European Kingdoms Year by Year
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Chart: Matt Baker
Script/Narration: Matt Baker
Editing: Jack Rackam
Intro animation: Syawish Rehman
Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com
A lot of people are asking why Britain (or Spain, Portugal, etc.) is not labeled as an empire considering the existence of a "British Empire". Well, Britain may have have had an overseas "empire" but no British monarch has ever held the title "Emperor of Great Britain" or claimed to have had an empire within the borders of the European continent. Several did hold the title of emperor but that was as Emperor of *India" only. As for other decisions I made throughout the video, keep in mind that many of them are indeed subjective and could be debated. But the whole thing is meant to be a broad overview only and that's why I'm not too worried about every little detail.
When you say the Grand princes of Kiev were practically Kings, then at a certain point English Kings were practically Emperors, and not only of India, the Irish, Welsh and Scotts are different groups who came under english rule and that's what defiens an Empire: 1 group ruling many different other groups.
@@makaan1932 Yup, like I said, it's subjective. In the case you bring up, I felt that leaving Kievan Rus off the map entirely would be a mistake in terms of painting the overall picture of how the various European kingdoms evolved but on the other hand, I felt that labeling Britain as a kingdom was more correct in terms of their relationship with other European countries.
@@makaan1932 that definition of Empire is different from the concept that the UsefulCharts is talking about in the video. An Empire is a government that the title of "Emperor" as the head of state. This is the original definition. The British had an Empire but they never used the title of Emperor of British / Emperor of Great Britain so they weren't an "Empire" but they had an Empire in functionality.
@@makaan1932 Same should then be said for the Dutch. Basically an empire or at least a prince at the top with as much power as a king just like the Kievan Rus principality.
@@makaan1932 Exactly, and the same for the Spanish, they were 1 group ruling most of Europe at some point: Sicily, Naples, Netherlands, Navarre, Castile, Aragon, Austria, Milan and even the Holy Roman Empire, England and Portugal
Should do Asia next, I and many other Europeans I'm sure get pretty confused with all dynasties and kingdoms in China alone, so Asia should be fun
and theres more kingdom in SEA, the best part, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Brunei, there is still a strong monarchy
I might add that even us Asians often get it wrong, and it's mostly to do with the quasi-revisionist history taught in the standard curricula. For example, I live in Taiwan, but we've been taught Chinese history as our "national" history (because of the whole "is Taiwan a part of China" thing), and everyone who went through our high schools basically were taught that the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire were one and the same, so the Mongol Khanates (Chagatai Khanate, Ilkhanate, Golden Horde etc.) were part of the Yuan Dynasty and therefore part of China. I left high school about 20 years ago, and up to about two years ago when I actually started to read history, that was what I believed in.
I recommend dividing them into several regions (west, middle east, central, south, north & east incl china, and southeast). Maybe do one to three regions in one video but NOT all of them
Oh God so true. There are more than at least two in every country existing nowadays, even the area is way bigger than Europe. It'll surely become a long video!
@@Aemond2024 welcome to 2020.
Why is the water white and the land blue 😡🤦♂️
Lol, that map hurts my brain. ;)
What is baffling is that up to 1950, France still had an Exile law that prohibited all rulers of France and their descendants to even set foot in France. One of the princes good imprisoned for 2 years because he went to France despite the law. One of them had to get special authorization to continue his study there. I mean... It was 70 years ago. My dad was born when the law was still effective. O__o
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
In Austria, Habsburgs are still (I think) legally prohibited to take any political office. Maybe not, but I think there is something like that.
In Belgium it is prohibited for any member of the Dutch royal family (House of Orange-Nassau) to take any public office.
@@timvanstijn3744 that as well as the french royalty thing is idiotic... immigrants have more rights.
european nobility lost their brutality and will to power unlike in Islamic world where absolutism is strong.
sissies wont risk their comfy bottoms for anything.
@@thephidias well the current head of the house of habsburg is a member of the European Parliament representing Austria
This is a really great overview ⭐️. I can't imagine all the work you put in to summarize this way. Thanks so much!
The Scandinavian kingdoms definitively emerged earlier before the north sea empire, having had multiple kings before then.
Yes, but like the seven early English kingdoms, some of them were small and had constantly changing borders.
@@Dave_Sisson same with Ireland before English control.
You guys might be interested in the Crossover Series by Walt Socha
The second book takes place in Iceland and Medieval Ireland
Denmark was a kingdom since 936
@@Dave_Sisson Norway was definitely large enough so that it could have been included and was a Kingdom since 872. But I’m not sure if this map only includes Christian kingdoms since Norway wasn’t christianized until 1000-1030.
You skipped 1492, the union of Castile and Aragon
The list of things he "skipped" is alot longer then that.
He just took a few major important historic years and told you which kingdoms/empires were around at that time.
He could have added a lot more years to this vid, including the union of Castille and Aragon as you mentioned, the year Belgium became independant and became a monarchy, the exact years those scandinavian unions got shifted around, ...
As he said at the end, it was a quick look, meaning not an in dept look
@@DJarr216 but it was bad to skip empires
@@ribljikeksic if he had to do everything that happen in european history this video would probably go on over an hour.
@@brandonlyon730 He should at least show all empires
As well Swedish empire
No reason not to include the other ranks. King, emperor, duke,… either you’re a head of state or not. Would you agree?
Yeah his videos only inculde High ranks like king or EMPEROR
Nice video, just a few notes. The kingdom of Navarre should be included, its small but unlike Ireland or elsewhere, it was long lived and fully united. Secondly, "Islamic Taifas" should not be included - that isn't a united kingdom. Also, Austria was renamed to Austria-Hungary in 1867.
Also, how come you decided to mark Germany and Austria as empires but not Britain or Spain (or for that matter, Italy, Bulgaria or the Dutch)?
Because they had an emperor
@@rudolfnosek1748 What an awfully useless answer to what is actually quite a complex issue. Firstly, an empire is not defined as ruled by an emperor but "An empire is a multi-ethnic or multinational state with political and/or military dominion of populations who are culturally and ethnically distinct from the imperial (ruling) ethnic group and its culture." Though even taking the definition that an empire is ruled by an emperor (which is what I believe is used by the video), it is still inconsistent. In 913, Simeon I of Bulgaria was crowned emperor of the Bulgarians by the Byzantines and later (probably) the pope. Alfonso VII was coronated as emperor of the Spaniards in 1135. The German emperor was only self proclaimed, never awarded by the pope (even Serbian king Stefan proclaimed himself as emperor).
@@MrOobling Agree. Video is quite inconsistent in that matter sometimes
@@MrOobling Chill out. Its just a human made tittle their is no exact definition. If your answer is correct then not even the HRE is an empire or the other states with an emperor(like Bulhagia etc.).
He said at the beginning of the video that he won't count small kingdoms 1:18
In addition, he did not include Muslim kingdoms, he always used a placeholder
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The Kingdom of Italy is not the First time Italy has been united since the Roman Empire.
When were the other times?
@@diazinth Gots ruled a unified Italy.
@@gamma4053 And the kingfom of england was ruled by the french I dont see that as nulifying its kingdom status.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 The Kingdom of France and England were never truly united, even if there were French kings of England and vice versa, that's not how monarchies work
@@laurenforsyth8143 But there weren't French kings of England as in both: king of France and England.
Oh boy, =) great video, although I would disagree with a lot of choices on where you cut your path. Nontheless I like your view of the general outline a lot! Keep up the great work! =)
I really loved this video. There's a lot to learn of european history when looking at this different perspective, one of dynasties and crowns.
10:58 It's pronounced "Arl" (french r, mute last letters)
Dident know that, thx
I was looking to see if anyone had already commented this xD
Ahrléss. Ahrl.
That’s after the shifts from old French to new French at the time the people of the region would probably pronounce it Ar-less making the dreaded S sound that the French have worked so hard to makes silent at the end of their words.
"Burgundy" is actually more accurate for that period afaik. At least I know of diplomas by emperor Henry III who called him king of Burgundy.
In 1603 Sigismund III Vasa was already kicked from the Swedish throne...
I was a little confused with the color set of the land being blue like ocean and I did get over it but it was confusing and I think you could benefit by swapping the colors on the map
Came here to say this. Love the video and am a keen subscriber, but maps with blueish land and earth-tone seas really mix me up! Like those quizzes that show you North America with south at the top to see how long it takes you to recognize it.
Awesome video. You should put the best assumption for country borders if you can for similar videos in the future. I know it’d be a lot more work 😂 but not knowing which countries were established while the kingdoms were ruling was kinda confusing
You missed that Hanover also became a Kingdom just like Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony after the Napoleonic Wars, but it is in a personal union with the UK until Queen Victoria's ascension to the British throne, why did you not mention that Hanover was in a personal union with UK when you mentioned the personal union of Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
Ok, i know that you already said, that you don't mention small kingdoms, but since 1212 the Bohemian Duke held the title of King and a few czech kings were really important figures in the centure Europe. So I would maybe like casually include some czech kings.
For me, Portugal, France, and Italy should restore their monarchies
In 1914 it is not Austria 🇦🇹 it’s Austria-Hungary 🇦🇹🇭🇺 history’s only double monarchy.
How weird is it that 6 of the current 7 kingdoms border the North Sea...
These were the ones that limited the powers of their kings early.
it took me like five minutes to figure out that the blue was the land and the white was the water ;-; I was like, what the heck is this landmass??
I lowkey came for Bulgaria
Pretty good video, although I think you missed the reign of King Zog of Albania somewhere.
I suppose he was a bit of a minor king though.
I’m not familiar with the map of Europe but when I clicked on your video I thought the blue areas were oceans and I got confused where the hell is that
But what about stuff like the Dacian Kingdom or the High Kings in 1AD
Wow, in less than half an hour you just taught me more than 6 years of public school history class (or ‘social studies’ as it got named in the 70s) ever did!
The Avars were also pushed back by the bulgarians so it wasn't just the franks. Also Bulgaria was an empire.
Meanwhile Bulgaria during this video - Sitting there like... " but we're south slavic.. and we're not a kingdom, but an empire... " also 1389 - Bulgaria was still not conquered. The official fall of Bulgaria is 1396, however it would seem that recent studies have found that until 1422 there was still a bulgarian state, either with some autonomy or completely independent.
Some extra information: Serbia has risen up to an empire in 1346 but unfortunately it lasted only till 1371. The 2 rulers were Stephen Dushan IV "the Mighty" and his son Stephen Uros V "the Weak".
Weird to think the Roman empire was the start and the end of the dark ages/middle ages
I understand this is a short video but you forgot to mention how Spain controlled what would be Belgium and Netherlands and also the title of King of Jerusalem, quite a key point to the development of monarchies within the area. This was pre Napoleon.
☼ 2:43 that is what hapns to China in 2043. im not suppose to tell you that. but they should have thought of that b4 stranding me here.
great job!!!!!
One thing, Otto I was crowned Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire in 962 after defeating Italy the previous year, commenting on the fact that your map states the formation of the HRE as the year 936, which was when Otto I was crowned King of Germany.
in 936 Otto became the king of Germany (East Francia) he was crowned emperor only in 962. Before that title "Emperor of the Romans" was hot-potatoed between different italian nobles.
The netherlands had a “stadhouder” whom was the commander of forces and navy, but didn’t have any governing power, that was placed at the regents of the provinces.
You have to notice that Bulgaria was founded in 681.
great video, but you missed the Kingdom Of Finland, which existed only couple of months, but still was a kingdom ruled by Fredrick Charles The First Of Finland.
NICE! LOVED IT. THANKS.💖😎
First all I thought the blue on the map was water lol. I didn't know what I was looking at
Charles V abdicated his domains two years before his death.
That was just .... AMAZING!
Just caught up with your site and am starting at the beginning. Lots of interesting stuff in your charts that I ahve read over the last year or do but there is a real misubderstanding about the power of the Holy Roman Empire. It is not really accurate to suggest that Bavaria and Saxony, both kingdoms, could be considered subordinate to Austria - which is essentially the core of the HRE by the seventeenth century.
Fantastic work.
I notice that the total is incorrect on several occasions.
Hungary did not absorb Croatia, they entered in a personal union
Why did you use the color blue for land? About gave me a stroke.
Great video. It's very helpful.
my man forgetting Savoy became a Kingdom in the early 1700
Very informative and concise!
serbia was also an empire for a short time
Lithuania was the biggest country in europe for a short time ;)
You missed out the period of the protectorate for England and Scotland
I feel Mercia would be big enough to consider a kingdom
Also something to note, I dont know about the other kingdoms in Europe. But Sweden is only a kingdom in name, we have a royal family but they have 0% power. They have no say in politics or foreign relationships. Our Prince has a normal life (a race car driver) and our princesses have companies outside Sweden.
I knew Scotland was older than England! 🏴
IT depends what you count as england, inicies scotland exist since ,843 bit england as a territory full of english people just in difrent kingdoms exist since 560
That’s the problem with this video - it doesn’t express the whole history of all the kingdoms - therefore making people to imply and read between the lines alll sorts of info that isn’t true .
You should make it clear that the Anglo-Saxons were not just one group from Germania but actually three tribes : The Angles(large tribe, settled north England), The Saxons(large tribe, settled southern England) and The Jutes(small tribe, settled Kent)
They were black
"the first south Slavic kingdom"
Me: *BULGARIA?*
It was not slavic back than.
Bulgar were Turkic. When they got Christian, they did Slavized.
it took me too long to get that the blue isn't the sea...
Denmark is believed to have been united under one king in the late 500s through the 600s. And by 720 it definitely was, because we even have the name of the king - Angantyr. In fact Denmark was even bigger then than it is now, so it really should've been included.
edit: i felt like including the Danish monarchs of the other years you showed, just for fun:
800 - Sigfred 1st
843 - Horik 1st
936 - Gorm the Old
1025 - Knut the Great (North Sea Empire)
1139 - Erik Lam
1251 - Abel
1389 - Margrethe 1st ruled, but Eric of Pomerania was king (Kalmar Union)
1453 - Christian 1st
1519 - Christian 2nd
1603 - Christian 4th
1707 - Frederik 4th
1795 - Christian 7th was king, but his son the crownprince Frederik was the one ruling.
1810 - Frederik 6th who had already ruled for so long on his fathers behalf was finally king.
1816 - Still Frederik 6th
1852 - Frederik 7th
1882 - Christian 9th
1914 - Christian 10th
1918 - Still Christian 10th
1931 - Still Christian 10th
1947 - The year that Christian 10th died. So depending on when specifically we're talking, it was either him or Frederik 9th
1975 - Margrethe 2nd
Present - Still Margrethe 2nd
the mythological legendary kings of denmark don't count 🗿
The sun never sets on the British Empire.....except in this video because they never became one.
That's because the UK was never an Empire and the British Empire was never an ''official'' Empire. It was a collection of territories ruled by the UK crown.
I feel Muscovy should get an exception like the kieven rus did
8:25 Great Moravia never was a kingdom, but rather a duchy. It was later taken over by Duchy of Bohemia, which...was again a duchy, with two rulers being given title of king during 12th century, those however wouldn't have been hereditary.(Both were awarded to them for some sort of assistance to Holy Roman emperors). It only became Kingdom of Bohemia in 1212, which would have been a subject to HRE.
Forgive me if you answer this later in the video, but i just reached the part where the anglo saxons reached the uk, and i was wondering, who were the people who lived there before then? A history of england and london would be fascinating 🙂
The celtic britons mix with the saxons, today english people are mostly them,
You know Friedrich Karl I was the king of Finland for a while but as the 1st world war ended Finland quickly was turned into a Republic.
Imagine if your people’s sole contribution to world culture is inspiring the word and concept “vandalism.”
Name the top ruling family's of today..The top 1%.
Rus did not all come from Sweden. According to legend and some history, varyags(vikings) came down the Dunai river and were asked by Slavic population there to rule over them.
Took me a minute to realize that wasn’t Canada or something that’s the water. I thought Europe was the water 😂😂
In 1920 the Kingdom of Hungary was restored, but the Allies would not accept any return of Charles IV. It was thus decided to select a regent to represent the monarchy. Miklós Horthy, the last commanding admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was chosen for this position on 1 March. In 1921 Charles IV returned in Hungary, and tried to retake the thorne, but he failed, and exiled to Madeira, where he died in 1922.
Miklós Horthy was a de facto king until 15th October 1944 when the The Arrow Cross Party take over the power, and their leader Ferenc Szálasi established a new Nazi-backed government, effectively turning Hungary into a German-occupied puppet state.
According to a widely circulated, if apocryphal contemporary story, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked an aide in the early weeks of the US involvement in what came to be called World War II, if Hungary, which had just declared war against the United States, was a kingdom or a republic. “A kingdom, Mr. President”, the aide replied. This dialogue followed:
FDR: What’s the King’s name?
Aide: Hungary doesn’t have a King.
FDR: Then who runs the kingdom?
Aide: A Regent by the name of Admiral Miklós Horthy.
FDR: Admiral? Then Hungary must have a powerful navy.
Aide: Hungary has no navy; it doesn’t even have access to the sea.
FDR: Wars are often fought for religious reasons. What’s the main religion there?
Aide: Catholicism, Mr. President. But Admiral Horthy is Protestant.
FDR: Did this admiral declare war on us because of territorial claims then?
Aide: Hungary’s territorial claims are against Romania.
FDR: In that case, did Hungary declare war on Romania?
Aide: No, Hungary and Romania are allies.
FDR: Let me get this straight. Hungary is a kingdom run by a Regent who’s an admiral without a navy, and it is allied with Romania against which it has territorial claims but it has declared war on the U.S. against which it doesn’t.
Aide: That’s right, Mr. President.”
That is a meme worthy comment right there...
Absolute Madness
Interesting that a protestant was allowed to lead the fleets of Austria-Hungary
@@NapoleonBonaparde yeah this isn't the 1600s
@@ComradeHellas Yea ever since the enlightenment era in the 1700s what religion is leading what doesnt really matter anymore
Crusader Kings 2 > map mode > show kingdoms
Oh god
Razorcarl Gaming look at the HRE and click Show Dukes.
@@Handlesareverydumb ok
Haha
Filemonefly9 No just.. just no
I feel like this really could have benefited from some individual colors for the various empires/kingdoms. Especially when things got complicated (HRE controlling Spain, Aragon controlling parts of Italy, etc.)
That minor complaint aside, this video was an enjoyable summary and I think this could be a promising format if you decide to do more like it.
I don't think it would have worked in the context of the video. Crowns don't have limited territories, they are institutions.
Matthew Hemmings I disagree. Crowns defintley do have limited territories, they only rule their own kingdom. The crown of britain would not have authority in france or germany because it only controls certain territories
I wouldn’t say the HRE controlled Spain in any way whatsoever though. In fact, Charles the first of Spain got the fancy HRE emperor title (Charles V), thanks to the Spanish wealths from the Americas, which were used to buy the necessary support from HRE electors. Certainly he used the mighty Spanish Tercios throughout key military campaigns in Europe, but in no way was Spain a subordinate to the HRE.
@@LorianR By that point the Habsburgs already monopolized the position of HRE as the strongest HRE state.
Today's video is a little different than usual. Let me know what you think.
Amazing format, big periods of time with lot of subject fits better to map. And also wonderful that you fit 20 centuries of monarchy into 24 minutes video. Hope you'll do the same for major republics or another region, like near east.
Technically Europe did still have one Emperor after 1918, as the British Monarchs continued to be Emperors of India until 1948, but I guess the fact that their Empire was not in Europe, even though they were, would've made that seem odd if that was designated on the map.
UsefulCharts I love it I’ve learnt a lot
UsefulCharts love it do more
Loved it❤️
What determine the status of duchies, principalities, kingdoms, empires etc? You should make some video about the ranking and history of different noble and royal titles.
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yep, just because they are not kings, the grand duchy of Luxemburg is still a thing. and principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein are independent entities for a long time.
There si no real deifference, its a title, and the traduction is also important. For example, we say "prince of Kiev" but they use the title "kniaiz of Kiev" that means something like a king of a Slavic group
that what called petty kindoms and +down rank
@@gabor6259 Only the Holy Roman Emperor got crowned by the pope.
THANK YOU for recognizing that huns and magyars are not the same people. As a hungarian it infuriates me
Who Says They Are? The Closest I've Heard Is Paul From Geography Now Saying They're Probably Related...
@@rateeightx go to the comment section of map accounts on instagram and all the turks will claim that hungarians and turks are brothers because hungarians are huns
@@RunaSunset Well, I Don't Use Instagram, So That Might Be Why. I Do Know That Turks Are Very Good At Lying And Claiming Other People's History, All The While Ignoring Their Own.
@@rateeightx i think their education is just obsolete
Dident the arpads claim to have the blood of attila?
After WWI Hungary remained a monarchy, but without a king only ruled by a regent.
Yup. Didn't count it though cuz what's a kingdom without a king? 😀
UsefulCharts A dom? XD
@@UsefulCharts a dictatorship I guess
Poland was monarchy too only one month as independent state, but socialists want republic :(
@@Lord_Raymund 😂
20:43 I Think You Mean Since The Fall Of The Ostrogoth Kingdom?
True.
Oh I thought he said that since the Byzantines still held stuff in southern Italy when the Goths and Lombards held most of it, I wasn't sure.
I liked this video. It understandably left a lot out because it's a huge, vast subject. I think it's a great sort of background to help put the more specific events of European history into context. One might even call it a useful chart!
You might be interested in the time-travel novels of the Crossover Series by Walt Socha
Time-travelers in 1054 AD. Second book takes place in Medieval Ireland!
It's kind of sad when a kingdom that has existed for 770 years is extinguished.
Rip 1025-1795
Well actually no, because it usually means unelected elite is replaced with real democracy
Kate S "real democracy?" do you honestly think that us the people had a real sway? There were only a select few elites who held power.
Ae taling about poland lithuania?
@8bit t. 15yo
@8bit Democracy was in practice, democracy is a place that the people rule directly or indirectly through elections, every country with at least a universal male suffrage is considered a democracy, that includes the first French Republic and ranges from the elitistic plutocratic Venetian Serene Republic to the egalitarian socialist Soviet Union and thus everything in between. The United Kingdom became a democracy itself essentially when it allowed elections even though they maintain a King as a figurehead.
There were significantly more kingdoms during the time of the Roman empire. One that is WIDELY overlooked is the Dacian Kingdom. It had two true kings to be exact that are worth noting. Burebista and Decebalus.
Only Christian kingdoms really counted. Some barbaric kingdoms were shown, but they didn't count for the counter.
@@randomdude2026 Ottomans were counted. Yet, they were no Christian kingdom.
@@robertab929 But they didnt count for the counter. They were shown with the special muslim icon.
@@robertab929 if you look at the right top corner where there is the total number of kindoms and then count what is shown on the map you will see that only Christian kingdoms and empires count for that counter
@@randomdude2026 Count them on the map and compare with number for several dates when Ottomans are shown on the map. You will see that the count includes Ottomans. Before I wrote my previous statement I check that.
The reason you start at the Roman Empire for kingdoms in case you're wondering is because before that there were petty tribal kings, which were only around for a thousand years at best since they arrived in Europe 3,000 years ago from the present day. Before that the Uralic & Basque people were the dominant tribes in Europe, of which only the Basque, Skjáldic & Sámi people remain in Europe.
And even then Skjáldic is questionable since their region sat close to the Russian Europe-Asia split at the Ural mountains. I mean it doesn't anymore, Russia genocided the shit out of them & their remaining people are scattered around Europe, Central Asia, Australia & the American continent. So the majority technically lives in Europe but their home-region is on the borders of Asia.
I'm from León, Spain viewing this video with a beer in front of the cathedral
Cool place
Yup. It's scheduled for Oct. 18
@@UsefulCharts Awesome, I'll mark it on my calendar!
King Ecbert is not amused....
Looks like holding Europe is a bad game of Risk.
It is okay so long as they don't invade Russia.
Fun fact :slavic knez/knyaz(prince) is derived from German könig (king)
Also the german ,Kaiser' comes from Cäsar, at school we laughed, when a boy of my class said ,Käsar' instead of ,Zâsar' as the name Caesar is spoken in Germany.
@@brittakriep2938 To be fair, according to etymologists Julius Caesar would've pronounced his own name like "Gah-ius Ih-ulius Kah-ehsar"
Untrue Lie : In Germany the russian emperors are written ,Zar' , the Z is spoken TS. A ,C' is sometimes spoken K, sometimes Z in german language. So the name Caesar can be in Germany Käsar or Zäsar. In Germany we speak Zäsar but Käsar/Kaiser, so the K could be true.
Until a few decades ago the title of a Russian emperor was commonly written as Czar in English, although recently Tsar has become more common. But both spellings are pronounced 'Zar'.
Also continues to be used meaning priest, which suggests early slavic princes had religious power too.
I stumbled across your channel and Im so impressed! Your videos are incredibly easy to understand history. As opposed to learning specific events, it's much easier to comprehend a timeline, and from there branch out and learn details. Keep up the amazing work.
Plenty of errors, especially in Eastern Europe and Balkans.
Russia became an Empire("Tzarstvo" in Russian) under Ivan IV, so much sooner than you showed in your graph here. And Serbia became a Kingdom under Mihajlo Vojislavljevic in 1077 for the first time, and an Empire Under Dusan Nemanjic in mid XIV century. You also missed the Bulgarian Empire. And a Bosnian Kingdom.
Russia under Ivan IV had lower value than when it become an empire so it's not correct to call "tzarstvo" as an "empire"
Tsar is not the Emperor. The tsarism that Ivan IV established was equivalent to the Kingdom. Earlier there was the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Only Peter the Great established the Russian Empire and proclaimed himself Emperor.
@@Mjak-yd3og Wrong. Tzar literally means "Emperor". In Slavic languages, for example, Constantinople is called "Tzargrad", meaning "Emperor's city" etc.
He also became a Tzar, once he proclaimed Russia to be the heir of Byzantium, the 3rd Rome, if you will.
@@Porkeater2610957 In 1721, Peter the Great accepted the dignity of the emperor, which was to be regarded as the equivalent of the imperial, and the tsarist title was defined as the royal equivalent.
No one, literally no one at the time of Ivan IV recognized the Russian claim to be an Empire.
do a video about the descendants of the byzantine emperors that are still alive, please!!!!
You should have mentioned the Bosnian kingdom in 1389 since it was the most powerful force in western Balkan at that time under king Tvrtko Kotromanić.
4:10 "those tribes don't make there way to Spain but to Spain and Portugal where Suebi and Alans establish themselve in Portugal and the only that really establish only in spain was the vandals.
21:20 Well Ottomans did continue until 1922 even if they were de facto'd by outside powers and republic of Turkey
The visual impact of the last minute of the video is stunning! Such a polite and antiseptic movement of little symbols of icons, representing the shedding of so much blood and the inflicting of so much misery.
You use Englad-Scotland, Denmark-Norway and so on meanwhile you refer to Spain as "Spain", instead of Castile-Leon-Aragon-etc. The title of king of Spain was only used (oficially) at the 19c.
Ya existia y se hablaba de Reino de España con los Austrias, lo que pasa es que no funcionaba como un solo Estado, eso ya empieza a ocurrir con los Decretos de Nueva Planta, los borbones.
@@alekord15 Totalmente de acuerdo y sin problema con ello. Sin embargo, en el contexto del vídeo, me parece un tanto impreciso e incorrecto emplear esos nombres compuestos tan arbitrariamente. Para mí, es como hablar de Reino Unido o del Imperio Austrohúngaro durante los siglos XVI y XVII.
Do a video about the succession to the ottoman throne and maybe a video on the monarchies of Bohemia and Liechtenstein
Mate Georgia was kingdom for almost whole of its existence
same with armenia
He didn't put it because some people consider Georgia Asian as it's on the frontier.
My Friday is finally complete!
The first kingdom in Europa was Galicia (NW Spain), year 411, suebian king Hermericus, and is the most durable in Europe. It loses its exclusive character in 1845, being from then on the king of Spain, also king of Galicia until today.
the Norwegian Kingdom started in 872 and nobody can tell me otherwise >:)
Great video, fun to see how long lasting certain kingdoms are
Vatican city is a monarchy in a way.
Yes, but it's not a kingdom or empire.
Wait, did ottoman sultans wear mosques instead of crowns on their heads?
didnt you know?
They no use crows