"Defender of the Holy Sepulchre" is a title that exudes strength and humility. Viva Cristo Rey.

This was a great video about my favorite non-canonized catholic hero. The man was great, and I often reflect on the famous saying of his that he refused to wear a crown of gold where the Lord wore a crown of thorns. The man may not be a Saint, but he is a Legend.

Godfrey of Bouillon, was an unforgettable man. An inspiration. I'll always remember when I first heard about him over 10yrs ago.

Like George Washington, Godfrey could have had the prestige of being called king but he refused to. That takes plenty of humility and moderation. A true legend, along with the other heroes of the First Crusade such as Bohemond and Raymond IV

Real Crusades History is also Epic Crusades History! What a riveting account!

I'm really liking the reverb in the audio, it adds a sense of drama and history. I am really enjoying this format, I've been watching since the beginning. Thank you!

Why godfrey was good coz he was raised by an awesome mom.. a real woman.. a pious woman.. a god fearing woman

Great to see you're now using animations! Definitely adds to the narration. There's nothing like the story of the First Crusade. Hope to see an updated feature on Raymond IV of Toulouse someday.

Good mix of art, pictures, and video game footage. Not too much of either, it makes for a nice visual flow.

Sold/Mortgaged his lands and titles Inspired thousands to march on a thankless quest to save the land of his lord Fought and braved the heat and fanaticism of the saracens Godfrey is the epitome of courage, sacrifice and selfless inspiration

Good job I don't know why I didn't get notified for this video

He was a great man ......🇺🇸

I've always liked the soundtrack to these videos. You wouldn't think that rock music would fit into this setting so well but it does, in a weird way. Like a sword and sorcery movie from the 80s

Another awesome video. You should do one on plagues and disease in the holy Land during the crusades.

Excellent biography! Respectfully...

i like the animations!

"Be assured that we do not kill any man in this way for the sake of reward or for money, but only when he has first inflicted/caused an injury on us." Sinan quoted in; Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade.

Great video as always. Do you have any plans on expanding to other eras of history besides the crusades?

"The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne." Revelation 3.21

If possible could u make a video on the worst knights in history? Otherwise great video as always.

Using 1212 mod? This Channel is reaching the upper levels already 👏

kind of sad he haven't been canonized yet..or that he didn't live long enougth to finish stabilising the "kingdom" of jerusalem and making the sucession purely electoral (like the military orders, abbeys, papacy and more) thus preventing later catastrophy (i'm looking at you melissande, sybille and fred2 hohenstoffen). notes not in video on his exploit: was responsible for roman empire level of building in part thanks to having his foward troops build roads as they advanced. impressed sarrasins with his piety and proved great negociator first crusader leader to come on top of bysantine betrayal most renowned crossbowman of the armies with a few exploit such as smiting a sarrasin officier no one else could even scratch and holding the beam of a siege tower while it was being repaired with one hand because the other was used to shoot and incapacitate/kill several sarrasins with crossbows amongst the first 4 to enter jerusalem and neitheir him nor his troop took place in the massacre such where to be expected from a man far too badass to be called king.

I like your use of total war Medieval 2 in the video. Back when total war games were awesome.

love history

Indeed

read a few books on godfrey and related crusade battles at he time goedfrey was one of the best god bless his soule.

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Nice 👍

“O great Godfrey, did’st thou witness?!”

You should do the background videos in Mount & Blade Bannerlords instead of Total War from now on :-)

*one of... Historys greatest knights

That’s a bold statement to say he’s the greatest knight of all history, it’s impossible to know and I am pretty sure a few French and English knights would have something to say about that

importantly (for me) his name was Godfried, an old dutch name, as he did speak old dutch and old french, (imagine it like how I speak both Dutch and the modern lingua franca English)

Can you do the history of Jean le Maingre II

What happened to the tombs of Godfrey of Bouillon and the kings of Jerusalem?

Imagine the kind of character you would have to be remember as the Fat peasant lol

Does anyone have some good book recommendations about Godfrey? Thanks.

Old jinggle is back, oh yeah! Rather than speaking of his succession you should have spoken more of his exploit from the begining of the first crusade onward, having read the epopee of the rusade by Alain Démurger and men of the crusades by Régine Pernoud (an excellant book full of hidden gems such as the importation of mill technology to the holy land), he could be compared to batman and Léo Major since he was nearly an ascet, the best crossbowman of the expedition, all around the best leader of the crusade (and the one who got the others to continue after antioche) and as a builder he had a better claim to the tittle of successor of rome than the bysantine who attack him whan he refused to make contradictary vows since he was serious and had honor (wich at this point, most agree is a foreing concept to them). Builder, victorious leader, a living saint, a superior combatant, above lowly tittles like king, he had it all to offend the greeck king... heu I mean bysantine basilleus. ps: Ida deserves a video of her own since in a way she is a grandmother of the kingdom of jerusalem. pps: mill tech include scarring turcks and sugar production which thanks to info from marco polo we know mean refining sugar cane into white sugar instead of brown, a franckish invention beloved and adopted by all from sarraceens to chineses. ppps: runciman was a week, foolish and feebleminded "man" and also an english, most likely anglican so shiting on christianity is state religion mandated.

@real crusades history Have you heard the possibly crackpot theory that the templars fought at bannockburn under Robert the bruce and the cavalry charge that won the battle(supposedly) was made by said templars. Crazy i know but what do you make of it and is this even remotely possible?

Is that the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary Ireland under the Duchy of Lower Lorraine

Based on the Total War footage, do you play Medieval 2 TW and the Attila 1212 mod?

Godfrey, El Cid, or Balian de Ibelin, who do you think would have made the best King after Baldwin V's untimely passing?

Lol what was up with that random 7 second long, silent, animated scene? lol I was like, is my phone buffering?

Godfrey de Bouillon and Simon de Montfort are good leaders to compare. Simon de Montfort had more enduring impact: Driven by Crusader principles rebelled against selfish absolute monarchy and established a parliament in England and cemented the Magna Carta Principles of Monarchs being 'under God AND the law'. He was perhaps one of the early results of the crusader diaspora around Europe after Hattin: These rich, poweful, educated nobles brought the seeds of the renaissance with them with the support of the Church.

You must learn about Gualdim Pais, especially his work in the battle 9f Ourique.

uh oh time for a versus. Godfrey of Bouillon against El Cid, you have called them both History's Greatest Knight now. Kings count as knights too though, so what about king Richard the Lionheart?

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Him and Charlemagne I would say are my two favorite figures of the Medieval Period

Was 40 considerd old then, Godfrey was 40 when he died?.

gonna star using that @saint Abraham account again lmao

Why does real crusades history ascend to a different level of being at 6:19

everytime they saying fat peasant, they must be laughing

Pardon me pleiz. Godfrey was great, however, to us the greatest warrior in history was El Cid!

Please, please, please, don't use images from video games! We're talking about history here.

There is so much history in the European continent. While the Collision looks like a shell of it's former past I:m sure many went to see cruel sports maybe a more dangerous games than our football games.

My typo Godfrey.

My memory is not well it was Godgrey.

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