & their remaining people are scattered around Europe, Central Asia, Australia & the American continent. So the majority technically lives in Europe but their home-region is on the borders of Asia.

Wow, in less than half an hour you just taught me more than 6 years of public school history class (or ‘social studies’ as it got named in the 70s) ever did!

you placed Kingdom of Serbia around time when it was acknowledged by the Pope, although it existed for many centuries before that, so I ask: Is that criteria used for western kingdoms as well?

@ThrE3-GeS

4 жыл бұрын

Goran Kostic yes it is. Everybody can claim beeing king. But just the pope can actually crown one!

@volsebnica

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThrE3-GeS in western Europe, only. Or to be precise, only in Roman catholic world. For the rest of us, the Pope represents no authority, so his acknowledgement had no precedence over the one of Universal Patriarch, some other king/tsar or plain act of supremacy.

@ThrE3-GeS

4 жыл бұрын

volsebnica ok i get it. In the eastern world only the orthodox pope can crown a king. But it's like the same in the west.

@gorila987k

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThrE3-GeS then are you sure the Pope gave the crowns to Scotland and Great Moravia in year 843. ( @9:35 ) I don't think so.

@Whitsis1

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThrE3-GeS the orthodox church doesn't have a pope. Only catholics, copts (the pope of alexandria) and the greek orthdodox church do.

9:56 Bulgaria: Am i a joke to you ???

@andrewhero9845

4 жыл бұрын

I know i m late. But the first bulgarians that arrived in the south balkans werent very slavic. They were not slavic tribes. Google it or search it in a history encyclopedia

@Foe-be4vg

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewhero9845 their leader were khans :) good example for what they were.

@Nope__-__

3 жыл бұрын

The Bulgarians adopted Slavic custodies, but still had their pagan god- Tangri, up until the 860, when they took Christianity as their main religion.

That was just .... AMAZING!

Hey, this video was super interesting and while I'm sure comments that are just there to poke holes in the video get really annoying so I'm sorry about this but I'm genuinely curious. Ireland had a form of monarchy, including that of "High King" for over a thousand years which ended in the late 12th century, is there a reason you didn't count this? I'm guessing it doesn't quite meet the requirement for a kingdom. Great video regardless, keep it up!

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the situation in Ireland was unique. There were indeed high kings but the title was more ceremonial than practical, i.e. no high king ever had full authority over a single unified Kingdom.

Took me a while to realize the blue was Europe

Wait, did ottoman sultans wear mosques instead of crowns on their heads?

@nikolafeschiev3399

4 жыл бұрын

didnt you know?

@nobodyexpectthespanishinqu3057

3 жыл бұрын

They no use crows

great video as usual

Your videos are so interesting and well researched. I hope you don't mind but I just have one comment about the number of Kingdoms in the British Isles. Scotland and England are united in Britain but I believe they are still separate Kingdoms. The UK being composed of 2 Kingdoms, a Principality and a Province. All the best, Peter

Great Moravia!! ~~~~ I'm glad you didn't skip it. Also in 843, Great Moravia was still pagan, we were Christians since 863, when we asked the Byzantine Emperor for help against the Franks, but in the grand scheme of things, didn't help much. Also we had princes.

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

But he missed Czech kingdom (X-XIV c). Samo's kingdom should also be included.

@katybechnikova2821

Жыл бұрын

@@robertab929 Who cares? I'm Moravian.

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

@@katybechnikova2821 I am a Pole and I care. We should be proud of our West Slavic history.

@katybechnikova2821

Жыл бұрын

@@robertab929 Yeah. I'm joking. :D But I'm secretly happy that we are in his thing and Czechs aren't. They think they're better than us or that Moravians are discount Czechs. No hard feelings, just schadenfreude. :D

@robertab929

Жыл бұрын

@@katybechnikova2821 Powinniśmy zatem zrobić państwo Zachodnią Slawonię/Wielką Morawię (obejmującą Łużyce, Czechy, Słowację i Polskę z Kaszubami) ze stolicą na Morawach. Stolica byłaby pomiędzy Chociebużem, Budziszynem, Pragą, Bratysławą, Krakowem, Warszawą i Wejherowem. I powinniśmy blisko współpracować z Bałtami, Ukrainą, Białorusią, południowymi Słowianami, Rumunią.

The first thing I noticed was that Vatican wasnt included but I guess thats fine cos its really small and no one sees them as a kingdom. Then Great Moravia shouldnt be included cos it was a principality. Btw why when Russia was first created it wasnt clasified as an empire ? What I know first monarch of russia was tsar Ivan the terrible and tsar means emperor

@InternetLoser-rc2vs

4 жыл бұрын

The Tsardom of Russia is considered seperate and lower rank to the Russian Empire

@intensifiedfailure5681

4 жыл бұрын

@@InternetLoser-rc2vs this

@Kopeleto

Жыл бұрын

Tsar does originate from caesar, but if tsar = emperor then the Bulgarian Tsardoms were all empires.

@starless267

Жыл бұрын

Tsar means ceasar, not emperor. Just like in Roman Empire, It's a junior title to an emperor

Very Excellent Maestros 👍🔥

Hey Usefulchart, you should do a video on the republics of Europe in the future. Just an idea.😊 In a similar concept as this video that is.

@UsefulCharts

4 жыл бұрын

Good idea.

What about the Bosnian Kingdom in 1377 and later the tittle got expanded in 1390. Sill primarily Bosnian Kingdom.

@Porkeater2610957

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he missed that one, and the Serbian and Bulgarian Empires as well. Plus Russian Empire which came a lot sooner(under Ivan IV), and Serbian Kingdom which came in 1077, for the first time, and was only renewed in 1219.

@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901

4 жыл бұрын

@@Porkeater2610957 Russian empire is weird since its usually counted as starting with Peter the great imperator

@NapoleonBonaparde

4 жыл бұрын

@@Porkeater2610957 The Serbs were Byzantine lackeys and their Empire didn't last long same with the Bulgarians

I am surprised you never labeled Norway as a kingdom after about 872, as Harald Hairfair gathered more of Norway into one kingdom, which gave him the title as the first king of Norway

@BamberdittoPingpong

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it should have been included since Harald I held a strict absolute control of Norway and also later subjected the Scottish Isles under his Kingdom. But I get the impression from this video that it only includes Christian Kingdoms with the exception of the Roman Empire, since Norway was still Ásatrú under Harald I.

Great video!

Great video! you should make videos like this for asia and africa (suggestion).

The Bulgarian kingdom was established in 681 in the Balkans. One of the oldest in Europe. It is not found in your 720 map, maybe not too extensive research.

@adaw90

4 жыл бұрын

Simeon was the first to call himself tsar, which the west and the byzantines still saw as a king. Boris was a Knyaz, which is more like a prince, even though he arguably was more competent that most monarchs in Europe at the time.

@Nope__-__

3 жыл бұрын

adaw90 True! Up until Simon, Bulgaria was considered a principality, since the head of the country had a minor title.

@Kopeleto

Жыл бұрын

The hans were never considered equal to kings by the rest of Europe up until Boris enforced Christianity and carved a path for Byzantine cultural influence over Bulgaria. Up until then only Tervel was called caesar by Justinian the Second.

@dimitarbojkov7893

28 күн бұрын

​@@adaw90That's not really accurate. At the beginning tzar (which was the Slavic world for caesar) was seen as an imperial title. Furthermore, that's not even the official title that the Bulgarian tzars after Simeon used. Officially they styled themselves as "basileous" which was the same title that the rulers of Eastern Rome used (it should also be noted that, before the 12th century, the only other rulers in Europe who the Byzantines recognized to have a claim to the title were the Holy Roman emperors). PS: I know I'm poking at a dead comment section. I just couldn't help myself.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bulgarian_Empire

@Lord_Raymund

4 жыл бұрын

XD

In the Polish - Swedish Union Poland was actually the senior partner both over Sweden and Lithuania. Wladislav Vasa was first elected by the Polish Sejm (parliment) who also had to allow for the personal union to happen in the first place under one condition - Sigismund had to return to Krakow after his coronation in Sweden, wich he did. Sweden was ruled by a regent, while Sigismund ruled his 3 realms from Krakow.

I like the idea of comparing Kingdoms and Empires-I always thought it was more semantics

How weird is it that 6 of the current 7 kingdoms border the North Sea...

@dutchman7623

4 жыл бұрын

These were the ones that limited the powers of their kings early.

Ah yes... the "Holy" "Roman" "Empire"

@sebastianrosenheim6196

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes the same anti-historic joke

@lespy8996

4 жыл бұрын

Non-orthodox German Confederation.

@Gia1911Logous

4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianrosenheim6196 ah yes, a guy saying that it's overused

@daimhaus

4 жыл бұрын

Holy Roman Empire of German Nations

@azullalazuardi726

4 жыл бұрын

That neither holy, roman, nor empire

Great video! I'm curious about the numbering. Sometimes it doesn't seem to match the number of icons shown on the map. E.g. at 15:16 the count is 9 but there are 7 crowns plus the Ottomans. Is it just a typo? I feel like it happens a few times.

Omg this is great!

☼ 2:43 that is what hapns to China in 2043. im not suppose to tell you that. but they should have thought of that b4 stranding me here.

Weird to think the Roman empire was the start and the end of the dark ages/middle ages

I would like to note that, for two months, Finland had a king in 1918, Charles I, King of Finland and Karelia. He never actually ruled there and renounced his claim to the throne when Germany lost WW1, but according to some, during those days, Finland was a de jure kingdom.

very good! thank you