The Execution of Charles I: Killing a King

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2020
  • On the 30th January 1649, King Charles I was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. His trial was a momentous event in British history. He was found guilty of treason - a ‘tyrant, traitor, murderer and Public Enemy’. What led to this unprecedented killing of a king?
    Storyteller: Toby Lord
    www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-hou...
    / historicroyalpalaces
    / hrpalaces
    Charles I played by Jonathan Clarkson
    Image credits
    Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) Dated 1614, Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    The Five Eldest Children of Charles I Signed and dated 1637 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    James VI & I (1566-1625) c.1620, After Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    James I and VI (1566-1625) c. 1620 by Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I (1600-1649) when Prince of Wales Signed and dated 1623 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I and Henrietta Maria c. 1630-32 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-69) by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I (1600-1649) 1635-before June 1636 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I (1600-1649) with M. de St Antoine Dated 1633, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    The opening scene of the First English Civil War, © Hilary Morgan / Alamy Stock Photo
    Oliver Cromwell c1649 by Robert Walker, © National Portrait Gallery, London
    Charles I (1600-1649), King of England,1629, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access.
    Cromwell turns out the Rump Parliament because of its corruption, 1653, © Lakeview Images / Alamy Stock Photo
    Oliver Cromwell dissolving parliament in 1653, © Classic Image / Alamy Stock Photo
    King Charles I , © National Portrait Gallery, London
    Henry, Prince of Wales, © National Portrait Gallery, London
    Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart By Anthony van Dyke, © The National Gallery, London 2019
    The Puritan by John Pettie, © Museums Sheffield
    Portrait group of the Reformers, European School (Unknown Artist), Courtesy of Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council’
    King Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles I opening Parliament, the Commons presenting resenting their speaker to the king, 1625, © Mary Evans / Everett Collection

КОМЕНТАРІ • 3 тис.

  • @thomasnichol4138
    @thomasnichol4138 3 роки тому +3064

    The cameras were quite good back in 1649.

  • @CrystalSmith-uk6hd
    @CrystalSmith-uk6hd 3 роки тому +2506

    Him telling his son to never accept the throne is quite beautiful. His love for his family came above all else and he wouldn't have his son suffer the same fate.

    • @iamAwesomo1994
      @iamAwesomo1994 3 роки тому +349

      no it's because he wanted his eldest son to be king. he didn't want the parliament to take advantage of his young son which would allow them to do whatever they wanted with England. also it would break the rules, his eldest son was supposed to be king that's why the young prince said he'd rather be torn to pieces first than to break the divine line of kingship.

    • @januarysson5633
      @januarysson5633 3 роки тому +42

      @@iamAwesomo1994 Corn Pop, you’re a bad dude.

    • @Chris-pb3se
      @Chris-pb3se 3 роки тому +30

      @@iamAwesomo1994 exactly

    • @hikertrash2956
      @hikertrash2956 3 роки тому +2

      @@januarysson5633 Bahaha that's a good one

    • @GypsyFairy85
      @GypsyFairy85 3 роки тому +35

      @@iamAwesomo1994 And Charles ll did become King. The merry monarch! Mistresses by the score and illegitimate children too.

  • @theviper1999uk
    @theviper1999uk Рік тому +629

    Jonathan Clarkson, the man playing Charles in this, does such a fantastic job. His is a better portrayal of the monarch than any I've ever seen. Bravo

    • @kirachouinard3490
      @kirachouinard3490 Рік тому +23

      I liked Alec Guiness' portrayal

    • @inuyasha2.046
      @inuyasha2.046 Рік тому +3

      While Jordan clarkson playing basketball

    • @georgcantor7172
      @georgcantor7172 Рік тому +3

      @@kirachouinard3490 , Alec Guiness was a flaming gay.

    • @kirachouinard3490
      @kirachouinard3490 Рік тому +7

      @@georgcantor7172 And that's a problem?

    • @qqq1991
      @qqq1991 Рік тому +4

      @@georgcantor7172 Alec Guinness was flaming’ brilliant as King Charles. Also pretty sure, he was bisexual - not that it matters.

  • @coolbeens6029
    @coolbeens6029 2 роки тому +2345

    Sam Hyde did such a great job in this, how does he keep getting away with it?

  • @DomPatek
    @DomPatek 3 роки тому +1864

    The guy in the thumbnail looks like Sam Hyde.

  • @kettle2293
    @kettle2293 4 роки тому +3804

    I'm always in a kind of awe of people who walk so proudly and calmly to their own executions.

    • @rogerkearns8094
      @rogerkearns8094 4 роки тому +364

      According to Albert Pierrepoint, almost all of those he executed accepted their fate with stoicism and dignity.

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir 4 роки тому +200

      That is the power of faith.

    • @rogerkearns8094
      @rogerkearns8094 4 роки тому +29

      @Cole DeBeer
      Most likely, yes. Good point.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 роки тому +27

      Cole DeBeer well, perhaps. But historically, this is exactly what he did.🤷‍♀️. By people who witnessed it. Sooo...

    • @kettle2293
      @kettle2293 4 роки тому +18

      @Cole DeBeer Few weirdos overthinking things, too.

  • @Samouraii
    @Samouraii Рік тому +417

    All the surviving people who condemned him to death were executed by Charles II. Some of the dead ones were exhumed and their heads put on spikes. Cromwell's head was on a spike for 20 years

    • @noway905
      @noway905 Рік тому

      I hope this happens to the blood thirsty rinos and mad dems preforming the public execution of #45.

    • @sailoroftheinternet3290
      @sailoroftheinternet3290 Рік тому +65

      cromwells head famously went on quite journey round the uk, from collector to collector. Believe it or not, it wasn't actually finally buried until 1960!

    • @donnachamcgowan
      @donnachamcgowan Рік тому +1

      Cromwell was a filthy.dog redrum redrum.most foul

    • @harryeisermann2784
      @harryeisermann2784 Рік тому

      cromwell was right, all kings and the Monarchy must be executed, as in the later french revolution

    • @Joe-bn9fz
      @Joe-bn9fz Рік тому +18

      good

  • @janetstonerook4552
    @janetstonerook4552 Рік тому +69

    I am fascinated with this presentation. My ancestor was Sir Francis Hacker who was Cromwell's general and signed the death sentence for King Charles I. Once the Monarchy was restored, he was tried and hanged for his part in the execution of Charles and all his wealth and holdings taken and his family tossed out into the streets. On of his sons arrived in Virginia on a prisoner ship and worked out his indenturement before his family moved on to the rough frontier of Appalachia. They settled in a remote area of what is now Hacker's Creek, West Virginia, in Upshur County.

    • @pecheurcrapuleux84
      @pecheurcrapuleux84 6 місяців тому +2

      There can be no nation under the divine right of some monarch. As a German citisen I carefully observe this nation-buildig process that in 1848 failed in my country to the detriment of whole Europe. It was then also a legal question. Your ancestor did the tagic job to switch off the tyrant. Respectfully !

    • @Chevalier_knight
      @Chevalier_knight 6 місяців тому

      5 million germans voted hitler into power thats your nations democracy. Long live the king.

    • @gogogeedus
      @gogogeedus 5 місяців тому

      one of my ancestors was the Sherif of Cornwall at the time, I don't know if he had any involvement but I would imagine he would have been on the side of the Royals as he was a protestant.

    • @nigelsheppard625
      @nigelsheppard625 2 місяці тому

      ​@@pecheurcrapuleux84Yes but this is now and not then. We have had the Enlightenment in between. We now doubt, quite legitimately, if there is a God let alone a Devine Right of Kings.

    • @Joel-kf6nx
      @Joel-kf6nx 2 місяці тому

      ​@@gogogeedus But Cromwell himself was a Protestant. Some Protestants didn't like that Charles I was married to a Catholic

  • @maxoneill5728
    @maxoneill5728 3 роки тому +693

    For 2 years i worked in an office at one of the colleges at Oxford University, i was told during my time working at the college that the office i used was used by King Charles I as his office during the civil war when he used Oxford as his stronghold and the college itself as a base to rule the country from. I always felt very honoured to work in the same room as one of most famous Kings the country has ever seen all be it many centuries apart.

    • @KeithyTom
      @KeithyTom Рік тому +21

      Thank you for sharing that Max. It must have been quite fascinating to work in that space.

    • @milwaukeebrewers6337
      @milwaukeebrewers6337 Рік тому +14

      As a janitor?

    • @sarashepard7504
      @sarashepard7504 Рік тому +3

      Wow cool story.

    • @germanfisch
      @germanfisch Рік тому +20

      @@milwaukeebrewers6337 janitors get offices now?

    • @reasonerenlightened2456
      @reasonerenlightened2456 Рік тому +3

      you use the office of a misguided individual. I find the idea of selection on the basis of DNA for inheriting a state role to be quite troublesome. Just because your DNA makes you black or a woman or otherwise different does not mean you can not hold a state role or that you are entitled to hold state roles by birth right.
      A democratic process of selection is INCOMPATIBLE with the idea of selection based on DNA.

  • @cyrill3000
    @cyrill3000 3 роки тому +310

    As much as I detest the atrocities of history, I admire the talent of this narrator. What a precise forming of sounds, that is connected with the meaning, without tricks. Not to mention the beauty of his voice itself. Very well done.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 2 роки тому +3

      aTrOcItIeS

    • @jamestangue7032
      @jamestangue7032 2 роки тому +10

      @@NathanDudani The killing of a king is such a thing. The unlawful killing of a king? Even worse.

    • @kinsmart7294
      @kinsmart7294 2 роки тому

      @@jamestangue7032 An sham trial throught and throught.

    • @rationalconservative386
      @rationalconservative386 2 роки тому +5

      "Detest the atrocities of history". Get over yourself. Looking at history through the lens of today is what fools do.
      "Detest" them all you want, but it is history that determines iur present and future.

    • @anglishbookcraft1516
      @anglishbookcraft1516 Рік тому

      Bro who talks like this?

  • @Yalditours
    @Yalditours Рік тому +72

    Years ago I went to drama school with the gentleman doing the narration. Toby was a great lad and its nice to see he’s still working.

  • @Gazman011969
    @Gazman011969 2 роки тому +131

    I've watch this many times, and it just doesn't get old. Toby Lord is a truly captivating narrator, and Jonathan Clarkson is perfectly cast as HRH King Charles 1. This is how you teach history.

    • @rodriguesroshan
      @rodriguesroshan Рік тому +9

      His Majesty

    • @99Plastics
      @99Plastics Рік тому

      nah this is how you white wash history, it doesn't go into any depth about his rule, how much of a pussy he was and how he ran the country in the ground multiple times.

    • @chriss740
      @chriss740 8 місяців тому

      Do you know who plays Henrietta Maria?

  • @BigDaddyPimpin4Life
    @BigDaddyPimpin4Life 3 роки тому +556

    Title should be changed to "The Execution of Sam Hyde: The Killing of a Internet Troll".

    • @ost-mann2860
      @ost-mann2860 3 роки тому +74

      Hyde can't keep getting away with his infiltration of several European noble houses

    • @afraidofmyownlegs4318
      @afraidofmyownlegs4318 3 роки тому +9

      God damn you beat me to it by 4 days

    • @dcoulter2685
      @dcoulter2685 2 роки тому +7

      Lol that’s what i was thinking

    • @invaderHUNK
      @invaderHUNK 2 роки тому +8

      Why do you think he’s being executed?

    • @ost-mann2860
      @ost-mann2860 2 роки тому +14

      @@invaderHUNK Crimes against humanity

  • @roberthimself7813
    @roberthimself7813 3 роки тому +964

    Sam Hyde is talented af.

  • @az6877
    @az6877 2 роки тому +66

    the way he parted with kids really struck me deep in the heart

    • @petermwaura8108
      @petermwaura8108 Рік тому +1

      I almost shed tears....I just imagined me hugging my daughter Andrea for the last time😢😢😢

  • @trevorn9381
    @trevorn9381 Рік тому +21

    The English Civil War is how one of my ancestors ended up in Virginia. He was a royalist who supported King Charles I. After the war he was imprisoned by Cromwell's forces and sold into indentured servitude on a plantation in the New World. My indentured ancestor married the boss's daughter, and acquired his own plantation on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

  • @hiddentalents9513
    @hiddentalents9513 4 роки тому +727

    The last part when he place his head on block was so heartbreaking. His eyes says it all. I dont know who he is but his acting is brilliant.❤

    • @Frottussle
      @Frottussle 4 роки тому +22

      Allan Cumming

    • @hiddentalents9513
      @hiddentalents9513 4 роки тому +5

      @@Frottussle Thanks 😊

    • @ashleighpatti1360
      @ashleighpatti1360 4 роки тому +41

      It’s actually a friend of mine called Johnathan Clarkson..... he’s amazing!!

    • @bicarbonat1
      @bicarbonat1 3 роки тому +19

      @@Frottussle Jonathan Clarkson, not Alan Cumming

    • @garnet6994
      @garnet6994 3 роки тому

      @@ashleighpatti1360 lucky

  • @ebell404
    @ebell404 4 роки тому +987

    An amazing video. It really captured the humanity of Charles; nothing I've ever read even tried to do that.

    • @oakashthorn5714
      @oakashthorn5714 4 роки тому +5

      S Muir lefty

    • @Delicious_J
      @Delicious_J 4 роки тому +25

      @@Millie.com232 If you can't be objective about history, then don't concern yourself with it.

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 3 роки тому +23

      @eitoobmiz It shows his arrogance and emphasises his inhumanity in causing the war caused his downfall - good riddance and hail the Commonwealth. The irony is most European states would've just banished their monarchs🤔

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 3 роки тому +6

      @eitoobmiz At that time I mean, Louis' period was nearly 100 years later and yes he got the same as Charles I

    • @NM-ou9el
      @NM-ou9el 3 роки тому +1

      He wasn't human🦎

  • @brockauble2263
    @brockauble2263 2 роки тому +11

    This was such a well put together video! Thank you so much!

  • @linibiography
    @linibiography Рік тому +13

    Holy cow. I found you somewhere between Stephen and John and I can't believe we are already at Charles I. Thank you so much for these mini-documentaries (which are pretty darn good quality, btw). I know it's not easy and your work is greatly appreciated.

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot 9 місяців тому

      You're welcome

  • @regenabray
    @regenabray 4 роки тому +1360

    Finally England had a king that loved he’s wife and children and what did they do? They killed him!!!!

    • @DemonCuz
      @DemonCuz 4 роки тому +45

      No a right winged assole killed him, the people put him back

    • @IliyanStoychev
      @IliyanStoychev 4 роки тому +121

      @@DemonCuz :D:D:D man are you dumb dumb dumb

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 роки тому +168

      There was quite a few kings who loved their wives and children. Loving your wife and children doesn’t make you a good king. But the populace, who loved THEIR wives and children, were probably afraid of being burned at the stake. 🤷‍♀️. And people who love their own can not give one rats about anybody else.

    • @miklmiklmtrcycl6009
      @miklmiklmtrcycl6009 4 роки тому +1

      vachief dumbass

    • @miklmiklmtrcycl6009
      @miklmiklmtrcycl6009 4 роки тому +39

      Regena asdf he was killed for conspiring against parliament. Pretty straightforward.

  • @bramsrockhopper3377
    @bramsrockhopper3377 3 роки тому +72

    Beautifully narrated and filmed. Must admit that Charles I is one the kings I didn’t know much about, so thank you for this little film.

  • @JustinHEMI05
    @JustinHEMI05 6 місяців тому +4

    This is so incredibly well done. The videography, the music, the narration. Superb. Earned a new subscriber.

  • @reggielou2653
    @reggielou2653 Рік тому +2

    Thank you making it easy to digest with great narration and phots/videos.

  • @bronzemen34
    @bronzemen34 3 роки тому +355

    He truly loved his kids.....may not have been a great king but damn he was a awesome family man!.....respect 🔥

    • @lukealadeen7836
      @lukealadeen7836 3 роки тому

      Why is tour name Paul but you have a picture of a woman? Who is this woman?

    • @bronzemen34
      @bronzemen34 3 роки тому +7

      @@lukealadeen7836 my wife

    • @lukealadeen7836
      @lukealadeen7836 3 роки тому

      @@bronzemen34 I don't believe you. Whats her name? Is she a singer?

    • @bronzemen34
      @bronzemen34 3 роки тому +5

      @@lukealadeen7836 than don’t believe me.............I dont just put any random pic of a woman? And yeh she sings!!!

    • @lukealadeen7836
      @lukealadeen7836 3 роки тому

      @@bronzemen34 Can you recommend a song of hers?

  • @AncientAbsWisdom
    @AncientAbsWisdom 4 роки тому +264

    This is outstanding. Outstanding work by HRP AND PP and of course Toby.

    • @darren.ormandy
      @darren.ormandy 4 роки тому +7

      Agreed! Toby's great in this. Someone sign him up.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 роки тому

      Is that who this cutie is? I’ve never seen him before. Well, it’s not just his looks. He’s very good. I’m too long in the tooth to be turned by a pretty face lol. I like my docs to have substance😉.

    • @lolgay8718
      @lolgay8718 4 роки тому +3

      ha pp

  • @emranh
    @emranh Рік тому

    Such brilliantly captivating storytelling with a simple yet powerful soundtrack and great camerawork and framing.

  • @vahidrezabarati924
    @vahidrezabarati924 Рік тому +8

    I don't know if Charles I made the right calls or not. But I do know one thing, and that is this video is freaking awesome!!! You have done a splendid job with this. Very very well done!!! Amazing 😍

  • @katharinaholzinger5092
    @katharinaholzinger5092 3 роки тому +113

    This is so well made - from the editing, to the acting, to the music - just perfect

  • @garryabbott3474
    @garryabbott3474 2 роки тому +90

    A tremendous video, expertly narrated, this is the UA-cam content we all need.

  • @LD-qj2te
    @LD-qj2te 2 роки тому +1

    Omg this is so well produced and the music was incredible

  • @Nicolae_Mew
    @Nicolae_Mew 2 роки тому +19

    Kind of badass that he fixed his hair and told the executioner when it was okay to swing the axe

  • @vinzchannel01
    @vinzchannel01 3 роки тому +205

    And the narrator himself looks like Charles

    • @deboralee1623
      @deboralee1623 3 роки тому +24

      so i'm not the only one who thinks that.

    • @jerseymusicman3332
      @jerseymusicman3332 3 роки тому +11

      Haha. I thought maybe it was him at first.

    • @KyngofJewel
      @KyngofJewel 3 роки тому +8

      What if he's actually Charles and assumes that we won't notice it?

  • @vernelledouglas1801
    @vernelledouglas1801 3 роки тому +391

    It's lovely that he cared so much for his wife and children.

    • @bombski5657
      @bombski5657 Рік тому +22

      shame he didn't care so much about the innocent civilians he killed. the man was a horrible tyrant, it just so happens that he was replaced by a horrible tyrant so people have forgotten how bad he was.

    • @sorongana5346
      @sorongana5346 Рік тому +1

      @@bombski5657 Statements like this just show you how much people are moved by the most basic & rudimentary human behaviors, it just shows you that we're very low today, it also shows you how much many tyrannies & corruption are bypassed simply because it appeals to the sensibilities of a woman, it should show you also how many of the tyrannies we have in modern times are enabled by women & how governments today use them as frontrunners for policies.

    • @kevmikhail2990
      @kevmikhail2990 Рік тому +14

      Charles I was known to be a timid man. He was, so obviously, being taken advantage of. If he was an actual tyrant, civil war would never have happened because he would have killed all potential threats. The same way it is impossible for a civil war to break out in North Korea today.
      He was the total opposite of a tyrant. He was kind. And kind, got him killed.

    • @bombski5657
      @bombski5657 Рік тому +9

      @@kevmikhail2990 he was so timid that he tried to force a prayer book on Scotland knowing it would lead to war. A war that killed thousands of innocent people and resulted in subsequent wars. He also stubbornly refused to agree to parliaments terms which would have spared his life and stabalised the 2 kingdoms.

    • @Abhishek-fe3zs
      @Abhishek-fe3zs Рік тому

      @@bombski5657 he refused because the parliament was unlawful. There was no precedent for trying the king. The king was the law.

  • @Ab-xu9dj
    @Ab-xu9dj 2 роки тому +30

    It's crazy to think that they really did arrest a king,put him on trial,then executed him.

    • @tonymirabal8832
      @tonymirabal8832 Рік тому +6

      I wish they would do that now,

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 Рік тому +5

      The French also did that. It's one of the two only appropriate place for a monarch, besides the abolition of that institution itself.

    • @MusikCassette
      @MusikCassette Місяць тому

      @@tonymirabal8832 with what king?

  • @markhogan9435
    @markhogan9435 Рік тому +1

    I watch this now for the first time. Superbly done. Master story teller...

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 4 роки тому +150

    Charles the first was perhaps the most unlucky British king in the last five hundred years, a vain man who came up against a nasty cold, cruel fanatic called Cromwell, who is still hated in Ireland and should be more dispised than he is. Cromwell was a far more tyrannical man than Charles. In the end Charles's trail was a fit up and in the end Cromwell, dissolved Parliament too. When Charles the second took the throne, Cromwell's body was dug up and the corpse's head was cut off.

    • @DemonCuz
      @DemonCuz 4 роки тому +23

      A small bit of information I believe now can be revealed is where the crown was safely hidden from Cromwell during this dark period. While looting the crown jewels and all the other treasures, Cromwell was so spooked when confronted with the ancient and most important holy object on earth, St Edwards Crown, he ordered the Archbishop to take and destroy it. In one of the most secret and perhaps most moving acts performed, the Archbishop with the aid of "other being", opened the tomb of King Charles and placed the crown on the now reattached head of the murdered King. Nearly all history books will dispute this claiming the crown was destroyed and melted down. Even members of the Royal Family believe the crown to be a 17th century reproduction. I can prove this is not the case. All one needs to do is read the very detailed bill presented to the Palace of Westminster from the goldsmith guild commissioned to reproduce the crown jewels. Every tiny detail and cost for every piece reproduced is listed in a manner one would expect of such a historic and important document. The most important object, the crown itself, its weight in gold, and its adorned jewels are not even mentioned. The only reference to St Edwards Crown are the four new golden support arches with the cross of Christ in dominion on the golden orb of earth created 'FOR' the St Edwards Crown. (exactly as it is today). This document is still available today for public viewing.

    • @rotwang2000
      @rotwang2000 4 роки тому +10

      I would consider Charles as the more benign figure, even though he was pig-headed and extremely keen to extend his power into absolutism. Cromwell was a driven man with deep religious beliefs and he never did things half-heartedly to a degree that his name still raises passions in Ireland today. The worst failure in all this was Parliament that never lived up the ambition of some of its members even when Charles was removed from power.

    • @pinklady7184
      @pinklady7184 4 роки тому +34

      Cromwell started Irish slavery. He separated Irish families and sold them into slavery. Irish were shipped to slave islands like Jamaica, Montserrat, West Indies, etc.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 роки тому +19

      I find it interesting that Cromwell said he “wasn’t a king” but he did the same thing, and then tried to make his son his heir. Then it’s a heritable situation, and that’s royalty. And the Irish! Oh heavens.🥺. My mom visited Ireland in the ‘70’s, and there was LITERALLY still skulls in fields. That’s how many there was. Horrible.

    • @hedkandicaine
      @hedkandicaine 3 роки тому +4

      @@DemonCuz i love that, thank you

  • @midnightwatchman1
    @midnightwatchman1 3 роки тому +384

    You know my paternal grandmother always told us we were descended from the executioner of King Charles, saying that he was forced to leave England and go live out his life in Jamaica. I really do not know how true this story was, I thought at the time this why we had so much land deep in the countryside of jamaica.

    • @Pridegriffin
      @Pridegriffin 3 роки тому +93

      There is probably quite a bit of truth to your oral family history. Although, there might be twists and turns in the story; the basics usually stay true to the story. Maybe you could do a deeper research into it.? ?! I think you could probably find out more than you could ever dream, if you started researching different angles. You have a very interesting family history; and would make a fantastic story with whatever extra you discover!

    • @andrawusazimi8428
      @andrawusazimi8428 3 роки тому +21

      Kill an English King, get Jamaican land and family.

    • @ToastieBRRRN
      @ToastieBRRRN 3 роки тому +29

      @@andrawusazimi8428 More like exile to Jamaica.

    • @andrawusazimi8428
      @andrawusazimi8428 3 роки тому +30

      @@ToastieBRRRN -With benefits

    • @jonnysupreme
      @jonnysupreme 2 роки тому +8

      Yeahh mon

  • @knelson3057
    @knelson3057 2 роки тому

    i really enjoy and appreciate the effort put into all of this, especially charles' period appropriate accent!! very impressive touch!

  • @henrylansing9734
    @henrylansing9734 Рік тому +28

    They killed him because he taught African children Javascript. What a tragedy.

  • @hardinhp
    @hardinhp 2 роки тому +46

    i clicked in this video because i legitimately thought it was Sam Hyde playing another one of his 'artistic plays'

  • @jassybanuelos326
    @jassybanuelos326 3 роки тому +278

    Henry VIII: *Worst Husband/ Father towards his family* Best King of England!
    Charles I and VI: *beloved husband/father to his family* Worst King of Great Britain!

    • @lunaguy1195
      @lunaguy1195 3 роки тому +18

      They were England´s yin and yang.☯

    • @Devaraja67
      @Devaraja67 3 роки тому +58

      Henry VIII Best King? there are many other who really deserve that title, his second daughter for one, Edward III, Henry II who brought the Angevin empire into existence, William the Conqueror for sure he created the English Monarchy and i'm probably forgetting 2 or so more deserving of the title, Henry VIII was borderline psychotic for periods of his reign.

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 3 роки тому +14

      @@Devaraja67 Henry VIII was psychotic during his latter years but his former years he was quite popular. If Henry VIII only had just a son with Catherine of Aragon, he probably wouldn't have been as psychotic.

    • @WhosPhotoTube
      @WhosPhotoTube 3 роки тому +14

      Elizabeth I: greatest ever monarch.

    • @Devaraja67
      @Devaraja67 3 роки тому +1

      @@blugaledoh2669 I think had Mary been born a boy and survived to adulthood his political goals wouldn’t have detonated so many psychosis as his separation from Rome and the killing of Anne Boleyn produced but then who knows what other crisis might have done so?
      His Madness was an insidious not an overt affair, recent documents show the length he went to prepare and organize personally the execution of Boleyn.

  • @randomguyontheinternet8345
    @randomguyontheinternet8345 2 роки тому +101

    From what I read Charles 1 only wanted to play with his kids all day. and from what he seems he wasnt really a tryant for he could have easily arrested everyone in parliament and had them all executed but he didnt.
    His son Charles 2 would exact revenge on all those who killed his dad and he was ruthless and made sure no one went unpunished.

    • @jacquevanlopeznoroff8827
      @jacquevanlopeznoroff8827 Рік тому +11

      Only wanted to play with his kids all day? 😂 So he was executed? 😂 Perhaps he might’ve stood before Parliament and delivered a speech entitled “On the Divine Right to Only Play with My Kids All Day” 😂

    • @krisb-travel
      @krisb-travel Рік тому +2

      oh damn, how many people did charles 2 son have killed?

    • @robbiestewart89
      @robbiestewart89 Рік тому +13

      No, Charles I just entered the House of Commons and tried to arrest five members of Parliament on his own issued royal warrants for treason. The five of which had gotten advance notice of the King's coming and fled the cope. His actions are the reason why monarchs now no longer enter the House of Commons for any reason what so ever. Monarchs now send Black Rod over to summon them anytime they give the speech from the throne in the House of Peers. Black Rod has the door slammed in their face to symbolize the Commons' independence from the crown and has to knock three times using their staff to request admittance. Or Parliament holds a joint session in Westminster Hall instead. I'd suggest you watch the many prior State Opening of Parliament videos posted on here.

    • @krisb-travel
      @krisb-travel Рік тому +1

      @@robbiestewart89 thanks, appreciate it

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 Рік тому

      All monarchs is fundamentally a tyrant.

  • @leandrobaluyotjr5181
    @leandrobaluyotjr5181 Рік тому

    Excellent video ! More success to your endeavors. Thank you very much .

  • @beth7935
    @beth7935 3 роки тому +7

    WOW :o
    That was something else! I watch a LOT of history docos but this lil 15min one was honestly like a beautiful film as well as an excellent doco, & so powerful to watch. I've never seen anything like it, but I love it!

  • @eileenbass952
    @eileenbass952 4 роки тому +54

    I could listen to Toby all day. What a lovely voice.

  • @manueltorres1417
    @manueltorres1417 Рік тому +1

    Bravo! Dope storytelling my guy!

  • @asojourner3534
    @asojourner3534 2 роки тому +5

    I love this whole presentation! Very stylish.

  • @zoeyapp2760
    @zoeyapp2760 4 роки тому +20

    Fantastic video. Enjoyed watching and learning :) Would love to see more of these.

  • @Mr00000111
    @Mr00000111 3 роки тому +102

    Charles's actor is just splendid.

  • @stevenwinterhill6647
    @stevenwinterhill6647 2 роки тому +8

    "He then writes a letter to Charles his eldest advising him on what to do when he becomes king.." 😭😭

  • @renatacantore3684
    @renatacantore3684 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for your Beautiful presentation. This was indeed an important part of the history of England.
    What a great example of how important it is to be willing to compromise.

  • @lyndaoneill6483
    @lyndaoneill6483 3 роки тому +318

    Such a sad ending for a King who married for love,stayed with her,had children and also loved and cared for them.This did not happen often in those days.He died with dignity,it must be so horrible to know this is your last night and you have to walk all that way to your death.At least the executioner had his weapon sharpened and it was only one quick chop.😱

    • @austriaco4132
      @austriaco4132 3 роки тому +23

      Nicolas and Alexandra of Russa also married for love and loved their children immensely

    • @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots
      @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots 2 роки тому +54

      That doesn’t excuse his actions, he was a lying tyrant, a papist and a terrible leader, who’s actions brought upon England 3 civil wars, a disastrous war with Spain, economic ruin, a republic and almost caused England to return to Catholicism.

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 2 роки тому +14

      @@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots They could have exiled him instead, they did it with the last Kaiser.

    • @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots
      @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots 2 роки тому +19

      @@antman5474 he would’ve just come straight back, this was the 17th century, not the 20th.

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 2 роки тому +26

      @@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots Either way he was still murdered unlawfully.

  • @j.c.h5877
    @j.c.h5877 3 роки тому +23

    Its very odd to believe that if he wasn't king or even killed, it would have altered the family lineage and Queen Elizabeth wouldn't exist or reign.

    • @iMertin
      @iMertin 4 місяці тому +1

      No his second oldest son took over

  • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
    @TheSmart-CasualGamer Рік тому +6

    I was recommended this by UA-cam, a few days after the appointment of King Charles III.
    What are you trying to tell me, Benevolent Algorithm?

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Місяць тому

      He survived post March, so Charles III isn't the shortest monarch in British reign.

  • @chaselee86
    @chaselee86 Рік тому +10

    I'm watching this when Charles III gets on his throne...

    • @KerbalHub
      @KerbalHub Рік тому +6

      @IronicStuffs This video is also about a King Charles

  • @gothicmom5232
    @gothicmom5232 4 роки тому +4

    Wonderfully put together video...bravo!!

  • @R_Jackson
    @R_Jackson 2 роки тому +13

    4:30 Whoever had the bright idea to film the narrator Toby Lord from three angles to suggest Van Dyck's 'Triple Portrait' of Charles I is to be congratulated! Brilliant.

  • @brianpan6453
    @brianpan6453 2 роки тому +1

    These are the kinds of YT videos that cheer me up at night! 😃

  • @Matthias333
    @Matthias333 2 роки тому +36

    So this is where my 5 dollars a month is going to Sam Hyde...... MDE never dies.

  • @fonandoozmando5961
    @fonandoozmando5961 3 роки тому +107

    Holy moly, didn't know Sam Hyde used to be a king

  • @edanzbox
    @edanzbox 4 роки тому +23

    Superb production and telling of this historic event, much enjoyed!

  • @corettejones
    @corettejones Рік тому

    Awesome video, great presentation. !

  • @hondaeownerreviews8608
    @hondaeownerreviews8608 Рік тому

    He escapes and is recaptured... man the suspense lasted less than a minute.
    Great video all in all

  • @wht-rabt-obj
    @wht-rabt-obj 3 роки тому +11

    Loving these 15 minute historical videos! This one and the Princes in the tower. Please do more👍

  • @dennisroyhall121
    @dennisroyhall121 3 роки тому +6

    Good steady ie not rushed presentation, also good vocal style. Hope we can look forward to similarly well-balanced analyses of Charles II, James II, the Duke of Monmouth, both Lords Protector Oliver and Richard ( especially the latter...).

  • @151balance
    @151balance Рік тому +2

    this is so well put together, so engaging, thank you...Bravo!

  • @Chr.U.Cas2216
    @Chr.U.Cas2216 2 роки тому +1

    👍👌👏 This is a very well done video for sure!

  • @isejanus2714
    @isejanus2714 4 роки тому +88

    A pivotal point in British history, perhaps even more more so in the history of America. The men whole rebelled against George the third were grandchildren of the men who left England during the fifty years following Charles' reign and they set up a government with an elected, secular sovereign or head of state. An American was executed for regicide when Charles the second came to the throne and that fact and the subsequent history remains a largely ignored area of scholarship on both sides of the Atlantic.

    • @ttintagel
      @ttintagel 4 роки тому +12

      My first American ancestor was the son of a Royalist imprisoned by Cromwell.

    • @willingsubject389
      @willingsubject389 4 роки тому +10

      ttintagel Typically speaking if your grandparents were royalist then you would end up settling in the South if you were Roundheads then you would probably settle in New England .

    • @chrisgibson5267
      @chrisgibson5267 3 роки тому +12

      The Governor of Connecticut was authorised to purchase and outfit two warships for use in the Revolution.
      The largest was named Oliver Cromwell. The Royal Navy captured her and she became HMS Restoration.

    • @dalmatianroyalist9326
      @dalmatianroyalist9326 2 роки тому +8

      Washington's ancestors were royalists. His greatgreatgreat grandfather rector Lawrence Washington was a close ally to Charles I.

    • @Szkorbut7
      @Szkorbut7 2 роки тому +1

      @@chrisgibson5267 So...perfect.

  • @sundeephundal9366
    @sundeephundal9366 4 роки тому +21

    Great video so well put together and informative. Really captured the emotion of such a pivotal point in British history. More of these on other key turning points relating to monarchs would be fab!

  • @Unpug
    @Unpug Рік тому

    This is extremely and crazily well made holy cow

  • @AltaMirage
    @AltaMirage 2 роки тому +11

    The fall of kings is followed by misery.

  • @jamesadams6009
    @jamesadams6009 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent video. Well done, and thanks.

  • @mattjenkins5728
    @mattjenkins5728 4 роки тому +250

    This is sad, he's a brave man, he handled it with courage.

    • @iamAwesomo1994
      @iamAwesomo1994 3 роки тому +15

      they ended up asking his son to come be king years later anyway when they realized they wanted the monarchy.

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah King Charles's story is very tragic I even teared up a little bit up

    • @jamiemiddleditch1999
      @jamiemiddleditch1999 3 роки тому +8

      @@iamAwesomo1994 and we have had a monarchy ever since lol. In over 1000 years we spent 15 years without a monarch. The good thing about monarchy in the UK is it works with Democracy, a very useful asset in diplomacy and on the world stage. Plus, changing the UK to a republic doesn't sound right... the United Republic (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Doesnt have the same ring as United Kingdom. Lol status quo is good

    • @Gleifel
      @Gleifel 3 роки тому +2

      @@jamiemiddleditch1999 ok so I agree, in the 15 years that the uk was a republic the public hated it, the monarchy never had much power when parliament called it back though. Although the monarchy did coerce parliament into rounding up the regicides and executing them by hanging, drawing and quartering.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 2 роки тому

      sAd

  • @svprememe
    @svprememe 2 роки тому +11

    "Think it, dream it, do it"
    - Charles I

  • @grandmaul9003
    @grandmaul9003 2 роки тому +38

    Sam Hyde is a master class actor

  • @juliancoulden1753
    @juliancoulden1753 4 роки тому +248

    Cromwell didn’t fare any better. He was vain enough to think he could be a king and the revolution he unleashed eventually consumed him. As history often shows us. Charles wasn’t on his own in his belief in the divine right if kings, this was common currency right across Europe. Look no further than Louis XIV of France, who probably took this belief to it’s most extreme conclusion.

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 4 роки тому +11

      Yes, but Cromwell was beheaded posthumously.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 4 роки тому +29

      Cromwell was successful. He ruled, he lived, and he died a natural death in office. It was his son that balls it up by being ineffectual and with no presence; that let slip his father's gains. If he had been as strong and with intelligence as his father then Britain may still have been a republic. Cromwell also ensured that if a monarchy returned it was only ever going to be a constitutional one.

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 4 роки тому +10

      Julian Coulden
      What do you mean he didn’t fare any better? You do know Cromwell wasn’t executed, right?
      Crowell did nothing wrong, bitches. He was quite a merciful man. He could have been a bloodthirsty French revolutionary, but he was a merciful man. Cromwell never wanted to be a king! And he is no fanatic like he is often portrayed. And it was parliament that banned Christmas and theatre, not fucking Cromwell!

    • @juliancoulden1753
      @juliancoulden1753 4 роки тому +13

      Joella Z gosh why are you so angry? We aren’t discussing the meaning of life here?

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 4 роки тому +4

      Julian Coulden
      Cause Cromwell is life. Cromwell is love.

  • @rpm1796
    @rpm1796 4 роки тому +7

    Well done Mr. Lord, and team.

  • @clementjackson6807
    @clementjackson6807 Рік тому

    Where did you guys got that sound track from, for this video? Who's melody is this?

  • @_mohashazshay2296
    @_mohashazshay2296 Рік тому +6

    anyone else got this recommended after a new king charles

    • @hyperxplays
      @hyperxplays Рік тому +1

      Yeah I got it recommended for the second time

  • @Steve1959
    @Steve1959 3 роки тому +15

    It was my privilege to see the movie"Cromwell"aboard a Pan Am 747 enroute to Paris. It described the trial and execution of Charles I. A sobering depiction of that episode in history.

  • @mangot589
    @mangot589 4 роки тому +51

    I’ve never seen that painting of James and Charles. I didn’t realize how much of the Hapsburg chin they had!

    • @rorystockley5969
      @rorystockley5969 4 роки тому +1

      Which painting is that?

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 3 роки тому +5

      I should have said paintings😬. Kriss, you’re correct, but I thought they may have gotten from their mother’s side from somewhere., I myself was incorrect. I looked on my genealogy chart, and there isn’t hardly any to speak of, the last being Catherine of Aragon, who obviously had nothing to do with the Stuart’s as far as bloodline is concerned. I guess maybe the painters wanted them to have “strong chins”, or it was the clothes! But thanks for pointing it out😉.

    • @lukacsgergelics1339
      @lukacsgergelics1339 2 роки тому

      @@mangot589 I think thats just his pointy beard

  • @DrWongburger
    @DrWongburger Рік тому +5

    And here I thought the thumbnail was Charles Hyde. He can't getting away with it!

  • @alberto-279
    @alberto-279 Рік тому +2

    this has to be the best history video ever

  • @rbachawnghlut2812
    @rbachawnghlut2812 3 роки тому +4

    Narration was incredible.
    Best of all

  • @Jabsta08
    @Jabsta08 4 роки тому +9

    Awesome!! Love this

  • @Nanno00
    @Nanno00 Рік тому

    This was so well done and captivating.

  • @bluevioletandlilac
    @bluevioletandlilac Рік тому +22

    Charles clearly had his flaws, but he went fucking hard at his execution. It's pretty admirable.
    Also, this is really by far the best documentary about his execution I've seen, but I do wish they'd included that moment in court where he hit a guy with his cane, the top popped off, and as nobody else would retrieve it for him, he had to bend down and get it himself. It was really, incredibly symbolic, given the circumstances.

  • @redrebel4540
    @redrebel4540 4 роки тому +135

    Poor old Charles! Would'nt have happened to Henry Vlll.

    • @davidcross9811
      @davidcross9811 3 роки тому +10

      Parliament had far fewer powers under Henry’s regime than they did by the time Charles’ reign rolled about.

    • @bill5328
      @bill5328 3 роки тому +2

      @Stalwart Grantist if a Parliamentarian crossed HenryV111 his head got stuck on a spike outside traitors gate. I suppose he was a fine husband as well?. Total Monarchy produced men like him, he reformed the church to protestantism but received holy Communion on his death bed.

    • @kkandsims4612
      @kkandsims4612 3 роки тому +4

      Oddly I think Henry the 8th was strangely liked by the people .

    • @olufemiolumilua4689
      @olufemiolumilua4689 3 роки тому +4

      Yes, boss! Dis depicts weakness on Charles' side. Henry VIII would rather have all d parliamentarians' heads.

    • @justanotherhappyhumanist8832
      @justanotherhappyhumanist8832 3 роки тому +6

      Based Eagle That’s not true. Henry VIII was a brutal tyrant, and by the end of his reign, he had completely stolen any form of power from the people, and given himself the right to do whatever he wanted, to anyone he wanted. He didn’t care a jot about the Magna Carta or citizen’s rights.

  • @rolex0071
    @rolex0071 3 роки тому +70

    Even as a Irish man, I fine the death of Charles the first upsetting, that his own people turned against him in the end.

    • @Tridhos
      @Tridhos 3 роки тому +8

      The Rolex drone channel..
      Not surprising given that he was responsible for more deaths before or since.

    • @wonjubhoy
      @wonjubhoy 2 роки тому +14

      Because he was the ally of the Irish. Cromwell was a common enemy of both the Irish and the king.

    • @pigeonsareugly
      @pigeonsareugly Рік тому +2

      @@wonjubhoy and a lot of England

    • @johnnyoranges
      @johnnyoranges Рік тому +1

      If you're an Irish Catholic, it would be understandable for you to like Charles 1. If you believe in progress, you'll know he was a reactionary tyrant.

    • @frname7665
      @frname7665 Рік тому

      @@johnnyoranges "Believe in progress" lmao

  • @thomasgargano8813
    @thomasgargano8813 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much for your country’s history 👏👏👏👏 I liked your presentation of this video, on this sad history of your king. Very clear and easy to understand. Thanks again.👏👏👏🍻🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺

  • @johnvirge4946
    @johnvirge4946 Рік тому

    Well narrated... Good work !

  • @CKyIe
    @CKyIe 4 роки тому +37

    Well, Sam kind of deserved to die, what with all the people he's killed over the years.

    • @mrttripz3236
      @mrttripz3236 4 роки тому +4

      Nathan he couldn’t keep getting away with it forever...

  • @justbraks
    @justbraks 4 роки тому +5

    I'd love to know the name of the background music

  • @seihai-kun6726
    @seihai-kun6726 2 роки тому +24

    Damn so Charles was really Sam Hyde the whole time. It all makes sense

    • @Samouraii
      @Samouraii 2 роки тому +6

      Man got Cancelled by 'Heidecker' Cromwell

  • @barriesansom2070
    @barriesansom2070 Рік тому

    Absolutely brilliant! Would be a really good vid to show in class!

  • @Tiresias55
    @Tiresias55 3 роки тому +42

    The intro from 0:00 to 1:46 is just breathtaking, I love the music and beat. Was enthralled and watched through to the end. Love the production, a masterful retelling of King Charles' execution. Growing up I always allied myself with the Roundheads, I am Protestant, so believed this was right. However, Having heard all of the evils comitted by Cromwell, if I were there now, I would have taken up arms as a cavalier.

  • @kunalsingh9116
    @kunalsingh9116 4 роки тому +7

    Background music???
    Anyone please

  • @stephaniemcpherson2558
    @stephaniemcpherson2558 Рік тому +1

    Love it. Well done!

  • @waitwhat720
    @waitwhat720 Рік тому +1

    Incredible documentary! 👏