10 Ridiculous Rumors about Historic Royals 

If that's the funniest thing you've heard then you need to get out more. A lot more.

@@michaelhowell2326 it was never that deep can you calm down ??????

@@creamii7017 no

Only one who needs to get out more is you 😂

​@@michaelhowell2326 relax 😂😂

Pfft some people have weird logic. And if Elizabeth was male then why would Henry make her pass as a female. He wanted a son and would have rejoiced and Anne would have lived.

Not to mention the man she maybe would have considered marrying (Robert Dudley) came from a family with a toxic history connected to treason, was married when she ascended the throne, and the mysterious death of his first wife put to bed any possibility of them being together without scandal. Not that she didn’t take out her rage on any other women he was involved with…especially a Boleyn cousin he eventually married, Lettice Knollys, who she called “She Wolf.”

​​@@moondivine2288 the story is that as a child the real Elizabeth died and tge nurse found a male child that looked like her to avoid Henry's wrath. Bit difficult to do a gender switch at that stage, so they would have had to pass the child as a female.

​@@lilymarinovic1644good grief. Why not go the whole hog and say she was kidnapped by fairies and the changeling was a boy.

I grew up in 1950s UK as an Roman Catholic. We looked on her as an evil murdering heretic. She seemed to enjoy hanging, drawing and quartering Catholics. But no one that I ever heard suggested she was really a man despite the bias. Of course Protestants were taught to despise her sister Mary.

Cause elizabeth was killed in a horse accident. Then she was replace with a young stable boy.

I call bullshit. That would never happen. She was too well guarded. If she had died don't think they would have cared. She was last in line.

​@@aimeeneely4971"nobody would care if she died". Yeah but became the most effective ruler in English history.

No, you misunderstood the story. Henry was fooled into thinking his daughter Elizabeth was still alive.

​@howtubeable right because everyone so so afraid of henry and the entire staff thought they would all be killed.

that whole Hapsburg dynasty was messed up, right until its end.

@@voxveritas333 Although interestingly, Juana wasn’t a Habsburg, her legal name was Juana Trastamara before she married Phillip. She was most likely mentally ill due to previous genetics and/ or the abuse from her parents.

Don't forget that Mary Tudor came thisclose to signing her death warrant--twice!

@@katemaloney4296 one of the sisters of Henry VIII? or his daughter?

@@noorbohamad5796 daughter. Mary Tudor Senior was long dead at Elizabeth’s imprisonment.

And yet a fantastically intelligent and forward thinking monarch. So much was developed in his reign and he was a decent composer among many other interests and pursuits

@@lisbetsoda4874 At what cost exactly? Many rulers have shown that they could progress their nation without causing scandals and chaos.

Right, and I often say he was among the first to edit/catfish his photos to make himself look better. The story goes that an artist painted him in his later years, and he was so appalled at what he saw that he made the artist repaint it to make him look younger and thinner...lol

@@KL-ki8db rulers of old times were all rather brutal seen with our eyes. He was notorious for his 6 wives and for splitting from the Catholic Church, mainly. It was also a time of very forward thinking by him and the British. Architecture built during his reign was/is phenomenal. The arts had a rebirth, and it was a fascinating time that began with him and then his daughter.

@@lisbetsoda4874 There was no question of brutality of the olden days, but there is the point of my original comment stating others of the past have reformed their nations for the better without causing political upheaval within their country. Also, the Protestant reformation that he became known for wasn’t even done because he truly believed in reform but rather to benefit himself to get a convenient annulment. There wasn’t really any forward thinking of his “religious reforms” because he still squashed down actual Protestant reformations like that of Anne Askew or even the near arrest of his own wife Catherine Parr. It was obvious that he was still a Catholic such as the refusal of allowing the common people to read the Bible in their vernacular language and thus the justification of him splitting from the Catholic Church was done for his gain and not necessarily for the allowance of new reformist ideas to enter his realm.

Well, that was one of the easiest way to execute woman in history.

Right?!

So was his grandmother Elizabeth Woodville. They’re my great grandmothers.

@@puclopuclik4108 In Europian history that is the easiest way to off a queen in many other cultures is accuse her of having an affair pray to the gods that the king believes you and watch the fire burn

Lots of people were accused of witchcraft, by neighbors who didn't like them, or by people who wanted to own their lands, etc. You wanted to get rid of somebody, all you had to do is to accuse them of witchcraft. What's more surprising is that people managed to survive the accusations. There wasn't any "innocent until proven guilty", being accused would usually mean death or disability caused by the torture of the "question/interrogation". Jacquetta of Luxemburg survived, probably because she was a noble woman. Most people accused of witchcraft did not survive.

I agree if you do the math Mary executed an average of 56 per year of her reign, while Elizabeth averaged 14 to 15 people per year. Big difference. Henry has no justification he's just bad.

I get that but the point of the comparison is that people act like Mary was the only killer in the family or some kind of evil monster that stands out from other Tudor’s, or that Elizabeth was a golden angel, they all killed people.

I understand Mary I her dad did shit to her didn't let her see her mom while she was dying and was treated like shit by her father and being alone after her mom was forced to leave without her she was so close to her mom and dad then see the changes on the dad who cheerish her a lot and gave her a sweet nickname turned in a monster so I understand her

You took the words out of my mouth

@@Angel-ts8rc Totally true. Rulers back then definitely all had blood on their hands. I think she gets the moniker because obviously so many of the executions were based on her religious furor(not that Elizabeths weren't) and need to bring England back to the Catholic faith. What she didn't understand was that was likely never gonna occur. Once Elizabeth took over she was always gonna be painted badly.

Also the rumors about Elizabeth I… the things some men invent so that they don’t have to accept they are not wanted hahah

No such thing as misogyny

Misogyny actually has kept you and your people alive in this world, you think men just wanted to be mean and hateful but truly that's where you're wrong ! Along with being a leader men also very much had chivalry! But women who insecure much like yourself just had to weasel into men's business all the time and create a dysfunctional society that we have now where don't even want to be men because of overbearing women and mothers ! It's a damn shame what feminist movement has done to our Western people and Western kind ! I could see why some women was justifiably called witches because you created problems in well functioning society's where money and resources was good and ppl lived well because our westmen made it so !! Just stop and go get unbrainwashed

​@@glovaldebenitowomen are the ones who are not of sound mind! Stop your man hating

@@whoareyou7351 yea sure, countries like Afghanistan treat women so well...

I agree, yes Harry was a complete jerk and is a perfect example of why people should earn the right to be a leader not be born into it or just be born into money, I will say that Mary did deal with tons of unacceptable crap but still was wrong for her slaughter of so many people, but Elizabeth was just as bad, she just had better propaganda. Now no matter what the evil concept that a person should have to be told what religion to follow, and the fight about religion dude they were just mad about how to properly pray to the same go wtf man

She absolutely 💯 did deserve it!! She was horrific and the horrible things that happened to her do not excuse any of it.

#MurderousBrattyHenry

I also don't agree calling her that. But still, the body counts in the video don't make sense at all. Of course Elizabeth had a higher count, she also ruled much much longer. And Henry, well I don't think we have to talk about him, he's a category of his own in brutality and narcissism.

​@@evaviktoria90Maybe so, but looking at the wider scope of Europe, she still gets a bad rep compared to Catherine de Medici and Isabella of Castille who are considered "strong female monarchs" despite the religious prosecutions of there own reigns. Why no "Bloody Isabella" or "Bloody Catherine"? Mary is just the victim of effective propaganda.

So true, so true! I have much respect for her!!

I'm with you there. It's not like she was slurring, stumbling and had a keg attached to her like an oxygen tank. That lady was admirable.

4 drinks spread throughout a day is honestly NOT enough to cause her to be "pickled". One in the morning. Then 1 or two after a few hours. Then one with dinner... that probably averages out to one drink per 3 to 4 HOURS. When you consider one unit of alcohol takes the average person one hour to metabolize ... unless she was consuming all 4 in the space of 1 to 2 hours she would have never risen even into SLIGHTLY TIPSY during the day

People now get so tripped about drinking now. Agree. So what? 🤷‍♀️ Agree with everyone here.

I idolized her and thus doesn't matter how much she drank...

Why not also maybe Queen Victoria’s paternal grandparents King George III❤Queen Charlotte minus the whole excruciating mental health stuff

No worse than Prince Henry dying and leaving the throne to the future Charles I or Edward IV dying young and leaving a child as Edward V.

I don't think so cause the rumors were spread years after Elizabeth died by a minor noble or merchant in order to sell some product he needs to sell some fake story to gain traction

I think that a baby with Robert Dudley may have been a possiblity.

It would have been impossible to keep that a secret.

Perhaps not in all history, but maybe in "common era" British history. Definitely made things crazy.

Correct, but, I have noticed the lady who creates these videos has a lot of errors in them.

@@user-lz5tg9oj9rI have too which is why I unsubscribed a long time ago and when she came up I forgot that until I saw this comment now I remember. I gotta block her channel

​@@user-lz5tg9oj9r please tell me if you can remember some of her mistakes. I watch this chsnnel a lot but esnt to know when something is not true pls

Actually, Albert died four years later. Beatrice was born in 1857; Albert died in 1861.

Even with the longer length of Elizabeth’s reign, I get the impression she was more tolerant at first, skewing this a bit, and it was only excommunication from the Pope in 1570 that changed her initial plan for religious tolerance. Henry VIII’s executions started right away, but there was a notable escalation when he chose to break with Rome. Mary’s body count is perhaps notable *because* of how short and intense it was. Yearly averages don’t take in mind that context. That doesn’t mean Mary isn’t unfairly maligned, as her father still outdoes her, but these yearly averages don’t take into account the context, with Henry and Elizabeth being far bloodier in the latter parts of their reigns than earlier on.

You realize even within four years Henry still killed more than Mary did in her four year reign. She still doesn't deserve that name of Bloody Mary when countless leaders of that time were just as harsh as her or worse like her father who simply killed people if they didn't like what he enjoyed etc.

When talking strictly about religion, which is what people generally refer to when talking about the kill counts, Mary killed more than Elizabeth. Executing rebels and those who attempted to overthrow the crown was completely normal for the time, but Mary killed 288 people for religious reasons in 5 years, whereas Elizabeth killed 190 in 44 years. That’s why Mary was so bloody, her sheer rate of religious persecution

The reason why Mary is called Bloody Mary is because of Protestant resentment. You won't hear many British people call Elizabeth 1or Henry 8 Bloody because they are responsible for their state religion. Mary 1 tried to erase and replace that religion with Catholicism, but had to kill for it. And thus how she earned the ire of Anglicans.

How do you feel about "Pope Joan?" Woman pretending to be a man.

@@LJB103 Did "Pope Joan" really exist?

@@here_we_go_again2571 Maybe yes, but most likely no. But people want to believe in her - and Prester John - and that Frederick Barbarossa will come back.

@@LJB103 People love mysteries and conspiracy theories. "What if ....." is always a challenge to begin speculating.

My 9th grade history teacher insisted that was true. He said no woman could be that smart, and when child Elizabeth died, they passed a changeling off as her, because he was the only redhead they could find.

And better yet, her family’s ancestral principality, Anhalt-Zerbst, was comprised entirely of modern German lands in the centre of Eastern Germany and a small patch of land on the North Sea coast called Jever.

Stanislaus Poniatawski was the former lover who was elected King of Poland. Yes, you read that right:. ELECTED KING. He truly loved Ekaterina, or "Sophie" as he preferred to call her. He fathered her daughter, who died at the age of five. He never married.

​​@@BaronessErsatz Stanisław later had other lovers, conceiving more illegitimate children from at least 1768 onwards, including children with Elżbieta Szydłowska, whom he might have secretely married, although most historians say he didn't, but regardless, it's likely that Catherine was no longer his absolute true love in later part of his life, especially considering that not all of his political decisions were approved by Catherine (although still, most of them were).

If I was 87 and ruling a country, I might be having a couple, too. She earned her drinks fr

The same rumor was hurled as her mother.

​@@LJB103the Queen Mother was rather fond of drink (not a lush or anything like that). I just read the authorised biography of her.

Honestly, same

Girl, that witchcraft did not work, or maybe she was able to switch her body with someone else?

​@@SEGASister because her life turned out so wonderfully? Hard no from me.

It was the 6 fingers thing. Not uncommon but supposed to signify your a witch.

@@helenamcginty4920 plus the supposed mole or wart on her neck.

He was mentally ill......

Yeah but he was very mentally ill

Yeah they said he even had iron rods sewed into his pants.

King Otto of Bavaria (brother of King Ludwig II) thought he was a monkey.

@@LJB103 Ludwig ii was "out there" too!

Mary killed more people (for religious reasons) than Elizabeth did. In 5 years she killed 288 and in 44 years Elizabeth killed 190. Killing people for trying to overthrow you doesn’t really count as that’s just politics. In terms of religious persecution, Mary was far worse than Elizabeth.

Exactly no judgement here

❤

Shes a difficult study. Id love to know more about her! So many things have been written as true...dont know what to believe!

I don't think that Albert was kinky in any way. He was stricly raised and he married at a young age. It is rumored that both of Prince Albert's parents had syphilis; although it was not listed as a reson for their deaths. Both were promiscuous and they quarreled frequently. (The court of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Gotha was noted for scandal). *The Princes Albert and Ernest (Jr.) and Albert did not have happy childhoods.* Prince Albert's father[1] also had at least three illegitimate children (that is 3 illegitimate children were recognized by him as his children). His father divorced his mother.[2] Both of Albert's parents then remarried. The mother's remarried secretly (which cost her visitation rights to Prince Albert and his brother Ernest; the father already had custody of both boys) His father's second wife was his father's niece/Albert's cousin; whom Ernest Sr. didn't treat any better than he did his first wife (Wife #2 ended up living separately from him) ___________________________________________________ 1.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha "Ernest I (German: Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig; 2 January 1784 - 29 January 1844) was the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) and, from 1826, the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as Ernest I). He was the father of Albert, Prince Consort, who was the husband of Queen Victoria. Ernest fought against Napoleon Bonaparte, and through construction projects and the establishment of a court theatre, he left a strong imprint on his residence town, Coburg." 2.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg_(1800%E2%80%931831) "Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Louise Dorothea Pauline Charlotte Fredericka Auguste; 21 December 1800 - 30 August 1831) was the wife of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the mother of Duke Ernst II and Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. She was the paternal grandmother of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom."

@@here_we_go_again2571 I don’t mean kinky like, promiscuous. I mean kinky like, enjoyed pleasing his wife in all ways she enjoyed. I’m proud of them for having a healthy sex life. It’s just a shame they were clearly, ashamed by it.

@@Chaotic_Pixie Different times, different social values..... Hmm ... I don't think that V & A were "ashamed" Back then people just didn't discuss their personal lives in public. Back then .... Married Protestants were encouraged to have a healthy sex life (i.e. "Doing the deed" frequently) "Be fruitful and multiply" etc.. In the West, it was the Roman Catholic church that venerated perpetual virginity and also abstinance between a married couple. Lay people (those with a non-religious profession) were more or less considered "less than" the clergy and the members of religious orders (nuns, monks) In all classes and religions at the time; the horrors of pregnancy/birth or disease were not discussed in public or while in private in front of minors. In particular, young women were encouraged to be charming but very naive. "Let her husband teach her and give her the opinions that she should hold ... etc." {Eyeroll} I am glad I didn't live back then!

Even if they weren’t passionate or “kinky” in those days a woman would have shame for anything, even being kissed, even an un welcomed kiss! In environments where modesty, purity and morality are so focused and women are taught that’s they’re worth they will experience shame even if they do things “the right way”..

She also learned by seeing her fathers marriages that their was no safety for a wife in marriage. Also the marriage between Catherine Parr and Seymour showed her that lesson as well.

Being the sole heir doesn't mean that there isn't anyone under her left to become heir if she died without producing her own legitimate heirs. It simply means she was the only one at that time that had the legal and rightful claim to the throne, her younger sisters did not have this claim as long as she held it. So this wasn't an error on her part.

My bro had a friend where there were many six fingered babies in the family, and that is what they did.

The 6 fingers is the dominant gene. That’s the weirdest part to me

@@Ulvdronning yep. a genetic activity that are current society still frowns upon and considers odd. Can you imagine 6 fingers on a left handed individual. The absolute stock and horror.

It’s wrong to cut off an extra digit if it’s healthy tissue. My first grade teacher was born with two thumbs and the doctors cut off her good thumb and left the vestigial thumb! 😢Just leave it alone!

Medical incompetence surely misfortune. Because of current HIPPA law no way someone to even disguise that alleged harm. Everyone has make their own informed discussions. Remove a thumb or remove a piece skin on side of hand??

True but Henry is far worse.

@@BiG-JuPO1O1 yes no disputing that

Her voice is terrible for presenting. Sorry to say but she sounds so childish and worst of all is that throat scrunching at the end of every sentence. Needs elocution coaching

She's comparing mostly to their father, not Elizabeth

Per year basis Henry still killed more than Mary and far harsher than her. Mary for example didn't want Jane Grey to die until rebellion broke out fearing for her right to rule, her councilman convinced her to sign death warrant. It's the same reason why Elizabeth supposedly signed Queen Mary of Scots death warrant due to growing number of Catholics rebelling against Queen Elizabeth.

Victoria had a very sheltered upbringing with little contact outside her family so no wonder she fell in love with her 1st cousin.

@@pedanticradiator1491 She wasn't totally isolated. Among others she at least flirted with before she set her cap on Albert were the visiting Tsarevitch who became Alexander III of Russia (but he said she was too short and fat for his liking even though he thought she had a beautiful voice) as well as her first Prime Minister William Lamb, AKA Lord Melbourne. Ironically, Vic had just gone through the wringer with the Lady Flora Hastings tragedy and, essentially, only agreed to allow Albert and his older brother to visit to get her meddling mother (their aunt) off her case. Of course, she didn't expect to find herself instantly smitten with him but that's what happened and the rest is history.

@Ward Arcade before she was Queen her mother very much controlled her life

WHAT

*ALABAMA 💯*

Idk about that since due to religious reasons (artificial contraception is considered immoral in most christian churches) she was the head of the church of england too, idk of the church of england is that strict compared to the roman catholic church and other churches when it comes to this tho)

@@darchelmacaroyo184 I'm not sure about that because when chloriform became available, having already gone through seven childbirths, she insisted on trying it for the eighth and liked the effect so much she was happy to have it for her ninth and last. Oh, and before she had tried it, clergy was admonishing women against using it say that they were supposed to suffer pain in childbirth but when Vic (the Supreme Governor of the Church of England) used it and gave her endorsement, they somewhat backed off.

@@wardarcade7452 ah i see but, artificial contraception is more condemned by most churches even till today.

@@darchelmacaroyo184 its typically Catholics and evangelical types who are weird about birth control. They’re are many, many forms of birth control and many Protestant women take them. Church doesn’t need to know about your healthcare. And doctors in those days were desperate to try and figure out ways to make pregnancy safer and spaced out as more kids and the closer together brings more risks especially in those days. Many women would suffer, be injured and disfigured, lifelong poor health and death. Around every 100th birth ended in death in the Victorian era. Miscarriage rates were also high, and deadly. And contraception has been around for a while. Since forever women have always tried to or have found ways to prevent pregnancy. Knowing what we know about Victoria’s views on pregnancy, birth and postpartum (which many women shared)- it’s not far fetched to say she might have gotten an iud or at least used conforms if available.

Why would royals engage in that?

@@ilahildasissac1943 cause they can. For example, Elizabeth Bathory

Havent you heard of Macbeth?

Exactly! At least compared to Elizabeth, Mary executed several times more people per year. Though I actually think Henry managed to outpace Mary by a pretty wide margin when it comes to that field

@@matanlurie2222 Elizabeth had many more people executed during her reign than people think. She was her fathers daughter and almost as ruthless.

Henry by far had the biggest death count with some historians estimating over 70k i believe (obviously those of us not of noble blood wouldn't be so accurately recorded) I'm a big advocate of fighting the prejudice against Mary (and Anne Boleyn). I do love Elizabeth, but interestingly a lot of her famous attributes were built on ideas pioneered by Mary. Her famous speech about being married to the country was actually plagurised from Mary. Of them all though, Edward was by far the most radicalised and rigid with retribution from rebellions (his regency obvs sharing most of the blame here) Who knows which way he could have gone with age.

​​@@juanitarichards1074 she definitely wasn't, she was infamously indicisive .... It was more a case of years into her reign the Pope put a hit out on her so William Cecil and Francis Walsingham stepped up the security and enforcement of laws to protect her / set a precedent. They arguably dialled up the heat...but they didn't have the hindsight we have and in a lot of ways, were absolutely integral to developing secret service etc.

@@juanitarichards1074 I have no doubt that Elizabeth was just as ruthless as Henry and killed more people than Mary did. I’m just saying that I’m not sure about her Deaths/year rate compared to her sister, which I believe is a more accurate comparison to make considering she reigned nine times as long

People who practice witchcraft exist; it's just that accusations were terribly arbitrary and easily thrown around.

@@aurea. There’s people who play with tarot cards and crystals and astrology, and then there’s people who cut off albino people’s body parts because it will supposedly cure them of AIDS, or who sacrifice infants to win an election. I will leave it to you which one deserves to be called witchcraft.

@@aurea.yep you took the words out of my mouth

Like Lady Biden who was asked to not say she has a doctorate. 😮I guess you can only be a doctor if you have a penis?!😠

Probably type II diabetes

I heard he had gout.@@juniper617

I can't believe you saddled us with those puns. So un-hoof of you

LOL!

That was hilarious!

Nice puns😂..

​@@fabulouschild2005 That was a stinky but good pun.😂

As a potter head I never knew this and I'll look out for it next time I watch the film, i also love the tutors so this was a really nice fact 😮

Exactly what I was thinking. The reputation has less to do with the raw numbers and more to do with the time frame in which she got those numbers. 280/650 = 0.43 or 43%. The fact that she managed to achieve 43% of Elizabeth's toll in a ninth of the time makes it pretty clear who was the more murderous queen.

@@8teezy The Pope also threatened ex-communication for anyone who obeyed Elizabeth. No one foreign actor with that much power was creating so many additional hostile forces during Mary's reign. Mary made the choice to burn alive at least 250 Protestants during the Cranmer incident alone, with warning from advisers that it would cause religious extremism. Elizabeth wasn't flawless, but she generally avoided inhumane executions (relative to the time). One could argue that a lot of Elizabeth's executions were responsive to actions by extremists that were generated by Mary.

Henry reputation isn't bad compared to what Mary gets. People believe she evil but forgets leaders like her were just as bad she was or worse like her father due to standards of their time period. Henry gets praised and barely insulted by historians themselves compared to Mary who seen as Evil witch or some sort.

​@@BiG-JuPO1O1 I think a decent # of ppl know how Henry treated his many wives and remember him (rightfully) as a diagnostically narcissistic, syphilitic, trigger-happy brute. That is its own topic with its own videos. Regardless of Henry, Mary made many unnecessary and violent choices during a very short reign and this video (huge fan of the channel!!) seems to paint Mary as having some moral high ground over Elizabeth.

Yep. She's right there by a staircase in the first Harry Potter movie.

Pretty sure we have evidence of Elizabeth Bathory unaliving people. The myths that she bathed in their blood and whatnot are simply not true and definitely propaganda, but to think that a woman isn't capable of being a serial killer is to woefully underestimate women. The most likely explanation is she was a sadist... not outright looking to unalive, but more curious about what would happen. Think, Marque de Sade. Just like with Juana and Mary, events are exaggerated, but events still occurred to create the fodder for the rumors. It's no different for stereotypes which are exaggerations of kernels of truth. Elizabeth Bathory was most likely a bisexual sadist, possibly sexual sadist with mental instability. Juana was DEFINITELY mentally unstable. What led to that instability... that's important to note too. Childhood mistreatment, gaslighting by her family, but also all that inbreeding. Her descendants are known to have struggled with mental health their entire lives too. Things like bipolar, schizophrenia, propensity for anxiety and paranoia... all genetic.

I just watched a PBS documentary on Napoleon and it mentioned that Josephine's letters were full of mistakes. I haven't read them myself though.

Nope. Bathory was definitely a psycho

@@janemwangi2424 so then definitely victimized by kinda shitty crappy greedy males hallelujah

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