Charlemagne: The Father of Europe

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  4 роки тому +151

    Thank you, Skillshare! Try out Skillshare for FREE: skl.sh/biographics3

    • @nickcaesar5833
      @nickcaesar5833 4 роки тому +8

      Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington and Oda Nobunaga please

    • @snakey934Snakeybakey
      @snakey934Snakeybakey 4 роки тому +5

      Yes, and Johann Von Leers, Hannibal, and Eli Cohen.

    • @digibotdotcom
      @digibotdotcom 4 роки тому +2

      Composers.

    • @angelwhispers2060
      @angelwhispers2060 4 роки тому +1

      Also I think it's super funny that skill shares your sponsor for this because if Charlemagne were alive today and had the internet he would seriously be all over your channel and skillshare without even thinking about it. Christopher Lee is a recognized descendant of Charlemagne and the reason he was able to use Charlemagne chill coat of arms on his Rock album was by permission of the Pope.

    • @Rorgash
      @Rorgash 4 роки тому

      you get one month for free usually, and if you try to cancel they will give you another month to keep you around :)

  • @shurik121
    @shurik121 4 роки тому +576

    "Heavy metal album sung by Chrostopher Lee".
    Can we stop for a few seconds and appreciate how awesome of a human being Christopher Lee was?

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 4 роки тому +31

      I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly...
      ...but you have elected the way of...
      PAIN!

    • @markgannon7713
      @markgannon7713 4 роки тому +26

      Christopher Lee was charlamanes descendant.

    • @nickjans3846
      @nickjans3846 4 роки тому +17

      I SHED BLOOD OF SAXON MEN

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint 4 роки тому +14

      I swear that portrait of Charlamane looks just like Lee.

    • @Spartan265
      @Spartan265 4 роки тому +13

      Lee was a certified badass.

  • @salviniusaugustus6567
    @salviniusaugustus6567 4 роки тому +797

    "I'm not the successor of Louis XVI, I'm the successor of Charlemagne"
    Emperor Napoleon Ier

    • @JW-jd6sn
      @JW-jd6sn 4 роки тому +107

      @David Carty what?? He successfully defended France when all of Europe declared war to crush the principles and beliefs that the revolution had. Then he began to conquer or puppet state a lot of Europe with his only bad move being invading Russia, were it took natural elements to drive him back and defeat him. Napoleon along with Alexander the Great are two of the most iconic Western figures to date

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 4 роки тому +29

      David Carty actually he is arguably superior to Charlemagne, look at the napoleonic code don’t speak about things you haven’t researched

    • @tritonewt3344
      @tritonewt3344 4 роки тому +20

      @@JW-jd6sn I wouldn't say invading Russia was his only bad decision. The Peninsular war in Iberia was what began his downfall

    • @JW-jd6sn
      @JW-jd6sn 4 роки тому +5

      @@tritonewt3344 agreed, it wasnt his only mistake but definitely his most costly and deciding mistake that changed the outcome for Napoleon

    • @tonyhawk94
      @tonyhawk94 4 роки тому +14

      @David Carty Napoléon had a bigger impact in Europe than Charlemagne and greater military achievements.

  • @mizzfit02
    @mizzfit02 4 роки тому +2035

    If you are a descendant of Charlemagne... Hello distant cousin.

  • @TLSoulDude
    @TLSoulDude 4 роки тому +189

    This is a ruler I've been obsessed with. Ruthless on the battlefield, jovial in the palace, a fastidious learner, and who seemed like a sitcom dad (big-eater, loved drinking, enjoyed singing and laughing, but a very devoted father).

    • @Cougelly1999
      @Cougelly1999 3 роки тому +13

      I really liked reading The Song of Roland which just encourages this image of Charlemagne.

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      @@Cougelly1999 I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

    • @noodles6390
      @noodles6390 Рік тому +2

      In my city in germany there is a big Roland statue in his honor.

    • @user-jq6tb6zi6l
      @user-jq6tb6zi6l 10 місяців тому

      👍🏻

  • @Dannypuck
    @Dannypuck 4 роки тому +578

    His father Charles "The Hammer" Martel sounds like a pro wrestler.

    • @johnnywalker9287
      @johnnywalker9287 4 роки тому +78

      Charles was givin the name the hammer after stopping the Muslims from gaining a foothold in france

    • @cmfgates
      @cmfgates 4 роки тому +7

      There was a wrassler in the 80s named Charles Martel

    • @thispastspring3733
      @thispastspring3733 4 роки тому +32

      Charles "The Hammer" Martel had an incredible signature aerial finishing move.

    • @Thumper17
      @Thumper17 4 роки тому +11

      @@cmfgates You sure you don't mean Rick Martel?

    • @cmfgates
      @cmfgates 4 роки тому +1

      @@Thumper17 possible

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +90

    1:25 - Chapter 1 - Rise to power
    5:15 - Chapter 2 - The warrior king
    9:50 - Mid roll ads
    11:10 - Chapter 3 - Caroligian war machine
    13:10 - Chapter 4 - Caroligian renaissance
    15:35 - Chapter 5 - Holy roman emperor
    17:05 - Chapter 6 - Private life of an emperor
    19:25 - Chapter 7 - Legacy

  • @amandab3946
    @amandab3946 4 роки тому +1516

    Is it bothering anyone else that he’s saying “Shar-main” instead of “Shar-le-main” ?

    • @88_TROUBLE_88
      @88_TROUBLE_88 4 роки тому +161

      Yes.
      Fuckin triggered.

    • @hazeldecker622
      @hazeldecker622 4 роки тому +72

      I think he's saying all 3 syllables, just a bit slurred together.

    • @Yotaciv
      @Yotaciv 4 роки тому +15

      Charles the magnificent.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 4 роки тому +46

      Char Le Magne

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 4 роки тому +11

      aNGERY rEACTS oNLY

  • @officernasty6634
    @officernasty6634 4 роки тому +665

    Fun Fact: In addition to singing songs about Charlemagne, Christopher Lee was a direct blood descendent

    • @smartacus88
      @smartacus88 4 роки тому +166

      Funner Fact: Every single person of Western European lineage is a blood descendant of Charlemagne.

    • @Glamosapien
      @Glamosapien 4 роки тому +3

      smartacus88 everyone?

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 4 роки тому +83

      @@Glamosapien Probably. It's been so long ago since he died that it would be rather hard to find any European that doesn't have a single drop of his blood lol

    • @warrioroforthodoxy1729
      @warrioroforthodoxy1729 4 роки тому +37

      Danomite any one that has at least one European ancestor because Charlemagne had like 12 children not counting illegitimate children and each one of those kids had multiple children five or more so 5 x 12 and so on

    • @Glamosapien
      @Glamosapien 4 роки тому +9

      Mr.roasts alot countless people have had insane amounts of kids

  • @nomadicchaos406
    @nomadicchaos406 4 роки тому +443

    Finally a video on one of the greatest conquerors and kings of European history. Thank you for doing this Shell :)

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  4 роки тому +28

      Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 4 роки тому +10

      25 December : Christmas Day, anniversary of the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor

    • @weirdboi3512
      @weirdboi3512 2 роки тому

      also today

    • @SenemOz
      @SenemOz Рік тому

      thank you in deed..now i know what a cruel despot charlemagne was using christianity as an excuse to conquer europe..

    • @christianthompson7915
      @christianthompson7915 Рік тому +2

      @@SenemOz bruh. you’re really demonizing legendary rulers based on modern day principals?

  • @kenellis6575
    @kenellis6575 2 роки тому +60

    When on holiday in Germany some years ago,I visited Aachen Cathedral,I was amazed to find inside,a much bejewelled coffin,inside a glass case on a high cataphalque, it contained the body of The Holy Roman Emporor, Charlemagne! I’d studied him at school as a youngster,but thought his remains had been lost in antiquity, to say I was amazed, would be an understatement!

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +2

      Charlemagne was a direct descendant of King Darius I. 👑💍

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +3

      @Yarp Yarp Of course Charlemagne was a direct descendant of King Darius I since King Darius I lived 1200 years before Charlemagne did. 👑💍

    • @alexandreippoliti6898
      @alexandreippoliti6898 10 місяців тому

      The german holy romain empire was created two generation after the dead of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was the son of Pépin le Bref, the new King of Francs and creat the empire carolingien Empire who was split in 3 after the dead of Louis le Pieux

  • @freakfreak12345
    @freakfreak12345 4 роки тому +203

    Biographics is a multipurpose channel for me. I love to learn about people, and this is perfect. I love to watch something while I eat, this is what I watch. But, when I feel really depressed, like I do right now...this is what I watch. Thank you so much for being so awesome for so many reasons.

    • @daftirishmarej1827
      @daftirishmarej1827 2 роки тому +4

      I hope you're feeling a little better now?

    • @LyraMorgana
      @LyraMorgana 2 роки тому +2

      Gero I know how you feel. I have suffered with depression in and off since I was 4. Your more than welcome to message me x

    • @davidblick2192
      @davidblick2192 Рік тому

      Read the Bible.

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 4 роки тому +221

    Charlemagne and
    the champagne campaign.

    • @etho7351
      @etho7351 4 роки тому +4

      Is g a vowel sometimes

    • @danielmenjivar793
      @danielmenjivar793 4 роки тому +4

      Noice.

    • @NotWhiteRice
      @NotWhiteRice 4 роки тому +3

      @@etho7351 G is never a vowel.

    • @matthiasnagorski8411
      @matthiasnagorski8411 3 роки тому

      @@etho7351 it must have been confused with the letter "y" back then.
      Like how "ye shop" was actually supposed to be "the shop", but Germans didn't realize "y" made a "yuh" sound instead of a "th" sound.
      In all those words, g makes a yuh sound. So it's likely G didn't exist back then.
      At least, that's how i see it.

    • @ryderwellbrock
      @ryderwellbrock 3 роки тому

      Very clever.

  • @TheLacedaemonian300
    @TheLacedaemonian300 4 роки тому +273

    Dear Simon, Charlemagne is great to see. I was hoping that you would consider the fathers of history, Herodotus, and Thucydides. Especially Thucydides though. His history of the Peloponnesian War is a masterpiece written not for the moment, but for the ages!

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Рік тому +1

      I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

  • @uncleSmeller
    @uncleSmeller 4 роки тому +411

    Simon I gotta say, you make some of the most informative and entertaining content on this platform, and you inject your personality in it perfectly. Love the show, keep up the great work!

    • @jJuvyCrim
      @jJuvyCrim 3 роки тому

      I AGREE

    • @marcpeterson5115
      @marcpeterson5115 3 роки тому +6

      Just don't trust everything he says. He puts out so much, so fast, that sometimes his facts are a bit off.

    • @joshuddin897
      @joshuddin897 3 роки тому +3

      Grifter

  • @medusagorgo5146
    @medusagorgo5146 4 роки тому +25

    Charlemagne’s daughters never “formally” married but we know that One of his daughters eloped with Einhard, who was in Charlemagne’s court. Also Bertha had at least three children, of the other daughters not much is known about them.

  • @AftermathRV
    @AftermathRV 4 роки тому +52

    18:18
    "Which coincidentally is my facebook status"
    The guy/girl making the subtitles is amazing
    18:28
    ""Which coincidentally is my facebook status when my mom is online""
    i laughed really hard

  • @billrentz
    @billrentz 4 роки тому +18

    The section about the wars with the Saxons sounded like a chapter form Tolkien.

  • @Abusemtex
    @Abusemtex 4 роки тому +51

    Funny how that person is seen as the greatest citizen by both - the germans and the french.

    • @rachelsombo9045
      @rachelsombo9045 4 роки тому

      Not for the French sorry ...

    • @user-ys5yv2nz6w
      @user-ys5yv2nz6w 3 роки тому

      @@rachelsombo9045 Napoleon?

    • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
      @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 3 роки тому +1

      @Young Pappy Or Frederick the Great.

    • @UltimatePowa
      @UltimatePowa 3 роки тому +4

      Well he was a Frank, which the French and the Germans are both Franks

    • @Makarosc
      @Makarosc 2 роки тому

      Despite having killed scores of them in the name of religion

  • @krissoliongco2717
    @krissoliongco2717 4 роки тому +14

    I've been waiting for a Charlemagne video for the longest time! Thanks Simon!!!!!

  • @michealohaodha9351
    @michealohaodha9351 4 роки тому +9

    Field Marshal Mannerheim of Finland would make a most interesting episode - soldier, spy, President and voted greatest Finn of all times who lived through two world wars, the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Revolution and a Civil War.

  • @jameerjamison724
    @jameerjamison724 4 роки тому +131

    Could you possibly do a video on William the Conqueror?

    • @kurington.blogspot7876
      @kurington.blogspot7876 4 роки тому +7

      I want an animated version of his fat corpse-explosion.

    • @robertsollory7475
      @robertsollory7475 4 роки тому +1

      Yes....a double one.....Harold II and William 1

    • @stevenwebb3634
      @stevenwebb3634 4 роки тому +1

      He has now.

    • @nativetube
      @nativetube 4 роки тому

      @@kurington.blogspot7876 nope

    • @sandrafocht3051
      @sandrafocht3051 3 роки тому

      We are the Fleming same as Flemish Flanders ! Get your History RIGHT....WE ARE STILL ALIVE....

  • @PhantomFilmAustralia
    @PhantomFilmAustralia 4 роки тому +140

    "I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. "Let my armies be the rocks, and the trees, and the birds in the sky."
    - Henry Jones Sr

    • @ericgrabowski3896
      @ericgrabowski3896 4 роки тому

      yes!!!

    • @JudgeCraven
      @JudgeCraven 4 роки тому +8

      You should've sent that comment to the Marx brothers!

    • @darrenabbott6264
      @darrenabbott6264 4 роки тому +1

      *angry German noises*

    • @jasongeorgiou4620
      @jasongeorgiou4620 4 роки тому +2

      From Indiana jones and the last crusade

    • @sdgilleland
      @sdgilleland 4 роки тому

      @@darrenabbott6264 don't be ridiculous. Communists don't have onions to eat 🤣

  • @bradgillette9253
    @bradgillette9253 4 роки тому +3

    AWESOME 👍 very well done. Thanks, again; always a pleasure to see your work

  • @highlandoutsider8148
    @highlandoutsider8148 4 роки тому +54

    Your sponsor segues are as slick as a breaching charge, and I love it lol

    • @brien1254
      @brien1254 4 роки тому +2

      Highland Outsider so that's how it's spelled

  • @0RecklessAbandon0
    @0RecklessAbandon0 4 роки тому +119

    Administrative reform? Yeah baby, that's what turns me on.

  • @raymondwatt9773
    @raymondwatt9773 4 роки тому +34

    I visited the cathedral where he's buried in Aachen, Germany

  • @jimcronin2043
    @jimcronin2043 4 роки тому

    I appreciate the technique in these videos of flashing the relevant dates on the screen. It really aids in better understanding the presentation.

  • @footshotstube
    @footshotstube 4 роки тому

    another inspired and detailed presentation , Thanks

  • @JoaoPedro-et5ib
    @JoaoPedro-et5ib 4 роки тому +5

    Great work!
    I would really like to see a Frederick de Great biography by you.
    Keep up the good work!

  • @joshuahunt3032
    @joshuahunt3032 4 роки тому +157

    Wait, so Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor out of nowhere? Huh, I thought that was a joke made by Bill Wurtz.

    • @C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq
      @C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq 4 роки тому +3

      @@Spongebrain97 you're right Sir.

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 4 роки тому +4

      @@Spongebrain97 irony

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 4 роки тому +11

      25 December : Christmas Day, anniversary of the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor

    • @gun10ck
      @gun10ck 4 роки тому +15

      That’s what the his contemporary biographers wanted people to think. In reality he made several trips to Rome prior to the coronation and was in constant contact with the Pope. It was orchestrated.

    • @ronronyjerardo
      @ronronyjerardo 4 роки тому

      This essential too since there was an absolute power void in the West after the western roman empire fell. There is also the issue of the eastern roman empire's connivance with the patriarch of Constantinople to undermine the pope's influence.

  • @juanm.fernandezcastillo1467
    @juanm.fernandezcastillo1467 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this video. This is great information and knowledge. I'd suggest to use more maps to illustrate wars and campaigns.

  • @merana59
    @merana59 2 роки тому

    I love the extra bits in the subtext.

  • @TaliaSC
    @TaliaSC 4 роки тому +20

    This is so very informative! I attempted to research Charlemagne not long ago but kept getting side tracked and never actually learned much, so this is fantastic! Thank you!

  • @dylanjames1878
    @dylanjames1878 4 роки тому +23

    Could you do Owain Glyndwr? The last ever welsh prince that ruled

  • @RaoulGodinez
    @RaoulGodinez 3 роки тому

    Very cool presentation, sir.

  • @thehallwayofhistory4657
    @thehallwayofhistory4657 2 роки тому

    Great video - lots of interesting history

  • @surlygirly1926
    @surlygirly1926 4 роки тому +18

    That glowing, lemon-flavored Life Saver in the background is so random...

    • @bradypostma5167
      @bradypostma5167 4 роки тому +6

      Lemon-flavored Sauron.

    • @mmondt9440
      @mmondt9440 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I can't stop looking at it...trying to figure out what it is.

  • @maxmagnus377
    @maxmagnus377 3 роки тому +16

    Sort of ironic that thanks to this man, who even by the standards of his time, led an incredibly violent life, we don't all write/type in all caps rage mode.

  • @YeeSoest
    @YeeSoest 4 роки тому +2

    Great video and this time, my opinion matters^^
    I studied Karl in Paderborn, one of his favorite and most elegant places to stay. I read Einhard, heck, I even gave tours in some of his buildings before and during university times. I know Charlemagne like very few other historical figures and besides some more pictures maybe I don't think anything major was left out or misleading or anything.
    Great job capturing his ideas and ways!

  • @andreiovidiudan1761
    @andreiovidiudan1761 4 роки тому

    Superb bio. More bios about the european kingdoms.

  • @robertsollory7475
    @robertsollory7475 4 роки тому +7

    Robert the Bruce would be a good one.
    The Charlemagne one is Interesting and I've learned a lot but it's because I am Keen on learning about evil people. He slaughtered pagans and destroyed the ancient religion and forced Christianity onto them. However good a leader he might have been, these crimes are unforgivable

  • @julienelson6506
    @julienelson6506 8 місяців тому +3

    Wow! As a teen my father moved our family from California to Spain. We lived in a tiny mountain village called Mora d' Ebro. I could never figure out why such a small village would have the ruins of such a huge castle. Who knew they were once so strategic! Fascinating!

  • @Kal-El_was_taken
    @Kal-El_was_taken 4 роки тому

    YES! Been waiting so long for this one

  • @kathleenfleming7519
    @kathleenfleming7519 4 роки тому

    Loving your channel!! Thank you!

  • @nickcaesar5833
    @nickcaesar5833 4 роки тому +83

    Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington and Oda Nobunaga please

    • @eoinsweetman9263
      @eoinsweetman9263 4 роки тому +2

      Wellington is dramatically overrated but then again I was born in a stable.

    • @augustus8944
      @augustus8944 4 роки тому +4

      Hell yeah, Wellington is awesome.

    • @nickcaesar5833
      @nickcaesar5833 4 роки тому +4

      @@eoinsweetman9263 39 battles Duke of Wellington commanded including Waterloo. Napoleon had 56 battles to his name including his loss to Duke of Wellington. The duke is one of the greatest military minds ever.

    • @eoinsweetman9263
      @eoinsweetman9263 4 роки тому

      @@nickcaesar5833 How would he have done on his own at Waterloo?

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 4 роки тому +3

      @@eoinsweetman9263 what just the Duke versus the entire French Army, silly question Wellington would off won.

  • @roycesong6620
    @roycesong6620 4 роки тому +35

    You guys helped me rediscover my love of history! Keep up the great work!

  • @alexvlk
    @alexvlk 4 роки тому

    Excellent episode!

  • @JoRiver11
    @JoRiver11 4 роки тому

    Super interesting subject! I think it would have been easier to follow if it was in two parts though... that was a lot of information.

  • @mikaelfarris4214
    @mikaelfarris4214 4 роки тому +9

    Joined at the right time. My two favorite persons in history. First, Archimedes and now Charlemagne.

  • @murzagildin
    @murzagildin 4 роки тому +9

    I love this! We're learning about Charlemagne in our homeschool lessons rn.

  • @BigSnipp
    @BigSnipp 3 роки тому +1

    Simon and the crew consistently put out so many good videos. I don't know why, but I'm partial to English accents for documentaries.

  • @aguy2162
    @aguy2162 4 роки тому

    Awesome. I've been waiting for this one

  • @dupeesfashionconsultant4204
    @dupeesfashionconsultant4204 4 роки тому +3

    Damn, you're the busiest man on UA-cam. But great video like usual, I originally found you because of biographics which I instantly fell in love with, but I branched out to all your other channels....and I'm a huge history fan and didn't watch your other channels for the content necessarily but because you kill it every video, unbiased statements based on evidence and not having any bias. So now I'm subbed to all your channels and you better believe I'm on the notification squad for all of them. Keep up the great work

  • @joannivaldi2106
    @joannivaldi2106 4 роки тому +16

    Extremely interesting. I didn't know much about Charlemagne until now. Thanks for the good work that you do!

  • @Dr.s3RTH
    @Dr.s3RTH 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the great video simon

  • @ravingraven2343
    @ravingraven2343 4 роки тому

    Yay! Great video as always, thank you simon

  • @markluis8473
    @markluis8473 4 роки тому +6

    Hi Simon, can you do a biography on someone from Portugal? Thx love your channel.

  • @rschmitz40
    @rschmitz40 4 роки тому +15

    Your videos are amazing man, love it! I have a request- Sir Frances Drake, he is my favorite person in history ever (well military type person, that is). And I would love to see one of these about him. Cheers!

  • @Gingerchalky
    @Gingerchalky 4 роки тому

    I love this channel as I learn so much info and it’s fun to learn 😊😊 keep up the good work Simon 😊😊

  • @Ch0ckl8
    @Ch0ckl8 9 місяців тому

    Great stuff! Feels like you might have more information that could be interesting around this period...

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs 4 роки тому +11

    The real test with such an empire is how to divide it among sons without endless civil war for decades afterwards.

    • @Alexander-Hatfield
      @Alexander-Hatfield 4 роки тому

      Indeed

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 4 роки тому

      The trick would be to have it divided but let it continue to thrive as a single nation. Kinda the opposite of the EU today.

  • @Liutgard
    @Liutgard 4 роки тому +5

    Simon, Charles and the Carolingian culture are my primary field right now, and but for some minor quibbles, this was a damn good presentation! For a 20 minute video, you covered the highlights, without glossing over his faults. Good work!

    • @lainwired3946
      @lainwired3946 4 роки тому +2

      Trusting you'll know: it's shar-la-maine, right? Simon's not pronouncing the la

    • @Liutgard
      @Liutgard 4 роки тому +2

      @@lainwired3946 Yes. I think he's just slurring over it because he's trying tocover 70-odd years of history into 20 minutes. :-)

    • @lainwired3946
      @lainwired3946 4 роки тому +1

      @@Liutgard thought so. It happens. Thanks for the reply

    • @suzannederringer1607
      @suzannederringer1607 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@lainwired3946He's pronouncing it correctly in French. It's a French word.

  • @Janiece1077
    @Janiece1077 4 роки тому

    Excellent video! Great content!

  • @raedhabib2817
    @raedhabib2817 4 роки тому

    Thanks for making the video. Been waiting for this one :)

  • @JP-ro1fw
    @JP-ro1fw 4 роки тому +4

    I love your channel and enjoy learning these important historical figures through your concise yet thorough format. Can you please create a content on the life and story of Jose Rizal? Thanks.

  • @suciusebastian
    @suciusebastian 4 роки тому +45

    How on earth you guys manage to do such an imense work? Congrats!
    Hope for a video about King Michael of Romania, an important figure to the end of WW2.

    • @lakesheppard5466
      @lakesheppard5466 4 роки тому

      Nobody honey

    • @lakesheppard5466
      @lakesheppard5466 4 роки тому

      No sir you are a typical 23 or 24 year old. Automobiles are a myth. You probably use your vacuum in sinful ways.

    • @antonetaciripan9145
      @antonetaciripan9145 4 роки тому +1

      @@lakesheppard5466 STFU

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 4 роки тому +3

      Lake Sheppard Are you alright buddy? You sound a bit... creepy.

  • @DeinoKoto
    @DeinoKoto 2 роки тому

    This helped a lot with an assignment

  • @777sirach
    @777sirach 4 роки тому

    Love the skill share site

  • @catholicracialist776
    @catholicracialist776 3 роки тому +3

    He was a fanatic Catholic ruler that united Europe and crushed pagans

  • @TheShadowChesireCat
    @TheShadowChesireCat 4 роки тому +19

    Thanks for this vid. I tend to struggle with Frankish history, so this was great for an overview.
    Kind of cool to see kings who did a bunch of reform. I put Charlemagne in the same sort of kingly category as Alexander and Frederick II. All styled The Great, all put in great governance systems. All left great stories (the Song of Roland's a pretty interesting dive into exploring differences in fiction of personality, psychology and outcomes), though Fritz left us with a lovely shade of blue and a whole collection of really lovely flute concertos.

  • @Zacodrome
    @Zacodrome 4 роки тому

    Love your channel. Always good interesting content.

  • @aidanaxiak5463
    @aidanaxiak5463 3 роки тому

    Very epic bro

  • @Alpha1200
    @Alpha1200 4 роки тому +6

    "What have you been doing for the last 9 years? Wasting your time being unskilled." You're not wrong...

  • @gjlipana881
    @gjlipana881 4 роки тому +3

    Hey simon! Im hoping you could do Gambino and Lucky Luciano next?

  • @jrosanders31
    @jrosanders31 4 роки тому +1

    OML, I love your segways into the sponsors 😂

  • @bingeltube
    @bingeltube 4 роки тому

    Very recommendable!

  • @poorstarvingmedstude
    @poorstarvingmedstude 4 роки тому +5

    You guys should cover: Attila, Arpad, Svatopluk. St. Stephan. Theres some great stories in there

  • @johnfloyd8199
    @johnfloyd8199 4 роки тому +7

    0:21 "bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills, girls only like guys with great skills"

  • @sylvainprigent6234
    @sylvainprigent6234 4 роки тому +2

    Hi!
    Great video as per usuall.
    May I request you to make a video about the life of Lafayette. Since he is implacated in the revolutions both American and French

  • @LuisVillanuevaCubero
    @LuisVillanuevaCubero 4 роки тому +1

    I really enjoyed this video. Please do one of Alphonse X (The Wise) of Castile.

  • @TheNoblot
    @TheNoblot 3 роки тому +19

    "I am torn by a great sorrow because I foresee what evil things they will do to my descendants and their subjects"
    Charlemagne

  • @thenifell
    @thenifell 4 роки тому +7

    May I ask what the name of the song at 13:07 is? Please and thank you.
    Also, another great video! I love your content!

  • @scottmillet5271
    @scottmillet5271 3 роки тому

    Love your shows!

  • @ToryCheww
    @ToryCheww 3 роки тому

    I like this channel it gives a full history lesson without all the fluff! Straight to the point, key points, interesting facts and the accent is very nice 👍

  • @EinsamPibroch278
    @EinsamPibroch278 3 роки тому +3

    "They unleashed their Viking Rage."

  • @thementalist1213
    @thementalist1213 4 роки тому +8

    Amazing as ever. Maybe you can do one on Ludwig Boltzmann. The father of statistical mechanics. The world lost him to suicide because of depression.

  • @elizabethevelyn9761
    @elizabethevelyn9761 3 роки тому

    Thanks great .

  • @williamallen5723
    @williamallen5723 4 роки тому

    I totally suggested this ..... 6 months ago but thank you for making it Simmons

  • @kennbiggs9311
    @kennbiggs9311 4 роки тому +11

    Charlemagne was one “badass” Dude!!
    The Dude ABIDES!!

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 4 роки тому +3

      His personal mantra was likely, "Calmer than you."
      I'll drink a White Russian to him being a Badass!

    • @kennbiggs9311
      @kennbiggs9311 4 роки тому +3

      Well put Kari!!!!

  • @jeanpaulsinatra
    @jeanpaulsinatra 4 роки тому +57

    See, when you say 'Better known as Charlemagne,' isn't Charlemagne just the French for 'Charles the Great?'

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 4 роки тому +18

      Yeah, but the point is that more people will know who you're talking about if you say "Charlemagne" rather than "Charles the Great". Less likely to be confused with Charles XII of Sweden, too.

    • @tonyhawk94
      @tonyhawk94 4 роки тому +7

      Well he was first entitled in Latin Carolus Magnus but as it evolved to modern French in the Gauls (west Francia) he got known more as Charlemagne.

    • @camilohiche4475
      @camilohiche4475 4 роки тому +3

      Charlemagne is preferred to Charles the Great because it is closer to the original latin name from which it stems, Carolus Magnus.

    • @jeanpaulsinatra
      @jeanpaulsinatra 4 роки тому

      @@camilohiche4475 or, you know, because he was proto-French

    • @catholicracialist776
      @catholicracialist776 3 роки тому +2

      @@tonyhawk94 Wrong. He is more known as Charles The Great than stupid "Charlemagne"

  • @antiisocial
    @antiisocial 4 роки тому

    Good info

  • @bradleydavis2543
    @bradleydavis2543 4 роки тому +1

    Nice segway today, that was skillful : )
    And hey, make a video about Richard Feynman!

  • @orvalritchie8013
    @orvalritchie8013 4 роки тому +27

    What I just saw was a team of dedicated UA-camrs working their tails off to get this vid out to us. Great work you guys! You never disappoint.

  • @dokkedal
    @dokkedal 4 роки тому +4

    Request :) some Vikings or Celtic historical figures ? maybe some Natives ? LOVE this series btw :) keep em up

    • @sl3580
      @sl3580 2 роки тому

      Natives?

  • @6aliph77
    @6aliph77 4 роки тому

    Love your channel 👍🏾👍🏾

  • @michaelnieves5912
    @michaelnieves5912 4 роки тому

    Love this channel

  • @pureownageftw
    @pureownageftw 4 роки тому +3

    When is the Augustus Biographics coming tho?

  • @dmitrivlad8538
    @dmitrivlad8538 4 роки тому +22

    "May my Armies be the Rocks and the Trees and the Birds in the sky...."

  • @LordLeone13
    @LordLeone13 4 роки тому

    Great video. How about one on Maximilian Kolbe?