6:53 "drowned in the English Channel, after his ship sank." Together with 140 other noblemen and 160 further passengers and crew. It would have been more, though some people wisely though about taking the next boat to England when they saw how everyone on board was already completely drunk because the young prince was throwing a party with free wine for everyone. The ship was the last to leave port very late and apparently crashed into a rock when the prince dared the captain to overtake the rest of the fleet. Don't drink and sail.
Apparently it was rumored back then that the captain allowed himself to drown when he noticed that the prince died, because he didn't want to face the king's wrath.
Apparently they crashed super close to their destination, the water in which they drowned was very shallow. People from the mainland could hear their screams throughout the night. If they weren't so drunk they could have easily swimmed to the shore.
@@rennor3498 It was very close to the port they were leaving. But it was November and everyone was dressed to be outside in stormy weather all night. There's no way you'd swim anywhere unless you're an experienced cold water swimmer i great shape and manage to strip of f all your clothes before you land in the water.
@@Yora21 Speak for yourself buddy. You have no idea what the these thighs could do. The reality is that the Nobles were pathetic snobs who died a poor but not unexpected death because of their learned incompetence. If I was out there with them when the ship came down you would’ve seen me kick these puppies into high gear and fly off back to shore like David Hasselhoff in the Spongebob Movie. No excuses for the weak
I love how you manage to make them look distinctly like the person they're supposed to be. William the Conqueror and Richard the Lionhearted are both medieval kings, often portrayed in chain mail, but your William looks like William and your Richard looks like Richard and there's no mistaking them or any of the other characters! Excellent work.
Interesting thing about William the Conqueror’s sons. Robert, William, and Henry had a brother named Richard. That brother died in that very same forest by the same means a “hunting accident”. Richard was also the second son.
When you realise that the first few hundred years of English history is a bunch of French nobles fighting over who gets to exploit the conquered English peasantry ...
Exploiting peasants seems like a history of everything before XIX century. I do hope it won't backfire and end in some kind of a massive and brutal international movement or something
@@emm_arr Makes for one of my favorite Fandom decisions, actually; The Potters being descended of Anglo-Saxon (or even Briton) blood, with the Malfoy's being "new" Norman blood, and thus the Potter family being Noble and Ancient, with the Malfoy's only being a Noble family.
I am sadened you didn't start this video by saying "the problems began in 1087 when William the Conqueror decided to change his title to William... the dead".
The "Brother Cadfael" series of novels was set in Shrewsbury, England on the Welsh border during the Anarchy. The series is superbly written and actually many of its storylines (20 novels total) are centered on the political developments during the Anarchy. Think you'd all love the novels.
The interesting thing about Odo was that he was William the Conqueror's half-brother; they had the same mother, and William clearly felt he was at least useful so he kept him in his court, though he was disgraced before William died. He must've favored Robert, as he remained in the Norman court during Robert's rule, dying in Sicily while Robert was on his way to the First Crusade.
To my nation-state accostumed brain it feels very off to see nobles taking such huge swaths of land on wildly different countries simply by marrying, reaching agreements, and changing titles, and no one really minding as long as it didn't directly challenge their authority.
I suppose to the people actually living there it didn't really make much difference which noble claimed the right to exploit them. They had the same daily struggle regardless.
I'm disappointed that you failed to add that Henry I had nearly 25 children, most of whom were illegitimate. Also, Robert Earl of Gloucester was one of these, so Matilda was his half-sister.
Fun Fact: Robert of Normandy's eldest son, William Clito, who spent most of his life either in captivity or fighting to regain his father's Duchy, and died of a gangrene wound, was also known as William the Miserable.
English succession was such a nightmare. I teach Shakespeare, so every so often I have to plow through English succession wars to be able to teach the background to Shakespeare's history plays. How Henry II backed into being king is something I have to look up every time. So, I guess, thanks?
The scene in Henry V with the explanation of how Hal has a claim to the throne of France is also really convoluted (and intended to be since his claim was really dubious).
Very entertaining. A bit of as bugger to keep up with though, but as concise and nice as you could possibly wish for. (Nice as in The Nice and Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter, Witch)
@@thelaziestguyuveverknown Wow, I just noticed that too. Unsubscribed. I’ll come back when he gives us that extra second he promised us. Who knows what we missed? I’m sick of all the lies
Also how it does follow a pretty logical order of events, as convoluted as the laws were it did lead to some weird ass outcomes when they're followed properly
Could you image the leaders of your country constantly dying and succession becoming more and more ambiguous? They change kings more often than elections do in modern day times.
Henry II's grandson, Henry III would go on to "re-Anglicize" the English thrown by taking Edward the Confessor as his patron saint, and naming his eldest son Edward. His youngest son he would name Edmund.
As someone pointed, early English history if full of kings and nobles speaking French (or a version of it). I think Edward III was the first king since the Conquest to speak English at court.
Eh, war happens all the time. Political intrigue, trade and commerce, and the motivations of various historical figures makes it interesting. And for some weirdos like me, studying how the world worked and people's world views is far more interesting.
William: “man, all this warring with Scotland is really annoying…” Earl of Northumbria: “I bet a succession crisis would make them stop.” William: “what?”
Women actually did inherit things, just not kingdoms and land. There are alot of other things to inherit. And this is also assigning the problems of 1% of the population onto the other 99%. Women in gwneral didn't have to go to war. Didnt suffer violent deaths ( this is true even today) Didnt have to work and as always lived much longer and see their grandchildren. Enjoyed retirement much longer too.
the joint happiness of hearing the local town of Arundel but also the mild annoyance that nobody local ever says it right (should be said Arun-dul not -del)
you forgot to mention that if Stephen had won the war the royal line of Aldred The Great would’ve died out there. Matilda was directly related to Alfred The Great through her maternal line was Stephen was not related whatsoever.
Quick note to all the pronunciation comments. It probably was pronounced 'Aln-Wick' in the 12th Century, being the 'Wick' (dairy farm) on the river Aln (still there). Also being named after Alan Whicker .
I am ignorant. i read references to what i assume are board games. Who is Baratheon? Not in any histories i have read. Clearly something got quite popular and i have missed it.
One thing I find out from all this is the movies showing historical events from the Roman times to Queen Victoria have nothing on what has really happened in the past.
By the way...Henry I should not be displeased. He is, after all, the king through which William the Conqueror's dynasty and bloodline flowed, totally bypassing his 3 elder brothers. All English and British monarchs are descended from him, after all.
"People simply starved." Is still something of an understatement. I read in a meadeval history of Britain that the population fluctuated anywhere between 1 and 6 million several times ('generally' around 3 million) in a few hundred years, down right apocalyptic if true. Can you suggest some other sources on the issue?
The general population of England generally rose throughout the medieval period from about 2 million people in 1080 to about 4 million people in 1300 however the population sharply decreased due to the Black Death and then rapidly rose between the 1380's and the 1430's (about the end of the medieval period in England).
Are there any sources on the pronunciation of 'plantagenet'. You and I both seem to say Plant-a-gen-et, but I have heard (french style) Plant-a-jhen-ay before now.
@Joy-TheLazyCatLady Stephen = = VERY COMMON FIRST NAME for : 1) Grand Princes _(Grand Župans)_ /Kings /Tsars [ Nemanjić dynasty ] of medieval Serbia ; 2) TWO Bans and ALL Kings of medieval pre-Turks!Bosnia from Kotromanić dynasty; 3) THREE Croatian Kings Stjepan Držislav, Stjepan I, Stjepan II; 4) FIVE kings of medieval Hungary, including Saint Stephen of Hungary; 5) Stefan Batory, Prince of Transylvania AND King of Poland; 6) SIX Voivodes of Moldavia ( Romanian principality ) !!!
@@aleksandarvil5718 I was actually thinking of just plain old Stephen (pronounced Steven). I realize that it is an old name and has many spellings but saying all of that takes the fun out of my silly joke. ✌🏻
Henry II was, without doubt, the baddest of the bad ass Plantagenet kings. I mean, really, even John was a bad ass by later standards, even though he lost the crown jewels in the mud and had to sign the Magna Carta. But from Henry II to Henry III, just a succession of bad ass kings. Then came Richard II. Sigh.
Liked the droll wit. The various claims, given a more modern view, might have been cleared up by a probate court? The point being that the personal property involved was a country or countries.