Absolutely!! I could listen to her talk about the Tudors for hours and hours. She tells it like she is transported to that time and she is repeating a conversation that was had yesterday lol absolutely fabulous!!!! 5 stars
Love this! The House of Tudor simply died because there were no heirs, as it seems to me. This is one of the most fascinating families to me. So many complexities. ❤
HBO did a good job of conveying the gist of Henry's day, if you don't mind a few historical errors. Mostly, that Henry had an almost 2-decade long marriage with Catherine of Aragon and was no spring chicken when he met Anne Boleyn at 45. Also that he was stud central, when Anne actually complained about his ability to please a woman. Then, there was Superman's affair with Henry's sister Margaret who was actually Henry's sister Mary. The changes HBO made were to make a hot relationship with Anne so people would enjoy that. It required making Henry younger and required changing a few characters around. It's just dramatic license.
The only real answer why the tudors had no heirs, was because Elizabeth I choose not to have one and I believe she based her decision on how she's affected by the actions of her late father-The infamous Henry the 8th and his relationship with Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn.
Duh. Surnames are patrilineal. The Tudor dynasty ended with Edward, Henry's son by Jane Seymour. Edward inherited the crown but died in youth without fathering legitimate sons. Had Elizabeth given birth her children would bear her husband's name. Elizabeth avoided marriage and avoided naming a successor for either would jeopardize her hold on the crown. Elizabeth doted on her father Henry. She had little or no memory of the mother who died when she was barely 3. And anyway, she was careful to play down that association for many considered her the illegitimate daughter of a whore. Perhaps Henry loved Anne, but Henry's subjects did not.
Elizabeth never married because in that time she would have handed a great deal of power over to her husband. She was too clever to allow that to happen. Brilliant ruler.
@@williamberven-ph5ig Elizabeth never married or had children because she didn't want them to become royals after she saw how easily they would have been destroyed.
Leslie Jones is an absolute gem. I cannot put it into words, from the stage, to MH, to this in order from me growing up, im in awe. Excellence, pure and utter excellence. 👏👏👏
Just make sure you fact check everything she says........she claimed that Margaret Beaufort was married to Owen Tudor, who is actually her father-in-law. She married Edmund Tudor, First Earl of Richmond.
I understand that Elizabeth didn't want to harm Mary. The political tension of keeping her alive. Her advisors pressed the issue very likely increasing the pressure as time went by
This is a thrilling and imaginative story, but very sad in the end, but King Henry the VIII got his strong ruler, a daughter, Elizabeth. Rather ironic!
18:45 deuteronomy 25:5 & 6 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. Obviously, Henry VIII didn't read this verse. Funny how Catherine's supporters didn't cite this verse either.
@DavidJohnRedwood Henry VIII claimed a different passage prohibited him from marrying his brother's wife. Now, the passage in question prohibited having sex with a brother's wife, but it said nothing to prohibited marrying a brother's widow. The scripture I copied in the first post above was totally ignored by the king because it wasn't what he wanted. It actually commanded a man to marry his brother's widow if she was childless.
@DavidJohnRedwood King Henry VIII used Leviticus 20:21 to justify his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, claiming that the verse forbade a man from marrying his brother's widow: Leviticus 20:21: "And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing; they shall be childless" This verse is different from the one I quoted. This verse prohibits sex with one's brother's wife. The verse I quoted commands a man to marry his brother's childless widow.
How did they get this wrong? Owen Tudor was not married to Margaret Beaufort, his son Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond was the husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, he was the half brother of King Henry VI, Edmund Tudor is the son of Owen Tudor and Dowager Queen Catherine de Valois, that was a bad error
Correct! It 's even unknown if he was married! And Edmund Tudor died relatively young from the plague, Margret Tudor was pregnant , she was 13 and the child birth was complicated. Henry the seventh was so small and thin as a new born child, they were afraid he would not survive. But he did! I noticed also that in that docus things are often stated wrong!
@@sabine4759 it’s been highly contagious on if they were married, but I’m sure they were, Henry VI bestow upon them titles like the Earl of Richmond and Pembroke, and gave them coat of arms consisting of the kingdom, I don’t think Henry VI, his privy council or parliament would have approved or gave these half Welshmen titles.
Its called rewriting history or being extremely lazy on purpose. No doubt this decline in historical accuracy will continue as less care and effort are being put out in almost every facet of our lives. Much love to all, we're going to need it.❤
Henry just jumped from one extreme to another, he chose Anne because she was new and exciting compared to his safe and loyal Catherine (who he’s gotten used to), then Jane was meek and mild compared to the wild and exciting Anne, then Anne was a chance at a political match instead of the not-so-political Jane, then Katherine made him feel young and desirable compared to Anne making him feel like an old fool, then Catherine was older and more like an intellectual companion than the young teenager Katherine. And word is he’d planned to replace Catherine too, coz she was TOO intellectual and “challenged” him. The very reason he chose her! The man chose his wives like his was choosing what to have for the next course of a buffet! No wonder he was an absolute failure as a husband - he hardly gave them a chance! 🙄
Henry was so spoiled and immature, really with all his behavior. The clothes, the wives, the budget, the obsession with a son, the obsession with the women, overdoing with the food. He wanted his pleasures and romantic illusions, enough that he was willing to dump his religion in a religious age. He had been a passionate defender of the faith! Wonder what he told himself at night. He seems not to have realized the conflict. It was just all about him. You're right about his relationships seeming to want the opposite of the last one. It shows how little responsibility he took for the relationships. Must be something wrong with the woman, better get a different model. But in the middle of it there was always the obsession with a son once he realized Catherine of Aragon was getting too old. It's understandable enough since the prevailing idea of the era was that a woman monarch would be a disaster. I wonder if he ever got to "look down" and see Elizabeth I being one of England's best monarchs, far better than he was. Henry's remembered for his negative qualities, Elizabeth for her innate savvy and brilliance. Catherine Parr almost got the literal ax for having independent ideas and she was brilliant, knowing Henry, to maintain that she needed to ask her husband what was right and so she talked to him about religion. Clever girl. But, given all that romantic flurry, I don't guess Henry was a great lover given that Anne apparently (and carelessly) opined that he had neither the skill or the ability to please a woman. Ouch. For an ego as massive as Henry's that's gotta hurt. I doubt his other wives would have disagreed. It was always all about Henry. Anne of Cleves got the best end of the deal because she never opposed him, outlived him, and died a rich woman. She didn't take another husband either, probably for some of the same reasons as Elizabeth. What a drama.
This channel is exceptional. I hope for most of the uploads on here to be of Tudor period and prior. I’m very interested in how the early kingdoms fought and interacted and how all of the different dynamics worked out and led to the early kings and lords/ladies and eventually the consolidation of all of the kingdoms.
It's not sexist to call Mary "Bloody Mary" bc she was England's first female queen. She burnt 100s at the stake for being a different religion. Don't throw sexisum into it.
Agree with Marsmellow84. Producers too woke even to recognize the extreme suffering she caused many as they were killed with fire. I recently burned my finger on the stove and wow, that hurt! Imagine being burned all over the body 😮
@@linphillips8331 True, but Henry did not execute nearly as many for heresy. He did however have some people executed in an extremely horrific manner, including hanging, drawing and quartering; and boiling alive. Also while Henry did not execute so many for heresy, his policies were extremely harmful to the country and led to a great deal of violence. Mary Tudor has her nickname and it is probably a fair reflection on her religious beliefs, but in my view none of the Tudor monarchs exactly go down as good people, every one of them did some bad things, even Edward (died aged 16) callously commented in his diary about beheadings.
Mary, Queen of Scots, denied her second husband, Lord Darnley, the power of an actual kingship. Keeping him at the king consort level meant she ruled Scotland, not him. As a result, he plotted against her in hopes of seizing the Scottish throne. In the process of playing both sides whilst continuing to be a drunken, promiscuous bisexual, he alienated literally everyone against him. I don't think anyone was afraid of him; everyone more likely found him abhorrent and repulsive.
I read Philippa Gregory's novel The White Princess and if Margaret Beaufort did kill the Princes in the Tower, then the curse Elizabeth Woodville and Elizabeth of York cast indeed came true in the form of Elizabeth I. But Elizabeth I proved that women could rule without needing a husband and king by her side. She shattered glass ceilings of her time like with Wu Zetian, Queen Seondeok of Silla, Isabella of Castille, Maria Theresa of Austria and Catherine the Great. Never underestimate the power of women!
Philippa Gregory writes outright nonsense only because she hates the Tudors. Elizabeth Woodville was not a witch, and Margaret Beaufort was not a murderer. They were friends and allies. If we think about it, then Lancasters and Yorks are more like the damned, because they lost their heirs in a violent way.
Yeah elizabeth 1 wanted to stop a family killing one another. They killed each other. Murdered each other and she is scared to go to that road again. So she unified the power to herself alone with no killing. No murders.
Correction - Margaret’s Beaufort married Edmund Tudor NOT Owen as stated. 🙏🏻 I’d love to work with Royalty TV as an Advisor/Consultant. I work freelance as a HA here in Los Angeles, and I’m a huge fan of your gorgeously produced documentaries on your YT channel!
I feel the same way Royalty TV. Your work’s just outstanding! It would be an honor if you’d have me, to volunteer as an advisor/consultant for you. Just knowing I was helping out even in the slightest way with your YT videos would be the greatest feeling.
Royalty TV, hello???? You have two women here who could be MAJOR assets to you!!! They clearly know their stuff! I would suggest you take advantage of their very generous offers!!!
U are correct and they also stated that Queen Elizabeth's stepmother was Catherine Howard!!! At 52:39 into the show....which we all know that Catherine Parr was her stepmother
Having people executed is far from unusual for a ruler of her time. I agree however the «Bloody Mary» nickname is not misogynistic. This nickname was given to her essentially because her enemies took power after her death.
@@DemiB5030, name one who killed more of his or her subjects in five years. The Conqueror is probably the only one but he had something to show at the end of his reign, that is a new land that he conquered, she had absolutely nothing to show that would redeem or lessen her status as a horrible monarch. And she's not the only monarch who has been villified or had a nasty nickname. William the Conqueror was known as the Bastard, Richard III has been portrayed as the evil hunchback since forever, George III is known as the Mad King or Farmer George etc.
after 421 years ago ...queen elizabeth I is still so popular tudor queen and one of the greatest monarch england have..she is my inspiration ...a virgin and remain a virgin till the end
@@dianebrady6784 Respectfully, try and put yourself in Katherine's shoes. Katherine had every right to get "ugly." Anne of Cleves was a lovely lady and the people grew to love her, but KOA had been a Spanish princess, born and bred her entire life to be a queen. She was greatly loved by the people of England and served them faithfully by Henry's side for over 24 years. Henry had Anne Boleyn at court right in front of KOA's face. They had the absolute gall to flirt right in front of the entire court, and KOA was forced to endure this humiliation. She had to deal with that, plus the fact it wasn't her fault that she didn't give Henry a son. She worked her entire life, only to be thrown out like a sack of garbage, and she fought back and never gave into Henry's tyrannical crap. Anne of Cleves was smart the way she handled it, yes by simply giving Henry what he wanted, but AOC had only been married to Henry a few months and hadn't been Queen of England for 24 years like KOA, so their situations were entirely different. Personally, I admire KOA's strength and courage as well as her conviction that her marriage to Henry was absolutely legitimate, she was still Queen of England, and Henry and Anne and everybody else knew it. Why should KOA give up her title, just so Henry and Anne B. could get what they wanted? IDK what I would have done, but I respect KOA for not giving in. I also feel so sorry for the way she was treated by those two. It was Anne B.'s karma that she couldn't give Henry a son either, albeit Elizabeth was the greatest "son" Henry could have ever asked for.
I think part of it was because Katherine fought and refused to give him a divorce, so it was more so a punishment. Where Anne of Cleaves agreed to it willingly and complied with his wishes.
@@ElizabethF2222Katharine was a queen, not a private citizen. She should have acted as one. She would not have been the first queen to have been asked to step down for the lack of sons. It is easy for us to take her side - but think how you would feel tied to someone you no longer cared for. While I understand her feeling, there was much at stake. Mary - and England - suffered greatly for her mother's pride and her father's lust.
Is it a movie that the visuals are pulled from for this video? I loved the queen Elizabeth portrayal at the beginning ❤ im rewatching the first ten min bc of it 😂❤
2023 interpretation of Ann of Cleves and H8's first meeting... Ann: (ick factor activated at the sight of him and it's written all over her face 😣🫢🤢🤮) H8: Oh yea?? Well you're ugly! 🤨🖕
If you were pressed for time just eliminate the last 12 minutes. Or whatever time you needed to include the details I aforementioned. I like the way you said Dynasty. People are getting lazy about the way they pronounce words. One example, February
I do think Elizabeth probably DID remain chaste if only for the simple reason given that she reigned for as long as she did, I personally don't see how she could have been sexually involved with any of her favorites and not one single time become pregnant for that many years. Especially when you consider just how unreliable the forms of BC they had back then were.
Unless she knew how to avoid pregnancy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_contraception Who can say for sure? No evidence exists suggesting she ever had a consummated relationship.
@rosa733 There actually is another verse that orders a childless widow and her husband's brother to marry after her husband's death. The children were legally considered the children of the dead man. Deuteronomy 25 5&6
"And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother." - Genesis 38:8 This verse is taken from the King James version of the Bible, authorized in 1611. (See also Matthew 22:24, Mark 12:19, and Luke 20:28)
I think Q Mary and Q Elizabeth I were both treated horribly by King Henry. Q Mary was not allowed to see her mother or communicate with her. Forced to be maid for her sister. Years of neglect, I’m sure that was one reason she couldn’t have children.
What a history of drama and greed! But I’ve never understood how Henry Tudor got to the throne when his parents weren’t royals. I know Margaret Beaufort is the granddaughter of John Gaunt but isn’t that stretching it?
Really nice work, but with some context needing correction as listed by other viewers regarding mistaking Owen for Edmond Tudor who marries Lady Margaret Beaufort. Also, Catherine of Aragon was fair with red hair and blue eyes so if we’re going to with historical facts let’s follow them. On the plus side, the commentators are excellent to hear a nice variety of people tell the story of the Tudors.
@@catherineannelockman3805ok, but it’s well documented she had red hair, fair complexion and blue eyes. So… doesn’t really matter what you have thought :)
There is way too much music in this. It never stops. Just unnecessary. Then there were a few inaccuracies, plus the fact a bunch of footage was just Hollywood movies from the last 20yrs give or take. This isn't the worst, but it's definitely not the best doc I've seen.
Mary Queen of Scots was not Elizabeth’s first cousin. Her father, King James V was Elizabeth’s first cousin. Mary was Elizabeth’s first cousin once removed
46:32 possibly if mary had came to the throne with the idea that she was Catholic but that some had switched and let everyone worship as they would like, perhaps we would recognize her, Not Elizabeth as the first queen of England
A few errors in this documentary, which is surprising giving the historians they used!! I was completely tripping out on the errors! And i looked through the comments and i wasnt only one to notice it.
If Henry VIII had a surviving younger brother "Edmund" perhaps even if Edmund had children. How would this have changed his behavior and actions? I personally think if this was the case he would have never divorced knowing the Tudor throne was secure through a male line especially if he had nephews.
Elizabeth got her revenge on Henry 8th for murdering her mother. She saw how he treated women ... and children. She was determined that no man would ever treat her that way. So, she never married.
The real Elizabeth died around the age of 9 ....the one who portrayed Elizabeth was replaced .....cause Henry didn't have an active role in his kids life, he didn't know
I loved the video but I couldn’t stop focusing at the gas price of 2.99 while you guys were eating your McDonald’s. I’m paying 5.25 in central California 😭😭😭
If you think about it, Henry VIII's split from Rome isn't that much different to our split from the EU. Henry VIII got tired of being told by the Pope what he could and couldn't do. We got tired of the EU Council telling us what we could and couldn't do. In both cases, a split was inevitable. As much as I enjoyed the show, why do they have to play music all the way through, making it hard to hear what the hosts are saying? Can't they shut the damned music off?
Some of your information is WRONG, in terms of whom married - whom. I caught it in the 1st, 2 minutes as did others whom have also commented. Why not make the corrections, fix up your video? Then re-release the corrected content.
Thanks to Margaret Tudor's remarks that unfortinately "it is all about men" -- maybe she'd be better remembered had she proted her own fortitude in app
I find it quite fitting that Elizabeth was a "disappointment" because she was a woman. None the less, she was in my opinion a phenomenal monarch that far out-famed her father. I have thought I'm sure Henry didn't himself really believe the allegations against Anne bolyn bc she refused to sleep with him until marriage even after he publicly sent Catherine away. He simply did what he did to get the outcome he wanted. I always found it sad that Elizabeth felt comfortable and at home (perhaps for the first time) while living with Jane Seymour
Did you notice the narrative distorted? Why,in which sense that supoosed henry wanted so desperate a son when it ended up taking the crown a girl? Of course because it was the time of the 3 queens( caterina, maria, elizabeth) all three family relatives and RULERS OF ENGLAND
I didn't think Queen Elizabeth 1st and Mary Queen of Scots were 1st cousins?? They were like 3rd cousins or something like that, bcuz Mary Queen od Scots grandmother was Elizabeths aunt??
Maybe Elizabeth didnt do it intentionally but i see it as Henry 8th murdered her mother so she killed off Henry's whole bloodline!!! No more heirs or house of tudors ha!!👍😊
Elizabeth was extremely jealous of her cousin. She was jealous of any other woman even in her own court. The wives and other women were all excluded from her court. She hated other women getting attention or younger than her. I don't think she was a kind or anyone we would like as a person. She was a brat and every bit a tyrant like her father
I disagree, very much. What she went through as a child, no wonder she was a bit messed up. But she got her power and she kept hold of it - despite men continuously trying to undermine her. She had no time for other women - why would she? They had no power, and she was Queen. And she wasn't a tyrant, she was far more open to people sticking to their own religion so long as they did it peacefully than either of her two predecessors.
Interesting opinion, and yes some historians have said that she could be cruel, but imo Elizabeth The First Was one of the greatest queens England ever had 🏴. I once heard she may have said that she was a prisoner in many rooms or with many rooms I’m not sure, but there were so many attempts and conspiracies to take her life all because she was a Protestant Queen 👑 I commend Elizabeth The First for going down in history as Gloriana Queen that keep her head and throne for almost 45 years #bravo 👏🏾 !!!
By todays standards Elizabeth was traumatized and abused as a child. I’m sure she wasn’t perfect but it’s a hard game she played and she played it well. Her childhood hardened her and forced her to be witty and smart. She was all of those things. She was not going to be taken advantage of again once Queen.
I got ten minutes into this and had to switch off. The background music while someone is talking, the historical inaccuracies, and that Leslie woman, who was annoying.
Elizabeth I is scared to be beheaded once he gets a man or heir. Maybe. You know because of the past. I do not think she wanted to revenge her mother because she was 2yrs old what did she know unless she is scared to be nobody again. Or she loved somebody else. Got turned down.
Leslie is fabulous - she's talks as though she's having a good gossip about close friends. Love her!
I couldn't agree more. I enjoy her bold, honest and frankness. It's beyond refreshing and much needed, in my humble opinion.
Agreed. Her passion and magnetic personality comes through. Leslie is truly fabulous, I could listen to her for hours!
I came to the comments especially to say this. She is a firebrand!
Absolutely!! I could listen to her talk about the Tudors for hours and hours. She tells it like she is transported to that time and she is repeating a conversation that was had yesterday lol absolutely fabulous!!!! 5 stars
"Having a good gossip"...😎 Love that.
Love this! The House of Tudor simply died because there were no heirs, as it seems to me. This is one of the most fascinating families to me. So many complexities. ❤
If you bother to do the research you will discover that the Tudors had very little rightful claim to the throne.
Considering how their father Henry VIII treated his wives no wonder the last queen of his bloodline chose not to marry and provide children.
HBO did a good job of conveying the gist of Henry's day, if you don't mind a few historical errors. Mostly, that Henry had an almost 2-decade long marriage with Catherine of Aragon and was no spring chicken when he met Anne Boleyn at 45. Also that he was stud central, when Anne actually complained about his ability to please a woman. Then, there was Superman's affair with Henry's sister Margaret who was actually Henry's sister Mary. The changes HBO made were to make a hot relationship with Anne so people would enjoy that. It required making Henry younger and required changing a few characters around. It's just dramatic license.
The only real answer why the tudors had no heirs, was because Elizabeth I choose not to have one and I believe she based her decision on how she's affected by the actions of her late father-The infamous Henry the 8th and his relationship with Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn.
Elizabeth did not want to bear children because she didn't want to have them suffer king or queenship
Duh. Surnames are patrilineal. The Tudor dynasty ended with Edward, Henry's son by Jane Seymour. Edward inherited the crown but died in youth without fathering legitimate sons. Had Elizabeth given birth her children would bear her husband's name. Elizabeth avoided marriage and avoided naming a successor for either would jeopardize her hold on the crown. Elizabeth doted on her father Henry. She had little or no memory of the mother who died when she was barely 3. And anyway, she was careful to play down that association for many considered her the illegitimate daughter of a whore. Perhaps Henry loved Anne, but Henry's subjects did not.
Elizabeth never married because in that time she would have handed a great deal of power over to her husband. She was too clever to allow that to happen. Brilliant ruler.
@@williamberven-ph5ig Elizabeth never married or had children because she didn't want them to become royals after she saw how easily they would have been destroyed.
It's bc Elizabeth I was really a man
That phrase "I will be master and mistress in the me own kingdom" lives rent free in my head fr
Leslie Jones is an absolute gem. I cannot put it into words, from the stage, to MH, to this in order from me growing up, im in awe. Excellence, pure and utter excellence. 👏👏👏
Immaculate Conception, I forgot about this.. Took me a second, do forgive me. Stunning. 🫣
A beautiful British storyteller.. It hit's hard as a historian. Much harder than a thesis in a uni library.
What a great story telling team!! Lesley Smith I could sit in your audience and listen to your story telling ways for hours!
Just make sure you fact check everything she says........she claimed that Margaret Beaufort was married to Owen Tudor, who is actually her father-in-law. She married Edmund Tudor, First Earl of Richmond.
I understand that Elizabeth didn't want to harm Mary. The political tension of keeping her alive. Her advisors pressed the issue very likely increasing the pressure as time went by
This is a thrilling and imaginative story, but very sad in the end, but King Henry the VIII got his strong ruler, a daughter, Elizabeth. Rather ironic!
18:45 deuteronomy 25:5 & 6
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Obviously, Henry VIII didn't read this verse. Funny how Catherine's supporters didn't cite this verse either.
@DavidJohnRedwood Henry VIII claimed a different passage prohibited him from marrying his brother's wife. Now, the passage in question prohibited having sex with a brother's wife, but it said nothing to prohibited marrying a brother's widow. The scripture I copied in the first post above was totally ignored by the king because it wasn't what he wanted. It actually commanded a man to marry his brother's widow if she was childless.
@DavidJohnRedwood King Henry VIII used Leviticus 20:21 to justify his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, claiming that the verse forbade a man from marrying his brother's widow:
Leviticus 20:21: "And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing; they shall be childless"
This verse is different from the one I quoted. This verse prohibits sex with one's brother's wife. The verse I quoted commands a man to marry his brother's childless widow.
How did they get this wrong? Owen Tudor was not married to Margaret Beaufort, his son Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond was the husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, he was the half brother of King Henry VI, Edmund Tudor is the son of Owen Tudor and Dowager Queen Catherine de Valois, that was a bad error
Good catch!!! 👍
Correct! It 's even unknown if he was married! And Edmund Tudor died relatively young from the plague, Margret Tudor was pregnant , she was 13 and the child birth was complicated. Henry the seventh was so small and thin as a new born child, they were afraid he would not survive. But he did! I noticed also that in that docus things are often stated wrong!
Well done!!!
@@sabine4759 it’s been highly contagious on if they were married, but I’m sure they were, Henry VI bestow upon them titles like the Earl of Richmond and Pembroke, and gave them coat of arms consisting of the kingdom, I don’t think Henry VI, his privy council or parliament would have approved or gave these half Welshmen titles.
Its called rewriting history or being extremely lazy on purpose. No doubt this decline in historical accuracy will continue as less care and effort are being put out in almost every facet of our lives. Much love to all, we're going to need it.❤
Leslie Smith is an amazing lady and actress, so enjoyed this docu thank you : ) X
OMG Leslie!
More! More! More long viewing content please!!
❤ This story telling team is Amazing this is why I Love history so much...well done...well done. Thank you😊
Outstanding Documentary, Thank You!✨
Henry just jumped from one extreme to another, he chose Anne because she was new and exciting compared to his safe and loyal Catherine (who he’s gotten used to), then Jane was meek and mild compared to the wild and exciting Anne, then Anne was a chance at a political match instead of the not-so-political Jane, then Katherine made him feel young and desirable compared to Anne making him feel like an old fool, then Catherine was older and more like an intellectual companion than the young teenager Katherine.
And word is he’d planned to replace Catherine too, coz she was TOO intellectual and “challenged” him. The very reason he chose her!
The man chose his wives like his was choosing what to have for the next course of a buffet!
No wonder he was an absolute failure as a husband - he hardly gave them a chance! 🙄
Henry was so spoiled and immature, really with all his behavior. The clothes, the wives, the budget, the obsession with a son, the obsession with the women, overdoing with the food. He wanted his pleasures and romantic illusions, enough that he was willing to dump his religion in a religious age. He had been a passionate defender of the faith! Wonder what he told himself at night. He seems not to have realized the conflict. It was just all about him. You're right about his relationships seeming to want the opposite of the last one. It shows how little responsibility he took for the relationships. Must be something wrong with the woman, better get a different model. But in the middle of it there was always the obsession with a son once he realized Catherine of Aragon was getting too old. It's understandable enough since the prevailing idea of the era was that a woman monarch would be a disaster. I wonder if he ever got to "look down" and see Elizabeth I being one of England's best monarchs, far better than he was. Henry's remembered for his negative qualities, Elizabeth for her innate savvy and brilliance. Catherine Parr almost got the literal ax for having independent ideas and she was brilliant, knowing Henry, to maintain that she needed to ask her husband what was right and so she talked to him about religion. Clever girl. But, given all that romantic flurry, I don't guess Henry was a great lover given that Anne apparently (and carelessly) opined that he had neither the skill or the ability to please a woman. Ouch. For an ego as massive as Henry's that's gotta hurt. I doubt his other wives would have disagreed. It was always all about Henry. Anne of Cleves got the best end of the deal because she never opposed him, outlived him, and died a rich woman. She didn't take another husband either, probably for some of the same reasons as Elizabeth. What a drama.
What a great presentation.
This was so interesting! Many thanks…
Enjoyed watching!
This channel is exceptional. I hope for most of the uploads on here to be of Tudor period and prior. I’m very interested in how the early kingdoms fought and interacted and how all of the different dynamics worked out and led to the early kings and lords/ladies and eventually the consolidation of all of the kingdoms.
Just found the channel and I'm already in love❤
Agree but this documentary had a few huge errors!!
All the British do is lie and steal
Excellent 👌👌
It's not sexist to call Mary "Bloody Mary" bc she was England's first female queen. She burnt 100s at the stake for being a different religion. Don't throw sexisum into it.
Henry VIII wasn't called "Bloody Henry" despite all the people he had executed.
Agree with Marsmellow84. Producers too woke even to recognize the extreme suffering she caused many as they were killed with fire. I recently burned my finger on the stove and wow, that hurt! Imagine being burned all over the body 😮
@@linphillips8331 True, but Henry did not execute nearly as many for heresy. He did however have some people executed in an extremely horrific manner, including hanging, drawing and quartering; and boiling alive. Also while Henry did not execute so many for heresy, his policies were extremely harmful to the country and led to a great deal of violence.
Mary Tudor has her nickname and it is probably a fair reflection on her religious beliefs, but in my view none of the Tudor monarchs exactly go down as good people, every one of them did some bad things, even Edward (died aged 16) callously commented in his diary about beheadings.
After all she was put through, she was trying to put right what her father had done.
@@roberthudson3386Only Arthur, Henry 8th brother died too soon, so we don't know how he would have done.
Great quality thank you
Darnley was denied being king. He was a consort only.
Mary, Queen of Scots, denied her second husband, Lord Darnley, the power of an actual kingship. Keeping him at the king consort level meant she ruled Scotland, not him. As a result, he plotted against her in hopes of seizing the Scottish throne. In the process of playing both sides whilst continuing to be a drunken, promiscuous bisexual, he alienated literally everyone against him. I don't think anyone was afraid of him; everyone more likely found him abhorrent and repulsive.
Thanks! Liked the review of Tudor beginnings especially. And those videos you found! I didn't even think they had cameras back then.
I definitely saw Benedict Cumberbatch dancing 50.13.
Yep
Probably !!! He plays Richard 3 so maybe it was a clip from one of those shows
And Scarlett Johansson. It's from The Other Boleyn Girl
RIGHT!!!!???? 😂❤😂❤😂❤
Definitely him
I read Philippa Gregory's novel The White Princess and if Margaret Beaufort did kill the Princes in the Tower, then the curse Elizabeth Woodville and Elizabeth of York cast indeed came true in the form of Elizabeth I.
But Elizabeth I proved that women could rule without needing a husband and king by her side. She shattered glass ceilings of her time like with Wu Zetian, Queen Seondeok of Silla, Isabella of Castille, Maria Theresa of Austria and Catherine the Great. Never underestimate the power of women!
Philippa Gregory writes outright nonsense only because she hates the Tudors. Elizabeth Woodville was not a witch, and Margaret Beaufort was not a murderer. They were friends and allies.
If we think about it, then Lancasters and Yorks are more like the damned, because they lost their heirs in a violent way.
I've watched a lot of documentaries on this but this is the best by far in my humble opinion.
Yeah elizabeth 1 wanted to stop a family killing one another. They killed each other. Murdered each other and she is scared to go to that road again. So she unified the power to herself alone with no killing. No murders.
Fun fact, Henry VII's standard bearer was Charles Brandon's father, hence why Charles was able to move up the ranks at court
😊😊😊
What exactly is "fun" about it? Such an annoying phrase. It may be of some small interest, but it isn't fun.
You’re no fun
Slain by Richard III
Correction - Margaret’s Beaufort married Edmund Tudor NOT Owen as stated. 🙏🏻
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For sure.
U are correct and they also stated that Queen Elizabeth's stepmother was Catherine Howard!!! At 52:39 into the show....which we all know that Catherine Parr was her stepmother
@@hollyh314They we’re both Elizabeth’s stepmother. But they spoke of Catherine Howard specifically because she was executed as Anne Boleyn was.
I'm a woman and I I don't think calling Mary Bloody Mary is misogynistic. She had 280 of her opponents burned at the stake.
Closer to 326 men, women, and children.
Having people executed is far from unusual for a ruler of her time.
I agree however the «Bloody Mary» nickname is not misogynistic. This nickname was given to her essentially because her enemies took power after her death.
It is. Kings have killed many more without that nickname
@@DemiB5030, name one who killed more of his or her subjects in five years. The Conqueror is probably the only one but he had something to show at the end of his reign, that is a new land that he conquered, she had absolutely nothing to show that would redeem or lessen her status as a horrible monarch. And she's not the only monarch who has been villified or had a nasty nickname. William the Conqueror was known as the Bastard, Richard III has been portrayed as the evil hunchback since forever, George III is known as the Mad King or Farmer George etc.
@@justme-tj3jt, thank you for the correction.
Love this docu .. brill ..good, accurate historical facts , and nice presentation. a pleasure to watch.
You've got to be joking. There are many errors in this video.
after 421 years ago ...queen elizabeth I is still so popular tudor queen and one of the greatest monarch england have..she is my inspiration ...a virgin and remain a virgin till the end
The blond older lady is awesome
Leslie Smith, Historian.
That was QE2 😊
anyone else see Benedict Cumberbatch at 50:14???
And Scarlett Johansson
Well done! Bravo!
They never met one time in person.
Even in 20 years a captive Elizabeth never ever actually met Mary Queen of Scots
Yes, they talked only through letters over the years.
I read once that they met in secret, but who really knows!
How could he take care of Ann of Cleves so well but not Catherine of Aragon it's so sad
Katherine got ugly about things... challenging Henry. Ann didn't fight but negotiated.
@@dianebrady6784 Respectfully, try and put yourself in Katherine's shoes. Katherine had every right to get "ugly." Anne of Cleves was a lovely lady and the people grew to love her, but KOA had been a Spanish princess, born and bred her entire life to be a queen. She was greatly loved by the people of England and served them faithfully by Henry's side for over 24 years. Henry had Anne Boleyn at court right in front of KOA's face. They had the absolute gall to flirt right in front of the entire court, and KOA was forced to endure this humiliation. She had to deal with that, plus the fact it wasn't her fault that she didn't give Henry a son. She worked her entire life, only to be thrown out like a sack of garbage, and she fought back and never gave into Henry's tyrannical crap. Anne of Cleves was smart the way she handled it, yes by simply giving Henry what he wanted, but AOC had only been married to Henry a few months and hadn't been Queen of England for 24 years like KOA, so their situations were entirely different. Personally, I admire KOA's strength and courage as well as her conviction that her marriage to Henry was absolutely legitimate, she was still Queen of England, and Henry and Anne and everybody else knew it. Why should KOA give up her title, just so Henry and Anne B. could get what they wanted? IDK what I would have done, but I respect KOA for not giving in. I also feel so sorry for the way she was treated by those two. It was Anne B.'s karma that she couldn't give Henry a son either, albeit Elizabeth was the greatest "son" Henry could have ever asked for.
Indeed.
I think part of it was because Katherine fought and refused to give him a divorce, so it was more so a punishment. Where Anne of Cleaves agreed to it willingly and complied with his wishes.
@@ElizabethF2222Katharine was a queen, not a private citizen. She should have acted as one. She would not have been the first queen to have been asked to step down for the lack of sons. It is easy for us to take her side - but think how you would feel tied to someone you no longer cared for.
While I understand her feeling, there was much at stake. Mary - and England - suffered greatly for her mother's pride and her father's lust.
Love these!
Is it a movie that the visuals are pulled from for this video? I loved the queen Elizabeth portrayal at the beginning ❤ im rewatching the first ten min bc of it 😂❤
I really enjoyed this but I don’t know why the two clips from the film, ‘ The Other Boleyn Girl’ were shown.
I noticed that as well!!
love this!!!!!
Catherine of Aragon is my hero.
2023 interpretation of Ann of Cleves and H8's first meeting...
Ann: (ick factor activated at the sight of him and it's written all over her face 😣🫢🤢🤮)
H8: Oh yea?? Well you're ugly! 🤨🖕
Not 2023 interpretation, that was exactly what happened.
Obviously Elizabeth maintained rule because of her sense of humour! I think Henry VIII got confused about his duty to provide a heir.
If you were pressed for time just eliminate the last 12 minutes. Or whatever time you needed to include the details I aforementioned. I like the way you said Dynasty. People are getting lazy about the way they pronounce words. One example, February
Fabulous ❤️
I do think Elizabeth probably DID remain chaste if only for the simple reason given that she reigned for as long as she did, I personally don't see how she could have been sexually involved with any of her favorites and not one single time become pregnant for that many years. Especially when you consider just how unreliable the forms of BC they had back then were.
Maybe she was barren...claiming virginity is a good way of getting around all that would come with being barren as a queen.
She could have been a lesbian too
Unless she knew how to avoid pregnancy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_contraception
Who can say for sure? No evidence exists suggesting she ever had a consummated relationship.
God promised me he would save me and my household. They are my people even if they made mistakes. I pray for mercy upon them. 🙏
King Henry the Viii was truly the drama king for all UK time!
Utterly brilliant
19:06 it says thy brother's wife, not thy brother's widow, is off limits.
This makes sense I was always annoyed by these verses. Thanks for clarification.
@rosa733 There actually is another verse that orders a childless widow and her husband's brother to marry after her husband's death. The children were legally considered the children of the dead man. Deuteronomy 25 5&6
"And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother." - Genesis 38:8
This verse is taken from the King James version of the Bible, authorized in 1611. (See also Matthew 22:24, Mark 12:19, and Luke 20:28)
I think Q Mary and Q Elizabeth I were both treated horribly by King Henry. Q Mary was not allowed to see her mother or communicate with her. Forced to be maid for her sister. Years of neglect, I’m sure that was one reason she couldn’t have children.
King James the 1 was actually a Tudor by blood. Mary was his mother she was a tutor thru her mother Henry viii sister!!
No, her mother wasn’t King Henry VIII’s sister. Try again
What a history of drama and greed! But I’ve never understood how Henry Tudor got to the throne when his parents weren’t royals. I know Margaret Beaufort is the granddaughter of John Gaunt but isn’t that stretching it?
It's sad when things end.
Very well done. Cant help but consider: the two greatest English Queens...
Elizabeth 1 & Elizabeth 2 (?)
What about Victoria
Really nice work, but with some context needing correction as listed by other viewers regarding mistaking Owen for Edmond Tudor who marries Lady Margaret Beaufort. Also, Catherine of Aragon was fair with red hair and blue eyes so if we’re going to with historical facts let’s follow them. On the plus side, the commentators are excellent to hear a nice variety of people tell the story of the Tudors.
Being of Spanish descent, I would have thought Catherine of Aragon would have been darker, and with dark hair and dark eyes...
@@catherineannelockman3805ok, but it’s well documented she had red hair, fair complexion and blue eyes. So… doesn’t really matter what you have thought :)
There is way too much music in this. It never stops. Just unnecessary.
Then there were a few inaccuracies, plus the fact a bunch of footage was just Hollywood movies from the last 20yrs give or take.
This isn't the worst, but it's definitely not the best doc I've seen.
Mary Queen of Scots was not Elizabeth’s first cousin. Her father, King James V was Elizabeth’s first cousin. Mary was Elizabeth’s first cousin once removed
So they were….. first cousins 🙄🙄
Beautiful documentary but needs fact checking on a few things and very biased in some parts as some important context was skipped over 😅
46:32 possibly if mary had came to the throne with the idea that she was Catholic but that some had switched and let everyone worship as they would like, perhaps we would recognize her, Not Elizabeth as the first queen of England
Richard III be laughing from heaven(If you dont know he was the last york)
A few errors in this documentary, which is surprising giving the historians they used!! I was completely tripping out on the errors! And i looked through the comments and i wasnt only one to notice it.
If Henry VIII had a surviving younger brother "Edmund" perhaps even if Edmund had children. How would this have changed his behavior and actions? I personally think if this was the case he would have never divorced knowing the Tudor throne was secure through a male line especially if he had nephews.
He wanted Anne. Period. Nothing was going to stop that. Katharine sadly didn't understand that either.
The loud, dramatic music does NOT improve these conversations.
I’ve always heard that Prince Arthur was a real piece of work
Heard from where?
They did not skip over Edward! There was a segment about him.
I had visited Hampton court many times
What is the name of the song at the end?!!!
Khia - My Neck My Bad
@@baleevethaha how funny
Elizabeth got her revenge on Henry 8th for murdering her mother. She saw how he treated women ... and children. She was determined that no man would ever treat her that way. So, she never married.
The real Elizabeth died around the age of 9 ....the one who portrayed Elizabeth was replaced .....cause Henry didn't have an active role in his kids life, he didn't know
And thus she ended the Tudor line - rather an ironic and pointless revenge, non?
Mary Queen of Scott's reminds me of the English, medevile version o the Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer.
The opening scene is wonderful. ❤
What songs are they playing in this doc?
Partitioning the Pope to marry your dead brothers wife ??? That is literally Old Testament doctrine.
looking at this thumbnail is weird because you can see elizabeth’s parents physical features (she has anne’s eyes and henry’s nose).
Why music in the background? I gave up listening fairly quickly1
I loved the video but I couldn’t stop focusing at the gas price of 2.99 while you guys were eating your McDonald’s. I’m paying 5.25 in central California 😭😭😭
Music is too loud
If you think about it, Henry VIII's split from Rome isn't that much different to our split from the EU. Henry VIII got tired of being told by the Pope what he could and couldn't do. We got tired of the EU Council telling us what we could and couldn't do. In both cases, a split was inevitable. As much as I enjoyed the show, why do they have to play music all the way through, making it hard to hear what the hosts are saying? Can't they shut the damned music off?
Many sorries for Elizabeth.
Where did Tudor come from?
Some of your information is WRONG, in terms of whom married - whom. I caught it in the 1st, 2 minutes as did others whom have also commented.
Why not make the corrections, fix up your video? Then re-release the corrected content.
Did anyone notice they showed a clip of the movie The Other Boleyn Girl with Scarlette Johannsen??? It was a dancing scence.
Anne if cleeves smartly didn't fight the annulment and truly got to live the life she wanted
The End of the House of Tudor. Finally :-). Huge relief.
Finally?? It’s been centuries troll!
Thanks to Margaret Tudor's remarks that unfortinately
"it is all about men" -- maybe she'd be better remembered had she proted her own fortitude in app
... *promoted* her relational fortitude with James IV of Scotland...
Ugh Henry VIII was a total jerk.
I find it quite fitting that Elizabeth was a "disappointment" because she was a woman. None the less, she was in my opinion a phenomenal monarch that far out-famed her father. I have thought I'm sure Henry didn't himself really believe the allegations against Anne bolyn bc she refused to sleep with him until marriage even after he publicly sent Catherine away. He simply did what he did to get the outcome he wanted. I always found it sad that Elizabeth felt comfortable and at home (perhaps for the first time) while living with Jane Seymour
Did you notice the narrative distorted? Why,in which sense that supoosed henry wanted so desperate a son when it ended up taking the crown a girl? Of course because it was the time of the 3 queens( caterina, maria, elizabeth) all three family relatives and RULERS OF ENGLAND
Henry was not impressed with Elsa Lanchester so he had Anne 2 annulled.
I didn't think Queen Elizabeth 1st and Mary Queen of Scots were 1st cousins?? They were like 3rd cousins or something like that, bcuz Mary Queen od Scots grandmother was Elizabeths aunt??
Maybe Elizabeth didnt do it intentionally but i see it as Henry 8th murdered her mother so she killed off Henry's whole bloodline!!! No more heirs or house of tudors ha!!👍😊
Ending a dynasty is not a shrewd strategy.
Elizabeth was extremely jealous of her cousin.
She was jealous of any other woman even in her own court.
The wives and other women were all excluded from her court.
She hated other women getting attention or younger than her.
I don't think she was a kind or anyone we would like as a person.
She was a brat and every bit a tyrant like her father
Yes if we take a look at her personality i do think she was a tyrant.
I disagree, very much. What she went through as a child, no wonder she was a bit messed up. But she got her power and she kept hold of it - despite men continuously trying to undermine her. She had no time for other women - why would she? They had no power, and she was Queen. And she wasn't a tyrant, she was far more open to people sticking to their own religion so long as they did it peacefully than either of her two predecessors.
Interesting opinion, and yes some historians have said that she could be cruel, but imo Elizabeth The First Was one of the greatest queens England ever had 🏴. I once heard she may have said that she was a prisoner in many rooms or with many rooms I’m not sure, but there were so many attempts and conspiracies to take her life all because she was a Protestant Queen 👑 I commend Elizabeth The First for going down in history as Gloriana Queen that keep her head and throne for almost 45 years #bravo 👏🏾 !!!
By todays standards Elizabeth was traumatized and abused as a child. I’m sure she wasn’t perfect but it’s a hard game she played and she played it well. Her childhood hardened her and forced her to be witty and smart. She was all of those things. She was not going to be taken advantage of again once Queen.
All a Queen should be or she would lose the crown in a heartbeat.
Such simplistic comment…
I got ten minutes into this and had to switch off. The background music while someone is talking, the historical inaccuracies, and that Leslie woman, who was annoying.
Cambodain here plz i dont have any education knowlege but i want to know about England story😅
Thank God Mary& Phillip had no children !
Elizabeth I is scared to be beheaded once he gets a man or heir. Maybe. You know because of the past. I do not think she wanted to revenge her mother because she was 2yrs old what did she know unless she is scared to be nobody again. Or she loved somebody else. Got turned down.