The History of Friesland / Fryslân / Frisia 

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Outside my shop you can see what's probably the only Frisian flag in the whole state of Missouri.

Frisian here. Love my province. I mean.. We see it more as a country but hey haha. I'm glad you respected it so much. We're very proud of Friesland. Fryslân ❤️

So cool to get some history videos on the Frisians! There's not enough content on RU-vid about them. Thank you! Cheers from Seattle.

"Have you ever heard of Friesland?" Me: *looks out of bedroom window towards Wargea in the distance* yeah, I know the place

Seems my Frisian ancestors had a rough life, constantly fighting the sea on one side and miserable conquerors on the other. I'm glad I'm alive in 2020 :-)

Dankewol foar dizze bjusterbaarlik ynteressante skiednis les oer myn heitelân. Ik bin er grutsk op !

Proud Canadian Frisian here... Ik kin noch Frysk prate en ek in bytsje lêze. Thank you for creating this video; I had no idea Frisian roots reached back before the time of Christ. It seems they were a rough and spirited people even back then.

My Pake is Frisian from Friesland. 12 BC, the Romans discovered Magna Frisia. Prior to 400 AD when floods came many Frisians migrated to Kent, England & Flanders. BUT the Kent, England Frisians moved back to Friesland at some point when the Anglo-Saxons wars broke out. Frisii are the original Frisian people. "The Frisii (Old Frisian and Old English: Frīs) were an ancient Germanic tribe living in the low-lying region between the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta and the River Ems, and the presumed or possible ancestors of the modern-day ethnic Frisians. The Frisii were among the migrating Germanic tribes that settled along the North Sea in the 4th century BC. They came to control the area from roughly present-day Bremen to Bruges, and conquered many of the smaller offshore islands. In the 1st century BC, the Frisii halted a Roman advance and thus managed to maintain their independence. In the Germanic pre-Migration Period (i.e., before c. 300 AD) the Frisii and the related Chauci, Saxons, and Angles inhabited the Continental European coast from the Zuyder Zee to south Jutland. All of these peoples shared a common material culture, and so cannot be defined archaeologically. On the east they were originally bordered by the Ampsivarii who lived at the mouth of the Ems until AD 58, at which time the Chauci expelled them and gained a border with the Frisii. The Chauci to the east were eventually assimilated by their presumed descendants the Saxons in the 3rd century. Some or all of the Frisii may have joined into the Frankish and Saxon peoples in late Roman times, but they would retain a separate identity in Roman eyes until at least 296, when they were forcibly resettled as laeti (i.e., Roman-era serfs) and thereafter disappear from recorded history. Their tentative existence in the 4th century is confirmed by archaeological discovery of a type of earthenware unique to 4th-century Frisia, called terp Tritzum, showing that an unknown number of Frisii were resettled in Flanders and Kent, likely as laeti under the aforementioned Roman coercion. The lands of the Frisii were largely abandoned by c. 400 due to Migration wars, climatic deterioration and flooding caused by sea level rise. They lay empty for one or two centuries, when changing environmental and political conditions made the region habitable again. At that time, settlers that came to be known as 'Frisians' repopulated the coastal regions. Medieval and later accounts of 'Frisians' refer to these 'new Frisians' rather than to the ancient Frisii." The Frisii were the indigenous people of the Netherlands & countries along the North Sea. BTW, I read that artifacts were found in western Netherlands that are supposed to be of Frisian making & date back to 1750 BC.

Thank you for doing this work. Information is so limited for those of us whose roots trace back to this region.

Love from Chicago, My Great Grandmother was a Hoekstra from Friesland. She married a Sytsma also from Friesland and moved to the USA.

Mijn ouders zijn getrouwd in Leeuwarden. Dank u wel voor deze video!

Thank you for posting this video! My name, Icko Iben, has its origins in Friesland and I am happy to learn more about the history of my ancestors.

There is not much known about frisian paganism but it was not much different from the germanic/norse paganism. Here are some gods that were worshipped: Weda=Odin/Wodan/Wotan. Thuner=Thor Frigg= ( wive of odin, was probably called the same in frisian as in norse although i am not sure of it ) Inguz=Freyr Fosite= Forseti the god of justice ( this god originated in frisia and later on became part of norse mythology, not to be confused with Týr ) Baduhenna= frisian godess of war ( also the name of the forest where the frisii defeated the romans ) Hludana= goddess and counterpart to Jörd (of norse mythology) (Here is a link to a youtuber who tells an old frisian story about fosite/forseti) m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TEnYlTPjbsw.html

I’ve been interested in the history of Frisia recently and this was exactly the kind of video I was looking for, really well explained! Also, I don’t know much at all about their specific religious practices, but as you said I think it was probably very similar to the Germanic paganism in Saxony and Scandinavia, perhaps with different names for the same Gods

Thanks for the great vid HH ! Canadian of Frisian extraction here. I've tried to decipher Frisian history for a while - seems an ongoing investigation/mystery for sure ! What i've learned recently and u confirm is that there were 2 Frisias. The first one the Romans knew and was wiped out by 'climate change' i.e. the lowlands getting flooded out. The second with the remnants intermingling with Saxons and Danes - us. My sister had a DNA test done recently and learned she had a lot of Northern European DNA (read Scandinavian) - whether from intermingling or 'pillaging' who knows. Anyway fascinating stuff - thanks again. Walter

Yes! Thank you so much for this! I have been studying this for years on my own but it is really hard to find information, especially because I am English speaking. I learned a lot and yet so much information was left out. I also have been trying to learn more about Frisian paganism. The only thing I could determine was that “Frisian” means children of Freyr and their beliefs must have had similarities to Norse mythology.

My mum is super interested in genealogy and the story of the Frisians plays a role in mine :) my grandfather was apparently a "pure" frisian whatever that means, despite living in Amsterdam, because his father, a Jhonkeer, found his wife in a frisian culture club. It's now diluted down to a quarter in me, with Dutch and German, but it's interesting to hear the unique culture my great grandfather was apparently so proud of.

Dutch Frisians ignoring every time the german East-Frisia (Ostfriesland), Sater-Frisian (areas in Germany beside the Netherlands in the Low Saxony ) and North-Frisia near the danish border in Schleswig-Holstein. The East-Frisians were allied with Low Saxon tribes and the North Frisians were allied with the danish vikings and later with the low Saxons.

My tribe is Frisian, although, I'm now part of the Anglo-sphere. But, hey, a lot of Frisians invaded the British Isles with the Angles and Saxons, so we are all related tribes. My ancestors lived in that part of Europe, .. well, ...probably forever, until my parents emigrated after WW 2 . I really appreciate learning about my roots. Dankewol

Great stuff! Though I hoped you'd mention the upstalboom in Aurich. The place where frisian regions came together to solve conflicts and make important descisions. I also think the Frisian Freedom was quite interesting. Some people call it an early form of democracy. (probably a stretch) Learned a lot about it in the Emder Landesmuseum.

I grew up in small Dutch communities on the eastern part of the USA. Dutch speaking people would say Ach ja ye bent Vries, and I was tought to answer Ja maar ik ben geen stiefkop

So cool! Evidently my family came to America in the 1860s, leaving Leer in Ostfreisland. I've always struggled with my last name, which ends in -ga; nobody could pronounce it! If I said it was German, I was given a polite look which said it wasn't. I really want to visit our ancestral homeland. It's such an interesting place, but as another comment pointed out, without knowing German so well, it's difficult to learn more about. Thank you for this info!

Mooi duidelijk verhaal over de historie van Friesland in een notendop!👍👍👍

While my father is German, my Great Grandmother was Friesan. I remember her speaking a very strange dialect of German when I was a young boy, and years later I understood it was actually a form of Dutch. Great video my brother, it's interesting learning about one's roots.

South African here my family comes from Texel we have a old family book and as iv tried to uncover more from family members who live there all they give me is we are Frisian. Thanks for the video

What is often lost is that the Frisians migrated - sometimes with other nearby Germanic tribes (most notably the Chaukians to form the Franks) - into what is now Northern France/Belgium and also southeast England (they colonized Kent) during those early coastal floodings and after the fall of the Roman empire. Much is talked about in terms of the Anglo Saxons but the Frisians often get lost in these history teachings. They're much bigger than history gives them credit for. And they are quintessentially Dutch. Oh and those red things in the flag? Those are pompeblêden (leaves of the the water lily) not hearts. :)

Thank you that was pretty darn awesome. My name is of Fryslan Dutch descent. Kootstra

There is also a rich frisian history in Germany. Mainly in East-Freasia but also in Oldenburger Frisland, Saterland, Dithmarschen. Some topics are Upstalsboom, Saterfriesisch, Bauernrepublik, Fryske frijheid

Unfortunately you didn't once mention East- and North-Frsia in Germany. Frisia is way bigger than just the Dutch Province Fryslan. Also the Province Groningen was once Frisian. And by the way the Frisian Freedom has nothing to do with the rebellion against Holland. The Frisian Freedom has its roots in the battle of the romans against the holy roman empire. The freedom was a present from Karl the Great for the victory of the frisian warriors.

Great video! Came across this after trying to find out more about my maiden name - Zerkee (was originally spelled as Zerke before being changed in Canada) and all I know about this side of my family was that they had emigrated from Berlin. One site I came across said that the old Frisian word for church is Zerke. Thank you for posting this video and hoping to learn more about my ancestry.

We thank You Sir! Amazing piece of History!

My husband is from friesland we are now in my home country Philippines good to know the history !

My last name is Friesland. Some of my family genealogy originates from Friesland, the Netherlands. Hi from Louisiana, USA

Nicely done mate.

Stefan, deze video van je heb ik jaren over het hoofd gezien - nog wel over mijn provincie. Wederom grote klasse!👍

even in frisia today, every village, called Dorp, has its own dialect

I'm currently doing my family tree and a lot of my ancestors came from Frisian/Groningen. Thanks for the video!

I am 75% Dutch and 25% Frisian and i was born in Groningen. I live in Lower-Saxony for 15+ years and i also speak fluent German. I also speak the Groninger dialect, which is similar to Ost-Frisian dialect (Ost-Friesland, close to Emsland), both part of Niedersachsen (Lower-Saxonie)

Awesome video, as usual. You’re a great teacher; your students are lucky indeed. Liked this, since my ancestors came to USA from Wolvega & Harlingen. Keep up the great work!

First time here, very interesting, I was born in the netherlands and trying to learn as much as I can. I will be back!

Un bon vidéo! Merci . J’adore l’histoire de peuples moins connus.

Cool channel! My Opa was from Friesland and would speak Frisian to me when I was young.

Thanks for the great information! Would love to learn more about Magna Frisia. Any recommendations??

My great grandfather came from frieshland Casteleijn Jan so nice to see this video. Thankyou

Love your videos man.

Thank you! Love from a Fisian in Australia xxx

In Indonesia, people know "frissian" flag, as a milk product brand. And cow species which produces milk caled "fresi cow"

Thank you so much for covering Frisia!!!

thank you for this informative video, good sir.

Another good video Stefan! I didn't actually know about this so thanks for reaching it to me!

💚❤️🇵🇹👍🏻 Friesland

Informative and well-organized presentation---hartstikke bedankt! I'm intrigued by the CREATION of Friesland, terp by terp. Any recommendations for videos/books on that subject (I could handle Dutch, but Frisian would be too great a stretch for me)?

Allegedly, I am a descendant of Godfeid Haraldsson, and of Lothair. This stuff fascinates me to the core. I am also a descendant of a Jacob VanDoorn. The Van Doorn family were early sertlers/ founders of New Netherlands. Dutch history is so interesting, and so underrated imo.

For extra content about frisian paganism i would sugest looking into the history of i believe king redbad the last pagan king of frisia

That map behind you is quite interesting. What period does it describe?

Wow that’s really good history can you do one of Grutte Pier

Thank you! I love drinking from the Frisian history firehose! My last name gives me the thinnest of connections to Frisia. But I find that most people have never heard of it.

What an excellent video. Thanks for sharing this.

As jo mear ynhâld wolle meitsje oer de Fryske histoarje, dan ha ik de folgjende suggestjes: - Thet oera linda bok - Grutte pier - Viking Frylân / nordyske hannel - De fryske wachten fan 'e paus - Fryske ynfloed yn Jeropa / wrâld (dingen fan God, taal en kultuer) - Pompeblêden En tuurl'k binne d'r folle mear ûnderwerpen wêr'st oer han kiist. Jo wite wat se sizze... Bûter, brea in griene tsjiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin optrochtje Fries. Oant sjen! Als je meer content over de Friese geschiedenis wilt maken, heb ik de volgende suggesties: - Tha ora linda bok - Grutte pier - Viking friesland / Scandinavische handel - De friesche bewakers van de paus - Friese invloed in Europa / wereld (dingen van God, taal en cultuur) - Pompeblêden En natuurlijk zijn er nog veel meer onderwerpen om uit te kiezen. Je weet wat ze zeggen ... Bûter, brea in griene tsjiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin optrochtje Fries. Tot ziens!

Excellent work. Subbed.

The history teacher I always wanted .

it took several centuries for the Angles and the (majority of) Saxons, who quickly were named 'Saxons' overall to be referred to as 'English' (from Angleland and Angles). Therefore if the 'new' Frisians in what is now the Netherlands and North-Germany were also a majority of Anglo-Saxon immigrants why didn't the 'Saxon' name stick to the region and the population? To make history even more complicated: Right during the Viking Age (roughly between 800 and 1000 CE) the Frisians (re?)populated what is now Northern Friesland/Frisia (in nowadays Schleswich-Holstein, Germany) in the coastal area where (at least) the Saxons (!) emigrated from!!! Some historians say 'Friesland/Frisia' was just a 'political' name that the Carolingian Frankish Empire gave to the region (and therefore the inhabitants) and that that name stuck. Fact is that until the 11 Century CE the whole coastal region till the Sincfal (het Zwin) in Flanders all later Hollanders a.o. were considered Frisians. 'Holland' started as an 'upstart' region within Western Frisia and became dominant, hence all Hollanders (and Zealanders/Zeeuwen) lost their Frisian identity. And even quite fast now. (not like the Saxons in Britain!). Yet, no doubt that Frisians, Angles and Saxons had much in common culturally. Old Frisian and Old English were both 'Northsea germanic (Ingwaeonic)' languages .

I like the map behind you (en de video), where'd you get it...?

When I was a child, in Tennessee, circa 1975, nearly every adult would have told us kids that Vikings didn't exist. I'm fortunate that I had a few grandparents that didn't stifle my mind, and I'm still around to have a giggle.

top gedaan ik als echte Frysk ben er trots op , Tige dank en ast ien fryslan komst kom don ek efkes forby Ljouwert ien mien muziek winkel ! groetenis Tamme

My name is Ferwerda. It has a connection to Friesland. There is a region that my surname was taken from.

The people in Friesland live like we did in 1950 and they have a real language. Every Fries has a cow and milks it to sell the milk on the streets.

Ons land, ons bloed, ons recht. Ik houd van Friesland.

Het belangrijkste boek en grootste schat van de westerse wereld, is toevallig ook Fries.. het onvolprezen Oera Linda boek.. waarvoor koolstofdatering, en dus hard wetenschappelijk bewijs van authenticiteit onderweg is.

Did you know we Frisians also have our own National Anthem? It makes me a proud Frisian boy when i hear it😁💪🏻😊

West Frisian is spoken in The Netherlands. East Frisian and North Frisian are spoken in Germany. So, there are three Frieslands where three dialects are found.

My oldest ancestors are from friesland and flanders I wanna visit there some day

Geweldich. Tank.

Love this and love our Frisian heritage! Fryslân Boppe!

Ik ben de naam vergeten. Maar ben je bij het Fries historisch centrum geweest tegenover de OldeHove (btw schuiner dan de toren van Pisa) ? Ik was in het verleden ook invalkracht (studente baantje) bij de pers van Friesch Dagblad. Daar was altijd een sectie geschiedenis. Of dat nog steeds zo is weet ik niet. Leeuwarder Courant deed dat ook. Dat was te vinden in de vrijdag (freed), zatedag (sneon) en zondag (snein) bijlages. Lokale huis aan huis bladen weet ik niet. Dockumer Courant misschien? Het maakt niet uit waar je heen gaat in de wereld. Als je een landgenoot tegenkomt, word je meteen herkend als Fries. Vorig jaar overkwam het me toen ik in Nieuw Zeeland was.

Great information thank u sir ...great channel 😉

My whole life my race was hidden to me because of my mother's shame. I now know today that I'm half Frisian. My 2x grandfather comes from Ferwerderadiel. His father from Vrouwenparochie. Thank you for this knowledge. You mention about Frisian Paganism, my household was strictly Pagan. In my house we celebrated Celtic holidays. Beltane and Samhain were the biggest and we would gather with other Pagans. There would be 50+ people and the celebrations would last 1-3 days. We would rent a campsite ahead of time too. This was in Florida, where there was a lot of cultures mixed. I'm very glad my ancestors were pagan as well.

Thank you very much

Im from Ostfriesland, and I love this Video :)

Can I ask is Frisian Freedom anarchist country?

The ancestors of the Frisii were just like most other western Europeans celtic, until about 3,000 years ago. Then germanic people moved in and ethnicity shifted. Although neither would call themselves germanic or celtic. During the seventh and eight century, the northwestern part of the Netherlands, although known as Frisia, wasn't solid ethnicly Frisian. The inhabitants of the central part of the Netherlands, in which Utrecht en Dorestad lie, considered the Frisians as occupiers and considered themselves mostly Franconian. The wars fought between the Frisians and the Franconians were not about religion (although religion has always been a great false reason to start a war). It was about wealth and power. The Franconian rulers thought of themselves as the true heirs of Rome and so the rightfull rulers of the wealthy trading post Dorestad and the whole of the central part of the Netherlands. For the Frisian rulers this was a big fat catch as well, especially "King" Redbed. A frisian warlord probably from what is now Kennemerland, on the north sea coast around Haarlem and Velsen. Redbed did not just fought the Franconians but also fought with the west Franconians against east Franconians and had his daughter marry the son of the east Franconian chancellor Pipin.

I can tell you this, wherever I meet a Frieslander, We are talking like we're long lost family members within 5 minutes. My wife notices this, and will always comment. It's in our name. It's in our blood, our heritage. Leaver Das As Slaef!!!

I was born in Friesland in Germany but now live in Australia. Great video! cheers mate

Are you Frysian? And yes their History is old and amazing.

frisians exist also in northwest germany

I like to visit Friesland. I believe my forefathers came from there.

The English and the Frisians of today share a common ancestry, for me as someone who can read some Old English can also read some Old Frisian quite effortlessly, Old Frisian most resembles the Anglian dialects of Old English I have noticed, espcially Northumbrian.not surprising as Winifried in 716 went to Frisia from Northumbria to convert the pagan frisians to christianity using nothing but Old English.

I miss the storie about schieringers en vetkopers, klooster klaarkamp and impotant people like grutte pier and hessel van martena

Een fries gelooft in zichzelf, niet in een of andere vage god ;)

So you come from the south? Brabant perhaps? Would be cool to a episode on that, the Duchy of Brabant or just the entire province in history. Or the Duchy of Gelre as well? We all know the history of the both Hollands

You are telling half history and story. Greetings from fryslan ( frisia )💪😛

The Vriesian farmers who emmigrated to our area in the 50s never learned to speak english well, certainly not without an accent. Thus I always felt that Vries was a sort of speach impediment. In their defence they never left the farm, especially their wives who spoke vries at home. Their socialization was mostly at church where the sermons were delivered in Dutch. Oh well!

Great video! But how about Northwest Frisia?

I had some family on my father's side that were from Nord Frisia, near Pellworm. I am confused now. Are you saying Nord Frisia has nothing to do with the Frisians from Holland, and that the Frisii people only ever lived in Holland?? I know the floods sunk over half the land under the water and really messed with the people, causing migrations. I am a woman over 6 feet tall, and no one on my dad's side is under 5'10" or so. Where does this gene come from if not the Frisians? People have asked me if I am Dutch because of my appearance, my German friends say I don't look German either. Mom was English and French, and I don't look like her, I look exactly like my dad. How come the north Frisians call themselves Frisian?

That flag is just the best though❤️❤️❤️

Soest ek in filmpke meitsje kinne oer de âlde religies fan Frisia?

Ken je dit ook eens doen voor limburg

Bonafatius cut down their holy Oak, that was the reason to kill him.

Have you read the Oera Linda Boek? It is quite interesting how science has validated that there really was an island in the North Sea that was submerged at the same time that the Oera Linda Boek says Texel was drowned