Inside the Emperor's Tomb - A look inside the tomb of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III 

Much agree

Stolen wealth is easy to spend

@@quietquitter6103 Define 'stolen'. You do not possess the right to retroactively deny the legitimacy of five-hundred year-old taxation policies.

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 500 year long theft and yes, as a human who does not wish to live in this system any long I fucking well do have the right. Wht sort of willing slave must you be.

his son Emperor Maximilian had a precious tomb as well, but it is a cenotaph because the elaborate tomb was to large for the actual burial place.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Bless you, thank you.

I can’t agree enough with you! The artisans who through their talent beautified the Medieval world are generally unknown to us (unlike some of the rulers and monarchs), but their glorious creations continue to live on adding beauty and enriching our lives throughout time while the rulers are mostly forgotten. In my opinion, this is as it should be.

@@monicacall7532 So a materialistic reading of history focused on objects matters more than the legacy of political decisions? That's a strange interpretation.

nothing is funnier to me than the weird old boomers/millennials who claim they hate history yet spend their free time reading about it online and triggering themselves 😂😂😂

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Yes, do, so cool, incredible history and don’t forget all in the perspective of all the other kings, princes etc in Europe England

I was wondering the same!

I saw it too -- and it did not look at all skeletal.

Yes, I couldn't find anything about that curious thing.

It’s likely a crucifix with a statuette of Jesus, according to an article I’ve read. Can’t link it since the comment gets removed…

A relic of some sort

So glad you enjoyed it!

My pleasure Matthew, thanks for supporting it. It is great to have such positive feedback.

@@allanbarton I was wobdering if you can get physical copies all the way here in the USA? I know you have digital...but I have always found it hard to read things online sometimes. Cheers

Thank you for asking. I do have subscribers worldwide, and quite a lot of physical magazines go to the USA each month.

My pleasure - it is a fascinating subject.

The placement of the inscriptions is really odd, perhaps it was all completed in haste?

@@allanbarton Or they simply could not be bothered. Once the thing was closed it would not be opened again during their lifetimes. Well, not by anybody who cared, anyway. It's a good reminder of how little the average king/emperor/leader reallyt means to their people. They pretend to be good and kind, and the people pretend to really like them. The outsidfe was beautiful but then again everybody knew who made it so obviously they were not going to do a bad job and never get hired again.

A possibility is the inscriptions were meant to be viewed standing next to that side. Then looking down, the letters would be readable from that viewpoint. Whether by design or an installer dissing the emperor, hard to say. That's why truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense to be believable.

Surely they are upside down so they could be read from above when looking down on them.

Is it more likely that the workers who had to lug these things into place were simply illiterate?

Glad you like - I remember when I first saw the photos, I was blown over with what was within. Quite extraordinary.

Glad you liked it!

My pleasure Annette, thank you for your kind comment. I have always had a fascinating with things that sparkle.

That is such a lovely thing to say - happy birthday to you. Many happy returns.

​@@allanbarton🎉 Thank you, your videos and projects are just awesome. Thank you for sharing so much.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday 🎂🎉🎉🎉, glad you made it to today. And, many MORE! v

@@ludovica8221 thank you!

Thank you Linda.

Thank you kindly!

Many thanks!

Thanks Gary - I have been waiting a while to do this one.

Bless you Lindsay, thank you.

It's the orb. It's a symbol of their right to rule in place of Christ on earth. He's known as the Vicar of Christ. The definition for the word Vicar is substitute. As Christ was crucified, rose from the dead, walked for three days then ascended to the right hand of God who is in Heaven. So in his place sits the Holy Roman Emperor. Until his return. He has returned once. We are now waiting on the final judgement after the time when Satan is loosed from the pit for a short time which is now.

Thank you Martha - isn't it fascinating? His life story is extraordinary and the tomb is remarkable in its quality and preservation.

It really is; imagine the surprise as the first images of the inside of the tomb came through.

Thank you - it is fascinating. I should do some more videos on the Holy Roman Empire.

Thanks very much, that's so good to hear!

Taco 🌮 Bell: ugh..

Glad you enjoyed it!

That's kind, thank you. It is piece of music called the 'Old Tower Inn'

@@allanbarton Many thanks - I will look it up!

That is very kind, thank you.

Me too !!!

I have not been able to find anything about it - I was hoping someone would come along who knew.

A pleasure Nadia - I don't eat them anyway, probably best if I continue not eating them.

He wasn't the most active of sovereigns - I reckon his ability to rule from his armchair is probably what allowed him to survive.

It was very influential - without it and the Habsburgs Europe would look very different. I always think there are two people who shaped modern day Europe, one was Napolean, the other Maximilian I.

Not 100% sure but the earlier Habsburgs never became Holy Roman emperors but merely "Kings of the Romans" which effectively was only king of the Germans without papal endorsement.

Rudolf was King of the Romans, King of Germany, but was never raised by the pope to the imperial dignity. There were two more Habsburg Kings of the Romans who also failed to be raised in their lifetime to the imperial dignity - Albert I and Frederick the Fair. The latter's reign as king of the Romans but not as emperor is why the Emperor Frederick III was King Frederick IV before he was crowned emperor by the pope.

@@allanbarton thanks I did not know that! I was of the mind that being crowned by the Pope was like the “cherry on top” and not the whole “cake” when being elected by the seven Prince-Electors. I suppose I was thinking of the period post Emperor Charles V who was the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by the Pope.

@@ferrjuan the electors elected as King of the Romans, later King of Germany. The imperial title was entirely the papacy's gift and was conferred through the coronation in Rome. Maximilian I was the first not to bother being crowned by the pope, and the pope allowed him to use the title 'Electus Romanorum Imperator' - Charles V as you mentioned had a coronation in Bologna - after that, it lapsed and technically, all the emperors that followed him through to 1806 were Holy Roman Emperors Elect and not actually Holy Roman Emperors. The coronation in Frankfurt as King of Germany was then deemed sufficient to mark the beginning of the imperial rule.

I understand that the Adnet 'marbles' are a slightly different group from Untersberg - Adnet is slightly denser and darker.

@@allanbarton Thanks!