Support me on Patreon: / spectrumytentertainment As for part one on the series on the House of Habsburg, we chronicle its beginning and rise to power, culminating in the coronation of Charles V. Written by Andrew Szekler
Fun fact about why the Habsburgs managed to collect that much land in the early years. They simply did not join the Crusades. Many lords around them died because they went on Crusade. This meant that their lands were left without a ruler and the Habsburgs could simply collect them. They realised the importance of: Stayin' alive...
That doesn't seem true because the crusades ended in 1291 with the fall of Acre and Rudolf "The Founder" was born in 1339. Besides, most of the crusading forces were from areas on the other side of Bavaria/Bohemia from Austria and so they were safe from the Habsburgs.
You are aware that the Habsburg were in a near constant struggle against the Ottomans right? Why would you try and conquer some "Holylands" if the single most powerful Muslim nation is at your doorstep?!
Man i don’t know why but i love Maximilian I. Maybe it’s the fact that he was an active warrior/general king or maybe he’s excellent marriage politics culminating in he’s grandchild Charles. Anyway love the guy
To be fair Habsburgs domains also for afew years also included England and its domains since Philips marriage to Mary lead to an act mirroring Marys titles onto Philip and Philip was naturally able to assert much influence over the adminsitation and court considering his power and reputation from other realms.
Phenomenal video, loving this format very much. Would love to see more of the same for other obscure dynasties that rose from minor dukes and counts of the HRE into powerful domains, like the Hohenzollerns, di Medici, de Savoie or the Wittelsbachs. Keep it up Spectrum! Edit: Just before I get "um, actually'd" I know the Medici didn't start off as landed nobles, they were patricians from the Republic of Firenze. But they did practically dominate Europe and eventually became Grand Dukes of Tuscany, so they count in my book :D
@@santymartin7383 Idk why he has trash taste too many people are locked in the Medieval European setting. Not enough people reach the refined top shelf quality that is China and Roman dynasties.
A while ago, I watched an old documentary series on the Habsburgs. The first thing the presenter said was "The history of Europe is the history of the Habsburgs."
It is realy interesting to hear about the time between the take over of the Habsburg and Maximilian. Austrian history classes usaly don't talk about this period
I personally think that even the House of Habsburg isnt as glorious as the House of Capet, which if we're bing honest, should be considered a massive dynasty, that ruled across every single continent.
It's funny how even in early years, Habsurgs had similar goals as in late emperors. Increace its power in Austria, Bohemia and Hungary, strengetn position in Germany, fight the french.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="635">10:35</a> yoooooo favorite history youtuber talking about favorite obscure European monarch I could cry Yeah Ladislaus the Posthumous lived a slightly tragic life, born immediately into a war of succession as the Polish King Wladyslaw III, Ladislaus was given to Frederick III for protection from both Wladyslaw's army (featuring a certain John Hunyadi) and the Ottoman's, threatening expansion to Europe. Being forcefully held in Frederick's court for 12 years, Ladisluas returned to a Hungary still divided, but largely quelled the division by forigiving those who supported Wladyslaw against him, even making Hunyadi the captain general of Hungary after he fought against his succession. With his regent curtailing his diplomatic abilities as Duke of Austria, Ladislaus had to deal with his best general (Hunyadi) dying immediately after the Siege of Belgrade, Hunyadi's son (also named Ladislaus) murdering the man who took his place, and being held captive by said son in Hungary. Ladislaus then succeeded in having the younger Hunyadi executed whilst keeping his brother, Matthias, captive. Having finally come somewhat close to consolidating his position over Hungary (brewing civil war with Matthias's supporters notwithstanding) Ladislaus responded by dying of either the plague or leukemia, and being succeeded almost immediately by said man he held captive, fun life.
Charles IV rejected Rudolf IV's title of Archduke and Rudolf's younger brothers did not refer to themselves as such in charters. It was not until the accession of Frederick III to the Imperial throne that the status was confirmed. The Privilegium Maius was Rudolf's attempt to heighten his prestige since Rudolf seemed to have a rather manic obsession to match Charles IV's immense power after he was denied electoral status by Charles in the Golden Bull of 1356.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="532">8:52</a> this Leopold Even died in the battle of Sempach, I visited the "Schlachtkapelle" of Sempach last year and bought a helbard there, also very beautiful paintings are in that chapel.
seeing this episode and anticipating the next one. id hope to see a habsburg emperors tier list from frederick iii all the way to franz joseph and charles i. that would be very cool
Im surprised how much Game of Thrones and Medevial Euorpean history have in common, and I dont mean the obvious like historical influences,but more so how the society around them. I guess a good example would be how important family lines are in both history and Asoiaf, like how the Lannisters and the Habsburgs slowly build their empires over time. Not only that ,but the constant infighting, and wars are also common ie The One true King vs R*nly, and the trifecta battle between the inbreds.
Reichskammergericht - yeah, must be hard for non-German speakers. Maybe a short mention of the OG dynasty the Babenbergs would be helpful for some. Other than that I can't complain.
I took a 23andme test and it claimed I have some relation to the hapsburgs. They also told me I have some connection to Marie Antoinette. Kinda cool, probably one of the better historical figures from Germany I could've been related too all things considered...
Ferdinand of Aragon had other heirs too, but they were illegitimate. One of them was his great-grandson Francis Borgia who became a priest and later a saint. He also had another heir that became an archbishop.
Great video as usual, just so you know though. Heir is pronounced just like “Air” instead of Hair. The H is silent and the word is spelt stupidly much like plenty of other English words.
Im so confused. I am looking on wikipedia to follow along with all the monarch but I can't find anything about Albert who you mention took over from his brothers and quoted "one people, one ruler, one house". a link would be appreciated as I am super confused
Adolf of Nassau was chosen becase Wenceslaus II of Bohemia ( by the way son of Otakar II) wanted somone who he can control . But few years later Adollf became claiming territory wich Wenceslaus wanted so the Czech King change sides and his and Albert army defeted Adolf in battle .
This video sadly devalues the role women played in building the Hapsburg Empire. The video doesn't mention that Albert II expanded the Hapsburg domains by marrying Joanna the reigning countess of Pfirt and that she helped negotiate with the House of Luxembourg. The county of Tyrol was purchased by the Hapsburg from Countess Margaret in 1363.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="786">13:06</a> I find it funny how you tried to pronounce Regensburg as german as possible, but it sounded rather Polish
whilst i enjoy this video i might suggest having animated subtitles as the standard youtube captions are kind of incompetent, understandable if not though. I know that takes a lot of time up through editing.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="680">11:20</a> If true, that claim of passivity is good not harsh. Because passive people tend to mind their own business and don't look down on weaker people.
Awesome educational video I just want to comment on this on your ranking of WWI participants. I disagree with your ranking of the Ottoman Empire I feel the Ottoman Empire should be at minimum b tier test they were terrible in the offensive but they held a good defensive they kept taking Iraq and losing it and taking it before finally losing it to the British in 1916 or 1917 and for a good two years besides the Russian front they good defense they didn’t lose Palestine to the Bristol until the end of 1917 and after Russia surrendered they gained new territory in the caucuses they lasted longer than Russia and surrendered one month before the war officially ended personally they should have been b tier for holding a good defense for a good 4 years.I also feel Britain should have been a Tier behind Germany since they heavily contributed in preventing France from falling to the Germans.but all in all I agreed with everything else you said.
