Can we take a moment to appreciate that Metternich helped get his country involved in a war that it lost in humiliating fashion, and he got promoted? That is called failing upward, and we can all learn from him.
I’m loving how you are doing so many bios about European people of influence during the mid-19th Century. They’re all overlapping and painting a more detailed picture of that time, 👍🏻
The Crash Course channel is currently running a series called European History. After learning about Metternich there, I came to learn more about him here. Great job! For me, these two series provide some cross-fertilization. Thank you again for this fantastic channel!
The way Johnson keeps getting boxed in by the House of Commons and the Courts, I'd say he isn't much of a tactician, just a bully who loses it when stood up to.
Boris Johnson is the greatest leader our country has seen in the last hundred years. Thank God we have such a strong and professional leader to protect us.
Fun fact: Mocking Metternich's lack of height, he was given the nickname "Millimetternich". (For those of you who mainly use inches and feet, a millimeter is about the width of a fruitfly.😇)
Metternich's system had effects on America too. A lot of Germans emigrated to America after the '48 revolutions. There are people speaking German in Texas in because of Metternich's system.
One term I heard used to describe them was "Latin Farmers", because a lot of them were university students, fluent in Latin, or even ancient Greek, and now were making a living farming and other menial pursuits.
You must not be European then, everyone here learns about him in basic education ;-) The Congress of Vienna is the biggest diplomatic achievement ever. It was a template for the League of Nations and the United Nations, the concept of peace through trade was later again the foundation of the European Union. In other words, it pretty much was the origin of modern western global politics.
Ma boi Talleyrand deserves his own episode. He was such a snake and master of politics that Napoleon once called him “shit in silk stockings... his only loyalty is to Brie cheese”
An apt description, but in truth, the man actually served France not whoever held the throne or the Government at any particular time. Something that today is a given among Western Democracies in our Diplomats and political leaders.
Talleyrand went to the 1815 negotiations as the defeated Foreign Minister of France but left the proceedings with every advantage that post- Bonaparte France required ----and some said whatever France wanted. Talleyrand, the crippled younger son of an ancien regime noble family, was put into the Church for his career, in the Church he became a libertine. He was called to sit in the États-Générale, which became the Revolutionary National Assembly. After running from the Terror, he returned to work for France under Old Boney and then, post- Bonaparte France. He married a mistress because Bonaparte the Prude insisted, then, once married , he never had anything to do with her again. Only Talleyrand.
Simon Whistler and everyone else who works at both top tens and bio graphics. I would like to thank you for putting as much hard work and dedication into what you guys do.
First I was like: "Yeah, a video about Metternich! He was born in my hometown it'll probably get mentioned! And then you hit us with " one of the tiny states on the westbank of the rhine" I mean c'mon Biographics give my hometown "Koblenz" some credit haha
The fun part is learning about these relatively unknown historical figures and also the fact checks for the occasional mistakes in the comments. Love this channel.
That was a good one. I'd heard if Metternich, but never knew much about him, nor about that period in European history. Kudos to you for choosing a more obscure person for this episode.
The ads in the middle of the video didn't cut him off midsentence, as so many do - thumbs up for that. As well as for the variety of portraits of Metternich at different stages in life, and the great overall content and analysis.
This show did Metternich, now it should do Talleyrand. Two phenomenal diplomats who established an order that endured for 100 years, alive at the same time.
Do a video on the man who opposed Metternich and toppled the Ottomans, the Father of Greek Independence, Alexander Ypsilantis, or his greatest ally in Russian court and first head of the modern Greek State, Ioannis Kapodistrias.
there is a town here in Michigan, U.S., named Ypsilanti. Until you posted your comment, I had no idea it was a Greek name. it turns out that it was named after your homeboy's brother. "The name was later changed to Ypsilanti in 1829 in honor of Demetrius Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti was a hero in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire."
0:15 you know, he's technically not wrong about Europe going through a huge transition in 1945 but... methinks Simon got the wrong century
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Please Do a video on Robert "Bob" Denard, alias Gilbert Bourgeaud and Saïd Mustapha Mhadjou,was a French soldier and mercenary. Having served with the French Navy in the Algerian War, the ardently anti-communist Denard took part in the Katanga secession effort in the 1960s and subsequently operated in many African countries including Congo, Angola, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), and Gabon. Between 1975 and 1995, he participated in four coup attempts in the Comoro Islands. It is widely believed that his adventures had the implicit support of the French state, even after the 1981 election of the French Socialist Party candidate, François Mitterrand, despite moderate changes in France's policy in Africa
I think someone at Versailles thought about that but the public and some reps there were so against Germany and so determined with their animosity that it didn't happen. This is a danger when the public/mob/popular will has sway over diplomacy. Metternich didn't have to deal with this. If you read Jane Austen, you can hardly tell these wars exist when they might have. The scale of warfare (so popular input) was different.
@@lisakaz35 It would be interesting for somebody to do a video comparing the (relative) success of Vienna with the absolute failure of Versailles, considering that even today we are living with the effects of the ill-considered Sykes-Picault agreement. Maybe re-arranging the map on a global scale was just too monumental a task.
@@lisakaz35 Damnit, lost my post. To summarize in brief, there was a lot of movement not just in Germany and Austria, but also in the Middle East, Africa, and not to forget, Vietnam. Wished I could go into detail, but I gotta run. Sorry.
Bio! Do Simon Wiesenthal "The Nazi Hunter"! Such an amazingly inspirational person in history who has very little coverage about him. Thanks for the amazing content :)
Please do Terence McKenna. He was one of the greatest psychedelic thinkers of any time, including ours. His call for an archaic revival and his warning about succumbing to culture is exactly what is needed in these troubled times.
Hello @Biographics team I’dd love to see something about Kurt Landauer, a former jewish president off Bayern Munich before and after the second world war. Under his leadership they became german champions for the first time in 1932 and he was Jewish which ment that he had to step down a year later because it was getting a bit to dangerous but he kept doing his job in the background. He was later captured by the nazis and was transported to Dachau where he was allowed to leave because I believe that he got a medal in the first world war but the nazis did kill his siblings in a concentration camp. He then escaped to switserland. Later in a friendly game in switserland, the players were explicitly told beforehand not to seek contact with their former club president or there would be consequences. (sidenote, the Bayern Munich captain burried the silverwhere they had won in his garden so the nazis couldn’t take it away from them) After the game they spotted him in the stands and many of the players linded up in front of him and started clapping to show their support. I think that those players were then punished by being sent to the front lines because someone of the nazi government saw this open act of resistance. After the war he initially wanted to leave to America but eventually decided to go back to Munich and rebuild the club. He made it possible to play football again and rebuild the stadium together with 1860 Munich (which supported the nazis during the war) at the Grünwalder Strasse where now the stadium is shared between 1860 and Bayern Munichs second team. I think that is a very interesting story and I am a fan off the football club so so I dd'love to see something about it.
You should do a biographic on Simo Hayha, confirmed 505 sniper kills against the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Great job on your lyudmila pavlichenko bio!
"Yet one of of..." in the title. Please correct. Lots of commenters saying they haven't heard of this guy. He was essential reading after the post-Napoleonic era of Europe. We studied him in high school World History ffs. In a school in Southeast Asia. And they look down on our education system for cying out loud.
Oh my stars I do not even HEAR these after about the first two minutes as I am so taken with Simon's truly powerful and brilliantly coifed chest hair. Truly a male to behold (or BE held...)
Thank You. An excellent video that covers both the man and the events that are totally ignored by American schools (They mention Napoleon at best in regards to the Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812, which were sideshows at best to what leads to the Treaty, and almost never cover the treaty and what follows as they get too self focused).
Fortunately for Simon, and the entire team including ourselves, there 's more history to ignore all the time and American schools are aggressively ignoring it.
Considering the status of Austria after Napoleonic war and how it is still not a country that faded into obscurity, Metternich is probably the greatest diplomat even up to this day.
There is so much that happened during this time. I love how you don't only talk about a single person but their cause and effect and others who played a big part in that. You're channel is awesome!
Would love an episode on Albert Schweitzer. A great man with a philosophy that I wish more today were familiar with. It could change the world if kids learned about him in school.
Anellecloset Od Oblaka if you’ve known a number of German women, you’ll understand. I had a friend of mine from Russia who made a bee line to an ex-girlfriend from high school without realizing that she was very German. I laughed about a little bit once I learned more about European history.
@@seraphthegatekeeper Now you've definitely made me even more interested. I was thinking very straightforward; she was a princess, she was lovely, things done. Can you please elaborate a bit?
You should think about making a video about Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770-1861), a Polish-born high-ranking diplomat of the Russian Empire who was also present at the Congress of Vienna. He had a very long and eventful life, eventually turning against the Russians and fighting for the rebirth of Poland from Paris.
Wait, Alexander wanted to liberate the Poles?? My Euro history isn't great, but didn't Russia partition and annex part of Poland 2 decades prior? Also, I remember reading that Napoleon's promise to restore the Polish state caused major friction between him and Alexander when they were "allies", as the latter (according to Andrew Roberts) was opposed to giving them back their country. Am confuse
“As I said to Vice-Chancellor Metternich at the Congress of Strasbourg - POO TO YOU WITH NOBS ON! - We shall meet, sirs at the hustings!” - Pitt the Younger. (Actually a quote from Blackadder! 😂😂😂)
Well, you got Nepomuk (because you simply misread it) and Beilstein a bit wrong, but the others were pretty spot on for someone who doesn't speak german ;)
If you search youtube for "metternich audiobook" there is a long biography and a few lectures on the guy and his "metternich system", i recommend downloading them to mp3 and giving them the ol' listen. I've started the biography audiobook and it is great. Also, there is a result titled "metternich rap" if you keep scrolling, and it is amazing.
Wow, thank for doing videos on lessee knows like Metternich. I love hearing about the guys behind the scenes. What the advisors or ministers thought about decisions their Kings, Presidents, Sultuns etc made.
Another suggestion? A video on Giuseppe Tartini, composer of the "devil's trill sonata". Its said that the devil came to him in a dream and played the most beautiful piece of music he'd ever heard. He awoke abruptly to attempt to recreate the music and the outcome was what eventually came to be devil's trill sonata. Despite it's massive success, though he has said that it will never compare to the beauty of the one in his dreams
Hey Simon, I've been a big fan of both your channels top tens and this one for a long time so I'm going to go ahead and ask you could you please do a video on Robert the Bruce the Third? The man who was buried on a dunghill and whose gravestone reads here lies the most useless man. There's also an emperor of hungry I can't remember his name but the only sentence he was ever able two other that could be remotely understood was I am the emperor and I want dumplings if you can find out who this Amber isn't do a video on him I'd really like that too. Keep up the good work men love your channels
I think Metternich, like a lot of his fellow aristocrats were fervently hoping to restore the old order in Europe, especially after the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Hence the Congress of Vienna and their aggression towards even the very discussion of reform. The Revolutions of 1848 were a very stern reminder to those aristocrats that the old order was dead and buried and the world was moving on.
So I believe the Elie Wiesel the author of the novel “night would be interesting I know there’s a lot of ww2 stuff on your channel but I feel like this biography could be more up lifting
I loved this video, I learned a lot about European history in the 19th century! Very well explained and I really learned somethings which I had been taught many years ago. But being a older person might have helped me learn better now!
Hi Simon, I've watched Indira Gandhi & Mahatma Gandhi on Biographics and your accurate take on the Union Carbide mishap on Geographics. It would be of a great notion, if you could ask your team to research on 3 great messiah's of India after Independence, namely 'Sardar Vallabhai Patel' aka the Iron Man of India the 1st Home/Interior Minister of India, 'Lal Bahadur Shastri' the 2nd *Prime Minister of India who died under mysterious circumstances in Tashkent, Soviet Union, and the greatest socialist leader in Indian history who went on to create a formidable opposition, 'Jay Prakash Narayan' or JP, often referred to as the best *PM India never had. Once you go through these stalwarts on the Net or History Books, you shall surely realize why they have to be on your esteemed Biographics channel. Do please try your best, which I'm sure your channel won't be disappointed.
Awwww ☺️ the pronunciations may be off but it sounds sooo cute 🌟🤩🌟 it’s adorable! You should do the thing Screen Junkies used to to where people write words/names from different countries/in different languages in the comments and you say them at the end of the video
Please do Yakov Sverdlov, architect of the 1918-1919 Red Terror and "the one man who could translate Lenin's ideas into practical actions". Almost nothing in English except a chapter in Lenin and His Comrades.
