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@wrecktitudemedia6514

Жыл бұрын

ty again for all the docs! Very entertaining and enlightening.

@jessrosefawkes2721

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another amazing video. And can I just say, I was a heroin addict for 12 years, I’m 32 now and I’ve been clean since oct 22. And your videos have been instrumental in helping in my recovery. Your channel along with a couple of other channels, have been an amazing distraction for me as your 1 of the best historical channels on the whole of you tube! So thank you so much your amazing content. your videos have got me loving history again lol! Thank you so much and take care 😊

@simonebest1596

Жыл бұрын

L0⁰

@kevinjewell233

Жыл бұрын

He was the first NormanD, ther eis a D at the end of the word to describe people from Normandy, they are Normands....he was a Normand.

@rosaliegolding5549

Жыл бұрын

Alfred The Great was a cultured King Who ruled England ruled for the better Willliam ruled to dominate the people a

Yes! One of England's Greatest Kings and the shining example that Bastardy isn't gonna stop anyone from achieving Greatness!

@johnhaydu2627

Жыл бұрын

The first Jon Snow

@v.britton4445

Жыл бұрын

He was an SOB for sure.

@Free-Bodge79

Жыл бұрын

And the odd little genocide here and there. Good times. 😉

@manueldumont3709

Жыл бұрын

Treated the English, as his Cash-Cow . 🤔💸💸🤮🤮

@brianrodriguez7571

Жыл бұрын

​@@manueldumont3709 par for the course really, since England treated their vassals as the same

William's army was composed of soldiers from different regions of France. The Barons who led the invasion under the commands of William were from Brittany, Normandy, Picardy, Burgundy, Flanders and Champagne.

I’m a descendant of William de Percy who was an officer in William the Conquerors army and although he was not present at Hastings, he was eventually awarded vast lands in Northumberland which his descendants still control today as the Dukes. The Percys played a significant part in the hundreds of years after Hastings as wardens of the Scottish border and their parts in some of the internecine wars including the War of the Roses and the Hundred Years’ War. For the most part they were not very nice people but I suppose that was par for the course in those days for the nobility.

@joey1317

Жыл бұрын

A descendant of who? That’s nothing to be proud about. No one knows who he is. I however am a descendant of Alexander the Great.

@RobertSmith-km6gi

Жыл бұрын

@@joey1317 The article was about William the Conqueror. My reply was pertinent to the subject.

@thesovietvorona1007

Жыл бұрын

@@RobertSmith-km6gi As a direct descendant of William(Through his least favorite child Robert) I extend my hand in a respecting gest comrade. **edited to add a period**

@RobertSmith-km6gi

Жыл бұрын

@@thesovietvorona1007 Interesting, I didn’t expect to find a fellow descendant! I descend through Alan. Do you have any information going back further? I have a Galfred (Geoffrey) Percy born in 0972 as Williams sire and a vague reference to a Manfred even earlier. There’s a good book about Williams descendants who ruled in the Northumberland region of England and still inhabit Alnwick castle which dates back to the late 11th century. It’s called Kings in the North by Alexander Rose.

@thesovietvorona1007

Жыл бұрын

@@RobertSmith-km6gi I only have been able to find one article about the man who started my families surname of Hill which was the grandson of William the 1st.

Idk why it just occurred to me but William Windsor will be William V. Wow. As a history buff just living through these moments is so amazing.

@kathrynjordan8782

Жыл бұрын

I am also a history buff so this is going to be interesting to see William Windsor become William V.

@NettiGaming

Жыл бұрын

If he decides to keep his name

@bluestrife28

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he could be the first modern King Arthur using one of his middle names. :)

Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating insight into the life of William the Conqueror! It's amazing to learn about the origins of the Duchy of Normandy and the unique culture of the Normans. The fact that William was born into a Norse family, but also a gallicized one, shows how complex and diverse the history of Europe truly is. I appreciate your thorough research and look forward to learning more!

@Veldtian1

Жыл бұрын

Europe is the most diverse culturally and ethnographically geographical region on Earth. A dozen shades of indigenous skin eye and hair color found nowhere else too, straight facts.

@ryanjuguilon213

Жыл бұрын

@@Veldtian1 Only a European centric person could claim this. The middle east was and still is the crossroad of civilization. It is the most culturally diverse region on Earth bar none.

@ironmind258

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanjuguilon213 I think that the ME has always been that way to a degree but it appears way more homogenous now in terms of some aspects compared to the past.

@RaffieFaffie

11 ай бұрын

@@ryanjuguilon213 But he's completely right though, seems like you hold a disdain for Europe.

@stevebrindle1724

11 ай бұрын

@@RaffieFaffie Quite! Europe is, historically speaking, the most important continent on earth!

I was looking back into my Mom’s family’s history and I was so shook to see I was directly related to William the Conqueror. But then I found out that 3/4ths of people with British ancestry can trace their roots back to William the Conqueror and i was humbled real fast.

@jaguar5969

8 ай бұрын

We all started from Noah 😊

@starryskies1370

Ай бұрын

This is my grandfather and I’m “black” 🤩

@adriaandeleeuw8339

26 күн бұрын

My sons 33rd great uncle, on his mothers side, Another Uncle....Odo, commissioned the Bayeaux Tapestry, and all five of the known Normans on the Tapestry are either Great Grandparents or Great Uncles....Robert de Mortagne, Earl of Cornwall 32nd Great Grandfather, Engenulphe de l’Aigle 32nd great Grandfather,

@adamr8176

23 күн бұрын

@@adriaandeleeuw8339 33rd great uncles lol

My clan has a legend that Edgar came to Scotland with a nobleman from Hungary, who had several daughters in tow. One of which King Malcolm II took a fancy to and married, also granting land to the two noblemen, and the Hungarian nobleman became the progenitor of the clan. Just a legend but it's interesting either way.

@andrewhastings462

Жыл бұрын

Cool I've tried to research my Hastings side but it's apparently or was a sept of clan Campbell which isn't that good lol but they had lands in Angus Dundee, which is where I live but my others are drylie Scott, Scottish in origin. It's fascinating to learn how the people were so oppressed and kings and Queens of the Normans basically made a Union with England and Scotland for power and greed. I want independence for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 since I ever learned where am from. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️

@IosuamacaMhadaidh

Жыл бұрын

​@@andrewhastings462 Latha math! Campbell is a controversial one, but don't feel bad, I'm also related to the Mackenzie clan and they had warred with the MacLeods in the interest of the king to stop the lawlessness of the islands and other highland areas. It awarded them lands, but only hatred from fellow Highlanders. Slàinte! EDIT: Let me add that the Mackenzies also supported Robert De Bruce, much of clan history is multilayered and very nuanced. The first clan I spoke of is clan Drummond, through marriages I am related to the clans Mackenzie, Wallace, Grant and Cathcart besides Drummond. Have you a kilt yet? I went with a Scottish national tartan for day wear to festivals and concerts, and plan to get a Drummond tartan but it's not one regularly bought therefore not on a rack anywhere and needs to be custom woven which is too expensive for me at this time. As I get older my heritage seems to mean more to me and there's no time like now to proudly wear a kilt!

@IosuamacaMhadaidh

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewhastings462 The independence movement has my support too, Alba gu bràth!

@andrewhastings462

Жыл бұрын

Nice to know, nice to meet a fellow Scot for independence 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@andrewhastings462

Жыл бұрын

Am fae Lower Largo in Fife have long family history there, my other side is Drylie clan but only Fife I could find out their history. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I love many things about these documentaries. Thanks! The one thing I wish there would be more of is use of map images while telling these stories.

Oliver stone should make a movie about him. From the moment he was born he was running for his life and the things he survived made him the iron fist to conquer England once and for all. His census of the land was pivotal in establishing taxation and registry. Not to mention the castles he ordered built at every critical area and rewarding his Norman Lords in their place

@rosscameronsmith

Жыл бұрын

Not after the mess he made of Alexander. I'm thinking it's more of a job for Ridley Scott, or possibly Christopher Nolan.

@grandpaandlucas7054

Жыл бұрын

there is a film called called William the Conqueror

@kazielbonn

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be funny AF if it was called Norman Bill.

@Spacebanana-im5qt

Жыл бұрын

Nnn

@olympia5758

Жыл бұрын

I always wondered why there was NEVER a movie or tv series about William the Conqueror. I really hope to see an adaptation.

My family traces our ancestry back to one of William’s knights who aided in the conquest of England. It’s always cool to learn more about my great-ancestor’s boss.

@graceamerican3558

Жыл бұрын

Mine as well. But I haven’t gotten that far back … yet.

@cm9241

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it.

@digitalevents-ns4ut

Жыл бұрын

Every 3rd generation Englishman would theoretically be related to William the conquer / shares a common ancestor. There would be no direct line u could physically trace unless you where enobled and to my knowledge we have no Norman families left

@kathrynjordan8782

Жыл бұрын

My family traces our ancestry to William the Conqueror. I agree that it is always cool to learn more about my ancestors.

@graceamerican3558

Жыл бұрын

@@cm9241 Why?

Very interesting and informative. The sad truth about Norman rule in England is that it created a class-based society that has essentially remained the same ever since with the ruling classes being of Anglo-Norman descent (the English upper classes and aristocracy) and the vast majority of native Anglo Saxons (modern day English folk) being lower class serfs - which essentially is the working and ruling classes. The majority of the foot soldiers that won the battle of Hastings were not even Norman but were mercenaries namely Flemish, Bretons, Franks and Frisians. At the time of William’s conquest 1066 there were two parallel cultures in England Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norse (Danelaw). William is credited for returning the English capital to London away from Winchester the capital of Wessex so one can understand why the battle took place in Hastings and not the Thames. London north of the Thames was at the southern end of the Danelaw, an area that had developed its own Norse-based legal system and spoke Anglo-Norse dialects. Unlike Normandy where Norse culture quickly gave way to an adopted Gallo-Roman culture, the Danes, swedes and Norwegians had settled in large numbers in the East, midlands and North of England farmers and intermarried with the local Anglian and Cumbrian cultures. The Anglo-Norse culture of the Danelaw would later become the cornerstone of modern English culture as that is the root of modern-day English language. Wessex and the old Anglo Saxon dialect of Wessex died a swift death as the standardised language of the English people following the relocation of the English capital to London by the Normans. It also didn’t help that the English were not only reduced to serfs (a polite form of slavery) which involved the Norman’s leasing back lands seized from the owners to the owners for a commission of produce from the land. William’s relocation of the capital from Winchester to London was to secure his rule away from the powerful Wessex dynasty. This move unwittingly ended the Anglo Saxon or old English era, it is also responsible for the sharp change in the direction of English language’s development from a largely Saxon language similar to Frisian to a hybrid Anglo Norse language derived from the English dialects spoken by the descendants of Viking settlers in the East Midlands, Yorkshire and East Anglia. The discontinuity of the formerly dominant Wessex variety of old English is at the heart of the inability of the English to relate to the Old English language to this day. But this is primarily due to the fact that after conquering England its Norman rulers banished the use of the English language in the royal court and for administrative purposes and replaced it with Norman French for 200 years. By the time William’s’ descendants got bored with speaking French nearly two centuries after his conquest they restored the English for administrative purposes and gradually jettisoned Norman French except in the kings court. The English they chose to form the standard language was undoubtedly the version spoken in London which was populated by migrants from the East Midlands and East Anglia who spoke Anglo-Danish dialects of old English. This became the standard form of the restored English language which was essentially a heavily Scandinavian influenced English hybrid that differed significantly from the standard Old English that had been the official language of the kingdom at the time of the conquest. That difference is most noticeable in the resolutely Scandinavian grammar and structure of middle and modern English and much of its basic vocabulary. Old English was welllnand truly dead as a language by the time the Normans decided to replace Norman French with Middle English in the 1280s. The heavily ‘Scandinavian’ nature of the English language today is not due to Old English borrowing loanwords from the vikings it is due to the sheer accident that the majority of Londoners spoke an Anglo-Scandinavian form of English that evolved markedly away from the old Wessex standard of Old English. From a psycho-linguistic standpoint speakers of modern day English are psychologically unable to relate to Old English because of the sharp differences between that language and the Anglo-Scandinavian dialect of English spoken in london in the 1280s. It wasn’t a case of old English taking on loanwords from the vikings rather It was the Viking London English that dethroned Norman French . One must remember that English wasn’t used officially for 200 years in the administration of the country as it was replaced with both Norman French and Latin until the Anglo-Norman aristocracy either became less fluent in their native language or got bored with it. Besides it made no sense using a language that the majority of the people did not speak or spoke rather poorly. So Danelaw English or Anglo-Danish became the standard from which modern English directly descends, this makes the Scandinavian languages the easiest to learn for English speakers today and is partly why Scandinavians can master English at lightening speed. The other key impact of the Norman conquest and the banishment of the native tongue is the inferior status acquired by the English language and the superiority of everything French in the psyche of the English and which lingers on to this very day at least from a linguistic standpoint. This is often expressed when we want to convey a sense of importance, superiority, officialdom, learnedness, scholarship etc the amount of french and Norman French or Latinate loanwords would suddenly dominate our speech and writings

@patdiggin7053

10 ай бұрын

Deeply dippy.

@benperkins9237

8 ай бұрын

Edward rhe confessor had London as his capital before William.

This is incredibly good. This channel just gets better and better. This really may be the best episode in your English monarchy series. Keeping one eye on the larger scene while keeping the other eye on the small details without which history is just a mystery. A little embarrassed to admit I wasn't subbed yet (I thought I was); rectified. As good as history gets on KZread.

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

William was not English, nor are his descendants. And as an English diaspora, I will avenge my kinsmen one day. Just sad we had to liberate france ww2

@clucknbell4613

10 ай бұрын

​@@GerMFnU1848Sax😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jackhardy1649

10 ай бұрын

If you listen to the documentary,you are informed of William's heritage etc!

@Zer0......

9 ай бұрын

@@jackhardy1649 aye! lolz

A very good piece of history, I learned a lot about William and he seemed to be an impressive man This is an excellent channel and I always enjoy watching it.

Crazy part at least to me is that his ancestors and those of the people that supported him still own huge swaths of land throughout the UK since the battle of Hastings which was what 1066?

@MountVernonTrucking

Жыл бұрын

My family was given Cavendish for helping out at The battle of Hastings. You're correct.

@Free-Bodge79

Жыл бұрын

2 % of the population own 90 % of the land. The aristocracy has had the rest of us stitched up for best part of a millennium..

@jeffblackard9753

Жыл бұрын

@@MountVernonTrucking live long and prosper.

@jeffblackard9753

Жыл бұрын

@@Free-Bodge79 2% owns 90% of the land I’m gonna have to research that. My next question would be how much of the land in the UK of farmable? I would presume not a lot

@Free-Bodge79

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffblackard9753 apart from national parks , m.o.d and church of England land . They've pretty much had it sown up since the Normans. Most of the non arable land is still viable to raise live stock. Especially sheep, on the hills, moors and peaks . Land that couldn't be put the plough . (The wool trade was a big, big earner back in the day). Look it up though . It won't be far from the truth. They own the lot mate.

Got to say it's rather amusing how many toooootally legit descendants to past glories suddenly start popping up like mushrooms after rain whenever there's a documentary of a ruler of any kind. This comment section is a _brilliant_ example. 😂

This is amazing. I thought i knew pretty much all there was to know about the battle of Hastings and william the conqueror but there was so much i didnt know. Thank you so much for this amazing piece of work love it 😊

This is a cool documentary. My family, on both sides, can trace our ancestry to William the Conqueror. It is so cool to learn more about ones ancestors. I find leaning about ones ancestors can be interesting and then listening to documentaries like this just adds to that history of your ancestors.

@woohoo5473

Жыл бұрын

Cousin!

@user-qr9uh1fd8g

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@jingomcbright3687

Жыл бұрын

​@woohoo5473 get a room.

@maryromero5709

Жыл бұрын

I as well was able to trace our family to William I of england consin

@maryromero5709

Жыл бұрын

I meet cousin.

Well done! In Williams defense he had to literally fight for his life since he was a boy. And after Hastings he tried to reconcile with the Anglo-Saxon nobility but to no avail. When the rebellion in the North took place he'd had enough and devastated the North. He was a man of his time,while being innovative in military tactics that would transform England. He's easier to admire a 1000 years later. Because as a 11th century farmer on your little plot of field. The last thing you would want to see is King William with hundreds of Norman Knights riders coming your way!

@juanzulu1318

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Funny thing is that characters like Stephen of Blois who seemed to be more on the modern side in regards to his traits (looking for compromises, mildness etc) was seen as weak by contemporary writers.

@tomwilliams5832

11 ай бұрын

Exactly, i never understand why william gets glorified when he ravaged the lands and took power over for years.

I'm so glad you did this work! You do a fine job. I appreciate this ❤

I have never been a history buff, but I loved this video, and am now fascinated with the fact that england was shaped by a viking! Your explanations are accessible and entertaining. Sorry it took yt so long to recommend you.

@MonstaTrapz

Жыл бұрын

The Vikings had a massive impact on the history of the British Isles

@jengaaaaa

Жыл бұрын

More than one 😃

@KatholikoPharorah

8 ай бұрын

What I figured out is uhtred is my 31th great grandfather and he was born Norman and married one of Alfreds great granddaughters that's where I find the lineage starts to combine is through him.

@EdgarAlbao-tj4ot

6 ай бұрын

​@@felipecortez1042j ni no to

@mijanhoque1740

Ай бұрын

More like a Frenchmen than a Norsemen

William the conqueror was basically a French who conquered England and became king of England. Fair enough.

@xavierbouchez9227

3 ай бұрын

and what's the problem?

@MrIlleism

Ай бұрын

No king since has been English in UK. Hence why the monarchy is mostly a joke in UK but they take it serious.

Excellent documentary! Thank you for increasing my knowledge of the back story of the Battle of Hastings. Really outstanding effort.

I thoroughly appreciate the recap at the end of each video 😊

Another cousin and commander in his army in 1066 was my ancestor Geoffrey de Mandeville/ Manneville/ Magnaville. He is listed in the doomesday book as Groisfoid de Manneville and was givin vast lands in England as well including Essex where they became lords, castle at Pleashey

@monkeytennis8861

Жыл бұрын

Having a similar name doesn't mean you're related. Sounds like bollocks

@CalSprigley

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thank you for sharing ⚜️

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

France got what it deserved ww2

@cindyq.790

11 ай бұрын

I'm French from Normandy and it's funny what you say there because there are several cities in Normandy starting with Manneville, it would be fun to find out if these cities were the territories of your ancestor!

@karenmanderville154

8 ай бұрын

The DNA proved it too 😊

I remember learning about the Norman Conquest in high school. My mother is a descendant of a Puritan who was in one of the earliest Puritan settlements in Massachusetts. As an English descendant, she did not like "the French," as a people,( but did not hold it against individuals who were French.) But when I came home talking about the Norman Conquest, she was in denial -- said the English never lost to the French. I learned that day that was no doubt the reason she didn't like the French. I didn't understand why people didn't just move on because it was in the past, and no one we knew was a part of the conquest or mistreatment. That was over fifty years ago, and history hasn't changed much in that respect!

@cindyq.790

11 ай бұрын

You know at the time the Normans were not French Normandy was an independent duchy, I'm not even sure that the Duke of Normandy, Guillaume was a vassal of the King of France, so technically it was the Normans who beat the English and not the French....

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

France got what it deserved ww2. Everything they did to my people, they had it coming. Too bad we liberated them

@smal750

Ай бұрын

​@@cindyq.790 perfect representation of anglo copium

@cindyq.790

Ай бұрын

@@smal750 I am from Normandy and I know quite a bit about the history of my region. The Duchy of Normandy was more or less independent even though it was a vassal of France. Otherwise William would not have become king of England.

@adelaidesngan604

26 күн бұрын

95% of the Normans were indigenous... only 5% Scandinavian who mostly came from England, they mixed for two centuries, the Normans were much more French than the Bretons or the Gascon or Burgundian ​@@cindyq.790

Had to comment as my surname is Hastings 🙂 am Scottish and love learning about England's Scotland. Irish, and Welsh History, thank you for your video's. Great for bedtime when the other half snores so loud haha. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@signoguns8501

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'm English and our island has some incredible history. It's pretty much all I read about lol. Crazy to think that our group of tiny little island nations have had such an enormous influence on the world.

@pathfinderfergusfilms6630

Жыл бұрын

It may be your ancestry is that of the plantagenets? Richard 3rd perhaps?

@andrewhastings462

Жыл бұрын

​@@pathfinderfergusfilms6630 yeah are you on about the Lord Hastings who was executed during king Richard 3rds time?

@LizRealGirlBeauty

Жыл бұрын

My son's teacher is a Hastings. I told her "I will never forget that!"

Excellent content and presentation, as always. Thank you for your work. I always look forward to the next instalment.

@PeopleProfiles

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

A well structured historical rendition. Congratulations and 1.000 thanks. A.

The county of Flanders was not in "what is now Southern Belgium" (10'51''). The county of Flanders was in the West of current Belgium and in the Nordwest of current France (and even a bit in the Southwest of the current Netherlands).

I watched Prof Robert Bartlett's TV series (2014), The Plantagenets, really interesting. After the conquest, the Normans set out to systematically destroy Anglo Saxon culture and way of life. The last Saxon King, Harold Godwinson, is buried in Waltham Abbey near where I live.

@Trebor74

Жыл бұрын

A vastly underrated king. He chose what was best for the country over family loyalty when he removed his brother to stir from control of the North after the North rebelled against taxes. It must have been an incredibly hard choice. A choice that ultimately led to his defeat at hastings

@lesleywilkie2848

Жыл бұрын

@@Trebor74 Three more gifted and intelligent Saxon Kings, Alfred the Great, his son Edward the Elder and his grandson, Athelstan. Athelstan was the first King of a united England.

@ThomasDoubting5

Жыл бұрын

Yes me to its was extremely interesting .

@RaffieFaffie

11 ай бұрын

@@lesleywilkie2848 Offa was also good

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

They tried to but Anglo-Saxon culture still exists

Between being a great king bringing stability to England and a ruthless tyrant devastating the land, in my opinion, William the Conqueror falls in between the two. He was not bad but definitely brought a lot of chaos. This was a great video, thank you very much!

YES! Been looking on the channel for this and couldn't find it. Well in.

I find William Rufus fascinating. What an uncommon man for the time.

This is possibly the best account of the historical stages leading up to Williams rein in England. As a descendant of the Norman invasion and a descendant of one of those people whose support of William, was rewarded with an Earldom (of Sefton), I have long pondered how the psychology of conquered people see the world around them, and am certain that having been a descendant of a party involved in the very last conquest of England, that my psychology is somewhat lighter because of it, rather than a sufferer of generations of the oppression. I am no Earl of Sefton, indeed the the title always goes to the first born. As a side note to history, the earldom of Sefton ended in 1973, therefore my tenuous connection to those historical events, were severed almost before I was born. I can only hope for a future that does not involve conquest of one people over another as we still see today, but one where we recognize each others individual sovereignty and behave toward each other accordingly.

@abbyhrabovsky3734

Жыл бұрын

I am sure you are a descendent of the conquered also, so it probably evens out😂

@20ZZ20

Жыл бұрын

easy tiger there are hundreds of thousands of descendants. it's quite difficult to not find a link to a royal if you go far enough so don't feel too bad lmao.

@TheNobullman

11 ай бұрын

I found out some years back through a female relative by marriage, that there is a 'book of Pecks' (her maiden name) which records all descendants of a henchman of William's with that name, probably to support 'keeping it in the family' to this day. How many other such books there are would be interesting to know.

Thanks for the fascinating upload!

My first known ancestor on my father's side, came across the channel with William. He was a Squire at the time, but did something, unknown to us, that caused him to be granted land by the King. I wish there was a way to learn more about him. Perhaps one day.

@JustAThought916

Жыл бұрын

sure

@vicmorrison8128

Жыл бұрын

Cool.

@kazielbonn

Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't be impossible to research as the stuff that went on in England were pretty well documented by the priesthood if I'm not mistaken. So if he indeed was granted land, then that event should definitely be written down somewhere.

@AssMan1969

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it's the first known ancestor, I am sure you can find a direct line to Charlemagne for example online.

@brusewane-zp6gr

Жыл бұрын

My ancestors from my grandfathers side!!

A very good account much as taught me in school, of the Norman validation of their invasion and subsequent ruthless, barbaric suppression and enslavement of the English. The period has long interested me in part because for two years I attended a school near the towns of Battle and Hastings. William was 'sold' to us youngsters at school as a great benefit for England. I soon began to doubt this. William when he died was strongly hated by the vast majority of the English and he knew it, not a good legacy. I certainly dispute the remarks about slavery. One of the many clues to the bias of the Norman version of history is the relatively few slaves the English owned prior to the conquest while the Normans reduced the population to 'serfs', slaves by any other name. Eventually from subsequent further reading I discovered a very different version of these events exists which reads like a classical tragedy. That of a country most civilised most, democratic and one of the wealthiest in Europe lead by a very popular elected king, reduced to slavery, serfdom and run by robber barons. An England much as it's again becoming today, still run by a few powerful families bent on exploitation rather than the interests of the common good, protected by a thin veneer of hard won democracy.😉🙂

@sherryleary7972

Жыл бұрын

Something to think on, linking the two times. We are more civilized in our evils today.

@gordonfrickers5592

Жыл бұрын

@@sherryleary7972 agreed although I think we should be careful not to judge 'then' by 'today' standards. "more civilized in our evils today", an interesting comment, that said I don't think human nature has changed. Almost without exception the good get better, the bad get worse.

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

William did not create England. But I have also heard that

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

France got what it deserved ww2

@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044

11 ай бұрын

I realised we are lied to in the official/school version when you realise that this marked the beginning of animosity between England and France it's funny how one doesn't find anything of war between the two before 1066 but inexplicably and most coincidentally it starts shortly after. What a case of diverted anger by the new elite to turn the repressed population against a foreign foe. Also if legitimate king then surely he takes over but the establishment remains as their system should have been the basis of his legitimate claim but no they were banished often off to Kiev - interesting with the current goings on and a free settlement was founded in the Crimea and many served in the Varangians of the Byzantine empire. Also the Jews came over after the conquest, maybe it's because Jewish bankers in Rouen particularly helped finance the endeavour actually. Also how sketchy apart from Edward the confessor and Harold who was a Harold II of England actually as a context it's like England had no history prior bit like Arabia is sketchy about pre Islam history. The phenomena of condemn and deny. The Domesday book was developed upon the survey of Edward the confessor hence the TRE which notes who owned what during his time the previous books were "lost" um destroyed by the Normans once they had completed their listing of their gains. The stone castles were rarely to defend the nation but to secure their own place as occupiers . Also wondered why we don't have an independence day or liberation day the actual reason is that we still live under a conquering regime!

Love this!! thanks for sharing I always love learning something new about this topic :)

Very good and thorough video about William the C.

Watching this after playing crusader kings 3. I play early starts so dealing with Norse atm but I’ve been made duke of Mercia which is kewl. All within generations of a bastard of Dorset

Amazing video! So well done. Thank you.

Fabulously presented! Thanks x

Would love for you to cover Edward the Confessor!

@Rockstar-bq5fm

Жыл бұрын

A lot of his story is covered in their longshanks video

@ulyssesshubeilat

Жыл бұрын

@@Rockstar-bq5fm thanks for the heads up

@Rockstar-bq5fm

Жыл бұрын

@@ulyssesshubeilat: pay no attention whatsoever to me dude, I have no idea why I messaged that I was watching KZread videos trying to stay awake and messaged that in some sort of sleep depraved stupor lol I’m pretty sure Edward the Confesser was not in one of their Longshanks videos haha

@ulyssesshubeilat

Жыл бұрын

@@Rockstar-bq5fm lol I thought maybe the video started with the long shank's great grand father hehe

Great documentary, excellent source of information and very well narrated....let down at the end by a pointless question but it doesn't matter, I enjoyed the show.

One of the best narration I have ever heard 👏

Amazing video! Informative and very well narrated and edited. Thank you!

I descend from William the Conqueror on my maternal and paternal sides (found out my parents are 19th cousins/22nd cousins). My parents' common male ancestor (where their trees overlap) is Robert III King of Scotland, who descends from Robert II, Robert the Bruce, and William the Conqueror. Through my mother (which is fewer generations back to get to William) William the Conqueror is my Great Grandfather x30. Definitely an interesting fun fact at parties, but many people descend from him, as well as other royalty and nobles.

@mitchamcommonfair9543

Жыл бұрын

Who is your gateway ancestor?

@captwholey

Жыл бұрын

Hi Cousin!

@monkeytennis8861

Жыл бұрын

Pure fantasy

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

France got what it deserved ww2

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

The fact you think he's good, makes me sick

I am a descendant of William along with probably millions of others. My take on him is, as is true of most kings and queens, he had negative and positive points. Most of them were enamored of power and wealth and were driven mostly by such concerns. He did, however, in the end make some long-lasting changes, be they good or bad, that are still around to this day.

A very good video, thank you. The way I see it Willam brought a better government and set of laws to England and set the platform for ultimately a more united and civil society.

@simonrooney2272

2 ай бұрын

obviously you know nothing about William the Conqueror

Great video my husband is related to William the Conqueror. I love all of your videos makes me want to learn more history.

Tom Bergeron: This famous William had two nicknames. One was The Bastard, and the other was what? Penn Jillette: MISTER Shatner! MISTER SHATNER to you!! -- The 90s Hollywood Squares

As a far distant relative of John de la Warde, Captain of the Guards for William the Conqueror.. this extended my understanding of the life and times of WtC. Excellent chronology and implications of the invasion.

Exceptional coverage of a great man!

A tradition that was handed down to me is that the Munro clan went to Normandy and sacked William the Conquerer's castle. When they came home, they wrote "Fallais is Burning" across their family banner. This is the origin of the Foulis title. And from that comes the Fallis family name. Do you know if there are any historical sources to back up this story?

@mitchamcommonfair9543

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it.

@monkeytennis8861

Жыл бұрын

Complete drivel.

@surferdude4487

Жыл бұрын

@@monkeytennis8861 I have researched as far as a couple hours on the internet will allow. The origin of the clan and their first award in battle date back far enough. I have to take into account the fact that most of the Munros were illiterate and therefore historical records are thin. The title appeared about the same time that William I was consolidating his hold on England. I also have to take into account that bragging about battles whether they happened or not was a way of life. As far as I'm concerned, the facts that have survived neither prove nor disprove this claim.

To answer your question "What do you think about William the Conqueror?", and having given 2 options...I would say that he was almost certainly, both of those things.

Very good documentary! I just have to point out, that the narrator's voice and clarity of speach is outstanding! Excellent job!

This is amazing. I thought i knew pretty much all there was to know about the battle of Hastings and william the conqueror but there was so much i didnt know. Thank you so much for this amazing piece of work love it 😘😍

An excellent and enjoyable historical documentary. I knew the story well, but still learned a few things here and there, particularly regarding the lands and estates given to his friends from Normandy. One complaint, though, I found the occasional close-ups of some unknown persons eyes or mouth an unwelcome distraction.

Thanks. I mentioned it before, but i think next couple of months is a good time to release Cnut the Great. Vinland Saga is still airing and as far as i know it's most popular anime of the season, so some people might be interested to know more about real Cnut.

@mkodyChallengesYOurexistence

Жыл бұрын

Had a feeling .... That name rings bells via that show

@MonstaTrapz

Жыл бұрын

A historical viking anime?

Fascinating! Easy to fallow. So Imformative and fun.

Excellent work. Thank you

I've always found William the Conquerer fascinating, despite all that was thrown at him, from being born an illegitimate son and fighting for his duchy from a young age, to conquering England and eventually ruling as king. Rightly or wrongly, he fought with all his being for what he believed were rightly his. His determination should be an inspiration I'd think to those in adversity.

My grandfather emailed me a family tree link the other day. It showed that I am William’s 30th great grand daughter. It is so cool to watch this and learn about him. Thank you!

@stephfoxwell4620

9 ай бұрын

It is a ridiculous claim. William was born 1028. 35 generations ago. Back then you'd have six billion forebears. Even allowing for cousin marriage it is at the European common ancestor point. We are all related to him.

@missmorla1339

5 ай бұрын

I am the 27th great granddaughter

This is excellent. Thank you !

Thankyou for your very interesting lecture

Love History a member of my family came with. William in 1066.very interesting .

I believe it to be hard to picture William as either/or. Had he bad sides? Yes. Had he good sides? Surely. And in between, for better or worse, he had a huge impact on history, not least setting the premises and ground work for what later would be an empire.

Better than any "Official" documentaries made about King William, as far as I've seen. Thanks for this beautiful work. Cheers from Srilanka.

Really enjoyed this is a real documentary thanks !

I really enjoyed this film, very interesting and I learned a few things I didn't know. I believe William despite his harrying of the North was a very strong and just king, for his time. Everyone in those days was a tough character.

Can’t beat English history.great content as always!

@coxmosia1

Жыл бұрын

Lots of other histories beat out England's history easily.

@RunninUpThatHillh

Жыл бұрын

@@coxmosia1 He's just stating his opinion bud. Don't cry about it.

@coxmosia1

Жыл бұрын

@@RunninUpThatHillh And I am stating my opinion. Don't cry about it.

@jacquelinedeigan776

Жыл бұрын

History..the best subject ever.

@cm9241

Жыл бұрын

​@RunninUpThatHillh anyone that disagrees with anything is "crying" fucking lmao

Awesome thank you 💜

Great video, thank you. Hard to sort of the goodies and the baddies in those days. Perhaps nothing has changed. 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

William started the meme "Careful who you call bastard in late noble tutelage"

i liked it! well done.

very well done x

Great documentary

Thats not exactly true about slavery not being banned untill the 19th century in England. Slavery was actually banned in England in 1102 and many slavery cases have referred to this fact since. Including the famous Somerset case of 1772 which repeated the line that "as soon as a Slave set foot in England he is free" . After the Somerset case another 15,000 former slaves found their freedom in England.

@thomasmiles9068

Жыл бұрын

if you were a serf, you weren't allowed to own property, live whereto wanted or marry without your lord's permission and were obliged to spend a proportion of your time working his land. This was the case until the Black Death started to modify the system 3 centuries later. Sounds a lot like slavery to me.

@johnbrereton5229

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasmiles9068 A slave was just property and could be bought and sold and separated from family members. A self was not bought and sold and lived with his family in the same area for generations. Neither were great, but sefs weren't slaves.

he was a real bastard...I'll see my way out ....

@Free-Bodge79

Жыл бұрын

Taxi for Dennis. 😂😂 (It made me laugh mate. Good on Ya)

I am a descendant by name via English translation from a soldier at The Battle known then as Ble'. My descent from The Conquer is via William Bradford and the Grosvenors and then backwards through many of the kings and queens of many European countries. It is very humbling!

Fantastic video.

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job also can you make a video about mehmed ii or umar ibn abdul aziz aka umar ii

@PeopleProfiles

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and sure

03:33 I'm not used to average people confusing the words ancestors and descendents let alone historians. Such a shame.

شكرا لكم على هذا الموضوع 🙏💌🌷

Very good. Thanks

I like that we find things today that prove a lot of historical writing; like they found Richard III under a parking lot or some such and it proved he died as violently as they said . And Ima look you probably already covered her but I’m looking for an Empress Matilda doc, she never gets the press she’s deserved because of being a woman during a time of huge male personalities.

@fredfrantz855

Жыл бұрын

yes, an Empress Matilda doc would be welcome as would one on Eleanor of Aquataine. both amazing lives.

@overcomerbtbojesus

Жыл бұрын

@@fredfrantz855 there’s one for eleanor but yes mathilda would be great

@jingomcbright3687

Жыл бұрын

Huge male personalities? Tell me more.

@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044

11 ай бұрын

Shakespeare hunchback king was long thought to be a case of victors character assassination and a brilliant smear but it appears that he had scoliosis so it was basically true

Very few mourned the loss of William the Bastard.

@wayfaringman8418

11 ай бұрын

I'll bet that casket he was in had second thoughts about holding him...

@johnmc128

11 ай бұрын

Lived up to his name.

Excellent

A very interesting character even in today times

William the Conqueror is known as also William the first. Also after Charles the Third is deceased when his time comes as well his son William will be known as William the V if he chooses to remain with the name. And probably will be the first William in a long time Royal House of the UK. I don't know I think it really suits Prince William to be King William with the name after William the Conqueror.

@loiba

Жыл бұрын

Prince William at 6’3, and his mothers genes is probably the most Norman looking future king in a long time though.

I'm a descendant of William the Conqueror. Thank you for posting this.

Great man blood of Rollo the Viking. Bless him de Clare are his bloodline. Very good work on the Norman history.

Excellent!

From watching this it gives a more realistic outlook whilst overall he taught us a lesson, possibly gave us great military tactics. I don't know too much details but i would say he wanted the title, ruling of Kingship but did not really care to live here, seen Normandy as his home, did not care for the people of England. As after he conquered the land he only returned when he needed to. He never justified his actions seems really harsh almost as if the English were not people to him, as he let so many die, and they did not die just in battle but of famine also. Did not by the sounds of it even consider the consequences of his actions. He suppressed England and tried to choke the life out of us, may have done so if he had conquered Ireland. He sounds Power mad, when rebelled against he would deal the most lethal blow he could possibly think of. The fact he stayed in Normandy when his son could have ruled and they could have been allies, been less malice shows his character is Me, me and me. He puts himself above all else. Probably a spoilt kid with loads of confidence, arrogant thought he was above the rest. To be honest that worked in his favor. But not for the people who were just trying to get by.

@clucknbell4613

10 ай бұрын

Man, you have to know very little to call him spoiled kid. His childhood and teen age were horrible, his mentors were assasinated being in same room, his heritage and his life were challenged by number of barons, he hid among peasants and could not even read, if it somehow affected him then only by hardening his character and leading him to become one of greatest military and politic leaders of human history.

@aaron43

10 ай бұрын

Okay well he clearly lacked empathy for the British, there is no mistake. He did not want to rule the British just control them, punish. Also I can think what I want the guy was a tyrant. I don’t care what he accomplished.

Harold's army was forced march from Stamford Bridge to Battle in Sussex which was a hard exercise for his Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Danish troops.

I really appreciate everything you’ve done! Excellent work and hard work. Motivates me to continue working on my videos

Thanks

Great narrator!

How different would history be if not for Stamford Bridge? Crazy to think when you consider what the Normans brought to the country.