Courtney Cox Ancestor Hung Over King Edward II Death

Courtney Cox Ancestor Hung Over King Edward II Death | Who Do You Think You Are

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Courtney heads to British parliament - the palace of Westminster. She learns how x18 & x19 greatgrandfathers were accused of murdering King Edwards II and faced the death penalty.
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@milksips3876 2 жыл бұрын

She’s such an interested person, she genuinely asks great questions and does brilliant commentary, she should do a series about British history for the states, I think it would be really interesting.

@fullspeedaheadbarcelona6502 2 жыл бұрын

She’s a little minx!

@DONTcareAnymore000 Жыл бұрын

i agree

@JillBretherton 2 жыл бұрын

No wonder the Queen never came to tea at Monica’s place. What an amazing family tree.

@shellc6743 2 жыл бұрын

No it isn't.

@ChrisMazzaferro Жыл бұрын

We all have over a million 18x great grandparents, and over 2 million 19x great grandparents. Since that was basically the population of England, I'd bet just about ALL people of any british ancestry are descended from these people.

@sorscha1308 2 жыл бұрын

I bet Philippa Gregory is already salivating thinking about Elizabeth DeSpenser and how to turn her into her next best seller 😄

@shellc6743 2 жыл бұрын

It's De Spencer.

@Tinatime532 2 жыл бұрын

Needs the Eastenders drums at the end!!! I love this series... thanks for sharing ✌️🌟

@KayHarperOfficial Жыл бұрын

This would all make a great Netflix series lol

@DelphineCingal Жыл бұрын

This part of UK history is well known here in France due to Maurice Druon’s books Les rois maudits and subsequent serializations for French TV. Isabelle plays an interesting part in it

@removeall23 2 жыл бұрын

I wish they could do Jennifer Aniston and the Greece line from her father.

@Dreamtime-Walker 2 жыл бұрын

Historians Rock! 🤘

@wmrustycox Жыл бұрын

Ironically or oddly enough... I'm related to the same line as they are discussing... but though I share Ms Cox's last sir name... my relation to the Edward and the other's, is through my maternal lines.

@annwiggins9428 Жыл бұрын

Watching this the day that Queen Elizabeth is lying in State in this building!

@marigoldenergy8512 Жыл бұрын

I noticed that as well watching this 6 months later.

@CityLadyLA Жыл бұрын

She should make a movie abought this!!!

@jackierademeyer3670 2 жыл бұрын

She has a great history!

@shellc6743 2 жыл бұрын

Most European people do.

@EricBrunoBorgman Жыл бұрын

@@shellc6743 Exactly, almost anyone who has ancestors that came to America from the 1600s on will have some royal lines in their trees proveble or not. And it has been estimated that everyone of European descent would be descended from Charlemagne.

@darkmagician2521 Жыл бұрын

I met someone who's descended from Edward I 2 years ago where I worked, and she told me her and her family aren't really proud of being his descendants.

@rossl5908 Жыл бұрын

@@darkmagician2521I would be he was a strong commanding good English King and inspired Tywin Lannister!

@neilredmond8296 Жыл бұрын

Ms.cox is amazing the 1st time I saw this beautiful gorgeous lady was in masters of the universe movie..I hope she is in the new masters of the universe. Ms Cox would be the best ever evil lyn..☠️💀☠️history is absolutely interesting. Great chanel and interesting content. Had poster of Ms Cox on my wall for ages.she looked amazing.

@stephfoxwell4620 Ай бұрын

That's amazing. My ancestor was hanged for the same crime. Oh hang on. Courtney and I share a 20 times great-grandfather.

@cruzmalibu4361 Жыл бұрын

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary 2012 Edition added the term “hung” as an acceptable substitute for the term “hanged” as the “vox populi” of the English speaking world unknowingly used the word to describe “hanged”. Therefore, a phrase such as “the convicted prisoner was “hung” by the rafters for the town square to see” is now an appropriate way of description…

@ochrechap Жыл бұрын

An American dictionary to help accomodate all the Americans. One has to makt things easier for them,; they often need help.

@kyokkyuu Жыл бұрын

@@ochrechap *make

@ochrechap Жыл бұрын

@@kyokkyuu yes yes. It's a typo. Once again, demonstrable immaturity from you, negating the need for me to even LIFT a finger. Lucky me.

@1346crecy Жыл бұрын

@@ochrechap I see the Grammar Police are out againe

@ochrechap Жыл бұрын

@@1346crecy lol!!! Indeed!

@TheRealdal Жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing people’s family tree.

@robrob9250 9 ай бұрын

3:29 The guy still seems really angry about it xD It’s like he’s looking at her with disdain for being related to him haha A lot of these people are also my ancestors so I’m probably related to her somehow, cool story I know.

@funnyriverred2501 Жыл бұрын

what a story! to be an ancestor of all that drama lol...

@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst 11 ай бұрын

Romeo, juliet, is that you?????? Lol!

@djeyeskold1279 2 жыл бұрын

I do believe I'm related in the same line. There are so many notable branches in my line, which are intertwined with the aristocracy of those days, it's not surprising that they cross over, especially with those who went to the Virginia colonies in those early days.

@shellc6743 2 жыл бұрын

hilarious

@ccrum1127 Жыл бұрын

Courtney and I have the same 18th GGP..I have a large de Berkeley family..

@dixiecat666 Жыл бұрын

Watched all the way through , where is the ending ?

@kevingebert4316 Жыл бұрын

I'm smelling a movie!!

@venanziocalise946 2 жыл бұрын

Power

@CarolanIvey Жыл бұрын

Is this the same building there Queen Elizabeth II lay in state?

@tedbrown7908 Жыл бұрын

Hey, go tell chucky to give up his seat.

@difcymru 2 жыл бұрын

Hugh (le) de Spencer (the younger & father of Elizabeth) is my 23x great grandfather

@danaogle6215 Жыл бұрын

I'm related to king edward the first and second and the spencer's not thinking cortney should think so much of herself

@Suprahampton 9 ай бұрын

I thought 'drawn' was to be disembowled

@stu2333 2 жыл бұрын

So Where do you find the next part?

@jewellui 2 жыл бұрын

It’s being uploaded in parts for some strange reason

@glenysperry3421 2 жыл бұрын

It will show up in a few days, subscribe and click to receive new notifications.

@ebanksstudios 2 жыл бұрын

Spelt her name wrong in the title, it's Courteney

@shellc6743 2 жыл бұрын

Spelled

@ebanksstudios 2 жыл бұрын

@@shellc6743 you can use spelt or spelled

@dcmastermindfirst9418 11 ай бұрын

It's spelled. Spelt is an Americanism

@dcmastermindfirst9418 11 ай бұрын

@@ebanksstudiosSpelt is not correct English. Spelled is.

@ebanksstudios 11 ай бұрын

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 I don't care lol

@cabininthewoods7326 11 ай бұрын

Courtney has pretty blue eyes

@leonarhanneken2629 Жыл бұрын

I also have a king killer in my family.

@commonsense215 Жыл бұрын

No wonder her family came to America....

@lalida6432 Жыл бұрын

No, it wasn’t a fair trial, that’s why he didn’t answer her.

@grahamharper8114 2 жыл бұрын

Courteney is still a hottie.

@ekesandras1481 Жыл бұрын

If she is related to the de Spenser family, doesn't that mean she is related to Diana Spencer, aka Lady Di?

@carltanner9065 Жыл бұрын

No, different family. However, going further back, there is a familial connection between Lady Di and the Despensers. Courtney, though, is connected to Lady Di along other lines.

@raymondbruce7175 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful lady

@thehoneyeffect Жыл бұрын

Sounds like her relative was a good actor

@Bonobanos Жыл бұрын

how did they keep those big empty buildings warm ?

@JonathanReynolds1 Жыл бұрын

Big massive fireplaces

@removeall23 2 жыл бұрын

They could do Morena Bacarin she's brazilian, would be fun to see south american

@sylviawilson6160 2 жыл бұрын

Washing is hung, people are HANGED.Goodness me!

@JediSimpson 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t be so hanged up on it.

@sylviawilson6160 2 жыл бұрын

@@JediSimpson one has to maintain certain standards, otherwise we will all talk gibberish.

@JediSimpson 2 жыл бұрын

@@sylviawilson6160 - At the start of a sentence, the first word is meant to be capitalised.

@RP-ve7bl 2 жыл бұрын

well, some men are too, but in a slightly different context.

@sylviawilson6160 2 жыл бұрын

@@RP-ve7bl 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@howardbrooks8810 2 жыл бұрын

So does that make her a relation to Diana Spencer ? More twists and turns than a can of worms . 😜

@gain0667 2 жыл бұрын

It seems very likely so.

@mikesaunders4775 2 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily.

@Joker-yw9hl 2 жыл бұрын

Wait Diana is related to these Spencers??

@ds1868 2 жыл бұрын

No the family name is Despencer not Spencer.

@skontheroad Жыл бұрын

Different last name.

@warrenbradley161 2 жыл бұрын

*ancestor hanged over King Edward II death

@skontheroad Жыл бұрын

I had to laugh when he stumbled upon "hanged". It was a little embarrassing. Most people understand that it should be "hanged" and not "hung". Wrong past tense. He almost didn't want to correct her, lol. But she clearly is not a British history buff. Oh well!

@emdiar6588 2 жыл бұрын

Like the person who wrote the title of this video, Courtney is having a bit of trouble distinguishing her English verbs. Expert : ''He was hanged...'' = He was executed by being suspended by a rope around his neck. Courtney: ''He was hung...'' = He was packing heat in the trouser department? I don't usually like to play Grammar Police, but this makes me smile every time. That said, I expected better from the WDYTYA official channel. From Merriam Webster: ''The standard rule for the past tense of hang is this: in almost all situations, you should use the word hung. I hung a picture of Noah Webster on the wall. After school, she hung out in the library. Use hanged when referring to a person being suspended by a rope around the neck until dead.''

@jethrod7487 Жыл бұрын

Courteney Cox - please amend spelling.

@louiselunardon6707 Жыл бұрын

Also is de Spencer family of lady Diane Spencer? Correct me if i am wrong. 🙃Diane was more royal than the current royal family.

@JonathanReynolds1 Жыл бұрын

Diana

@carltanner9065 Жыл бұрын

No, not along this line. However, the Despensers and Lady Di are related, but further back.

@judysowell290 Жыл бұрын

And none of this would have happened if she had not been invited up onto the stage with Bruce Springsteen! Wonder if they are friends now?

@creativitycell 2 жыл бұрын

Love the fact that without a doubt when she realises she is a descendant of King Edward I, and William The Conqueror, it's impossible for her now not be reading books on medieval English history all about her own ancestors! Imagine how fascinating and exciting that must be for her! I hope she makes a claim to become Queen of England in future over future King Charles and the Usurper Wats her name again? His girlfriend who cheated with behind Lady Diana's back! Courtney Cox for Queen I say, let's modernise the Monarchy proper! 🤣🙏😎❤️

@christinedewick2874 Жыл бұрын

Love how you forget Diana's infidelity.....

@boytapanganvlogs 2 жыл бұрын

You should also document the other descendants of king edward who are not famous celebrities

@alisoncauser2955 Жыл бұрын

There are so many descendants of royalty living ordinary lives. It's said over 40% of the population of the UK. I'm related through the Selby ( Twizzel Castle among other homes) and Haggerston families and through the plantagenets,my branch go through King Edward III long shanks.

@louiselunardon6707 Жыл бұрын

Were any of these kings plantagenet's?

@carltanner9065 Жыл бұрын

Yes.