Well lovely viewers, this is the last part of Episode IX! Hope you have enjoyed the early Reconquista - I'm researching the next episode now. Please do me a favor, this has been a month of work for me to produce, if you liked it - please share on social media and spread word about the video podcast. I'm am curious if anyone would want me to compile all the parts of Episode IX into one video. It would be an hour long! Btw, I made a mistake in the intro - spelled Siege wrong. Apologies on that - I chalk it up to being a new sleep deprived father. Until the next video, all the best!!

@massimopisati7922

5 жыл бұрын

congrats on your new fathership! The descendants of both christian kingdoms and muslim taifas salute you with honour

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I can't be happier! However a little more sleep would be nice =) @@massimopisati7922

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds good - I didn't want to spam people - but perhaps a combined video would be in order@Pablo Yong

@elliottprats1910

5 жыл бұрын

I'm be very happy to know the link to study the map shown at the 7:56 mark. Thanks in advance.

@clakoclakson

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your family achievements! Thank you very much for this beautiful and really entertaining video, I loved it. Greetings from a Spaniard in Sweden!

This is such a great series I'm glad you keep adding to it. I've never seen such a comprehensive history series on Spain.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I'm really happy that you like this - yes this is going all the way up to the Aztec!

@antoniosessa6521

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, comprehensive without being lengthy, factual without being dull and dry, simple yet not overly so. A very well made series, especially for someone who took Spanish class in high school and has been exposed to though never fully understood the history of Spain. My congratulations on your outstanding work, and look forward to seeing further videos in this series. Felicitaciones, amigo

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

That was a really lovely comment. Thank you! It's hard to balance the flow of narrative without losing the essence and the inherent passion of the subject and time period. I'm really happy that you appreciated it! BTW The next video came out last night. @@antoniosessa6521

@antoniosessa6521

5 жыл бұрын

Just got done watching it. I can't help but notice certain parallels between Berenguela and Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. Both were shrewd political players, and the actions of both were taken to advance their son's status and secure their position as regent.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

The role of these powerful women is so often times overshadowed by the exploits of their offspring. But without them, there would be no Alexander or Ferdinand III @@antoniosessa6521

Yes, yes YES! Proper maps with territories. Thank you. This makes it much easier to follow the narrative and situate things in a broader perspective.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I had you specifically in mind in some of the animation sequences ;)

@Uncle_Fred

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I can't wait to see these little Al Andalusian borders struggle in the next one. =)

I've never been all that interested in Spain, at least outside of expansion into the new world, so at first I wasn't all that interested in this series. But wow, your ability to tell a story is incredible and I'm absolutely hooked. WONDERFUL series!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Brent, that’s awesome. I was like you - I figured this would be a stepping stone in my narrative to the conquest of the New World. But, it proves too fascinating to skim through. Really happy you liked it and that it gave you a second look at this time period

@barbatvs8959

4 жыл бұрын

The Reconquista was the fire that forged the men who would conquer the first empire on which the sun never set without whom there would be no British Empire following the trailblazers of Iberia, and consequently we would not be on KZread, as it would not exist, being based, if I recall correctly, in San Bruno, California, Spanish names of course.

@Ericson-vk6bx

2 жыл бұрын

I've never been interested in UK history too

@ochem123

7 ай бұрын

The Reconquista is God’s conquest. 🔥 ♥️

Am.spanish raised in france and never thought spain had sych a crazy history during arabic occupation....its absolutely insane!!

Off to play as Aragon in 1212ad Total War now… 🙃 Quite impressively how this whole video is set up to get to the exact same gameplay intro at the battle of Tolosa in 1212!!!

@FlashPointHx

3 ай бұрын

That was one of the most decisive battles of the Reconquista - had it gone the other way, the Christian kingdoms of the north likely would have been overrun

very, very good... actually, excellent... I wish you make similar programs on medieval france, germany and italy... It is marvelous to have digested a sizeable chunk of the history of medieval spain in a single hour...

Didn't know the Spanish peoples had a name they loved to over use for their rulers. Like Louise for France, or Constantine for Byzantium. Alfonso for the Spanish.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I actually drove me nuts - Alfonso was used by nearly each Kingdom. And sometimes there would be three at a time! Then they would interject Ferdinand every once in a while. 😂

@HVLLOWS1999

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Hah!

@JorgeGomez-nd4ce

5 жыл бұрын

In fact the muslims during that period around the XII century used to name "Alfonsos" to the christians in the peninsula, due to the use of this name by the kings

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

good to know @@JorgeGomez-nd4ce

@TheBigdaddy64

4 жыл бұрын

Name came from the way of the Visigoths.

I love this series. I'd love it if you guys did one on the Roman conquest of Hispania too. I can't find any good vids about that on KZread!

Aragó, Aragó! Great video as always :)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Coming from you and your expertise in the area, this is really appreciated!

@enriquepascual8767

3 жыл бұрын

Desperta Ferro! Arago! Arago!

Great video thank you very much! Navas de Tolosa was the mother of all medieval battles! All Christian kingdoms fought well and the military orders did a great job too. The Navarra kingdom troops were critical in the offensive and reaches the Saracen leadership destroying it. After this battle nothing’s was the same in Spain and Europe. Other great warrior Kong’s like Ferdinand the III , Alfonso X and Ferdinand the Catholic (and Isabel) continued their quest for the a reconquista with great success.

Good video! Very well explained 🙏🏻😂 I’m from a small city called Jaca. It was the actual cradle of the kingdom of Aragon as the actual county Jacetania was never conquered by Islamic invaders. You could’ve searched a little bit more into that as it is a quite interesting topic

@FlashPointHx

3 ай бұрын

thank you for this!

holy shit i just did a marathon through your episodes about La reconquista! and frantically im really impressed, and amazed, btw your humor is quite good +1

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, that’s awesome! You bringed the whole Reconquista episode - that’s listening to me go on for over an hour! I’m really happy you liked the show!

Yes! Just listened to the podcast for this, but the videos are so much better

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting - I hear the opposite from the podcast community - but I'm happy you like the videos. I think I'm getting better at both platforms.

@taintofcartman8064

5 жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong, the podcast is key, especially during my commute. However, when I get to work, having the maps and the Mount and Battle footage is inspired. Keep up the good work

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

This is good to know. Thanks I usually have more of my ramblings in the podcast than in the videos.

This story would make one hell of a TV series especially if HBO did it.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I know right? It’s a game of thrones but for real

@barbatvs8959

4 жыл бұрын

HBO is of the devil, and promotes adultery, fornication and other evil shit. May HBO never lay its claws on Spanish glory.

@davidribeiro1064

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbatvs8959 You don't know much about Iberian history do you?

@supernivemdealbabor

3 ай бұрын

Spain and Spanish history is too heavy for todays weak sissy ideologies

WOW 23 minutes! I look forward to see the whole history in one single documentary

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Ive already gotten some feedback on other platforms that that is what others want as well

The Afonsos 1 of Portugal and aragon are true badass. They have great balls

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha - yes - the BIGGEST balls of them all!

@rvrv7021

5 жыл бұрын

Have course the Afonso 1 of Portugal is better. He figth into old age and kill a almoade calife . Is califa Son al Mansour promesse revanche is father and ataque Portugal , só Portugal has in defense. and is Said that al Mansour never lose a Battles . Its true??

Perhaps you can do story about how Emirate of Granada survive for 200 years while other taifa collapse. The emirate always constant change allegiance between Marinid and Castille

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Yes - I’m going to do Alphonso X next and then an episode just for the Nasrids of Granada.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

The black death really reset the playing field.

Great series!

Love the thrilling hip hop music in the background! Haha. Keep up the great work!

Excellent, great content, music and narration. Thank you.

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

best series ever... captivated

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you ! Much appreciated!

The longer timeline is a better fit. The story seemed to come together just right. Great job as always. Now go get some sleep cuz we're going to be needing our next episode!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Good to know - honestly, I like the 20-25 minute format the best. Doesn’t kill me to make them and doesn’t kill you to watch them. Getting to work on the next one today!

it will be tough to wait.

WOW what a great job telling this history man! I had to go back, like every video and subscribe. Magnificent job!

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Really appreciate every episode you created. This music, your voice and animations are awesome.

@FlashPointHx

2 жыл бұрын

Really happy that you made it through all over this ! Now its time for Episode X - the Next Generation =)

@antoniplebanski1119

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I am really glad that there are still some KZread film makers who provide us with such nice documentaries from A to Z. I will definitely watch rest of the episodes so I cold introduce myself with a general view of medieval Iberian history before my history exam. And leaving comments and likes is the absolute minimum I can do so you can always count on it. Thank you!

@antoniplebanski1119

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Btw do you have plan to make more films about medieval history? I could suggest history of early Poland since it's always on the margines of European historiography, being far less complicated and not less interesting than Iberian Game of Thrones 😂

Wow this is fascinating and well made, thanks.

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

So far so good. So we'll made. Can not wait for next episodes! 👍

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, research on the next one already started

@rafaeldelaroca796

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Amazing. I will share for sure.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you - really appreciate it!

Love your content! Thanks!!!!!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Well thanks for watching!

Great series! Especially the change from antiquity to middle ages.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you!! Appreciate that. Glad you like my content

I really enjoyed your video! Quito-Ecuador 2019

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Happy you liked it. I've always wanted to visit Quito - its one of the highest cities in the world I believe. The closest I've been is Cuzco - but that's in Peru.

Very excellente muchos gracias

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

Captivating video, again :)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure - again, really happy you liked it

Awesome video

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. And cool last name!

Dude these videos are so high quality I don’t know why you have more subscribers

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s a bit of niche topic. Think I need to do something on WW2 next

Love your choice of music.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I listen to a variety of music while I go for runs and try and formulate where they will fit in. Happy you like it !

very nice dude, the first vid was "ok" but the quality kept improving ! very nice to discover it years later ! :D

Desperta FERROOO!!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

It is time for battle!

OMG Stop spoiling us (-:

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha - what could you possibly mean? =)

Amazing

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm really happy you liked it!

Your channel really helps me understand the factions in EU4

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha - thats a video game right? I got my love of history from a video game

@DJSbros

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx OMG if you haven't played it i HIGHLY recommend it. Extremely historically accurate. Bit of a learning curve though.

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

@@DJSbros Sid Meier's Civilization got me into history - I love the tactical / strategic games from Total War as well.

@DJSbros

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Shit man exactly like me (and probably most of your fan base). Ya dude check out EU4; you won't regret it.

When Henry of Burgundy died in 1112, it was his widow Teresa who came to power. She wasn't claiming power as her son's regent, but as countess/queen in her own right as Portugal had been her dowry. She ruled for 16 yrs and spent much of it fighting her half sister Queen Urraca of Castile-Leon. Alfonso deposed his mother Teresa is n 1128.

👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑

Great video! Does anyone know the name of the song that starts around 16.50?

You mention that Alfonso I of Aragon defeated the armies of his wife, Urraca twice, but you fail to mention that she counterattacked him and defeated his armies. At one point, she managed to seize back all the lands she lost. The reason why Alfonso was able to keep a large chunk of Urraca's lands was because rebellious townspeople turned over their towns to him. Urraca was a fascinating warrior queen who led her troops in battle, a rarity for a medieval queen. She managed to keep her throne and most of her realms despite being attacked by the forces of Alfonso, her sister Teresa of Portugal, the Moors, rebellious nobles, and townspeople. When she died in 1126, her son Alfonso became king and he drove Alfonso of Aragon out of Castile entirely.

Excellent video, as usual. No doubt the battle of las Navas de Tolosa was the most decissive battle in the entire Reconquista age, after the two main initial engagements at Guadalete and Covadonga. It would be worth to mention the participation of the Three Kings in the battle: King of Castile, King of Navarre and King of Aragón, in contrast to the mere participation of groups of knights from the kingdoms of León and Portugal, since the climax of the battle came with the "Three Kings Charge" straight to the centre of the Almohad line, smashing it and reaching the very Almohad camp.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

It was an epic battle on many fronts - especially as you mentioned that the Christian Kingdoms were able to band together under the banner of crusade and fight as one. Sadly, many revisionist historians have since downplayed this battle as not that important

@enriquepascual8767

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was even more important and massive, Simanca 939.

wow 😮

Glory to Aragon!

Se cuenta por estas tierras de Aragon, que la leyenda del Rey Arturo podria estar basada en la figura de Alfonso I el Batallador

@FlashPointHx

9 ай бұрын

I didn't know that - makes sense as Alfonso died tragically

Great Video! Btw, what's the song at the start called? Edit:Actually, nevermind I found it. (Still Standing)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

You got it - love that one too. Used it in my second video on the Crusades

@darkalligraph

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx you replied!!!😀 It is a great song isn't it.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

hahah - yeah I try to engage all my subscribers especially the ones who leave comments. Yes that music is perfect because it changes tempo and really quickly - which is perfect for the build up to action scenes. @@darkalligraph

@darkalligraph

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx :)

El Batallador in spanish is just someone who has participated in many battles/fights in spanish batalla means either fight or battle with the suffix ador being added to word as a title given to someone like matador either means murderer or bull fighter but matar means just to kill. I think it would've been more accurate to have called him Alfonso the warrior instead of Alfonso the Battler because that word isn't really used often in english and sounds awkward but that's just a minor detail. Also in spanish the double l is sort of like a y, so a word like llegue is pronounced yegeh (forgive me if it sounds awkward spanish has quite a few sounds not used in english) and in castilian spanish the c and z sound (in some words not all words) is more like a th sound, so zapato would be pronounced thapato. Other than that great video!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

It was hard for me to say some of these words - as your right the sounds are not that common in English. With words that I wasn’t familiar with I’d look them up on websites that would pronounce them for you. Still if your not a native speaker I can see them coming across differently. My wife is actually Latina from Los Angeles and used her help as well. But Spanish from Spain is still different. I tried to use the lisp as you had mentioned with Zapato, in prior videos, but some of your countrymen mentioned it was off. Guess I’m just going to have to travel to Spain again and live there for a bit again ;)

@Karthagast

5 жыл бұрын

I think the translation of "el Batallador" into English as "the Battler" is fair enough.

@zetaprime222

5 жыл бұрын

@@Karthagast It IS technically correct but listen to yourself say it in English and it sounds super weird

@Karthagast

5 жыл бұрын

@@zetaprime222 Of course. I do not deny that "battler" sounds weird in English. On the other hand, "batallador" is neither a usual word in Spanish. Plus, the solution you propose "fighter" has a wider meaning in English, it is not so specifically referred to the kind of clash we normally define as battle. Obviously this kind of problems always arise when comes to translate from one language to the other. Fortunately in the case of these words we have a clear, neat, table of translations: Guerra - War Batalla - Battle Lucha - Fight Guerrero - Warrior Luchador - Fighter Batallador - Battler??? Yeah, why not? haha :)

@bilbohob7179

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx it is not a lisp. It is the sound of Z in castillian or theta in greek or th in English.

España tuvo una larga cruzada contra los musulmanes, digna de contar con rigor y calidad en todos los sentidos.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

It sure did - it lasted 781 years!

I think you should have mentioned that Alfonso el Batallador actually was the first cristian king to raid the Guadalquivir valley, center of muslim power in Iberia. Its fucking awesome all the battles and military campaigns this man did, what u mentioned in the video wasnt but a tiny bit of it.

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

I wish I had more time to add his exploits - only so much you can add to a video

@Chabier-mx2mz

Жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx yeah, there is a lot if content about him and its relativly important that u could make a video sometime if u wish it! Love ur channel btw

❤️

16:19 I am from silesia and see my coat of arms, where is this pic from?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

hahah - I don't remember where I got this particular pic - its from wikimedia commons

Do you Will speak ok portuguese conquest of Ceuta and the nort morrocos or after granada you Will go to América and the conquistadores?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I will probably touch base on that briefly.

👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑.

what game are you useing for the footage ? total war rome 2 ? mod or diffrent ?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I have a Mac. The total war games don’t work very well on a Mac When it comes to recording these videos. I asked a friend who has a PC to create them for me. I believe he uses a modification from the Attila series.

15:11 , I fart in your general direction. Hahaha not bad

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

Ha!

I'm not sure, did you ever tell us the English translation of Al Adaluz? Would you?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

From what I’ve come across in my research, the term is what the Arabs and Berbers called the land of the Vandals - “ al-Vandal-us “ . I guess when a conquering force takes over they can slur the name a bit. For example when the Turks took Constantinople - many people think they changed the name to Istanbul, but it’s actually a slurred Greek term - ‘ is stan poli’ - ‘in the city’. As for al-Andalus, there are competing theories that the name is also from a Roman derivation as well.

@gzpo

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent my friend. You have enriched my perception of reality. Many thanks.@@FlashPointHx

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure my friend ! Glad you liked my content.

Ads make these episodes intolerable so sad because earlier videos so interesting

@FlashPointHx

Жыл бұрын

Gotta pay for the artists, musicians, music, clips, etc. somehow

Deus Vult,God wills it. Great video.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate that. You might like my videos on the first crusade as well.

Did the monarchs of Aragon speak Catalan or aragonese at their court?

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

Good question! I guess it Depends on what time period you are in.

@enriquepascual8767

3 жыл бұрын

Aragonese and spanish, catalan was a mix between valencian and llemosi (occitan( and very influenced by spanish, Valencia was part of the Arsgon Crown.

@mkgvlc4

Жыл бұрын

@@enriquepascual8767 that's bullshit. Valencia wasn't taken until 1238. And Aragon and Catalan counties united in 1150 to form the Crown of Aragon, a sort of medieval federal state. At the time, Even Castille was multilingual as Astur Liones and Galician and basque were spoken by a lot of its population. Aragon courts were mainly bilingual, with Aragonese and Catalan being spoken, this is a documented fact, not some pseudolinguistic theories. Actually Catalan (call it south occitan, valencian, romanç català or whatever you want) was usually the motherotngue of most Kings and most population in the following centuries in the crown of Aragon.

👍👍👍

Hope you go onto continuous timeline videos soon instead of jumping around so much.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah - just wanted to try out the shorter format for this one. Will go back to the longer format soon enough.

Nothing keeps a relationship going than couples having to go to war to each other because of marital disputes

"I fart in your general direction" 😂😂

Did Christians refer to Spain as "Spain" at the time? What do the names Iberia and Hispania designate at that time?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

So let’s take this chronogically. Iberia comes from the Greek ‘Iberes’ - which is what they called the Celtic tribes in the area who inhabited the area around the river Ebro. Likely when the Greeks established colonies. Later this was latinized into Hiberia and then Iberia. Hispania was the Roman name for the province. They got this from the Carthaginians who had previously owned it and some say it comes from the old name for the city of Seville - Hispalis. This is of course where the modern name that Spaniards call their country comes from - ‘Espana’. As for calling it “Spain “, I think this was what others called them especially the French in the Gascony region and later the English. Most of the vernacular that was used at the time was in Latin and hence they use the term Hispania after the Romans. Later when Spanishbecame the norm they would use Espana. I did come across several references to the kings who would refer to themselves as king of Spain or king of the Spains.

@webcelt

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Thanks for the reply. So they weren't separating Portugal and Spain as different places during this period, but Portugal was one of the kingdoms of Spain, if I have that right.

@rvrv7021

5 жыл бұрын

They are portuguese, leonese, catilan, basques, etc, but all them are from Hispânia. In fact, when lather the Castilla and aragan join and conquer granada, they put the name Spain and the portuguese dont forgive him, because in that time the portuguese considere themeselfs Spanish. Have course the people of Spain are Spanish and the Portugal portuguêses and now a union between the two contries is called iberic union, because the Spain is a name of the portugueses enimy and the term iberic is more polítical correct, but is the same Hispânia or Ibéria

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on the time period. Portugal was a part of Asturias and then later Leon and then later Leon-Castile. After she would fain her independence she became extremely protective of her own identity. But for outsiders across the Pyrenees - any Christian Kingdom could easily be considered as one of the ‘kingdoms of Spain’. Whether or not this was the official recognition, I’m not sure

@rvrv7021

5 жыл бұрын

The Viriato is lusitano, One of many tribes in the península. In that time dont exist portuguese , galician, Castilla , catallans people. The actual people of the península are the produt of reconquista. The moors never made greats eforces to convert the península. The taxes of jazeea are easy money .if the moor dont be só greedies maybe the península became muslin like Albânia . We never know. the fact is that the reconquista as a sucesse and Portugal as the same dna that the Spain, and on language and culture Portugal and Galícia are brothers. I dont sink that a iberic country is posible in the moment. In the past there where in 1580 to 1640 , but for Portugal only Filipe 2 is good. The other kings dont and Portugal has ataqued by the enimies of Spain, that are to numerous. Só Portugal have very bad memories of be part of Spain. In the moment Spain need a King . Its a union of the nacions of Spain, só if Portugal became part of Spain the King must be in the trone, if not is a juguslavia 2.

Navarre: Damn Gavelkind Succession!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Gavelkind?

@biglos9d

5 жыл бұрын

ck2.paradoxwikis.com/Gavelkind

Para mi gusto, los vídeos pierden credibilidad y calidad, por la música inapropiada para el medievo.

Viva Portugal

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I can't emphasize enough how much the Portuguese are proud of their history!

@miguelrodrigues2705

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx viva Portugal, our whole existence is doing it better than Spain (I'm kidding of course but Portugal story is literally the underdog narrative ad that's why alot of Portuguese like myself are proud of it, we are a nation that's a shore and we are explorers and fighters, or at least our ancestors are kkk)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I’m happy you liked the video and you’re right. Portugal went from being a small county to a world power in a matter of a few hundred years. But what did you mean by the KKK? You know what that means in the U.S. right?

@miguelrodrigues2705

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx welp sorry keep forgetting that one in country in the world has kkk stand for a racist cult xD, i was using the more as a laught (somethign i got from brazillian portuguese i guess even tho im not brazilian) than as a reference to KKK. Imagine Lol or kekekek

@pepepretal5175

3 жыл бұрын

@@miguelrodrigues2705 Remember! Portugal exist thanks to the kingdom of Asturias and the Asturian warriors that created the Portugal county. Without Asturias you would be nothing.

Where part of my royal lineage comes from

La peninsula iberica y las islas británicas tenemos construcciones de paises e identidades complicadas a lo largo de la historia. El mas importante de las islas británicas es inglaterra en la peninsula iberica es Castilla. La república de irlanda es el qe es independiente en la peninsula iberica es Portugal. Reino unido con el independentismo escoces en España el catalan . En gales no hay independentismo pero no es Inglaterra si britanicos es como Aragón qe no somos castellanos pero si españoles y no hay independentismo. Es decir Irlanda como Portugal. Reino Unido como España. Inglaterra como Castilla Escocia com9 Cataluña y wales como aragon

My last name is Aragon

Am I the only one who wonders what the black spots are on the white fur of a King's red robe? #lifelongquestioner

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha - no idea - but you're right, every time you see a king with fur those black spots are there. Think you just gained a task to discover the answer sir.

@colinmcewen9512

5 жыл бұрын

Flash Point History they are minx tails sewn into the white fur as a nod to the coat of arms of the former Duchy of Brittany, blazoned "Ermine"

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Now that question has been settled

Didn’t d Spanish get a backstage pass when d Borgia became Pope?

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

Everything kinda worked out - Granada defeated, Spain established, New World Discovered, Spain gets a world empire and its own pope, and before you know it, they're hooking up with everyone leading up to the Hapsburgs

@MCorpReview

4 жыл бұрын

Flash Point History admiral of Spanish Armada: hell yeah! And I’m gonna conquer England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and capture that rascal drake! What could possibly go wrong?😀👍

@enriquepascual8767

3 жыл бұрын

The counter Armada went wrong, Drake, responsible for the english worst navy defeat in history.

I am Spanish and I love your videos. However there are two things to clarify: 1. Cataluña did not extist until 1395. Everything was related to the Count of Barcelona. 2. Alfonse the VII was actually an "Emperaor of Spain" and he took Aragon, Portugal as vassal kings. This is important topic. Of course this didn´t last and the 3 entities (Portugal, Castille-Leon and Aragon) became independent.

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

Its been hard to describe this area - many history books have it label Cataluna as a region rather than a political identity

@bilbohob7179

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx then. The kingdom of León was referred by moors with the name of Galikia in the firsts centuries of reconquest. It is weird the overdimension of Catalonia. It was only a bunch of counties... Vasalls of franks, but occitans and previously the septimania was part of visigothic kingdom

@FlashPointHx

2 жыл бұрын

@@bilbohob7179 you're correct

The name Aragón reminds me of the Spanish word for lazy, haragán (and yes, there is also perezoso meaning sloth).

God is real; the Christians won because God favored the Catholics because it’s God’s Church. Secular sources note the inexplicability; it’s because they forget acts of God and miracles. 🔥 ♥️

Too many Alfonso, too many Abd-al Rahman

@FlashPointHx

2 жыл бұрын

hahaha - tell me about it.

First. :DDDDDD

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Nice work! I see your name come up all the time on new subscribers. You crack me up

Bring out your dead !

Not even a minute in and adds FFS ridiculous unwatchable... there's obviously dozens of them.thumbs down..and unsubscribed..

Fatal

Petronila wasn't just a princess, she was the first ruling queen of Aragon and the first reigning queen in Europe to succeed as a child. Her father, King Ramiro abdicated the throne to her when she was just two years old shortly after arranging her marriage to the Count of Barcelona. The count ruled in her name as prince consort until his death in August 6, 1162. When he died, his son by Petronila, Alfonso II, became count of Barcelona as a child and under the rule of a regency. Petronila took control of Aragon for nearly two years until she abdicated on June 18, 1164. Alfonso didn't became king until after his mother's abdication. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronilla_of_Aragon

2:53 this is historically innacurate, Aragon Realm didn't have the 4 strip flag until the union with the Barcelona nobility. The 4 striped flag belongs to the Casa de Barcelona, Catalan novelty. Now that I watched the full series, you guys just fully ignored the Catalans and how the Crown of Aragon (Catalans + Aragonese) conquered the realm of Valencia and Balearic Islands + the union with the Sicilian, Sardinia and Naples Realms...