What the documentary does not emphasize sufficiently is William's administrative ability. When William the conquerer needed an army, he could raise an army. As a leader he was tough, determined and courageous. In history as in his own life, he had many detractors. And some of the criticism was true. Letting Odo rule England was one of his worst mistakes. And Harold was not the last noble to betray William, so as a judge of character there were probably major flaws. In history he is sometimes viewed as unbeatable, but his contemporaries didn't think so, hence the rebellions. On the battlefield, he was not known as a tactical genius. This is one of the reasons Hastings was such a grinder. So I will end with Napoleon's maxim about how he would prefer a lucky general to a good general. And William certainly was lucky. take care rwmccoy

@17:25, that is actual Dutch being spoken, how nice to put that much detail in this documentary. Though it is modern Dutch and not old-Dutch as was spoken back then, none the less nicely done.

@grrriallen7192

2 ай бұрын

William is my 23rd GGF

Too bad Emma is missing from this story, in fact the whole backstory is missing from this video. Emma, a Norman, was William's aunt who was married to 1) Ethelred King of England and 2) King Cnut after he gained the throne of England. She was a powerful woman, Regent for much of her son's reign (Harthacnut son of Cnut). During this time she and Harold's father were violent rivals. Many Norman's served and obtained land in England due to her influence. Her son by Ethelred, Edward the Confessor, had spent much of his early life exiled in Normandy. So there were two major power groups already vying for power in England for many years prior to William's invasion. The Vikings formed a considerable part of the English population and probably also favoured the Norman's - also Vikings who had settled in France. It could be said that the 'invasion' of 1066 was more the outcome of a family feud rather than an invasion by foreigners.

@donnieboughton1730

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the story being told doesn't evolve any of that. So, I'm not sure why you are surprised...

@settleluna7692

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the backstory,I would never have known!👍🏻🌸 why is it the the powerful women of history are barely mentioned? I will have to look her up now. Xx🌸🥰🌸

@TheMogregory

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnieboughton1730 I think that as the title refers to the 'real William' his family background and connections with the English ruling house are very much part of his reality. I didn't say I was surprised at this omission, I wasn't. I just think that some reference to his kinship ties were an important part of who he was, i.e. The Real William the Conqueror

@GoogleUserOne

2 жыл бұрын

Props for the accuracy. -500 points for watching too much Vikings Valhalla. By the way: almost every major war before the fall of Constantinople and for centuries afterward stemmed from a family rivalry or feud. An easy example would be House Barca v House Scipio.

@margaretburley3256

2 жыл бұрын

No DF me da

🤣 Hailey's Comet from the tapestry flying across the sky made me actually laugh out loud

Great hour spent thanks 🙏🏽 😁

Thank you for a great moment in history!!!

Finally seeing one of these the day it comes out 🔥 🔥 love the acting

why does the thumbnail show a pic of Dr. Phil?

Wild how a man who ended so many innocent lives was so devoted to his wife, the duality of man I guess lmao!

@davidlefranc6240

Жыл бұрын

I suppose those who were on the throne before him were innocent 😏

@jessjess23brooks89

5 ай бұрын

They seem an odd, evenly matched couple. If the legend of him pulling her down from her horse by the hair after refusing his proposal is true and then her being into it (?), then she doesn't seem like a kind of woman you'd survive stepping out on.

@JupiterMuffles

Ай бұрын

​@@jessjess23brooks89I honestly doubt it's true. Yeah, things were different then, but I highly doubt Matilda's father would have allowed her to be married to a man who beat her in broad daylight. Also, there were no other instances of violence documented and they had a good marriage. So that story just sounds like Anti-Norman/Anti-William propaganda

I have homework about him and thats was so helpful thank you

Great production

Yay!! Love these

William the conquers is not forgotten And there seems to be lot missing from this history.

@andrealuisecandido1154

Жыл бұрын

Ey am A woman

@andrealuisecandido1154

Жыл бұрын

looks like as Would be William ThE conQuERER reborn or Emperor CEASAR could This Be? who KnoWs

@gastrofile

5 ай бұрын

​@@andrealuisecandido1154wtf are you trying to say?

Harold swearing feality to William was a sham. Harold was shipwrecked in Normandy and a prisoner. Harold was then forced into Williams service as a knight. We cannot believe that Harold did this with the upmost intention of honoring this oath and was done to amuse William. Only after this oath was given that Harold was allowed to leave Normandy. William was well aware of the court politics in England and was trying to plant his own claim to the throne.

The realest to ever do it.

You put a lot of work into your documentaries. Great work. It also struck me that the thumbnail looks like Captain Kangaroo.

@randycushman1669

8 ай бұрын

😂 🏆 😂

Love the channel. . .

Oh my God the actor playing William is huge in comparison to the actress playing Matilda 🤭😳

@idontgiveafaboutyou

Жыл бұрын

The real Matilda was very short, like 4’11 and some even say 4’2

@darkprince56

Жыл бұрын

@@idontgiveafaboutyou daaaaaaammmnnn…even still he looks big haha

@davidlefranc6240

Жыл бұрын

Normand stuff ya know

@julianpetkov8320

Жыл бұрын

The actor playing William is huge in comparison to the William.😂

Always thought that when the Anglo Saxon English shouted 'Out, Out Out....' at the enemy, it would have sounded more like 'Oot, Oot, Oot'.

26:42 who thought "this medieval documentary needs an electric guitar solo"?

@Retro77691

9 ай бұрын

William The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸

@Retro77691

9 ай бұрын

The First American King Of England

@JC-vg5gl

20 күн бұрын

shreddf

Very helpful I am related to him and I wanted to research my heritage

The video and audio are slightly out of sync. Little details really add up and make a channel worth watching.

@Meine.Postma

2 жыл бұрын

I would not call it "slightly"! Very annoying

@peacefulwife5199

2 жыл бұрын

All you have to do is turn on closed captioning, turn the sound off and enjoy.😂😂

@Meine.Postma

2 жыл бұрын

@@peacefulwife5199 Or close your eyes. The acting is bad anyway

@vernonbowling5310

2 жыл бұрын

Translators are rarely in sync even in real time.

@WhirledPublishing

Жыл бұрын

The life of William the Conqueror is told to us by woolen threads that are 1,000 years old - or perhaps the result of stories handed down for centuries or perhaps the insanity of money-grubbing secret societies - and to corroborate it - we have the Doomsday Book - made of paper ... 1,000 years old ... written all in the same hand ... spanning decades ... of time ...

Since I found out that William is my 36 times great grandfather it has a diffrent gravity to watch documentations like this

@GoBlueGirl78

Жыл бұрын

He’s pretty much everyone’s nth great grandfather, if you have any European ancestry.

@cynthiasimpson931

Жыл бұрын

@@GoBlueGirl78 My husband and I are both descended from William through Henry 1, but there our family lines part company. I would have been surprised if we'd been related more closely than that, as he's from Virginia and I'm from Washington state.

@angrywreckitralph4072

Жыл бұрын

Pleased to meet you William is my 29th GGF !!!

@angrywreckitralph4072

Жыл бұрын

@@cynthiasimpson931 Pleased to meet you William is my 29th GGF and I'm from Missouri !!!

@brockbrown4423

Жыл бұрын

Go and conquer something. We have had enough democracy for the past 200 years, it's grown stagnant, stale, and corrupt beyond reason. We are LONG overdue for a "catastrophe".

im learning about william in school and im 8 years old 💗

The neck and back of the head were bare to keep the mail from pulling your hair out when you put the armor on and off. I speak from experience. Ouch!

@JC-vg5gl

20 күн бұрын

yea or lice...do you wear helmets

Both of my parents are descendants to William the conqueror my dad by his only son and my mom to one of the 9 daughters one who married to a george in France they didn't know til I checked up on both sides

@llandrin9205

Жыл бұрын

William the Conqueror had 4 sons - two of which were kings of England - William II (known as William Rufus) and Henry I..

@kmdn1

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Same. Its quite common

@williamegler8771

Жыл бұрын

DNA proof? Over the course of a thousand years and 40 generations there are thousands of descendants

@pamelahomeyer748

Жыл бұрын

William the Conqueror was the bastard son of a Homeyer and thus I am related. It's a pleasure to meet you cousin

@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968

Жыл бұрын

bollocks, i don't believe you.

King William I the Conqueror was a direct male line descendant of Antiochus II Theos. 👑💍🇬🇧

The historian said when William conquered in 1066, the fate of England changed. In light of the future British Empire spanning the globe, I venture to say the fate of the whole WORLD changed in 9 hrs. on that one English day in 1066.

@Endgame707

Жыл бұрын

Willam The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸

@cdfdesantis699

Жыл бұрын

@@Endgame707 Well, eventually, his DESCENDENTS were. And THEY kicked William's other British descendents' butts. "Family Feud!"

@Endgame707

Жыл бұрын

@@cdfdesantis699 haha 😆 are you referencing the American revolution when the Americans defeated the British? 😆

@cdfdesantis699

Жыл бұрын

@@Endgame707 You know your history, friend!

@cdfdesantis699

Жыл бұрын

@@Endgame707 You're most welcome! 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

Tripe, nothing has been forgotten about 1066 in England, it's the one date even non-historians remember!

@Retro77691

9 ай бұрын

William The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸

Likely that Pevensey was not the site of William's landing, but Bulverhythe - betwixt Bexhill and St Leonards. Having walked there many a time it seems an ideal place for a substantial landing.

"Gardrobe".....Bravo1

I remember reading that Sir Edmond Halley pronounced his own name as 'Hawley'.

@nayncat17

2 жыл бұрын

I am one of his descendants

If it wasn't for the Saxon army having to first march from London to York - fight & destroy the Viking Norwegian army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge - & then immediately have to march all the way south again to Hastings - William wouldn't have stood a chance against a fresh Saxon army. I believe this two pronged attack on England was pre-planned -with Harald Hardrada promised a Northern division & William the South. Take a look at the famous pre-battle feast in the Bayeau Tapestry with Bishop Odo in the centre - William (cringing) on his left - & a mysterious figure (with a beard) reaching over for gold being offered by a servant. There are many 'clues' in this scene. The servants on each side are both pointing to objects on the table. One to a 'blackened piece of bread (Hardrada?) - & the other (holding his nose) to a fish (signifying Sea farers). William is cringing because he had heard of his defeat.

It was already promised the crown of England and people knew of this promise and that is why so many tried to kill him before he could even come of age

My ancestor 😂

@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968

Жыл бұрын

no he isn't yank.,

this was once on amazon before it got taken down

@JC-vg5gl

20 күн бұрын

now its free

William Raymond lol that my family we continually use our families names, even when we don’t know it

@JC-vg5gl

20 күн бұрын

le mons lad

It was a nice iece of entertainment - or would have been if sound was synched. Disappointing though to have William being told by priests to learn the oaths in "English". I'm informed(atmittedly only by other docos) thelat they would all have spoken Norman french, which was very different to today's French. And surely a common language between Archbishops and kings would have been Latin?

Interesting to see a short movie on one of my ancestors..😁I’m also related to King Rollo, 1st Duke of Normande.

@somebody41

Жыл бұрын

Hey, what do you know. William the conqueror is one of my ancestors too, as is Eric the Red if I remember correctly... 😁

@BrightEyes8513

Жыл бұрын

Hello there my cousins! It would probably blow our minds if we knew the exact number of all the decedents that have came from our great shared ancestor.

@hyperactivehyperbole

Жыл бұрын

I’m related to Charlemagne! 🤗 Head over to Useful Charts, according to it, we’re all related! What are the odds? And here we are, all in one place!

@Cozy_Pierogi

Жыл бұрын

I'm related to Harold Fairhair. Crazy, man!

@seymourskinner2533

Жыл бұрын

I’m related to Marc Anthony, napoleon and queen Victoria. Small world 🙄

Just another Viking Robber !

16:02 It’s a shot in the dark but can anyone identify this song

What’s with the scale armor? They wore padded jackets (with no studs or grommets) called hauberks under their chain mail thoracic armor. At least the everyday clothing is kinda accurate and the haircuts are very accurate

@Retro77691

9 ай бұрын

Willam The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸

Him fussing at Robert to get a haircut 💇‍♂️ is like my husband nagging our boys to get haircuts. All 5 of them have long hair.

This is great... But the audio and video are out of sync.

I like the repeated horse braying sound effects

Damn it Harold

Perhaps would Guillaume and Napoleon be the same spirit !

Nice to see a frococentric version of 1066 instead of the usual anglocentric. The truth we will probably never know. Who was the true successor of Edward the confessor? Who won, really? The north germanics lost to other north germanics. The Saxons, Angles, Juths and Friesians lost to the Norse Normans!

@hazatack

Жыл бұрын

And here I am😂 But seriously. Domesday book Land of Auti

@davidlefranc6240

Жыл бұрын

At the end of the day all germanic tribes 😆 i like you named the others cuz it aint only saxons who invaded period !

@julianpetkov8320

Жыл бұрын

Why do the South European French care so much about the Norwegian foreigners from Normandy? They wannabe Wikangz n' sheit?😂

@julianpetkov8320

Жыл бұрын

@@davidlefranc6240 Yep, they all had Hitler moustaches, you better believe it.😂

@feldgeist2637

Жыл бұрын

@@julianpetkov8320 seeing is believing - look at the Sutton Hoo helmet y'all don't forget about the plenty of naturalized Danes on the Island back in the 11th cent .......and some sources claim that the Normans originally didn't came from Norway, but were mostly of danish descent too....

one of my Norman ancestors

sound is out of sync on mine :(

Why is William the size of Shrek when he's frolicking around with his miniature fiance?

@jeremyfox1511

3 күн бұрын

Matilda was only 4 foot tall and William was 5'10

Well written but still a lot of data gaps. Considering you have to base it off of what survived from the legends is pretty decent.

@bazbarrett8103

2 жыл бұрын

Off of...? Off that's it.

Alright some new stuff

@mutiny_on_the_bounty

2 жыл бұрын

Wonder if the ads will be new😏

Real history here i see how the de Clare family is linked to him. All are coming from Rollo the great.

Anyone know the song at 51:40?

Harold got an arrow.

@kmdn1

Жыл бұрын

But it only hit his leg, Shoulda been a better shot and Got him in the head They were all in love with dyin' They were drinkin from the fountain That was pouring like an avalanche Coming down the mountain

IMAGINE TRYING TO ORGANIZE ALL THAT

These shows and movies just can't resist the studded leather armor, lol. It really is like a compulsion, like an otherwise normal person who can't stop shoplifting.

Can anyone tell me the Choral music at 35.40 please

Robert Curthose as in short stockings or shorty.

He looks a lot like Captain Kangaroo!

@c.s.7266

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

How many people in the comments are supposedly extremely great grandchildren of William? Because according to my genealogist grandfather I am. Which I had as background knowledge and then I was in a philosophy class once and some guy said the same thing. I shouldn’t have been shocked but I was like 🤯

@baneverything5580

2 жыл бұрын

I am, supposedly.

@TheMogregory

2 жыл бұрын

He lived almost 1000 years ago so a huge number of people can claim him as an ancestor. Take one person alive today and count back to find how many of their ancestors were alive in the 11th century. It would be a phenomenal number and as the population of that time was very small something interesting is going on. When you figure that out you see that everyone alive today can have multiple famous people from the past in their pedigree. Even so few of us could prove it.

@ambergetsbutterflies

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMogregory Of course. It was just surprising to hear from somebody else at a university of 6,000 students, 5000 miles away, nearly 1000 years out, and in a small elective philosophy class that only mentioned him in passing while we were two tangents away from the Magna Carta, because I wasn’t expecting it. It’s not something that typically gets brought up during normal conversation, so at 20, it was a thing I knew, but hadn’t given much thought. This seems like the place to bring it up, if anywhere.

@CjlFb

2 жыл бұрын

I am too, my father is desendent from minor german nobility so from there I am related to two english and four french kings and a roman emperor and a bunch of other realy interesting figueres like Vikings and not directly but through I think it was his sister (if I remember correctly) Vlad the Empaler

@vladiiidracula3522

2 жыл бұрын

@@CjlFb No man who tells such spurious tales could ever be remotely related to me.

According to my family tomb my ancestors served under William

@Arstxllaa

Жыл бұрын

Oh cool

It seems a strange past time of Americans and Aussies to trace lineages back 30 generations to the most important Kings and Queens of the time. We all know that record keeping was VERY spotty before the 17th century. To claim tracing back through to the edge of the Dark Ages, is hilarious.

Tell the narrator it's CAVALRY (not calvary) at the 27-min mark :) LOL

@susanscott8653

2 жыл бұрын

I said that too.

@wyvrennemacdaniels6813

Жыл бұрын

calvary is the American English pronunciation.

@Miguel_and_The_Microbes

Жыл бұрын

Sorry. These 2 words have nothing in common. Buy yourself a dictionary😌

@wyvrennemacdaniels6813

Жыл бұрын

oh you're a troll. got it. Byeeee Felicia

@Miguel_and_The_Microbes

Жыл бұрын

@@wyvrennemacdaniels6813 umm no 📚 someone who pays attention to details. Grow up.

Too bad you couldn’t afford to buy proper lighting.

Wasn't Emma a daughter or granddaughter of Alfred the Great ? I thought she was William's mother. I thought she fled England, under considerable turmoil, to protect William.

@jessjess23brooks89

5 ай бұрын

William's mother was a tanner's daughter. Emma was Alfred's granddaughter, but she was Williams aunt. She fled England when Harold Harfoot took the throne and then schemed to dispose him, was successful and implanted her son as king.

@adriaandeleeuw8339

Ай бұрын

@@jessjess23brooks89 Fulbert of Falaise (fl. 11th century) was a Chamberlain of the Duke of Normandy and the maternal grandfather of William the Conqueror.

The single spear that hit you in the right place blacked out the shy and everything else. Called death.

The final narrative words/conclusion...kinda cheapened this whole documentary, I reckon.

Was he so overweight on his last years? I am very doubt it because he couldn't ride horse(anothers version of his death: he fall down from the saddle and he fatally injured). Possible this is a similar junk film like the "Death of Stalin" (2021). On that time(until the 16th century(age of Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V etc etc) a ruler was not able to lead his troops his enemies should attack him immediately and his supporters choose a different leader.

k not so dorky hair cut.,,, but use a comb maybe

When they subtitle French, I can no longer understand when listening through my headphones. This tale is fascinating but I can't forego my chores to watch it. I'll have to find another source.

@kimdelo9795

4 ай бұрын

It's a FRENCH documentary, with an English-speaking narrator's voiceover. Stop whining.

Uk of americano is powerful

They spoke french

@marc-andrechevrette3420

Жыл бұрын

Norman french, a dialect of french with norse influence

@veronicalogotheti5416

Жыл бұрын

@@marc-andrechevrette3420 the vikings got the french That is normandy

(21:15) the Normans were technically Norweigians (Norse men) as well..

@jozz2248

2 жыл бұрын

Not accurate that they were nearly all slaughtered either. A good percentage though

an armada is made of ships, not warriors, sharp writing i wander how accurate will that video be since it's 1st sentence is already wrong

So he was not a carolingian

Robert Raymond

@benjez2782

3 ай бұрын

My family ruled every throne all at once, even though Roman Empire

Glad I didn’t sign up for this app.

This is so out of sync

I made it five minutes. “Did the horse spook? Was there a river?” Who gives a damn? Get on with it or stop wasting my time.

A bastard that had to feign a retreat to defeat an already exhausted Harold, he couldn't even win and he had double the men

Vikings not anglo saxons

Who is responsible for the bitching guitar shredding in the battle scenes. Guarantee they're a John Petrucci fan.

When the American accent comes on I turn off.

All you saintical conqurers no more time to pay it’s over pay it or face it

All the sides Matter Woman That's the most Essential and Important north wall You will never get attack from there as all of London Resembles that Great North Wall and Heritage aswell

poorly presented

@Retro77691

6 ай бұрын

William The Conquerer Was American 🇺🇸

@Retro77691

6 ай бұрын

The first American king of England 🇺🇸

These is nonsense

@Arstxllaa

Жыл бұрын

This *

This is dreadful. Smell ya later.

@bazbarrett8103

2 жыл бұрын

Idiot.

French documentaries usually suck. So silly, specially in the beginning with the passionate "I have a dream in my heart, to kill William the Bastard". As if people talk like that...

1st time I heard of a 7 yr old king 👑