The Incomparable 'Flower of England' | England's Most Loved Queen

The Incomparable 'Flower of England' | England's Most Loved Queen | Matilda Of Scotland

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9 күн бұрын

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Matilda of Scotland is usually the 'forgotten Matilda', wedged inbetween Matilda of Flanders, her mother-in-law, and Empress Matilda, her daughter. She was a woman who was remembered in the centuries after her death for her piety, but little else. But Matilda was a strong character, choosing to win people over with kindness and charitable change rather than fighting, creating some of London's grandest and first buildings for the time she lived in, and influencing her husband, Henry I, on many laws in his kingdom. This video looks at Matilda of Scotland's impact on England, her daughter, and the people she ruled over...
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@HistorysForgottenPeople 9 күн бұрын

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@williethomas5116 8 күн бұрын

As a mathematician I love that the qualified the statement with "at least the Geometry that was known at the time".

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

It's not my strongest subject, but I know we keep increasing the known mathematical knowledge - didn't seem right to not mention it in some way! 😂

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople math was never my strongest subject so welcome to the club.

@abbyonyoutube 7 күн бұрын

Those years Edith and her sister Mary disappear from records (after Mary was expelled) have been pure heaven for me as I've been researching and planning to write a historical fiction about her life. Absolutely loved this episode and I'm so inspired, thank you for putting it together!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Ooh, I'd love to read that! There's so much you could do with it...maybe they were spying for someone? Maybe a marriage was planned with someone in Europe that could tie into real events? Maybe there was an assassination attempt? Okay, maybe I got a bit too excited there. 😂😅

@leeannproctor47 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeoplehave you inspired any writers in historical fiction?

@abbyonyoutube 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople I love those ideas!!! Through the first two novels I've written, I've focused on the absolute drama of William and Matilda's children. I want to involve Edith's messy godfather Curthose in some way in her story but Curthose spent this much of the time Edith disappeared from the record on Crusade... 👀 There really is SO much to do with it and I love those blank canvasses afforded authors by forgotten histories, I can't lie. This is cheesy but also I've got books to sell, so if you want to check out the already released first book in my planned series on women in English history, about Matilda of Flanders, The Dragon and the Butterfly by Abby Simpson can be ordered from online retailers! I'm hoping the sequel, centred on another of history's forgotten people in William and Matilda's daughter Constance, will be out soon, but I've got writing the third story about Edith in my sights now. This episode really shook some ideas around for me! Thank you!!

@abbyonyoutube 7 күн бұрын

@@leeannproctor47me! 😂🔥

@charmaduplessis6854 6 күн бұрын

Oh I would love to read it when it's published!

@anweshabiswas4813 8 күн бұрын

Matilda of Scotland - Wife of Henry I , mother of another matilda ( matriarch of the Plantaganets ) and William Adelin . Her son was the next in line of the throne. But died in the White Ship accident and plunged the country to Anarchy.

@leeannproctor2966 7 күн бұрын

What history would be like if William Adelin's ship hadn't sunk?

@anweshabiswas4813 7 күн бұрын

@@leeannproctor2966 then history would be much different. William adelin's descendants would have ruled England. 😀😀

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

Wonder if he would have been a strong or weak king?

@anweshabiswas4813 7 күн бұрын

@@user-fg9xz4bz3b He most probably Idk would have been a weak king. He was an arrogant guy.

@helpinyerdasellavon 7 күн бұрын

Beautiful video on Matilda of Scotland. It's always nice to see the face of such lovely voice, you're a wonderful narrator! Excellent work. Thank you ❤🎉

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Thank you, that's very kind! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. 😊

@leeannproctor2966 5 күн бұрын

I hope her early death wasn't caused by an std.

@jawo8754 8 күн бұрын

Funny side note, Edith-Matilda’s father, Malcom II was the King Malcolm mentioned in Shakespeare’s Play MacBeth.

@leeannproctor2966 7 күн бұрын

How did you find that out?

@jawo8754 7 күн бұрын

@@leeannproctor2966 if you look it up, Malcolm II was King right before Duncan, who was the king before MacBeth. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_monarchs

@lfgifu296 8 күн бұрын

Omg!! I love Matilda!! As much as I admire Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Scotland was just as admirable and without the whole ruthlessness part, so she’s one of my favourite English/British Queens! (plus, she’s brought the Wessex blood back into the the line of succession, for which I am always grateful🙏 [yes, Matilda of Flanders was also a descendant of Alfred the Great, but Matilda of Scotland’s claim was much stronger])

@DarthDread-oh2ne 8 күн бұрын

Hi friend. I think Matilda should’ve been crowned as the first queen of England.

@lfgifu296 8 күн бұрын

@@DarthDread-oh2ne Hello! Which Matilda are you referring to?

@toba802 8 күн бұрын

One thing about history is that they will use the same names, rinse and repeat. Why are there so many Matilda’s? 😭😭💀

@lfgifu296 8 күн бұрын

@@toba802 fr the normans were on a Matilda high😭 they literally had an Edith and changed her name

@toba802 8 күн бұрын

@@lfgifu296 *WHYYYY*

@thomass9234 5 күн бұрын

Well done video on a very forgotten historical figure. Now the Empress Matilda’s context makes much more sense.

@leeannproctor2966 5 күн бұрын

Really curious to see empress matilda's profile.

@sherrylelee8274 2 күн бұрын

Matilda was one of my 23rd Great Grandmothers ❤

@sabinastaruszkiewicz2082 2 күн бұрын

It was so cool to see your face, your voice is so awesome and I just love listening to your videos

@HistorysForgottenPeople 14 сағат бұрын

Aww, thank you! I'm glad to have you here. 😊

@madelinevanderbunny607 8 күн бұрын

It's the year of 12th century Matilda. Hooray!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

I thought I'd get them all done at once and save on lettering! 😂I seriously wish they'd thrown the odd other name in there - even let Edith keep her original name, haha.

@leeannproctor47 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople I hope her husband was good to her.

@robertalpy 5 күн бұрын

I have a bad back as well. You have my sympathy. There are few pains that compare and none that last forever that i have experienced.

@leeannproctor2966 5 күн бұрын

Wish I had your chair!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 14 сағат бұрын

Mind you, it does get me out of doing some jobs I don't like doing as well, so there's always an upside! 😂

@madelinevanderbunny607 8 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! Much appreciated. 😊

@natashagraham1686 8 күн бұрын

It’s amazing how these women become the head of dynasties like her daughter with so many great kings and queens. Do you wonder if the royals watch these videos about their great ancestors. I’m watching them all day at work and home. I watch the story of the beginning of the English kings and queen everyday it like 4 to 6 hours long depending where you start.

@leeannproctor47 7 күн бұрын

I definitely think they should.

@limwenredleaf 7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for ALL your videos. They are absolutely wonderful and I am always looking forward to seeing the next biography

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

Thank you for going back to the Scottish!

@leeannproctor2966 5 күн бұрын

Will her husband and brother in law get their own profiles?

@ShiningFriendship87 8 күн бұрын

Are you going to do a video on Matilda’s mother, Saint Margaret? She’s one of my favorites and doesn’t get enough recognition.

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

She is absolutely on my list and will be getting a video very soon. 😉

@leeannproctor2966 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeopledid her mother really deserved sainthood?

@lfgifu296 8 күн бұрын

also, dw about the tidying up lmao , you did a great job🙏🙏

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

LOL It's all shoved to the right-hand side of the screen where you guys can't see! 😂

@wmr9019 6 күн бұрын

Thanks for that amazing detail she is my 25th paternal GGM ❤

@JangianTV 8 күн бұрын

She looks well chuffed in that thumbnail! 😂 Excellent as always. 😊

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Midjourney did NOT want to make happy Normans for some reason! 😂

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeopleso after edward iii queen consorts were treated like crap I guess.

@maryfrump7937 7 күн бұрын

Queen Margaret my favorite.

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

Which queen margaret?

@Andy_Babb 7 күн бұрын

Omg! A face to put with the voice! Lol thank you so much again for your incredible history content!!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Haha, I do have one! 😂 And thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! 😊

@leeannproctor47 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople I hope that chair gives your back the comfort you need to do these videos.

@Andy_Babb 6 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople I literally enjoy all your videos lol Such an absolutely fascinating period of world history in such a tiny little section of the planet

@kelsey.targaryen 8 күн бұрын

Nice to see the face of such a lovely voice!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Aww, thank you! 😊

@leeannproctor47 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople will you be doing her daughter empress matilda?

@susancaleca4796 8 күн бұрын

Love your voice!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Aww, thank you! That's made my day. 😊

@iTammy 6 күн бұрын

11:19 On the 13th of November?? Ahhhh! I see! 🙂

@chickadee1899 7 күн бұрын

Everytime i watch one of these videos, i think it's narrated by Lucy Worsley. Such similar voices 😊

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

The baby story was very cute.

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Hehe, I always wonder what Lucy Worsley would think about that! 😂

@MichelleBruce-lo4oc 8 күн бұрын

Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How are you doing? How is the weather where you are? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. We have a heatwave in Ontario Canada. In the next video in the future could you do a video on Henry the Eighth king of england in the 16th century. Have a great day see you next video 😊

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

Are there any surviving portraits of Edith Matilda of Scotland ?

@SSRT_JubyDuby8742 7 күн бұрын

Your house looked tons cleaner than mine when I actually make a huge effort, lovely. A very nice advert also. Cracking story! Like deployed 👍

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Aww, thank you! All the mess is actually shoved to the right-hand side of the camera! 😂😅 I'm glad you liked the video. 😊

@SSRT_JubyDuby8742 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople that's what I would have done also, 😆🔥.

@lfgifu296 8 күн бұрын

For the question, Ik I asked this once, but it was a good while ago, and you’ve done videos on lots of them, so who do you list as your fav and least fav English, then British Queen consort? My favourite hasn’t changed, it’s still Emma of Normandy, I want to tell her story to everyone I meet😭 the way she turned a most likely forced marriage with Cnut into a marriage of mutual respect and almost equality (as much as the times would allow) is epic, and the way she got two sons on the throne shows her power. For least favourite, gotta go with Anne Boleyn, sorry.

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

Hmm...for favourite English, I can't decide between Emma of Normandy (for all the reasons you said), Matilda of Flanders, or Anne of Cleves. It's too hard to choose! 😢The worst is equally difficult, it's either Anne Boleyn (with you on that one, even if I do have some sympathy for her), or maybe Isabella of Angoulême, who doesn't really seem to have brought much of anything to the table. For British, um...my actual favourite consort might be Prince George of Denmark and Norway, but as he's not a queen he can't count! 😂 Either Mary of Teck (who seems to have been a genuinely nice person who wanted to do good stuff) or poor Queen Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel who had to put up with a lot. The worst would probably be a very recent one, Queen Mother Elizabeth (Bowes-Lyon). I know a few people who (militarily and in staff roles) had to deal her when she was alive, and apparently she was cantankerous, bad-tempered, snobby and got worse when she had a drink, which she was apparently quite fond of! Having said that, it's maybe unfair as I'm going off what others have said. 😂

@leeannproctor47 7 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeople who is your favorite queen that never was because she died before ascending to the throne?

@nicolecreighton2714 6 күн бұрын

Seeing your face for the first time, you’re beautiful!

@HistorysForgottenPeople 6 күн бұрын

D'aww, you're making me blush here! Thank you. 😊

@nootcena6957 4 күн бұрын

We need a biography video of the grandmother Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile (Agatha of Kiev or Agatha from Hungary).

@leeannproctor2966 2 күн бұрын

I admit I've never heard of her.

@rhoda6573 Күн бұрын

The pre-video commercials have gotten a lot longer lately.

@madelinevanderbunny607 8 күн бұрын

Sorry I meant Matildas not Matilda. Lol

@user-fg9xz4bz3b 7 күн бұрын

So sad she died young.

@babydollchaosable 5 күн бұрын

Do you have a video on Thomas Howard?

@zabrinna6554 8 күн бұрын

❤❤

@tonibarrone854 8 күн бұрын

I read some where tha Henry's daughter Matilda was suppose to be illegitimate?

@jawo8754 8 күн бұрын

She wasn’t, her half brother was. She was the only surviving LEGITIMATE child of Henry.

@HistorysForgottenPeople 7 күн бұрын

As @jawo8754 said, Matilda (and her brother William) were the only legitimate children of Henry I, so when William Adelin died years later, she became the king's only heir. Definitely not illegitimate, although Stephen I tried to assert this claim by arguing her mother had indeed been a nun when she married - this would have invalidated the marriage and made Matilda illegitimate. But regardless of whether Matilda of Scotland ever really 'took the veil', she was found to not be a nun by a council of Bishops, which made it a moot point.

@leeannproctor2966 2 күн бұрын

@@HistorysForgottenPeoplea lot of queens would be jealous that she only gave birth twice.