How Every English King Died 

as an american who loves history in general, but is definitely interested in english history, i loved your first video despite editing, and this video definitely shows your growth, keep it up

As an English person, i always love how strange our history is. Especially our kings. The George group is ridiculous

Although William The Conqueror did die of an injury it was an injury sustained to his abdomen caused by the pommel on his saddle not a broken leg, so I read in his biography. After his death he was left on his death bed by all his sons as they were more bothered about their inheritance and affairs than their father’s death. He was eventually buried after the local clergy sent his body to Caen where William wished to be buried. This didn’t pass without incident as William’s body was horribly bloated from being left on his death bed and was too large to be lowered into his tomb. They tried to fit him in but the effort made his body explode causing an unbearable stench in the church.

I wrote a piece called The Most Unusual Funeral for a king - the death of William the Conqueror. He died from coming down hard on the saddle and rupturing his lower intestine. William Poitiers details the gruesome death where William - who couldn’t expel gas, simply died. The intestinal gasses - from his love of Lampreys- caused William’s corpse to explode

Funny fact: king George ii of the House of Hanover in his twilight years developed severe case of constipation and one morning had to drop a deuce and while on the toilet had a massive aneurysm due to being stuffed up and died sitting on the crapper.

A lot of the early Norman and Plantagenet kings were more French than English -they spoke French and often preferred their French domains to their colder and more bleak English ones -a classic case was Richard the Lion heart and many other members of his dynasty that are actually buried in a French abbey called Fontevreaux which was located in the Plantagenet homeland of Anjou.

There’s no measure of history that theorizes the beginning of England started with William the Conqueror. The list needs to start with Athelstan, as he literally started the Kingdom of England. Some of these paintings have me rolling, though. 😂 The eyes are all looking opposite directions.

No matter how poorly edited your videos are they’re still very interesting 🎉❤

Great video. Way better than the old one. I also really respect that you wanted to go back and do a proper job on something you weren’t happy with. Good shit bro

I would love if we could get a video of pre-unification monarchs like from Cerdic of Wessex and early medieval monarchs from the other english kingdoms like mercia, essex etc on how they and other members died. If you could create that would be great. Also a video like this on how all medieval welsh kings died and other members in all their respective Kingdoms would be really cool

England: 1 Alfred 2 Edward I (Elder) 3 Aelfweard 4 Aethelstan 5 Edmund I 6 Edred 7 Edwig 8 Edgar 9 Edward II (Martyr) 10 Ethelred 11 Sweyn 12 Edmund II 13 Cnut 14 Harold I 15 Harthacnut 16 Edward III (Confessor) 17 Harold II 18 William I 19 William II 20 Henry I 21 Stephen 22 Matilda 23 Henry II 24 Richard I 25 John 26 Henry III 27 Edward I 28 Edward II 29 Edward III 30 Richard II 31 Henry IV 32 Henry V 33 Henry VI 34 Edward IV 35 Edward V 36 Richard III 37 Henry VII 38 Henry VIII 39 Edward VI 40 Jane 41 Mary I 42 Elizabeth I Scotland: 1 Kenneth I 2 Donald I 3 Constantine I 4 Aedh 5 Giric and Eochaid 6 Donald II 7 Constantine II 8 Malcolm I 9 Indulf 10 Duff 11 Culen 12 Amlaib 13 Kenneth II 14 Constantine III 15 Kenneth III 16 Malcolm II 17 Duncan I 18 Macbeth 19 Lulach 20 Malcolm III 21 Donald III 22 Duncan II 23 Edgar 24 Alexander I 25 David I 26 Malcolm IV 27 William I 28 Alexander II 29 Alexander III 30 Margaret 31 John 32 Robert I 33 David II 34 Edward I 35 Robert II 36 Robert III 37 James I 38 James II 39 James III 40 James IV 41 James V 42 Mary I Britain 43 James I 44 Charles I 45 Charles II 46 James II 47 Mary II 48 William III 49 Anne 50 George I 51 George II 52 George III 53 George IV 54 William IV 55 Victoria 56 Edward VII 57 George V 58 Edward VIII 59 George VI 60 Elizabeth II 61 Charles III These are the monarchs of Great Britain

I remember watching your video just a few weeks ago. I watch a lot of videos about history and so I assumed this was why it was suggested to me. I loved your original video!!

Fantastic video dude

Bravo! I thoroughly enjoyed this. New subscriber from Texas 👍🏻🤠

You should have included Henry the Young King, in my opinion. Often overlooked, but should be included in an “official” list of Kings of England.

Fire video, great update! People are sometimes overcritical...keep your head up high lol

That was a wonderful remake! I wish i could like it a thousand more times

Great video! :))

No one gonna talk about King Thomas from the house of Hiddleston???

I really liked your first video. It was so funny

So you are telling you want to do this again....... you sir got a sub.

Will you do a video on the kings before 1066 because I know there's more to the before William the Conquer

Very interesting fakts. Thx

I love your content

I like ur voice. Interesting material.

William, William, Henry, Stephen Henry, Richard, John! Oi! Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich II Then three more Henrys join our song! Edward, Edward, Rich the 3rd Henry, Henry, Ed again Mary I, Good Queen Bess Jimmy, Charles and Charles and then Jim, Will, Mary Anna Gloria George, George, George, George Will, Victoria Edward, George Edward, George VI And Queen Liz II Completes the mix! That’s all the English Kings and Queens Since William 1st That there been!

The wife of James I was Anne of Denmark, not Elizabeth of Denmark, no?

Yeah, when you outlaw beer, we'd have problems.

Just my 2 pence - When you introduced each king eg: 8. HenryIII (1216-72). For clarity & in an effort to be comprehensive you might have wanted to post the age of the King when crowed after the dates he ruled!

The supposed illegitimacy of Edward V was supposedly due to a dubious pre contract marriage arrange his father had done. You should have mentioned this rather than outright stating Edward V was illegitimate.

"The strongest defense is a swift and decisive offensive." - Edward I

Congratulations on including Philip of Spain . Superb research

Being an American living in Virginia specifically king James the 1st is far more historically significant to us than he seems to be to the british

29:45 William wasn’t King of the Netherlands but Stadtholder and Prince of Orange. The Kingdom of the Netherlands never existed until 1815.

Why not go back to the start with athelstan who was the first king of the English and grandson of Alfred the great

I would like to make a request. If you are going to make a video about how every English king died.. then could you extend that line going back to Roman times. Our kings don't start with William the Bastard. I want to point out that little detail. Where's Alfred the Great on your list? Do the full list, from Alfred tot he present? why not... it might go viral :) I know i will watch it.

The power hungry Anne Neville! First time I've heard that as the reason he crowned himself :D

You say you were raised in England but cannot pronounce Thames correctly? (its temms not taymes)

Edward 4th wasn't married to anyone before Elizabeth. He was pre-contracted to Eleanor Butler which was different.

Here for it

Just an FYI you put a photo up of Elizabeth of York (Edward's daughter) not of Elizabeth Woodville (Edward's wife)

So Cromwell "outlawed drinking", something else creditited to him that is untrue, like the banning of Christmas, which occured whilst he was fighting with the Army and before he came to power. How come there wasn't a massive outbreak of dysentery or flux as they called it when this supposedly happened?

why didn't the list start at aethelstan, who was the first english king

I still like the previous video regardless of the editing!

You introduce William III as king of the Netherlands, but that was not his title, or role. Like his father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and greatgreatgrandfather before him, he held the title of stadhouder, i.e., the highest executive official appointed by the States (Parliament) of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

Idk I’ve always loved your channel for the simplicity🫡you have school too and what you make is pretty cool

Do the queen edition of this next.

As a mixed American, I have definitively received DNA results that I’m a descendant of the Scottish Clan Ruthven, Anglicized as Ruffin(such as Samuel and Edmund) in America. It’s been amazing learning my genealogy, I recommend DNA testing 💯

I like how you mentioned that Henry IV was Edward IV's great uncle as Edward's Mom- Cecily Neville- was the niece of Henry IV via her Mom- Edward's maternal grandmother, Joan Beaufort.

Lack of oxygen to the brain. The end.

Edward IV like Henry VI had two reigns. Edward IV ruled from 1461-1470 and then from 1471-1483.

What about Canute king of Norway and England

The king who died suffocating means essentially he was trampled over in a battle I think

Why did you start at the Normans and not Athelstan?

You lose all credibility when you refer to Mary I by her Elizabethan moniker when using the proper names for all other monarchs you mention. This is how misinformation and the result of a lack of proper research continues to spread

At 3:56, and 10:02 that's the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland. It was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169. It's neither in England nor France.

William the Conqueror was not the first King of England

2:38 He was Hardstuck in the wall. There weren't Bug fixes back than. Easy to explain

Bro died of a panic attack? 💀💀

25:43 Cause of death: Fucked around, found out

Just adding that William I's body burst after death. Horrible Histories taught me well.

Very well done son.

Didnt will the conquerors guts burst at his funeral

Cleopatra, Patracleo :D

Stephen was clapped asf😂how’s he meant to look at Matilda in the eye and say a woman couldn’t lead men into battle😂

Stephen I and Matildas story sounds awful familiar i wonder what dragon's they flew 🤔

I’m now very curious about the deaths of Scottish monarchs!

King of the Netherlands???? You better check that sir!

i thought the original video was entertaining and were excited for this one but unfortunately i cannae watch because debussy sets off my CPTSD 💀

Do one on every English monarch of England with UK.

William the conqueror broken leg wasn't the cause of death. He died to either infection or blood loss with a fractured leg as a contributing factor.

I i always thought Athelstan was considered the first king England

5:12 Sorry, for a minute there it sounded like you said that Henry II was the brother of William II.

22:36 thats dirty

Willem was not king of the Netherlands but Stadhouder. Rest of the vid is great! 😊

"Surfeit of lampreys" Surfeit of Lampreys!

Henry VI died of blunt force to the head - determined from marks on his skull. And I thought Edwatd IV died of a chest illness like pneumonia. And Edwatd V was never crowned.

You didn't include the kings from Alfred the Great to Harold Godwinson?

He plays a french composer in a video about british monarchy.

What about the kings of England before 1066?

William III was prince of Orange and later also king of England. The Netherlands were a republic until 1795. William III was a stadhouder in the Dutch republic.

Great info, thanks! But why do the English always say “sick-th” when it’s SIX-TH?

You first referred Henry I as Henry II at 5:11.

The conqueror died from eating lampreys. Not a broken leg

William Rufus'(II) brother was Henry Beauclerc(1st, not second).

What s out the Saxon kings ?

What about Louis 1 of England 1216-1217?

Why say Stephen I when there has never been a Stephen II. Same for John.

I can answer this! Their hearts stopped beating

Subscribing just to show my support.

Henry VIII lived by the sword and he died by the sword

audio error, you refer to Henry I as Henry II,shoddy production

Lets hear about the red hot poker again

How come edward the 1st isn't edward the 2nd because there's already been a king edward before him and that was edwar the confessor

So major lesson here: Don't get Dysentery. Same as Oregon Trail.

Henry I replaced William II on the throne, not Henry II as stated in the video.

According to British Documents going back to King Henry II he is my 28th great grandfather. This is backed up by DNA also.

4:03 big difference between Cashel and France.

What aren’t Saxon kings ever mentioned in these type of videos? They always start with William the Conqueror smh

aw man, no surfeit of eels?