This is the second of three videos we're doing in collaboration with BBC Three, all about royal weddings! Watch the first one, that breaks down all the basics, here: bit.ly/2wQBxad

@harunnga8555

6 жыл бұрын

oh ok

@ramosramirez8092

6 жыл бұрын

Wait, why you assumed that british were the good guys back then? and that the big reason of victoria to put her family members high positions of power was for the peace of europe?

@alpeaeood5442

6 жыл бұрын

In the "impressive" photo, you forgot to mention the last reigning Bulgarian monarch (also in the picture) Romania , Greece and Bulgaria are neighbors so it probably makes sense they were one after another

@noekahn2073

6 жыл бұрын

Vox How about you add the music used in the videos. I'm struggling to find them. Thanks

@lunayen

6 жыл бұрын

ramos ramirez No one said they were. But Queen Victoria's goal was to marry off all of the children and grandchildren into Europe in the hopes that it would remain unified. How is she to know that her grandkids would go fight one another?

Keeping Up With The Victorians

@mundoddl

5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHHAA

@HBerkTimur

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@blehbleh8143

5 жыл бұрын

Keeping up with the saxe-gothas or windsors you mean XD

@victorgabrielbuena

5 жыл бұрын

interesting idea

@Gr95dc

5 жыл бұрын

Way more interesting

Queen Victoria was the first Kris Jenner.

@gerardcollins6621

5 жыл бұрын

Dawud G Delves... aw bless you, this comment made my day XD

@jadeemp

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@user-rb9nq7rm5n

5 жыл бұрын

Better than that, Kris is a reincarnated...

@anja1627

5 жыл бұрын

Dawud G Delves HAHA

@marteenyo

5 жыл бұрын

It's true but you shouldn't say it.

The same cousins who used to play, House together as kids, killed 10 million of their civilians lol

@gordonsmith8899

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose you wouldn't blame the presidents of warring countries of causing the deaths of their citizens?

@Fredreegz

3 жыл бұрын

The European royals of the 18th and 19th centuries had respect for one another, just no respect for the people they ruled over. The king of one country may declare war on the country ruled by his cousin, but it was understood that neither king would actually come to harm, and war was seen as just sporting playful competition between the interwoven branches of royal houses. The idea of caring about the sufferings of the lower classes who made up the cannon fodder infantry was only a nascent concept among the aristocracy and royalty of those times.

@spencerr7176

3 жыл бұрын

@@gordonsmith8899 They 100% are to blame for the deaths of their citizens

@gordonsmith8899

3 жыл бұрын

@@spencerr7176 The population rose dramatically during Victoria's reign.

@crystalwolcott4744

3 жыл бұрын

Class Relations 101 I'd say

European: All Asian are the same Also European:

@landx5452

4 жыл бұрын

Duangsavanh Phimmasone looking nothing alike lol

@SH-zn1dm

4 жыл бұрын

landx • yeah they do. Pale and lipless

@landx5452

4 жыл бұрын

S H but they’re pretty, other ethnicities can’t relate

@niamhha9014

4 жыл бұрын

Uuuhhhh. I’m European. Don’t dig yourself a hole here. You know that’s not a wise or true statement.

@mohameda1165

4 жыл бұрын

@@landx5452 you make me laugh

Queen Victoria is truly the grandmother of Europe.

@whynotstayhonest4706

4 жыл бұрын

No

@kittycake1294

4 жыл бұрын

WhyNot StayHonest Yes

@gordonsmith8899

4 жыл бұрын

Clement Lee Christian IX of Denmark is sometimes referred to as the Grandfather of Europe. One of his daughters, Dagmar* married Alexander III of Russia and was the mother of Tsar Nicholas II Her sister, Alexandra married Edward VII and was the mother of King George V. *Following Russian custom she adopted the name Marie Feodorovna (Romanova) She, with two of her daughters, survived the revolution.

@phipsi2641

4 жыл бұрын

Maria Theresia of Austria was

@piratesswoop725

4 жыл бұрын

@@gordonsmith8899 Don't forget about Christian that naturally his oldest son became King of Denmark, but his second son was chosen to become King of Greece as well, and his grandson was chosen as King of Norway.

-Queen Victoria:I have so many people related to me -Cenghis Khan:Amateur

@jonangorman6341

4 жыл бұрын

That man shooted his seeds all over eurasia lol.

@shzarmai

3 жыл бұрын

Genghis* or Chingis Khan

@libzbond

3 жыл бұрын

Hapsburgs: Sweet home Alabama!

@Cnut_the_grape

3 жыл бұрын

*Charlemagne has entered the chat*

@trentfila6186

3 жыл бұрын

Caesar when he saw Cleopatra: veni, vidi, vici

When vox says footballer David Beckham instead of soccer player Me: cries happily

@daorbuhst4937

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@MissVampire17Volovo

4 жыл бұрын

Cries in British English* 😂

@constantiniasmith4231

4 жыл бұрын

I tought it's an american news channel

@istoremidgetsinmybunker1397

4 жыл бұрын

@@MissVampire17Volovo *cries in every language except american english

@papaicebreakerii8180

4 жыл бұрын

Personally I cried in a sad manner like how can you call someone who plays soccer a “footballer” that is like calling a hockey player a “hockeyer” it just sounds strange

E news:The kardashians History channel:The Victorians

@mars_png.

4 жыл бұрын

4realjames ! Keeping up with the Victorians

@jamescharcoal3472

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes!

@helloimskip

3 жыл бұрын

How does this have 2 replies?

You left out the personal messages between Kaiser Wilhelm and Tzar Nickolas as they called each other by their boyhood names Willy and Nicky and tried to stop the war.

6 жыл бұрын

That doesn't suit Vox's political agenda, so it was censored out.

@dianahernandez8688

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the guilt the King of Britain (George) had over his cousin "Nicky" being killed after he asked for asylum in England. Theres a documenary about it including how identical they looked

@chazworkman2435

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't there a quote from Wilhelm about how "grandmother would have never let this happen"

@user-qd3wq4mm5m

4 жыл бұрын

the fact that this bloodshed brought out the childhood innocence from their youth makes it all the more saddening

@lucaslinares7806

4 жыл бұрын

Diana Hernandez George and Nicky were really good-looking😍

Game of European Thrones !

@mrappu2884

3 жыл бұрын

XD

@ThomasTubeHD

3 жыл бұрын

Crusader kings 19th century

@tomaszzalewski4541

3 жыл бұрын

Basically every country in europe had something like that in its history (my country also had european version of dothraki the "mongols").

@barney3463

3 жыл бұрын

GOT is actually based on the wars of the roses in the UK so your not far off!

@Angel.__.__.

3 жыл бұрын

Yes lol

Queen Victoria spread her lineage and hemophilia. That hemophilia actually played a part in Russia's downfall and the also affected the heirs of Spain.

@neelimamachineni1710

4 жыл бұрын

So true

@ArthurKnight1899

4 жыл бұрын

How can you explain it more please I'm interested

@neelimamachineni1710

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArthurKnight1899 tzars boy had hemophilia which they hid from the world to keep the throne. And trzarina belived in father Gregory rasputin to heal the boy and started listening to his advices even in military operations and she influenced her husband the tzar Nicholas with those bad decisions which led to unrest and poverty etc in russia and eventual downfall and the brutal assassination of the whole family by the bolshevicks.

@alisalexter4072

4 жыл бұрын

@@neelimamachineni1710 yeahh I know about the Russian tzar n rasputin its cool, but what about the spanish throne?

@piratesswoop725

4 жыл бұрын

@@alisalexter4072 Victoria passed the gene on to her youngest daughter, Beatrice, who passed it on to her only daughter, Victoria Eugenie. Victoria Eugenie married Alfonso XIII of Spain and passed it on to their oldest and youngest sons, Alfonso and Gonzalo, who both died in separate car crashes where if they hadn't had hemophilia, their injuries would have been minor. Alfonso blamed Victoria Eugenie for bringing the disease in to the family, but it didn't really cause the downfall of the Spanish monarchy the way that it did for Russia, especially since the king and queen had two other surviving sons (although their second son, Jaime, was deaf) and two daughters who also could have inherited. Spain's current king, Felipe, is the grandson of Victoria Eugenie and Alfonso's only fully healthy son, Juan, who was their third son.

WW1 was the most costly family argument ever

@earlrobbiepalomar278

Жыл бұрын

Yes its a Family Feud because Wilhelm II declare was on his First Cousin George V of the UK.

Victoria clearly plays a bit to much Crusader Kings II

@thingymatt3993

6 жыл бұрын

You have earned my respect, but im afraid their isnt enough sister incest for this to be CK2 and how come the pope isnt a satanist here

@vksepe

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking exactly that lol

@eca3101

6 жыл бұрын

This is clearly Victoria 2

@loshosorus5343

6 жыл бұрын

Oktodenn I am waiting for Vicky 3 paradox

@CooperDianeBob

6 жыл бұрын

ECA VICTORIA III COMFIRMED

When I was in Russia, I visited the Norwegian embassy, where they keep a letter from the last Russian tsar adressed to the first (independent) Norwegian king, written sometime before the 1st world war. The Russian tsar refers to him as a cousin (I'm not sure if they literally were cousins, but I believe they were related), and expresses great concern for him since he's become the monarch of such a small and poor nation and the royal facilities are so limited (palace, etc.). All of this was in English - the language they both knew, and they seemed to refer to each other with Anglicized names. A few years later, the Russian tsar was dead, and the Russian Empire was gone. The Norwegian royal family is still here. That letter is really interesting in hindsight.

@shakespeareinlove82

5 жыл бұрын

King Frederick VII, Empress Alexandra of England and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar) were siblings. Children of King Christian IX. Their respective children among many were, King Haakon VII (born Prince Carl of Denmark) of Norway, Queen Maud of Norway and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Hence Tsar Nicholas was referring to Maud's husband, The King of Norway, Haakon VII, as cousin. Maud was his cousin too.

@marcopena7638

4 жыл бұрын

Enthused Norseman Its funny who are the rich and the poor ones now...

@gustav331

4 жыл бұрын

They were cousins but through their Danish grandfather. None of them were related to Queen Victoria, contrary to popular belief.

@Edmonton-of2ec

4 жыл бұрын

Tsar Nicholas II and Haakon VII were cousins-in-law to each other because of marriages through the British Royal Family

@meeeka

4 жыл бұрын

@Grand Duke of Edmonton You are forgetting that Nicky’s mother, Dagmar/Maria Feodorovna and Carl/ Haakon were both from the Danish Royal Family, a family that is really a much more authentic royal family.

Imagine being one of Victoria’s kids and just being shipped off to some royal. Lol

@hekeptdying1428

4 жыл бұрын

Real Mexican Food Shouldn't Give You Diarrhea that would be a dream come true

@josephleonard6695

4 жыл бұрын

lol basically like Myrcella

@niceguy1853

3 жыл бұрын

Shipped off, sure. But they get that wealth.

@anthony-jt2mv

3 жыл бұрын

Wow... Your parents really hit a gem with that name 😂

@handrikusnadi2113

3 жыл бұрын

@@hekeptdying1428 then a big revolution happen and the royal family being overthrow by the peoples

Some families can’t even maintain peace over the holiday dinner tables, and you expected this particular bloodline would be able to maintain peace over a continent and some islands? I think not.

@billcipherproductions1789

2 жыл бұрын

It was not over the continent; it was over the World. most of those Great Powers held Great colonies abroad/

@b.lukito6063

2 жыл бұрын

true...family drama on continental scale 😂💀

@marloyorkrodriguez9975

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean have they watched an American Thanksgiving?

Queen Victoria, the ultimate shipper who shipped her children with people from different countries with different cultures, in an effort to bring peace to Europe.

@jaojao1768

6 жыл бұрын

wizard 22 lol true, but not as much as the habsburgs

@dannhymir9678

5 жыл бұрын

They weren't all that different. Even the European peoples are all related if you go back far enough, from the UK, to Norway, to Spain, to Russia, to Italy, Germany, France, etc. They all share an agricultural background steeped in cheeses, butter, hams, sausages, wine and/or beer, pickled foods, bread, and animal husbandry and fishing because they are essentially the same peoples reusing their techniques over different geographic areas with slight differences. These are found all over the world individually, but in all these European countries you find all of them together.

@Beyonder1987

5 жыл бұрын

or she just wanted to have her own kins rule europe at a time when the people wanting to over throw royalty and end up like France

@whynotstayhonest4706

4 жыл бұрын

Central Europe was already at peace tho

@nfj2943

4 жыл бұрын

"an effort to bring peace to Europe" lol

Ironically the US is more fascinated about the Royals than the British are

@pierzing.glint1sh76

6 жыл бұрын

Justin Y. It’s common to be fascinated by that which you do not have

@desp8161

6 жыл бұрын

Your comments aren't even funny, they're either stating the obvious or not even true.

@Ludwig1625

6 жыл бұрын

Hey look it's that guy I see everywhere

@vesteel

6 жыл бұрын

Justin Y. is the monarch of the KZread Comments

@vesteel

6 жыл бұрын

yesn't u

Britain, 19th century: marrying other royal families, trying to bring Europe to union. Britain, 21st century: leaves European Union.

@yudysputra

2 жыл бұрын

XD

@droidnautica

2 жыл бұрын

You obviously didnt listen to the video lol

@spitfire8790

2 жыл бұрын

The plan was to not bring Europe into a Union, rather peace. And the EU is trying to federalize which will only end in catastrophe.

Fun fact:The king of Greece didn't want to fight Germany not only because of his relation but also because his wife was the kaiser's sister

@billcipherproductions1789

2 жыл бұрын

Same. The last Tsarina Consort of Russia was the first cousin of Wilhelm II and thus her reputation was completely destroyed by WW1.

@felixscarlett1542

2 жыл бұрын

No, the King of Greece, Constantine I didn’t want Greece to fight in the war and became neutral. He was accused of being Pro-German because his wife was the Kaiser Wilhelm II’s sister. He was never Pro-German despite the relations, he was also first cousin to George V of UK.

@adelaidesafoa3850

Жыл бұрын

@@billcipherproductions1789 The Tsar Nicholas II himself was a third cousin of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II . Their family was just messed up 🤦🏾‍♀️ it's astounding that families could go to war against each other.

@magentamomo7150

Жыл бұрын

@@adelaidesafoa3850 being leaders of their large respected countries, It's hard to let personal feelings affect what your government and people want. I heard apparently that Tsar Nick II sent letters to Wilhelm that he didn't want them to fight each other but it was out of their control already.

@adelaidesafoa3850

Жыл бұрын

@@magentamomo7150 Yes unfortunately the Tsar's last letter wasn't able to reach the Kaiser on time to before he declared war .

Damn the politics of old royalty is fascinating. Kinda tragic how a gambit to try and bring about peace ended up failing as catastrophically as possible.

@luizhkgx

6 жыл бұрын

Not exacly peace, but control, peace was just an outcome of the British control over Europe, not the objective.

@MyFootYourFace

6 жыл бұрын

Luiz Henrique exactly. Spread the British seed far and wide to consolidate power. Little did she know that God is the best of planners and her objective to conquer Europe ended up backfiring.

@roisinkennan1781

6 жыл бұрын

Please cite your sources before you state with such assurance what her true motives were.

@kozhikkaalan

6 жыл бұрын

Roisin Kennan I second that

@r_of_

6 жыл бұрын

Send your kids to a far foreign land for so long and with so little or no contact with home that they become more foreign than British and forget why they got there in the first place 😅

Hemophilia for all!!

@mesharyalayafi8268

3 жыл бұрын

Habsburg jaw intensifies

@pofromteletubbies1243

3 жыл бұрын

no worries they have Rasputin

@adnanoman8684

3 жыл бұрын

That's really bad. Unfortunately, I have hemophilia too 💔

@mercivrii7825

3 жыл бұрын

Dw, Rasputin can cure it.

@_Aemse

2 жыл бұрын

@@mesharyalayafi8268 hahaha jesus

The Devil works hard, but Queen Victoria works harder

@jamescharcoal3472

3 жыл бұрын

And me! I died from working.

@sgttaaca

3 жыл бұрын

Seggs

@vimic9507

3 жыл бұрын

@@sgttaaca amogus

@TheEditFactory

3 жыл бұрын

@@vimic9507 mogus

@trentfila6186

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescharcoal3472 you died because you kept pumping into queen Victoria.

"Queen Victoria was basically an old school off line Tinder platform.."

But it's kind of amusing to remember that the British Royal family was a german dynasty and only changed their name once the first world war started.

@edwardianed

6 жыл бұрын

They'd been born and bred in England since 1738.

@captainravioli4500

6 жыл бұрын

Queen vicoria's father was german, her husband too.

@h.mansari8802

6 жыл бұрын

Random Guy amusing? The English are just confused french germans- they've always been related. The royal family were germans...ruling over germans- and the rest of the riff raff.

@RaymondHng

6 жыл бұрын

Victoria's father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, was a member of the House of Hanover from Germany, but he was born in London. All of the preceding Hanoverian monarchs with the exception of George I and George II were born in London.

@MrCrashDavi

6 жыл бұрын

+

So basically, the whole royal family in europe was descendants of tudors, windsors, bourbons, and habsburgs(am i right?)

@amyssr

5 жыл бұрын

bingo

@user-mj2jm7yl9x

5 жыл бұрын

Yes as you listed every royal family in Europe lol

@lizardperson9648

4 жыл бұрын

Capetlings (one branch oh whom were Bourbons) and Romanoffs

@privadoprivado8901

4 жыл бұрын

Spain?

@hurglefurgle1642

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-mj2jm7yl9x *Laughs in dutch*

Vox: "Prussia the largest of all german states" Austria: "Am I a joke to you?!"

@dafritz3566

4 жыл бұрын

@Bangbabangbabangbang Austria-Hungary was first a thing after the Prussian-Austrian War ^^

@piratesswoop725

4 жыл бұрын

Austria wasn't a German state, it was its own empire.

@foxkujo9684

4 жыл бұрын

@@piratesswoop725 bro it was and is a german state

@Kaiser-jo3uj

4 жыл бұрын

@@foxkujo9684 hence Hitler's annexation of Austria as uniting the Germans

@alex3987654

4 жыл бұрын

@@foxkujo9684 Austria a german state ? Absolutely not, German-Hungarian-Czechs-Slovaks a multicultural state and indeed an own empire. Otherwise Austria would be bigger today xd

In doing so, she created one of the most remarkable royal families in history. Enter Hemophilia, *everywhere*

Is it just me or did i have goosebumps when they showed the similarities between the different royals?

@brubru9663

3 жыл бұрын

I mixed Nicholas and George

@conserztasfia0078

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I can watch it forever

Vox teaming up with BBC is epic😍😍 Ty vox😀

@shaun1293

6 жыл бұрын

Vox is funded by CNN so it's just CNN working with BBC, as per.

@user-ex3zv6jo8z

6 жыл бұрын

SlovesL Vox Media s a completely different company than CNN though and it is working seperately too

@shaun1293

6 жыл бұрын

E Smile is funded by Comcast sorry got that wrong. Still though, Vox media is worth over $1 billion, almost entirely through funding. Two of the three founders of the website are from the Washington Post. There's a full list of funders on wikipedia. Clearly, the site has a left bias, and some of the videos are very far to the left.

@mu5icnerd862

6 жыл бұрын

Of course Vox is biased, like every other person or institution; but they still make a lot of good informative content.

@davidulanovsky8943

6 жыл бұрын

SlovesL bbc is neo liberal

Can we all just say thank you to Vox for saying “football” instead of “soccer”

@fallinlight3944

2 жыл бұрын

thank you vox

@DB-me7ol

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you vox

This could've all been solved with a family gathering in one of there many palaces and talk things out and get drunk the Russian way

@gordonsmith8899

4 жыл бұрын

reggie ahhh I doubt it Reggie - Wilhelm had a kaiser-sized chip on his shoulder. He was bombastic, boastful and a pain in the neck. The great tragedy for Europe was the early death of his father Kaiser Frederick

@asetico2031

3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahaha.

@joycerouget2379

3 жыл бұрын

« Russian way » ? You mean poisoning everyone and then proclaiming their wives and territories “rightfully” yours.

@sorcierenoire8651

3 жыл бұрын

@@joycerouget2379 "ours"

Damn Queen Victoria is Littlefinger of game of throne

@JamesRoyceDawson

6 жыл бұрын

Gray fox much closer to Olenna Tyrell

@TheMattsem

6 жыл бұрын

James Royce-Dawson you're right

@hansgruber788

6 жыл бұрын

Game of thrones is based on the english civil war known as the War of the Roses

@sayyidf.b.6378

6 жыл бұрын

Nah she's more like Tywin Lannister

@gerardcollins6621

5 жыл бұрын

I'd say she's closest to Tywin Lannister, as it was Tywin, like Queen Victoria, that throughout the course of his tenure as the head of House Lannister, strategically planned marriages with his own children and allies children in order to tie them together and bring House Lannister to the forefront of Westerosi politics. Olenna Tyrell on the other hand was mainly focused on damage control as her son, the Lord of Highgarden, blindly married her grand daughter off to a monster like Joffrey. And Petyr Baliesh constantly kept ruining peace in order to further his own assention up the political ladder.

Victoria of House Hanover, First of Her Name, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Breaker of Records and Mother of Kings

@soufian2733

6 жыл бұрын

jaisnav rajesh I know I know, what the British did to India was horrible. I was trying to make a pop culture reference

@thatdrunkguyyousawlastweek9127

6 жыл бұрын

Soufian 27 only Ireland at the time and yes she is the empress of India

@tomsmith8006

6 жыл бұрын

jaisnav rajesh she was empress of India.... she dies 45 years before independence was even a possibility learn your history instead of lying about how great you are

@solanaseraphina

6 жыл бұрын

But not the Unburnt

@MsAsh3070

6 жыл бұрын

Pop culture reference isn't great. She mightn't be a great ruler but Daenerys always tries to put her subjects first. Victoria and those ruling England at the time literally cause famines which killed millions in Ireland and India. When the Ottoman Sultan tried to send aid to Ireland, Queen Victoria stopped him because he was sending more than she had. (although he did sneak 3 ships into Waterford regardless). Not being Indian, I'm not as familiar with what England did to India but what I have learned about that is that they faired no better. Victoria and the British Empire are absolutely disgusting.

4:58 "England joins the Battle Royale"

@pradeepk2005

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@gerardcollins80

2 жыл бұрын

History summerised in a single sentence.

@dustin3294

2 жыл бұрын

@@gerardcollins80 there was 2 thousands years of history before England even existed

@gerardcollins80

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustin3294 🙄

*_Arrange Marriages: EXIST_* *_Queen Victoria: YES_*

MOST. BADASS. CK2. PLAYER. EVER.

@lizardperson9648

4 жыл бұрын

I really like playing marriage game in CK2. No conquest, no independence, just a wealthy duke with a family member on the thrones. My best game was as immortal duke of Flanders and Brabant, when I took great pains to make all of Europe the glorious Dummythicc dynasty, while being a vassal of France and later HRE.

@oskar1076

4 жыл бұрын

@@lizardperson9648 dummythicc?

I think Victoria Beckham deserves the title "former spice girl" over David Beckham's wife thank you

@raindropsneverfall

6 жыл бұрын

I agree :p

@Izembrandt187

6 жыл бұрын

No

@trinnapascua9033

6 жыл бұрын

I don’t see any problem with that

@gavinnormoyle3514

6 жыл бұрын

Both should be said

@leogh3224

6 жыл бұрын

They described her as a fashion designer if u care to listen

Alabama 🤝 Europe "Keeping things within the family"

@diyapathak2413

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@Tech-cy9yo

2 жыл бұрын

💀

Had Victoria lived to the WWI era, could she have halted it?

@JV-yd4qg

5 жыл бұрын

She could.😕

@augusth2212

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe, She Could Angry To All Her Grandson and Grand Daughter Arounds Europe and Make Family Reunion. Except France. 😅

@gerardcollins80

4 жыл бұрын

Tzar Nicholas is actually quoted as saying had Queen Victoria lived to see it, she would've found a way to stop it.

@hurglefurgle1642

4 жыл бұрын

Gonna be honest, she probably couldn't. Europe was a powder keg waiting for something to ignite it. Once something sparked it there was no possible to stop it considering all the alliances and nationalism/patriotism.

@MrBloxy-wz1zb

4 жыл бұрын

No, the monarchy had no powers.

Can you please stop using "of England"? That title hasn't existed since the early 18th century. The title is "King/Queen of the United Kingdom" England is not a synonym of UK.

@thetitanian5544

6 жыл бұрын

gognub Actually it's not Queen/King of England or the United Kingdom the Title is much larger

@gognub

6 жыл бұрын

United Kingdom is shorthand for the full title. Using "England" is completely wrong as it does not form any part of the title.

@KFC_Pyongyang_AssistantManager

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the UK is a lot of countries, I don’t consider her to be my people’s queen

4:20 In middle school (13 years old) I confused the names of the king of Great Britain and the Tzar of Russia. I got 2 points out of then in the exam. Now I know why I made that mistake...

@snifey7694

3 жыл бұрын

Well if you try to differentiate which on George and Nicholas, i suggest try look at their haircuts

When you left your children home alone everything gets messed up

.... How about the Habsburg?

@kurniaerfan7307

6 жыл бұрын

RNR BOI dieb out due to inbreed

@rifkinr4660

6 жыл бұрын

I know, but the Victorian Marriages in the video were not the only detrimental marriages in Europe then

@professorrosenstock5026

6 жыл бұрын

All dead

@rifkinr4660

6 жыл бұрын

well yea, but you can't deny its influences.

@teethgrinder83

6 жыл бұрын

RNR BOI yeah but their influence died with their inbreeding-the Habsburgs are gone the Windsors (or if you prefer their original German name-it escapes me for now what the name was). Also the British royals had the biggest empire in history (modern history-once humans discovered most the world). So frankly as influential as the Habsburg’s were they ruined their own blood line and influence. Oh and I want to make clear i may be from the U.K. (Scotland) I’m nevertheless a republican but I can’t deny history

Me : I have a cousin in the us who is a yoga teacher. Prince William : hold my tea ☕

Christian the 9. of Denmark did a similar thing. 4 of his children were placed on european thrones, His son Frederik who would become king of Denmark, his daughter Alexandra who became the queen of England, his other daugther Dagmar as empress of Russia (know as Maria Fjodorovna) and lastly his son Vilhelm who became king Georg 1st of Greece. This was done around the same time as Victoria's children were married off to different monarchys, Since their children married eachother. His youngest son Prince Valdemar was offered the throne of Bulgaria but declined it. Aswell as shortly before his death his grandson Prince Carl was elected to become king Haakon of Norway.

@billcipherproductions1789

2 жыл бұрын

That's why he was known as the Grandfather of Europe.

Back in the day, your children truly were your best asset. Married them off to strengthen the alliance between monarchies. But human being human, they fought with each other, possibly over a piece of land, a different ideology, or a woman.

Correction: @5:38 The map of post-war Germany is missing eastern Prussia. The borders of Austria-Hungary should also include portions of northern Serbia and southern Poland.

"George was in line to be the next king of Britain and married a minor British royal family member" - that was casual.

I love the fact that in the middle of all of this, France is like "you guys still uses kings and queens to rule over your countries ? pfff lame"

@Cay30

2 жыл бұрын

Actually George V's elder brother wanted to marry a French princess

@rajkaranvirk7525

Жыл бұрын

Well France was a monarchy for large parts of Victorias rule ie Napoleon III

Nicholas, Alexandra and their five children were murdered this day 100 years ago. RIP

I don't know much about her personality but if she were anything like my grandma and was still alive by 1914, she'd call her grandkids to London and whup their asses until they agreed to play nice :D

@GameyRaccoon

4 жыл бұрын

Didnt she do that with another crisis

Prince Albert was german and his wive Queen Victoria had german roots herself, so being close to prussia was not unusual.

@billcipherproductions1789

2 жыл бұрын

Heck, until 1871, the UK and Germany were really close allies, but after Germany united, it became a threat to the UK's Pax Britannica.

@mayumimori3279

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Victoria was from the House of Hanover, which was german and was rulling England since George I and Sofia of Hanover

@conserztasfia0078

2 жыл бұрын

They were first cousins

@organicfarm5524

Жыл бұрын

Albert was mix of Prussian, Austrian, Scandinavian, French, Dutch, Hungarian, etc

@XXXTENTAClON227

Жыл бұрын

@@mayumimori3279 but George I was related to Queen Anne, that’s why he inherited the throne in the first place as he was a Protestant relative, so it’s actually Scottish origin from James I

You made it sound like those marriages were forced and none of european royal couples loved each other. But actually Nicholas II and Alexandra (Tzar and Tzarina of Russia) were in love with each other and they were the ones Who initiated that marriage. I'm sure there were other couples, who truly loved each other and weren't forced to marry

@earlrobbiepalomar278

Жыл бұрын

Grand duke George Romanov was a direct descendant of Queen Victoria because his father was the Great Great Grandson of Wilhelm II, The Last Kaiser of Germany and King of Prussia who in term was the Eldest Grandchild of Queen Victoria.

Poor Tsar Simeon is in the same photo and doesn't get a mention. Where's the love for the Bulgarians?

@Thisisafakechannelqq

6 жыл бұрын

He was the last Tsar in power in the world too. It's Tsar Simeon II, named after the world's first Tsar, Tsar Simeon the Great.

@tomasdalton142

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Sudziarski fixed it. Must have auto-corrected and I didn't notice.

@theobuniel9643

6 жыл бұрын

Probably because Simeon is related to Albert, Victoria's husband, but not Vic herself.

@RaymondHng

6 жыл бұрын

Simeon II of Bulgaria is not a direct descendant of Victoria of the UK.

Vox and BBC ? Best Anime crossover !

@PHlophe

6 жыл бұрын

pedrito aye!

Finally a video that helps me understand history, my mom named me Victoria Alexandrina, after queen Victoria, and it never felt right to me that I barely knew anything about her or heard anything about her even though she leads so much history with her, I'm trying to learn more now and it's refreshing to find a video that helps me understand what happened during that time

WW1: The Victorians WW3: The Kardashians

4:08 Does anyone else find these circles to be really calming.

This is such an interesting series please continue it!!

4:57 England joins the Battle Royale Queen Victoria: *performs fortnite dance in grave*

Thotting your way into a dynasty

OMG, as someone in the UK I can't wait for the wedding to happen, so I can stop hearing about it!

@animec-dramaskpop6362

6 жыл бұрын

becool365 I thought you was really excited for a second there.

@lunayen

6 жыл бұрын

becool365 Ha! After the wedding is over the paps will start spamming the airwaves wondering when Harry and Meghan will have kids.

@RaymondHng

6 жыл бұрын

And there will be no royal wedding of any descendants of the Prince of Wales until 25-to-30 years from now.

@fallowfieldoutwest

6 жыл бұрын

becool365 When are you idiots gonna get rid of that plague you call royals?

@BR0984

6 жыл бұрын

Mendl's Patisserie salty

Vox always produce their best work when they partner with the BBC

@kaizouchiha8487

5 жыл бұрын

@ You do know that the Monarchs in the old days were mostly warmongers right? Napoleon was the reason why Democratic Countries became worst than Monarchs. The French wanted a Democratic Country because there Monarch was very corrupt.

@whynotstayhonest4706

4 жыл бұрын

And this "best work" still has so many inaccuracies... Wow.

@whynotstayhonest4706

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaizouchiha8487 you are refering to VERY old days.

Thank you for this short documentary. I really enjoyed it.

Man i dont have words, i watched all Oversimplified vids and saw the conflict ,alliance and the deep meaning of every thing but this video took that to a another level

@mint3682

2 жыл бұрын

So austrian duke sir ferdiand was killed and caused the world war so that make sense now, that is the reason everyone fought some people(maybe serbian) killed literally everyones cousin

Ww1 was a war of cousins

Yikes, the ultimate lesson in “don’t talk politics at big family gatherings” 😬

0:28 Vox casually ignoring the last king of Bulgaria

@gerritkorditschke8447

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because he isn't really related

@bozhidar_bozhkov

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerritkorditschke8447 he is trough Victoria's husband

@readmeup4402

3 жыл бұрын

@@bozhidar_bozhkov the last King of Bulgaria was the prime minister

@Edmonton-of2ec

3 жыл бұрын

That’s because Simeon II was not closely related to Queen Victoria, and was not one of her descendants

@Pyxlean

Жыл бұрын

@@readmeup4402 Which as a Bulgarian in my opinion is ridiculous

Imagine had Napoleon been able to subdue the Russians, and since he's very notorious for putting his relatives in the thrones then we'll probably see Napoleon's descendants instead of Queen Victoria's. Imagine how the history for the last 200 years would have been drastically different.

Ww1 in a nutshell Germany: Grandma, Nicholas hit my friend. Russia: But his friend hit my friend. FRANCE GET OVER HERE MY COUSIN IS GONNA HIT ME!! Germany: If thats so then ill hit Belgium. Belgium: ENGLAND HE HIT ME!! England: Mummy my cousins are fighting. Russia and France: wanna help?? England: Alright cousin.

Rowan Atkinson was there too ya know

MALAY SUBTITLES : Part 2 of 2 04:38 Selepas kematiannya, hubungan keluarga yang dirangkai oleh Ratu Victoria di Eropah, tidak akan berlaku 04:42 membawa keamanan, tetapi perang yang paling merosakkan yang pernah dilihat oleh Eropah. 04:50 Kaiser, raja Gothenberg, 04:53 bersiap menyapu padang. 04:55 Tsar Rusia menggerakkan. 04:58 England menyertai pertempuran royale. 05:01 Perang Dunia Pertama meletus pada tahun 1914 dan memisahkan keluarga ini. 05:05 Jerman Wilhelm bersama dengan Austria-Hungaria dan Kerajaan Uthmaniyyah, berperang sekutu 05:09 diketuai oleh Britain, Rusia dan Perancis. 05:12 Negara-negara ini berkecuali. 05:15 Katakanlah Victoria hidup sampai kita berada di ambang perang. 05:19 Saya fikir ia akan mematahkannya, 05:21 patah hati, 05:24 untuk mengetahui bahawa cucu-cucunya berakhir 05:26 berperang antara satu sama lain. 05:29 Perang tersebut membunuh lebih 10 juta orang dan mengakhiri era pemerintahan beraja di Eropah. 05:34 Wilhelm, Sophia, dan Marie semua terpaksa meninggalkan takhta mereka. 05:38 Revolusi melanda Rusia dan Alexandria dan Nicholas dilaksanakan oleh Komunis. 05:43 Pemerintahan beraja British bertahan, tetapi perang memaksa mereka memikirkan semula strategi politik mereka. 05:47 George, Raja George V, dan isterinya Permaisuri Mary sangat cerdik. 05:53 Mereka melihat bahawa pemerintahan beraja harus lebih mesra dengan rakyat, harus lebih mudah diakses, 06:00 bukan hanya duduk di sana dengan jubah yang hebat dalam kemuliaan. 06:03 Tahulah anda, dengan mahkota mereka. Harus banyak 06:06 lebih banyak di jalanan, berjumpa, berjumpa dengan orang ramai, menangkan keyakinan mereka. 06:11 Jenis pemerintahan beraja yang kita ada sekarang dengan Ratu Elizabeth. 06:14 Pendekatan itu bukan sahaja membantu memodenkan perintahan beraja British sejak abad yang lalu, 06:18 tetapi juga 06:19 mengubah wajah perkahwinan diraja, selama-lamanya.

Minor detail: Marie of Romania wasn't forced off the throne.Once Ferdinand (her husband and king of Romania) died automatically the throne went to the then heir Michael (to one you see at 0:25 seconds in the video,yes that old man).

The conclusions this video draws are faulty at best, the Great War happened *in spite* of royal familial ties. The three cousins that ruled Great Britain, Germany and Russia didn't want war and did everything in their power to prevent it. Really disappointing that you are either basing this on bad research or knowingly draw the wrong conclusions.

@josephstalin2829

6 жыл бұрын

“...didn’t want war and did everything in their power to prevent it” Ha. No.

@RedbadofFrisia

6 жыл бұрын

Such an insightfull comment and explanation. I'll add to it in your brief style: Willy-Nicky telegrams.

@josephstalin2829

6 жыл бұрын

It was a bad, comment, my bad. But Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph did want war, at all cost. Russia and GB didn’t though. Russia because they hadn’t finished their industrialisation, GB because of the balance of powers.

@Grandfinal43

6 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about. Germany was planning for war *at least* by 1912 but really their actions since unification in 1871 pretty much have been aggrevating tension to cause war. The familial connection was there but I believe nationalism and glory was thicker than blood. I mean German involvement in the Boer war agaisnt the British, the naval race, the balkans crisis, the morrocan involvement and fianlly the Austrian-Hungarian ultimatum. If you look at all these events which raised the stakes and forced other countries into alliances and building great military machines, you will see the common denominator as Germany. tbf (kinda) Germany's geographical position forces it to have to subdue its neighbours to the West, France, and the East, Russia, But it appears you are the person drawing bad conclusions

@RedbadofFrisia

6 жыл бұрын

Nightstark Germany and their monarch aren't the same entity, you know this right? Moreso there was Prussian (limited) constitutionalism in place in Germany.

the other interesting part is that the dynasties that were deposed in Austria and Germany after the war didn't necessarily end with that moment, with the families still holding various "official" titles and being public figures of a sorts. Nothing like the British monarchy but the descendants of Kaiser Wilhelm etc are still alive and hold somewhat ceremonial powers and garner a great deal of respect within the semi-political sphere of Europe ^.^

I've always wondered why architecture, a London tube line, an era, and so much more were named after Queen Victoria. Basically, I've always wondered why she stood out among the hundreds of monarchs Great Britain has had. This video answered why, thanks!

It's so sad to see the grand family torn apart by war, and it's so sad to see monarchies fall.

@lightblue254

2 жыл бұрын

Seeing absolutists getting rid of their power........ So sad,,

@Samuelissad

Жыл бұрын

@@lightblue254 You are probably american. Aren't you?

@lightblue254

Жыл бұрын

@@Samuelissad No, German, specifically from the former Prussia

Imagine being the kids in that 1891 photo and where your uncle, aunts and grandparents were the most powerful people on Europe

0:27 Hey, as a lil kid I actually got to visit the former king of Romania with my parents... I clearly remember playing with plastic horses under his tea table

@lollol-ie3zf

4 жыл бұрын

what?

@zacks_wack

4 жыл бұрын

@@lollol-ie3zf ik im also quite confused

@zacks_wack

4 жыл бұрын

WE NEED ANSWERS

@lollol-ie3zf

4 жыл бұрын

@@zacks_wack This Story is weird

Well, I don't know about this thing. Thank you for this video.

keeping up the saxe-coburg and gotha's - season 200

Her own grandchildren destroy the old monarchy system of Europe.

I literally watch Vox for Sam Ellis videos now. He produces such cool and engaging content! And I love this Atlas series.

its been 2 yrs already but i am still obsessed with this video

I did not now this thank you for making this video

RIP King Michael of Romania!

@babyfaec

6 жыл бұрын

Romania sucks anyway

@andreihalfacree8961

6 жыл бұрын

hey ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°stupid sad internet person

@babyfaec

6 жыл бұрын

Andrei Halfacree Spotted the Romanian.

@cassif19

6 жыл бұрын

hey ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) So I guess that not being born in Romania has gifted you with superior qualities. That's probably why you don't need to try to put yourself up by putting others down while using extremely vague and unimpressive words like "sucks".

"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."

So I actually knew all about this but it was wonderful to See this colab.

Wow. That was confusing. Thanks for making it easier to understand.

Student : why did ww1 happen? Teacher : family issues

Prince George and czarevich nicholas are basically twins

I find videos like this so interesting.

I always found the British Monarchy very interesting..Literally one of the oldest surviving monarchies in history. What they did differently vs other monarchies autocratic or otherwise and how they managed to survive all these centuries while still being loved.

@juandavidrestrepoduran6007

2 жыл бұрын

1. Compared to others like Spain or Japan it isn’t that old, let’s consider that although they do have quite ancient ancestry, there’s a very clear split between the Plantagenets and the previous, Anglo-Saxon rulers instead of a natural succession as happened along certain lines in the other, more ancient monarchies 2. They’re really popular in the last century or so just because of what was explained in the video. Historically I’d dare say they’ve been one of the least popular monarchies, sure every monarchy has had to face usurpation plots and popular revolts and so on, but to the date the only monarchy that had faced two successful revolts against them that had the objective of reducing their powers or directly getting rid of them, in times where neither republics (or democracy for that matter) existed or still were a relevant political concept, nor concepts like communism or anarchism existed, has been the British monarchy, which would be the Magna Carta and the First Baron's War which reinstated it, and the English Civil War which ended with King Charles I executed, not to mention that later on his grandson King James II was overthrown over religious reasons.

@emilycanfield2634

2 жыл бұрын

@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 That's a lot of words to say "I agree" lol

@juandavidrestrepoduran6007

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilycanfield2634 the fact that I wrote that means I didn’t agree entirely, by explaining that the situation they’re currently in hasn’t always been so

@emilycanfield2634

2 жыл бұрын

@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 And just because I didn't write a huge reply doesn't mean I am unaware that the British Monarchy isn't the literal oldest monarchy on the planet. But the British Monarchy is the most FAMOUS for the longest when all other monarchies have faded away and are relatively unknown globally. Eventhough all other monarchies have had violent or quiet ends the British one still prevails with popularity.

All Europeans are one people. No more brother wars.

@lizardperson9648

4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Russia

@theodorberg8473

4 жыл бұрын

Yusuf Fakhri Aldrian you’re not European either

@Dhanujajayasinghe

4 жыл бұрын

Enter-the Balkans

@kevinshmuk7237

3 жыл бұрын

@@yusuffakhrialdrian8695 "yusuf fakhri" yeah you're not european

@joshbentley2307

3 жыл бұрын

We’re not one people. But no wars in Europe is something we should preserve.

Fun fact: King George V and Tsar Nicholas II used to swap clothes at dinner parties to fool their guests!

@jamaphy8621

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Cool!

Very educational!!🤩🌸💗

Queen Victoria : MY GRANDCHILDRENS ! DO NOT FIGHT ! Queen Victoria : *dies* The grandchildrens : hey how about we fight >:)

“Nobody wins when the family feuds”