This is such an underappreciated part of the European history. The Magyars were basically the "Vikings on horseback", causing approximately as much trouble for the continental Europe, as the Norse did in the same period. Basically the main difference between them is that they didn't affect the British Isles, and that's enough to be so much less remembered by the general public. They were also the only ones of the many nomadic peoples that came to Europe from the Steppe in Early Medieval period, that established a lasting state when settling down, while keeping their language and not assimilating with others (like the Turkic Bulgars). It was likely the other way around, people already living in the Pannonian Basin assimilated with the Magyars. BTW great video! Is it the first time you made such detailed, animated battle plan, or am I forgetting/imagining things?

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose in the English speaking world it is indeed a bit snowed under. Yep this is the first time I tried my hand at a detailed battle animation. Thank you for noticing!

@annatarlordofgifts2442

2 жыл бұрын

Not just the British isles. People forget the Vikings were in Spain, the black sea area, the middle east, and Italy. Also they got to north America 700 years before Columbus.

@Artur_M.

2 жыл бұрын

@@annatarlordofgifts2442 Well yeah, that too. Although, I think that the whole America thing (Vinland) is pretty well known now.

@brokenbridge6316

2 жыл бұрын

Or the Magyars could be the new Huns or Mongols. Because both caused a lot of fear too.

@bartoszs4169

2 жыл бұрын

@@brokenbridge6316 yes, but when i think about the numbers of Magyars army (10.000-20.000) that whole christian Europe feared and compare it to battles during ancient Roman times it shows how weak European kingdoms were in X century

Beware of low flying Goulash pots lads .

Greetings from Augsburg! Every child in the region learns of the battle as early as elementary school. :) You explained the battle very well. PS: nice German pronunciation :D

@antalbencsik4345

2 жыл бұрын

And nice Hungarian pronunciation either. :D Greetings from Hungary! :D

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Csak az a baj hogy rosszul tanítják.

Good thing the Magyars christianized and now nobody in Europe would ever have any issues with horse archers from the East, right ?

@rumo893

2 жыл бұрын

“They came from the Steppes. Our Machine Guns were powerless against their mighty bows, their horses too fast to be hit by our missiles”

@spoolofflarn8760

2 жыл бұрын

...what's that guttural noise coming from the carpathians? why are all those poles/rus running this way? Ah well. Praise be to God!

@fnapFNAP

2 жыл бұрын

laughter in Mongolian

@Toto-95

2 жыл бұрын

yes that is exactly right. In fact to this day, we still fight duels of honor on horseback and/or foot between champions before a battle.

@Hedniskhjertad

2 жыл бұрын

No, the whole Semitic Europe should have been purged from every person systematically, and after that would not have been Semitic, Hungarians had chance to do

The legacy started by Arpid, Lehel and Bulsu finally met it's match in one of the last and greatest Magyar descendant: John Hunyadi. Due to their steppe nomadic bloodlines, the kingdom of Hungary proved to be one of the greatest threats to the mighty Ottoman Turkish army for many years.

@istvansipos9940

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure you mean Árpád, Lehel, and Bulcsú

@johnnyboy3410

Жыл бұрын

considering the Ottoman Empire defeated Hunyadi and conquered Hungary, no, not really, also Kingdom of Hungary adopted European style of armies, armored knights and what not and not their nomadic style

@johnnyboy3410

Жыл бұрын

@@hungarostudio at the time of Hungarian-Ottoman wars, nomadic Hungary was long gone, hell Arpad dynasty wasn’t even ruling Hungary at the time, so regardless of whatever steppe bloodline bullshit original commentator said, Hungary wasn’t close to nomadic Hungaryin the 1400s and 1500s

Well done! More obscure battle vids my man! I've been waiting for history marche to continue their Magyar series, so I'm grateful that you have. Thanks!

Interesting description of the battle and the events leading up to it. I appreciated the animation, which was a very useful addition to the aural description. 👌

Amazing! Love the battle animations

Thanks for making the video! Always enjoying extra history lessons. Had no clue the entirity of europes was raided at that time.

Fantastic video! Good battle animation 👍👍

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mbathroom1

2 жыл бұрын

hello dennis, I'm micah

@deteon1418

2 жыл бұрын

@@mbathroom1 Sup! 👌

Amazing brother I couldn't explain what a stunning video this is.

Hello from Kazakhstan to Madyars! We are same blood! We have such tribe in our nation - Madyars!

@benedeknagy8497

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Hungary! We still use some old words, like Balta (axe) or Bichak/Bicska (knife).

@DragovianMythiX

2 жыл бұрын

@@benedeknagy8497 Wow, in Turkish we use the same words for those items. Could it be, that the Hungarians got these words from the Ottomans? or did the Hungarians use these words long before?

@benedeknagy8497

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragovianMythiX Long before. The Magyars were the leaders of a confederacy of 7 tribes, that was a mix of finno-ugoric, turkic, and indo european (mostly iranic) nomads. Genetic analysis of the remains of Hungarian warriors of 9th and 10th century revealed a connection to modern day Yakuts, Uyghurs, and Bashkirs.

@CrazyMongol123

2 жыл бұрын

@@benedeknagy8497 Wow! It's literally our current words!

@CrazyMongol123

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragovianMythiX kairly kyn, turk brother! Ottomans was one of our tribes too! Long life Turan!

Another well presented important battle forgotten in general history but crucial for the stability of Western Europe. Thank you.

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

A csata nem lényeges. A német egység létrejött ez a lényeg.

@rnies6849

Жыл бұрын

what is for You "general history"? Anglo-saxon history?

This was the Second Battle of Lechfeld. The first one was in 910 and the Magyars defeated the combined armies of East Francia and Swabia.

Really enjoyed this type of content. Keep it up!

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

I was watching Warhammer 40k content, yet I accidentally clicked on this video. Glad I made the mistake, since your content is quite interesting ❤

Thx for this it makes sense finally... I didn't understand how hungary had horse archers.

High quality video. Keep up the good work

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Glenn!

Great account - i didn't realize the raiding Magyars were such a nuisance!

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Csak azt nem említi a gerinces nèmet tórtènelem tanìtàs; a magyarokat szövetsègesnek hìvta mindenki.

Fantastic video

HEYYYYYY,Now That's pretty nice

It would be a nice if you could do the first Battle of Lechfeld too.

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Great recommendation, thanks!

Very interesting video, nice sound effects thanks,more history I know nothing about.This has sparked my interest into looking at few Biblical battles, I was reading and did not have a very good idea of maps etc.And so I could not"see" what was happening.Thanks so much hay.

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Fun fact: in an old Hungarian legend, after the battle, sitting on his throne Otto asked the captured Lehel (or Lél) what was his last wish before he dies. Lehel replied that he wanted to drink wine from his drinking horn. So be it, said Otto, and his servants gave the horn to the tricky Lehel. At that moment Lehel jumped forward and hit so hard the head of Otto that the horn broke and the victorious emperor died at the same time. It was the revenge of the brave Lehel for the massacre. According to another tale, only seven warriors (fairy-tale number) came back from the battle to their homes, but they were humiliated and killed by their fellow tribesman because they left Lehel and Bulcsú but they should have died with their fellow warriors. Btw nice vid, thank you. :)

@roomonleft

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, thats an impressive one 👍

@_sky_3123

2 жыл бұрын

@@roomonleft Otto didn't die after that battle, so that first part is obviously missing something.

@roomonleft

2 жыл бұрын

@@_sky_3123 I think you wanted to write to Antal, not me :)

@kalterverwalter4516

2 жыл бұрын

I dont know I think they wouldnt get massacred If they did Not Invade That often. So No reason to get Revenge. What Gies around comes around.

@johnnyboy3410

Жыл бұрын

well that Hungarian legend is false since Otto the Great lived and went on to form the Holy Roman Empire 7 years after this battle

The Hungarian word árpa was borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries), from Proto-Turkic *arpa.[5][6][4] The Hungarians cohabited for centuries with Turkic people, which accounts for over 10% word roots in modern Hungarian being Turkic. In Hungarian, most pastoral terms are Turkic in origin, and agricultural terms are 50% r-Turkic. Many Hungarian names, and also animal and plant names,[7] are of Turkic origin, and the majority of tribe names were of Turkic origin.[8]Turkic is, along with Uralic, German and Slavic, one of the four languages that have the greatest percentage of word roots in the Hungarian language. However, the Magyars are not a Turkic people, though the Turks made a genetic and linguistic contribution.[9][10]

@MrAkurvaeletbe

2 жыл бұрын

No turkic words are hungarian in origin

@fnapFNAP

2 жыл бұрын

Really they aren't Turk at last one horse archer army of tribal warriors who burn Europe and aren't Turk such a relief

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Az Árpád egyik feltételezett vagy már megfejtett jelentése: dicsőségre választott. Méltóságnév, nem személynév. A vezetőink általában méltóságnevet viseltek és ezen a néven ismerjük őket.

Gyula was not a person at that time and shouldn't be mentioned as such. Gyula/dzsula/jula was the second highest rank of tribal Hungary. Arpad was the kende(kündü in some sources), a de jure leader of the people. The Gyula was a de facto military commander, his word superceded the Kende in military matters. Last we had the horka/Harka, who was usually responsible for handling issues with allied tribes and leading them in battle along the main army.

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is exactly the context I mention gyula in. Not as a person but as a rank.

Nicely informative video.

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@brokenbridge6316

2 жыл бұрын

@@HoH---Thanks.

Thank you so much

That was really interesting, thank you. 👍👍👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

This channel looks like it has great potential. Keep up the good work. Also, think about not doing too much "talking head" segments in your videos, maybe instead of that just change back up to a map or animation of some sort. And I loved the use of a 2d chess piece symbol to denote cavalry. P.S. I was redirected to your channel from a Historymarche post

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

could you eleborate on how you make these battlemaps? what program are you useing?

August 10th auspicious in yet another historical event - my birthday😁

In-laws actually lived in Lechfeld while serving in US military. A nice little German town.

Rocking the glasses today ! 😎

My older High School Text Books told a different account of the Battle. Being that the Magyar Horsemen were pinned against the River Lech and slaughtered. While the rest of Magyar Horsemen, heavily laden with Loot, drowned in the river, trying to escape.

Hello, could you tell which sources you used? I‘am working on a term paper for the university.

Excellent documentary, except otto 1st was never granted the title of Holy roman emperor by the pope ......just emperor of the romans . It was Frédéric barbarossa who added the " holy " to his title in 1185 because he wanted to get rid of the pope influence .

@rnies6849

Жыл бұрын

he was not emperor of the romans, he was emperor of the Roman Empire as all German kings who followed until 1806 stood in that succession, with or without the Popes blessing

You made an interesting comment at the end, about the Magyars becoming Christian and changing their raiding ways. Whoa. How did that happen? Was the change done easily? Or, was their internal resistance? How did the Kingdom of Hungary get established from its Magyar past?? I would love a video talking about that. Thanks so much.

@johnnyboy3410

Жыл бұрын

this battle destroyed their manpower and forced them to settle down and with the time they became Christian

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Hungary is/was an Archiregnum before St. Istvan.

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Az àrulóink àltal.

@craigkdillon

Жыл бұрын

@@hungarostudio What is an Archiregnum?

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

@@craigkdillon Ancient kingdom/saint kingdom/main kingdom

Good stuff

very nice

You da best historian in da hole world tho fam!!! U kno it all!!!

talk about the Hussite wagon tanks

Having only read the name Bulcsú, I was not prepared for how wrong I've been pronouncing it. Better find out if I've been mangling Árpád as well ☺

Otto I Rex! Duke Conrad (r.i.p. you legend) and Otto's lines would mix, and later one of their family descendants would become a Holy Roman Emperor in his own right. Emperor Conrad.

8:03 - "cavlary"

00:57 that location is nowhere near Pressburg. If you consider the position of lake Balaton, the mistake is easy to spot

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Hey István, the Battle of Pressburg is likely fought nearby Zalavár. The exact location is unknown and some sources indicate it was more likely closer to Bratislava.

In Hungary we call it the "battle of Augsburg" or "the loss at Augsburg"

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Magyaroknak ajánlgatok egy könyvet. Ingyen letölthető a netről. Botos László: Hazatérés Az eleje felé ír egy kicsit a csatáról is. Na ezt kelle minden magyarnak meg a "világnak" tudni.

Please make video about the 1st and 2nd Hungary invasions of Mongols.

Every horrible Commander ever: "nothing can go wrong if me and the rest of the flanking force stop to loot right?"

Danke wel

How come so few KZread historians cover the Magyar invasions?

nice

Arpad 😍

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

😍🇭🇺

Got his chance in 1955, the year I was born

*has best horse archers in the game* chooses to fight a pitched battle

Rulers of Khazars, Pechenegs, Bulgars, Magyars were all Turkic😍

@canosuslupus2862

Жыл бұрын

The Hungarians were not Turks, especially their rulers, they differentiated themselves since the begging. They are Scytho-Hunnic people.

Here from HistoryMarche

Soon the fulfillment of Isaiah 2:4 will take place: "He will render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore." We will enjoy absolute peace, for all the tragical events will be forgotten, according to Isaiah 65:17: "For look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be called to mind, Nor will they come up into the heart." And there is more.

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Igaz.

One does not simply raid Ulm!

nice video make a video of your Editing

Perfect video! I noticed only a minor thing, which I think I have to correct. You speak that the Hungarian army had an infantry. This is impossible, because the Hungarian army was a nomadic horse archer style army, which fought only on horse. So it was no Hungarian infantry in that battle.

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

That is what surprised me as well. Chronicles reveal the Magyars used some infantry as well during the battle and siege.

@szalard

2 жыл бұрын

@@HoH During the siege of course, the mounted soldiers dismounted, and attacked the walls. But I think that the accounts about the Hungarian infantry fighting in battles, was made by somebody who did not saw Hungarian warriors, and maybe misunderstood something he heard about them from those who told him the story of the battle. Or, maybe some Germans or Slavs too fought in the Hungarian army? If so, only those could be on foot.

@benedeknagy8497

2 жыл бұрын

@@szalard AFAIK the foot troops were moravian slavic auxiliaries. It was common for nomadic armies to use conquered locals to do the dirty work, like building siege equipment or acting as foot troops/meatshield. Mongols did the same with the Chinese, and the Tatars with Rus.

His English is really good. Although it's as though he is saying one long sentence. Some half second pauses every now and then would make the vid even better 👍

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I will take it into account.

Parte 2

Otto beat some sense into them.

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

If you need defence then we are good.

This video seems well produced and researched, but I do feel the narrator would benefit from talking slightly slower, or allowing each sentence to be separated slightly.

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I will try my best.

@emilm91

2 жыл бұрын

@@HoH Good luck, subscribed to the channel and looking forward to the next videos.

This battle led to the creation of knighthood in europe. The heavy shock cavarly.

@hungarostudio

Жыл бұрын

Nem a csata hanem Nèmetorszàg lètrejötte.

There are many Turkic states in video❤️

The Iron Century.

Would you be able to do a video on the Khazar khaganate.. this is a subject filled with many different narratives

@HoH

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great suggestion, I do not know a lot about it (making it all the more interesting) so I will have a look at some books.

Hungarians Finns and Estonians,, the Asian Europeans.

@mbathroom1

2 жыл бұрын

eurasians

Talk about a loot trap

Yuhyuhyuh

They were turkish tribes.

@johnnyboy3410

Жыл бұрын

No, Magyars were not Turks, they were Magyars

They arived to Magna Moravia or Velka Morava ..slavic kingdom todays slovakia czech and panonia