The True Story of Æthelflæd | Lady of the Mercians | The Last Kingdom 

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damn, no delivery to Aussie??

I was only 99.3 percent happy, which falls short of their 100 percent guarantee. Who can I sue? Seriously though I've had this stuff and it actually is good

Delivery to South America? How about to the USA?

That advert is a very unwelcome and overlong intrusion into your interesting exposé

Thank you so much for watching Scott! I hope you enjoyed the video, I agree, she was incredible. Described as Mercia's last warrior queen, and it is sad, if only Edward and Aethelfaed would have been as good at keeping letters and documenting things as their father Alfred we would know more!

Very interesting, loved the series.

Thank you so much for watching Robert! I hope you enjoyed the video! And she definitely was !

Same as that Robert it's nice to know I'm not alone in my fascination of this awesome English woman,all the best 👍

Finally someone agrees with me! She was incredible. I don't think people appreciate the impact she had on world history. She, her father, her brother, and her nephew created England. Let that sink in for a second. The scale of what she was directly a part of blows my mind. Forget Elizabeth I. Without Aethelflaed, there may have never been an Elizabeth I. There may have never been an England. These people forged the kingdom that changed the face of the world forever. Remember their names.

@@ericbrown1101 Indeed my friend..we are kindred spirits. They were and remain this nations greatest dynasty. If i were a wealthy man i would very gladly produce a full motion picture about this blessed Lady.

​@@robertanderson6786 Now there is a genuine "strong woman" who wouldn't need story embellishment, a gender swap, disparaging men to prop her up or any other woke bullshit. Why does the left refuse to celebrate genuine female heroes like this? Thank goodness The Last Kingdom kept her memory sacred by portraying her as strong, powerful, dangerous, intelligent and feminine. A role model for us all.

The Last Kingdom got me into history. I think I would've enjoyed the series alot more if I had prior knowledge of all of this history! Love the series!

Thank you so much Jennifer! I loved the series too! Also thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed the video!

Any country in europe is a thrilling novel!!

The books are WAY BETTER!!!

Dude yes it really is.

There's a very good young adult novel about her, as well as one about her daughter.

I agree. Hollywood seems obsessed by "strong women". Well here's one. Make the movie with Jodie Comer in the lead role.

Thank you so much Jesse! Your comment really means a lot to me! I hope you enjoyed the video!

Tom Holland wrote small book about her I’m pretty sure.

Sadly there will not be a season 6

There will be a movie to wrap up the series called "Seven Kings Must Die". It's currently in production. ~ Anastacia in Cleveland

@@AnastaciaInCleveland 👏👏👏👏👏….hope it’s being played by the original casts! Looking forward to watching that movie. Is it in movie theaters or Netflix?

@@angelina8625 yes, same actors for same characters, its being made by same people who did the show

Loved the series too and like you would have liked to see a few more seasons. Too bad that just once we could get a series that just tells the actual story instead of "based on true events" or based on a fictional set of books.

Shayba Miah I don't think they could have cast a better actress than Millie Brady to play her. She does such a fantastic job.

Aethelflead is one of my favourite English leaders and dose not get enough credit today

@@MrColincrewe I think Æthelflaed was just as cunning and brilliant as her father and brother!

@@Cook-hb2nf can't argue with that I fell that after those three generations it went down hill from there

Thank you so much BC!

Thank you so much for watching Marina!

The Last Kingdom is awesome! Thank you so much for watching!

your welcomed

Thank you so much! And what a coincidence! Glad I made the video now :) I really hope you enjoyed it!

More on the way!!

Thank you so much for watching!

Aetheflaed would be an anglo saxon name. Using that "ae" letter is kind of their calling card, Your right though its a fun language with cool names

NOT norse

If you want to spell it strictly correctly, use the letter Æ, a common letter in Old English. So the Lady's name is Æthelræd.

Oops! Sorry, the Lady's name is Æthelflæd.

@@garrickworthing7332 Yep.. and it was "Athel" not "Ethel"

Thank you so much! I'm really working on it and trying to improve on the production value and visuals! Thank you for noticing! And I hope you enjoyed the video!

Yes and thank you for watching!

Thank you for the informative video. I believe there is a counterpart to Aethelflaed here in the United States. Very few know America's first patron of war and protector was Lady Columbia and the first anthem was a tribute to her. Like Aethelfaed she is pictured with a sword in hand. I don't believe this is a just coincidence. I remember reading an article about the designing of America's great seal. It was reported that Thomas Jefferson wanted to uses the two brothers, Hengist & Horsa on this seal. His augment was, " We are Saxons. " I think it's obvious England Aethelflaed and Lady Columbia are the same. In America's first struggles they adoption Oueen Aethelflaed and rename her Lady Columbia. She became the battle cry for this New Nation.

Thank you so much Anthony! New video this Thursday!

Thank you so much !!

I have written it down Mark! It does seem like a very interesting topic! I hope you enjoyed the video and I will begin researching your request soon!

@@historyprofiles wow no way thank you looking forward to seeing what you come up with 👌👌

That be amazing am interested in norse-gael inter marriages and tribes. I believe they ruled together for a short time in Scotland xx

The Vikings were in Scotland for a lot longer than many think.In sea bordered lands many settled permanently.

@@col4574 Thank you Colin its so difficult to find accurate sources apart from "gut feeling".

Jackson Crawford and another youtuber who spoke old English did a video about this topic. They could understand each other the languages being similar.

Interesting.

The Vikings changed the course of Irish history. Settlement 841. Waterford (Vadrefjord)Cutting edge DNA analysis on archaeological remains shows they derive much of their genetic ancestry from Norway. Their Eng!ish counterparts have much stronger Danish influences. There is no single genetic Viking identity. 921 founded Weisfjord (Wexford).

1812 analogy would have been better if the it had been the Anglo-Saxons invading, instead of the Danes.

This analogy is rather an oversimplification of the historical events. The ancestors of those who became Anglo-Saxons may have been in Britain as early as the 4th century as mercenaries to British Celtic warlords who needed to defend Britain's shores from pirates and raiders. In time these Germanic mercenaries became the warlords of the most fertile lands and intermarried with the native Celtic to become the Anglo-Saxons. By the time the Vikings invaded Britain, the two people were quite different in religion, language and customs. But that's just my opinion....

What IS the 'other type' ?🤔😂😂. Good wishes.

Sound like a feminist. LOL. There are all kinds of stories of badass women throughout history, all one has to do is look. Boudica comes to mind. That being said, hollywood has done a poor job telling their stories, if that's what you're referrencing. Would love a big production story of Boudica or the other Women rulers who rebelled against Rome, one was actually successful and kept her head and lands. Her name was Mawiyya.

@@Uhtredrag1080 Personally, I'm not a feminist I don't like their agenda. I happened to agree with you, I m from a long line of stubborn head digging the their heels in the ground people both men and women not radicals but stubborn who wouldn't take no for an answer. And thanks for the name I'll look it up.

@@cyankirkpatrick5194 Thank goodness. The last thing the world needs is another "feminist".

@@Uhtredrag1080 Amen to that

No it isn't. We have the Anglo saxon chronicle for one thing. We know a great deal about England before the Norman conquest.

Thank you so much Jamie! We really should have learned about the Saxons and vikings in school would have made it far more interesting! I hope you enjoyed the video!

How do you do the Ae

Yea, would've loved to see what she would've accomplished if she didn't get ill.

Of course,that was a good old age in those times,with no doctors or study of medicine,except bank in the "Muslim "diaspora, they kept alive the science of the ancient Greeks etc,for a time, until the Medieval Renaisance.

More than her brother or her nephew?