ELBuAR7o "They've engaged all of their units and have their flanks open, what should we do?" "Retreat!"

@@axelandersson6314 indeed, counter envelopment is so awesome

Brave Sir Robert ran away. Bravely ran away away. When danger reared it's ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about And gallantly he chickened out.

There's a pretty good reason that strategy games won't have your soldiers randomly decide to betray you when you're in a pitched battle; it would be pretty frickin' awful gameplay. But imagine if a game did that. Imagine playing Total War, and at the moment of crisis during an engagement, all of the troops you were keeping in reserve to guard the flanks just up and leave. The feeling of betrayal and shock would be akin to what Robert surely felt that day when other Robert turned back and left. I don't even think Crusader Kings lets you do that, and that sounds like the kind of game where it would be encouraged.

@@resileaf9501 In Medieval 2 when you go to battle with several armies, sometimes it appears a message saying something like "allies failed to show up" and you are on your own. But at least you know it at the beginning of the battle.

That's "most important ally," especially when that ally turns out to be a quisling who cost Robert Curthose everything.

Maybe he was bribed by Henry. Is there any historical record in that direction?

Strongest and most loyal ally. Sounds Italian to me

israel. "greatest ally" 🙄

As soon as he said that I knew he would betray him.

TheMerkur11 "Sorrow overtakes you..."

"It's not my fault that he looked like a boar"-his assassin maybe.

-1 stability "oof"

Yeah it was definitely an assassination because they didnt even bother to take his body out of the woods.

He fell off his horse onto an arrow!

"Leave the bow. Take the English muffins."

And It also happened when his other brother wasn't around, yep an accident

William is Epstein of 12th Century

🤔 brother why carnt i use a bow again?

Yeah bribe/threaten everyone present to declare it as an accident. Easy peasy.

Lol

Maybe it will be ruled an Arkancide?

He probably did but I think a more accurate way to go about that topic is the fact he was put on suicide watch before trying to kill himself the first time and it still happened. Suspecting foul play in something shady enough doesn't cross me as doddering insanity. Seems to be that he was probably naming names if so, we DO live in the age where everything that was tinfoil 10 years ago is now on the table for discussion by everyone, an age wher Epstein Island on google satellite maps has a tennis court slapped on with some wonky photoshop skills, but on Bing maps is a worn down, square structure that looks like an aging missile silo. People that don't want to hear anything or like to argue for argument sake really should shove off. I think the biggest problem about politics is people take it at face value when you can be a much more neckbeardy type that levitates above all else by simply attributing it to all 1,000s of years of recorded history. I mean if you really try to take history from as far back as you study today, it becomes much less difficult in my opinion.

And i did go for a pizza!?!

@@MrDeadSignal He probably didn't. An immate that literally complained about being almost murdered, found with wounds on his neck a week before his death, in a high profile case that possibly involved several political elites from all over the world, in max security prison, while being monitored 24/7 and planning to make a deal. Seriously? Then the case gets fucking shelved to add insult to injury. There's conspiracy theories and there's a blatant cover-up.

"Never trust a guy named Robert!!! Wait a minute...."

He didn't die tho. He just was held prisoner for the rest of his life.

@@XSilverXEclipseX which is worse than death

@@hircine92h Probably not. I'm not entirely sure. But he would have probably been given certain privileges for being royalty.

Thought the same thing. Way too many things aligned there for Rufus' death to be a genuine accident.

Send gift Offer vassalization

Yes, but as the HRE I would have come and removed Henry from the throne and put Robert on instead. Henry is that snake of a family member no one likes.

@@connorlee1999 But he's the more competent brother so it's all fair enough.

"One less threat to the establishment."

"When danger reared its ugly head "He bravely turned his tail and fled!"

"Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about And gallantly he chickened out."

gg I am afk

typical french

@@utherlightbringer3868 they all French

@@Alvaro89Rus not really cause they are normans but that belleme guy is typical french

gtfo

Chris truly sorrowful

pretty impressive he could still talk "some time after his death"!

@@mikespearwood3914 undead king?

Well, the higher*** quality picture is probably the one with more prestige and success, hence the one that is likely to win.

There's a reason to do that, of course. Those with little lasting impact on history generally have little lasting artwork made for them.

Same but didn't work this time...

🤔 this actually makes sense

For some people there’s no picture

He most likely preferred William as a lord rather than Robert, as William did not punish him like he did to the other vassals of Robert. It was a matter of William giving him an excuse to switch sides.

My bad, Henry and not William! Damn de Normandy names!

@@milesdavis607 they are rather distinct wtf

If I had a die with all the names of English Kings I'd have a greater chance hitting a William or a Henry... I mean the second in line to the Throne is Prince W_____m. I'll let you fill it in :)

@@milesdavis607 So you attempt a deft defense for utter stupidity by pointing out how stupid you are? It doesn't work like that.

Are you sure they weren't juniors?

Are you serious? God history is awesome.

That quote sent shivers down my spine

the middle ages in a nutshell

Men, horses, steel and violence is what you're here for... watching from your dry desk sitting in your warm home.

u forgot watching squares smash each other

@@neessie1 lol

I screamed " ohhhh, hell nooo!"

i saw that the blocks hadn't started moving and i was like "are they not going to engage" then they started pulling and i was like "no wtf is wrong with you people"

I literally exclaimed "you asshole!" when I saw that.

KidtheBilly I was so hype for Robert cause he was putting up a great battle only to lose like that 🤦🏻‍♂️

He had really bad luck. At first, his younger brother betrayed him and just took his throne while he was in the middle east. Then he actually agreed to give the throne away and make a peace treaty, but was betrayed by his brother once again, who invaded his Duchy with no provocation. And finally, when he actually went into battle, more then half of his army just turned away for no real reason. He was really f*cked by history :(

On the other hand, he also outlawed slavery on English soil. Now, you might not think that Feudalism was much better, but at least men DID get paid, no matter how little. Probably this was more to benefit himself for some reason, but as slavery was the natural state of the World since before recorded History, this was a VERY unique Law. This is probably one reason why Britain was the FIRST Country EVER to outlaw slavery as a natural way of being. ANY slave which put foot on British soil was instantly declared free.

They were the sons of a magnificent bastard.

@@gmat5046 hey uncool

@@ruthlessgaming3869 You don't think he was magnificent?

@@gmat5046 lol of cause he was magnificent it was an oversimplified reference lol

well when you consider someone like your best friend and ally you dont think he will betray you.. thats irl lesson

Crusade is different from international war, his mistake was thinking "oh its just like a crusade"

Not really. When the king commands the strike force, it means he wants a quick victory. He only takes to the reserves when he plans a longer battle.

What do you think gives the troops more morale: knowing their king is among them or watching the king back far away upon the hill sipping on a cup of tea?

Robert became a warrior and not an army commander the minute he became locally engaged. He was unable to see the flank attack develop because he was too close to the action. If he'd been with the reserves and allowing his local commanders to handle the situation on the front line, he'd have been able to see the threat and thwart it before it fully developed. Plus, his subordinate would have been heartened by having his counterattack ordered while it had a chance for sweeping success and not so late as to be a suicide charge and unable to turn the tide. Situational awareness on the battlefield is of the utmost importance to an army commander.

In an era of Little to no cleaning,not modern medicine or dentist imagine how ugly you must be to be part of your biography.

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Jj Gf “In an era of little to no cleaning". Not true, actually. It’s another misconception. Medieval people didn't understand germs, but they did understand cleanliness.

@@jjgf8412 People washed more in the medieval period than during the later "Age Of Enlightenment".

ok peasant

Moral of the story: Seize the throne as quickly as possible

The moral is to command the reserve line yourself and force the likes of Robert of Bellend to charge with the first line.

moral of the story: if it's important, do it yourself..

@SilentwarH Sad to see Curthose reduced to this end; he was such a badass in the First Crusade.

Moral of the story is- Be a time traveller, because hindsight is 20/20.

He fought for the glory of his God and his God left him high and dry.... lol good falla that God... lol

@@Ajax-the-other-one well if his god is real he will be forever by his side while youre going to be forever in hell... Better hope his god isnt real XD

God was with the English etc that day for a reason I suspect . The English are a warrior nation just look at it's history but for some pathetic reason people don't want to believe this fact .

@@vampirecount3880 If his God is real.... lol his god is not real... Nor is your one Mr high and mighty 'your going to hell'... even if all that is true and you are right which your not, what a thing to say, I'm pretty sure your 'god' would send you straight down next to me... lol look forward to seeing you friend

@@Ajax-the-other-one I dont have a god, but it would be fun to spend eternity together with you in hell

Sort of, though Robert Curthose is more of a Robert Baratheon. The man seriously had like 20 bastards.

History is always more entertaining

Exactly! The History of the Seven Kingdoms!!!

Nah, the history of all the kingdoms. Real life is always better.

Clearly, Robert (William) dies hunting. His youngest brother Renly (Henry), who is present there, ceases power in the stormlands (England), while the other brother is on Dragonstone (on crusade). Hack even the names are similar Both stories feature a Robert, and Renly resembles Henry.

Drogo's death was based on Genghis Khan's, and Jon Snow's was based on Ceasar (see Historia Civilis video on the assassination.)

@@R3GARnator reading your comment made me stupider. congratulations

@@R3GARnator "see Historia Civilis video on the assassination" lol why, it's already one of the most famous moments in history, we don't need some pop-history KZfaqr to tell people about it.

hunting accidents happen a lot, even Henry VIII nearly fell off his horse when he heard Anne Boleyn had given birth to a boy (unfortunately it was stillborn). Even Tolkien names Folca of Rohan as being gored by a wild boar while on a hunt.

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 I don't know what that guy is talking about, but Historia Civilis is an amazing channel. You should really check it out.

Good question. Though the term bellend is used to refer to the tip of a penis. At least in England. As a bell bears a striking resemblance to the tip of a knob.

@@Jin-Ro So, Nilfgaard then?

Hopefully he was shamed by his peers for the rest of his days.

I looked it up. I won't spoil it LMAO... it looks like we'll find out in the sequel to this one. lol

@@MarkVrem Awww but I WANNA spoil it....... fine, have it your way.

Prayne de crabug ahme keinke reindeer beyogt igloo kes gron.

He raided the Castle of Aaargh but failed and was repulsed by the French mocking knights on the wall , much fecies was thrown

Those dam New Forest deer shoot back.

Mmmh maybe Henry killed William and Richard if so that means he would have killed 2 of his brothers and imprisoned one an till his death now thats an ambitious kin slayer took out all three of his older brothers one by one.

@@ruthlessgaming3869 Richard died way too early to be killed by Henry. There is a version William wanted Richard to be his heir instead of Robert and toddler William Jr, so who knows what really happened.

@@clucknbell4613do you mean William the Conqueror

@@ruthlessgaming3869 yeah

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Ohhhh the good old Skyrim

Evolution is a lie. There is abundant evidence that debunks the theory of evolution. First of all, there are zero true transitional species. Every single living thing can be classified as a eukaryote or a prokaryote, a fish or an amphibian, and so on. If evolution was true, then there must be species that are a transition between two kinds of living things. If evolution was true, then there must be species that are a transition between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, between fish and amphibians, and so on. But there are none. See, in order to be a true transitional species, a species must contain organisms from two different kinds of living things. There is no other possible way to bridge the evolutionary gap between the different kinds of living things. For example, a transitional species between fish and amphibians must contain some organisms which are scientifically classified as fish and some organisms which are scientifically classified as amphibians. But there are no species like this. The fact is that there are zero true transitional species. Secondly, there are zero transitional organs. If evolution was true, then there must be organs that are a transition between two different organs. For example, according to the theory of evolution, lungs evolved from swim bladders. So there should be an organ that is a transition between a swim bladder and a lung. But there is no organ that is a transition between a swim bladder and a lung. These are just some of the many evidences that prove that the theory of evolution is a fairy tale.

@@tylerb9877 exactly. The Flying Spaghetti Monster created us all in his image.

Tyler B M8 wtf

@@tylerb9877 its troll but i wanna say that the thing between a human and a snail is really dead. yoou get it right only succesfull niches get existance

@@tylerb9877 absolute trueth . Hat off

The vast majority of people who have ever lived knew nothing about this, so exactly how it's "useful" I have no idea. It itsn't.