Parents who love each other and their children, especially their daughters is rare among the nobility and royalty. They were fortunate.

@aliviaunger4401

2 жыл бұрын

King George and his son had a really sour relationship when his mental health began to decline

@Introvertsan

2 жыл бұрын

@@aliviaunger4401 well that's understandable his mental health declined and they didn't have the treatments and other resources back in those days

@richardrodriguez5359

2 жыл бұрын

Except that they didn’t let their daughters have their own lives.

@freyaschick958

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardrodriguez5359 that was fairly standard of the day. Some women had freedoms others didn't, but not usually until they were married or widowed.

@freyaschick958

2 жыл бұрын

True, young woman were treated as chattel. Used to bring other nobility or royals together

I find it so annoying when people say that Queen Charlotte was bi-racial. I'm of European descent (both of my parents are Eastern European) and I'm as bi-racial as Queen Charlotte. Queen Charlotte had a Moorish (black/brown) ancestor 500 years before she was born. Her own husband had the same ancestor, yet no one calls him bi-racial. I have done a lot of research into the subject and every single historian agrees, saying the Queen Charlotte is bi-racial is ridiculous. The only reason are saying that she's bi-racial is because some 18th century writers said she had "negro features" and the reason they said that was because she had a large nose and lips. I find it racist to say that someone is bi-racial based on that because contrary to popular believe, not all black people have big noses and lips. There are millions of black people on earth and they have hundreds of different ethnicities. They don't look all alike.

@Victoria-sp8nh

2 жыл бұрын

It’s sooo strange. I read that because of inbreeding her Moorish ancestor was part of Charlotte’s many lineages so it could have been passed down that way. BUT my great great grandmother from Germany has bigger lips and forehead with curly hair because that’s how Northern Germans truly look. Also, now that you mention it, these portraits of Charlotte might have also been exaggerated

@kaleahcollins4567

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong she also came from the Angola/ Portuguese line . You can look at her features and of historical honored painters of the time who clearly painted her as swarthy( brown in tone) her hair was clearly of mixed ancestry as well why is it so hard for you to believe. White people distorted the facts of BLACKS in High nobility in Europe for centuries. Fun facts no1 would choose to put black people on their family crest UNLESS THATS WHERE THEY CAME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Dnt be ignorant

@kaleahcollins4567

2 жыл бұрын

Many whites today that have said features who never claimed black before are now being tested to have had African ancestors. Don't fool yourself.

@Victoria-sp8nh

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleahcollins4567 Moorish because of the Portuguese line. I was curious after you said that and checked multiple sources. Her ancestor was Moorish who was a concubine of Alfonso III of Portugual. I mentioned in another comment, my ancestor had curly hair, thick lips, and a larger forehead because she was from Northern Germany where is not an unusual feature over there.

@sau2949

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleahcollins4567 Angola portuguese line? 😳 ANGOLA didn't even exist at that time

It's nice that they care about their daughters and didn't want them to end up in unhappy and abusive marriages but trying to keep these ladies to themselves was not only very selfish but controlling. What they should've done was test the waters and see who their daughters liked best. That wouldn't have prevented them from getting into bad marriages but at least there wouldn't have been a succession problem.

@merchantfan

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention they took so long that many couldn't have children which seems like an awful decision to have made for you

@artbybrittney4264

2 жыл бұрын

agree, i feel so bad for them!

@HorsesIC

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly though they were mostly right. The daughters only really had access to their parent's royal marriage, which was incredibly loving and devoted. Their parents knew that their marriage was far outside of the norm for royal marriages - how do you prepare your daughters to live miserably? The king was also very close to his mother and sister who had just awful marriages.

@claremammen1657

Жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely 💯, I totally agree with you.

@bellaswift2396

Жыл бұрын

At 25 they should have aloud courting at lest

I love that you're giving details about their personalities (like: one was was very shy, one had poor confidence, one was very funny), and not just "she was born in this year and married this man". It makes them much more relateble and interesting

Charlotte and Augusta look the same, so the fact that Augusta was considered more beautiful and Charlotte was considered plain, is completely wild.

@hotpikachusex

2 жыл бұрын

i think it has more to charisma and vibes than physical

@ScreamingDucksShotMyMother

2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind though, portraits aren't always super accurate, and beauty standards were weird at that time lol

@annettedumarce3812

Жыл бұрын

Ikr lol they both look lovely by saying one is beautiful and the other plain is pretty wild. I wonder what they're standards of beauty were. Lol. Personality does count.

@inthelandofmorethansmall7582

Жыл бұрын

The differences are there... And I've seen sisters who look so much alike, yet one just shines where the other does not. It can be as little a difference as the tilt of the eyes, the symmetry of the features, a slightly fuller lip, a slightly different shape to the face. Yes they did look alike. And I think they were both pretty. But one was definitely more plain - even in the portraits. Besides we don't know how accurate the paintings were. The artist may have been trying to be more kind to Charlotte.

@Sara-sn5gd

Жыл бұрын

I think it's more that we won't actually know how they looked like exactly? I'd say they were just drawn the same because it was likely the style of royal portraits, not that they actually looked like that.

It'd great that George and Charlotte wanted to spare their daughters the stress and hardships of moving away and possible bad marriages, but their solution didn't do them any favors. It looks like they didn't want them to marry at all. Hiding them away and preventing them from marrying and passing their child bearing years was cruel. I know they loved them, but they could have found a better way to protect them.

@lisagd22

Жыл бұрын

I read a biography of them, and the poor women were stuck at Windsor most of the time and were bored to tears. No wonder a few of them fell for courtiers and staff.

@inthelandofmorethansmall7582

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this doesn't sound like love to me. When you love someone you want them to be happy. And when you have children you want them to grow up and get married and have their own children and knownthat same joy. If you ask me, I think what they did to their daughters was not cruel and completely irrational and unreasonable. 31? 48? 40? That's not love. That's control. 😟 (Gives me Psycho vibes. In the movie, that Mother didn't want her "baby boy" to leave her either. And it created a very unstable person.)

@Flamsterette

Жыл бұрын

That's not love. That's abuse.

@falconeshield

11 ай бұрын

It was one extreme to another. They were in the learning phase.

@mechengr1731

8 ай бұрын

Also, it seems like the older they got, the reasons for keeping them apart became more about keeping them children instead of protecting them. My mom did this to me to some extent. Because of it, I don't have a lot of life experiences that other people my age have

It's so sad that these girls were never allowed to have families of their own, especially because they so clearly wanted them.

@lemsip207

Жыл бұрын

Some of them did eventually marry. Mostly to foreign dukes and viscounts.

@christineperez7562

Жыл бұрын

These girls were lucky to have the parents they had. They didn't want them to marry young or be abused.

@lemsip207

Жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 180 degrees of extreme is still extreme. It is still abusive to discourage them from marrying and sheltering them as it is to marry them off from an early age. Because they were Royals they couldn't go outside and find husbands as they didn't have the freedom to go out alone. Most upper and middle class women couldn't mix freely without being chaperoned back then. They have to be introduced to society at coming out balls but it looked as if they weren't. So their parents had a duty to introduce them to potential suitors just as the daughters should have been given the right to accept or refuse them. In the 18th century the only way for a woman to advance was through marriage. There weren't the careers that were opening up to women as there were in the late 19th century to early 20th century. Even being a governess or lady's companion was an occupation only for well bred girls whose families had become poorer.

@clewrites

Жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 In the 18th century, young would be like 15 or 16. Normal for royals would be 18-24. So I think during 18-24 they should have introduced them to candidates for marriage and married them off to a candidate they liked.

@tay2944

Жыл бұрын

@@lemsip207 I would kms if I had to live with my parents until 45 and only had sermons read to me for entertainment

I feel like calling Charlotte biracial is rather ridiculous since there is more then 300 years between the 2. And also her husband was also a descendant of the same woman. Does that make him Britain’s first biracial monarch?

@Jrr592

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s more appropriate to say she had “African Ancestry” rather then Biracial

@Edmonton-of2ec

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jrr592 Even that is like… tenuous. Like an American saying they’re Irish, when their last ancestor to live their was their great-great-grandparent. Technically true but functionally irrelevant

@dailythebigcheese826

2 жыл бұрын

@@Edmonton-of2ec Yeah, I kinda agree, I have distant african ancestry but im by no means biracial. It would be more reasonable to likely say "She and Her husband we're both descended from Madragrana" Its very interesting but functionally didnt play much a role on their lives. Only after they died did we take much notice on the ancestry.

@glitteryfaery5002

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jrr592 it isn't even African 😭 its southern portuguese descent, Madragana was from Algarve

@vjackson96

2 жыл бұрын

@@Edmonton-of2ec well for me I’m Irish because my great great grandmother did come to America in the late 19th century

Please let this rumor about Queen Charlotte being biracial end. If you look at the comics that would mock the royalty at the time, there is no hint of her being considered biracial even at that time, and the artist/critics would use anything to use against the royals. Plus every British royal monarch or descendent of of hers would be considered biracial

@bluehammy1

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. This is ridiculous. If she was “biracial,” then she would have had 1 white and 1 black PARENT. Not a black ancestor. Sheesh.

@bow35yearsago65

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah if having a black ancestor means biracial then everyone would be considered biracial as we would have a black or white ancestor many many generations ago

@BTScriviner

2 жыл бұрын

This channel often makes assertions without providing corresponding back-up.

@ficfan3484

2 жыл бұрын

@@BTScriviner I've been noticing that she's making inaccurate statements with support more often in the videos

@jujubees5855

2 жыл бұрын

It's just another way leftists exploit poc. Making our brown skin an agenda. You should have heard Lindsay drool about Me-gain Harkle bringing a brighter future to the monarchy just based on her skin color. She sure did, when the Harkles quit the Firm and now she's stuck buying NAACP awards for a million plus while playing the one drop game. It's an insult to actual poc. Now watch Lindsay silent us POC because we brownsplained being brown.

It's so sad these women were kept and treated like children for almost their whole lives. Elizabeth stuck out for me personally. Imagine being 48 and still under the control of your mother as if you were a baby

This girls are an example for why sheltering your children will always backfire. The fact most of them fell in love with men older than them is disturbing.

@dominaevillae28

2 жыл бұрын

The only options they had were men at court, most of which were probably around their father’s age.

@DarkSHadowI8

Жыл бұрын

Liking older men is not the problem. Liking a man that is old enough to be your dad? That's a problem

@WritersMuse1

28 күн бұрын

@@DarkSHadowI8in their defence they probably had no one else to turn to, so they went to a grossly older person.

I don’t really care about current royals, but the older ones are fascinating.

@Anna-fw8rd

2 жыл бұрын

It's because they used to actually do something.

@ChibiProwl

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@daya820

2 жыл бұрын

Same, Thanks love to hear about kings and queens of the French

@angelabby2379

Жыл бұрын

true in 2 generation 💀 the royals would have less royal blood than average brits

I can only imagine what the people of court where saying about the royal daughters behind their backs. It's so strange how BOTH parents did not want them to marry, have a family of their own, or just a life of their own period. I know they claim to of been "protecting" them but it seems like they were just being selfish, controlling and just weird.

@EChan-eu2co

Жыл бұрын

Experience teaches us how we love. Their father and mother both had unhappily married examples all around them. As princesses, if they were to marry foreign royalty, their parents cannot intervene if they were, say, beaten by their husband. Women were chattel at this point in time, owned first by their father then by their husband.

It's so nice to hear about Elizabeth finding love and happiness in her 40s

If the parents weren't so controlling the daughters might have had children and there might not have been a succession crisis🤷

@Edmonton-of2ec

2 жыл бұрын

There wasn’t really going to be one, Parliament just preferred that the heir to the throne be a near relative. If no one had children, the throne would’ve eventually passed to Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, followed by his younger brother William. From there it would’ve bounced around until William II, King of Württemberg became King, followed by his daughter Pauline, then her son Hermann, his son Friedrich and then whatever children he might have (he died in 2000 and I’m not sure if he had kids or not)

@chrisgeenadriver1631

2 жыл бұрын

@@Edmonton-of2ec I get what you are saying, but surely once it was obvious the sons preferred their mistresses to wives you would think the parents would have loosened their stranglehold on the girls. Especially as most of them did want to get married.

@Edmonton-of2ec

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisgeenadriver1631 I mean an heir anywhere is an heir. It was upsetting to Parliament, but it wasn’t going to bring down the monarchy or throw Britain into abject chaos

@rockyblacksmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@Edmonton-of2ec Well, the history of successions does indicate that the further fetched the claimant to the throne, the more troublesome and unstable it ends up being. And remember, all this was contemporary to the American revolution, the French revolution, and eventually Napoleon, an upstart who made himself emperor. Nothing could be taken for granted as far as monarchies were concerned. There was good reason to worry about stability for the British monarchy as well. I mean, Parlament spent a good deal of money on bribing the princes into marriages, so they clearly weren't thinking "oh well we'll find an heir somewhere eventually".

@Edmonton-of2ec

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockyblacksmith Their major concern was the extinction of the Hanoverian dynasty, not a lack of heirs. Without any children the House of Hanover would’ve died out and the Kingdom of Hanover would’ve been thrown into a succession crisis. And no, this wasn’t the time of Napoleon or the French Revolution, as Princess Charlotte died in 1817, 18 years after the end of the French Revolution, 26 years after the American Revolution and 2 after the final deposition and exile of Napoleon

How unbelievably sad for the daughters to have been so miserable and not allowed to wed and have families of their own. I have 4 daughters, and I do understand wanting to keep them close. But they have to live their own lives! Being a Nana has brought me so much joy, and through my Grandson, I have learned that *this* is why it’s so important for my kids to have moved out and started their own lives. I wonder how much joy grandchildren would have brought King George and the Queen. ❤

3:31 She really did. I was curious to know the bonds she had with her stepchildren, so I looked at online sources about her and her stepchildren for information on that, and I I found out so much. I found out that she she “ raised them as her own and supervised their education closely”. The article which was about Charlotte’s stepdaughter Catharina said “Raised by her stepmother (Charlotte) she would spend the days in exile. According to one source she “was especially close to Catharina whose education she took over.” She said that she regarded her stepson Prince Paul to be a “very comical boy, and in my eyes his manners are like Aldophus (Charlotte’s younger brother). I also read another source that said “On October 5th 1828, she asked that her stepson King Wilhelm 1st of Würrtemberg and his family come to her bedside”, and that the next day, “she died peacefully in the arms of her stepson”. She lived to see her stepchildren become parents, and even lived to see her youngest stepson Paul, become a grandparent. I’d like to think she was close to her (step) grandchildren and ( step)great- grandchildren too. And there’s evidence to support that she was one source says that “after her husband died, Charlotte played affectionate grandmother”. I also like to think that because she was married at such an “old age” that she would have been excited to see her stepdaughter get married when she was 23-24, the age she got married at, and not the age that she got married at. That she was all like “you won’t live at home till you’re in your 30s, like I was”, “you won’t still be living at home in your 30s, like my sisters”. She was basically like a mom to those kids, and she is the only one of Queen Charlotte’s daughters to have “mothered” kids or to have raised children as a “stepmom/mother figure”, although as an early childhood education major and daycare/preschool volunteer myself, I have no doubt that Elizabeth felt maternal towards the kid’s at her school, and that she cared for them the way she would have cared for them in a motherly way. Charlotte was also a great peace maker within her husband’s family🙂

Anyone here read "A Humble companion" by Laurie Graham? Its historical fiction, but the setting is the life of George III's daughters, especially Sophia. It made me research the upbringing of the daughters....definitely a good read

@amandahugginkiss55

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for referring

@lucieherrick6934

2 жыл бұрын

Always looking for good historical fiction books. Annemarie Selinko’s book Désirée is about Napoleon’s first fiancé if you have never read it.

@gracecox1677

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommend. I do have that book but haven't got around to reading it yet, but after watching this series I'm going to make it a priority

@ChibiProwl

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reference. I love reading new books.

@sophroniel

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, that's a pretty name for a daughter....

Being a patron is so beyond worth it! You clearly put so much effort into your videos and they really help me calm my anxious mind! Thank you for all that you do!

I’m astonished by the number of Prince Fredericks that existed in Europe!

@jjba3571

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahi read your comment andthe videojust happen to mention another frederick 10:58 hahahah

@JDM-is-my-name

Жыл бұрын

Well, Fredrick, as a name, means something along the line of peaceful ruler, so it may have been a way of wishing for a comfortable reign for the king. (pls don't look at the Danish Royal line and all of our Christians and Fredericks)

@Jason.cbr1000rr

Жыл бұрын

I thought its europes translation for the name Fred.. lol

I wouldn’t call Charlotte biracial, because Madragana was also an ancestress of George III and various other royals. That descent was so far removed as well.

Great video. A couple quick observations. Queen Charlotte's racial background is the subject of some contention. While some believe her to be multi-racial, the claim is rejected by the vast majority of historians. See her Wikipedia article for a good overview of the controversy. On the subject of the cost of clothes, this is something many don't understand about that period. While some things were much less expensive than today (even adjusting for inflation) like room and board, others were far more expensive. This was well before clothing was able to be machine manufactured. As such it had to be made by hand. For most people that meant at home, usually by the wife/mother. For the well-off, clothes could be made by dressmakers or tailors. But the cost was considerable when considering both the labor and materials. People from that era would be shocked at how casually we discard clothing once it has become a bit worn or faded.

@christineperez7562

Жыл бұрын

Knowing your lineage is important even now.

@PermenBoba-dq3jb

Жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 i love how yall didn't tried to search donald trump black lineage there are bound to be many he would be blacker than charlotte

@angelabby2379

Жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 she is proud black Queen have you seen Bridgerton

@shellylynn9729

Жыл бұрын

@@angelabby2379 Are you suggesting we believe Hollywood over historians? That's part of what's so wrong with society today. If she had one black ancestor 300-500 years before she was born how could she be black?

@jamisedenari2449

Жыл бұрын

You said wikipedia. That means you failed.

George iii seemed like a good father but had problems as king. It’s a shame. Perhaps if he didn’t have issues, there could’ve been peaceful negotiations for American independence and not a violent war.

@juliac3933

2 жыл бұрын

Sheltering your children isn’t good parenting

@brettlarch8050

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliac3933 I’m aware. His actions were well intended, but flawed. At least unlike some royal parents, he actually tried to give a shit about his kids.

@annaparry4045

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt it, even then the Uk was a constitutional monarchy. The king reigns but the prime minister governs, so any British actions/negotiatons during the conflict would have been carried out by the government not the monarchy.

@marshamoseley5878

2 жыл бұрын

George III was quite a good king. I highly recommend his biography titled The Last King of America, by Andrew Roberts, for another perspective on the American drive for independence.

@brettlarch8050

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshamoseley5878 Like I said, it’s most likely his issues that made his sovereignty difficult.

I know you meant no harm by this, as I’ve been a longtime subscriber of yours and I am also an avid historian - but Queen Charlotte was NOT biracial. Biracial has a very specific meaning (i.e. of two races), as does “mixed race,” “light-skinned,” et al. If we were to use the definition of Charlotte’s lineage: then most Americans with slave-holding and enslaved ancestors would be labeled “biracial,” which isn’t even remotely true. There’s a lot of nuance when it comes to race and colorism, which sadly most folks don’t understand nor care to. But I know you’re not one of them! Hopefully this helped clarify somethings. ❤️

@YTistooannoying

2 жыл бұрын

@@abcdefg3315 i think for most people it's a little more innocent. There is a reason America's speak of their roots as they do and it is too complex a discussion for this medium. However, to understand oneself one needs to understand that connection. Many Americans are looking for that connection.

@christineperez7562

Жыл бұрын

That's because Americans are to concerned with skin color. What she is talking about his ethnicity. Your linage mattered not skin color.

@christineperez7562

Жыл бұрын

@@abcdefg3315 I disagree just because you are American does not mean you are not Irish. Your lineage matter's for many reasons.

@PermenBoba-dq3jb

Жыл бұрын

@@christineperez7562 there are no such thing as american!!! american is not ethnicity

@KL-ki8db

Жыл бұрын

Lindsay specified that the claim was exaggerated meaning that Queen Charlotte wasn't biracial but more likely just more racially mixed than most European royals at the time.

I always forget King George III had daughters, I don’t think I’ve even heard about them before this channel.

@ainetierney5766

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@CSGray-nf2hx

2 жыл бұрын

@@ainetierney5766 yea, which I always found weird cause I am such a history fan who has a bias for Princesses. Even in school only only his son was ever really mentioned and I just assumed George III was a king only given sons.

@berryseok2148

2 жыл бұрын

@@CSGray-nf2hx well given that they were basically sheltered it makes sense why we don't hear much about them. I'm a big history nerd too and was delighted when I saw this series bc I know very little about them as well😆

@ainetierney5766

2 жыл бұрын

@@CSGray-nf2hx Oh ok lol

I disagree with the “biracial” designation. Charlotte would’ve had to have had parents of two different races in order to have been biracial. To have had a black ancestor would’ve made her black according to the American “one drop rule,” which is a lot of bunk in and of itself.

@tamaramcrae4037

2 жыл бұрын

I hate this “one drop rule” it shows how some black people hate themselves so much they want to claim anyone that isn’t really black 🤦🏾‍♀️

@henriettagibril6381

Жыл бұрын

Does it mean that ONE drop of white blood makes you white using the same premise ?

@jsrmusic1

Жыл бұрын

@@henriettagibril6381 not in America. Whites wanted to maintain the “purity of the race” and not to be “mottled” with other races. But in Latin America, having a drop of white blood made you white. So Latin Americans coming to North America and presenting as dark skinned innately believed themselves to be superior to Black Americans, even though they were mulattos who spoke Spanish. They were denying their African identity and clinging to the white.

One of my great-grandmothers (a generation not too far away from mine) was Indigenous (Canada), yet people would laugh at my face (with good reason) if I claimed to be biracial, having blonde hair, blue eyes and a pink complexion that doesn’t tan in the summer. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte had a distant ancestor born 500 born before her that may or may not have been black (and may or may not have even existed) and she’s considered biracial, and don’t we dare say otherwise, or we’d be accused of whitewashing « black heritage ».

@dmitrichtchvyrkov5038

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Nice to know that he actually cared about his daughters and tried to protect them. I'm used to hearing about young brides just pawned off

@KiRetteCouture

Жыл бұрын

He overdid it though.

I understand that their parents loved them dearly and wanted to protect them, but keeping them till they were 30 and 48 is sooooo over protective. The mother was so obsessed with keeping them, I feel so sorry for the daughters.

Excellent video. My hometown, Weymouth, was George III's favourite seaside retreat. We have a replica of his "bathing machine" (a wooden beach hut on wheels which his servants would roll him in to the edge of the shore) and a statue of him in the town centre. I wonder whether Amelia came here when she was ill. It's very sad how they controlled their daughters. The landscape of Europe would probably look very different now if all of them had married and had children.

@Introvertsan

2 жыл бұрын

It was sad but they protected them happy marriages where they would have been treated well was rare and a real concern. They wouldn't be able to divorce and go back home they would never see their parents or siblings they should have let them marry off though because the men they chose were just who were mostly close to them and they had no lives also several married by the time they couldn't have children

@giuliacatalena9409

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Weymouth!

Aww...that's EXTREMELY RARE in a royal family for parents to love each other along with their children that much 🥰 reminds me of my family.

@BH-mc8zq

Жыл бұрын

😂

Although I disapprove of locking away their daughters and trying to control them, King George III and Queen Charlotte earn my respect for actually LOVING their daughters, actually CARING for their well-being when choosing a husband, and giving them a GOOD education. I always loved people who genuinely love and care about their children. ❤️💖❤️ If only more monarchs were more loving and affectionate to their children.

@hunneyz723

7 ай бұрын

honestly if you think about it I don't blame them too much. If the world is wild now imagine then plus ALL those diseases...I wouldn't mind being a princess stuck in a castle with loving parents

As much as it is super nice to see parents that didn’t marry off their daughters immediately, but it was incredibly selfish to deny these women families and happiness

What a crew! I was always amazed at Leopold I, King of the Belgians, who was married to Princess Charlotte of Wales when she was second in line to the throne. If she hadn't died in childbirth, he would have been Prince Consort to the Queen. Later offered the thrones of Greece (declined) and then Belgium (accepted), he instead influenced his niece Queen Victoria to marry his nephew Prince Albert. I'd often seen him in reference to influence over Victoria's life, but didn't realize he was Princess Charlotte's husband too. He lived a long life and was in the middle of much European history.

@klatie256

2 жыл бұрын

He was also a genocidal tyrant to the people of Congo… horrific beyond description.

@ericjohnson4886

2 жыл бұрын

@@klatie256 that was his son Leopold II

@klatie256

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericjohnson4886 Ooooh was it? Thank you for the correction, my mistake!

I've only known king George from the Hamilton musical, so i thought he'd be one of the worst, but after watching this im so pleasantly surprise just how much he love his children, expecially for his time. He Immediately became one of my favorites lol

@Jason.cbr1000rr

Жыл бұрын

He's one of the favourite english monarchs/kings. Kimg george III. Watch the movie king george iii starring Nigel hawthorn!! Fantastically made movie and best portrayal of him! It was made in the 1990s i believe.

@KL-ki8db

Жыл бұрын

I honestly do think the hate was greatly misplaced, the colonies were mistreated, but there should have been a greater deal of blame on the British parliament at that time as they were the ones who came up with the ideas for all the unfair taxes.

@hula691

Жыл бұрын

Juicy George

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was not "biracial". That is patently false. As for the claim about the Moors, even if this is a valid claim 1.) 500 years of intermarrying with European monarchs means this likely had literally no impact on her genetic composition 2.) The "Moors" were not Sub-Saharan African, they were mostly Berbers (primarily Rh- negative, Cro-magnid race) with Arab influences (granted, during the height of the Islamic Slave Trade) - but this claim would be significant if it was a recent ancestor... not 500 years ago, unless you want to call all of the Spanish and European monarchs "biracial".

@Dayday-xj3hc

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! If that was the case everyone with a mixed background that goes back 100+ years ago would be considered as biracial!

@mantra24

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. In order to be "biracial" she would need to have had two parents of different races. This is some sensationalism that is beneath Lindsay.

@natashaa43

2 жыл бұрын

She's using 'biracial' because that is the current politically correct term for mixed, which would probably be a little bit more accurate to what she means, regardless the whole rest of your ridiculous pseudo science racism, it is horse merde. At the end of the day, facially she looked mixed so the blood will out as they say and DNA is a strange beast.

@CallieMasters5000

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this gets promoted because of her curly hair and features in her portraits. One of the Meghan and Harry TV biopics that came out even had a scene with them being shown Charlotte's portrait and the guide saying "you see, we've have a black member of the royal family before!", which I really doubt ever happened, especially when they later complained of getting racist comments from Harry's family. After 500 years, everybody is so mixed that we'd all be able to call ourselves biracial.

@paulmartin2166

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose in a culture where it was considered normal to marry close relatives, that would be considered pretty wild.....🤔

Queen Vic and Prince Albert were also very protective of their daughters and she had a hard time parting with her youngest and finally relented but still kept her and husband close. Like grandparents like granddaughter I’d say.

Ah, the Eternal Struggle of Budget-Minded Mothers fretting over Teen Girls wanting the Latest, Priciest Fashions can be seen across all classes and ranks!! 😂 I’m glad that Charlotte spared no expense for their education and I’d definitely taken advantage of it!

I love your videos, however it’s incorrect to call her biracial, just because she had a distant relative from 5 generations ago whom is speculated to be black that does not make her biracial. In fact referring to her as biracial is in some way reinforcing the one drop rule.

@zinmomo7192

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@theramentumbleweed2523

2 жыл бұрын

Bridgerton made this belief even worse.

@CallieMasters5000

2 жыл бұрын

5 generations?... We're talking 500+ years here, so more like 25 generations! And going by this logic, wouldn't this mean that everybody after her is biracial too, including the current queen and her family?! If today's royals are only 6-8 generations descended from Queen Charlotte, that's much less than 500+ years, and nobody tries to claim they're non-white.

@glitteryfaery5002

2 жыл бұрын

it was 15 generations 😭 it makes no sense

@nujeru99

2 жыл бұрын

Awwww is everyone upset/annoyed that Charlotte is called biracial?? Too bad 😂. Y'all act like Lindsay is gonna go back and re-edit that part, then re-post the vid...just to appease you LOL

It's nice that George and Charlotte didn't want their daughters to end up in bad situations like George's sisters. But refusing to let any of them to marry isn't good either. Then again George thought the Prince Regent marrying Caroline was a good idea. I do think its funny the Princesses still managed to have love, possible marriage and children.

Queen Charlotte wasn't biracial. Plus her "black" ancestor was most likely of arabic origin or a christian under muslim rule and even if they were black, the amount of years is way to great for Charlotte to even be or look black and would inherit less than 2% african ancestry from her. She also had blue eyes, brown hair, and light skin all features common for a northern european of her time

@vjackson96

2 жыл бұрын

People of Madagascar have blonde hair and blue eye POC

@Pradapussy

2 жыл бұрын

At 15 generations back you no longer even share DNA

@briananavarrolopez9286

2 жыл бұрын

@@vjackson96 ok and? I never said blue eyes and light hair is only found in europe. I just said blue eyes, brown hair and light skin are common features for a northern european of her time and still today.

@mantra24

2 жыл бұрын

@@vjackson96 The indigenous people of Madagascar who have those features are Adamanese and are racially distinct from sub-Saharan Africans.

@niyaburke2692

2 жыл бұрын

@@vjackson96 and so what?

I felt emtional with amelia story and her father ....you can tell he still loved his children after his health declined but yet still her passing was unbearable for him , this family really suprised me 'cause they actually cared about their kids and do not used them as objects for powers

How is it Charlotte is "biracial" but her parents and siblings are not?

@CaptainAMAZINGGG

2 жыл бұрын

Magic.

@cherylbristol5144

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. It is the stupidity of those who call themselves wyte.

@PermenBoba-dq3jb

Жыл бұрын

black magic

@angelabby2379

Жыл бұрын

Bridgerton magic

@KL-ki8db

Жыл бұрын

Think the term that was meant was African descent.

This series has been really good. Thanks Lindsay.

If I said I was bi-racial and it was 500 years ago people would laugh at me and possibly even call me racist.

@cinnamonstar808

Жыл бұрын

she is BLACK Anglo or Black Saxon: she comes from an entire line of native Black Germans; who ruled Germany. which is why she look black (even after white washing her portrait) She has 500 year Moorish heritage but that is not the last black family member. She is biracial so a white person is married into the Royal family of Germany. ------------------- the British line is also BLACK which is why they did not have any issue with it the Current European kings /queen are white but True European Royalty is BLACK. 🤴🏼 🤴🏽 🤴🏾 🤴🏿 👸🏽 👸🏾 __________ Think Morocco : Grace Kelly is not the true Royal and all now the entire Morocco line is white. after 2 generation.

@emilybarclay8831

Жыл бұрын

@@cinnamonstar808 if she was black, Rosa Parks was a white woman

I wonder if their parents were motivated more by the fact they didn't want to see their daughters in typical loveless political marriages where they may die in childbirth, rather than simply not wanting to be parted from them.

I always appreciate these videos! Thank you!

I literally waited all week for this episode. 🥺🖤

The video states that Charlotte "was the first KNOWN biracial queen". This rather authoritarian statement is based on the possibility that one female ancestor may, or may not, have been a Moor. The name moor was used to describe people of Arab or Muslim descent who inhabited part of the Iberian peninsula. The term 'Moors' has no real ethnological value. In spite of the flimsy basis for the biracial theory it seems to have become accepted fact for large numbers of people.

In the 1950s and 60s, my Hungarian grandmother, would sew 4 matching dresses in different colors for my 3 sisters and me.

I think we really need to differentiate between "biracial" and "had an ancestor of a different race/ethnicity than the person".

Amazingly huge family! I consider it understandable, but tragic and selfish of the parents being overprotective and controlling of their daughters, while allowing their sons to be immoral in their lives 💔 😢

The fact that the parents didn't want the girls to have families of their own is just breath taking. I would want think my parents loved me dearly for them to stop me from getting marriage.

@Jason.cbr1000rr

Жыл бұрын

Ehh you wouldn't want that, my mother loved me so much she didnt seem to want me to get a gf or push me on it, ever.. she spoiled me so much and seek her youth into me. In a way its lovely and i appreciate it but as you get older (im only a little over mid 20s so yeah) ofcourse i had many ex gfs but mom didnt care in a serious way. Sometimes i hate being the last child.

Queen Charlotte was not biracial! How is it that a supposed black ancestor 500 years prior make you biracial?! I've seen this unproven assertion circulated around the internet quite often and its really needs to stop. It is intellectually dishonest to state as fact, something that has been speculative at best and never susubstantiated.

I've been one of your earliest viwers here. I've always enjoyed your videos, the music and your voice over it's amazing

You hearing this and only listening to Hamilton… this shows that he was still a person and a father with feelings and mental state. Yes he did many… questionable, but what I said still stands.

Keep Up The Great Work Lindsay!! ✨✨

Thank you for the upload. Princess Augusta sounds like an introvert.

Watching this video after a long day at work really just made my night

Thank You Lindsay! Please do Elizabeth Bathory💜

@eplma.p.4702

2 жыл бұрын

She kinda had in her Halloween specials

@PerfectlyImperfect93

2 жыл бұрын

@@eplma.p.4702 Oh ok I’ll look at that video thanks!☺️

I'm always surprised they didn't try to marry off the royal daughters to some of the highest aristocracy in England and Scotland, if they wanted to keep them in the country and close to home. There were about two dozen Dukes in Britain, and they could have been given more titles if needed for the princesses. This crop of loyal, local, wealthy Protestant Brits would have been convenient matches instead of the foreign princes. They never seemed to intermarry with them, though, so by the time Lady Diana Spencer (daughter of an earl) married the Prince of Wales, it was very rare to have an English aristocrat wife marry into the family. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was a rarity from Scotland, but since she was marrying the second son she wasn't originally expected to become queen.

@Daughterofminerva

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they wanted to avoid the mess that happened during the War of the two Roses. The offspring of royal princesses could become claimant to the throne, and since their fathers were English aristocracy they would have lived right inside England, ready to rise rebellion and civil war if some major crisis happened, such as the extinction if the direct line.

@BatkhuuChuluun

2 жыл бұрын

Ever since the House of Hanover obtained the British throne via Sophia of the Palatinate, they brought their German royal customs with them, such as the concept of morganatic marriage. Although the British Isles did not believe in the concept of a morganatic marriage, but the German Hanoverians maintained that belief. Royals marrying royals, is to create new and/or strengthen pre-existing familial alliances.

@pedanticradiator1491

2 жыл бұрын

George III's brothers married English ladies and he did not approve of them so he had Parliament pass the Royal Marriages Act which stipulated that the monarch had to agree to a marriage of any descendant of George II except for the descendants of Princesses who married into foreign Royal families. The Act remained law until 2013 and now only the first 6 in line need permission

Love the video 🥰

Instructional manuals for young women of that day go on about how a woman needed to be beautiful, accomplished and marry as quickly as possible (lest they become old maids). Yet, the fact that the princesses had no trouble marrying in their 40s tells me that, accomplishments and youth came second to money and status.

@MissSimone02

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the fact that they were princesses also helped a bit. Otherwise I'd think it quite impractical considering the entire purpose of arranging these high class marriages was secure heirs.

omggg i’ve been waiting for this for a week im joining the patreon

I genuinely love your videos and how you present them. Could you do more Asian (such as Mongolian empire), African and Latin American royalties. Keep up the great work 😊💫

Can you pretty please do some about the French/Spanish Bourbons?? Such a dynasty and key component to the rest of Europe's history

@summeroflove394

2 жыл бұрын

Yes please! I am anxiously waiting for Lindsay to drop a series on the Bourbons. It would be amazing!

@daya820

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to hear about the French nobility.

Finally, more!

Absolutely loving this series. One of my favs on your channel

I loved this video (its always a pleasure when I see you've posted because I listen as I work) but I HAVE to commit on the absurdity that Charlotte as Britain's first "biracial queen". It's so absurd considering her African ancestry was 15 generations in her past! I commend the record keeping for nobels at the time but I'm curious if she was considered "not fully white" in her time or if she is only considered biracial in modern times? I have always known the "one drop rule" to be a prejudiced American practice created to keep money in white/ white adjacent communities. I would love your thoughts on this! Thanks for a great video as always. ^_^

Thing that annoyed me is, yeah I'm sure they wanted to spare their daughters from child birth and unhappy marriages but the could've spent time finding good husbands for their daughters IF their daughters WANTED to marry. Denying them the ability to marry is also cruel.

I can understand not wanting to just marry your daughter's off like so much cattle but at a certain point it's just cruel. I like that the daughters decided that they were still going to have some fun and romance and found men that they could have fun with at least. And the three youngest girls causing the painter to never paint another portrait just made me cackle

@Levacque

11 ай бұрын

To refuse a daughter's request to marry a suitable match that she actually cares about like they did was not only cruel, but foolish. It would have ensured a loyal family close to home AND saved them a thousand pounds a month in tailoring.

Thank you very much for your exclusive videos you are presenting to me the information your videos are carrying is extremely useful please keep providing more!

Inability to let your adult daughters go and have their life is an awful act. These two “loving” parents ruined potentially great life of the girls. Keeping kids close to you even if they are grown ups is mean and egoistic

Weird to think that usually royal children were married off very young to secure the future of the dynasty. But in this family they did it as late as possible, resulting in very little grandchildren.

Love all of your content

I just love your videos. You have great pictures and seem to cover everything.

"first biracial queen" also "though her last more ancestor lived 500 years before her" so she was neither black nor biracial. btw more doesn´t automatically mean black.

If Charlotte is biracial than so is half of Eastern Europe (thanks to the Mongol invasions). You see how dumb that sounds?

great share , thank you so much for sharing...........

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I’ve never heard about this family. It’s really a wonderful story of parents who loved their children (maybe a little too much.)

It’s a money grab for Netflix.She wasn’t biracial

Finally early! Brilliant video 😄

Very interesting! Thanks!

Claims that Queen Charlotte may have been of black or Sub-Saharan ancestry emerged in the mid-twentieth century.[79] The idea originated with writer J. A. Rogers's 1940 book Sex and Race: Volume I,[80][81] in which he concluded that the queen must have had a "Negro strain" based on what he described as her "broad nostrils and heavy lips" in her portrait by Allan Ramsay, and a quote by Horace Walpole describing her "nostrils spreading too wide; mouth has the same fault".[81] These details gave rise to much later claims that the queen was "mixed-race",[82][83] "biracial",[84] or "black".[78][83][85] Portrait of Queen Charlotte by Allan Ramsay, 1761 Proponents of the African ancestry claim also hold to a literal interpretation of Baron Stockmar's diary, in which he described Charlotte as "small and crooked, with a real Mulatto face". Stockmar, who served as personal physician to the queen's granddaughter's husband Leopold I of Belgium, arrived at court just two years before Charlotte's death in 1816. His descriptions of Charlotte's children in this same diary are equally unflattering.[86] In 1999, Mario de Valdes y Cocom, an independent researcher,[87] popularized and expanded on Rogers's claim in a website developed for PBS Frontline,[88] which has since been cited as the main source by a number of articles on the topic.[82][89][90][91] Valdes also seized on Charlotte's 1761 Allan Ramsay portrait as evidence of African ancestry, citing the queen's "unmistakable African appearance" and "negroid physiogomy" [sic].[88] Valdes claimed that Charlotte had inherited these features from one of her distant ancestors, Madragana (born c. 1230), a mistress of King Afonso III of Portugal (c. 1210 - 1279).[92] His conclusion is based on various historical sources that describe Madragana as either Moorish[93] or Mozarab,[94] which Valdes interpreted to mean that she was black.[85] Although popular among the general public, the claims are largely denounced by most scholars.[95][80][96][97][85] Aside from Stockmar's jab at her appearance shortly before her death, Charlotte was never referred to as having any specifically African physical features, let alone ancestry, during her lifetime. Furthermore, her portraiture was not atypical for her time, and painted portraits in general should not be considered reliable evidence of a sitter's true appearance.[97] The use of the term "Moor" as a racial identifier for Charlotte's ancestor Madragana is also inconclusive as during the Middle Ages the term was not used to describe race but religious affiliation.[98][99] Regardless, Madragana was more likely Mozarab,[100][101][102][103] and any genetic contribution from an ancestor fifteen generations removed would be so diluted as to have a negligible affect on her appearance.[96][85] Historian Andrew Roberts describes the claims as "utter rubbish", and attributes its public popularity to a hesitancy among historians to openly address it due to its "cultural cringe factor".[95] In 2017, following the announcement of the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a number of news articles were published promoting the claims.[82][84][104] David Buck, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson, was quoted by the Boston Globe as saying: "This has been rumoured for years and years. It is a matter of history, and frankly, we've got far more important things to talk about."[105] wikipedia and you can look it up its a stupid and inaccurate claim

As always splendid job. Please can you do a video on the Pahlavis. That family personifies drama

That's a lot more information than I ever knew about a very interesting family.

Beautiful video. Excellent history all are beautiful kings, quieens .all are wonderful. I like this video. Thank you so wonderful sharing this video.

After this can you do a video on the children of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville

300 years from her African ancestry does not make her "biracial", not by today's standards. Perhaps they did back then.

I love history. 🥰 Can you do Cleopatra next?

Another great video, Lindsay!

Maybe a better way to put is Queen Charlotte has a (as in ONE) Moorish (black) ancestor. My maternal ancestors are of German and Dutch descent. If I were to tell my mother we're actually bi-racial, she would tell me I've lost my mind. If that's the case, most black Americans are bi-racial because many of us have European ancestors.

Please do a series on holy Roman empresses 🙏🏿🙏🏿

To everyone commenting on the biracial part, Lindsay never said that she claims Charlotte to be biracial herself but that there was speculation around Charlotte's ancestry.

This would make an interesting mini series.

Gross how people with so many children prevent their own children from having any. 🙄 That's pure selfish.

Is this the same Charlotte and George of the series Bridgerton? 😮

I was wondering if you could do a video on the coronation process? All the steps and maybe some of the notable ones?

Excellent presentation of the English princesses ; I learned so much! ❤️thx!