Battle of Lechfeld ⚔️ Otto's Greatest Triumph and the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire 

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Any record of what happened to the 500 men who went to Otto's aid? Did they all fall in battle or make it back to their town?

Great video. Hope you do more video's like this. It's always good to know about lesser known battles.

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Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm very glad you enjoyed watching.

@@HistoryMarche "Rebell-yus", "brill-yance", you want patreon money yet completely ignore your audience when they ask you to sort your narrator out. The letter 'i' exists, it's not a 'y'. Tell him that. 'William' is not pronounced 'Will-yum', 'rebellion' is not pronounced 'rebell-yun', 'Italian' is not pronounced 'Ital-yun', he's incredibly annoying.

@chrisdynamo Bro your being rude show some respect

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@@ChrisDynamo It's called an accent. get over it. Don't like it? It's the same old story. DON'T WATCH THE VIDEO!

I didn't know a whole lot about him until today, but based on this video his masterful chess moves on that day were as brilliant as anything Napoléon or Alexander ever did.

My people raided all over Europe for 200 + years. The Germans who we brutalized got wise to our tactics. The irony is that we became the strongest bulwark for Christianity after Catholicism became our new belief system. From pagan terrorizers to major players in the crusades.

BUT...The misnamed Holy Roman Empire certainly did not last more than 800 years. Because the incorrectly named Holy Roman Empire died shortly after birth! But the Holy Roman Realm (HRR) is erroneously called the Holy Roman Empire and I will explain in more detail below why Holy Roman Empire is a misnomer and in fact Holy Roman Realm is the correct term, but in fact also this term is misleading as this was neither a realm nor an empire. However the Holy Roman Realm was also not an empire in the sense of a very powerful state, not only because of the wrong translation. In fact, it was only an empire in the sense of a very powerful state when Otto I was alive for a short time. Only he was actually a real emperor (Kaiser) in the history of the Holy Roman Realm. After his death, it actually fell apart. Only in this time it deserves the designation empire. And so this empire itself was only a fiction after Otto I died. Because as an empire it only really existed during the 37 years of Otto I's reign. He was the only one who lived up to the title of Emperor because he was the undisputed ruler. After his death the empire fell apart in various German small states. Hardly any of Otto's successors, who called themselves emperors, were the undisputed rulers of all Germans. If anyone really managed to assert themselves, then he was the exception. Because in reality they were wannabe emperors who only had power in their own dominions. Like the Habsburgs, for example. In the Wiki link "House of Habsburg" one can clearly see the dominions of the Habsburgs, who called themselves emperors. The areas outside of their dominions are correctly referred to as various de facto sovereign states. All alleged emperors after Otto I were disputed and in danger of being overthrown. All had to wage wars against insurgents. In fact, there were constant wars against German small states who were actually independent and who did not recognize the alleged emperors. More often there were 2 alleged emperors who then fought each other. This then led to the fact that there was actually a 1000-year civil war among the Germans. After the death of Otto I, there was no more unity among the Germans. This non-existent empire actually consisted of hundreds of smaller sub-units of principalities, bailiwicks, margraviates, lordships, free cities, baronies, duchies and even simple counties and bishoprics and other territories. This shows that this former empire has fallen apart into a complete mess of different domains. An empire must be a united States with a central government and such a unified German state did not exist with a central government. These were actually states and territories without central authority! There was no common currency too. Therefore the name empire is absurd, because that was not an empire! The Kaiser title was only status without real political meaning! There was no central authority! That was also complete delusions of grandeur to call it roman, as if it had allegedly been a successor to the roman empire! The Roman Empire was really an empire in contrast to this patchwork of independent states that was definitely not an empire. In fact, the German small states were actually permanently at war with each other, so that a unified could not arise! 1000 years they killed each other in wars. One of the highlights was the Thirty Years' War. But they also fought each other before and after Thirty Years' War. Like in the Battle of Sievershausen 1553 when German Electorate of Saxony and Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel fought against German Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. By the way, this were really small German states! But German small states fought also alone against non German enemies. For Example in the Battle of Herbsthause when 1645 France fought against German Bavaria! Only Bavaria against France. That was just Bavaria without the support of the alleged empire against the French. ALONE! Or the German small states fought with non German allies from outside against the other German small states like in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 when German small states Prussia, Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Homburg allied with England and the Dutch Republic fought against the German small states Bavarians allied with France. On Wiki this nonsensical structure is called patchwork of territories, which isn't really true because even the term patchwork suggests a certain connection. At most, one could call the HRR a military alliance. But even that is actually wrong, because within a military alliance the allies do not fight each other all the time! Because in this military alliance all HRR states were never united. The various German small states also founded alliances, although at least in theory the HRR still existed. For example the Rheinische Allianz or the Welfenallianz or the Hildesheimer Allianz or the Kurrheinian alliance. There was also for a time a coalition of Protestant German states called the Protestant Union and a confederation of German Catholic states called the Catholic League fighting each other. It is interesting that these alliances could also include non-members of the HRE. For example was Sweden member of the Rheinische Allianz and France too! This shows the confusion in the HRR and the absurdity of the HRR! A completely ridiculous and stupid nation that was in a civil war for 1000 years and only managed to found a united German state in 1871. It was only in 1871 that the first permanent unified German state emerged. That is why the Germans are also known as the late nation. Because the first unified German state was only founded in 1871! But one has to say unfortunately the Germans succeeded in founding this state! It would have been better for the European nations if they had continued this civil war and failed to found this damn state. Because without this unified German state, neither World War I nor World War II would have happened. This united nation would not have had the opportunity to commit various genocides. If unified Germany had not existed, then there would not have been also almost 50 years of communist oppression for half of the European nations. The 2nd World War also started through united Germany and as a result of the 2nd World War, the communists could occupy half of Europe and force the nations there to embrace communism. So without this United German State: NO world wars, NO genocides, NO immeasurable destruction and NO strong communism. Without this united German state, all these catastrophes and crimes would not have happened. There were also enough possibilities to prevent this united German state, but unfortunately the European nations did not do that, because nobody could have guessed what kind of monster arose. Now I explain why the English term Holy Roman Empire is based on the wrong translation of the German term Heiliges Römisches Reich! The English term "Holy Roman Empire" is based on an incorrect translation and is actually wrong. The German term "Heiliges Römisches Reich" was incorrectly translated into English as "Holy Roman Empire" and since then this wrong translation has been used incorrectly again and again. "Imperium" is empire in German not "Reich"! The term "Reich" is correctly explained in this German wikipedia link on the subject "Reich"(Territorium)! Quote from this German Wikipeia link translated: "Reich denotes the territory of a ruler, a state or, more generally, a politically organized community" For "Reich" is the correct translation "realm". English and German are also related languages, which is why "realm" and "Reich" are similar and both words have the same meaning. In German every kingdom can be called a "Reich" even if it is not an empire at all. The German word "Königreich" for kingdom actually contains the word Reich! König-Reich. Realm of Kings! So the correct translation is "Holy Romen Realm" and not "Holy Roman Empire"! Despite it still, ignorant fools use the wrong term Holy Roman Empire and not the correct term Holy Roman Realm. The term "Reich" (realm) is also wrong for another reason, because it wasn't a "Reich", because it wasn't a state, and therefore the term "Reich" (realm) is wrong too. The German word "Königreich" (kingdom) also containing this term "Reich" and so this proves that the meaning cannot also be empire. The king's "Reich" is clearly the meaning of the king's realm and not empire. Because not every kingdom is an "empire". But the fact is that every kingdom is a "realm". In German is also spoken about Reich der Ameisen (Realm of the Ants) in animal reports. It is absurd to claim that Ants empire should be meant. No Ants realm is the correct translation. Here is a video titled: "Realm of the A

Funny "HistoryMarche" commented on my comment. But when I click on the comment the comment disappears. What bad things did they write that the censors deleted? These are the people who made the video. They were censored? Astonishing!

Funny "HistoryMarche" commented on my comment. But when I click on the comment the comment disappears. These are the people who made the video. They were censored? Astonishing!!!!!

Had Byzantines studied Otto's Lechfeld. They would have avoided Manzikert.

Fortunately the frontline is a highly loyal and trained soldier

@@Sotsky My thoughts exactly, Romanos was so stupidly impatient.

it was more than a thousand years ago do you seriously think that anyone has an idea about what happened?

​@@barsnack7999 Yes, that is literally what the entire scientific field of history is about: reconstruction of past events

Well Britain probably knows of these events. The thing is USA is a young country they didn't have medieval period where it had complicated politics, marriages and huge wars (We had only Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean countries next to us). The closest thing was the Civil War but that was pretty modern with the invention of guns.

Oh, Lenzen, sweet suggestion, thanks man!

I cannot recommend enough a podcast called A History of the Germans. The first 20ish episodes are about the Ottonian dynasty.

Oh rly, I don't know about that podcast. Is it this one historyofthegermans.com/ ?

​@@ThaTyphonSince most of the US population is European, you had that medieval era but in Europe. It is highly probable that American ancestors fought in this battle.

Yeah, in battles like hastings we see that even when kings know what tricks will be used soldiers tend to disobey if they feel they are winning.

BUT...The misnamed Holy Roman Empire certainly did not last more than 800 years. Because the incorrectly named Holy Roman Empire died shortly after birth! But the Holy Roman Realm (HRR) is erroneously called the Holy Roman Empire and I will explain in more detail below why Holy Roman Empire is a misnomer and in fact Holy Roman Realm is the correct term, but in fact also this term is misleading as this was neither a realm nor an empire. However the Holy Roman Realm was also not an empire in the sense of a very powerful state, not only because of the wrong translation. In fact, it was only an empire in the sense of a very powerful state when Otto I was alive for a short time. Only he was actually a real emperor (Kaiser) in the history of the Holy Roman Realm. After his death, it actually fell apart. Only in this time it deserves the designation empire. And so this empire itself was only a fiction after Otto I died. Because as an empire it only really existed during the 37 years of Otto I's reign. He was the only one who lived up to the title of Emperor because he was the undisputed ruler. After his death the empire fell apart in various German small states. Hardly any of Otto's successors, who called themselves emperors, were the undisputed rulers of all Germans. If anyone really managed to assert themselves, then he was the exception. Because in reality they were wannabe emperors who only had power in their own dominions. Like the Habsburgs, for example. In the Wiki link "House of Habsburg" one can clearly see the dominions of the Habsburgs, who called themselves emperors. The areas outside of their dominions are correctly referred to as various de facto sovereign states. All alleged emperors after Otto I were disputed and in danger of being overthrown. All had to wage wars against insurgents. In fact, there were constant wars against German small states who were actually independent and who did not recognize the alleged emperors. More often there were 2 alleged emperors who then fought each other. This then led to the fact that there was actually a 1000-year civil war among the Germans. After the death of Otto I, there was no more unity among the Germans. This non-existent empire actually consisted of hundreds of smaller sub-units of principalities, bailiwicks, margraviates, lordships, free cities, baronies, duchies and even simple counties and bishoprics and other territories. This shows that this former empire has fallen apart into a complete mess of different domains. An empire must be a united States with a central government and such a unified German state did not exist with a central government. These were actually states and territories without central authority! There was no common currency too. Therefore the name empire is absurd, because that was not an empire! The Kaiser title was only status without real political meaning! There was no central authority! That was also complete delusions of grandeur to call it roman, as if it had allegedly been a successor to the roman empire! The Roman Empire was really an empire in contrast to this patchwork of independent states that was definitely not an empire. In fact, the German small states were actually permanently at war with each other, so that a unified could not arise! 1000 years they killed each other in wars. One of the highlights was the Thirty Years' War. But they also fought each other before and after Thirty Years' War. Like in the Battle of Sievershausen 1553 when German Electorate of Saxony and Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel fought against German Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. By the way, this were really small German states! But German small states fought also alone against non German enemies. For Example in the Battle of Herbsthause when 1645 France fought against German Bavaria! Only Bavaria against France. That was just Bavaria without the support of the alleged empire against the French. ALONE! Or the German small states fought with non German allies from outside against the other German small states like in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 when German small states Prussia, Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Homburg allied with England and the Dutch Republic fought against the German small states Bavarians allied with France. On Wiki this nonsensical structure is called patchwork of territories, which isn't really true because even the term patchwork suggests a certain connection. At most, one could call the HRR a military alliance. But even that is actually wrong, because within a military alliance the allies do not fight each other all the time! Because in this military alliance all HRR states were never united. The various German small states also founded alliances, although at least in theory the HRR still existed. For example the Rheinische Allianz or the Welfenallianz or the Hildesheimer Allianz or the Kurrheinian alliance. There was also for a time a coalition of Protestant German states called the Protestant Union and a confederation of German Catholic states called the Catholic League fighting each other. It is interesting that these alliances could also include non-members of the HRE. For example was Sweden member of the Rheinische Allianz and France too! This shows the confusion in the HRR and the absurdity of the HRR! A completely ridiculous and stupid nation that was in a civil war for 1000 years and only managed to found a united German state in 1871. It was only in 1871 that the first permanent unified German state emerged. That is why the Germans are also known as the late nation. Because the first unified German state was only founded in 1871! But one has to say unfortunately the Germans succeeded in founding this state! It would have been better for the European nations if they had continued this civil war and failed to found this damn state. Because without this unified German state, neither World War I nor World War II would have happened. This united nation would not have had the opportunity to commit various genocides. If unified Germany had not existed, then there would not have been also almost 50 years of communist oppression for half of the European nations. The 2nd World War also started through united Germany and as a result of the 2nd World War, the communists could occupy half of Europe and force the nations there to embrace communism. So without this United German State: NO world wars, NO genocides, NO immeasurable destruction and NO strong communism. Without this united German state, all these catastrophes and crimes would not have happened. There were also enough possibilities to prevent this united German state, but unfortunately the European nations did not do that, because nobody could have guessed what kind of monster arose. Now I explain why the English term Holy Roman Empire is based on the wrong translation of the German term Heiliges Römisches Reich! The English term "Holy Roman Empire" is based on an incorrect translation and is actually wrong. The German term "Heiliges Römisches Reich" was incorrectly translated into English as "Holy Roman Empire" and since then this wrong translation has been used incorrectly again and again. "Imperium" is empire in German not "Reich"! The term "Reich" is correctly explained in this German wikipedia link on the subject "Reich"(Territorium)! Quote from this German Wikipeia link translated: "Reich denotes the territory of a ruler, a state or, more generally, a politically organized community" For "Reich" is the correct translation "realm". English and German are also related languages, which is why "realm" and "Reich" are similar and both words have the same meaning. In German every kingdom can be called a "Reich" even if it is not an empire at all. The German word "Königreich" for kingdom actually contains the word Reich! König-Reich. Realm of Kings! So the correct translation is "Holy Romen Realm" and not "Holy Roman Empire"! Despite it still, ignorant fools use the wrong term Holy Roman Empire and not the correct term Holy Roman Realm. The term "Reich" (realm) is also wrong for another reason, because it wasn't a "Reich", because it wasn't a state, and therefore the term "Reich" (realm) is wrong too. The German word "Königreich" (kingdom) also containing this term "Reich" and so this proves that the meaning cannot also be empire. The king's "Reich" is clearly the meaning of the king's realm and not empire. Because not every kingdom is an "empire". But the fact is that every kingdom is a "realm". In German is also spoken about Reich der Ameisen (Realm of the Ants) in animal reports. It is absurd to claim that Ants empire should be meant. No Ants realm is the correct translation. Here is a video titled: "Realm of the A

​@@GreatPolishWingedHussars bro stop yapping

​@@GreatPolishWingedHussars That is a whole lot of bullshit you are spouting. The real name was Sacrum Imperium Romanum.

@@kalterverwalter4516 That was also a wrong translation into Latin! Besides, vulgarity is no substitute for good arguments!

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That's a good way to put it. Lechfeld can indeed be seen as very significant

Yes

Catalaunian Plains

Saved the West from what? Some Romans actually rather enjoyed the Hunnish lifestyle. And Islam at the time hardly was Isis or the Saudis. Also its still disputed how decisive Tours was, I think.

Tours and Potiers were not that decisive since Muslim power was already pretty stretched in Iberia and they were never able to pacify Northern Spain, which made their sortie into France kind of pointless since they would never have been able to conquer and hold on to the land for very long, also the Battle of Tours did not have many casualties and it is believed to have been considered a great victory partly because the Franks were able to capture the supply wagons of the Muslim armies@@maxschreck4095

Thanks so much. I already got some suggestions for more Ottonian topics, so I'm definitely up for more over the coming months.

@@HistoryMarche Some extra info from the Hungarian side: 1. In the Hungarian chronicles, the leader of the German army is incorrectly "Konrád császár (emperor)", Conrad of Lorraine. The confusion might have come from the Eastern Roman influence where the prince was called Caesar. Besides, the commander of the Hungarian army, Bulcsú or Vérbulcsú (Blood-Bulcsú) was baptized by the Eastern Roman rite around 947-950. 2. This defeat created a status quo bezween the two people, and the loss of the Hungarian leaders gave a once in a lifetime opportunity to the Hungarian high chieftain, Géza, to solidfy his rule over the tribes and settle down his nomadic people.

Underrated only because many people tend to only look at England, France and Palestine when it comes to medieval history. They miss out on so much...

The analogy of the large rock is a very good one . I had never heard of it before.

Its surprising that man which created HRE would so so unknown in wider population of Germany

That is false, you can quadruple that amount as they were ale to hold 4 arrow in their hands while shooting and it is virtually impossible to hold the arrows for many seconds as it takes way too much force to do so.

it's history. stop talking like it's a sport ffs.

Das halte ich für ein Gerücht

German history as taught in german schools: Germany founded Germany Bad Germany worse Germany split Germany reunified As you can see germans arent taught their beautiful and rich history, wich is one of the factors that is destroying the nation from within.

@@qubla2 ich nicht

@@hexachire7214 das ist sehr bedauerlich. Ist Allgemein oder zumindest Schulwissen

Genuine question. Do you think its his voice or AI? I used to think it was human but im beginning to think it's an incredibly well done AI voice. You can hear it in certain phrases. A really clear example is when he's using the search function in the advertisment. When the AI says 'medieval knight', you can hear it. It's incredible that we have come to a point in which well worked AI voices are becoming this difficult to notice.

Agreed. I am slowly preparing Bouvines.

One of the greatest Kings of France !

You mean Battle of Vértes? Very good suggestion, I"m adding it to the topic list.

Yes, yes! Thanks.Have good times, and health!

Thanks so much man, truly appreciate you!

@@HistoryMarche This channel is on a whole Different level! You all deserve support!

Thank you kindly.

That Germany, as a nation state, exists since 1871 is not a French narrative but global one, and secundo it is true. The HRE was the first distinct entity in which the German people was integrated to and part of, but it was not Germany strictly speaking and both are not even connected...

⁠@@skiteufrto say they’re not even connected is a reach

HRE was always ruled by German nobles like Staufer, Salier, Welfen, Habsburgs, the core areas were always German like Swabia, Bavaria, Saxony and so on. What changed were the non-German areas like Italy/Sicily, Burgundy, Netherlands and so on. The only non-German area always in the HRE was Bohemia which was a vassal for centuries. The Germans itself saw them as a different culture and called the more latinized speaking countries like France and Italy as "welsch", while the German core areas of HRE were called the "teutschen Lande", meaning German countries.

​@@skiteufr You somehow missed the complete discussion in 19th century Germany about "Großdeutschland" (including the majority non-German areas) and Kleindeutschland (without them) and having a united state again. May it be as Republic (nearly happened in 1848) or as monarchy. Bismarck achieved it as a "Kleindeutschland" solution, excluding Austria in the end.

​​@@skiteufrFrance had many languages in its own territory for many centuries. The Germans identify with the land, not the state. The French do it quite differently and yet have put their own view over the German one. That is the problem and is what irritates the Germans greatly. Especially in the past. Another reason why they did it in the past, is to be able to claim, that Charlemagne/Karl der Große was French, even though such an assumption is quite unreasonable. That discussion lasted well into the second half of the twentieth century was always dominated by nationalistic views from both sides. German and French. Core of the issue is, that the German view the word "German" and "Germany" entirely differently than the French do. The centralised nation state is not as old as Germany though. However the HRE had council meetings and what was called a "Wanderkaiser", a wandering emperor who was important as well as major imperial cities, such as Regensburg, Augsburg or Nuremberg. So there were centralised characteristics, though they were not comparable to France at the time. Dürer already considered himself German and signed his painting accordingly. "Durer the German..."

Wow, thank you. I really appreciate it.

Yes , very well told .

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching.

I'm glad someone else heard of him

Thanks for the visit

Yes, we got most of the names correct here. But sometimes we also slip up. Though we do try to get it right every time.

And a great job pronouncing the names of Magyar leaders.

Glad you enjoy it!

You bet! Thanks so much for supporting my work. Very kind of you.

More to come for sure! Thank you so much for supporting my work. Very kind of you. Happy New Year!

@@HistoryMarche You're welcome and Happy New Year!

Charge!

Writing down the suggestions. I'm always looking for more interesting topics, so thanks a bunch for taking the time to recommend these.

Sorry for the delay. I had some serious issues on the home front, so it all got delayed.

Thank you sir for such a heart-warming comment. I'm very happy you enjoyed the video.

Thanks man. It was great seeing you during the Live. Rock on 🤘