I'm from Tobago, we still have a small village that is still called Courland. Latvians still visit the island every few years.

@sansan2591

3 жыл бұрын

amazing

@stas033

2 жыл бұрын

And I still didn't visited this village (I'm from Latvia :) )

@fallendown8828

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thats sooo great

@AndrisLelisTravelChanel

2 жыл бұрын

I very often watching in the map Tobago since I started Travel 10 years ago

@shanceeaton9508

2 жыл бұрын

Beat their asses wen u see them

''The island of Despair'' A perfect place for a latvian such as myself.

@sarantis1995

4 жыл бұрын

ahaha that's so funny, dont self criticize too much

@abbad707

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

@AVKnecht

4 жыл бұрын

I visited Latvia a month ago and also thought that was very fitting.

@joujou264

4 жыл бұрын

@@AVKnecht Yeah, Latgale is where nightmares go to feel like dreams.

@AVKnecht

4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it there though. It was nice, I might come back

Latvia to major European powers: "Hey there fellow colonisers".

@nickmcgargill6216

4 жыл бұрын

*Great Powers of Europe:* No.

@panduwidagdo7051

4 жыл бұрын

Latvia enjoyed most of its entire life being part of empires.

@walsh9080

4 жыл бұрын

@@panduwidagdo7051 So did Prussia. The US had an empire too, albeit briefly. At the time of their empire they had spent more time as a British colony than as an independent state. It doesn't exclude them from being colonisers themselves.

@l.s.1235

4 жыл бұрын

@@walsh9080 Latvia and Latvians cant be considered colonizers since Courland was owned and run by Prussians (Read Germans) not Latvians. Jacob was Prussian who didint even speak Latvian. German was the language of the state and highest positions in the state was taken by Germans. Latvians in Courland was 2nd rate citizens, so thats that.

@walsh9080

4 жыл бұрын

@@l.s.1235 Ah I did not know that. Thanks for letting me know :)

Imagine there are two places in the world that a Latvian citizen can choose to live in: One is a beautiful Caribbean paradise, and the other is Latvia.

@forestl7758

2 жыл бұрын

Latvia is good

@mishkinis_88

Жыл бұрын

​@@forestl7758 but it kind of sound funny if you take the weather in consideration 😂 don't get me wrong I am from Lithuania so I like our weather 😂

@MuchWhittering

Жыл бұрын

Latvia's in the EU, so they can choose to live in mosr of Europe.

@SeverityOne

Жыл бұрын

The other day, I came across a webpage that claimed that the best place to retire to in Europe was Estonia. Must be the climate, and friendly relations with its eastern neighbour. The country that I moved to, Malta, scored poorly. Not because of the weather though. I had a Latvian colleague once, who claimed that Latvia has the highest number of fashion models per capita. Given their social media page, and the Latvian people of the appropriate gender that they met, I would tend to agree.

@mdjey2

Жыл бұрын

Latvia has plenty of water. Let that sink in! Pun intended.

*Courland:* I can has empire?? *Russia & Sweden:* You can be annexed into our empires.

@grigss3027

4 жыл бұрын

the power of courland and ulm would oblitare the world

@chillaxo9863

4 жыл бұрын

@@grigss3027 I'm an Ulmer And would love an empire

@And-lj5gb

4 жыл бұрын

@@grigss3027 - imagine if they were able to ally Ryukuu.

@joujou264

4 жыл бұрын

@@chillaxo9863 By our powers combined...

@chillaxo9863

4 жыл бұрын

@@joujou264 *We could achieve greatness* Ulmpire & Kurreich

That moment when you realize that latvia had a larger colonial empire than Austria-Hungary

@georgeamesfort3408

3 жыл бұрын

No no, you got a point

@MasonGreenWeed

3 жыл бұрын

The Habsburg actually had colony in Adaman islands before they shut down ostende kompanie

@philip8498

2 жыл бұрын

Didnt austria hungary have a treaty port in china? Thats like a tie isnt it?

@Nomenooooo

2 жыл бұрын

@@MasonGreenWeed Latvia still had a bigger one

@Karlss61

2 жыл бұрын

ha screw you austria and hungary

Random European nation in 1650 when it purchases a rock in the Caribbean: "Professional colonial Empire".

@latviaball5129

4 жыл бұрын

Hey man were still proud of that rock today

@dr.nosborn6330

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the scene in american spycho: but now Bates is desiring the bussiness card of Latvia, professional colonizer.

@timesnewlogan2032

3 жыл бұрын

*Laughs in Rockall*

@hodajucidjedtv

3 жыл бұрын

OPM colonizes one island, how very eu4 of you :)

@rogermoore27

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually a lovely green island. I have lived here for 5 years and I work as a Massage Therapist

So, you're telling me that the British owned the Gambia because a Latvian duke just pointed at a map and said, "I want that one"

@balticbvll2987

3 жыл бұрын

yes, yes indeed

@amstonger

2 жыл бұрын

Oooo lawd 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Karlss61

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@krix17

Жыл бұрын

he wasnt latvian

@deleted-something

Жыл бұрын

Yep

When you show her the Courland Empire: Ohhh its soo biggg!!!

@crysanthiumvega

4 жыл бұрын

Hah, I'm going to like this because I sure dont have a small peen

@matthiascorvinus8843

4 жыл бұрын

Courland empire wasn't even that big.

@sirwannabeguy4886

4 жыл бұрын

Matthias Corvinus r/woooosh

@riko_z9962

4 жыл бұрын

IKR? That's what she said

@peffiSC2source

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

Such a shame. I would have loved if there was still a small Latvian speaking island in the middle of the Caribbean

@sonoftheway3528

4 жыл бұрын

yeah that would be interesting

@dams6829

4 жыл бұрын

That would make perfect holiday destination for Latvians such as myself.

@noneofyourbusiness5803

4 жыл бұрын

They would have spoken german, not latvian

@shambler1977

4 жыл бұрын

German speaking islands. German was the official language of Courland. Latvian did not exist at that time.

@dams6829

4 жыл бұрын

Proto Latvian did of course, natives spoke their own language, just ruling class were Germans, around that time Bible was translated into Latvian by Lutheran Pastor Ernests Gliks.

As Latvian I did not expect this at all from you, anyways cheers mate!

@vytautas4065

4 жыл бұрын

As lithuanian i did not expect this too, but then you think for a second having an island in carribean doesn't make a country an empire

@karl-erikpolitanov5833

4 жыл бұрын

As a estonian, i am jealous of your great empire

@flamingtrashcans9502

4 жыл бұрын

@@karl-erikpolitanov5833 Baltic gang rise up

@livonianmapping3221

4 жыл бұрын

@@karl-erikpolitanov5833 well im jelous that you have Livonian empire

@riccards

4 жыл бұрын

Same

Oh look, there’s this small and far away island known as “Island of Despair” that the Spanish, the Dutch and the English failed to colonize, all of them being much more powerful nations than we are. How about we give it we try? What could possibly go wrong?

@up0the0ions

4 жыл бұрын

If you ever read Latvian literature, you will understand why they would feel at home there

@therodyman700

4 жыл бұрын

Well.... given their geographical location in Europe harsh conditions wouldn't be anything new for them. that being said, they did succeed in the end... kind off

@walsh9080

4 жыл бұрын

@@therodyman700 I don't think the homelands weather is a very good indication of their ability to colonize other places. Otherwise the famously moderate weather of Britain would've been a big inhibitor to say colonizing India.

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

It might have worked if it hadn't been for those pesky Swedes. The great powers might all have preferred Courish control to allowing one of the others to have this immensely valuable island.

@strechemall

4 жыл бұрын

Dont knock it till you try it lol

*You vs The guy she tells you not to worry about:*

@gifigi6006

3 жыл бұрын

You: Courland The guy she tells not to worry about: Latvia

@egg-xb1ip

3 жыл бұрын

@@gifigi6006 hi

Me: I wanna colonies for myself Mother: We have colonies at home Colonies at home:

"Island of Despair" Then Latvia shouldn't have much of a problem colonising it

@bluemoondiadochi

3 жыл бұрын

Latvia in Tobago: *Aaah the despair, feels just like home.*

@firefly3791

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluemoondiadochi 😭😭😭💀💀

*someone releases video about Latvia* *all latvians with internet access* : im gona wach it!

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

It do be like that.

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

Tā tas ir, un tā tam būt.

@habermanmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Tieši tā.

@latviaball5129

4 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck its actually true

@FriS-LV

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

Little does everyone know if it weren't for the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth--Swedish war Latvia would have conquered the world. Oh well, no fun for us, I guess.

@quqbalam5089

4 жыл бұрын

Baltics are not a conquering people, they are a conquered people. They lack the essence of Germanic conquerors. (Even in the Middle Ages, you were cannon fodder for Slavs, SLAVS, for God's sake.)

@robiis2

4 жыл бұрын

@@quqbalam5089 Heh while its true balts might not be conquerors, but they are hell of defenders( Oh but wait Lithuania was the biggest country in Europe ). Balts were not conquered by neither Norsemen nor slavs, for both it was a huge pain in the ass,they might win a battle and make em pay tribute but pretty much as soon as they left tribute stopped coming and balts threw them out. Next army that came was defeated, you can just read it up in scandinavian sagas about the though time they were getting while fighting balts. Most of the baltic peoples only fell in 13 century during Northern crusades where it took almost a century for Europes best knights to fully pacify it and even then it meant killing almost all males who could carry a sword, especially during Courland uprising of 1255 - 1260. And in most cases they were able to do that as they used the tribal infighting that persisted( atleast in Latvia) while it gave Lithuania the reason to unite,kick Teutons in the balls and forge the biggest country in Europe at that time. So balts were not boot lickers,, their problem was lack of unity( infighting) and being far to small in number.

@Gamenetreviews

4 жыл бұрын

Quq Balam Ya that’s why Germany had so many great colonies. “For Slavs” Russia is like 30 times the size of Germany.

@ivario

4 жыл бұрын

@@quqbalam5089 r/whooosh

@andrismednis6895

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomc6255 imagine walking up in kaliningrad and someone hits you with "labdien"

Potato gives strength, this time enough for colony

@nothingisnothingisnothing5361

4 жыл бұрын

Hey we have tons of potatos in Lithuania we dont even know where to put them

@chemi169

4 жыл бұрын

@@nothingisnothingisnothing5361 put them in Latvia

@placeholder8768

4 жыл бұрын

nothingisnothing isnothing Hey, it’s your neighbour, Belarus give us potato immediately or we will reverse the grand duchy of lithuania into grand duchy of belarus

@grigss3027

4 жыл бұрын

i have a UNO reverse card

@balticpagan2482

4 жыл бұрын

@@placeholder8768 Please don't try scaring us or else... We shall steal the damn potatoes you have!

Most channels does incidents like the second world war or cold war. I love those too but sometimes, it's great to see some lesser known facts that this channel gives us.

@Dhjaru

4 жыл бұрын

I like how you call ww2 and the cold war "incidents"

@clonetrooper730

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dhjaru Yea they were just happy little accidents I guess...

@justinlo3799

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about writing things like Cuban missile crisis but I changed my mind but forgot to change the word

@justinlo3799

4 жыл бұрын

Mirror details anyway

@rachard

4 жыл бұрын

agree

Interestingly, the Knights of Malta also established a shortlived colony in the Caribbean.

@BlazingFlame69

5 ай бұрын

They also had various outposts in Northern Africa and other places too. Also after they lost Malta they were offered Gotland by the Swedish crown which they refused.

@daniel-johnson_dam

5 ай бұрын

Need more info

Glory to the Latvian Empire!

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

Slavu latviešiem!

@revazbokuchava775

4 жыл бұрын

God bless Latvian Empire . 💒

@immigrantgaming420epic

3 жыл бұрын

Powered by - potatoes

@Crimson19977

3 жыл бұрын

YES WE SHALL RISE AGAIN 🇱🇻

@Crimson19977

3 жыл бұрын

biolotoxin459 powered by rupjmaize

You seem to misunderstand the meaning of the word "puppet state". A "puppet state" is fully (albeit unofficially) controlled by another state. Courland was a "vassal state". It was officially dependent on the Polish Crown, but de facto governed itself. Thus, it was an opposite of a "puppet state".

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

Good point. The Poles allowed their vassals great autonomy.

@farmfarming2275

4 жыл бұрын

It was not a polish vassal

@jurisprudens

4 жыл бұрын

@@farmfarming2275 It was

@farmfarming2275

4 жыл бұрын

@@jurisprudens it was a Lithuanian vassal.

@HiragaSaito1998

4 жыл бұрын

@@farmfarming2275 Nice joke

“Which raises the question: why wasn’t there a continuous Latvian speaking population in the Caribbean then?” Ah, yes. I ask myself this question most days.

@erlandsabols1985

3 жыл бұрын

Bcs then latvian realy wasnt a language,mostly spoken was german,polish,russian etc

@Lachausis

3 жыл бұрын

@@erlandsabols1985 there was a language, they (Latvians) still spoke a Baltic dielect, that most Latvians of today would understand. German, Polish was spoken by the aristicrats/upper class. The farmers or peasants were 100% Baltic/Latvians.

@Karlss61

2 жыл бұрын

me too

@gerardobrian5983

2 жыл бұрын

Because the colonialism was perpetrated by Germans. Not ethnic Latvians

@pjstach134

2 жыл бұрын

@@gerardobrian5983 I don't know why people think this. Germany did not exist until the 1870's and many different languages were spoken throughout the former HRE

They also made a final attempt at a colony near modern Toco on Trinidad. But eventually, both islands ended up in British hands

@declannewton2556

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair to the Latvians, tbe islands were juggled around a lot between European powers.

@wandaperi

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine listening to reggae in Latvian!

@jlr108

17 күн бұрын

@@wandaperi Trinidad music is soca

I am a Latvian myself. Heard about this in school. How random lol.

You know, actually also Romania tried to colonise Terra del Fuego in Argentina.. We had one exile entreprenour colonist and adventurier called Julius Popper in the 19th Century :)

1:50 Third time's charm... Third partition of PLC, Third Reich, Third French republic references... Please, fill the list!

@toxicwaste159

4 жыл бұрын

Partition, not participation. Was quite confused at first

@elemperadordemexico

4 жыл бұрын

Third Mexican Empire

@GarfieldRex

4 жыл бұрын

Third World War

@stefanosspiratos4192

4 жыл бұрын

Third Hellenic Republic

@syrialak101

4 жыл бұрын

Third Bulgarian Empire

Literally no one expects Latvian language in Africa.

@henrijspilskungs9696

4 жыл бұрын

Neither in the Caribbean

@lithuanian_mapper

4 жыл бұрын

It would be rather German, but yeah

@affentaktik2810

4 жыл бұрын

Sviatoslav S. Noone expects the Spanish Inquisition

@sviatoslavs.1305

4 жыл бұрын

@@affentaktik2810 I expected this comment.

@affentaktik2810

4 жыл бұрын

Sviatoslav S. But you didnt expect the spanish inquisition did ya?

As a Latvian... this makes me feel patriotic.

Latvia: My colonies Poland: OUR colonies

@compatriot852

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Courland was a region administered by Lithuania. Poland didn't have much involvement

@beasnoil3139

Жыл бұрын

@J C no one held a gun to their heads so they'd learn polish lol, they polonized themselves. Just like in the cities in the west people spoke german

@beasnoil3139

Жыл бұрын

@@compatriot852 Lithuania by people who have never heard Lithuanian language

@solce809

6 ай бұрын

@@compatriot852it was administered by Poland though

Latvia: Well, I'm something of a colonizer myself

@toddharig8142

4 жыл бұрын

Her: Thats cool latvia kun, i'm really into Empires though.

@pisaks6782

4 жыл бұрын

@Valentín Freymóðsson That would fix our declining population i guess

@hueylongdong347

4 жыл бұрын

@Valentín Freymóðsson I'd actually be suprised if they wanted to even come here

1:07 "Courland didn't use the Latvian flag at this point, it's just for illustrative purposes, please don't yell at me"

@ivario

3 жыл бұрын

It's a bit sad he didn't choose the naval flag of the Duchy - a black crab on a dark red field. That's a pretty cool flag.

@AKACIJA152

Жыл бұрын

Flag was black crab on red square-FLAG OF cOURLAND FLEET

Nice to see a high quality channel that covers such obscure history stuff that nobody knows

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

This isnt high quality. Most of his work isnt.

@SamWinchester000

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes it is. His Research ist great, and his simple drawing technique ist amazing.

As a latvian I thank you very much. Not many people know about this

1:10 how interesting that Flevoland already existed back then, instead of it being claimed from the sea in the 20th century 👀

@caferustwat

4 жыл бұрын

He got not owning Limburg by then right at least.

@arthurreede4478

2 жыл бұрын

Already glad he atleast made some effort. The Netherlands landmap changed every 100 years xd sometime the sea won sometimes we won

Now all I could hope for is a DLC for Age of Empires III with Courland/Latvia as a playable nation.

I've lived in the Caribbean most my life and never knew this to be a part of Tobagonian history. Its a beautiful island, with an interesting history.

@AKACIJA152

Жыл бұрын

In Tobago history books there is 1 page about this since 1970-ies.Thanks to Latvian historian Edgars Andersons who was professor in California university -SAN JOSE

Jacob also tried to convince the Polish king Vladislav IV to create sort of joint venture colony with The Commonwealth and The Papal State in northern part of South America.

1:22 *Tries colonising an island with mainly criminals* 🇦🇺: Didn’t work out for you? Worked fine for me.

Latvian empire? Now that is SPOOKY

damn im from kurland and i didn't even know this.

@luxembourgishempire2826

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@hueylongdong347

4 жыл бұрын

Tiešām? Mani vēstures skolotāji nekad nevarēja par to beigt runāt

@nikolavideomaker

4 жыл бұрын

In most Ex-yugoslavs country Kurland means Penisland. I know childish thing, made me chuckle anyway

@maximec.6491

4 жыл бұрын

@@hueylongdong347 EVERY MAN A KINGGGGGGGG

@Maus_Indahaus

4 жыл бұрын

Damn I'm not from Kurland and I knew some of this

Courland: Yay I have colonies Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth: Our Colonies

That's really impressive, I gotta admit

@bigsmoke7363

4 жыл бұрын

Wanna go to prison?

I knew my latvian potatoes today would give me happiness.

I don't know why but "The Island of Despair" sounds exactly like a place the Latvians would like to settle...

@volframs1925

Жыл бұрын

latvians live in despair even now.

From the Caribbean. Even I didn't know this. It would be insane if Tobagans spoke Latvian...lmao.

You have to do a video on the glorious Swedish overseas empire. the world couldn't contain its greatness.

history always delivers this should be an achievement in eu4 release courland have a core in gambia and tobego

@welp4576

4 жыл бұрын

Kurland is a formable.

@welp4576

4 жыл бұрын

The easiest way is to be livonian order and convert to Protestant

@hashimbokhamseen7877

4 жыл бұрын

@@welp4576 yes in eu 4 its spelled kurland and in my prussia campaign i released it as a vassal

Thanks @HistoryMatters for shining a light on the not so talked about parts of the history book, just so everyone can feel proud of their mation and ancestors

Meanwhile in an Alternative Timeline, Carnival, Calypso and Soca Music are sang in Latvian

@declannewton2556

3 жыл бұрын

Yikes.

by far the best history channel on youtube, and more or less the only one with original content

It's rare for history channel to cover subjects I have never heard of, but this is one of them.

It's nice to see a genuinely concerned, pragmatic ruler for once, had Jacob been granted a more powerful nation, he could have been a great figure.

I’ve been waiting for someone to talk about this

This is why history was always my favorite subject

Amazing and well made video as always!

Was always curious about this, thank you for making this episode

@SamWinchester000

2 жыл бұрын

Really? There are people knowing about that obscure stuff? 😂 Sounds almost, just almost like irony. 😉

as a Latvian I am proud of our colonial empire! (It’s our nations birthday today as im writing this too!!)

@Antimony145

5 ай бұрын

“glory to slavery im so edgy🤓🤓🤓”

@peter_griffin42069

5 ай бұрын

@@Antimony145 what? just because i love my country doesn’t mean im emo or a nerd??

@peter_griffin42069

5 ай бұрын

@@Antimony145 where are you from? i bet your country did not have a colonial empire

@peter_griffin42069

5 ай бұрын

@@Antimony145 womp womp

@Antimony145

5 ай бұрын

@@peter_griffin42069 since your young i dont blame u for not knowing, but u shouldnt be proud of your countrys enslavement of thousands of people and colonialism is just naturally immoral theres no other way around it

Super big fan of your channel, wil become a patreon patron when I can, never ever stop, every single video is fascinating and funny as hell

Great video as always 👍

Courland was not Latvia or a Latvian state. The Latvians living there - though they were the majority - did not have much of a say and the duke probably didn't speak any Latvian.

@timsonins

2 жыл бұрын

Latvian (which could be called Latvian) didn't exist until mid-19th century so..

@SamWinchester000

2 жыл бұрын

Which he said in the video.

@wordart_guian

Жыл бұрын

@@timsonins that's not possible

@sebastiangruenfeld141

6 ай бұрын

He used Latvian peasants and artisans as settlers though

I’m a Latvian. kind of proud of the almighty Jacob in the 17th century. Almost succeded

Excellent stuff, as always

Oh damn, didn't expect this. We don't often get mentioned anywhere, cheers mate.

Imagine if Sweden didn't annexed Latvia. I know that their empire will not go to far but it will be cool.

@volframs1925

Жыл бұрын

it probably wouldnt make more of a difference bc russia would annex courland soon

Imagine Latvia having a party island in Caribbean

Thank you for making this video! Greetings from Latvia! Paldies! ;)

watched this again after 1 year. History Matters is so good.

Island of Despair sounds like the name of some kind of Fantasy prison.

@cippy5450

4 жыл бұрын

I mean,there was a Pruson called "Fortress of Oblivion".

Everyone gangsta till the Trinidadians start speaking Latvian

🇹🇹 great video as always

@trinimusa4069

4 жыл бұрын

Trini here 🙋🏾‍♂️

3:00 fantastic map animations as always

There we're 6 ethnic group's involved in the colonial attempt-Livonian's + Latgalian's + Latvian's + Ruthenian's + Lithuanian's + The Polish.

R.I.P. Greatest colonial empire to ever exist!

wow, did not new this about you, braliukas. Amazing!

I never knew this at all Thanks for this!

As a Latvian seeing Latvia in title makes me patriotic

@agnese2944

Жыл бұрын

same

This video is exactly what I needed after hearing about a Baltic country having an overseas colony

Keep up the good work!

That color switch around 2:56 was hilarious, btw.

Must add there was also a proposal to the pope to colonise Australia by Latvians however do to the religious differences it was postponed and when the old pope died his successor was not interested in such agreement.

Tell the Story of Abram Petrovich Ganniball the Africa Slave that became a Noble in the Russian Empire and who was the grand grandfather of the great writer Alexander Pushkin!

Wow who would of known Latvia... y I love this channel u learn cool things u would never hear or learn about.... keep up the good work homie or homies

Never thought you would make this, but you did

Wow I literally had no idea - and I studied history

Coronian?

Amazing Video

I've seen every video this man posted. How am I now just seeing this

Colonization 101 Step one) Ensure your homeland is strong, well defended and populous enough to discourage invasion from rivals.

Having an island in carribean doesn't make you an empire Latvia: You know sometimes you have to live in a dream world not in cruel reality

YAY FINALY A VID ABOUT MY HOMELAND! :D

Coronian hits different now

As a British-Tobagonian I lost my shit when I saw Tobago mentioned in the video! Love You Simple History!

@theoneandonlylordfarquaad3361

4 жыл бұрын

RadFTW A British person living in Trinidad and Tobago

@PMGF

4 жыл бұрын

@RadFTW Born in Britain to a Tobagonian family???

@declannewton2556

3 жыл бұрын

Trinidad and Tobago rarely gets mentioned in any context when you're not looking for it. So this was a pleasant surprise.

Greeting from Latvia. Makes us proud.

@teslaliveus745

4 жыл бұрын

Why would it make you proud? Was a German duchy ruled by a German nobility.

@gunarsmiezis9321

4 жыл бұрын

@@teslaliveus745 "Why would it make you proud?" We suplied food wood and other necesities for this to work. "Was a German duchy ruled by a German nobility." And we see the german people as brotherly people. Also almost all europian rulers where foreigners to the lands they ruled.

@teslaliveus745

4 жыл бұрын

@@gunarsmiezis9321 I wouldn't say most, but a lot did indeed have foreign rulers. Which is why I also specified the nobility being foreign, which was a rarity.

@robmik83

4 жыл бұрын

@@teslaliveus745 still makes us feel as among the big boys :D

@teslaliveus745

4 жыл бұрын

@@robmik83 we're not, and that's a good thing. Never enslaving your fellow man is a good thing. Never fighting a war of aggression is a history one can be proud of.

THANK YOU!!! I've been wating for sometjing like this for so long, most people five the credit of this small colonial empire to the polish lithuanins, ITS NICE TO SEE CREDIT GIVEN WHERE ITS DUE.

Great Vid

Courland at that time was under control of the Polish crown. So also a Polish colony

Curland's map is very similar to that of Eritrea so I thought it was going to be a a video about Eritrea being a colony of Lithuania at some point.

Love Ur vids!! 👏👏Keep up the good work!!!

Fun fact: The colonial naval ensign of Courland appears to have been a black crab on a dark magenta field, a very...interesting ensign to say the least!