I was married to an English man and lived in Malmesbury in Wiltshire. I learned about Æthelstan there because he is buried in the Abbey. It's a tiny town but they have a museum dedicated to him!

@liamsnow4642

2 жыл бұрын

"Was" Were his teeth too crooked and his hands too soft that you had to end the marriage? :P

@acecolnaco6587

Жыл бұрын

Son you don't get soft hands when your fighting wars with countries that can fight back for thousands of years lol seriously where you from? The English has been fighting wars with each other and the whole world for thousands of years invading and conquering France later destroying French empires then Spanish empire Dutch empire invading Turkey and most of Africa all of north America thrashed all useless aboriginal peeps ( ok the British thermonuclear bombs dropping on them in Australia in the 50s was wrong) shooting them for trying to eat us was totally justified I mean after conquering everybody we then fought each other then after Germany tried to take us on 😂😁😃😅😄 twice we thrashed them and also paid for Frances and Belgians and Russia's war with 4 million men we destroyed the German army bit by bit cost millions of men but hey I served in the British army and served in Iraq I seen that nasty world only ww1 would of x60 worse but the massive British fleet destroyed the gay little German fleet then we thrashed the Turks Austria then after the USA enter the war to ehh fight one battle, the British had to invade Russia created the Baltic states and invade Ukraine and Caucasian states to stop communism from spreading yes we actually fought the enemy hot not cold then ww 2 most of the British army 4 million men had to be sent to India Burma because Japanese was the main threat to the empire, leaving 3 million in Britain we only sent half a million to France the Germans didn't have a surface fleet only uboats trying to starve us but control of the air might of helped but in 1940 we blew them out the sky we sank there navy 20 year earlier so Germany lost the west but the east was where Nazi wanted to set up empire so they sent 75% of there army and air force to invad and after killing 30 million Soviet people the Russian turned them around and annihilated them alone, but the English have war and resistance in there blood there bred for war I mean the working class and poor the middle class rejects in metropolitan London have soft hands and cocks almost worse than the Americans,

@magsycle2985

Жыл бұрын

@@liamsnow4642 She said English, not American

@chrisbarfield4830

Жыл бұрын

@@liamsnow4642 0

@waynewatts8736

Жыл бұрын

Having such experience must've grand I'm a little jealous 😉

And yet we see film makers ridiculing these extraordinary men with no respect to their culture and heritage

@MICHAEL-wg2lh

Жыл бұрын

Yes I know what you mean Netflix made a woke version of him and his boyfriend 🤦‍♂️ ridiculous

@XaldinX

3 ай бұрын

him being gay makes it woke even tho english kings were known for their promiscuity? i dont get it lol did u not want them to be historically acurate?@@MICHAEL-wg2lh

@Justaguy10723

Ай бұрын

@@MICHAEL-wg2lh there was nothing woke about it

@MICHAEL-wg2lh

Ай бұрын

@@Justaguy10723 the king having a fella was ...... Put in the script by .... Woke people shock horror obviously you are too lollll

Excellent video . Athelstan was truly a great king ,a worthy successor to his grandfather and deserves to be better known and appreciated.

Athelstan, Edward the Elder and Alfred the Great Son, Father and Grandfather three of the greatest rulers in English history, What a lineage. What a shame the foundations of England are often overlooked and ignored by the Education system as if the Norman invasion was the starting point which swept away the culture of all that went before. I think the World Wars helped this narrative for those wanting to distance England from its Germanic/Danish roots.

@dontgivamonkeyz

Жыл бұрын

Nip English nationalism in the bud by not telling the people how they became who they became. People of Anglo-Saxon descent are generally working class as of 1066 so all those in power generally prefer to gloss over the English pre Norman overlords. Many of those in power today can trace their ancestry back to those who crossed the channel in 1066 and it's not just the Aristocracy or Monarchy.

@phoenixrose1192

Жыл бұрын

@@dontgivamonkeyz And yet those ancestors absorbed our culture and married English people. So we had the last laugh! By the way, there are plenty of people in power with non Norman roots, we can thank social mobility for that.

@derris751

9 ай бұрын

Well I guess William the conqueror decended from Rollo who was a Northman so swings n roundabouts :D It is a shame though as so much happened between the Romans leaving and 1066 that I feel it should be taught, I doubt most kids in the UK school system would even know that England was once the central hub of a great northern empire

@paulwaide6201

9 ай бұрын

Genetics trace my English roots to well before Saxon times but my family name is from Saxon/Angle/Jute origins - genetic analysis shows that the Angle/Saxon/Jute influx accounts for a tiny percentage (although> Norman) of the gene pool of most traditional English families, so the vast part of the gene pool of English peoples predates that period but also predates Celtic culture too. Nationlism remains an ignorant and devisive idea that everyone would be better off rejecting - judge people (if you must) by their character, not their imagined origins.

That was good to hear. In those days Kings really had to work hard and needed vision.

@AGULL

Жыл бұрын

And kings of today takes all our money😑1mil a year for a princess🤡

the other kings cant defeat Æthelstan coz he was trained growing up by the Lord of Bebbanburg, Uhtred son of Uhtred, born a Saxon, raised as a Dane. Destiny is ALL!

@jazsy8416

Жыл бұрын

😁😁😁The last kingdom

@acecolnaco6587

Жыл бұрын

😂😅😊 the Vikings got slaughtered by the Saxons and English 95,% of the time the Viking were really good at beat the Saxon undefended churches and monestrys .....get back to watching your gay vikings son the English have war in there blood that's why they conquer and invaded all 12 countries lol

@tjtrent2351

Жыл бұрын

@@acecolnaco6587 Calm down big fella. We know your fingers ache with the rage of all nerds before, but lest thy Cheetos go forever, calm you ponies and rest thy Diet Coke. Nerd rage will not prosper beyond the Kingdom of your Mothers basement. Seek wisdom, not from D&D, but from real work, the trades. Get a skill and become a man. The original comment was a joke, you will learn in time, heavy one. My work here is done.

@THEDOGFATHERL11

4 ай бұрын

​@@acecolnaco6587moden day England is built on saxon an vikings we all decend from both we could be full viking ancestry or full saxon or a mix but vikings never left like the German saxons

Watching these history videos always reminds me that what remains of us after our death are our names and our deeds.

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed Luis! All that will be left of us is what we did in life…. Thank you so much for watching!!

@desirejohnson2124

2 жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles the soul lives on

@Justaguy10723

Ай бұрын

@@desirejohnson2124 no

Here just after watching the movie "seven kings must die" ....hits different

@margheritatimeus3400

2 ай бұрын

The Last Kingdom and the movie were very well done fiction, not an historical documentary. Not so far from the true to be completely BS (screenplay simply filled with fantasy things that we don't know), well acted and accurate in portraiting costumes and battles. But just fiction, never forget It and never mix It with true history.

@sozibrahman8504

2 ай бұрын

@@margheritatimeus3400 well fiction draws people to the real history. I certainly enjoyed the movie. But eventually I will learn the real history.

@eliasattal3205

Ай бұрын

@@sozibrahman8504 it drew me to the real history and I’m an Italian

@Justaguy10723

Ай бұрын

@@margheritatimeus3400 i am not from UK (from India) yet I got into history related to the house of wessex after watching the series and movie

@britishpatriot7386

10 күн бұрын

It's all bullcrap fake history especially female warriors which never happened especially in battles.

The whole saga of the Anglo Saxon/English Kings right the way through from Alfred the Great (or even before) through Edward the Elder, Aethelstan and Prince Edmund, Aethelred II and his sons Aethelstan and Edmund Ironsides all the way up to Edward the Confessor and the last - Harold Godwinson is very poorly understood by most English people, and yet was absolutely crucial to the formation of England - and "Great Britain". Why has there never been a film about the most famous English battle - Hastings??? This is why it's a really good thing that people are now investigating these times for themselves and making these KZread videos to inform people of their early heritage. Fantastic.

@jenniferharrison4319

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the powers that be don’t want the plebs to realise that in a roundabout way the Vikings conquered England through William the Conqueror, descendant of Danish/Norman Viking Rollo 🤔

@dontgivamonkeyz

Жыл бұрын

The ruling elite don't want people to know that the English are the victims of colonialism by the Norman's and their ancestors to this very day. Let's face it the English have been ruled by one foreigner after another for a millenia. French Normans/plantagenets for 300+ yrs then Welsh (Tudors) then Scots (Stuarts) a Dutch Orange bloke some Germans (Hanoverians) then more Germans (saxe Coburg gotha) aka the Windsors. Even before 1066 were subjugated by Danes, the British Establishment gave away all their overseas lands they conquered but still held on to the English ones.

@ambitiousram

Жыл бұрын

@@jenniferharrison4319 The Normans did not consider themselves Viking at all, that'd be like saying the French nobility were German

@BlackQback

3 ай бұрын

@@ambitiousram On top of that, even "Vikings" did not consider themselves Viking; vikings were never a nation or an ethnicity, they never called themselves Vikings, it was something they did (go on a viking - raiding, by boat), so calling them Norse, Northmen or, as the English did - Danes (as they called all Scandinavians) would be more accurate.

@theshamanarchist5441

Ай бұрын

@@ambitiousram They are. Vikings are German also.

AEthelstan learned a great deal about warfare from Uhtred son of Uhtred !

@muhammadujaama631

Жыл бұрын

Destiny is all!

@amyholbrook9419

11 ай бұрын

Fate is inexorable, you mean...

@grover2727

11 ай бұрын

@@amyholbrook9419 Amy, that is an unexpected word choice, to be honest I had to Google it. Is " inexorable " a normal word you use in your daily vocabulary ? I have NEVER heard that word used in a sentence in my entire life.

@MindSurf248

11 ай бұрын

@@grover2727 No It's an old fashioned word, but used in Last Kingdom

@amyholbrook9419

10 ай бұрын

It's the proper phrase from the original Bernard Cornwell books. For the OG fans...

I've been a huge fan of Aethelstan since Michael Wood's documentary entitled "In Search of the Dark Ages...Aethelstan" which aired around 1980. I appreciate your video, the detail and effort that went into making it. I'd lived just outside Gloucester for 3 years in the 70s and really enjoyed the history and gorgeous countryside of the area. It's no wonder there were so many Roman Villas found within 30 miles of Gloucester, it's beautiful and fertile.

@Boudicca15

2 жыл бұрын

I watched that and so enjoyed it, very informative, I love hearing the Anglo Saxon language, the amazing Michael Wood can speak the language, 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@MrVvulf

2 жыл бұрын

@@Boudicca15 You might enjoy Simon Roper's channel. He has videos where he speaks Anglo-Saxon and Old English.

@dennisolesen6188

Жыл бұрын

​​@@MrVvulf Yes or maybe she will enjoy that season/episode where Floki gets enough of Athelstan 😂🤷‍♂️😂

@MrVvulf

Жыл бұрын

@@dennisolesen6188 Haha. Different Aethelstan, but I get and appreciate the joke.

@paulm3033

4 ай бұрын

Michael Wood is one of the best TV historians of recent years , his series about the village of Kibworth is definitely worth seeing if you haven't already seen it .

Iam so facinated with the story and it begun when i watched the whole episode of the last kingdom, searching for Uthred i found out that all the characters were all real and thier stories although some are twisted. I am really hooked in thier history..

I was so excited to find your videos today! I am absolutely fascinated by the ancient kings of England, and that you have been focusing on the characters from The Last Kingdom is such a bonus. Your videos are terrific. Thank you!

@emwjmannen2

Жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me what happened that monk kid in The Last Kingdom? What did Brida do to him when he was all bloody on his stomach? Or did she cut off his balls?

@trustno1z

Жыл бұрын

@@emwjmannen2 that was uhtreds son, she cut it all off.

@emwjmannen2

Жыл бұрын

@@trustno1z Really, wow?!

@trustno1z

Жыл бұрын

@@emwjmannen2 🤣🤣🤣good job changing your question!! You asked about athelstan the bastard!! Two different people!!

@donnadees1971

Жыл бұрын

Try reading about England’s history during civil wars. My God, Ii couldn’t get thru it.

Ecgbert (grandfather to Alfred) should not be overlooked when talking of the ancestors of the likes of Athelstan... it was ecgbert who broke the mercian supremeecy, and started Wessex on its road to success, and thus, a very important figure in England’s history

@marinakaiser7639

2 жыл бұрын

John you know a lot about Englands history 👍

@mrk1298

2 жыл бұрын

Same one who fought against Ragnar?

@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220

2 жыл бұрын

The battle of Ellendun which was won by Ecgbhert against Mercia was won of the most decisive battles fought on English soil.

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

I agree John, that may have been an oversight on my part. Thank you so much for watching! And there might be an Ecgbert video on the way!

@marinakaiser7639

2 жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles 👍😊

the anglo Saxon kings will certainly require greater study from me for they truly were an interesting bunch

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

They really were! Thank you so much for watching!

@annychest718

2 жыл бұрын

Ingle's were Spanish and Saxons were French

@seppgreap463

2 жыл бұрын

@@annychest718 Not german??

@annemurphy9339

2 жыл бұрын

@@annychest718 Saxon = sons of Isaac.

@gingthedigger5046

2 жыл бұрын

I've watched all these now and more last kingdom is solely responsible for my sudden interest in Anglo Saxon and vikings histories

The Anglo-Saxons were awesome, when united they were strong, resilient and fierce warriors that won battle after battle against the Danes. It's sad Alfred the Great does not get much credit.

@noahtylerpritchett2682

Жыл бұрын

Bruh they could kick ass before they were united. It took 30-50 years before the Franks would defeat the Saxons and Frisians. And despite losing many battles and wars. Killed hundreds of thousands of Franks. And the Saxons and Frisians in Britain destroyed remnants of Roman forces and private auxiliary units and later Welsh armies or each other in Britain.

@Fatherland927

Жыл бұрын

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 well said, true. Though they foght each other because of the heptarchy rivalry, the Anglo-Saxons fought hard against every foe and eventually unified England under æthelstan, against a coalition!

@noahtylerpritchett2682

Жыл бұрын

@@Fatherland927 yes. Both British and continental Anglo-Saxons were powerful. Losing battles? They still killed so many enemies that it often would feel like defeats. There were still Jutes and Angles left in Denmark. No way they were simply absorbed. They probably put up tough rebellions to resist Danish occupation before the inevitable conquest. Besides, Angles, Danes, Geats, Jutes, Saxons, Frisians, all made up a culturally genetically overlapping cline of continuum of cultures. Disregarding the arbitrary North Sea and North Germanic boundaries. Plus as my quora answer shows. Angles and Saxons are lists of hundreds of tribes in a confederation

@robertpegg7251

4 ай бұрын

But Alfred does get credit , - its in his Title "The Great" ,the only English king to be called thus. Aethelflead ,his daughter and the "Lady of the Mercians" must have been astounding , - what a woman, In a time of Male kings ,she made all the minor kings submit to her ... She didnt live long enough to unite all of England properly but she would have .. Aethelstan - Alfreds Grandson was taught or tutored by Aethelflead and united all of Britain including the Scots Welsh Strathclyde and Danish kings who all submitted to him ,- until the Battle of Brunanburgh ...All credit to Bernard Cornwall,the author of the fictional but based on fact "Last Kingdom" books for helping to throw some light into the Dark ages .Enthralling subject .Why Hollywood didnt get into the act ,i have no idea but the "Vikings" film of some years ago starring Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis etc is also a thrilling watch .

@theshamanarchist5441

Ай бұрын

They are a Victorian fictional people. Same as 'celts'.

I'm going to start The Last Kingdom tonight.

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Do it

@dashrender9320

2 жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles today me and the wife are going binge watch as much as we can.

@jscho8674

2 жыл бұрын

You will absolutely LOVE it. It is sooooo good. Definitely one of my all time favorite shows. I wish they had done more seasons but I look forward to the movie. :)

@missfieyzasan1541

Жыл бұрын

love the series..love,friends, revenge,loyal,satisfy all in one...

@muhammadujaama631

Жыл бұрын

​@@jscho8674 Uhtred is clearly an immortal, considering how many generations he lives through by the end.

Thank you dear Ollie. I enjoyed this piece of our history. You have a delightful voice. 💃🍎👌

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It really means a lot!

Thanks for the upload this morning!

If only you had some input in constructing the character of Aethelstan in the Last Kingdom finale movie, 7 Kings Must Die! There was no hint of the warrior king's strength, determination, scholarship, and achievement!

After watching kingdom, I wouldn't expect son of Edward be such a bad ass

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

He was indeed ! Thank you so much for watching!

@TheMogregory

2 жыл бұрын

Edward was misrepresented in Kingdom. Aethelstan's early life was spent with his aunt, the formidable Lady of the Mercians; with that example it's no surprise he grew up to be such a bad ass.

@phoenixrose1192

2 жыл бұрын

Edward was no slouch in TLK, and he definitely wasn’t irl.

@phoenixrose1192

2 жыл бұрын

And the whole bloodline was badass, well apart from Aethelred the ‘unready’ of course.

@dontgivamonkeyz

Жыл бұрын

Anglo-Saxon history has been poorly presented by tv shows over last decade very little is accurate.

Of course Aethelstan was great. He was trained by Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

@laurag7295

Жыл бұрын

Uhtred was a fictional character, no doubt there were great generals helping the king

@muhammadujaama631

Жыл бұрын

Destiny is all!

@muhammadujaama631

Жыл бұрын

​@Laura Golanch semi- fictional. There was an Uhtred of Bamburgh (Bebbanburg), but he wasn't involved in any of the story we got in the show.

Everything I know about this time I learned from The Last Kingdom and KZread videos that correct The Last Kingdom.

What a great job you did with the videos. There’s so many videos and books on English history they’re a dime a dozen but your knowledge and narration grabs my interest in a different way, it’s a lot of fun to listen and hard to stop watching. I love it, keep them coming and thank you!!

great video! tis the first of yours I've seen and I really enjoyed it! I'm looking forward to binging the rest of your channel!!

Thank you for putting together the story of another one of my ancestors. Amazing.

@historyprofiles

Жыл бұрын

Amazing to have him as an ancestor! I hope you enjoyed the content!

@MaryAmesMitchell

Жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles yes. Good job!

Masterfully Made Mr. Kelly. Thank you and God bless !:-) 🙏

This was super interesting to watch. I had never heard of any of this as it's not covered in our education system but through TLK I got to hear about him. I really like videos going into the historcial aspect to understand more. I love Aethelstan in the series and the movie. I actually enjoyed him even more in the movie because of his character development and actually having dialogue outside of being in battles all of the time. It gave Aethelstan a lot of depth and showed the change of him being in the series vs the many years later being in the movie. I think the movie especially showed some of the qualities I am learning about him here and proved himself a strong king. For TLK, it is so early in his life as king that I wished there was more time in the movie to see his later years as well (too bad Netflix refused another season). Harry Gilby who played Aethelstan is such an amazing actor.

Very nice. Could you possibly do one on the actual differences between their laws ie. what was Dane Law vs. Anglo-Saxon Law?

Excellent summary of very interesting history! I love everything Viking! Thank You! Lois

Very beautifully told. Great job

Love these keep them coming. I listen to you while I am at work, I absolutely love history and you do an amazing job! Thank you for doing this for us.

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! Your comment really means a lot to me!!

What a great surprise video! This is the amazing Ollie with his awesome Medieval Histories. Thank you for your hard work

@pinklady3885

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there dear Elke.Hope you are well. I am recovering from major surgery. It is good to be home. 🍎💃🤗👌

@ELKE-

2 жыл бұрын

@@pinklady3885 Hi dear Pink Lady! Oh! Sorry hear that, I didn't know! Glad all went well and you are home! Wish good recovery for you. Make sure you have plenty of rest! Blessings nice lady🙏🏻 Thank you, I'm not to bad, had appts this morning and I got here later to listen to Ollie. I might have more surgeries in near future. We just celebrate our lives at the moment, because God is Good isn't?🕊 I already listened the video twice, love these histories. Wish great day dear one🌻 See you next!

@pinklady3885

2 жыл бұрын

@@ELKE- Thank you so much for your response. Yes God is good and helps us to stay strong. Ollie does such good interesting history and his voice is so delightful... I enjoy these interesting times and unusual names. I will now rest.... see you next week. 💃🍎😴😴🤗❤️🏵️🐝💐🌳🥀🌼🌸🌻🍁🍀

@ELKE-

2 жыл бұрын

@@pinklady3885 You are welcome dear Pink! Yes, I love listen to him also, he and his brothers has the most beautiful voice to narrate stories. And Ollie has the magnificent one for those kind histories. I imagine him as one of the Kings or Vikings, while he narrate them! Lol Silly me😄 Okay, I go back to my rest too. 6:52pm here already! Good night and good rest! 🌻🌼🍂🦋🌹🦩🤗 Yes, see you next week!

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Elke!!

This is a very interesting time period to study. There is a lot of what ifs that can be made. Good job

I could listen for hours and WILL !!

I find this actual history of England's early Kings fascinating. I'm going to follow you hoping for more.

Excellent, extremely enjoyable, thank you !!

I have been watching the last Kingdom and this recount was really helpful and useful thank you you have a lovely voice too❤

Really interesting case again HP - great video and the music was superb too

I knew I recognized your voice! Great video.

awesome video Ollie loved it looking forward to your next vid mate

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jamie!

@jamiegregg9211

2 жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles your welcome mate

Ollie your vids are so great i can't get enough of them lately😊.Thank you for your interesting and awesome narration❤🖤👋😘‼i

@cyankirkpatrick5194

2 жыл бұрын

Hello

@marinakaiser7639

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyankirkpatrick5194 Hi Cyan😁👍

@cyankirkpatrick5194

2 жыл бұрын

@@marinakaiser7639 👋

Thank you fabulous video

I really enjoy your channel.

I managed to make it through a season and a half of GoT, before completely losing interest. I never watched Vikings or The Last Kingdom because I thought they would be the same kind of shows. However, I've always been interested in the early English kings, and I've been loving your biographies of the historical figures from TLK. They definitely made me interested enough to start bingeing the series. It's fantastic, and 100X better than GoT. The fact that it's based on actual history makes it much more interesting for me.

@elainelouve

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, TLK is good.:) The Vikings at first was entertaining, but it's more fantasy than history. And I still cringe at Uppsala being a temple in the Norwegian mountains.😬 (It was and is a famous historical city on the coast of Sweden, next to Stockholm.) In the Vikings they took huge liberties and combined at least 2 centuries of history, like Rollo duke of Normandy was on the first ever viking raid to Lindisfarne... The storytelling in the last seasons of the Vikings sucked so much in my opinion that I didn't want to waste my time, even though it would be kind of interesting to know what happened in the end.

@Terri_MacKay

2 жыл бұрын

@@elainelouve Isn't it funny when you stick with a show for years, then lose interest right at the end? I've watched every season of The Walking Dead, religiously, then it just completely lost me during its final season. At least you're a bit interested in knowing how Vikings ended. After watching the first 4 TWD episodes this season, I realized that I just don't care. They're still introducing new groups and new characters, when I think that the last season should have been focused just on the core characters. So many characters come in and go on that show, there are people who have been on for 3-4 years and I still don't know their names. The show just became too big in terms of the cast. I know that my 2 favourite characters, Daryl and Carol, survive because they're doing a spinoff show...that's really all I need to know. I love history, and I realize that when I watch a historical TV show or movie, there's going to be some liberties taken with actual events for the sake of brevity and entertainment. But when they start fudging with the facts to the point where they are actually presenting a version of history that is just grossly inaccurate, that will make me lose interest very quickly. If the inaccuracies in Vikings was as bad as you say, I can understand your frustration, and why you lost interest in the show. Isn't Viking/Norse history interesting enough as it is....did they think they could make it more intetesting by playing with the facts??

@elainelouve

2 жыл бұрын

@@Terri_MacKay yes, that's so true. They could have easily made it about generations, because they already have the sons of the original hero become the main focus. And now there's a spinoff series that goes further in history. The Icelandic sagas also tell about the families and the origin of the heroes, so that would work even in a more fantasy context (they utilized those old tales and added mythological characters, and I'm ok with that, because it fits the theme, but I wanted more historical and cultural accuracy to back it up).

@waltonsmith7210

Жыл бұрын

GOT is is just as good.....

Who ever made this video, you done a bloody terrific job 👏 ❤️

I have seen how he fights and cares in "The Last Kingdom." I wish he ruled all of 🇬🇧 not just because he may 😕 have been King of all England, but also for being the greatest king 😢 that ever lived.

History never changes

Best King Ever!

Very informative and interesting.

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!!!

Thank you so much, I can refer to this to help understand history

I love the truth of The last Kingdom. I sometimes think I am a distant relative. My ancestors came from Denmark, Scandinavia and England. Great Britain.

I come from Stonehaven the little town at Dunottar Castle . I had no idea the Saxons made it that far north!

Uhtred was the one who helped the king to achieve the dream of England 🇬🇧

@faeiger9215

Жыл бұрын

Nope, he was in a completely different time period.

@laurag7295

Жыл бұрын

A good general helped the King, in Bernard Cornwell's books, Utrecht is that general, but he is fictional.

@freewheelman68

Жыл бұрын

You mean 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (🇬🇧 = UK)

@chosen7276

Жыл бұрын

Uhtred was roughly seventy years later after athelstan's rule. He was eaolderman of northumbria from 1010 till his death in 1016 😊

@woolva

Жыл бұрын

​@Amrita Not entirely.

A great man for his time. Can you just imagine how hard life was then

He was a great guy 🙂

I'm going to take an educated guess and say that his brother died from having too much steel/iron in his body. Mainly in the form of a sword thru his heart.

@ChristianAuditore14

2 жыл бұрын

Iron poisoning

@historyprofiles

2 жыл бұрын

I also think he was killed, how he died is in no source I could find though was probably covered up…. Aethelstans reign wasn’t recoded that well though compared to his grandfather Alfreds

@bradkempton7905

2 жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles It would make sense for that time frame. A lot of potential claimants to a throne were killed. The projection of strength, power and ruthlessness seem to have been more important to a long lasting reign than honor, peace and love. Especially in that Era, where there were so many different "kingdoms" where each and every king, earl or nobleman did whatever they could or had to to gain more power, prestige and riches. The line of succession wasn't as important as it later became with the Witan having the power to choose somebody else, so if a younger brother was a potential threat, then they had to die. Often for the good of the people to avoid civil war.

@clossemarin3201

2 жыл бұрын

Best comment

That was very interesting

Love this very interesting. Unfortunately it’s still going on in this day and age. Many men dying for the power hungry leaders.

I'm surprised at how much recorded history is not taught in school. Who, in education departments, decides which history IS or is NOT important?

@historyprofiles

Жыл бұрын

I know it’s a complete joke. If we learnt interesting immersive things about our ancestors things would be much better

I just read the Sarah Foot biography so now I'm an Æthelstan fan and want to know more about him. I was born in Kingston-u-Thames but didn't learn much about him growing up, which was a big fail on behalf of our history teachers! What comes across from the book is how he was a pioneer of 'branding' wearing a crown instead of a helmet and getting his face on the coinage, which was an important way to reach a lot of folk who didn't read. Also that his reign encourage the enlightenment of academia, the church, the written law and proclamations which form much of what we know about him. I can't get over how he isn't more famous than he should be.

I’m reading a book on him right now.

The "Great Battle" Was A Great Example Of How One Can End Up Winning A Battle -- To Only End Up Losing More Than Those They Defeated. Did Any Of Them Ever Heard Of The Word "Retreat?" It Was Awful, And Unnecessary, For So Many To DIE Over Spoils And Kingdoms That Was So Easy Lost (In So Little Time).

This historical knowledge js fascinating.

To me the reluctance of the witan to proclaim him king of Wessex after Aelfweards death suggests he may have had something to do with it

“It will not be written that Alfred did stand on the shoulders of Uhtred.”

I think this is going to be in season 6 or the movie they call it in last Kingdom

by history uthred was born in 971 and aethalstan was born in 894 😪😪 but lord uthred was one of the greatest warrior of his ages🙌🙌

Let's see what the Seven Kingdoms must die got for us as the sequel of The last kingdom

@pattglass4782

Жыл бұрын

Is called seven Kings must die and it is totally awesome I wish and hope that they could do more about Richard I just adore this movie and the series The last Kingdom

he kept his word to Uhtredto never marry or have children so his brother could clame the thrown, I allways wondered if he stuck to his word or not xxx

If I was a part of all that I wouldn't see the point. You live you rule you fight until you die and for what? So your kingdom can have peace? It eventually all falls back into war. Such a bloody history.

@yourmum69_420

2 жыл бұрын

very true

@barbarawilson958

2 жыл бұрын

And yet nothing changes

@nagameel7324

2 жыл бұрын

It would make sense if you lived within those times. If you had to go to war or you had to make peace it had to be done because you wanted to live comfortably in your life.

Aethelstan a great warrior king, strong grandson of Alfred the great.

here after last kingdom season 5

What Castle is at the start of the video?

So Vinland Saga is inspired by this history...no wonder it hits so deep, it's inspired by true stories.

@user-eb7pe9bp2q

Жыл бұрын

Vinland Saga takes place nearly 100-years after this. Vinland Saga was not inspired by the unification of England but the conquest of England by Canute as its backdrop, with Thorfinn’s expedition to Canada being the main focus.

Very interesting subject. I was waiting for the ads to play out and came upon something called the Celtic Holocaust could you look into that I'm trying to contain my subscriptions here. And I'm not really interested in another one.

Indeed uthred wasn't mentioned in the Chronicles...history never recorded that as king Alfred said

@aidanodonnell1344

Жыл бұрын

That's because Bernard Cornwell created him.

@wab4425

Жыл бұрын

Very sad because of this I hate Alfred

Not KZread suggesting this video to me the day after I finish the last kingdom series

Anglos had such beautiful noses tbh.

Destiny is all!

It's Aethelstan (pronounced Athelstan) and Ecgwine (pronounced Edgewin). "Ae" as in Aelfred.

What about Utterd? I am confused

Would be a great film.

Alfred and AEthanlstan would be fuming what our country has become. ✝️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

AEthelsten wasn’t in the show Vikings. The ones that were?! Were not him whatsoever. Jut different AEthelstens at the time.

@nathanielanderson4367

2 жыл бұрын

He was in Last Kingdom ya numpty

@brooke6549

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielanderson4367 I’m well aware of that. That’s where the image from him is from, still by putting the one in Vikings too which isn’t the same one. He isn’t in that show whatsoever nor is Edward.

@rhzyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@brooke6549 I don't remember seeing any pictures from Vikings?

@brooke6549

2 жыл бұрын

@@rhzyo the description.

@elainelouve

2 жыл бұрын

I think in the Vikings it was supposed to be Aethelstan's son who becomes the great king. Or something. Can't remember how that turned out, if they ever got to it, and I quit watching when Ivar was in Russia.

Why no sons!? Or daughters? That's what I can't figure out about him.

@angelagrey6011

2 жыл бұрын

Too busy fighting and that. Betrayal most everywhere. Unable to trust therefore unable to reproduce? Just 💭:)

@annemurphy9339

2 жыл бұрын

Some people can’t have children.

@e.b25

2 жыл бұрын

he is in love with uhtred

Edgar was the first king of Engla Lond not Aethelstan. The latter claimed to be Emperor of Britain not king of England. He merely ruled Wessex and the recently annexed Mercia. Northumbria remained outside the West Saxon Imperium. The Problem is that some modern historians impose anachronistic interpretations on the past. 'England' was only dimly emerging the in the C10th. The notion of the angelcynn, based on Bede's C8th invention of the gens anglorum, was developed in the court circle of Alfred of Wessex to legitimise his claims imperial rulership and to justify his conquests of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which had never been ruled by the West Saxon Kings. The 'English' in the Danish occupied lands were robbed of their ethnic identity. It was political smoke and mirrors.

@historyprofiles

Жыл бұрын

He was known as the overlord of Briton having brought all the Kings to heel. So although he may have not "officially" been the first King of England, he was certainly more powerful than Kings of England having dominion over Scotland as well. I suppose he paved the way for Kings of England, and although he may have not been known by the title it fits

Found out a while back that I'm related to King Æthelstan on my dad's side.

Why do you hyper-blue the eyes in your thumbnails?

No body knows who the first king was, most certainly would have been around the times of stonehenge, maybe before.

Wow

Triva: Does anyone know where he is buried A: Malmsbury Abbey Wiltshire 🤗🤷‍♀️

only in history an his storys last kingdom or Vikings 894- i knew it would be marcia and Essex

Destiny is all

Was he not the first king as you say..??

❤❤

he sounds like Arthur

@0:24 "mediaEVAL"...Freudian slip? 🤣

How he died?

I know him a different way.