This is probably the most important battle in Czech/Austrian history and not many people even know it. If Rudolf didn´t win here there is a large possibility that habsburgs wouldn´t become a dominant power in central europe in the next centuries. You did a very good job in describing the battle! Also rip my homie Ottokar.
Well, the only difference would be the name and capital. Quite possibly it would mean Vienna would be the medieval looking city and Prague would be the baroque looking one. Also, Bohemia was still more powerfull than Austria till the Battle of the White mountain. Moravian march didn't change a lot.
As for people not knowing: i had to read "König Ottokars Glück und Ende" by Franz Grillparzer. Which is a very old theater piece that would today be called "based on historical events!" This made me look up what really happend.(in books back then) So i didn't learn it detailed in History but in my german language class.
It would have been an interesting world, with Premysl dynasty, not the Habsburg one, becoming the political leaders. Note that Charles IV, who turned Prague into beautiful political and educational centre of the Empire was half Premysl himself. Reformation would have come much sooner I think.
Same, I was like "Yeah Ottokar, kick Rudolph's ass, this is your fucking game" and then when the routing began everything came crashing down. Even before they showed the icon, I knew Ottokar wasn't making it out alive.
To be honest since the death of Charlemagne every single german emperor has been weak to some degree (even the most powerful of them all, Charles Quint, still had troubles managing the whole thing despite being the ruler of half of Europe, there was never something equivalent to the absolutism you could find in France or Russia where the regime was centralized). The goal of the structure was more to keep a balance between duchies and little kingdoms in central Europe and occasionally contain a neighbor (mostly France). In the meantime by the late 1400s England and France were already done with this feudal organization and had created the proto-modern state. France slowly ate the HRE for 1000 years (beginning after Charlemagne), only after Napoléon disbanded the HRE the germans (under prussian banner) finally unified and completely reverse the military dynamic with the french but by that time Europe was already in decline and Russia/USA were on the rise.
fug :D Actually they did wreck the ottomans. Austria and the other powers also forced them to let Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria free, and then kept the empire around so as to halt Russian expansion. Metternich was the architect of Europe for decades.
Why not? Infantry is slow compared to cavalry. If you want to keep that advantage infantry might be a liability. Back then, infantry was also less well trained. Someone had to guard the camp (which is a bit easier than attacking thousands of trained knights). When facing trained knights they would face horrible casualties.
🎵Rudolf the Holy Roman Emperor, Has a very shiny sword, And if you ever saw it, Turn around and run, (Really fast now) All of the other noblemen, didn’t want to crown Otto king, So they all picked Rudolph, To deal with the Bohemian King.
The answer to your prayers is 1: it will stop when the narrator dies 2: the narrator is not immortal, he will die. He sadly will not make videos past 2075
@Stavros S. Winning was a dick move from Rudolf? The reason Rudolf got elected as Holy Roman Emperor in the first place was because Ottokar not only held the only official kingdom within the empire (Bohemia) but also two medium sized duchies in Austria and Styria. Ottokar got too powerful too quickly and Rudolf defeated him to restore the balance of power within the empire.
@@imtiredtiredtired despite that, they managed to rule Spain, the Netherlands, have the emperorship to the HRE, Hungary, north Italy, and Spain's American lands. Incest does pay off for them in this case.
Yes, but the exacerbated concept of "élan" or the lack of "battle spirit" that would develop in direct relation to the cavalry charges of the medieval era would eventually produce the carnage and death of a whole generation of Europeans in the First World War .
Well.. that and when the commanders fucked up so badly you can see the slaughter dildo coming your way. Better go home and delete my browser history : /
In a video game, it would be easy to take some men from middle and swing them to the side to counter the weak a$$ flank. But in real life look what happened... I guess this is one of the reason why ancient commanders hold a sizable reserve, and commit units piece by piece.
Yeah, it's a totally different scenario when you're talking about commanding human lives vs. pixels on a screen. The pixels just perform actions and react in the way their programming tells them, but humans make specific choices because it's *their* life at stake and there's no respawn in irl.
Brilliant! I am Czech and I love how you portrayed this battle, one of the most important battles in Czech history. One little thing that I also noticed in video about Battle of Kressenbrunn: In 13. century Bohemian kingdom had in coat of arms (it's that correct term...?) white two tailed lion on red field. It was Otokar grandfather Přemysl Otakar I. who first used it (Otokar is in Czech Republic known as Přemysl Otakar II.). But that is only minor flaw on otherwise wonderful video! Well done! If you want to take another part of our history and portrait it, maybe you find inspiration in Hussites?
Absolutely great video. Ottokar was son of even greater king Venceslav but was not so good politician and war leader as his father and grandfather. Being chivalric cost him life and kingdom. BTW his son Venceslav II married Rudolfs daughter and Rudolf later helped him to consilidate his reign over Bohemia so Premyslid dynasty came back to power again.
4/10 The Emu War is an overused history meme at this point. Also, I must be going crazy. I don't remember you at all at BazBattles videos. EDIT: I saw your comment in another BazBattles video, but you weren't present in two other BazBattles videos I checked.
We also have to consider that Ottokars mother was of the Hohenstaufen line, which probably also was one big point why he saw him self sitting on the imperial throne.
I hopped you will mention the huge Bohemian reserves Ottakar had. His army was pushed to the river and surrounded, when he was expecting his reserves to come to battle and support him (and change course of battle) they have turned back and left the battlefield. Rudolph has bribed them before the battle, also they didn't like Ottakar because of his power. He still refused to surrender and charged to Rudolph, killing his horse and nearly killing him, but Rudolph was saved by his men, Ottakar still fought and was killed by 12 wounds. Rudolph letter to pope: ,,...Although the mentioned king saw a total defeat of his army and that he is abandoned by almost everybody, he did not retreat from our winning battalions, but he fought with huge spirit and morale and wonderful bravery, until some of our knights knocked him off fatally wounded with his horse. Then finally the proud king lost his victory and his life..."
@@niccolorichter1488 Well, ok, I made a mistake, on wikipedia they also say (even tho, never trus wikipedia, until you are completely sure) that those reserves were the units behind the main battle line, who came to help on right flank, but got mistaken for retreating soldiers, but the letter is true. :)
Btw he wasnt IV at all... IV. he was at Roman throne as Charles (in early life he was Wenceslavs, in czech Václav, after christening he became Charles at honour of his uncle Charles IV the Fair, king of French throne), so in Lands of Czech Crown he was Charles I., if he wouldnt renamed he would be Wenceslavs IV. (Václav IV.), later that was name of his succesor (and son)
IMfromNYCity I hopes u all get this reference (clears throat) “You have more than one great grandfather Charles... Otakar was your FATHER’s grandfather... your MOTHER’s grandfather, was Rudolf of Habsburg.” Yes I know that technically considering succession laws it should be the other way round but it fits the reference better this way 😜
bazbattles, you guys kick ass. honestly you and king and generals are pretty much the only reason I get on youtube. Pls keep up the good work and keep the battles coming. Props and honors to you fine gentlemen
Thanks for the video BazBattles! This has got me feeling in the mood to play some Crusader Kings 2 and change history by making Ottokar the rightful Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
would probably suck honestly. part of the fun of the paradox games is that you CANT steamroll ur opponents with inferior numbers cuz the ai sucks at coordinating armies.
I love how you translate the speech bubbles into the native tongue.. :) So a slightly more correct version of one would be "Toho budeš litovat, Rudolfe!" It's important toho goes before budeš, as it gives the importance on the subject and Rudolfe, as we add suffix when addressing someone. :)
Thank you so much for covering this battle! It is considered among the most important in our history, so much so that every August a Medieval Fair is held in either Dürnkrut or Jedenspeigen, including a tournament. It is said Ulrich von Kapellen actually apologised to his troops for executing such an "unchivalrous" maneuver, but this might be just myth.
I have been at the site of the battle. I have friends in Jedenspeigen und Dürnkrut. The castle is still there in Jedenspeigen and there's a Medieval festival each year because of the battle and it is awesome.
@@jeanfish7 Tabor in the South of Bohemia? I'd say that's a great honor to have the ancestors from there. The city itself was formed in 1420 by the Hussites, it was something like "holy" land for them. It was inhabited by many great warriors at that time. Still one my favourite parts of our history.
*council elects a humble and seemly meek minor count* *minor count, now King of HRE, proceeds to kick ten layers of ass* *Decisive Victory* *King of HRE chuckles and declares "just as planned"*
Were there any reasons to bend the knee earlier, while Ottokar had been in control of such a large territory? Bohemian rebellion was, obviously, a problem, but surely having far bigger tax and manpower pool offered better chances to deal with the emperor and rebellion at the same time, rather than face Rudolph using vanilla Bohemian army later on. Any missing details here? I imagine rebellion was not a coincidence - and if core lands could resent their monarch so much, perhaps Rudolph was also able to convince local elites in non-Bohemian lands to abandon Ottokar?
Otokar had to make sure there was no chance of noble uprising/civil war in his core lands(Bohemia, Moravia). He wasnt ready at first as his power wasnt consolidated enough in the new teritories. It took him two years to get ready as mentioned and although with less resources his chances were higher then...
Záviš of Falkenstein specifically. He kept suspiciously good relations with Rudolf when he served as a de facto ruler of Czech lands after death of Ottokar II. It's not proven but it seems plausible that he was in league with Rudolf even earlier. Strong crown means weaker nobles which the nobles understandably disliked.
Few mistakes used with Google translate: "Budeš toho litovat RudolfE" (E is important here, bcs of Czech language) and also kokoti is written with I not Y. But even then very good video!
@@belisarius6949 26.8. 1278 in the battle of Marchfeld (in czech Moravské pole) fallen our brave Bohemian/Czech king golden and iron ( cuz he was rich and iron cuz he was great warrior) and Přemysl Otakar II. is full name of the king
Please do a video on the Battle of Vienna. The largest cavalry charge in recorded history occurred when the Polish Winged Hussars and the rest of the Holy League cavalry sallied forth into the Ottoman encampment.Roughly eighteen thousand horsemen took part in it.
if this battle ended differently, all of history would be different. there most probably being a Czech dominance in the HRE and thus removing German dominance, thus leading to no WW1 (and WW2). we would most probably have different wars to replace these in our timeline... basically a completely different world. and none of us would be alive.
@@arawn1061 - At times of First republic,(1918-1938) we were in top 10 most industrialized nations in the world only to be betrayed to Hitler by UK and France basicaly arming Germany for upcomming WW2. - In tenth century we were suppossed to be most influential state in the region since cathedral should have been build in Prague but civil war for succession ruined that promise. - From the year 1198 we were the only state in Holy Roman Empire with a king title (not for the first time but finaly hereditary) and thus were the most important among the electors. - Czech king Karel IV. became the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and his Golden Bull created the constitutional structure system that lasted until the end of the HRE in 1806. - In the 15th century there was a peasant uprising that for the first time used heavily gun powder and defeated 4 crusades. - Czech king Jiří z Poděbrad tried to unite christian Europe into a huge coalition that would basicaly be a medieval style European Union (15th century) 5 centuries before it happened. - During WW1 Czech Legions could have been used to destroy the Red uprising since they were the only profesional military unit in the area (in the battle of Lipjag Czechoslovakins were attacked by russian reds and russians were absolutely slaughtered (thousands losses over less than 100 CZ/SK). If UK, France or USA decided to help the russian Tsar, there would probably never be communism in the lead or at least not as much as it was. So yeah, we had our moments :D
FastMover CZ yes, at Battle of Domažlice. It most probably wasnt just the singing that broke the crusaders but also their bad communication and unit movements that could look like a retreat for others. That broke a spirit of some and shortly whole crusade was running away from Czech lands without any major fight. Basicaly Prokop Holý reached the highest rank in Sun Tzu strategy and defeated the enemy without a fight 😄
oh... you should've mentioned the monikers. 'King of iron and gold' for him and the 'Iron lords' for his knights sound even more badass in English. But damn. It's still good. He's remembered as one of our greatest kings and the man who reached for the Imperial crown. His rejection as the Emperor and the loss at Moravské pole are to this day some earliest examples of a Czech national butthurt :D (something we are good at). And now thanks to you, others may hear about our legendary hot-headed warrior king.
Do a battle that happened around 18. century-20. century, like: Battle of Borodino Battle of Marengo Battle of Pakozd Battle of Marne Siege of Verdun Battle of Valmy
You should cover the Battle of Benevento, 1266 AD. It was a pretty pivotal point for the history of Italy (prevented unification under Manfred of Hohenstaufen) and Byzantium (forced the emperor to refocus his efforts from Anatolia to the Balkans, indirectly leading to the rise of the Ottomans). It might have also had effects on Ottokar, as, after Benevento, Manfred's relative Conradin, Duke of Swabia, decided to embark on an ill-fated expedition to Italy where he was killed, causing Swabia to splinter. :)
Well, as I know, the bulk of Rudolfs troops were made by the Hungarian troops sent by Ladislaus. Rudolf having only around 2000 men. The victory being won thanks to the Hungarians. You showed in your video almost no Hungarian involvement... This is totally wrong! Here is an animation video about it: ua-cam.com/video/w-FPL_cLoZ4/v-deo.html And was made with the advice of a historian. So I do not know where you took your informations from.
This was the battle that put the Habsburgs in charge of Austria. It’s possible that this was the battle that insured that Austria would exist as a country today.
@@vlastimilzlamal2982 Yeah, obviously, but this battle contributed greatly to their rise, no? With Ottokar alive, the opposition against the Habsburg would continue. This is still very beginning of the Habsburgs rise. A lot could happen.
@@Vitalis94 maybe but 1-2 defeat and your carrier prestige money and political friends ends, maybe Ottokar would able find better heir for his kingdom but no much more he was relative old in theese days..
May I make a suggestion? There is the battles between the guelphs and ghibellines which is contemporaneous with this battle. It would be great if you can make a series on it..
Id really like them to make some episodes about the 17th century because I imagine those beeing very detailed since military knowledge was really refined back then.
When he said that one of the sides was called 'Habsburg' I was able to make an educated guess that that guy was going to win.
You are mighty clever buddy.
Big brain
Spoiler alert? Thanks a lot. Tanks fer nuthin'.
Spoiler alert? Thanks a lot. Tanks fer nuthin'.
@@wildertacklehdkek3309 big chin*
This is probably the most important battle in Czech/Austrian history and not many people even know it. If Rudolf didn´t win here there is a large possibility that habsburgs wouldn´t become a dominant power in central europe in the next centuries. You did a very good job in describing the battle! Also rip my homie Ottokar.
"I'm feeling quite hungry"
Líp bych to neřekl Peťo:D
Well, the only difference would be the name and capital. Quite possibly it would mean Vienna would be the medieval looking city and Prague would be the baroque looking one.
Also, Bohemia was still more powerfull than Austria till the Battle of the White mountain. Moravian march didn't change a lot.
Fucking Cumens.
As for people not knowing: i had to read "König Ottokars Glück und Ende" by Franz Grillparzer. Which is a very old theater piece that would today be called "based on historical events!" This made me look up what really happend.(in books back then) So i didn't learn it detailed in History but in my german language class.
Damn I was really liking this Ottokar fella.
SPOLER, I WAS WATCHING AN AD AND DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE COMMENTS
Battle in Kosovo
It would have been an interesting world, with Premysl dynasty, not the Habsburg one, becoming the political leaders. Note that Charles IV, who turned Prague into beautiful political and educational centre of the Empire was half Premysl himself. Reformation would have come much sooner I think.
@@petrmaly9087 Well, Habsburgs have Premyslid blood, thanks to marriges.
Same, I was like "Yeah Ottokar, kick Rudolph's ass, this is your fucking game" and then when the routing began everything came crashing down. Even before they showed the icon, I knew Ottokar wasn't making it out alive.
Ottokar is every CK2 ruler I ever played, getting rid of old wifes and taking his enemies granddaughter xD
And then the new kaiser wanted to revoke his titles, forcing him in a war against the tyranny of the kaiser and got killed in battle. Classic CK2 :D
Get him self killed during a battle that you were soundly winning so you lose a war and now have to play a child
very accurate
What an irony. They elected a "weak" emperor and surprisingly it back fired and maybe end up even worse. That's what I call karma.
@fug :D oh we don't talk about that other guy...
To be honest since the death of Charlemagne every single german emperor has been weak to some degree (even the most powerful of them all, Charles Quint, still had troubles managing the whole thing despite being the ruler of half of Europe, there was never something equivalent to the absolutism you could find in France or Russia where the regime was centralized).
The goal of the structure was more to keep a balance between duchies and little kingdoms in central Europe and occasionally contain a neighbor (mostly France). In the meantime by the late 1400s England and France were already done with this feudal organization and had created the proto-modern state.
France slowly ate the HRE for 1000 years (beginning after Charlemagne), only after Napoléon disbanded the HRE the germans (under prussian banner) finally unified and completely reverse the military dynamic with the french but by that time Europe was already in decline and Russia/USA were on the rise.
this have actually happened many times throughout history and it was how Putin got to power
@@Okxyd Didn't the Holy Roman Empire disband itself to keep Napoleon from getting the title of "Holy Roman Emperor?"
fug :D Actually they did wreck the ottomans. Austria and the other powers also forced them to let Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria free, and then kept the empire around so as to halt Russian expansion. Metternich was the architect of Europe for decades.
Stop whatever I'm doing. BazBattles posted!
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Too chivalrous to allow infantry alongside your knights, but not too chivalrous to have other knights hiding in the forest like bandits. Oh Habsburgs.
Dayvit78 Gotta love medieval hypocrisy.
Why not? Infantry is slow compared to cavalry. If you want to keep that advantage infantry might be a liability. Back then, infantry was also less well trained. Someone had to guard the camp (which is a bit easier than attacking thousands of trained knights). When facing trained knights they would face horrible casualties.
The Habsburgs are the biggest joke in European history lol
@@adampytlik8453 big in success! 😅 they held power a pretty long time...they were'nt perfect, but also not terrible... i guess
@@heavydevy007 Well... They were all right until they became an Alabama meme before it was popular.
It's pretty self-evident why Rudolph's nose is red.
it's stained with the blood of his enemies
@@swedishm90camouflage17 Actually, it's from the crippling alcohol addiction that is tearing his family apart.
habsburgian incest?
HO HO HO
🎵Rudolf the Holy Roman Emperor,
Has a very shiny sword,
And if you ever saw it,
Turn around and run, (Really fast now)
All of the other noblemen,
didn’t want to crown Otto king,
So they all picked Rudolph,
To deal with the Bohemian King.
To easily win the Emperor’s support and win Elector points, just marry every family in the realm
What about the dip relations limit?
Belisarius Who cares!?
@@napoleonibonaparte7198
o.o
To your plan i say emperor - Ney!
nooo, just form prussia and erases every princes and electors
So proud to see our history (Czech history) on this channel
thank you!
Not a Czech, but I lived there and I agree !
I hope for two things:
1. That this channel will never stop producing videos
2. That this narrator will narrate them all
The answer to your prayers is
1: it will stop when the narrator dies
2: the narrator is not immortal, he will die. He sadly will not make videos past 2075
In a lombardian foggy day what's better than a medieval history video from BazBattles?
hahaha lumbard anche tu?
di dove?
Tra Milano e Pavia
@@DavideMontingelliOfficial basiglese sono io ahahaha (anchio tra milano e pavia
@@andreascovano7742 basiglio? Ci sono stato, è nel girone di calcio di mio fratello
Ottokar was known as king of iron and gold. He was one of the best leaders of my country. Thank you for this video, although it made me sad.
So, now the master serves their servants. The Austrians who were under Ottokar are now destined to rule over the Bohemians.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 That was Habsburg monarchy and it ended 100 years before ...
sad to think about it... Bad execution of command and one of our greatest ruler dies...
Jeho syn Václav II toho dosiahol viac (Poľskú korunu a Uhorskú pre svojho syna ).
@@alexanderchristopher6237 It would take another 300 years, tho.
I almost cried when realized that Ottokar was going to lose
was it really a surprise he was going to lose? The moment the name habsburg fell, you know ottokar is done for.
@Stavros S. Winning was a dick move from Rudolf? The reason Rudolf got elected as Holy Roman Emperor in the first place was because Ottokar not only held the only official kingdom within the empire (Bohemia) but also two medium sized duchies in Austria and Styria. Ottokar got too powerful too quickly and Rudolf defeated him to restore the balance of power within the empire.
Nah man fuck Ottokar, he seemed like a bit of a bastard.
@@TheIIDarkshadowII
Yeah this Rudolf guy totally won't have his habsburg sons' dynasty break the balance
Actually if Ottokar took in charge we would have big German States and Germany likely would of united as one cohesive country much earlier
EPIC PRANK ELECTING A NOBODY CALLED HABSBURG TO OWN BOHEMIA (GONE SEXUAL) (GONE INCESTUAL)
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I don't get it. help me!
@@the_rover1 ever heard of the habsburgs ?
He did it! the absolute madman
(GONE INCESTUAL)
Another video about Bohemian Kingdom. I LOVE IT
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Times when Czechs means something...
@@toomanyhitlers5456 I actually like that Czech attitude. The "stick to our business" kinda thing.
Sad that there was kokoty instead of our kokoti zasrany :D
I'm addicted to kingdom come deliverance.. and the history of bohemia has been awesome to read
next: Habsburg inbreeding.
Gotta keep em in the family alright
are you jealous about their lips? bet you are!
Mm yeah those hemophilia and other genetical disorder
@@imtiredtiredtired despite that, they managed to rule Spain, the Netherlands, have the emperorship to the HRE, Hungary, north Italy, and Spain's American lands. Incest does pay off for them in this case.
@@alexanderchristopher6237 By ruling Spain do you mean making it bankrupt and putting it into a civil war?
Vážení přátelé z Bazbattles, udělali jste mě velkou radost
mně*
Tak jest, nejvíc mně pobavila představa nasraného Otakara jak na svoje utíkající muže kričí "Kokoti!" jak ve videu....
nevím proč ale Foltest ze Zaklínače mi hrozně připomíná Otakara :D
Most defeats in battles were a result of someone panicking. Hold your ground, men. It's a key to victory.
Yes, but the exacerbated concept of "élan" or the lack of "battle spirit" that would develop in direct relation to the cavalry charges of the medieval era would eventually produce the carnage and death of a whole generation of Europeans in the First World War .
Either that or "not a chivalrous move". Conclusion - fight dirty?
Well.. that and when the commanders fucked up so badly you can see the slaughter dildo coming your way.
Better go home and delete my browser history : /
Sometimes too the rout is just the aftermath of a battle deciding move.if at that point you think you've lost,there no point staying for the slaughter
And children, this is how we ended up with prussian space marines.
In a video game, it would be easy to take some men from middle and swing them to the side to counter the weak a$$ flank. But in real life look what happened... I guess this is one of the reason why ancient commanders hold a sizable reserve, and commit units piece by piece.
Otakar had huge reserves, but they were bribed and left the battlefield
Yeah, it's a totally different scenario when you're talking about commanding human lives vs. pixels on a screen. The pixels just perform actions and react in the way their programming tells them, but humans make specific choices because it's *their* life at stake and there's no respawn in irl.
Brilliant! I am Czech and I love how you portrayed this battle, one of the most important battles in Czech history. One little thing that I also noticed in video about Battle of Kressenbrunn: In 13. century Bohemian kingdom had in coat of arms (it's that correct term...?) white two tailed lion on red field. It was Otokar grandfather Přemysl Otakar I. who first used it (Otokar is in Czech Republic known as Přemysl Otakar II.). But that is only minor flaw on otherwise wonderful video! Well done! If you want to take another part of our history and portrait it, maybe you find inspiration in Hussites?
Absolutely great video. Ottokar was son of even greater king Venceslav but was not so good politician and war leader as his father and grandfather. Being chivalric cost him life and kingdom. BTW his son Venceslav II married Rudolfs daughter and Rudolf later helped him to consilidate his reign over Bohemia so Premyslid dynasty came back to power again.
I was hoping Ottokar would win tho :(
thanks for the spoil
Memento too
69 likes nice
Everyone hates the Habsburg ...
@@washizukanorico really?
So when are you going to cover the Great Emu War?
4/10 The Emu War is an overused history meme at this point.
Also, I must be going crazy. I don't remember you at all at BazBattles videos.
EDIT: I saw your comment in another BazBattles video, but you weren't present in two other BazBattles videos I checked.
How about the great “Kettle War” then?
nmo i mZ tyuointgy tyghidsx weioth myu fgddesetyg
@@jag3596 This. The Emu War has been covered by many other UA-camrs. BazBattles shouldn't waste their time on it.
The capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder!
We also have to consider that Ottokars mother was of the Hohenstaufen line, which probably also was one big point why he saw him self sitting on the imperial throne.
have we reached Christmas? what a gift! thanks for making this videos
Because of Christmas, there is a story about Rudolf :P
I hopped you will mention the huge Bohemian reserves Ottakar had. His army was pushed to the river and surrounded, when he was expecting his reserves to come to battle and support him (and change course of battle) they have turned back and left the battlefield. Rudolph has bribed them before the battle, also they didn't like Ottakar because of his power. He still refused to surrender and charged to Rudolph, killing his horse and nearly killing him, but Rudolph was saved by his men, Ottakar still fought and was killed by 12 wounds. Rudolph letter to pope: ,,...Although the mentioned king saw a total defeat of his army and that he is abandoned by almost everybody, he did not retreat from our winning battalions, but he fought with huge spirit and morale and wonderful bravery, until some of our knights knocked him off fatally wounded with his horse. Then finally the proud king lost his victory and his life..."
Rudolph kind of a bitch huh?
Yea, I was rooting for Ottokar from the start. Rudolf seemed kind of a dirty politician
to je častý mýtus s tým podplacením
@@niccolorichter1488 Well, ok, I made a mistake, on wikipedia they also say (even tho, never trus wikipedia, until you are completely sure) that those reserves were the units behind the main battle line, who came to help on right flank, but got mistaken for retreating soldiers, but the letter is true. :)
I actually love these concise videos instead of the 30-60 mins documentaries where they repeat the same things like 100 times.
Charles the IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, had a long and successfu-
Wait wrong timeline..
I was thinking of the same game!
Btw he wasnt IV at all... IV. he was at Roman throne as Charles (in early life he was Wenceslavs, in czech Václav, after christening he became Charles at honour of his uncle Charles IV the Fair, king of French throne), so in Lands of Czech Crown he was Charles I., if he wouldnt renamed he would be Wenceslavs IV. (Václav IV.), later that was name of his succesor (and son)
Funny enough, both Rudolf and Ottokar were Charles IV's great-grandfathers
IMfromNYCity I hopes u all get this reference (clears throat)
“You have more than one great grandfather Charles... Otakar was your FATHER’s grandfather... your MOTHER’s grandfather, was Rudolf of Habsburg.”
Yes I know that technically considering succession laws it should be the other way round but it fits the reference better this way 😜
It's the same timeline you inbr3d Hapsburg
bazbattles, you guys kick ass. honestly you and king and generals are pretty much the only reason I get on youtube. Pls keep up the good work and keep the battles coming. Props and honors to you fine gentlemen
Thanks for the video BazBattles! This has got me feeling in the mood to play some Crusader Kings 2 and change history by making Ottokar the rightful Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Just got home after a terrible shift at work to find that BazBattles has uploaded. Consider my mood lifted!
Imagine Crusader Kings II with a total war combat system. Yeah.
Sidney Fein Its a wet dream
Sooooo wet....
AAAAAAA!
@@In.Gy. THAT'S NOT A WARFACE SHOW ME YOUR RREEAALL WARFACE!!!
would probably suck honestly. part of the fun of the paradox games is that you CANT steamroll ur opponents with inferior numbers cuz the ai sucks at coordinating armies.
@@toddharig8142 multiplayer, bizzaches!
Really nice of you to insert a czech dialogue bubble for Ottokar.
If it hasn't been mentioned before, The King of The Romans is the title used when they haven't received the Imperial Regalia from the pope.
As small of an addition As it is, the overlay of the previous battle you guys covered at 7:28 was really cool!
I love how you translate the speech bubbles into the native tongue.. :) So a slightly more correct version of one would be "Toho budeš litovat, Rudolfe!"
It's important toho goes before budeš, as it gives the importance on the subject and Rudolfe, as we add suffix when addressing someone. :)
really like these medieval battle videos with a bit of background to contextualize them.
It is sad, even after the years.
Thank you so much for covering this battle! It is considered among the most important in our history, so much so that every August a Medieval Fair is held in either Dürnkrut or Jedenspeigen, including a tournament.
It is said Ulrich von Kapellen actually apologised to his troops for executing such an "unchivalrous" maneuver, but this might be just myth.
Why is there unchivalrous in the quotes? That was unchivalrous.
6:10 "You will regret this, Rudolf!"
I have been at the site of the battle. I have friends in Jedenspeigen und Dürnkrut. The castle is still there in Jedenspeigen and there's a Medieval festival each year because of the battle and it is awesome.
I'm early, let me think of a joke.
The 5th Crusade.
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Weh Antiok Khusrau
I've got a better one:
The 4th Crusade
@@peterbarca8783 nah man mine is even better
The Crusades
@@nathanmeulensteen339 I'll do u one better
The Battle of Manzikert
Please don't stop posting!!!!! Every week I look at your channel for new content xD thanks for the uploads !
Fun fact: Ottokar's son and Rodolf's daughter got married.
I hail from Czech republic, so that little fraze "Budeš toho litovat Rudolfe!" is very apreciated :D
Never have I tapped a notification so fastly
Agree
No wait, Avengers 4 trailer released today, that was quicker.
Thanks for including bohemian history!
Can you make a video about the Siege of Belgrade (1456)?
Great video, the HRE gets so little exposure on youtube while it was an astonishingly and interesting construct.
holy shit theres literally my homevillage in this. yay i guess
My ancestors were fro Tabor.
@@jeanfish7 Tabor in the South of Bohemia? I'd say that's a great honor to have the ancestors from there. The city itself was formed in 1420 by the Hussites, it was something like "holy" land for them. It was inhabited by many great warriors at that time. Still one my favourite parts of our history.
@@Inner_W8ll Original last name was Riba, or Ryba, not sure of correct spelling
@@jeanfish7 Oh Ryba should be correct. Ryba = Fish in Czech. I'd say that's a typical old Czech name.
*council elects a humble and seemly meek minor count*
*minor count, now King of HRE, proceeds to kick ten layers of ass*
*Decisive Victory*
*King of HRE chuckles and declares "just as planned"*
Let me make a joke, the Habsburg jaw
This one had normal jaw. But only because he didnt have time yet to breed so many kids that they inbreed.
@@belisarius6949 Wait, what Habsburg was the first to sport that fine jaw?
@@Vitalis94 a fine jaw that will dominate Europe. It sure does come in handy.
I think Charles V
Rudolf: "I swear I will not send in an ambush in this battle *Fingers crossed behind his back*
Were there any reasons to bend the knee earlier, while Ottokar had been in control of such a large territory? Bohemian rebellion was, obviously, a problem, but surely having far bigger tax and manpower pool offered better chances to deal with the emperor and rebellion at the same time, rather than face Rudolph using vanilla Bohemian army later on.
Any missing details here? I imagine rebellion was not a coincidence - and if core lands could resent their monarch so much, perhaps Rudolph was also able to convince local elites in non-Bohemian lands to abandon Ottokar?
Otokar had to make sure there was no chance of noble uprising/civil war in his core lands(Bohemia, Moravia). He wasnt ready at first as his power wasnt consolidated enough in the new teritories. It took him two years to get ready as mentioned and although with less resources his chances were higher then...
the uprising was not a coincidence. Rudolf planned it.
I do not know why he did not mention it there
Correct. It appears that Rudolph managed to bribe or otherwise convince several nobles to abandon Ottokar.
Záviš of Falkenstein specifically. He kept suspiciously good relations with Rudolf when he served as a de facto ruler of Czech lands after death of Ottokar II. It's not proven but it seems plausible that he was in league with Rudolf even earlier. Strong crown means weaker nobles which the nobles understandably disliked.
Love it when Baz has a new video, never disappointing.
Do battle of borodino
A video from Bazbattles after a long waiting. Nice work.
Maybe battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) 1410 will be good idea ;)
3:10 from this moment Czech started to use "Ahoy" for greetings
Go bohemia! You can do it!
I would love to see some swiss battles from you, because from the 12t to the 16t century happened some really interesting ones. Thanks
Few mistakes used with Google translate: "Budeš toho litovat RudolfE" (E is important here, bcs of Czech language) and also kokoti is written with I not Y. But even then very good video!
I was so waiting for an upload! THANK YOU BAZ!
"Ha akkor Rudolfot nem segíti László
nem leng ma a Burgon Habsburgi zászló"
The bohemian kings luck sounds like my typical crusader kings 2 run
Do siege of Acre 1291!
Love your videos for its quality, keep up the good work! 💕
26.8.1278 v bitvě na Moravském poli padl náš udatný král český, železný a zlatý Přemysl Otakar II.
wat
@@belisarius6949 26.8. 1278 in the battle of Marchfeld (in czech Moravské pole) fallen our brave Bohemian/Czech king golden and iron ( cuz he was rich and iron cuz he was great warrior) and Přemysl Otakar II. is full name of the king
Your channel is so underrated. Another great video, keep up the amazing content!
PLEASE DO BATTLE OF MANZIKERT
So this is what rudolf is up to when christmas isnt coming up...
I bet this tradition was started by the infantry.
"We are not worthy, you knights should be fighting and claiming the glory for yourselves"
Its more of a matter of pride in their duty as defenders of the kingdom, seeing as shameful the infantry doing most of their work for them
Please do a video on the Battle of Vienna. The largest cavalry charge in recorded history occurred when the Polish Winged Hussars and the rest of the Holy League cavalry sallied forth into the Ottoman encampment.Roughly eighteen thousand horsemen took part in it.
Could you please do any napoleonic battles??
If you go on over to the King and Generals youtube page they have a whole series for napoleon!
@@abuseddoorhandle93 yes, but Epic History TV made better battles and overall research
Dude, when they said “The House of Habsburg” It was so fucking epic.
if this battle ended differently, all of history would be different.
there most probably being a Czech dominance in the HRE and thus removing German dominance, thus leading to no WW1 (and WW2).
we would most probably have different wars to replace these in our timeline... basically a completely different world.
and none of us would be alive.
The Bohemian king will sing his noble song in the fields of Elysium for his bravery. Ottokar was a true king of his men to fight alongside them.
It was expected from medieval Kings to fight in battles
"kkti, fakt" - Přemysl Otakar II
přesně
Please do a series on Bohemian history :)
You're the best!
MAkE Czech Great again!
Was checkien ever that good?
@@arawn1061
- At times of First republic,(1918-1938) we were in top 10 most industrialized nations in the world only to be betrayed to Hitler by UK and France basicaly arming Germany for upcomming WW2.
- In tenth century we were suppossed to be most influential state in the region since cathedral should have been build in Prague but civil war for succession ruined that promise.
- From the year 1198 we were the only state in Holy Roman Empire with a king title (not for the first time but finaly hereditary) and thus were the most important among the electors.
- Czech king Karel IV. became the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and his Golden Bull created the constitutional structure system that lasted until the end of the HRE in 1806.
- In the 15th century there was a peasant uprising that for the first time used heavily gun powder and defeated 4 crusades.
- Czech king Jiří z Poděbrad tried to unite christian Europe into a huge coalition that would basicaly be a medieval style European Union (15th century) 5 centuries before it happened.
- During WW1 Czech Legions could have been used to destroy the Red uprising since they were the only profesional military unit in the area (in the battle of Lipjag Czechoslovakins were attacked by russian reds and russians were absolutely slaughtered (thousands losses over less than 100 CZ/SK). If UK, France or USA decided to help the russian Tsar, there would probably never be communism in the lead or at least not as much as it was.
So yeah, we had our moments :D
@@arstanfogx5615 👋👋
@@arstanfogx5615 Wasn't one of the crusades defeated by us just singing and them being scared of it?
FastMover CZ yes, at Battle of Domažlice. It most probably wasnt just the singing that broke the crusaders but also their bad communication and unit movements that could look like a retreat for others. That broke a spirit of some and shortly whole crusade was running away from Czech lands without any major fight.
Basicaly Prokop Holý reached the highest rank in Sun Tzu strategy and defeated the enemy without a fight 😄
oh... you should've mentioned the monikers. 'King of iron and gold' for him and the 'Iron lords' for his knights sound even more badass in English. But damn. It's still good. He's remembered as one of our greatest kings and the man who reached for the Imperial crown. His rejection as the Emperor and the loss at Moravské pole are to this day some earliest examples of a Czech national butthurt :D (something we are good at). And now thanks to you, others may hear about our legendary hot-headed warrior king.
Life was pretty unfair with Ottokar.
Do a battle that happened around 18. century-20. century, like:
Battle of Borodino
Battle of Marengo
Battle of Pakozd
Battle of Marne
Siege of Verdun
Battle of Valmy
Wow they sack our capital of Constantinople and have the nevre to call themselves king of the Romans.
At least it's a king, not the Emperor. :P
Actually...They didnt.
The Pope created that title. So hes calling them Romans.
Sacking of Constantinople was a revenge for the sacking of Venice
The Franks that were in the crusade too were a germanic people. Or from Flanders anyway.
@@cv4809 sacking and occupation of Constantinople was a punishment for the Romans allying or trying to ally themselves with the Muslims.
You should cover the Battle of Benevento, 1266 AD. It was a pretty pivotal point for the history of Italy (prevented unification under Manfred of Hohenstaufen) and Byzantium (forced the emperor to refocus his efforts from Anatolia to the Balkans, indirectly leading to the rise of the Ottomans). It might have also had effects on Ottokar, as, after Benevento, Manfred's relative Conradin, Duke of Swabia, decided to embark on an ill-fated expedition to Italy where he was killed, causing Swabia to splinter. :)
PLEASE do Game of Thrones - Aegon's Conquest
As soon as you said Hapsburg... I knew Ottakar would loose.
I was rooting for him too.
Enter: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
This is too early for kcd
07:56 Sounds and looks like a tournament for real!
Well, as I know, the bulk of Rudolfs troops were made by the Hungarian troops sent by Ladislaus. Rudolf having only around 2000 men. The victory being won thanks to the Hungarians.
You showed in your video almost no Hungarian involvement...
This is totally wrong!
Here is an animation video about it:
ua-cam.com/video/w-FPL_cLoZ4/v-deo.html
And was made with the advice of a historian.
So I do not know where you took your informations from.
This was the battle that put the Habsburgs in charge of Austria. It’s possible that this was the battle that insured that Austria would exist as a country today.
It took long times but after all we break Hasburg monarchy ... vivat Czechs!!! :-D
So in a way, Czechs are responsible to Habsburg's rise to power? Had this battle went differently, who knows what would've happened.
@@Vitalis94 no, Hasburg and his military advisors or fortune was reason why he rise and his family. :-)
@@Vitalis94 and yes one battle one moment and all history would be diferent and its why i like history :-)
@@vlastimilzlamal2982 Yeah, obviously, but this battle contributed greatly to their rise, no? With Ottokar alive, the opposition against the Habsburg would continue. This is still very beginning of the Habsburgs rise. A lot could happen.
@@Vitalis94 maybe but 1-2 defeat and your carrier prestige money and political friends ends, maybe Ottokar would able find better heir for his kingdom but no much more he was relative old in theese days..
oh bazzbattle u just made my day . i love the fact u did translate few things in Czech language !!!
May I make a suggestion? There is the battles between the guelphs and ghibellines which is contemporaneous with this battle. It would be great if you can make a series on it..
My favorite channel...Thanx for your great works
oh my gosh keep this battle video streak going!
Id really like them to make some episodes about the 17th century because I imagine those beeing very detailed since military knowledge was really refined back then.
This channel would be even greater if it had the sources in the description
The weak prevailed against the strong. Fight on in Valhalla, Ottokar The Unyielding