Do you think the two 20-minute Kings were actually monarchs? Let me know below and remember to check out my Patreon site at www.patreon.com/historycalling and my Amazon storefront at www.amazon.com/shop/historycalling Edit: Edward IV should be the tallest King of England. The current King of Spain, Felipe and Tsar Peter of Russia are/were taller.

@edithengel2284

8 ай бұрын

I have always hoped that French Louis would be deemed a king, because his wife was Marie Therese of France, the daughter of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. It seems fitting somehow that after all she suffered she might have followed her parents as a ruler of France, if only for 20 minutes. (Napoleon once said that she was the only man in the Bourbon family.)

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

That poor woman just had such an awful time in the French Revolution. It's a wonder she didn't go mad after what she was put through.

@elisabethhopson5639

8 ай бұрын

​@@HistoryCallinganother subject for a video?

@csh43166

8 ай бұрын

20 minutes seems a bit fleeting to me, especially with no declarations. But it definitely marks their places in history (let's face it - the vast majority of us just fade away into oblivion) and makes for interesting discussion!

@troubler2115

7 ай бұрын

The French Louis should be deemed King or he wouldn't have had to sign an abdication document if he wasn't king.

Regarding the most petite queen ever: a British friend of mine owned a pair of silk stockings (monogrammed) once worn by Queen Victoria. Worn only once, such personal items were supposedly passed along by her ladies in waiting as gifts to special friends. They were exquisitely beautiful and showed that the queen had very tiny feet indeed!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow. That would be a very special thing to have. I hope your friend had them insured.

@annmoore6678

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling I assume so. The family had many interesting and historic items that were passed down from one generation to the other.

@astroterf.

8 ай бұрын

​@@annmoore6678it definitely must run in the family! My cousin was a stablehand for Elizabeth II and all he would ever say about her was she had very, very tiny feet lol

@wardarcade7452

7 ай бұрын

@@astroterf. I guess ERII had a somewhat small applicant pool for the most important job of breaking in her shoes. Yes, Her Late Majesty actually would have someone [in socks/hose] wear her new shoes long enough to stretch them and also would have the sole scored to minimize her feet aching/getting sore during progresses, or cocktail/garden parties much less slipping. Of course, her low heeled shoes weren't as flat as her double-great-grandma Vic's usual ballet slippers she'd wear whenever possible in spite of the fashion for high heeled boots despite being so short in height.

@astroterf.

7 ай бұрын

@@wardarcade7452 I didn't know that, but had I have done I'd have asked my cousin to put in a good word for me...I'm 5'0 and size 3 feet haha It's amazing what the Royals have done for them isn't it? I read the other day that Charles has someone squeeze his toothpaste for him...

If we’re considering Royals and not just Monarchs, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, cousin to Queen Elizabeth is currently still alive and has held a Dukedom for over 81 Years since 1942 at the age of 6. This was 10 years before the Queen’s Reign, and in the middle of her father’s reign. He was alive during their grandfather’s reign, which was before both their Uncle’s and King George VI reigns.

Mary Queen of Scots was likely the tallest queen regnant in history - she stood just shy of six feet, which would be unusual even by today's standards but was practically unheard of in the 16th century. :)

@tiffcat1100

8 ай бұрын

Ah, I didn’t know that ;)

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Yes, that is very tall for a woman, even today. She might well hold that record.

@Larimer_Music

8 ай бұрын

You keep forgetting the Danish monarchy. Current queen Margrethe has shrunk a little bit since her back surgery but she was 6 feet tall most of her life. Her father Frederik IX was 6 foot six when he reigned and her grandfather Christian IX was 6 foot seven.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

her grandpa was Christian X@@Larimer_Music

@AngelusaNobilis

7 ай бұрын

My little sister is just short of 6 ft and she still seems tall to me lol then again I'm short

Peter the Great of Russia was said to be 6’8, beating Edward IV by several inches. He was so tall, in fact, that people laughed at his frequent attempts to disguise himself and travel incognito! Edited to add: Love this video and would very much like to see more of its kind!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I made a boob there. Should have said Edward was the tallest in English history. I have now put a correction in the pinned comment covering the current Felipe of Spain and Tsar Peter, but probably hardly anyone reads that :-(

@wardarcade7452

7 ай бұрын

Of course, the fact that this 'ship carpenter' never stopped commanding the 200 or so soldiers and attendants didn't help Peter the Great's 'disguise'. On one occasion (in Holland) he even went so far as to show off how disciplined his troops were by commanding one of them to run up to the top of a tall tower then JUMP to his death which the soldier instantly DID to the shock of the Dutch hosts! Undoubtedly, the soldier knew his own life was forfeit regardless of what he did but likely didn't want to chance his own family back in Russia being punished for any 'insubordination' !

@jonesnori

7 ай бұрын

​@@wardarcade7452Eeep! That is awful!

@Iamyourpadisah

7 ай бұрын

While almost certainly an exaggeration, Maximinus Thrax was supposedly 8' 1". Based on sculptures, he does seem to have had facial features associated with acromegalic giantism and therefore could very plausibly have been taller than Peter.

@MoonshineTheDragThing

6 ай бұрын

Edward IV will always be the best tall boi to ever live.💜

Emperor Gordian I of the Roman Empire was about 79 when he was accepted as Emperor, his reign was only three weeks and contested by Maximinus Thrax. Despite his short reign, and the fact his predecessor was still alive, Gordian was accepted by the Senate as Emperor, and at the time that was required to be an official Roman Emperor.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I wonder if he isn't listed as the record holder because of a lack of certainty about his age?

@Jason.cbr1000rr

7 ай бұрын

Cmon you're a historian you should know!! Maybe you should do more extensive studies, maybe do an archaeologists which will tell you more and be helpful to historian career

That was delightful. You must have had a great time looking up the record-holders for these various royal accomplishments. I don't really have an opinion about the shortest-reigning monarch. Being king for only twenty minutes seems remarkably short, so I'm content for both persons to share that distinction.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Ann. Yes, it made for an interesting change of pace and allowed me to look at lots of subjects, which was fun.

Great list! For tallest monarch, I thought it was Peter the Great who was 6’8”. British wise it was Edward IV.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Is there a good primary source for Peter? I'm certainly open to being corrected, as my info. is only as good in some cases as the Guinness World Record site and some other people have mentioned Peter too.

@Valla84

8 ай бұрын

​@@HistoryCallingthe current king of Spain, Felipe VI, is 6'6"

@karnasaur

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling The Wikipedia article cites "Riasanovsky, Nicholas (2000). A History of Russia (6th ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford UP."

@charlesmaurer6214

7 ай бұрын

Peter won't get it now because Guiness rules require their people to document it and now awarded can only be beat by a future breaker. My family broke their record for largest family reunion by 8 people and they refused to show up for fear of insulting the French family. Lilly family in WV. I normally go to a smaller branch reunion with a couple hundred only going back to my late Grandmother and her eight siblings and only did the big one a couple times while a kid. Guniess rejects many records simply because they failed to show up and likely 2/3 of their records has been documented as beat but they were not there so they say it never happened. When I was young it was interesting but after seeing the politics and denial of facts I take Guiness with a grain of salt outside the league sports.

@thedanishcatgirl3205

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@HistoryCalling the Kings Column in Roskilde Cathedral confirms this. Not all the measurings on there are accurate though because it states King Christian 1. as 219,5 cm when his skeleton was only measured later as 188 cm

Very well presented. I guess we don't really know much about the monarchies of other countries but that doesn't mean we can't learn. ❤

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'd never heard of some of these people either, but that did make it more fun to research. Thank goodness for Guinness World Records though. That website did a lot of the heavy lifting for me.

@PrincessQ-fj9ly

8 ай бұрын

So true! That's exactly why I'm still very intrigued by royal history and just high society culture as well. 😊 I know it can be a odd thing to be intrigued by, but I can't help but feel fascinated by all things high society, mostly because underneath the wealth and glamour, there are stories underneath, some are inspirational, others are tragic and many are just like the rest of us when you think about it.

Record for the shortest tenure of a British peerage: Charles Brandon (the younger) Duke of Suffolk, who inherited his title from his brother Henry and died (as his brother had) of the sweating sickness, an hour later. (The were the children of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and his third wife, Katherine Willoughby.)

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I was thinking about that one when I made the video actually, but as they weren't technically royal themselves (despite their Dad having been Henry VIII's brother-in-law) I decided they didn't qualify.

@edithengel2284

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling No, they don't, poor lambs.

@erickaraujo5327

4 ай бұрын

​@@HistoryCalling I wonder if Anne Neville could hold the title for being the youngest princess of Wales in british history. I think she deserves it becuase now she is pretty much forgotten in history.

the fact that Alexandra’s sister Elizabeth was still killed, in spite of being a childless Nun who did a great amount of charity, is beyond me. The revolutionary leaders (not the starving people on the streets) were brutes, I’m sorry. Also, as I’ve written this, the video has progressed, so, incidentally, lemme just say how handsome Prince Albert was! Good catch Vic (though I find her good looking too, but this is much more disputed)

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Yes, the Russian Revolution really showed up the worst in humanity in some ways. The fate of the Romanovs was repugnant. Yes, Albert was a 'dish' to use an old phrase and Victoria thought so too :-)

@lfgifu296

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling Indeed. The children’s fate was beyond mention, just thinking about it makes me sick, but even most of the adults met terrible deaths. Well, Vicky knew her stuff, for sure! There’s also a daguerreotype of her from ca 1844, with what I’m assuming is the Princess Royal.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Yes, that sounds about right in terms of dating.

@PrincessQ-fj9ly

8 ай бұрын

I agree with you. This is exactly why I think I disagree with people who argue that getting rid of the rich will solve the problem. It won't. If anything, it'll more than likely just clear the way for someone else, and a lot of the time, they're just as bad, if not worse. And I think I've realized why revolutions are called revolutions. They try to get rid of something that didn't work, only to discover that their ideal wasn't all it cracked up to be and go back to what they thought didn't work. All with the unnecessary terror and violence that comes with revolutions. It's kinda depressing when you think about it. 😒

@edithengel2284

8 ай бұрын

What I find particularly weird (and this is also true of the French) is that having slaughtered their ruling family down to the children, they now exhibit their palaces and personal possessions (how did they survive the holocaust?) as if the revolutions had never happened. Enormous tourist draw, but very incongruous.

Thank you for including a photograph of Her Late Majesty wearing her Canadian honours! This loyal Canuckian subject appreciated it. Great video, of course! That goes without saying.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

No problem. It's a lovely picture and the Canadian archives allow for people to use it which is great. A lot of UK pictures are kept under copyright :-(

@RiverJames1

6 ай бұрын

🇨🇦❤️

What a great resource for a pub quiz! Well done HC, loads of interesting historical facts. Were the 2 20 minute kings actually kings? Yes, I think they were. Being a monarch isn't just having a crown put on your head. It is the responsibility that goes with it. The legal framework in which you inherit the throne, whether you want it or not. What you do with that responsibility, is another question. As the UK found out in 1937.🙂

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Elisabeth. Glad you liked it :-)

Great video! Your channel has quickly become one of my favs. I love royal history and always learn something new from your videos which are well produced and presented. I could watch them all day. I read recently that the current King of Spain, Felipe VI, is 6 feet 6 inches tall or 1.97m. Would that make him the tallest monarch?

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I didn't know that about Felipe. If it's true, then maybe he has knocked Edward IV off the top spot.

@grtlyblesd

8 ай бұрын

We could leave Edward IV as the tallest medieval king. 👑 It’s still an impressive height for the time.

@cecilyupdegraff2559

6 ай бұрын

Edward, medieval king, Peter the great overall and Philipe of modern times. That should make us all happy! Lol

thank you very much for another amazing video , you are my favourite KZread channel; it is just amazing research as most Historians on KZread don't do any research ,I shall watch more of your videos tonight.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy whatever you end up watching 😀

Great video as usual! Actually I think I found a lesser known monarch who can beat Charles for being the oldest to take the throne by a few years, there was a Byzantine Emperor who took the throne at the age of 76, Nikephoros III Botaneiates in the 11th century

Excellent work. I can tell you spent alot of time and effort to get these right. Informative and enjoyable. I think the record should go to the Portuguese Loui as the French Loui was never intended nor was expected to rule. Had Portuguese Loui survived im sure he would have been crowned. Thanks for all you do. Its always pleasant to hear your voice.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks David, though somehow I still managed to get one wrong as Edward IV should have just been the tallest King in English history. I made the video a couple of months ago now though and can't for the life of me remember how I got that one incorrect. :-(

@davidlancaster8152

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling no worries. I still trust you. Your the best.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

John IV of Portugal was actually the last Portuguese monarch to be crowned. The following monarchs only got a simple acclamation

@davidlancaster8152

7 ай бұрын

@@andypham1636 interesting fact. Thank you 😊

@libiusperseus

6 ай бұрын

I would not say the «French Loui was never intended nor was expected to rule». Before the revolution, he was the heir to the throne and was supposed to become king after his father. But, yeah, the abdication was not in his favour. Anyway, French royalty did not allow abdications, meaning Charles X's abdication was invalid. As for «Louis XIX», he ended up as the legitimist claimer to the throne from 1836 (Charles X's death) to 1844 (his own death).

Yes, there was such a law. I read that in Portugal, you had to be declared monarch by the Cortes to be such. that's why the short reign of "Luis II" is very much disputed

@edithengel2284

7 ай бұрын

I was interested to read this also. I had thought Luis succeeded automatically.

I really enjoyed this video of Records-breaking royals.Thanks. It is difficult to consider the two 20 minute kings were actually monarchs. I have recently read about Edward I, also known as Edward longs hanks because of his great height and stature. However, we are not accustomed in measurements of feet and inches. So I had to convert feet to meters to find his height.

Another fantastic video. Once again learning something new every day. Much appreciation for your endless dedication, time and research ❤ I found the photograph of Albert particularly interesting. There’s something fascinating about old photos / recordings and video footage of bygone eras. A compilation of “First Royal photographs” ect could be a intriguing deep dive ❤

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Wayne. Yes, I love seeing those old photos too. It's great when you don't have to rely on 'airbrushed' portraits, but can see the individual for yourself.

8:03- Although John II 'the Posthumous' of France and Alfonso XIII of Spain both reigned from birth thanks to their respective monarch fathers having died while they were in utero, it also needs to be mentioned that Mary, Queen of Scots was the youngest person to BECOME a monarch in 1542 when her father James V of Scotland died of dysentery at age 30 when his only surviving marital daughter was six DAYS old! He'd just been defeated in battle by his maternal uncle Henry VIII of England and the year before had had both his marital sons die in infancy. Anyway, when the dying Scottish king was told that his queen Marie [of Guise] had safely borne their daughter, he supposedly sighed that his dynasty 'began with a lass, it'll end with a lass'! The Stewarts had gotten their start with Robert the Bruce's daughter Marjorie having died in shortly after her and her husband Walter Stewart's son the future Robert II was born in 1316 but while Mary, Queen of Scots would survive infancy and even bear the future James VI of Scotland and I of England before her forced abdication in 1567 and her execution in 1587 at Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth's hands, the Stuart dynasty would cease ruling both Scotland and England with the death of James V's great-great-granddaughter the first monarch of Great Britain Queen Anne in 1714!

@katestout5099

8 ай бұрын

Until the 2 posthumous children were mentioned, I was thinking of Mary.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

Mary certainly Became queen at a very young age, but nothing beats being born king

a fun look at some royal records very Interesting, thank you as always HC.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Simon :-)

I loved this, and most all of your content. Your voice is lovely and I often listen to HC to relax because it’s so soothing. I even do re- visits because of this. This will definitely be a revisit!

Wonderful video - so interesting!! Thank you! I can't get my mind off the Countess who had 21 children!! Bless her soul!!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I know. Her husband really should have given her a break!

What a lovely bit of fun! thank you for this, and hope you are well!

About record 9! The Danish King Frederik 9th measured 1.98 m and his father was even taller 2 m.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Is there a good source for that? Some others have asked about Peter the Great too, so I now wish I'd limited that record to tallest English or British monarch. I was guided by the record holders I found listed online, but I'm certainly open to being corrected if that information is inaccurate.

Oh I feel so honoured when Portugal is mentioned- albeit it not in the best way here😭😭

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I did get around a lot of countries here, which was nice.

Fun! Thanks for the quality research as always 🙂

Another fascinating and very informative video. Thanks so much for sharing your research HC.😊

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex. Glad you enjoyed it. :-)

Oh, well done. Your Wow research and obvious time involved in building your uploads is very much appreciated. 😊

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. It was a fun one to research.

Yesterday, on 16th December 2023, The Emir of Kuwait died, and his half brother ascended to the throne at the age of 83, beating King Charles' record

@LordDim1

7 ай бұрын

Charles never held the record anyway, the previous emir of Kuwait was also 83 when he took the throne in 2020

I loved this video, a trivia lovers dream. Thank you for all time you put into this and all your videos.

Lovely and fun video!! thank you for this little change, its quite interesting to look over!!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. It was fun to research too.

I just love this channel!! You can learn so much! I am always pleasantly surprised.

Loved this video. This was so much fun!

I think you are pretty much accurate on what you said about the 20-minute kings. I think the French example was just a sorta devils advocate argument about the weird nature of succession law, less than genuinely calling him a King in his own right as he was signing away his rights to that throne. Overall, liked the video :D

Great video as always! For the oldest person record, I think if Sophia of Hanover managed to succeed Queen Anne in 1714, she would have been the oldest person to ascend the throne, because she would have been around 83 years old! But she died weeks before Anne. After King Charles, I don't think someone will be able to break his record.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I know. I bet Sophia would have been raging if she knew how close to succeeding she came.

@aFallOutGirl

7 ай бұрын

Give it time, maybe Margrethe of denmark will live long and Frederick be old before ascending 😂 (im being sarcastic, Margrethe has not taken good care of herself so doubt she will live to over 90 at all)

@wardarcade7452

7 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling True- especially considering that despite being 36 years older than Queen Anne, Sophia was in far better health than the wheezing, badly swollen first British monarch -until her own sudden death of a heart attack after she ran for shelter to avoid an unexpected rainstorm! Of course poor Anne had also endured nineteen (19!) pregnancies with only four children born living and the single survivor of toddlerhood (William, Duke of Gloucester) having hydroencephalitus before his death at age 11.

@screamingalgae9380

7 ай бұрын

Even worse, Sophia had beat 9 or 10 older siblings to becoming Heir Presumptive (all of them either dying without legitimate issue or becoming Catholic)--indeed, to get so close...

@LordDim1

7 ай бұрын

@@aFallOutGirl Well, this became a moot point surprisingly quickly

I am new to your videos in general, but just wanted to say that I like your style. You communicate in a way that I appreciate and understand clearly and you seem to focus on the same sort of things that I would wonder about as well. Just wanted to say thanks. Going to be a new subscriber as soon as I post this! 😀

This was a very intriguing and fascinating video! 👑 Thank you for sharing! This is exactly why I'm still very intrigued by royal history and just high society culture as well. 😊 I know it can be a odd thing to be intrigued by, but I can't help but feel fascinated by all things high society, mostly because underneath the wealth and glamour, there are stories underneath, some are inspirational, others are tragic and many are just like the rest of us when you think about it. I'm honestly surprised that you didn't cover the queen who gave birth to the most children though. I can't remember her name vividly, but I do know that she was a queen of Georgia when it still had a monarchy(and I can, I can't pronounce her name). 😅 I know Queen Charlotte was the British queen who had the most children, but I did see a video where other European queens and empresses had more children than her. Getting back on topic, I find these royal women having given birth to so many babies AND live to tell their story is incredible! ❤ After all, pregnancy and childbirth are tough things to go through, especially if it's constant. All that being said, I'm glad I learned something new today. 😊

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's not odd at all. I find it intriguing too. It helps that the upper orders produced far more documents and other sources which still survive so that we can study them. It's much more difficult to research the lower orders on an individual level.

Thank you for sharing this

Love this! Thank you for this fun video

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! :-)

Thank You! This was great.

That was very entertaining, HC and I thought you did very well with the names. Were the 20 minute monarchs really monarchs like you I believe that the Portuguese one was but not the French one. Looking forward to the next one. Thank you, Vernon

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Vernon. Yes, I think Luis's claim is pretty solid.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

no in Portugal, the monarch had to be proclaimed by the Cortes to be considered such

Don’t know how I haven’t come across your channel before, this is a brilliant video.

Another great video, thank you ❤

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

Delightful video. Fun and informative.

You are doing a great job and I really enjoy watching your episodes ❤

What fun. Very interesting. Thank you 💓 😊

Very interesting & informative. I appreciate the amount of research this video required.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 'Amelia' - love the username by the way, Amy Pond is one of my favourite Dr Who companions and Matt Smith one of my favourite Doctors (along with David Tennant).

Loved this vidoe!!! Thanks❤❤❤

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Wendy. Glad you enjoyed it :-)

I love your work thank you again for such carefully researched content! Edit: spelling

I loved it. Positively one of the funnest ones. Thoroughly enjoyed it. BTW, just for fun, let's remember that King Solomon also had 300 concubines. I'll have to listen again. Did you mention the ruler with the most children? I was thinking of Pharaoh Ramesses II who had between 48 and 50 sons, and 40 to 53 daughters. He did this while reigning for only 66 years. I look forward each week to your next video. ❤❤😊😊

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks John. Yes, this one was a bit lighter and more frivolous than my normal fare, but that was def. part of the appeal :-) I mentioned the royal with the most kids from a monogamous relationship. Ramesses obviously had a lot of women on the go though :-)

This was such an enjoyable video ❤

What a fun and informative video. Thanks.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! :-)

This was a fun one, HC. Too bad there's no readily available info about Prince Hartmann. His poor wife must've essentially spent her entire child-bearing years in pregnancy. 😮 It'd be fascinating to know how many children actually survived and how she died. (My money's on something pregnancy-related.)

@mr.t-gamer8740

8 ай бұрын

"Poor wife" why do you say that? Many women enjoy having a lot of children and the fun that comes with it.

@sweptashore

8 ай бұрын

@@mr.t-gamer8740 Uhhhh.... because carrying and delivering TWENTY-ONE children would be *incredibly* unwise and risky to the mother's health here in the 21st century. And 1,000 times more dangerous in the 1600's.

@katestout5099

8 ай бұрын

I hope for her sake that some were twins!

Fun video. I enjoyed watching it!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. It was fun to put together as well.

Fun episode, thank you

This was a fun one!

Thanks! This was super fun!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH JOY for such a generous donation to the channel and I'm very glad you enjoyed the video :-)

Good video as always. 2024 is going to be a banger of a year for this channel. :) (First time using that word) lol

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I hope so (and your use of 'banger' was correct) :-)

This was a fun video. Thanks!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

For the 20 min monarchs I would argue this: if Louis was forced to sign an abdication then he must have been (however briefly) considered the monarch. You don't make a normal citizen sign an abdication. As for Luis, he also is valid since most countries do recognise that as soon as the monarch dies then that automatically makes the heir the new monarch. That's just my opinion, however.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

no since in Portugal, you had to be declared monarch by the Cortes to be such.

@naomiskilling1093

7 ай бұрын

@@andypham1636In the UK the new monarch must be declared by parliament but that didn't stop everyone including the BBC from calling Charles the king as soon as his mother was dead.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

@@naomiskilling1093 different monarchies have different rules

@jonesnori

7 ай бұрын

​@naomiskilling1093 I believe in the UK the declaration is a formality. The new monarch accedes automatically on the death of their predecessor. I don't know how far back that rule goes, but I'm told that's the law now.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

@@jonesnori it goes back to the reign of Edward I of England. IDK about Scotland though

This was a very fun facts one! I had hear & read that Queen Victoria was just shy of 5 feet tall. I know I used to "round up" about my height as at the time I was the shortest female in my family. lol

Cheers.. that was interesting

These videos are always a must watch.

If you go to Wikipedia there is a page for Prince Hartmann III of Lichtenstein - it doesn't give a lot of information and unfortunately, does not list all 21 children (only 3).

@edithengel2284

8 ай бұрын

I found five elsewhere. I wonder how long the rest of them survived?

Your document was brilliant girl you good thank you

Very interesting Episode👑

Poor Portuguese Luis 😢 assassinated alongside his dad. If i remember correctly, his mother wasn't seriously injured but poor woman was right there when it happened.

There is one record not mentioned, the longest reigning monarch whose reign did not involve or include a regent ... record held by Queen Elizabeth II

@wardarcade7452

7 ай бұрын

Good point! Even Louis XIV's 72-year reign consisted of him starting out as a four-year-old boy with regents until he turned 13. IOW, he ruled for 63-years at most while Elizabeth II started as a 25-year-old woman and indisputably ruled until her death 70 years later at age 96!

@paolotorres8537

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@wardarcade7452my dad said it’s kinda cheating if he started his reign at 4. If you subtract the years Louis XIV’s reign was under regency, then yes, Elizabeth II would be the longest reigning monarch in history.

@libiusperseus

6 ай бұрын

@@wardarcade7452 You said Elizabeth II «undisputably ruled until her death» but can we really consider she ruled while she did not even have right to give her opinion ? Her position was probably closer to Louis XIV's position during the regency than his position after the regency.

@wardarcade7452

6 ай бұрын

@@libiusperseus While I grant that Her Late Majesty was not the absolute monarch of Great Britain and could only advise the PM but not overrule the head of government, she (and Charles III) are still quite legally capable of commanding others (and she technically could have declared war but she wisely knew if she tried, she'd have that power taken away). Moreover, the fact that she read and processed government 'red boxes' full of legal motions, government intelligence (it's believed that she was supposed to know EVERY state secret) and her signature was required for laws to be passed, shows she was by no means powerless. BTW, she only skipped 140 days of looking at red boxes during her reign. Yes, she read and processed through them every single day save Christmas Day and her own birthday!

The photo of Albert is very haunting looking. I love your accent and your voice is very soothing while learning. 😊

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you :-)

Sign me up for the quiz show! LOTS of great info here, HC. I'm thinking Luis of Portugal would be considered the real deal. I doubt that was on his mind as he lay dying, though, but who knows? 👏👏👏

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

No, poor thing. I don't even know if he really knew what was going on. It was just awful for his mother as well, losing them both like that at once. Yes, this is probably a good one to watch right before a pub quiz.

@stephencarrillo5905

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling 😂😂 I should make a point of doing a pub crawl when we're in the UK again. I'm a teetotaler, but pubs are always fun.

@chrisbanks6659

8 ай бұрын

@@stephencarrillo5905 Teetotaller? 😳😳😳😳😳

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

no because in Portugal, you had to be proclaimed by the Cortes to Be considered one

I love your videos ❤

Thoroughly this. Thanks

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you :-)

Thank you!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it :-)

Wow-what a great video! The story of the Romanov's is so sad. I know Nicholas did some horrible things (he was an extreme anti-Semite and he was an awful warrior) but the story is still so sad. I think one of the Russian aristocrats was thrown alive down a mine shaft and they lobbed grenades down after her. Good grief! Not one of Nicholas' family, a relative I think.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the story of the wider family's fate is possibly even worse than what happened to the Tsar, Tsarina and their children.

@cynthiaalver

8 ай бұрын

The woman you're speaking about was Grand Duchess Elisabeth, Tzarina Alexandra's sister. She was the widow of Grand Duke Serge and had been living in the Convent of Martha and Mary, which she founded, for many years.

@TexasPelican

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)@@cynthiaalver

@piratesswoop725

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@TexasPelicanAs well Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, three of the sons of Grand Duke Konstantin-Prince Ioann, Prince Konstantin and Prince Igor, and the younger son of Grand Duke Paul, Prince Vladimir, also died with Elizabeth. Grand Duke Paul himself was also a victim of the Revolution, dying with three of his cousins-GD Sergei’s brothers Grand Dukes George and Nicholas Mikhailovich and GD Konstantin’s brother Grand Duke Dimitri Konstantinovich by firing squad in 1919.

@sweethistortea

7 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCallingNicolas’ sister Olga is buried only a short drive away from where I go to school.

I view that the shortest reign belongs the the young king of Portugal, for some reason I had thought it was Spain. For years I possessed a 1989 Guiness Book of World records, and he was listed as having the shortest reign, and I recall no contenders to the contrary. I am therefore content with his claim to the title of monarch with the shortest reign. Technically would not the oldest ascenedant monarch be Benedict XVI who reigned over vatican city from his 78th year until his 86th? He is the electected soveriegn of Vatixan City, an independent city-state. 😁

Thank you ❤

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Thanks!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH IRIS for so kindly donating to the channel. I hope you enjoyed hearing all the records :-)

Love that the last given name of that guy with the longest name was just "All-Saints". Couldn't name them all, so we just tagged that on the end!

@jonesnori

7 ай бұрын

They still do that. Some of the current Spanish royals have that name at the end of a much shorter list.

Great to see you

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. You too :-)

@Metadasius

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. Hope i can catch you next week as well😊

Hello, I hoped some day you will make A video on the man in the iron mask.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

The thought has crossed my mind actually, but I don't really speak French so wouldn't be able to access the primary sources very well.

Awesome that you mentioned Prince-Royal Louis Philipe of Portugal! Not only he could had the title Louis II of Portugal, but his uncle, the Duke of Porto also held the title Afonso VII for less than 24 hours, after his youngest nephew became King Manuel II of Portugal. Thus making Manuel II the last King of Portugal, and the Duke of Porto became the last Prince-Royal during his nephew's reign beetween 1908 to 1910. Awesome video! 😊

I wonder if some of the lengthy Egypt reigns are dated based on wanting to erase a monarch from history/legitimize some kind of blood claim - like how Horemheb's reign has a 13 year dispute length possibly due to him or those around him attempting to eradicate evidence of the entire Amarna period.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Oh, interesting question. I know almost nothing about Egyptian history unfortunately, so can't answer it.

@nicolemeiner6903

8 ай бұрын

​@HistoryCalling very short context to my comment is there was a period in the 18th dynasty where a pharaoh essentially hardlaunched monotheism on a historically and devoutly polytheistic people and when they went back to the old ways a lot of stuff from those decades were suppressed or destroyed to try to erase those people's existence since they believed that when you spoke of someone they were living again, and so they had to make sure people were never spoken of. That's the most famous instance of that happening in Egypt but I wouldn't be shocked at all if other pharaohs had falsified records of how long they reigned to hide someone else's time in power.

Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How are you doing? Do you have snow where you are? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. We have lots of snow right now in Ontario Canada. Not much yet. All your history videos are always enjoyable and wonderful. Next video could you do queen Jane Seymour. She was queen in the 16th century. Have a great weekend see you next video 😊

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Hi Michelle. No snow here, just lots and lots of rain. I already have a couple of videos on Jane if you want to check them out. They're in my Six Wives of Henry VIII playlist. Til next week, keep learning! :-)

@MichelleBruce-lo4oc

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling I'll watch the six wives of henry the eighth you did. See you next video 😀

By the way history calling are you catholic or Protestant or your family are catholic or Protestant just curious and also would you ever consider doing Greek mythology for example Hera don’t know if I asked you this like 2 or 1 years ago

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I'd prefer to keep my personal information private. I don't really do mythology I'm afraid, but I'm sure there are other excellent channels which will have covered that topic.

@williammccarron4494

8 ай бұрын

I'm a Scottish protestant.

@perniciouspete4986

8 ай бұрын

​​@@williammccarron4494 One of my friends is an insomniac dyslexic agnostic. He stays up all night wondering if there is a dog .

Good evening to history calling from Bea

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Hi Bea. Lots of royals to entertain you today :-)

Of the records you provided in your video, which record do you think will never be broken? Thanks for reading and hopefully answering. Love your videos, long time fan 😊

@piratesswoop725

8 ай бұрын

I think Louis XIV’s record as longest reigning monarch. As healthcare outcomes get better, people will live longer, so many monarchs will live longer, but won’t accede to the throne until they are older adults, so there won’t be many people becoming monarch as children, barring an accident of some kind.

This is the first time I have seen this channel and I promise you it will not be the last. I found it very interesting indeed. I will subscribe. Keep up the splendid work my lady.

Shah Shappur II was probably the shortest king. That is because he was proclaimed as king while still inutero. The crown was literally placed on his mother's belly.

@jonesnori

7 ай бұрын

If he had been born a girl, would she have been Shahbana?

Such fun!

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Dory :-)

The 20-minute kings were actually kings, because monarchy transfers from the last monarch to the heir instantaneously via the faster-than-light kingon particle (or queon, as the case may be). It's probably quantum. [Thank you, Sir Terry Pratchett! A philosopher for the ages.]

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I think so too. I would certainly count Portuguese Luis at least.

@andypham1636

7 ай бұрын

Not in Portugal, because back then, you had to be declared monarch by the Cortes to be such

@libiusperseus

6 ай бұрын

@@andypham1636 True. And in France, the king did not have right to abdicate. That means Charles X's abdication is invalid and his son could only claim the throne after his death (which he did though it was too late).

@andypham1636

6 ай бұрын

@@libiusperseus which means that Marie Therese was practically never queen

@libiusperseus

6 ай бұрын

@@andypham1636 According to the Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom of France, she was queen from 1836 (Charles X's death) to 1844 (Louis XIX's death). But, of course, these laws were not applied anymore because you know... Revolutions. Louis XIX and Marie-Thérèse being king and queen is pure legal fiction that follows a juridical norm that only royalists recognize (just like Louis XVII being king).

y'know. I found this video as a misclick. :) Funny how that works mmm? By the end of the video. I am left with only one conclusion. The level of effort, and research. Not to mention sheer hard work that went into the video is nothing short of breathtaking. My hats off to you!

loved this video! i tried to guess the answers as you read them off, i only got a few right but learned a bunch. i have never heard of the 20 minute kings but more so surprised by how tiny Queen Victoria was 😮 🤣

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I'd only heard of the French Louis before this video, but ended up thinking the Portuguese Luis had a better claim to that particular title (not that it's a title you would ever want). Yeah, Victoria was so petite. It was odd standing next to her dress.

@carolinegreenwell9086

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling I remember when I visited Disraeli's house they had a dining chair that they're sawn off the legs so that her feet could touch the ground

@ns-wz1mx

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling amazing how much there is to learn!!

@ns-wz1mx

8 ай бұрын

@@carolinegreenwell9086 that’s so interesting 😯

@andypham1636

6 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling no because In Portugal, monarchs had to be proclaimed by the Cortes to actually be such

Thanks

@HistoryCalling

7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH BEVERLY for donating to the channel. I hope you found the records entertaining :-)

I have to say, I love your videos for various reasons but I must admit that your voice is quite enjoyable. You have a cute accent, even though I know you don't think you have an accent, for us Americans you do.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I promise I do know about the accent - I try to iron out some bits of it sometimes to appeal more to an international audience which is why you hear me flipflopping between 'tar' and 'tower' (as an American would say it). :-)

@perniciouspete4986

8 ай бұрын

​@@HistoryCalling I did notice you said Edward IV "tow-ard" above everyone else, a distinct departure from the monosyllabic "tar" you usually say for "tower." Is that differentiation common among the Irish? Please don't try to change your accent. It's part of your appeai.

@tiffcat1100

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCallingHold on tight to your accent & pronounciations as lovely! (A grumpy old Brit who has England/Wales/Scotland /Ireland dna) ❤

Great video. I’m really enjoying all the stats. Just one thing. Wouldn’t Russian Emperor Peter the Great be the tallest at 6’8”?

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I made a boob there. I have put a correction in the pinned comment, but probably no one reads that :-(

by the by, here’s another video idea haha: Alfred the Great’s dead body History :’) which is, sadly for his career, utterly disrespectful :/

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I always like a good corpse story as you know, but I was rather disappointed with how William the Conqueror's did. Maybe people just like dead Tudors (and Charles I)?

@lfgifu296

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling omg no way I thought corpses always did well! Istg people’s standards are too high (or low…) Well, in any case, you might like to look at it, since you do seem to like such stories

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

I know. I did that whole video on whether we should display dead people thinking that it was a shoe-in for good viewer numbers, but it just tanked. People are impossible to predict.

@lfgifu296

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling I suppose people prefer stories to questions? Idk they are, indeed, unpredictable- I speak as though I’m not a person myself lol-

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Ah yes, well you are of course a friendly alien I suppose :-)

I really enjoyed this video. I don’t know how king Solomon managed all of his wives.😬 Thank you for your history lesson. Have a good weekend.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Leticia. Glad you liked it (and I did have a nice weekend, thanks).

Now, explain this one, my Great Grandmother was 85 for five years, was born in (1912, 1924/25/26/27, and 1935), which meant she was two when her daughter was born, was five foot on a good day in her dress shoes, and died at the age of 39. We never figured that one out...

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

Easy - she was a time traveller :-)

@anthonycalbillo9376

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling Great Grandma Lydia.

@HistoryCalling

8 ай бұрын

AKA, Doctor Who from Gallifrey :-)

@tiffcat1100

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryCalling😂