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Well done video on a very forgotten historical figure. Now the Empress Matilda’s context makes much more sense.

I have a bad back as well. You have my sympathy. There are few pains that compare and none that last forever that i have experienced.

I think Juana had serious psychiatric problems, but it is certainly debatable whether or not her problems were debilitating enough to deny her the throne.

Queen Anne’s reign was

Read a book about this Bess of Hardick was a relative of her . She married without lizzie 1sts permission.

I have never had the pleasure of caring for an animal that wasn’t rescued in one way or another. And I’ve gotten so much love in return ❤

Thanks for that amazing detail she is my 25th paternal GGM ❤

Women were so abused in the medieval days

Seeing your face for the first time, you’re beautiful!

whom is the lady who played Emma the Queen of England .She is the one i want

Poor girl. ❤

11:19 On the 13th of November?? Ahhhh! I see! 🙂

I wonder if Anne Bonney was descended of Grania O'Malley, the 16th C. Irish Woman Pirate?

Yes, it was a real romance. I can't imagine the kingdom's wealthiest man staying with his baby mama for that long, then going back after the coast was clear and a supposed two year break, then marrying her after the royal wretch, the second wife, finally was pushing up daisies. Plus, all his children liked each other and they were all raised together by Katheryn. He remembered his love match with Blanche, and wanted another one, when he finally had the chance again in his old age. Of course I'm going to hope for that. I'm one of their descendants, along with several other million of us.

Good video.

Benjamin Franklin: "... *the Number of purely white People in the World is proportionably very small.* All Africa is black or tawny. Asia chiefly tawny. America (exclusive of the new Comers) wholly so. And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call *a swarthy Complexion;* as are *the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.* I could wish their Numbers were increased* ...why should we in the Sight of Superior Beings, darken its People? why increase the Sons of Africa, by Planting them in America, where we have so fair an Opportunity, *by excluding all Blacks and Tawneys, of increasing the lovely White and Red?"*

Africans were the first people on Earth and _were the first indigenous people to every continent, including Europe._ There's every reason to believe Phillipa was black. The first ancient Europeans were black people called the Grimaldi (aka Gravettian.) What happened to black Europeans? First, the invasion of the Dorians (white Central Asians) in the ancient Hellas (aka ancient Greece) which caused many black Pelasgians to leave the area. Then the Germanic invasions from the 300's to the 500's brought white Central Asians into western Europe. There were _racial tensions_ between black people & whites in Europe and there were hundreds of European wars over hundreds of years, many of them _racial-religious wars_ between Catholicism (the older, mostly black led religion in Europe) and Protestantism (white led religion.) Because of these wars, many black Europeans were either unalived or expelled from the European continent into the Atlantic colonies as indentured servants and slaves.

Very interesting history about Queen Ann . I didn't know much about her until I watched the film" The favourite". Many years ago a tourist guide in London told me a sentence about her " like a proverb " that was quite funny but unfortunately I don't remember it. Do you know it? Thanks in advance.

Neville the devil is perfect name for him.

Everytime i watch one of these videos, i think it's narrated by Lucy Worsley. Such similar voices 😊

Beautiful video on Matilda of Scotland. It's always nice to see the face of such lovely voice, you're a wonderful narrator! Excellent work. Thank you ❤🎉

Queen Margaret my favorite.

Such a hypocrite, he would not allow her to marry but James had a wife and "favorite" ridiculous and Elizabeth what a nasty woman, maybe that's why I could care less about her reign than the other Tudors.

Thank you so much for ALL your videos. They are absolutely wonderful and I am always looking forward to seeing the next biography

Your house looked tons cleaner than mine when I actually make a huge effort, lovely. A very nice advert also. Cracking story! Like deployed 👍

ngl i thought this was an AI voice not an actual person lol

Those years Edith and her sister Mary disappear from records (after Mary was expelled) have been pure heaven for me as I've been researching and planning to write a historical fiction about her life. Absolutely loved this episode and I'm so inspired, thank you for putting it together!

Omg! A face to put with the voice! Lol thank you so much again for your incredible history content!!

I always wonder, after making fortunes yet drawing ire from a monarch...why didn't Margaret & other nobles flee England?? I would be so gone. Screw the land & titles. Heads rolled, especially in Henry VIII's court.

Poor Arbella. My heart goes out to her. I tip my hat to her for trying so hard to change her position in life, despite her lack of resources or power. Very admirable in many ways.

So many experts in the comments do they have correct information or not?

Are you going to do a video on Matilda’s mother, Saint Margaret? She’s one of my favorites and doesn’t get enough recognition.

Love your voice!

I suggest you read " The Autobiography of Henry VIII" , by Margaret George. It's an excellent book, over 900 pages , but you can hardly stop reading it. It's well reasearched and written. The author let us travel through time into Henry's court, his 6 wives and children. Anne was selfish and she got what she wanted no matter how much pain she brought to others. But she didn't deserve to die the way she did. The real victims were Queen Catherine of Aragon, Mary and later, Elizabeth. Henry, on the other hand, from the most handsome prince in Europe, became an obese monster with an open fetid leg ulcer which gave him a lot of suffering until his death. Maybe karma is real. I also visited England, the Tower, St Paul's Cathedral were many kings are buried, saw the wax effigies in the basement, especially Elizabeth's. I also visited Windsor Castle where Henry and J Seymor are buried. I've read other books on the wives and mistresses of H.VIII.All a very fascinating reading. I love history. Great video. Thanks.

So we don’t know this young ladies birthdate but we except that this letter is “ in her own hand” I seriously doubt Jane Bohlin Would have played romantic liaison after what happened to her sister and the lover’s testimony changed as pressure was applied and he said just enough to keep himself alive while denying the act that would have killed him. I doubt any of these women were fn around unless it was a desperate act to get a child that could be passed off as an flaccid king no one would have ever dared even whisper that that would have ended the kingdom …. I think deep down Henry knew exactly what was happening and that’s why it haunted him so but what could he do? Elizabeth may have been scared into never marrying and yes this may have been Ann Boylyns ultimate revenge ending the Tudor line but remember the entire reason the crown wasn’t allowed to pass to women is in so doing you change the head of state since all heads of state were closely or losely related at that time and still are she would have had to marry a royal from another country so let’s say France end their children would have more political ties to France than England and been French it would effectively overthrow the kingdom by a foreign power. This is why the most recently passed Queen Elizabeth husband Prince Philip had to abdicate all of his royal titles from Austria I believe? In order to be her Queen consort… it literally can’t be done safely in monarchies any other way. I don’t think abdication was a concept yet . So being the “virgin” queen or at least never marrying and doing whatever it took to not birth a child and appointing a proper English family with valid claim to the throne upon her passing was the only way to transition power without a bloody civil war in absence of a male heir… and the country was depleted and very tired of these after Bloody Mary and lady Jane grey and all the other resulting blood shed surrounding Henry VIIIs obvious inability to produce a male healthy enough to live and take the throne ( way too much inbreeding to keep the money at the top) this finally convinced the political powers clergy to except a unusual arrangement… by this time all the in fighting was leaving England seriously vulnerable to invasion by another country… the male succession is much less about mysogeny or a woman’s ability to rule than it is about titles and geopolitics and wealth distribution… to bad they weren’t willing to think outside of the box with one of Catherine of Aragon’s daughters like they would be Elizabeth years later all the lives lost in separating from the Catholic faith and as bad and corrupt as it was none of that changed except in the Church of England there isn’t even the perception of separation of church and state and all political and religious authority rest with one person instead of two and Henry could have appointed a male heir outside of his direct line but you know if your delusional enough to think your the supreme authority bar none appointed by God himself well… I guess your petty psychologically invested in your golden seed…. Ugh🤦‍♀️ and honestly the worst part is here in 2024 “the more things change the more they remain the same” we put different labels and window dressing on it now but it’s all still just massive human tragedy for the sole purpose of making sure the haves keep having and the nots keep noting….

Funny side note, Edith-Matilda’s father, Malcom II was the King Malcolm mentioned in Shakespeare’s Play MacBeth.

Elizabeth was better than James

I mean why would she not enjoy the high life and perks when your entire purpose in life is to be a breeding bag….

She looks well chuffed in that thumbnail! 😂 Excellent as always. 😊

It’s amazing how these women become the head of dynasties like her daughter with so many great kings and queens. Do you wonder if the royals watch these videos about their great ancestors. I’m watching them all day at work and home. I watch the story of the beginning of the English kings and queen everyday it like 4 to 6 hours long depending where you start.

Nice to see the face of such a lovely voice!

I have always felt terrible about the fact that Margaret had to give birth at 12. She was _still a child!_

I read some where tha Henry's daughter Matilda was suppose to be illegitimate?

As a mathematician I love that the qualified the statement with "at least the Geometry that was known at the time".

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For the question, Ik I asked this once, but it was a good while ago, and you’ve done videos on lots of them, so who do you list as your fav and least fav English, then British Queen consort? My favourite hasn’t changed, it’s still Emma of Normandy, I want to tell her story to everyone I meet😭 the way she turned a most likely forced marriage with Cnut into a marriage of mutual respect and almost equality (as much as the times would allow) is epic, and the way she got two sons on the throne shows her power. For least favourite, gotta go with Anne Boleyn, sorry.

Matilda of Scotland - Wife of Henry I , mother of another matilda ( matriarch of the Plantaganets ) and William Adelin . Her son was the next in line of the throne. But died in the White Ship accident and plunged the country to Anarchy.

also, dw about the tidying up lmao , you did a great job🙏🙏