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@--enyo--

4 жыл бұрын

Biographics So how’s progress on Warographics going?

@wdglide40

4 жыл бұрын

Liliana Bray i

@greggarvin2023

3 жыл бұрын

Vlachislav Molotov....he was the ultimate Soviet survivor.... please do an episode on him.... how many other Old Bolsheviks survived Stalin....and stayed in power after....he's the most interesting of that lot.

@martinphilip8998

3 жыл бұрын

He went through 8 wet nurses. At that was just as a baby.

@HooXieBD

2 жыл бұрын

Hi buddy isnt 16 actualy XVI? cuy i think XIV is fourteen

Palpatine: I am the Senate King Louis: That's cute. I am the State

@unamed2516

4 жыл бұрын

jeremiah ardales 😂

@TrayPorthos

4 жыл бұрын

Donald Trump: Amateurs... Hold my beer.....

@anastasiaisabella7354

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@joanofarc2842

3 жыл бұрын

And now we have Melanchon saying "I am the Republic"... He is not even elected and even if he was, the charisma is not the same.

@jonnnyren6245

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet.

I actually would really be interested in a Wargraphics channel.

@rezkel7404

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, buuut how many of them are actually interesting? The only one i know of that isn't boring as all hell is Oversimplified and he takes forever between videos.

@bentobe4486

4 жыл бұрын

Kings and generals is a good channel to try

@quanghuyvo6112

4 жыл бұрын

@@rezkel7404 oversimplified is for kid who dont have more then 10s of attention, it full of historical inaccuracy and personal bias

@rezkel7404

4 жыл бұрын

@@bentobe4486 It might be visually pleasing, but the voice over is waaaaaaaay to robotic for me. kind of sounds like a computer or a guy who doesn't actually speak English reading a script and sounding things out.

@rezkel7404

4 жыл бұрын

@@quanghuyvo6112 How so?

Henry the 8th : imgoing to have tons of sex and affairs Louis : hold my ale

@oberstul1941

4 жыл бұрын

ale? you surely meant "Les Riceys pink wine".

@ingriddubbel8468

4 жыл бұрын

Henry didn't have a large amount of mistresses. He tended to marry women. It is highly doubtful he consummated his sixth marriage. Basically, Henry VIII's number isn't that high.

@ianjperry6772

4 жыл бұрын

“Hold my perfume”

@xvdd1

4 жыл бұрын

Hold my stockings.

@alexs5744

4 жыл бұрын

Louis still has nothing on Genghis Khan. There are millions of his descendants out there and chances are there in the comments section.

1:25 - Chapter 1 - The sun rises 5:40 - Chapter 2 - Daybreak 9:30 - Chapter 3 - Summer love 12:20 - Mid roll ads 13:40 - Chapter 4 - The noonday sun 16:30 - Chapter 5 - The setting sun 20:30 - Chapter 6 - Twilight of the sun king

@trawlins396

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

“There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself” Louis XIV

@adamplentl5588

4 жыл бұрын

Ah the narcissism of hereditary monarchy. Its really easy to conquer everything when you're born into extreme luxury as the genetically predetermined head of state. Whatever he may have said, he was a tyrant and despot, a delusional old fool who thought his right to oppress the mass of his countrymen was appointed by God herself, and should be remembered as such.

@gflex3505

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamplentl5588 bro had to balance power,his politicians,his citizens and ensure the country is capable of defending itself lol this ain't Disney and especially back then kings had a lot going on

@gflex3505

4 жыл бұрын

AND put france into a golden age smfh you self-righteous people are all the same, the world isn't in black and white

@adamplentl5588

4 жыл бұрын

@@gflex3505 a golden age for whom exactly? Certainly not almost the entire working population of France. Was golden for the oppressor class for sure. Louis built them a nice new party palace while working men and women starved.

@gflex3505

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamplentl5588 yeah golden age is a little biased of me I should of said "made france a world super power"

Hey Simon, When are you going to do a video on me? Being the richest orphan I married into the most well connected family and sabotaged a job of working for the Kings brother so I could go fight for the Americans. I disobeyed the king and bought a ship of my own so I could travel to America. I ended up getting more money and supplies and troops for the Americans and everything came to a head at Yorktown. After, I was considered Washington's adopted son, Hamilton's off, and spent the rest of my life corresponding with revolutionaries around the world. I ended up going broke spending money on his troops equipment and clothing and shoes. I also bought a plantation and have it to the slaves to show there wouldn't be violence like people feared.

@gflex3505

4 жыл бұрын

Whoa easy with the spoilers bro

@chadwickmacarthur4760

4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget you also dressed like a woman haha

@joshglover2370

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping set up my country and setting your slaves free! 😀👍

@BardovBacchus

4 жыл бұрын

LAH FI YET! I'm taking this horse by the reigns making red coats redder with blood stains...

@Locutus

4 жыл бұрын

Are you Maximus Decimus Meridius?

I like how a mob of people broke into the royal palace to kill Louis, but as soon as they saw him asleep they were all like “oH He’S aSlEeP, DoN’t WaKe HiM”.

Next should be Louis's brother. Philip D'Orleans.

@AtticusAmericanus

4 жыл бұрын

The greater of the two!

@hockeyprofit19

4 жыл бұрын

Or even better, The Mazarinnettes, Jules 7 pimped-out niece's.

@winterweib

4 жыл бұрын

I did not like Philip, since he was very nasty to Liselotte von der Pfalz, which was forced to marry him very much against her will. While she lived in France, France destroyed her childhood castle, the Castle of Heidelberg, until today it remains as a Ruine. She had of course to yell in happiness because of that 'triumph'. Very cruel. Ludwig and everybody liked her. Ludwig even said he wished he could have been married to her. She was very intelligent and nice. Only Philip literally tortured her. She did not want to live with him,;too. It really was not her choice. He had his boyfriends. But he could indeed be friendly to her!

@ThomasHarding1990

4 жыл бұрын

His brother was "Philippe OF France, Duke of Orléans"

@micaelavela6504

4 жыл бұрын

@@winterweib Actually, for what I have searched they both reminded in good terms and eventually became friends, of course there was no love, only respect

There is a lack of 16th century European figures I think would be interesting, here are a couple suggestions. Emperor Charles V: By birthright he inherited the thrones of Spain, Burgundy, and was elected Holy Roman Emperor. He was the closest Europe came to being under a Universal Monarchy since Charlemagne and prior to Napoleon. A fascinating guy who sat at the crossroads of many historical events. Francis I of France: He was the great adversary to Charles V, whose obsession with obtaining Milan brought him to near ruin. He was the one who brought France culturally into the Renaissance, employing Leonardo da Vinci etc. Henry VIII of England: I dont think he needs an explanation Martin Luther: Again, probably no explanation. Suleyman the Magnificent: The Ottoman Sultan who took his Empire right up to the gates of Vienna. He oversaw the apex of Ottoman Power in the world. Philip II of Spain: The successor to Charles V for his Spanish Kingdoms. He continued his father's policies of aggressive foreign affairs. Knocking into the Ottomans, acquiring Portugal, and launching the Spanish Armada against England. Elizabeth I of England: Probably needs no explanation either William "The Silent": Prominent figure in the Dutch Wars against Spain. Catherine de'Medici: wife to Henry II of France and mother to Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. She oversaw the turmoil of the French Wars of Religion as she fought to keep the Valois on the throne. Henry of Navarre: Later Henry IV of France, he played crucial roles in the Wars of Religion. I mainly focused on rulers during this time but the 16th century is filled with explorers,reformers, scientists, and so many other amazing people. Please fill this gap!

@pyromania1018

3 жыл бұрын

Husband of Henry II of France?

@MohammedAli-mf8oy

3 жыл бұрын

Sultan Suleiman of the ottomans conquered Hungary, and in effect reached the gates of Vienna.

@SvrWxArchive1807

3 жыл бұрын

@@pyromania1018 Oops, wife!

@SvrWxArchive1807

3 жыл бұрын

@@MohammedAli-mf8oy That is true. I think I meant to imply he made it as far conquering wise as Hungary, but he actually made it to Vienna twice. Thanks for pointing that out!

@MohammedAli-mf8oy

3 жыл бұрын

@@SvrWxArchive1807 No worries. Thank you for showing intellectual humility and courage.

you should do a video on phillipe d'orleans, louis xiv's brother sometime!

@Ryb771

4 жыл бұрын

vinny ! Yes and discuss what their mother did to his brother , dressing him in gowns , allowing men to take his virginity and treated him as a woman so he would never go against his brothers kingdom . She made it where this boy had so many issues no one would have taken him serious it’s actually a sad story

@unamed2516

4 жыл бұрын

Brynanna Banana What books did you read such information from? Weren’t boys in those days only dressed in gowns when they were infants? Are you sure you’re not exaggerating that he dressed in gowns and was treated like a woman? And how could Anne of Austria be so cruel to her younger son like that? It sounds really intense and over the top.

@HarverTheSlayer

4 жыл бұрын

@@unamed2516 Because her firstborn son and, consequently, her heir was Louis. In nobility, it wasn't uncommon for brothers to conspire against each other for something as important as the throne of a country (and keep in mind, many nobles were actually blood relatives). She already had a heir, so she just made damn sure her "other son" wouldn't screw things up. Yeah, it sounds fucked up by today's standards, but civil wars have been fought for that kind of rivalry. so, as horrible as it sounds, "it makes sense".

@tc2334

4 жыл бұрын

Kiara Thompson she really did dress him up like a girl and address him as a girl when he was young. As for allowing men to take his virginity....don’t know about that.

@unamed2516

4 жыл бұрын

HarverTheSlayer I’m reading a biography about Philippe and from what I got from the book is that Anne of Austria wasn’t so extremely cruel to her son, she actually loved him as much as Louis but overall she kind of cared and loved Louis a bit more because he was the heir. She did like to dress up her son and was heard to call Philippe at one time “my girl” and as for keeping him submissive to his brother it was kind of Mazarin who made sure of that education wise because he had some control over his teachers and what they were supposed to teach him. But Anne personally herself was concerned about Philippe upstaging Louis sometimes but their uncle who was the brother of Louis Xlll kept having uprisings so that was a good example to Philippe for learning to be submissive as a child and what not to do against his brother. Other than that I haven’t read anything else that was intensely abusive or cruel to keep him in check but I do understand how it would make sense for her if she was that afraid about her son’s throne but from what I’m reading so far it doesn’t seem like she had that much to worry about.

tell me why i just finished watching the Netflix series "Versailles" and when i jump on youtube this video is right on the front page? i swear google tracking is getting out of hand lmao

@leeming1317

3 жыл бұрын

How convienient now too that google home and amazon devices are now in the homes. Where they are now eavesdropping on everyone working from home so they can further extend their monopoly. Lord knows they know how to sift through all the data too find the juicy bits working with NSA and all. I got done watching what made the Venetians a great merchant republic before the bubonic plague.

@booliev3275

3 жыл бұрын

Karma! For you to get proper education rather than a pile of crap.

@donjas8137

3 жыл бұрын

@@booliev3275 man stfu

Warographics? Simon, you're a genius!

"LOVE POTIONS" You mean Champagne and Cognac?

Queen Elizabeth II : it's so boring holding throne here King Louis XIV : hold my hair

@anjanajnair

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhh you thought u were going to blow up after writing that comment

I'd like to see a video on the real D'Artagnon. From what I've read he was every bit as interesting as the fictionalised version of him.

@Robert_St-Preux

4 жыл бұрын

Reading the letters of Mme de Sévigné, I ran across D'Artagnan and was like, "Whoa, he's a real person?!?" It was like a crossover between fiction and reality.

would love learn more about Emperor Meiji and Meiji restoration, feel like there isn't enough people covering that Topic.

Everyone please read "The Ivory Mischief". It is a novel of real people who were at the court of the Sun King. The person who wrote it went through tons of diaries and literature of the time, so the novel reads like an exciting movie. People during that era were insanely tough, women could ride as recklessly as men during hunts, dance for 20 hours, live in unbelievably uncomfortable conditions and they were often vigorous and sharp into their 80s. It was an insane era of individuals.

@TOPVATO

Жыл бұрын

Is it on Amazon??

@joas3324

7 ай бұрын

Well sounds like a good recommendation!Thanks:)

You don’t have enough channels So common Simon make war-ographics Please!

@Roy-em2my

4 жыл бұрын

David Shakespeare Simon merits 11 channel at the least.

"War-o-graphics".... I'm down for that.

*”C'est légal parce que je le souhaite.”* - Louis XIV

@PierrotHG

4 жыл бұрын

Louis XVI

@speedracer2008

4 жыл бұрын

Translation: it is legal, because I wish it so.

@sandymckenna9727

4 жыл бұрын

J‘aime bien cette citation..

@gourabsarker6895

4 жыл бұрын

So this is where stone cold got his bottom line

The BBC series Versailles did a good job of covering his reign.

@houseofschenck6230

4 жыл бұрын

They take a few artistic liberties but the costumes and writing are great.

@fy4729

4 жыл бұрын

I’m in the middle of watching it rn!

@revitalsela4063

4 жыл бұрын

But was very far from real history, but still fun to watch

@gorge2786

4 жыл бұрын

revital sela they did a good job portraying his reign and life, not a particularly brilliant piece of history beyond that

@thatdutchguy2882

4 жыл бұрын

As far as a British news corporation can be trusted with anything French.

Anyone else see Simon trying to suppress a smirk after the Johnson comment? 😂

@SCSilk

4 жыл бұрын

Skip Webb I heard it in his voice (I wasn’t watching). :)

Love what Will Cuppy said about Madame de Maintenon after Louis XV married her in name only: "Since she was a woman of more than average intelligence, with a talent for caustic comment, it's a shame that her remarks on this matter are lost to us." I'll bet whatever she had to say would have been worth hearing.

Simon, after watching Versailles (and being disappointed to see it go) I can say that this was one of your best episodes. Well Done and keep up the good work!

This is a good entry channel for kids, my daughter is 12 and finds these videos interesting, it's basically spoken Wikipedia which is what kids want these days lol

@surlygirly1926

4 жыл бұрын

... and yet, still riddled with errors.

@markdturnock

4 жыл бұрын

@@surlygirly1926 like what? All the sources are listed in the description. All are pretty legit

@surlygirly1926

4 жыл бұрын

@@markdturnock I'm speaking of the entire Biographics channel - not simply this episode. And not simply this channel, but the myriad others that Simon Whistler fronts. Go to any one of them ... read the comments ... see the errors that are called to their attention. Quantity over quality of releases does not work in their producers' favor.

@scottherzeg2741

4 жыл бұрын

@@surlygirly1926 On the other hand, many of these topics are fresh, if inaccurate in places. I find these videos interesting and informative and, with a nod to your note that some of the information is in error, invite comment, clarification, further research and discussion. They're certainly not (intentionally) as laissez-faire and biased as the curriculum in a standard American public school history class [full disclosure: home-school parent.]

@actiondork

4 жыл бұрын

@@surlygirly1926 When I watch videos on these channels on topics I know well, I end up wincing & wondering which bits of videos I've accepted as fact are not.

We talked about the Sun King in History class quite a bit but never mentioned that all the opulence was actually strategic. I love this channel.

I literally did a happy dance when I saw this video pop up! Thank you for covering one of my favorite parts of French history!

Before this video, I knew Louis XIV mainly for his patronage of the arts, including establishing the Royal Academy of Dance, which spurred the creation of ballet. Now I know a lot more, including that he built Versailles, which I've been to and which a friend of mine and I both agree is "opulence on crack."

“Exhaust Boris’ Johnson”

His tomb was raided during the French revolution, It scared off the raiders because his body was blackened.

@NikiValentine

4 жыл бұрын

Really?

@TihetrisWeathersby

4 жыл бұрын

@@NikiValentine yes

@thankyounext365

4 жыл бұрын

Evan burned

@Peggyt-jp6mt

4 жыл бұрын

Gangrene.

@Peggyt-jp6mt

4 жыл бұрын

@@Evan-te2bd Gangrene

can confirm, my grandmother's family "Huguenin" were huguenots that fled to Switzerland following the edict of Fontainebleau, they became some of the first swiss watchmakers

@carlosmarte3154

4 жыл бұрын

PDF Is that where Hublot comes from as well?

Thank you so much for this interesting and educational video! I learned something new today again! Well done Simon!

It took Queen Anne ir Austria some 22 years to conceive an Heir. Could you imagine the imense pression She should have been in while pregnant?

@luizsa8300

4 жыл бұрын

History by Filipa Poor woman. It must have been absolutely terrible for her ! By the way, I’ve just subscribed to your channel.

@NikkiRen

4 жыл бұрын

Luiz Sa I did too! Thanks for letting us know she has a channel 😊

@TheCourtGossiper

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much both of you ❤️

@mariethemagnificent2000

4 жыл бұрын

Luiz Sa me too!

@HattieMcDanielonaMoon

4 жыл бұрын

@@luizsa8300 Same!

Boris’s tired Johnson- loved it Simon! As a French man I can say this was much more entertaining than when I learnt about le roi soleil at school.

Please make a Wargraphics channel Simon. I am already subscribed to most of your channels including this one and Geographics. Another couldn't hurt.

This is why I took to history and English literature, rather than science or mathematics - there's a wealth of material for books, films, TV just from European history alone. Great video, keep them up mate. Also if you could do a video on the war of the Grand Alliance, you would get us all tuning in to watch it. Also love the Roman Emperor and empire videos. Great work

Thanks Simon, this was a great quick and simple history of Louie. Warographics would be awesome especially for Colonial and Pre Colonial wars. Thanks for the good stuff.

"Carlos was so inbred that he was incapable of siring an heir" IM DYING

@user-kg6jo7yb3w

2 жыл бұрын

Most european monarchs were as inbred as him. Louis 13 married his 2nd cousin, his son married his double cousin (basically his niece generically), his son married his 2nd cousin, his son (Phillip) married his 1st cousin etc etc. In fact, the biggest houses in europe all shared a new ancestor every 50 years until the 20th century, So Charles isn’t new.

I would love to see another channel by you called Wargraphics!! That would be awesome, I am subbed to all your channels and love them all

I just finished Versailles on Netflix. LETS GO!

I love this video I've always had a fascination with Louis and his palace of Versailles

Have to say ruling over 70 years must have been interesting

@ninatouchdown2500

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, when a monarch actually rules. Just being a monarch in name must be boring.

@ironczar8975

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine being a child at the end of his reign, even your great grandfather could have been alive while Louis was king.

@ironczar8975

4 жыл бұрын

@@NotKimiRaikkonen "imagine being a child during his reign" You have to read something properly before answering to it

@carlosmarte3154

4 жыл бұрын

Nina Arleth Boring, but better imo. Being held responsible for every little mishap isn’t something that I’d like to do for 70 years.

I love this channel soo much, gives me nostalgia of my global history class in high school.

How many kings named Louis do you have France? France:"Yes."

@popkhorne5372

4 жыл бұрын

Germany : "feigns innocence" Seriously, since we both were francks, both names louis and ludwig come from clovis, so if you accumulate clovises with louis in france and ludwig in germany, the number is faraminous.

@ucheokoroafor8273

4 жыл бұрын

16 kings named Louis

@sanaddaoud6541

3 жыл бұрын

@Rockefeller 17*

@adityas3587

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanaddaoud6541 18*

@jandrews6254

3 жыл бұрын

Very little imagination about names back then

Another great video👍

here comes the sun king!

Simon really the king of one liners.

Thank you for this resource

Biographics : shows picture of Carlos II Me : He's a habsburg isn't he?

I genuinely love watching these videos, I use them sometimes to help me fall asleep. So thank you Simon and everyone that works on these I greatly appreciate it.

Great work!

Louis XIV: I am ze Sun King!!! Ra: Wait wait wait wait *WAIT!* ... wat?!

Hey Simon, great video as always. I'd love it if you could do a Scottish historical figure like Rob Roy, Robert the Bruce, or someone like that :)

Great videos about modern era singers and other musicians. Maybe consider some of the classic ones as well? Their contribution to world history is greater than the great majority of people realize. Just a few to consider: Richard Wagner, Niccolo Paganini, Beethoven, Mozart, or a more recent one in Luciano Pavoratti.

You made my day, first video I'm watching this morning

Great video, Simon. I suggest you should make one on Frederick the Great as well.

Do Justinian one of the most legendary Byzantine emperors or Augustus

This guy seems to be everywhere when you are researching French history. Damn it's like he was behind everything.

@melhemhayek1328

7 ай бұрын

Yea. He is both the state and the sun. He is behind everything.

@melhemhayek1328

7 ай бұрын

Even the sentence "god save the king" was originally made for him

i enjoyed this biographic very much.

Hey Simon, you should make a video on Maurice Hilleman, a microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology. He saved more lives than any medical scientist of the 20th Century. It's unfortunate that he's not well-known to the general public. Hope he gets covered!

@trawlins396

Жыл бұрын

Vaccinology??? Gynecologist?

Do a video on Byzantine Emperor Basil the Bulgar Slayer

@smiller3995

4 жыл бұрын

Hero to the Greeks villian to the Bulgars

@iagosevatar4865

4 жыл бұрын

Greatest emperor ever

@BritishRepublicsn

3 жыл бұрын

Chad

Another great video! Have you ever considered making a video on Arkan, the Serbian fighter active in the 90s?

Love the vids u help me learn so much and idk if u were just messing about the war channel but u should do that lol

I'm over half way through Alexandre Dumas' D'Artagnan series. There are some spoilers here, but this short bio puts a lot of things into perspective!

@joas3324

7 ай бұрын

I love Dumas!!:)Btw.D'Artagnan was a real person.

Will be subscribing to War-O-graphics as soon as you unlock it, Simon;)

Loved the Boris comment 🤣🤣🤣 Great video and channel, congrats

War-O-graphics I look forward to it Simon.

I understand you can't cover everything, especially with a subject this vast, but you skipped (or incorrectly described) a few things: 1) If Louis hated his wife, he didn't show it that much. Despite his affairs, he was both attentive and polite to her, and when Montespan was rude to her, he threatened her to stay silent. Maintenon actually persuaded him to spend more time with his wife, who was deeply grateful. 2) No mention that Maintenon later became Louis's second wife? And that he was actually faithful to her? Or that she was a Protestant? 3) In regards to the above, once Louis started aging, Maintenon had near-total control over him, and Versailles became a lot less extravagant and more rigid. 4) Louis may not have liked Paris, but he still commissioned several hospitals, universities, and libraries there.

Your grown out beard looks great!

“It was nonstop orgies. If that sounds fun to you just know it was only the elites, everyone else was starving” What a sentence

Extremely well told and I had an A level brush up here after 30 plus years

He has a nice shaped head, a lustrous beard, interesting glasses, sentimental eyes, and the wardrobe of a high school boy who is forced to go to church...and most importantly, he has a passion for history!! This is the ideal male for 2020.

@hojo-mo778

4 жыл бұрын

I like him better without the beard.

@Miss_Camel

4 жыл бұрын

ho jo-mo - I’ve never seen him without the beard, but if there’s ever the chance that we’re dating him simultaneously, he can shave one half of it and we’ll sit on either side.

@buffoonustroglodytus4688

4 жыл бұрын

Damn the thirst is real.

@Miss_Camel

3 жыл бұрын

@Maria Kelly - obviously! That wardrobe 😍

Great as always! Could you do a biography of Osamu Dazai, Japanese poet? He really was interesting person.

very interesting.......thank you , for sharing...

I really enjoyed this. Nice1

Still the longest reigning.

@kaysmith8992

Жыл бұрын

Louis XIV's ghost: "phew, my record safe once again!"

@TheNapster153

Жыл бұрын

@@kaysmith8992 hon hon hon hon hon hon

I'm pretty sure you meant The Fronde not "The Front" at 3:51. ;) Overall though it's a great video.

Great video and yes to Warographics!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this channel!! I learn so much and a lot of it I had been taught in high school but tbh I did not quite understand. FINALLY I get it. And the man who does the video he is great and I LOVE his humor!......Boris.....Johnson....lolol STILL LAFFING :)

14:25 One of many unprovoked invasions of Belgium.

@YeeSoest

4 жыл бұрын

Probabaly karma came early for Leopold II

@punkfacexo6066

4 жыл бұрын

Louis XIV was very much into the fries, the chocolate and the beer Belgium had to offer ❤️ Who can blame him

@errorsinconduct

4 жыл бұрын

Are the provoked invasions?

@Albukhshi

3 жыл бұрын

@@punkfacexo6066 It's waffles. Totally the waffles.

@olivierdastein2604

3 жыл бұрын

Well, not at this time, but modern Belgium was pretty much designed to withstand invasion. It was created as a buffer state, and being invaded is what buffer states do.

Please do a video on Constantine XI Palaiologos.

Nice! I was wondering when you were going to cover Luis XIV. Thanks!

Yes other great video can you guys do for Saudi Arabia finder? Pls

Me: *hears Johnson joke* Also me: *smacks forehead Americally*

Could you do a biographic on Willem van Oranje, that would be much appreciated.

@testshietchannel

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be down for that!

@franciscomm7675

4 жыл бұрын

ViceAdmiral Morgan, you are speaking about william the silent?

Nice pick of music from the era to accompany this docu. I did have an eyebrow raising moment when I heard some Bartok in there :-)

Great vids

Louis the XIV: The Sun King Literally every single Louis before him: :| Am I a joke to you?

@pyromania1018

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@mathewkelly9968

4 жыл бұрын

Yes seconded

@christopherquigley5468

4 жыл бұрын

When is this silly meme going to die?

@michaelc9810

4 жыл бұрын

Yes - they are. Louis XIV was no doubt the greatest Louis ever. Period.

@Skadi609

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelc9810 *After Louis IX😀(Saint Louis)

I'm surprised you haven't done him yet. Most important king in history.

I would also be very VERY interested in a "War-o-graphics" channel. So many wars to talk about. Please make it happen Simon!

Oh yeah this is my jam right here

I love the Sun King!

You should really do a video on William the 3rd now.

2 years later and Warographics channel is popping off!! lets gooooo

Biographics is so underrated I swear!

What about Cardinal Richelieu or Mazarin in the future? @Biographics

So, Versailles was literally "a hunting lodge for rich weirdos"!

@xenotypos

4 жыл бұрын

It didn't look much of a hunting lodge after the construction of Versailles itself ended though.

@rionthemagnificent2971

4 жыл бұрын

and a giant toilet.. they had an issue with dealing with human waste. There's a documentary on youtube on here somewhere..

@yelyah5496

4 жыл бұрын

Such a fancy hunting lodge that other monarchs tried to copy it. Tried being the keyword there.

@joshglover2370

4 жыл бұрын

@@rionthemagnificent2971 So it was the original San Francisco? 🤣

@psykerwave2315

4 жыл бұрын

The summer orgie camp for the wealthy.

Dang this one was great!

Simon, would you consider doing a video on John List?