"Napoleon eventually got sick of success and tried his hand at Losing" man I love this channel's style of comedy 😂😂

@guillaumebuffet3384

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and the ''I'll be home soon sweety'' killed me

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@ClarinoI

2 жыл бұрын

@@glocksmith226 Abducted by aliens and taken to the Delta Quadrant.

@actin9294

2 жыл бұрын

@@guillaumebuffet3384 I don't get that reference, could someone enlighten me about it?

@GarkKahn

2 жыл бұрын

@@actin9294 Let's just say it took longer to go back home

When a child, I saw that “kingdom of both Siciles” many times and seriously thought the southern part of Italy had been called Sicily too. Then, I simply forgot about it. Now, after 20+ years of my ignorance, you have my thanks.

@rehurekj

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the peninsular part was in various times and context called Sicily, too. Insular part, called occasionally Trinacria, was Sicily beyond the lighthouse and Neapolitan mainland was Sicily on this side of the lighthouse.

@nonameuserua

2 жыл бұрын

@@rehurekj I might guess that context is somehow linked to the kingdom’s name, not the part of the peninsula

@rehurekj

2 жыл бұрын

@@nonameuserua it was the name for the peninsular part, the whole kingdom was originally just kingdom of Sicily, one Sicily, and various lordships and duchies of the peninsular part was grouped under the name Sicily on the side of Faro and later kingdom of Naples or Neapolitania and the island was thus Sicily on the other side of Faro and officially kingdom of Trinacria, and due later partition of formerly one kingdom of Sicily into two under different rulers when it was reunified again it become known as Two or Both Sicilies.

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@nonameuserua

2 жыл бұрын

@@rehurekj you just restored the myth I thought to be destroyed half an hour ago

1:59 “this went incredibly well… for the French” The abruptness of this gets me every time 💀

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

It also gets me!

@jeffjefferson5095

3 ай бұрын

Best joke of the video lmao

As an Italian teacher of Humanities who took a specific university course in Early Modern Italian History, I wnat both to give major thumbs-up to this (as usual) excellent summary, as it sent me ROTFLling hard, and add a couple nuances: - The nonsense of the Continental half of the kingdom retaining the "Sicily" moniker was so ridicolous its use was confined to the most formal formalities, while everybody kings included would informally refer to it as the Kingdom of Naples, as if it had originated as a city-state and eventually overbloated (which was kinda true, for Naples ended up becoming a mini-Paris or mini-London leeching riches and humanpower off minor towns). - Once the two kingdoms re-merged during the Restoration Age, king Ferdinand theoretically arranged them into a federation roughly similar to the UK after the Act of Union, and just to wrap things up he decided that Sicily proper was to be referred to as "Sicily beyond the Lightouse", while the Continet being "Sicily behind the Lighthouse" - for yes, there were twin light-houses on the Strait of Messina, and king Ferdinand would rather use them as a reference point than the Strait itself or, you know, talk about the "United KIngdom of Sicily and Naples".

@cv4809

2 жыл бұрын

What was the kingdom officially called before 1815 when it was united under Bourbons?

@alessiopronto409

2 жыл бұрын

@@cv4809 Before 1815 they were two different and separate kingdoms ruled by the same person. The kingdom that controlled the island of Sicily was the "Kingdom of Sicily (on the other side of the strait/lighthouse)" while the kingdom on the peninsula was the "Kingdom of Sicily (on this side of the strait/lighthouse)" colloquially know as "The Kingdom of Naples"

@KeefeL

2 жыл бұрын

Was curious... could formalities be informal?

@kenobi6257

2 жыл бұрын

In the Spanish official titles, the kingdom was (and is still referred to as) the Kingdom of Naples, curiously enough

@stephenderry9488

2 жыл бұрын

Can't imagine where they got the idea of trying to claim part of Italy by using it in the name of their country when the reality is they controlled a completely separate and non-overlapping entity! cough cough "Eastern Roman Empire!" cough cough "Holy Roman Empire"

"Obviously, this would have been amazing, which is why it could never happen." Your humour, man. It gets me.

@BazukinBelyugovich

Жыл бұрын

During the War in Iraq, one of Saddam Hussein's vice presidents proposed that Hussein and George Bush should solve the issue by literally having a duel with one another, refereed by the UN Secretary General at the time.

@Fam98KK

Жыл бұрын

@@BazukinBelyugovich I would pay my entire fortune to watch that sh*t

@imnotmadimdisappointed

Жыл бұрын

@@BazukinBelyugovich “obviously this would have been amazing, which is why it could never happen.”

@lalalu641

Жыл бұрын

@@BazukinBelyugovich Fuck, real life truly is the biggest disappointment that would've been awesome.

@nureinjunker-mann9015

3 ай бұрын

@@BazukinBelyugovich no surprise that bush was too much of a pussy for a duel

«This went incredibly well…for the French» 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@spk1121

2 жыл бұрын

I laughed out loud at that 😆

@weleho

2 жыл бұрын

It very usual joke flrmy for History matters. And better to stay that way.

@carlossanabria7991

2 жыл бұрын

This channel is pure gold

@johnlander4635

2 жыл бұрын

That was a good line

@jeffbenton6183

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of what the Oracle of Delphi supposedly said to the Lydian King Croesus when he asked if it would be a good idea to attack Cyrus of Persia: "you will cause the destruction of a great empire."

The details in this one are so good, I love googly-eyed George III

@iamvinnyyes

2 жыл бұрын

oh wow jack

I think this is probably the funniest episode so far. Both from a conceptual and a joke per minute perspective. Well done

@afiffarhati4580

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. So many funny bits and jokes , and the context itself is hilarious (minus the war and killing stuff of course).

@kingt0295

2 жыл бұрын

Its conceptually the funniest, i didn’t smile or laugh but he crammed more jokes in

@ziadbaha1699

Жыл бұрын

Yup it was hilarious and even with all the jokes I still laighed

"So everyone died for nothing." Sadly this can describe A lot of human history.

@Antarius1999

2 жыл бұрын

WWI in a nutshell.

@ilikewindows3455

2 жыл бұрын

@@Antarius1999 literally

@januarysson5633

2 жыл бұрын

Ukraine “special operation”.

@Negetive2digit

2 жыл бұрын

@@Antarius1999 Actually, some borders changed and regimes were overthrown in WWI so, technically, it wasn't 'for nothing' like a white peace would have been.

@1Phase1

2 жыл бұрын

And that's why people eventually decided that dying for the sake of an absolute monarch who doesn't care about his subjects at all is unacceptable. Thus we deposed all absolute monarchs or took away their power, and now we get to die for politicians who don't care about their subjects instead. Much better :)

"He didn't want to be the king of Sicily and the king of Sicily, he wanted to be the king of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies." That's a tongue twister if I've ever heard one.

@hunterjohnson9144

2 жыл бұрын

Where’s the second Sicily, Lebowski?

@nathanandsugar5252

Жыл бұрын

So if it was Two Sicilies that united Italy instead would it have been called the Kingdom of the Three (Four) Sicilies?

@NAYRUthunder99

Жыл бұрын

​@@nathanandsugar5252the Kingdom of Many Sicilies

@apertamono

3 ай бұрын

The name is a lot simpler than the flag, though.

King Ferdinand: “What about Sicily?” Congress of Vienna: “You already have one” King Ferdinand: “I’ve got one Sicily, yes. What about second Sicily?”

@TorIverWilhelmsen

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, so one of Aragorn's code names was Congress of Vienna, and King Ferdinand was a hobbit. It makes sense.

@mikearmstrong8483

Жыл бұрын

The connection here is that Aragorn was both King of Gondor and a large part of Spain, but the Spanish have always had trouble pronouncing his name correctly.

2:05 this is legit the funniest scene in any HM video

This channel never fails to be the best history channel on KZread

@_____MB_____

2 жыл бұрын

@The Philosoraptor literally carrying history. History matters is why I am interested in history, along with other channels like oversimplified and knowledgia

@vivofoottheseventh7393

2 жыл бұрын

The return of dave

@eduardpeeterlemming

2 жыл бұрын

Oversimplified?

@TheAlteredHub

2 жыл бұрын

A joint first 4 me

@Mylifesuckslol

2 жыл бұрын

Tied with oversimplified

The montage of Napoléon being bored of winning and then finally happy when losing earned an instant like

@charlestonianbuilder344

2 жыл бұрын

suffering from success

The fact that the french didn't rename the southern itallian kingdom when it lost Sicily sounds like one of those quirks of Crusader Kings where after conquring the namesake of a county the AI isn't programmed to be able to change its name to reflect this.

@count487

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the capital of the state had been Naples for a century, so insofar as a central state existed in the vassal-oriented politics of the time, it was still intact and still busy waging war to reclaim its wayward province for decades. After that it was just a point of pride and not wanting to give up on the point of precedence.

@mappingshaman5280

2 жыл бұрын

For real. I'm playing the game of thrones mod and I'm the king of the trident, and I've conquered the whole crowlands including kings landing, but the kingdom of westeros is still called "the iron throne" even though theoretically i own the iron throne.

I love that Peter the First was portrayed with the sword of night and flame.

the one frame of the well whenever you say "well" is another reason why i love this channel

@I_AM_HYDRAA

2 жыл бұрын

really

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@sail2byzantium

2 жыл бұрын

That flew by me at first, but yeah, fantastic. Thanks for mentioning it.

@I_AM_HYDRAA

2 жыл бұрын

i can’t see it

@sail2byzantium

2 жыл бұрын

@@I_AM_HYDRAA When History Matters asks "Why did the Kingdom of the two Sicilies only have one Sicily?" (@ 0:18), he self-replies "WELL" and quickly flashes to a picture of a well (@ 0:22), before finishing the rest of his self-reply: "in order to find out, we need to go back to the medieval period."

History Matters always answers the burning questions I never even knew I had.

@enqrbit

2 жыл бұрын

This is the only time he has answered a question I knew I had. hahahahaha!

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@jefferybushnik3057

2 жыл бұрын

Me: *living my life* History Matters: *uploads video* Me: "Wait, wait wait... why WAS the Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies called that...???"

@stulog

2 жыл бұрын

True 'dat

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

What's hilarious is that he left out partially WHY Garibaldi was able to take southern Italy: The Royal Navy helped transport his army to the coast of Naples and make their landing. Essentially, Britain backstabbed their old Napoleonic Wars ally to adjust the European power balance.

"Now obviously this would have been amazing which is of course why it could never happen".. You're not wrong, but I really hoped for a moment that you were going to tell us that this duel had actually taken place.

0:34 that French prince, Charles of Anjou, is one of the most interesting people in medieval history. At the height of his power he was probably the single most influential person in Europe, but suffered a devastating blow with the "Sicilian vespers".

"Everyone alive, even Dave" Yes.

@jonbaxter2254

2 жыл бұрын

I still won't forgive Dave, mark my words.

The Sicilian Vespers is probably one of the coolest event of the Medieval Period. The international conspiracy to remove Charles is worthy of a movie.

@ragingsage3973

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not the coolest event for all the slaughtered French inhabitants of the island though.

@andrewklang809

2 жыл бұрын

And it has one of the coolest names too. It sounds like a conspiracy of sexy Italian snakes.

@teemusid

2 жыл бұрын

I read Steven Runciman's history of the event. I like his work, as he usually gives both sides telling of events, then draws conclusions.

@princepscivitatis4083

2 жыл бұрын

This war gave birth to arguably medieval Europe's greatest admiral; Roger de Lauria and put the feared Almogavars on the map.

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

2:44 oh come on that name is good!!!

Bro, you don’t have to say, “I hope you enjoyed this video”. We all truly enjoy every video you make.

I think what sells the "deadpan" humor in these videos so well to me is that unlike most people I've heard try to deliver similar jokes to the jokes made in these videos in a similar way to how there delivered here, is that you don't hear him trying to hold back a laugh or notability flinch in his delivery to make sure he doesn't giggle to himself. He just delivers the jokes in his script like he does every other line and serves to make the jokes in these videos more humorous instead of less in my opinion. Eddit: Yes, I know I just described what deadpan humor is, my comment is/was supposed to put forward that I think he does deadpan well not just "Oh look, he's using deadpan humor." And I also split it into too sentences though I'm struggling to cut down the first in size, so sorry for my previous lack of proper sentence structure.

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@createyourownfuture5410

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyrusthegreat7030 my* And yes, for sure!

@GarkKahn

2 жыл бұрын

That may look easy, but fun fact no

@chris582

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyrusthegreat7030 which raises the question, why? Why would you want to rebuild the great Persian empire?

@Luboman411

2 жыл бұрын

You just gave the definition of "deadpan humor." It's "deadpan" for a reason. ;)

So it was called that because it had previously been united, but then split apart, with both of them adapting the same name, despite one of the two halves not being in the land it's named after, and when reunited, the term was used to describe both halves, so there were two of them, despite the fact that there is only one of the land where the name comes from? Nice.

@zacharyelliott7161

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I couldn't have put it any less clearly myself.

@gimmethegepgun

2 жыл бұрын

Rather reminds me of the 5 different entities that claimed to be Rome at one point or another despite only 1 of them actually containing it.

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@lil_jackgamez8992

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyrusthegreat7030 oh crap not again

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

@@lil_jackgamez8992 you already know who it is

Btw. I'd just like to add that in order for contemporary historians to distinguish between the real Sicily and other Sicily, the other Sicily is usually referred to as the 'Kingdom of Naples' after the other Sicily's largest city... Naples.

@stavroskassinos7834

2 жыл бұрын

yeah that's largely why I completely forgot about the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies existing. I always remember them as Kingdom of Sicily and Kingdom of Naples

@tomtomtrent

2 жыл бұрын

The Sicilian Sicily is also referred to sometimes as the Kingdom of Trinacria (another name for Sicily) to distinguish it from Naples or the earlier or later united kingdoms

"There are dozens of us" Garibaldi holding this sign is why i love this channel

The more Sicilies the better. Why not Seven?

@ecurewitz

2 жыл бұрын

84 Sicilians, dammit

@dalstein3708

2 жыл бұрын

Because then you would have seven Mafias. Maybe even more. Admittedly, that could end up in one hell of a shoot-out.

@weleho

2 жыл бұрын

@@ecurewitz I raise with Kingdom of 203.5 Sicilies and county of Australian Greenland ruled by admiral Manlypower.

@markusz4447

2 жыл бұрын

Seven silly Sicilies

@AlexanderRM1000

2 жыл бұрын

Proposal to rename Sardinia, Corsica, and at least 3 regions on the Italian mainland to "Sicily".

0:14 WOW EVEN DAVE?!?!

@heisenburger1_

2 жыл бұрын

Yes even DAVEYYY!!

@L4B055

Жыл бұрын

DAVEEEEEEY! How you doin'?

@bod-7268

22 күн бұрын

Michael, Did you just jump out of a blimp?!

"As you all know, Napoleon eventually got sick of sucess and tried his hand at losing." This channel never fails, i love it.

I love how you go over the most esoteric historical stuff ever. Please never stop. We need channels like you to fill in the nooks and crannies of history.

Did I ever think about this? No. Did I even know a Kingdom of Two Sicilies ever existed? No. But did I immediately click on the video because it was made by one of the most consistently good youtubers on the platform. Absolutely!

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@Vitorruy1

2 жыл бұрын

clearly not a victoria player

@rasmusn.e.m1064

2 жыл бұрын

This is why subscriptions exist!

@GarkKahn

2 жыл бұрын

That's one of the countries i discovered thanks to paradox games Like tannu tuva

@r.o.b8728

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine Never Playing Victoria 2

Dave is becoming a recurring character in the Matters of History channel.

@espenemilthygesen9151

2 жыл бұрын

Who is Dave?

@adamkerman475

2 жыл бұрын

@@espenemilthygesen9151 Dave!

@stevemc01

2 жыл бұрын

@@espenemilthygesen9151 The man who could be a communist and even he knows the Two Siciles are just one Sicily.

@candyzevallos8981

2 жыл бұрын

Who again?

@dave4640

2 жыл бұрын

@@espenemilthygesen9151 Hello there!

Very interesting Amelia Earhart joke on today, the 90th anniversary of her landing in Gallagher's field in Ballyarnett, close to my home in Culmore, near Derry City, Northern Ireland after her first solo transatlantic flight :)

I love this channel! It not only asks the historical questions, I have too, but answers them in a fun and entertaining way!

As a Sicilian, you can’t imagine How happy I am you made this video Amici Siciliani, facciamoci sentire carusi/picciotti !!!

@pierpaoloparisi2049

2 жыл бұрын

Sono figlio di messinesi in Australia. Avrebbe dovuto menzionare che l'ingiustizia delle potenze straniere in Sicilia creo' il terreno fertile per la Mafia. Vespri ricordati anche nell'inno nazionale..

@Boretheory

2 жыл бұрын

Come sardo adoro e al contempo detesto vedere come siete ridotti. Vorrei solo un’italia dove anche il sud è sviluppato e i suoi cittadini stanno bene

@esti-od1mz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Boretheory meh, non è che stiamo così male. Sono stato in Sardegna e non ho notato una sostanziale differenza nello stile di vita, anche se invidio il traffico agevole di Cagliari rispetto al caos palermitano (ma c'è da dire che Cagliari è più piccola). Certo si potrebbe fare di meglio...

@Boretheory

2 жыл бұрын

@@esti-od1mz nah fidati si vive bene qua e le strade non crollano di continuo è molto piacevole. Diciamo che vedi la differenza standoci tanto. La mia permanenza in Sicilia e Campania non è stata “ delle migliori “. Soprattutto quando abbiamo aspettato 3 ore per mangiare mentre c’era il ristorante che serviva una “festa “ con tanta gente anziana e signore giovani e stranamente molto belle e non italiane 👀

@esti-od1mz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Boretheory be', hai semplicemente avuto una brutta esperienza in un ristorante... sono stato sia in Sicilia che in Sardegna, francamente non ho notato grandi differenze: con la Svizzera (per fare un esempio) la Sicilia non reggerebbe il paragone per infrastrutture! Confesso comunque che vedere i cartelli sparati nellla Barbagia mi ha fatto un po' d'impressione...

Aragonese Sicily has one of the most badass heraldry. The vertical Senyera impaled by the Hohenstaufen Eagles is just * *chef's kiss* *.

@BasicLib

2 жыл бұрын

can you give a link, cant find it online.

I’ve been into this channel for a while and this is definitely my favorite so far, there were so many points in this video where I had to rewind or straight up pause to let myself burst out laughing for several minutes. This channel’s hilarious but they must have really been onto something when they made this one because it’s just one super hilarious joke after another

These are honestly still so good. You manage to pack nuance and crucial context in a way that much longer documentaries completely often fail. I don't remember ever disagreeing with your take or nuance on something. And that is unheard of. I am pedant and political analyst and you unfailingly do a great job. And you make them really fun. Really well done and thank you for this channel.

2:33 lmao at George III chillin in the back

@benc.3128

Жыл бұрын

What’s he’s doing is a little more than chillin 💀💀💀

@amirferdhany3177

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t he mentally unstable at that point? He apparently talked to a tree when he was supposed to be talking to the King of Prussia

I don't know why Dave was personally attacked as a liar like that, but it was funny. 😂

@jonbaxter2254

2 жыл бұрын

Dave knows what he did...

@hongxiuquan69

2 жыл бұрын

Who's Dave?

@foldedchicken4634

2 жыл бұрын

@@hongxiuquan69 dave mama

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@jonbaxter2254

2 жыл бұрын

@@foldedchicken4634 Gottem

The king of two Sicilies (1815-1861) had the title of "Sicilian Majesty" although the capital where he lived was not in the island but in Naples, in the continent. The same with "Sardinian Majesty", the king lived in Torino (Turin) and not in the island of Sardinia.

There's two little inaccuracies: 1: The first to declare himself king of the Two Sicilies was actually Murat, the Napoleonic king who controlled the continental South, as he laid claim to Sicily as well. The Bourbons just recicled the idea. 2: Toponyms for the continental South are very funky, but it was common to call it "Sicily this side of the lighthouse", so the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was composed of twl kingdoms of Sicily, sure, but it was also a Kingdom made up of two Sicilies. I don't think it was ever understood to be a wacky name at the time, but I'm not sure on that. Other than that, pretty accurate for a 3 minute video on 700 years of history!

@tremendousbaguette9680

2 жыл бұрын

I remeber something about a Cisterior Sicily and an Ulterior Sicily. Don't know which was which, though.

@kets4443

2 жыл бұрын

@@tremendousbaguette9680 There was "Hither and Ultra Sicily" in the titles of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

What's the point of living in a timeline where we didn't have the king of France dueling against the king of Aragon with the king of England as the referee?

@princepscivitatis4083

2 жыл бұрын

Charles of Anjou wasn't the King of France. He was the uncle of the King of France.

@3st3st77

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the least biased referee they could find. I wonder why that didn't happen.

@philipforinton5804

2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most important questions in life. There'd actually probably be a billion videos about it on youtube today

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

@Boretheory

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyrusthegreat7030 better proposal what about we reform the Roman Empire plus everything European today

0:21 Well

@manioqqqq

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

The humor in these videos is always spot on, but this video seemed to have extra funnies contained within. Great video!

As usual, always educational and delivered with great humour. Appreciated, thank you. 🙂

This is a question that has always bothered me but never enough for me to actually Google it. When I was playing Crusader Kings I created a custom Kingdom of the Two Sicilies since it didn't exist, I briefly pondered why it was called that and moved on

@TrashskillsRS

2 жыл бұрын

Before 1815 it was basically the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Siciliy. The formal name for Kingdom of Naples was kept as the Kingdom of Siciliy, but never really used

Sicily proper held the most ancient parliament to date, it was the home of many thinkers that during the middle ages inspired centuries later the Renaissance, it was a multicultural heaven where both Greeks, Arabs and Latins lived together in harmony. After the whole French-Aragon debacle happened the island was essentially treated as a colony by the Spaniards and after the Kingdom of the two sicilies was established sicily was plundered in favor of Naples in the inland part of the kingdom. No wonder sicilians, who by that point had become a ignorant peasant ruble, rebelled in mass when Garibaldi arrived joining Sardinia Piedmont effort in uniting the Italian peninsula.

@glif1360

2 жыл бұрын

Wait wasn't the most ancient one in San Marino?

@shorewall

2 жыл бұрын

@@glif1360 I think that was the longest continuous one, since it still exists today.

@panzerofthelake506

2 жыл бұрын

@@glif1360 apparently somehow ancient Greek and Italian councils don't count as parliaments. Even tho they were more democratic than any mediaeval parliament.

@Old_Harry7

2 жыл бұрын

@@glif1360 San Marino is the oldest Republic to date but the most ancient parliament is in Palermo Sicily.

@Old_Harry7

2 жыл бұрын

@@panzerofthelake506 still, the one in Palermo is the most ancient one.

THANK YOU! I've wondered about this for years but never found a concise answer.

Thank you! I am very honoured that you made a video about the Two Sicilies because I'm from Southern Italy. Please make another video talking about his richness and his power.

"Thus ending the worst named kingdom ever" Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: *Am I a joke to you?*

@thomasmcgraw6629

2 жыл бұрын

That's what the Bosniaks said.

@windwaker105

Жыл бұрын

Well at least that is an accurate name. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has only one Sicily

0:55 Imagine helping the French and the Spanish sort out their issues. Wouldn’t be me, lmao. 😎

@gregrobinette8620

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou King Edward "Longshanks" the 1st

@tercomada

Жыл бұрын

Para nada sirvió, por Nápoles y Sicilia España y Francia lucharon 6 guerras, llamadas las guerras itálicas, al final de la última guerra España no solo se imponía para siempre ante Francia en Nápoles y Sicilia sino que también en Milán y el vaticano al intentar asesinar al emperador Carlos 1 de España, bueno como que no acabo muy bien el papa

I'm so glad these videos exist. Thank you History Matters man.

1:03 Pere (Peter) actually travelled to bordeus, disguised as a servant, and when he arrived, he identify ed himself to the authorities, although Charles would never dare to fight the duel

@alanpennie

Жыл бұрын

Quite a romantic episode for Peter.

I just love how History Matters delivers their jokes, you never see them coming and somehow they are never forced.

"What was Europe's reaction to the Mongol invasion?" Please, i think it would be a good question. And "Why were the Christians less tolerant towards Jews than the Muslims?"

@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149

2 жыл бұрын

Because the jews were closer and literally in every village?

@ys8686

2 жыл бұрын

@@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149 plus probably its because in medieval era there was no jewish state or jewish power base while most of the middle east and Northern africa was filled with powerful muslim kingdoms

@ys8686

2 жыл бұрын

So if you keep killing and persecuting muslim people in your Kingdom this can cause tensions among the muslim rulers

@hunter704

2 жыл бұрын

Sigma move. Declare working with money sinful. Disallow religious minority from other specialized work. Religious minority gives loans. Religious minority owns our Debt?!? KILL Religious minority. Sigma move.

@kmmmsyr9883

2 жыл бұрын

@@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149 Nope. Jews in Spain lived pretty peacefully (compared to other European countries) under Muslim rule until Reconquesta, and after it Alhambra Decree happened. After Alhambra Decree, Ottomans (another Muslim country) didn't just welcome Jewish refugees, but sent ships specifically to bring Jewish refugees. Every Turkish town in Western Anatolia and Balkans also had Jewish neighborhoods (especially Istanbul, Thesseloniki and Izmir) and some Ottoman Jews held important positions, such as Sinan Reis, aka Great Jew.

Thank you for answering the questions that keep us awake at night.

I read some history as a kid and never really understood that name. Now I do. You’ve drastically improved my childhood memory. Thank you.

I love this channel. History Matters answers the questions of history that I never knew existed. Plus the animation and humor in the videos always makes them a must see video.

The humor on this channel is really ramping up and I love it

I saw this when it came out and chuckled, after seeing it again, I love it sooooo much more!! The jokes are clever AF and timing is wonderful

I know I’m late to comment, but one often overlooked factor is that the naming of the newly formed Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was also a propaganda move made to appease the “Sicilian” part of the kingdom who wasn’t ever that happy of being jointly governed from Naples. Despite the two kingdoms being often governed together throughout history, the island of Sicily always maintained a certain desire of independence. When merging the two kingdoms king Ferdinand went even to the extra mile of starting over the regnal numeration: he was Ferdinand the IV of Sicily (island) and III of Naples (the informal name for the “continental” Kingdom of Sicily), but became Ferdinand I of the two Sicilies. While this might seem like a small thing, many times when this supposedly equal unions between kingdoms happened the monarchs kept the numeration of the stronger member in the union: When in 1701 England and Scotland were fused into the United Kingdom, the newly formed nation kept the numeration of the English monarchy (this being interpreted as a subtle sign that it was an English expansion over Scotland). Alfonso XII and his son Alfonso XIII of Spain choosing to deliberately follow the Casillian numeration over the Aragonese one signified the preference for the Castilian language over the many local ones in Spain (Aragonese, Catalan etc). When of Italy was unified in 1861 the first Italian king Victor Emmanuel II decided to keep his number instead of starting over. This was done presumably so that he wouldn’t be confused with his grandfather, but it was also interpreted as a sign that the recent unification of Italy was really a territorial expansion of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Dave needs to become a main character in your videos.

@jonbaxter2254

2 жыл бұрын

Dave needs to get back to work...

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

Your content has always been very tongue in cheek but I can tell you had good fun with this one, great content as always 👍

Thank you for the clarity

THANK YOU. I have wanted to know for decades and never bothered to look it up

I love how you never run out of new ways to humourise Napoleon's defeat, even though you basically mention it in every video. XD

Napoleon: I am getting sick of winning ferdinand: may be just may be you should try your hand at losing.

Your sense of humor is my favorite part of these videos.

Such a potent concentrate of History and humour, I solute you sir.

As always, pausing to read the "papers" never disappoints

Two Sicilies should have annexed Tripoli to its south, then it could have been the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and Three Cities.

Your videos always make me laugh. Thank-you for that.

You were in rare form on this one. I could barely stop laughing on one quip when the next zinger came rolling! Well done, this one!

“One of the most bareface lies in history apart from I promise I don’t want anymore of czechoslovakia.” Damn

@JakeandElwoodBlues

2 жыл бұрын

Blood and Soil

@eljanrimsa5843

2 жыл бұрын

We will not invade.

@cyrusthegreat7030

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name

How are your videos so consistently funny and informative

This channel has a amazing way to tell history

Thanks as always ! ! !

I cant believe Two Scillies would lie to me after all we've been to

Video: 2 Sicilys Me: we’re gonna need more Sicilys

I just adore your sense of humor, History Matters.

I swear this channel is entirely comprised of questions you didn't know you had its great

I know right? Dave has been around for, like, ever!

As always a really interesting video topic, keep up the good work 👍

Thank you. Wondered this for years.

This is one of the most funniest episodes I’ve seen, I guess Dave really got to you during the research for this episode.

You should make a "Why does Uruguay exist?" Video. It's a pretty interesting story.

I always wondered this thanks for answer the question lol

Man i love your videos that humour is just top class

This video was amazing keep up the good job

I really liked Dave, Dave is now my favorite person, please don’t take away Dave

Peak of history videos

the humor of this channel is gold

Cant beleive you had to bring Dave into this!

Genuinely mad we missed out on a badass duel between two kings.

@radiofreedom7840

2 жыл бұрын

Well, they cleverly covered it up by conjuring a second Sicily out of thin air.

The Holy Roman Empire is sweating profusely right now…

Very very interesting. Thank you for this

I wish i had found ur channel when i was in school, not only are the lessons much more interessting, it would also help me with presentations. Instead of the white background with some boring words on powerpoint i would use more like these pictures to present my subject.