It would have been nice to show FRANCIA (at the beginning) in a different colour. Because actually, France is just the continuation of WEST FRANCIA, East Francia turned into the Holy Roman Empire and later on (roughly) into Germany.
It’s interesting seeing Napoleon gain everything, and then lose it all. It’s honestly surprising how much one man can make and lose in such little time
In Dalmatia(Croatia), we still have Napoleonic roads that were built during Napoleon reign... for a long time those roads were used in order to cross hills, but nowdays solely for riding bike. Really high quality roads still
I read somewhere that after Napoleon's defeat Emperor Francis of Austria was visiting a province of his empire and saw well built roads. He asked who built them and was told Napoleon did as the province used to be a part of the Illyrian lands of the French Empire. To which the Austrian Emperor said he should've given all of his empire to Napoleon for a while so that all of it could have good roads lol.
Time stamp (Please like i worked hard) 0:02 Clovis I 0:08 Childebert I Thierry I Clotaire I Th. Clot. 0:10 Thibert I Ch. Clot. Rules even more since the others died 0:11 Thierry IV Reunites france 0:14 Charles Martel Takes over 0:15 Pépin le bref Rules france 0:18 Charlemagne forms France's biggest land extent in europe (Occupied) 0:33 Louis le Pieux takes over 0:35 Charles le Chauve just made a big mistake 0:41 Split into two france (Louis III-Carloman II) 0:42 Charles II le gros Rules france 0:43 Robert I Rules france 0:45 Raol I rules france and quickly gets yeeted by Louis d'Outremer 0:47 Lothaire With the seige of their capital 0:51 Hugues Capet Rules france and gets yeeted by Louis IV le gros 0:54 Louis VII takes over 1:00 Failed attempt of Phillipe to reform the charlemagne Some leaders passed by 1:20 Jean II le Bon takes over 1:23 Charles V le sage takes over 1:30 Charles VI le fou takes over 1:35 Charles VII takes over 1:42 Louis XI takes over 1:44 Charles VIII takes over 1:47 Louis XII takes over 1:52 François I takes over 2:00 Henri II takes over 2:06 François II takes over 2:07 Henri IV takes over 2:16 Louis XIII takes over 2:23 Louis XIV takes over 2:56 Louis XV takes over 3:10 Louis XVI takes over 3:12 Covention takes over 3:15 Directoire takes over 3:19 Consulat ruled by Napoleon takes over 3:24 Napoleon I makes france cool 3:33 Charles X takes over 3:34 Napoleon III aka his cousing takes over 3:35 Adolphe Thiers takes over 3:35 Raymond Poincare takes over 3:39 Gaston Doumergue takes over 3:42 Albert Lebrun takes over 3:43 Philippe Petain takes over 3:46 Charles le Gaulle takes over 3:48 Vincent Auriol takes over 3:50 Rene coty takes over 3:57 Emmanual Macron Takes over
Why "failed attempt if Phillipe to reform Charlamagne"? Phillipe II was a giga chad who conquered most angevin lands, increased the crownlands of France, and began the process of centralisation in France.
Failed attempt by Phillipe II? FAILED?This map, entertaining how it may be, even to me, does not show the actual royal domain. Phil quite literally *created* France. Also, to reform Charlemagne's empire? I don't think that was the plan, exactly.
Bit by bit, it was carved out of the body of the Holy Roman Empire and finally annexed during the turmoil of the Thirty Years War, when the H.R.E. was too occupied with itself to resist.
@@Heisenberg882 Yeah, this was the time when the HRE was attacked by the Ottomans, and France took advantage and occupied Strassburg. Shame upon the Congress of Vienna and the missed opportunity to return the Alsace back to German control 134 years later. They actually returned a very small part of it - the town of Landau and surroundings, visible but not labeled in the video at 3:31 - but only in the Second Treaty of Paris, after France had again challenged the whole of Europe after already having been defeated. One has to admire France and its successful expansion over so many centuries, and its first class diplomacy that allowed it to keep most of the conquered lands, despite having brought war, suffering and chaos to all of Europe.
@@hoppeltrottel7484 Alsace didn't exist per say inside the Holy Roman Empire. Strasbourg and Mulhouse were free cities as well as the "decapole", Alsace became unified under the French reign not before.
Kings's Nickname are either coming from the nobility/people (Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Philippes Auguste, Saint Louis) or they are a propaganda for the king, (John II "the good" was indeed a good warrior, but a tyrant and a bad king during the hundred years war.) Charles VII "the mad" was clinically mad (schizophrenia?), Mad people usually end up as bad kings, and his disease was a really dark time for the kingdom.
He was called Charles « the bald » because he cut all his hair one time when the pope consacred a cathedral if i remember, it was a sign a submission to the church. The custom for frankish kings was to have long and beautiful hairs. So yeah, Charles the bald.
Everyone: "How does Germany have a functioning economy after losing two world wars?" France: "Wait, you guys don't have functioning economies after losing to coalitions?"
@Napoléon Bonaparte C'est vous qui avez relevé le pays après la Révolution. La période du Consulat à été une période de redressement économique, stabilité social et juridique. C'est uniquement grâce à vous.
@@julien3331Certain français sont des descendant de francs qui sont une tribut germanique et d’autre des descendant de tribut gauloise enfaite les ancêtres des français sont un peu diversifiés
3:44 to my grandfather who was a corsican resistance member and engaged in the free rench army as soon as he possibly could,and to my others grand fathers who did the same
@Robert Rowe I think my grandfather would prefer corsican myrtle hard liquor, but thanks for your comment , it really made me feel something (sorry for bad english btw) I will think about your father , i'll thank him for liberating us . I just hope that the alliance between the USA and France last long, and that all of the idiots who say: FrAnCe SuRrEnDeR LoL. educates themselfs (im not sure about how to write this word please correct me ) vive la resistance, Dio vi salvi regina !
@@towaritch ok, Im tallking about my deacesed grandpa and tellin his military carrier, yet you feel obliged to talk about the russians ? be ashamed of your self
Merci pour cette extraordinaire vidéo. Magnifique travail de recherche et de présentation. Cette question était toujours problématique. Encore bravo ! Je vais partager .
Charlemagne was a dumbass and split his empire to his 3 sons. Bet it would have been different if the oldest of three had the whole thing. Europe would be all France and less wars would have occurred
@@papastalin1543 yes, France and India are two big democraties, and we're sharing more and more military and industrial projects. China will probably fall when India will rise.
1:50 Milan from 1513 to 1525 it's like a song by the Beatles : ♫ You say yes, I say no. You say stop and I say go go go. Oh no.... you say goodbye and I say hello...♫
@Alexis Peyrache Je suis content que tu aimes ma blague. En fait, j'ai seulement édité le commentaire parce que je voulais montrer le moment dans la vidéo où la France gagne ce territoire.
Actually the french territory (as a kingdom) didn't change during the Angevin's empire time (1200's), it's just that de facto the king of France didn't have real control over it, but let's say "officially" it was still vassal territories in the kingdom of France. So it was like Normandy before that, which you kept as French. I think in both cases just putting a lighter blue would have been better. So that people can see the change but still know it's not a territorial annexion.
Doing histories of nations like this is difficult because in the middle ages the idea of a nation didn't exist, it was more like a pyramid of sworn allegiances ruled by nobles
@@Heisenberg882 Kinda untrue statement for literally no country except France maybe. France is special, it's the first nation-state of Europe, much earlier than other countries besides England. So even Jeanne d'Arc could be seen as somewhat of the beginning national sentiment. Nation is also a medieval french word: no coincidence there.
@@wertyuiopasd6281 A nation as a cultural concept has existed for a long time. A nation-state does not at all describe medieval France simply due to its political regime.
I agree, as It would be very interesting in seeing the progress of european france and caribbean, polynesian and especially african french territories side by side. Hell, I'd love if he included North American territories too, but that would be way too much.
@gipcambero absolutely not. Is just the essence of France will not exist in a future It's nice to see you say that my comment is racist and of many of your comments you are so nationalist Pd: don't forget that Napoleon is one of the most criminal in the history
@gipcambero Immigration is not just good, it's necessary. It's important to the growth of a country but when some of that immigrants don't accept the culture of the host country that's when the problems start. I have many friends of France and France will not exist in a few centuries. Unless there are radical changes. Tell me. It's normal kill a person who do a cartoons of Muhammad in France?
@@lordpayo7721 he was litteraly the king of the Franks what do you mean he basically named the country till today 😂 you're going to say that Franks and France don't have any relations ? 🤣
Super vidéo ! Merci beaucoup ! Quel boulot ! Et dire qu'à un moment donné "la France était la Corse" xD Un petit encart avec la capitale actuelle serait un bon petit plus si vous faites une v2 un jour :)
Elle n'était pas "la corse", il y avait le reste de l'empire colonial non visible sur cette carte. C'est d'ailleurs l'existence de cet empire qui a fait que la France a fait partie des gagnants de la deuxième guerre mondiale, et pas des "perdants" ou des "pays envahis"
C'est des régions qui ont fluctué niveau influence et propriété constamment entre l'italie, l'allemagne, la France et la Suisse. C'est en effet une zone bien bordelique, mais finalement c'en est là aujourd'hui.
so france is that guy in eu4 that goes to war every second, wins at 70%+ warscore but has terrible core cost and warscore cost penalties so it only annex like one 1/8 of the territory they captured, which is why they avoid coalitions.
Loses half of its land by 940. Frenchman: Within 1000 years, we will get it back! In 1940, it’s half the size that it was 1000 years ago. Frenchman: Je suis God of War
Napoléon was fighting against all Europe because England put all it's money into war paying others to fight Napoléon because they were to weak to do it. They also broked the alliance between France and the russia causing the Russian invasion. From the beginning Napoléon only defended his country but he was so good that he gain territories by doing so. He won exactly 90% of his battles. He was the greatest strategist of all time and deserve fucking respect !
He was in fact a fairly good tactician and marvelous at the operational (campaign) level of war, but a terrible strategist and worse diplomat. He rallied all Eorope against him - even states like Austria which he’d beaten repeatedly came back for more - failing to divide their coalitions or permanently neutralize any of their members (e.g., Prussia after 1806).
Du coup, la France "hexagonale", ça n'apparait que brièvement entre Louis XIV et Louis XVI (le "pré carré" de Vauban), puis revient sous Napoléon, et définitivement sous la République. EXCELLENTE vidéo, encore une fois ! =)
0:32 Charlemagne: I declare this land a territory of France 0:35 Charles le Chauve: All of you are free to go, I’ve got a receding hairline to take care of...
i don't know if you are just making jokes or not, but Charles le Chauve only inherited the parts shown in the video? Charlemagne was a barbarian, and in their culture the lands were split between his sons of which he had three
@@11Survivor yes but he inherited the inheritance customs from his barbarian ancestors. In their culture, the inheritance is split between the sons, unlike in others where the oldest gets all. That's why Charles le chauve only inherited small portion of Charlemagne's territory
Wrong map perspective. I should include the north-African coast. The part where Algeria was part of France was enough for them to go from the 4th to the 5th Republic (and have an other revolution, or is this called a past-time in French).
@@saxwaxed Ferme ta gueule , la grande et vraie France c'est la France métropolitaine et d'outre-mer ,la France métropolitaine seul c'est une petite France avec aucune influence sur tout les continent .
I love your work but I would have included all the possessions of the Plantagenet at least until 1337 in France as the Angevin Empire was more "French" than "English" (considering the population, territory, capitals, language, etc.) Still deserving a thumb up of course...
@@joegaming4483 sh*t you understand nothing. The plantagenet empire is the ancestry of english state not french. They. Don't care about the language. Kiev rus is not a swedish state. Yuan empire is not a mongol empire, their succesors are the ming. Moghol empire is not turkish, ...
Beau travail! Cependant, il me semble y avoir une ambiguïté entre royaume et domaine royal, dont les limites ne correspondaient pas jusqu'au règne de Louis XIII (rattachement du Béarn au domaine en 1620 après la chevauchée du duc de Luynes).
Beaucoup trop d'imprecisions, dans la description il met que la Bretagne a été rattachée à la france avec une fausse date pour mettre fin à une "ambiguïté " d'après lui seulement alors que la Bretagne était bien administrée par elle-même sans hommage lige à la France avant 1532. Je doute beaucoup du sérieux de la vidéo
Ma période préférée : 3:28 ... Celle que j'aime le moins 3:57 (non pas pour la géographie, mais pour le nom sur la carte, ça fait tache quand on voit le reste...)
