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Жыл бұрын

Guillaume “Le Bâtard”, or William the Conqueror, transformed the Middle Ages and laid the foundations of a new Europe. We trace his journey from 1027 when he succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy at the age of eight, right up until his death in 1087.
Despite being impetuous, he was a shrewd strategist who turned Normandy into a powerful duchy, feared by the king of France. After the death of Edward the Confessor, William seized the crown in England thanks to his victory in the battle of Hastings in 1066. This conquest made him one of the most powerful monarchs in western Europe and led to some profound changes in English society, as the Anglo-Saxon elite was replaced by Norman lords.
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@robertmccoy9323
@robertmccoy9323 Жыл бұрын
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
@_R_o_n_a_l_d_
@_R_o_n_a_l_d_ Жыл бұрын
@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
@grrriallen7192 Ай бұрын
William is my 23rd GGF
@TheMogregory
@TheMogregory Жыл бұрын
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
@donnieboughton1730 Жыл бұрын
Well, the story being told doesn't evolve any of that. So, I'm not sure why you are surprised...
@settleluna7692
@settleluna7692 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
@TheMogregory 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
@GoogleUserOne 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
@margaretburley3256 Жыл бұрын
No DF me da
@kmdn1
@kmdn1 Жыл бұрын
🤣 Hailey's Comet from the tapestry flying across the sky made me actually laugh out loud
@kramsociety1223
@kramsociety1223 Жыл бұрын
Great hour spent thanks 🙏🏽 😁
@rmp7400
@rmp7400 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great moment in history!!!
@KaylaNoelle1
@KaylaNoelle1 Жыл бұрын
Wild how a man who ended so many innocent lives was so devoted to his wife, the duality of man I guess lmao!
@davidlefranc6240
@davidlefranc6240 Жыл бұрын
I suppose those who were on the throne before him were innocent 😏
@jessjess23brooks89
@jessjess23brooks89 4 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
@JupiterMuffles 14 күн 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
@imjehoran2004
@imjehoran2004 Жыл бұрын
I have homework about him and thats was so helpful thank you
@JuandeFucaU
@JuandeFucaU Жыл бұрын
why does the thumbnail show a pic of Dr. Phil?
@susannashepard5074
@susannashepard5074 Жыл бұрын
Yay!! Love these
@Tormund_Giantsbrain
@Tormund_Giantsbrain Жыл бұрын
The realest to ever do it.
@arcadecaptainYT
@arcadecaptainYT Жыл бұрын
Finally seeing one of these the day it comes out 🔥 🔥 love the acting
@CjlFb
@CjlFb Жыл бұрын
Since I found out that William is my 36 times great grandfather it has a diffrent gravity to watch documentations like this
@GoBlueGirl78
@GoBlueGirl78 Жыл бұрын
He’s pretty much everyone’s nth great grandfather, if you have any European ancestry.
@cynthiasimpson931
@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
@angrywreckitralph4072 Жыл бұрын
Pleased to meet you William is my 29th GGF !!!
@angrywreckitralph4072
@angrywreckitralph4072 Жыл бұрын
@@cynthiasimpson931 Pleased to meet you William is my 29th GGF and I'm from Missouri !!!
@brockbrown4423
@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".
@stephenconnolly3018
@stephenconnolly3018 Жыл бұрын
William the conquers is not forgotten And there seems to be lot missing from this history.
@andrealuisecandido1154
@andrealuisecandido1154 Жыл бұрын
Ey am A woman
@andrealuisecandido1154
@andrealuisecandido1154 Жыл бұрын
looks like as Would be William ThE conQuERER reborn or Emperor CEASAR could This Be? who KnoWs
@gastrofile
@gastrofile 4 ай бұрын
​@@andrealuisecandido1154wtf are you trying to say?
@FriendOfChrist
@FriendOfChrist Жыл бұрын
You put a lot of work into your documentaries. Great work. It also struck me that the thumbnail looks like Captain Kangaroo.
@randycushman1669
@randycushman1669 8 ай бұрын
😂 🏆 😂
@Curdle7
@Curdle7 Жыл бұрын
Great production
@vivienwilliams1538
@vivienwilliams1538 Жыл бұрын
Always thought that when the Anglo Saxon English shouted 'Out, Out Out....' at the enemy, it would have sounded more like 'Oot, Oot, Oot'.
@reubenmosman9466
@reubenmosman9466 Жыл бұрын
Love the channel. . .
@darkprince56
@darkprince56 Жыл бұрын
Oh my God the actor playing William is huge in comparison to the actress playing Matilda 🤭😳
@idontgiveafaboutyou
@idontgiveafaboutyou Жыл бұрын
The real Matilda was very short, like 4’11 and some even say 4’2
@darkprince56
@darkprince56 Жыл бұрын
@@idontgiveafaboutyou daaaaaaammmnnn…even still he looks big haha
@davidlefranc6240
@davidlefranc6240 Жыл бұрын
Normand stuff ya know
@julianpetkov8320
@julianpetkov8320 Жыл бұрын
The actor playing William is huge in comparison to the William.😂
@thegewehrgaming
@thegewehrgaming Ай бұрын
Very helpful I am related to him and I wanted to research my heritage
@cardboardempire
@cardboardempire Жыл бұрын
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.
@callumrich428
@callumrich428 Жыл бұрын
im learning about william in school and im 8 years old 💗
@dw9932
@dw9932 Жыл бұрын
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
@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
@kmdn1 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Same. Its quite common
@williamegler8771
@williamegler8771 Жыл бұрын
DNA proof? Over the course of a thousand years and 40 generations there are thousands of descendants
@pamelahomeyer748
@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
@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968 Жыл бұрын
bollocks, i don't believe you.
@sylviegauthier2145
@sylviegauthier2145 Жыл бұрын
The video and audio are slightly out of sync. Little details really add up and make a channel worth watching.
@Meine.Postma
@Meine.Postma Жыл бұрын
I would not call it "slightly"! Very annoying
@peacefulwife5199
@peacefulwife5199 Жыл бұрын
All you have to do is turn on closed captioning, turn the sound off and enjoy.😂😂
@Meine.Postma
@Meine.Postma Жыл бұрын
@@peacefulwife5199 Or close your eyes. The acting is bad anyway
@vernonbowling5310
@vernonbowling5310 Жыл бұрын
Translators are rarely in sync even in real time.
@WhirledPublishing
@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 ...
@pepesilvia8365
@pepesilvia8365 Жыл бұрын
26:42 who thought "this medieval documentary needs an electric guitar solo"?
@TheGnome21
@TheGnome21 8 ай бұрын
William The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸
@TheGnome21
@TheGnome21 8 ай бұрын
The First American King Of England
@JC-vg5gl
@JC-vg5gl 20 сағат бұрын
shreddf
@k.s.3748
@k.s.3748 Жыл бұрын
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
@JC-vg5gl 20 сағат бұрын
yea or lice...do you wear helmets
@jamellfoster6029
@jamellfoster6029 10 күн бұрын
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.
@kmdn1
@kmdn1 Жыл бұрын
Why is William the size of Shrek when he's frolicking around with his miniature fiance?
@mickymantle3233
@mickymantle3233 Жыл бұрын
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.
@paulreuben7343
@paulreuben7343 Жыл бұрын
"Gardrobe".....Bravo1
@OdeInWessex
@OdeInWessex Жыл бұрын
Tripe, nothing has been forgotten about 1066 in England, it's the one date even non-historians remember!
@TheGnome21
@TheGnome21 8 ай бұрын
William The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸
@vivienwilliams1538
@vivienwilliams1538 Жыл бұрын
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.
@vivienwilliams1538
@vivienwilliams1538 Жыл бұрын
I remember reading that Sir Edmond Halley pronounced his own name as 'Hawley'.
@nayncat17
@nayncat17 Жыл бұрын
I am one of his descendants
@carloshenriquedesouzacoelho
@carloshenriquedesouzacoelho 7 ай бұрын
Perhaps would Guillaume and Napoleon be the same spirit !
@bilindalaw-morley161
@bilindalaw-morley161 Жыл бұрын
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?
@simgingergirl
@simgingergirl Жыл бұрын
My ancestor 😂
@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968
@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968 Жыл бұрын
no he isn't yank.,
@kashfiaislam9995
@kashfiaislam9995 3 ай бұрын
King William I the Conqueror was a direct male line descendant of Antiochus II Theos. 👑💍🇬🇧
@ckcox
@ckcox 8 ай бұрын
This is great... But the audio and video are out of sync.
@donbutler8760
@donbutler8760 Жыл бұрын
Interesting to see a short movie on one of my ancestors..😁I’m also related to King Rollo, 1st Duke of Normande.
@somebody41
@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
@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
@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
@Cozy_Pierogi Жыл бұрын
I'm related to Harold Fairhair. Crazy, man!
@seymourskinner2533
@seymourskinner2533 Жыл бұрын
I’m related to Marc Anthony, napoleon and queen Victoria. Small world 🙄
@hugosophy
@hugosophy 9 ай бұрын
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
@TheGnome21
@TheGnome21 8 ай бұрын
Willam The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸
@antonpressing
@antonpressing Ай бұрын
Just another Viking Robber !
@Sean12248
@Sean12248 Жыл бұрын
this was once on amazon before it got taken down
@JC-vg5gl
@JC-vg5gl 20 сағат бұрын
now its free
@pamelahomeyer748
@pamelahomeyer748 Жыл бұрын
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
@cn-pr4qm
@cn-pr4qm 4 ай бұрын
Can anyone tell me the Choral music at 35.40 please
@leviginsberg3022
@leviginsberg3022 Жыл бұрын
16:02 It’s a shot in the dark but can anyone identify this song
@aaronjaben7913
@aaronjaben7913 Жыл бұрын
sound is out of sync on mine :(
@lakewobegonesbest8725
@lakewobegonesbest8725 Жыл бұрын
Anyone know the song at 51:40?
@benjez2782
@benjez2782 2 ай бұрын
William Raymond lol that my family we continually use our families names, even when we don’t know it
@JC-vg5gl
@JC-vg5gl 20 сағат бұрын
le mons lad
@roonilwazlib3089
@roonilwazlib3089 Жыл бұрын
Damn it Harold
@abdulazizclare9545
@abdulazizclare9545 Жыл бұрын
Real history here i see how the de Clare family is linked to him. All are coming from Rollo the great.
@andybillnewstime
@andybillnewstime Жыл бұрын
I like the repeated horse braying sound effects
@cdfdesantis699
@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын
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
@Endgame707 Жыл бұрын
Willam The Conqueror Was American 🇺🇸
@cdfdesantis699
@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын
@@Endgame707 Well, eventually, his DESCENDENTS were. And THEY kicked William's other British descendents' butts. "Family Feud!"
@Endgame707
@Endgame707 Жыл бұрын
@@cdfdesantis699 haha 😆 are you referencing the American revolution when the Americans defeated the British? 😆
@cdfdesantis699
@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын
@@Endgame707 You know your history, friend!
@cdfdesantis699
@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын
@@Endgame707 You're most welcome! 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
@bjornsvalling1066
@bjornsvalling1066 Жыл бұрын
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
@hazatack Жыл бұрын
And here I am😂 But seriously. Domesday book Land of Auti
@davidlefranc6240
@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
@julianpetkov8320 Жыл бұрын
Why do the South European French care so much about the Norwegian foreigners from Normandy? They wannabe Wikangz n' sheit?😂
@julianpetkov8320
@julianpetkov8320 Жыл бұрын
@@davidlefranc6240 Yep, they all had Hitler moustaches, you better believe it.😂
@feldgeist2637
@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....
@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697
@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697 2 ай бұрын
one of my Norman ancestors
@NoName-us7wn
@NoName-us7wn Жыл бұрын
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
@bazbarrett8103 Жыл бұрын
Off of...? Off that's it.
@Schwarzkald
@Schwarzkald Жыл бұрын
Harold got an arrow.
@kmdn1
@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
@iskhamza2239
@iskhamza2239 Жыл бұрын
Alright some new stuff
@mutiny_on_the_bounty
@mutiny_on_the_bounty Жыл бұрын
Wonder if the ads will be new😏
@catherinearangie2311
@catherinearangie2311 Жыл бұрын
Robert Curthose as in short stockings or shorty.
@tonyelberg7814
@tonyelberg7814 Ай бұрын
IMAGINE TRYING TO ORGANIZE ALL THAT
@johnhere59
@johnhere59 Жыл бұрын
@valmarsiglia
@valmarsiglia Жыл бұрын
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.
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes Жыл бұрын
Tell the narrator it's CAVALRY (not calvary) at the 27-min mark :) LOL
@susanscott8653
@susanscott8653 Жыл бұрын
I said that too.
@wyvrennemacdaniels6813
@wyvrennemacdaniels6813 Жыл бұрын
calvary is the American English pronunciation.
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes Жыл бұрын
Sorry. These 2 words have nothing in common. Buy yourself a dictionary😌
@wyvrennemacdaniels6813
@wyvrennemacdaniels6813 Жыл бұрын
oh you're a troll. got it. Byeeee Felicia
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes Жыл бұрын
@@wyvrennemacdaniels6813 umm no 📚 someone who pays attention to details. Grow up.
@fredhannum4015
@fredhannum4015 Жыл бұрын
He looks a lot like Captain Kangaroo!
@c.s.7266
@c.s.7266 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@nayncat17
@nayncat17 Жыл бұрын
According to my family tomb my ancestors served under William
@Arstxllaa
@Arstxllaa 11 ай бұрын
Oh cool
@yvonnesmith6152
@yvonnesmith6152 19 күн бұрын
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.
@karencarter8292
@karencarter8292 7 ай бұрын
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
@jessjess23brooks89 4 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
@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.
@laistvan2
@laistvan2 Жыл бұрын
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.
@mathewfines8727
@mathewfines8727 4 ай бұрын
The final narrative words/conclusion...kinda cheapened this whole documentary, I reckon.
@ambergetsbutterflies
@ambergetsbutterflies 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
@baneverything5580 Жыл бұрын
I am, supposedly.
@TheMogregory
@TheMogregory 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
@ambergetsbutterflies 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
@CjlFb 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
@vladiiidracula3522 Жыл бұрын
@@CjlFb No man who tells such spurious tales could ever be remotely related to me.
@qassandraable
@qassandraable Жыл бұрын
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
@kimdelo9795 4 ай бұрын
It's a FRENCH documentary, with an English-speaking narrator's voiceover. Stop whining.
@JC-vg5gl
@JC-vg5gl 20 сағат бұрын
k not so dorky hair cut.,,, but use a comb maybe
@jeffdittrich6778
@jeffdittrich6778 Жыл бұрын
Too bad you couldn’t afford to buy proper lighting.
@tibolcb6446
@tibolcb6446 Жыл бұрын
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
@kywen4997
@kywen4997 Жыл бұрын
Uk of americano is powerful
@littleandre4957
@littleandre4957 Жыл бұрын
(21:15) the Normans were technically Norweigians (Norse men) as well..
@jozz2248
@jozz2248 Жыл бұрын
Not accurate that they were nearly all slaughtered either. A good percentage though
@JohnSmith-cz9om
@JohnSmith-cz9om 11 ай бұрын
The single spear that hit you in the right place blacked out the shy and everything else. Called death.
@veronicalogotheti5416
@veronicalogotheti5416 Жыл бұрын
They spoke french
@marc-andrechevrette3420
@marc-andrechevrette3420 Жыл бұрын
Norman french, a dialect of french with norse influence
@veronicalogotheti5416
@veronicalogotheti5416 Жыл бұрын
@@marc-andrechevrette3420 the vikings got the french That is normandy
@veronicalogotheti5416
@veronicalogotheti5416 Жыл бұрын
So he was not a carolingian
@idontgiveafaboutyou
@idontgiveafaboutyou Жыл бұрын
This is so out of sync
@benjez2782
@benjez2782 2 ай бұрын
Robert Raymond
@benjez2782
@benjez2782 2 ай бұрын
My family ruled every throne all at once, even though Roman Empire
@modernhaze3
@modernhaze3 Жыл бұрын
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
@75YBA
@75YBA Жыл бұрын
Glad I didn’t sign up for this app.
@paddypup1836
@paddypup1836 20 күн бұрын
When the American accent comes on I turn off.
@veronicalogotheti5416
@veronicalogotheti5416 Жыл бұрын
Vikings not anglo saxons
@nomanshigh3058
@nomanshigh3058 Жыл бұрын
Who is responsible for the bitching guitar shredding in the battle scenes. Guarantee they're a John Petrucci fan.
@Fatherland927
@Fatherland927 Жыл бұрын
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
@sparshsingh7777
@sparshsingh7777 3 ай бұрын
All you saintical conqurers no more time to pay it’s over pay it or face it
@joelnotsure2871
@joelnotsure2871 Жыл бұрын
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.
@hazelmeldrum5860
@hazelmeldrum5860 Жыл бұрын
poorly presented
@TheGnome21
@TheGnome21 6 ай бұрын
William The Conquerer Was American 🇺🇸
@TheGnome21
@TheGnome21 6 ай бұрын
The first American king of England 🇺🇸
@veronicalogotheti5416
@veronicalogotheti5416 Жыл бұрын
These is nonsense
@Arstxllaa
@Arstxllaa 11 ай бұрын
This *
@ladyflimflam
@ladyflimflam Жыл бұрын
This is dreadful. Smell ya later.
@bazbarrett8103
@bazbarrett8103 Жыл бұрын
Idiot.
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Жыл бұрын
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...
@aaronsaunders6974
@aaronsaunders6974 Жыл бұрын
1st time I heard of a 7 yr old king 👑
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