@@appleslover : Oui, c'était franchement mieux. Et l'Europe était plus paisible. At my opinion, I do love Germany so much that I prefer when they are many of them.
@@jeanaymart130 I get the reference.. Ok, character development, I LOVE modern day Germany, it's cooler than any state it has ever been, except imperial Germany.
Fabian Zaube Crusader Kings ans UsefulCharts would be such a good pairing. Crusader Kings has vast family trees, and errors in these family trees are usually covered in a one UsefulCharts video or another.
Nikolay Tsankov yeah, it’s really tough to actually find who you want and it’s impossible to load it your family gets too big - the AI also creates cadet branches way too quickly compared to the actual cadet houses formed irl
Some corrections (thanks to commenters): - House of Braganza is a branch of Aviz (which is a branch of Burgundy, which is a branch of Capet), therefore 194 years (1640-1834) should be added to the Capet's reign in Portugal - There were two other interludes in the Bourbon (Capet) reign in Spain: 1808-1813 and 1870-1873. - "King" Jadwiga was a Capetian so that's another 15 years for Capet in Poland. - House of Wittelsbach reigned in Greece from 1832-1862 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 (she lived until 1962)
And then, in Portugal, reigned the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, because the son (D. Pedro V) adopted the House of the mother (Queen) and the father (King Consort). The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha reigned until 1910.
Through the elder branch of the House of Welf, the Welfs were also Kings of Arles for 99 years. I also think the Carolingians and House of Anjou could have been honourable mentions.
I don't know if you only wanted to include european thrones, but the Habsburgs also reigned in Mexico with Maximilian I (1864-1867) and house Braganza also reigned in Brazil with Pedro I and Pedro II (1822-1889).
Fun fact about house Habsburg and Wettin: They ruled the only two american monarchies (if you don't count Canada). Habsburgs briefly ruled Mexico when it became an empire and the Wettin branch, Braganza, ruled Brazil trough its imperial period, from 1822 to 1889.
Sorry, but no. The Braganzans of Brazil were Pedro I and his son Pedro II. The Braganzans of Portugal only start belonging to the House of Wettin when Pedro II's sister, Maria II, died and her son took over. Pedro I and II can both trace their male line ancestors all the way back to the Capetians, through illegitimate lines.
@@heliwurth7250 Technically almost all of us descend from some royal line as they had a lot more children than peasants. Statistically, a huge amount of Europeans descend from Charlemagne in one way or another, to name one example. But yeah, aside from the few monarchies that are left here in Europe I doubt anyone actually identifies with "their" royal house that has been dead for centuries. Not gonna lie though, as a Dutchman I kinda came here for the house of Nassau.
The interesting thing is that the houses were all more or less related to each other through several weddings. That means that all of Europe was ruled by a *large* family, through the colonies actually even the whole world. Especially the long periods of rule and the flexibility to maintain their rule despite countless wars, famines, epidemics and revolutions is extremely impressive. Many of these houses still exist today.
House of Jagiellon ruled over vast territories of Central, Northern and Southern Europe incl. Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia, Kingdom of Rama, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Duchy of Silesia, Duchy of Ruthenia, Duchy of Luxembourg, etc. Jagiellonians and Habsbourgs were two main royal houses of Europe in XVI century. It seems weird not to list them
@@ForeskinWillis especially house Savoy which only notable rule was Italy for 85 years. and at the end there where puppets of Mussolini. There are joke compeer to Jagiellonian. Jagiellonian by definition rule 2 Poland and Litania for 200 years only one of them being at they times greater countries then sardine and Italy during rule of Savoy. At pick of there ruling Poland Lithuania common wealth was 3 biggest country by land only behind ottomans and Muscovites.
Have you noticed that the two most important dynasties, the House of Austria (Habsburg) and the House of France (Capet), basically ended up becoming Spanish dynasties? The Habsburgs did split into 2 branches: the senior branch established in Spain, and the junior branch, the Austrian, was founded by the Spanish born younger brother of Carlos V; and after the dynastic Bourbons (last Capetian branch) became extinct in France, the Spanish Bourbon branch became the head of the dynasty.
@@vincentb9827 If you mean Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, he is descendant of Alfonso XIII of Spain who in turn became the absolute head of the House of Bourbon in 1936 so he belongs to the main (Spanish) branch. The Orléans are indeed Bourbon but a branch of the House while the Bourbon-Two Scillies & Bourbon-Parma are branches of the Spanish Branch founded by Philip V so, aside the French Orléans and weather some Bourbons live or not in France, the House of Bourbon became a Spanish dynasty.
@@MatthewVanston If you mean Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, he is descendant of Alfonso XIII of Spain who in turn became the absolute head of the House of Bourbon in 1936 so he belongs to the main (Spanish) branch. The Orléans are indeed Bourbon but a branch of the House while the Bourbon-Two Scillies & Bourbon-Parma are branches of the Spanish Branch founded by Philip V so, aside the French Orléans and weather some Bourbons live or not in France, the House of Bourbon became a Spanish dynasty.
@@Jean.Philippe. Under the term of the Utrech treaty ( 1713 ) Philipe V agreed to give up to the french throne and now rhere is no way for France to be a royalty again. The french contender are only interesting for the newspapers
Slight correction on the note of lack of sons in the family of Isabel and Fernando: they did, in fact, have one son. His name was Juan. He died at age 19, but his life was politically significant: he and his sister Juana were both married to members of the children of Maximilian I: Juana to Philip the Handsome, Juan to Margaret: it was a master plan devised by Maximilian and Fernando. Juan died very very early during the marriage to Margaret. This created a danger that Philip would inherit the crowns of Spain, but there was hope that this wouldn't happen: Margaret did have a child but it was stillborn. The eldest daughter of Isabel and Fernando had a son by the king of Portugal. This baby, Miguel, was all that stood between Spain and Charles of Hapsburg. Miguel died at age 3. You can see his coffin in the cathedral of Granada, along with those of Isabel, Fernando, and their inheritors, Juana and Philip. By his death, Juan shaped a great deal of history. His life, therefore, counts, and it should not be said the Isabel and Fernando had no sons.
@@neddaliavaldez7381 Oooh, lots of reading over the years! Including but not limited to Townsend Miller, Garrett Mattingly, Nancy Rubin, and Bethan Aram. Also some primary resource investigation.
@@melenatorr The eldest daughter of Queen Isabel of Castille was first married to the Crown Prince of Portugal D.Afonso who was the ONLY son of King D. João II de Portugal and died relatively young after a riding accident where he fell from his horse and then afterwards the Infanta his widow procceeded to marry King D.João II's first cousin whom finally succeeded him becoming King D.Manuel I : their ONLY son was called Infante D.Miguel da Paz!
A little mistake: The House of Hohenzollern did not have its origins in the Rhineland, but in the allemannic Duchy of Swabia. Parts of this duchy border on the Rhine, but it is not counted as part of the actual Rhineland.
Indeed. The castle and the mountain Hohenzollern, which gave the dynasty its name, is located in the southwest corner of Germany, less than 50 miles north of the border to Switzerland.
@@ik410 Fun Fact: The ancestral seat of the dynasty, Habsburg Castle, from which the family derived its name, no longer belonged to them from 1415 onwards, but to the Swiss Confederacy.
its wrong anyway, because they were also a Germanic dynasty (with roots to the Robertinger which most likely had their roots in Worms/Germany). The Capetinger were at first inferior to the Karolinger (which got this name rom Karl/Carl, a Charlemagne never existed. His name was like the one of his brother without the 'Mann': KARL/Carl. Thats why also all other languages refer to a Karl/Carl and all historical texts etc.). Now Carpetinger is of course also not spoken like modern German but with an old German dialect of that time - just like the Germanic Franks (kind of old Mosel/Rhine Frankish which btw. was named at that time 'theodisca lingua" = German Language. Thats of course more generalized, because they were many more dialects. Old French (which had much more similarities to this dialect) developed over time to the French we have no ) ... Worms/Germany speaks now an Rhein/Rhine-Hessian dialect which also goes back to the old Rheine/Rhine-Frankish dialect ...
@@publicminx Charlemagne did exist, he was from the Pépinides dynasty founded by Pépin Le Bref in 751, his name was Charles The Great (Carlorus Magnus - Charlemagne)
I believe this video is wrong because the house of habsburg also decent from the capet house as a branch of the capet where ducks of burgundy and the last male descendent of this house is actually the grand father of Charles Quint
The rule of the Bourbon/Capetians in Spain was interrupted more than once, replaced by: - House Bonaparte 1808-1813 - Provisional Government of 1868-1871? - House of Savoy 1871-1873 - First Spanish Republic 1873-1874 - Second Spanish Republic 1931-1939 - Franco Dictatorship 1939 - 1975
During the Franco dictatorship not, because the Burgos Goverment reset spanish monachy in 1937 (and then Franco wait 40 years to designate the "new" King)
@@eliseomartinez7911 actually, Franco’s first choice was an Habsburg. He wanted an Habsburg to rule spain, but the Habsburg refused and said “find a bourbon”.
The Bourbons in Spain are basically a cancer that only keeps stuck in its place due to the natural spanish regime's unstability, which is so great due to the lack of national consensus throughout the different regions that constitute Spain. This is something that has been always this way. Culturally, Spain is nothing more than the collection of the historical cultures and languages of its forming countries, plus some territories which, because of their material conditions, Spain's rulers' ultra-centralistic and corrupt ways, and recurrent genocides, have lost their cultural differences in favor of their most powerful and influential neighbour, Castilla usually. Spaniards will only be free when Spain ceases to exist as the country it is today, as the natural succession of the last dictatorship, as a machine which primary objective is to maintain those who already were in power, in it, so that they can make sure any movement towards real democracy or public accountability can be stopped.
@@jordif7310 As an spaniard from Aragon, I think the end of the boubons its near. And yes we have a lot of cultures, Aragon has its own language for example and its own culture but actually no one here wants to leave Spain, even though in the past a few wanted. Catalonia has a divided opinion but I think we won't see it as another country either. Spain has a difficult situation but I hope it doesn't last a lot. We'll see...
Except for Maria-Theresia, who married Francis of Lorraine, thus effectively changing the House of Habsburg into the House of Lorraine (if we were to believe the author's disclaimer), except it's never being considered as such. Instead it's still being called the House of Habsburg in common use, and House of Habsburg-Lorraine in the academic sphere.
@@MinisterPresident Because for the purposes of this video he only counted the patrilineal lineage of a house. So even if a title became matrilineal he doesn't count that as staying in power.
some italian noble houses traced their descendance from some roman patrician gentes, like the Orsini who claim to descend from the gens Julia. Well, they claim, there is no hard proof.
You can (depending on where you live), one of my aunts spent a year reconstructing the family tree, and we could go back to the 12th century! One of the many uses of archives...
Plantagenet prince: «I will overthrow and maybe kill my brother/cousin the king in order to take his place.» Capet prince: «My brother/cousin the king will help me to become king of another country in order to expand our family's rule.»
@@jvtagle they are very much a mix of Plantagenets and the Ptolemaic dynasty. Daenerys is extremely inspired by Cleopatra, and they practiced incest for blood purity, aswell as keeping a foreign culture during their reign.
Me seeing hapsburg on number two: wdym? Werent the hapsburgs strongest? Me hearing the name Capet on number 1: *ohhhhhhhhHHHHHHH* everything makes sense now
There's a little error in House Capet chart. House Capet reigned in Poland in 1370-1399 (29 years) not only 1370-1384. After King Louis of Hungary (r. 1370-1384) died, his daughter, Hedwig of Anjou reigned as a King of Poland in her own right in 1384-1399 (she used the title of King rather than the Queen, as in Poland the title of Queen was used only for female consorts). Also, House Capet still reigns in Luxembourg. So more points for House Capet! :P
Congratulations! Your update is perfect. Hedvige d'Anjou, daughter of Louis the Great of Hungary. My favourite King of Poland, she was the most beautiful woman of the whole Europe of her times, according to the annalists the knights from all Europe came to Cracow to admire her.
More correctly, one should have said that the house of Capet is a branch of the house of the Rupertines. It was Karl Glöckner who showed in his essay published in 1937 that Robert (House of the Robertines) came from the Rhine Franconian dynasty of the Rupertines and that his lineage can thus be traced back to the 7th century. The term "Rupertiner" refers to the leading name Rupert, also Chrodobertus or Robert, which runs through the family tree. Usually only the branch of the Rupertine family descending from Robert the Brave is called "Robertine". Hugo Capet came from the Robertine family. But otherwise a very nice video.
@@kaystocklein2242 Because with such a prestigious and diverse choice of noble families, Germany could have chosen better than to go with "Mustach-Man". 😉
Edit - the fact that you reached the same conclusion is very amusing to me. As the CK2 house score screen says House Capet, descended from Robert the Strong who was a power figure during the reign of Charles the Bald. His descendants would be Kings of France in 1066. Although by 1322 the main line would die out, cadet branches still ruled in 1337 as Kings of France, Portugal, Naples, Hungary and Navarre. Cadet branches would also hold the Duchies of Brittany, Burgundy, Bourbon, Provence and Achaea. One further cadet branch would hold the dignity of Emperor as Latin Emperors of Constantinople. Truly the greatest dynasty of medieval Europe.
Rusty Shackleford it’s so cool playing that game and making a name have meaning. Like I started as the king of Leon in 1066 and murdered my brothers for their kingdoms then became the father of Spain then through marriage married into bohemian with my second son my first inherited the kingdom and untied Hispania and married into Scotland France and his son dedicated himself to concerting the Byzantines through force and crusaded for Egypt and took it for his cousin
LORDOceanus I agree that’s why I loved how you can manually change dates in CK2 anywhere from Sept 15, 1066- Jan 1, 1337, and the characters/territory updated itself pretty well. CK3 there’s only 2 start dates. I get why they did that but I loved changing the dates in Ck2
The Bourbons in Spain are in-name-only. Their ancestress Isabel II notoriously did not enjoy the company of her (Bourbon) husband. Alfonso XII is widely assumed to have been fathered by a captain of the guard.
I live in Switzerland. Growing up in a village with a castle that belonged to Habsburg. 2 villages/cities next to my village have Habsburg castles as well. So I grew up thinking Habsburg were our royality :) And btw, I thought it is totally normal having a castle in your town, lol.
My town has a giant majestic chateau which was ruled by three dynasties, the stairs there are also giant because one of the gals married to the guy running the chateau liked horses so much that she had the stairs extended so she could ride her horse up them
I'm from a village in Austria and the town nearest to us has a small castle (now with apartments inside) that is still owned by someone from the Habsburg family
Absolutely love your videos. Our King (Felipe VI of Spain) is descendant from most of the major dinasties through both paternal and maternal branches. He has an impecable Royal pedigree.
@ajayreed2228 King of Jerusalem is one of his titles yes but not the other 2. Thr Holy Roman Empire was technically an elective monarchy no one can "own" thr title
You just said what I wanted to address to him. It's the second time the short reign of the house of Wittelsbach in Greece was left out. A little bit of an ache in my bavarien heart 😉
@@raaaaaaaaaam496 well mathimaticians have calculated that everyone has a zijn in ancestor, and at soms point in time everyone who lived in that time who's line never died out is a common ancestor, and for europe that time is around the time of charlemagne
@@risannd that doesn't matter as long as a family line matrilinial or patrilinial from that time continued to today the math says that everyone in Europe today is related to them. Which means every familial line
Luis Aldamiz that doesn’t make any sense. How can every single European alive today be descended from just one person in the 9th century? There were many Europeans alive at that time. Why is everyone descended from Charlemagne then?
I knew it! The Capetians are truly one of the most influential in Europe. The more I read several countries' royal houses, I've noticed more and more that these Kings can trace their roots to the Capetians. I was even surprised that they made it to Poland and Hungary. I kinda want to play CKIII now lol
@@melindam2776 That was King Louis IX of France who is the saint and he's the also the direct male line ancestor of the House of Bourbon. Louis IX's youngest son Robert, Count of Clermont is the direct male line ancestor of the Bourbon branch through his son the first Duke of Bourbon Louis I. Robert, Count of Clermont was the younger brother of King Philippe III of France, Louis IX's successor. So Louis I, Duke of Bourbon was the 1st cousin once removed to King Louis X of France, King Philippe V of France, King Charles IV of France, and King Philippe VI of France. Since Louis I, Duke of Bourbon was the 1st cousin of King Philippe IV of France and Charles, Count of Valois father of King Philippe VI of France.
Well, I'm sure Louis the 16th would have been happy to hear that. But it did not save his head from the blade of the guillotine. Neither did it save Marie-Antoinette either (wasn't she a Hasbourg ? ) So I guess we've found the "grand equalizer". 😋
The Bourbons were the creators of the modern bureaucratic state in both France and Spain (and through their colonial empires, in much ofthe world). Especially in Spain, the difference from the Habsburgs was felt immediately as Philip V brought French advisers to centralize and standardize administration on the model of Louis XIV. Bourbon France was also the blueprint of a centralist regime for the Russian Empire, which combined this with its natural affinity for the Byzantine heritage.
Spain's golden age was when Habsburg were in control. Habsburg elevated Austria into the most prosperous society in the world. Despite the fact that they never got into colonialism they still dominated in Europe. And they accomplished all of this while having to deal with the ethnic tension in their eastern european holdings. Habsburg were against the unification of Germany. And we saw where that lead. Centralization is dangerous. It causes a lot of problems when you hand over a lot of power to one person or entity. It increases their capacity to do harm, and it removes inner checks and balances, which tends to lead to radical policies. Especially in Germany, Russia and France, the three major beligerent countries in the post-medieval era, centralization had a really destructive effect. Even Sweden got into a lot of unneccessary wars when they started to centralize power.
@@pite9 I agree with some of that, but not all. Centralization can be bad when taken to the limit, but in the case of Spain it was absolutely necessary, in order to break up feudalism and ancient and ridiculous practices. In Habsburg Spain there was no logic at all in administration: one town paid 35% tax and the neighboring town paid 10% because of some ancient monastery title. The Bourbons with their French bureaucrats and tax collectors brought much-needed rationality and efficiency and doubled the Spanish state income, and also created the idea of Spain (before that there were many Españas, no concept of a single united state)
@@pite9 The civil war was a tragedy brought on by ideological conflict coupled with separatism and external interference by both Hitler and Stalin. And sadly, we might see that again with the crazy Catalans. After the fall of Franco people wanted democracy, but they got democracy AND separatism. That's why all Spanish patriots support a strong state. Spain isn't Luxembourg, it needs an active and unifying central authority.
18:00 Interesting fact is that Habsburg also ruled Brazil, The yellow in our flag comes right from the Habsburg house, by the hands of Maria Leopoldina of Austria. She was empress of brazil, married to emperor Peter I of Brazil and king Peter IV of Portugal (Yes, he was emperor of brazil first and later king of portugal). So Habsburg house had a decedent ruling here for 50 years, by Peter II, their son (and the greatest public man we ever had here). To you guys know, the green and yellow of brazilian flag comes from Peter (house of bragança) and Leopoldina (Habsburg)
@@thecelticprince4949 originally we had the imperial crown, the sphere of the navigations, the cross, emblem, the brunch of coffee and tobacco (two of main products produced in that time). Ansering your question, the blue and the stars represents the sky's view in 11/15/1889, when the republic was proclaimed by a coup d'etat (a bunch of militaries took the power, sended the empreror to exile agains the population wish. We had in the time the 2nd biggest navy armada, total freedom, growing economy. By the way to you see how great was our prestige, one time our emperor in a trip to America he was symbolically "invited" in 1876/1877 to run for US president - and was voted for at least 4000 people in Philadelphia 😂 ). Now a days each star represents one of the 27 federations (26 states + the federal district)
I know like all the big famous ones, I for the life of me cant tell you all those obscure yet incredibly important houses like anjou, nassau and probably a thousand other ones im missing.
@@Mercutihoe Actually, I expected them somehow in the top 10. He probably only counted their "royal" territory (England) and not all their original territories in France, which included their capital city for a very long time, because those were duke or count titles (vassal titles of the king of France) and not king. Still, I feel like it's kind of a biais to not count all the titles aside from the "royal" ones. The Plantagenet/Anjou house was rather weird and it doesn't translate well with the rules the guy on the video self-imposed.
Little correction that doesn't change much in your video : the house of Trastemara reigned over Aragon and Castile not until 1516, but 1555, when Juana la loca died (even though her son, Charles of Habsburg was co-king and had the actual power over Spain's government)
If you're curious, the Wittelsbach ruler for 1 year in Bohemia was Frederick V of the Palatinate, also known as the Winter King because he reigned only one winter.
Husband of Princess Elizabeth of England and Scotland, daughter of James VI and I, and the progenitor of the Hanoverian monarchs of Britain. (George I was Elizabeth and Frederick's grandson
Actually you forgot that Otto, a member of the house of Wittelsbach, was the first king of Greece from 1832 to 1862. Wittelbach was replaced by Oldenburg after this.
Fun fact about the symbol (in German it is called "Wappen" but I can't recall the English name: was it heraldic sign or something else?) of their house: It is also part of the modern flag of Bavaria AND it was originally not the symbol of the house Wittelbach but of the Duke of Bogen who left a widow and no heirs. Guess who married the widow and also adopted the symbol... The Greek flag also consists of the same colours as those from the house of Wittelsbach. What's also funny is that once the Wittelsbacher were kings of Bavaria they soon became a lot less powerfull than before when they ruled Bavaria as nobles who were only under the rule of the Holy roman Emperor.
@@misss7777"Wappen" = "arms" as in coat of arms. Not to be confused with "Waffen" = "arms" as in weapons. It's the same word, but in one meaning it was subject to the High German consonant shift (p->f).
@@danishaiman8135 The game is good as fuc. But don't listen to him - try out CK3. It's easier, and better than CK2 although it currently lacks many mechanics from CK2 of course.
I think you forgot another place where Capetian House is still reigning: the Great Duchy of Luxembourg. It´s a soverign state and is ruled by Borbon_Parma (a Capetian cadet branch) since 1964, when Jean inherited the dukal thorne from his mother Charlotte.
@Fan NDF patrilineally, it is Bourbon-Parma (traced back in male line). Although GD Jean became ruler because of his mother, not his father. Father of GD Jean -> Felix of House Bourbon-Parma. Mother of GD Jean -> Charlotte of House Nassau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
@@barnaby4232 they have "de Nassau" as their surname but they still carry the Y chromosom from Hugh Capet (if and only if there was no hidden illegitimate children haha)
@@visenyatargaryen9130 yeh but while interesting is that something that really matters lol I mean that doesn’t make they actual members of the house if they don’t call themselves it.
One minor detail about the house of Oldenburg in Denmark: We currently have a queen, with her oldest son set to succeed her, so while the house of Oldenburg has ruled until preset it's actually coming to an end. The queens husband was Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. His house is NOT looked on favorably by historians, as it was created by imperial decree in 1860, and was apparently a family of commoners until then. Another fun exercise could be to take a noble and see how many times their family tree leads back to a common ancestor like one of the early french monarchs or h.r. emperors - and in how many layers said ancestor occurs. Given how much we talk about royal inbreeding, the result has to be a fairly scary picture ...
When there’s a female monarch her kids are of her house not their spouses, he used the exception to this rule in the last few centuries, Margrethe’s son doesn’t even include his father house on his coat of arms.
You covered the topic very well, and remained as objective as a subjective topic could be. I liked the slight change in format, to add variety. Great job! Looking forward to next week!
Fantastic video! Didn’t know that Navarre lasted as independent kingdom for a while in the French territories after the main land was annexed by Ferdinand of Aragon. But apparently King Henry lV of France was originally King Henry the lll of Navarre!
Also, I made the discovery that the House of Bragança is also a direct male line from the Capet dynasty. The founder of the House of Bragança was a son of the first Aviz King. So the Capet rule in Portugal was not until 1580, but all the way until 1853 (It died out after Maria II).
it didnt die out after Maria II. Her sons were also from the House of Brangança and it was still considered to be that house up until the end of the monarchy (so 1910). The reason here is that the succession laws in Portugal would allow her sons to be considered of the same house as hers. A new house could be considered to be created from House of Bragança (house of Maria II) and House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (house of Fernando II), however, it was considered that her descendants were from House Bragança (as allowed by the law). So technically the Capet rule in Portugal lasted for the entirety of the Portuguese mornarchy, excluding the 3rd dynasty (which was during the Iberian Union). And technically the House of Bragança still exists, but obviously we have no monarchy anymore, so asically they have no power, but they are still alive.
Non seulement ils sont les premiers, mais en plus c'est la seule dynastie nationale. Les Capétiens sont Français quand les autres pays ont tous des Allemands. surtout l'angleterre.
@@AntonioTripodi17 they said they are the best , the first ones in the ranking , and French ones (Capet), while the rest of dynasties are germans , including in Britain (german royal house)
Hi. I’ve been following you for quite a long time, but it’s a shame that I saw this video only today. Thank you. What really draw my attention is most of those houses originated in around 980 -1030. Maybe you should create special video about those years?
Their rule wasn't very long and they would control countries like Bohemia and Hungary only every now and then so in the end they weren't that big dynasty
They were big between 15th and 16th century, but after 1526 they stayed just in the PLC. The dynasty wasnt that long lived too, compared to those on this list. They are maybe a honorable mention worthy dynasty.
In addition to the reasons you've given to put the house of Capet in number one, I'd say that the Capets ruled over Spain, Portugal and France during the pike of their colonial empires. Therefore, the Capets have ruled over a bigger variety of territories than the Hasburgs, also out of Europe.
@@drose6437 Not exactly. The Americas were discovered during the reign of Isabel I, a Trastámara (Trastámara was a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea), as the next Queen, his daughter Jane I (Isabel's husband was a Trastámara, too). Yeah, the main branch of the Augsburgs ruled during the building of the Spanish empire, but with important ups and downs of power during their 200 years of government. But no, the Spanish empire was still a preeminent militar and political power when the Bourbons took the power - and it still remained thus for another 120 years. In fact, that was possible because the first Bourbons introduced some important reforms in order to stabilized the empire after half a century of continuous declining. Anyway, thank you for your answer. ^^
@@Termosugus Well, I agree with you that the Bourbon dinasty introduced important changes in the empire that ended lots of the problems the Austrias had, but its true that Spain passed to be the hegemonic power of europe to a secondary power when they started to reign even if it was because the treaty of Ultretch took most part of the spanish territories in Europe. But they were far better monarchs than the Habsbourgs.
The pike of French colonial empire is not 17th or 18th century, but the late 19th. But yes France was the strongest European cournty on ground during 16th 17th and 18th due to its huge demographic advantage
Fun fact : The house of Nassau's coat of arm is very similar from the one of the french region of "Franche-comté". The actual logo of Peugeot comes from this particular caot of arm.
@@RainApprehensive more like most of the midwest since the commonwealth was essentially the bread basket of europe and the main exporter of food to western europe
Alexander Johansson tbh between the end of the viking era and the rise of Sweden as a military super-power, those kingdoms were far more important than the Scandinavian ones.
I was looking at some old Roman dynasty but none ruled for long enough to rival Capet or Hapsburg. None in old Rome before the Republic, after Julius Caesar in West or East up to the Ottamans.
I discovered your channel a couple days ago. I am very visually oriented and love charts and maps. I am of the house of Capet maternally and still own estate in eastern Belgium. Thanks for this breakdown.
This video is amazing! It's very informational and the map diagram showing their kingdoms was really well designed and you're familt trees are reakyy good
I feel like English speakers like to pretend when they try to pronounce french words to sound fancy but completely butcher the pronunciation of other languages
Yeah, he totally miss pronounced shithole. The city has been in decline ever since the American base had been decommissioned. The city can't even afford to clear the roads in winter and the train station looks like it just barely survived world war 2.
Isabella and Fernando did have a son , who even came of adult age . I feel like it’s important enough to note that he died , and he was their only son.
I love that you kept it strictly agnatic. Loved this video in general! I also agree completely that the Capet deserve the laurels here. The Kings of France also have a much stronger religious and cultural impact than the Habsburgs.
I think a couple of these houses are actually related. Since he said we have to think about houses in a different way it might be that a couple of these are all part of the same house.
@@Normal_user_coniven many more are related, everyone with "Flavius" somewhere in their name If it wasn't for that I'd have put the Julio-Claudians or the Nervo-Antonines if I had to pick a roman dynasty. But even then, no roman dynasty taken separately can rival House Capet. So I picked a house that might have an argument at being linked to most of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, which has been missing the entire time.
Glad someone noticed the Oldenburgs. However often royal houses can fade in and out while being Nobles and yet still exert much power. This was certainly the case for Bavaria.
A very good video! But I must point a mistake: I am from Romania and I know for sure that the house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen started to rule our country from 1866. However, until 1877 Romania wasn't independent, so this is the true year from when king Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen started to rule in Romania.The year 1881 isn't correct. I hope that I helped you and others with this small detail.
roman bysantines known as slavic romanians were want to know their neighbours the schwabenburgians, the german swan shield region. obviously as a british i m ignorant but the reason your austrian friends ,,, held sway, way to go pan germanism, they could just state pew on the iron guard , and rule from wein, austria is a shitsh8w tbh, but roman girls are awesomeness inxarnate.
Great video. But question, Grand Duke (title of the head of state of Luxembourg) is also a Capetian by strict male line. He is a member of the Bourbon-Parme (cadet branch of the House of Bourbon).
Yeah.... But actually not know the whole and real storie. Not Mention he's huge Knowledge about Kingdom bravo my hat off, but little mistake i got to point. because the danish Kingdom familie is way back to the year of 800 from Gorm and Harald blaatand (Last viking king) and of same familie stil on the Throne today. More than, 1.250 + years....... so the oldest monarci in the world. And not to forgot this year 2020 the Danish flag celebrate 800th birthday and the oldest in the world too. Still UK Greece and some few more, is as old but not with the same familie on the Throne today..
@@banjobro800 Denmark is the oldest continuous monarchy, but it's not the overall oldest, as the Norwegian monarchy predates the Danish. By looking at the formation of the three Scandinavian countries, Norway is also the oldest.
@@moflataker I do not know where you got that information from ... but you're completely wrong. just to go back some time in history,Norway became independent when the Danes liberated Norway, in 1905. Even there it was still a Dane who took the throne and still of Danish descent .. In all the countless wars between Denmark and Sweden, Norway has been thrown like a dice about who has had power over Norway .. there is at no time of the well written and documented paper, that Norway is by far the oldest kingdom. Even the very first king in Norway was Danish. Your entire history through time has been marked by Danish and Swedish. In other words, Norway is at no time the oldest kingdom has the oldest flag country or city of the same name if it is to be added.. (når det så er sagt ser jeg Danmark Norge Sverige Island som et folk da vi er så tæt beslægtet gennem tiden, og jeg personligt er stolt af hele Skandinavien og dets folk . 😉✊)
I’m kind of disappointed by the absence of the Jagiellonian dynasty. It ruled Poland and Lithuania for almost two hundred years and had a period when it also expanded into thrones of Bohemia and Hungary. You could also count the 70 year long rule of the Polish Vasas, so Sigismund III and his two sons as semi-Jagiellonians, as mother of Sigismund was a sister of the last Polish ruler of that dynasty. The Jagiellonians were relatively short-lived in comparison to other European dynasties, but had a massive impact on Central-Eastern Europe and reigned during the period of Poland’s greatest power, cultural and economic prosperity.
I believe he included only presently ruling and/or surviving dynasties. I'd love to be corrected but I believe Jagellons are died out in agnatic line for quite some time now.
I'm from Saxony and also used to be in Thuringia where Gotha is and which I used to visit multiple times a year so that house is especially interesting to me. Even though my specific city wanted nothing to do with royalty or at least as little as possible compared to places like Dresden.
Yay! Oldenburg rocks! It's so rare to find my hometown on a top ten list for anything not related to bicycles or Grünkohl; this actually had me with my hands up in the air 😉 I wish, every Oldenburger would watch this video, because this is known way too little. The most "important" fact I learned about local history in school was the length of the mane and tail of one counts favourite horse (not kidding). I always enjoy your approach and how you explain your reasoning behind it. There are few absolutes in history so transparent reasoning is really what matters.
It's a good thing that "we" (Danish here) nabbed UK, because by this logic the Danish branch will die out in 20 or so years (our queen is 80!) and the Norwegian branch will die out in 80-90 years. There is ofc the Greek branch, but I don't think they will return as rulers of Greece or any place really.
@@annejeppesen160 Denmark has never owned the UK or even England, the DaneLaw eventually carved out an area in Northumbria and temporarily took lands in east Anglia from the Anglo-Saxons which eventually defeated them before themselves being conquered by the Normans, the Normans don't count as Danes by 1066 as they were a separate Kingdom as they were mostly French and French speaking and also catholic, the Duke of Normandy William the Bastard was only a descendant of the Danes and not Danish he was born in the Duchy of Normandy loyal to the King of France. saying William was a Dane is like saying i'm African. its not true
Cool video! Canadian here, and studied at the University of Oldenburg - I too was raising my fists with joy when Oldenburg came up on the list. When Prince Charles becomes king he will also be King of Canada! Kind of great to have an Oldenburg presence in the country of my birth!
@@cunningdingo2541 but the Pope is a European sovereign, without the Pope there was no HRE. If you can appoint and emperor, you're probably higher in rank. If you can make the case they belong to the same house (through apostolic succession), then you have a very powerful reigning monarch of the house of God (or Christ, pick one).
An important thing I think you missed with the House of Hannover, was that when Queen Victoria became Queen of the UK, she did not become the Monarch of Hannover, which William the IV was, because by the laws of Hannover, a woman could not ascend to the monarchy, while in the UK, they could. Thus William IV was the last King of the UK who was _also_ the King of Hannover (which interestingly was also a Kurfürst, which granted him rights to vote for the next German Kaiser, had one needed to be elected in his lifetime.) It might have been nice to accent him in the lineage map to show that the monarchy diverged at that point in time, between his two successors, Queen Victoria, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hannover.
So, he does get to this. It’s just later. I’m just thinking the chart that shows the descent of Queen Victoria could have used including the head of the House of Hannover as well, to show how the titles split.
There's a little mistake here which is that the King of Hannover was not a Prince-Elector (Kurfürst) because Hannover only became a Kingdom AFTER the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire so there weren't any Electors or an Emperor who needed to be elected anymore at that time. The last British-Hannoverian monarch who held the title of Prince-Elector was George III. when Hannover was still part of the Holy Roman Empire and not yet a Kingdom but an Electorate officially being called Electorate of Brunswick and Lüneburg. After the Dissolution of the HRE George III. changed his title from "Prince-Elector and Archtresurer of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg etc." to "King of Hannover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg etc." dropping the title of Prince-Elector for good so none of his successors including William VI. were ever styled as such and most certainly didn't participate in the election of an Emperor since there was not Emperor anymore until the formation of the German Reich 1871 whose Emperors like infamous Wilhelm II. were hereditary and not elected. Also Hannover didn't exist anymore by the time the Reich was formed, having been annexed by Prussia whose King was in personal Union German Emperor.
I wish I could have seen this video. When I clicked on it, this appeared: “Removed by decree of Her Majesty Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina, Sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma, Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.”
@@sergeantsharkseant Maria Theresia was the legal "owner" of the Habsburg teritorries. Including Kingdoms. The holy roman empirer was elected and only a man could get it.
I just think it's funny how these houses tried so hard to go down in history, and were so competitive with one another to be the best, and UsefulCharts just makes the video and walks away.
Don't expect Capet in first place.... and I like it ! French dynasty over all ! And your prononciation of Capétien is pretty perfect for a non-french speaker, good job.
Come on it was totally expected. The Capetian Dynasty and the House of Habsburg are often regarded as the greatest royal dynasties in European history. If one is ranked 2nd, the other would be 1st haha.
I wonder if the slightly different way to look at royal houses is to think about matrilineal houses, and if there is one matrilineage that has noticeably more rulers in it than any other?
I would say queen Victorias line would have a good shot at being the most successful matrilineal royal lineage in European history. Her descendants currently occupy the thrones of the majority of Europe's remaining monarchies the UK, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and Sweden, and previously ruled Russia and Germany as well. And that's all only a few generations removed from her.
@@Alexander-tu3iv There are only five Kings who are part of Queen Victoria's direct matrlineal descent, that is to say that if you trace their mother, and her mother, and her mother etc you hit Queen Victoria at some point. They are: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany /Prussia King Georgios II of the Hellenes King Alexandros of the Hellenes King Michael of Romania King Pavlos of the Hellenes You could also add to that the following heads of other royal houses, though as they are not kings or emperors they do not meet Matt's criteria as laid out in this video: Duke Amadeo of Savoy-Aosta Landgrave Moritz of Hesse Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt Furst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg Margrave Maximilian of Baden And of course there are one or two who should have become monarchs but died before they had the chance, most famously the Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, but also a future Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt lost with his family in the plane crash of 1937, and one or two others. If you are counting Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain etc then you are looking at all her descendants rather than just the matrilineal ones, but I don't think this will be what Matt will do, as the descendants of Queen Victoria could then easily be beaten by the descendants of say William the Conqueror, or Charlemagne (Victoria's descendants being a subset of both), or Gengis Khan, so that just comes down to who is significant enough far enough back to be the ancestor of all royal houses, which is probably not what Matt means. The monarchs of Belgium and Luxembourg are not actually descendants of Queen Victoria.
No one:
Litteraly every Dynasty:
Hello i Come from a small town in Germany.
German countless states were a lot cooler than modern day Germany
@@appleslover : Oui, c'était franchement mieux. Et l'Europe était plus paisible.
At my opinion, I do love Germany so much that I prefer when they are many of them.
@@jeanaymart130 I get the reference..
Ok, character development, I LOVE modern day Germany, it's cooler than any state it has ever been, except imperial Germany.
@@jeanaymart130 L'Europe est la plus pacifique qu'elle ait jamais été.
au moins c'est plus paisible que quand la France était aux commandes.
@@jeanaymart130 In* my opinion
I can't believe you're still not sponsored by crusader kings
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Fabian Zaube Crusader Kings ans UsefulCharts would be such a good pairing. Crusader Kings has vast family trees, and errors in these family trees are usually covered in a one UsefulCharts video or another.
@@alexanderfurrows7946 ck3 broke the family trees, honestly. One of the few features I genuinely can't stand
Nikolay Tsankov yeah, it’s really tough to actually find who you want and it’s impossible to load it your family gets too big - the AI also creates cadet branches way too quickly compared to the actual cadet houses formed irl
Some corrections (thanks to commenters):
- House of Braganza is a branch of Aviz (which is a branch of Burgundy, which is a branch of Capet), therefore 194 years (1640-1834) should be added to the Capet's reign in Portugal
- There were two other interludes in the Bourbon (Capet) reign in Spain: 1808-1813 and 1870-1873.
- "King" Jadwiga was a Capetian so that's another 15 years for Capet in Poland.
- House of Wittelsbach reigned in Greece from 1832-1862
- Queen Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 (she lived until 1962)
And then, in Portugal, reigned the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, because the son (D. Pedro V) adopted the House of the mother (Queen) and the father (King Consort). The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha reigned until 1910.
The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is considered to be a branch of the House of Braganza, not of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
The Papacy is the greatest "royal" house.
Through the elder branch of the House of Welf, the Welfs were also Kings of Arles for 99 years. I also think the Carolingians and House of Anjou could have been honourable mentions.
I don't know if you only wanted to include european thrones, but the Habsburgs also reigned in Mexico with Maximilian I (1864-1867) and house Braganza also reigned in Brazil with Pedro I and Pedro II (1822-1889).
Fun fact about house Habsburg and Wettin: They ruled the only two american monarchies (if you don't count Canada). Habsburgs briefly ruled Mexico when it became an empire and the Wettin branch, Braganza, ruled Brazil trough its imperial period, from 1822 to 1889.
Braganza which is ALSO a Capet Branch too even if more distant than the Avis, because it aint confusing enough already
There swedish colonies in todays US as well so....
Another fun fact: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was a Habsburg and his wife Empress Carlota was a Wettin… Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
But wait how France let a Habsburg become emperor of Mexico
Sorry, but no. The Braganzans of Brazil were Pedro I and his son Pedro II. The Braganzans of Portugal only start belonging to the House of Wettin when Pedro II's sister, Maria II, died and her son took over. Pedro I and II can both trace their male line ancestors all the way back to the Capetians, through illegitimate lines.
Every european here: eyy lets see if we're on the list
No. "We" don't identify with houses that ruled over our ancestors. Many of us are glad to be free of nobles for more than 3 generations.
I am related to the house of vasa and they where leading Sweden during its empire and then one kid got shot In the face and he died
@@heliwurth7250 Technically almost all of us descend from some royal line as they had a lot more children than peasants. Statistically, a huge amount of Europeans descend from Charlemagne in one way or another, to name one example. But yeah, aside from the few monarchies that are left here in Europe I doubt anyone actually identifies with "their" royal house that has been dead for centuries. Not gonna lie though, as a Dutchman I kinda came here for the house of Nassau.
Heli Wurth in Denmark we ain’t. People can’t get enough of our royal family.
@@heliwurth7250 Here in America, we never even lived under kings.
The interesting thing is that the houses were all more or less related to each other through several weddings. That means that all of Europe was ruled by a *large* family, through the colonies actually even the whole world. Especially the long periods of rule and the flexibility to maintain their rule despite countless wars, famines, epidemics and revolutions is extremely impressive. Many of these houses still exist today.
Fun fact: in ww1, the German Kaiser, the Russian Tsar and the English King were all cousins, so it was basically a big family feud.
Interesting. I have to wonder why they are destroying Europe now but flooding it with foreigners who do not belong there.
@@LightgreenLP I, too, just watched The King’s Man
@@DoctorCyan But I didn't
@@magtovi yeah but that’s just how societies developed all around the world
"The Region of Savoy is located in the northwest corner of Italy."
French guy: "Excusez moi..."
Italy is just another name for south east France.
@@thekyler9529 north west Italy is just another name for south France. La Vallée d’Aoste.
North Italy : exist
France, Spain and Austria : *Is for me ?*
@@thekyler9529 it's the reverse, what people refer to as "France" is just another name for the region known as transalpine Italy.
@@arx3516 And Italy Cisalpine France ;)
House of Jagiellon ruled over vast territories of Central, Northern and Southern Europe incl. Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia, Kingdom of Rama, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Duchy of Silesia, Duchy of Ruthenia, Duchy of Luxembourg, etc. Jagiellonians and Habsbourgs were two main royal houses of Europe in XVI century. It seems weird not to list them
Outside of Poland/Lithuania their rule was not so long
@@ForeskinWillis Long enough to compare to other, much lesser houses
@@markbielak5259 No. All the houses ranked in the video ruled for much longer on multiples Kingdoms and states.
@@markbielak5259 Jagiellon is a lesser house
@@ForeskinWillis especially house Savoy which only notable rule was Italy for 85 years. and at the end there where puppets of Mussolini. There are joke compeer to Jagiellonian. Jagiellonian by definition rule 2 Poland and Litania for 200 years only one of them being at they times greater countries then sardine and Italy during rule of Savoy. At pick of there ruling Poland Lithuania common wealth was 3 biggest country by land only behind ottomans and Muscovites.
Have you noticed that the two most important dynasties, the House of Austria (Habsburg) and the House of France (Capet), basically ended up becoming Spanish dynasties? The Habsburgs did split into 2 branches: the senior branch established in Spain, and the junior branch, the Austrian, was founded by the Spanish born younger brother of Carlos V; and after the dynastic Bourbons (last Capetian branch) became extinct in France, the Spanish Bourbon branch became the head of the dynasty.
The Bourbon branch is not extincted in France but this country is a republic .
Nope, there are still Bourbons in France.
@@vincentb9827 If you mean Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, he is descendant of Alfonso XIII of Spain who in turn became the absolute head of the House of Bourbon in 1936 so he belongs to the main (Spanish) branch. The Orléans are indeed Bourbon but a branch of the House while the Bourbon-Two Scillies & Bourbon-Parma are branches of the Spanish Branch founded by Philip V so, aside the French Orléans and weather some Bourbons live or not in France, the House of Bourbon became a Spanish dynasty.
@@MatthewVanston If you mean Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, he is descendant of Alfonso XIII of Spain who in turn became the absolute head of the House of Bourbon in 1936 so he belongs to the main (Spanish) branch. The Orléans are indeed Bourbon but a branch of the House while the Bourbon-Two Scillies & Bourbon-Parma are branches of the Spanish Branch founded by Philip V so, aside the French Orléans and weather some Bourbons live or not in France, the House of Bourbon became a Spanish dynasty.
@@Jean.Philippe. Under the term of the Utrech treaty ( 1713 ) Philipe V agreed to give up to the french throne and now rhere is no way for France to be a royalty again. The french contender are only interesting for the newspapers
Slight correction on the note of lack of sons in the family of Isabel and Fernando: they did, in fact, have one son. His name was Juan. He died at age 19, but his life was politically significant: he and his sister Juana were both married to members of the children of Maximilian I: Juana to Philip the Handsome, Juan to Margaret: it was a master plan devised by Maximilian and Fernando. Juan died very very early during the marriage to Margaret. This created a danger that Philip would inherit the crowns of Spain, but there was hope that this wouldn't happen: Margaret did have a child but it was stillborn. The eldest daughter of Isabel and Fernando had a son by the king of Portugal. This baby, Miguel, was all that stood between Spain and Charles of Hapsburg. Miguel died at age 3. You can see his coffin in the cathedral of Granada, along with those of Isabel, Fernando, and their inheritors, Juana and Philip. By his death, Juan shaped a great deal of history. His life, therefore, counts, and it should not be said the Isabel and Fernando had no sons.
Who told you this?
@@neddaliavaldez7381 Oooh, lots of reading over the years! Including but not limited to Townsend Miller, Garrett Mattingly, Nancy Rubin, and Bethan Aram. Also some primary resource investigation.
@@neddaliavaldez7381 It's simply common knowledge among History nerds!
@@melenatorr Correctíssimo!
Vós sois bastante culta - parabéns!
@@melenatorr The eldest daughter of Queen Isabel of Castille was first married to the Crown Prince of Portugal D.Afonso who was the ONLY son of King D. João II de Portugal and died relatively young after a riding accident where he fell from his horse and then afterwards the Infanta his widow procceeded to marry King D.João II's first cousin whom finally succeeded him becoming King D.Manuel I : their ONLY son was called Infante D.Miguel da Paz!
A little mistake: The House of Hohenzollern did not have its origins in the Rhineland, but in the allemannic Duchy of Swabia. Parts of this duchy border on the Rhine, but it is not counted as part of the actual Rhineland.
Also the positioning on the map is not correct.
Indeed. The castle and the mountain Hohenzollern, which gave the dynasty its name, is located in the southwest corner of Germany, less than 50 miles north of the border to Switzerland.
Konrad von Hohenstaufen was the first hereditary Count Palatine of the Rhine, but he was the progenitor of a younger branch.
I agree. Swabia is homeland of the Habsburgs too.
@@ik410 Fun Fact: The ancestral seat of the dynasty, Habsburg Castle, from which the family derived its name, no longer belonged to them from 1415 onwards, but to the Swiss Confederacy.
I'm French and I appreciate the effort on the prononciation of "Capétien"
Very good work, I love your videos
"appreciate the EFFORT" meaning it still wasn't good enough, huh? a certified French moment
@@marcusaurelius4941go get a life
its wrong anyway, because they were also a Germanic dynasty (with roots to the Robertinger which most likely had their roots in Worms/Germany). The Capetinger were at first inferior to the Karolinger (which got this name rom Karl/Carl, a Charlemagne never existed. His name was like the one of his brother without the 'Mann': KARL/Carl. Thats why also all other languages refer to a Karl/Carl and all historical texts etc.). Now Carpetinger is of course also not spoken like modern German but with an old German dialect of that time - just like the Germanic Franks (kind of old Mosel/Rhine Frankish which btw. was named at that time 'theodisca lingua" = German Language. Thats of course more generalized, because they were many more dialects. Old French (which had much more similarities to this dialect) developed over time to the French we have no ) ... Worms/Germany speaks now an Rhein/Rhine-Hessian dialect which also goes back to the old Rheine/Rhine-Frankish dialect ...
@@publicminx Charlemagne did exist, he was from the Pépinides dynasty founded by Pépin Le Bref in 751, his name was Charles The Great (Carlorus Magnus - Charlemagne)
I believe this video is wrong because the house of habsburg also decent from the capet house as a branch of the capet where ducks of burgundy and the last male descendent of this house is actually the grand father of Charles Quint
The rule of the Bourbon/Capetians in Spain was interrupted more than once, replaced by:
- House Bonaparte 1808-1813
- Provisional Government of 1868-1871?
- House of Savoy 1871-1873
- First Spanish Republic 1873-1874
- Second Spanish Republic 1931-1939
- Franco Dictatorship 1939 - 1975
During the Franco dictatorship not, because the Burgos Goverment reset spanish monachy in 1937 (and then Franco wait 40 years to designate the "new" King)
V MS77 he didn’t wait 40 years either way it was gonna be a bourbon wether from the carlist branch or the alfonsine branch
@@eliseomartinez7911 actually, Franco’s first choice was an Habsburg. He wanted an Habsburg to rule spain, but the Habsburg refused and said “find a bourbon”.
The Bourbons in Spain are basically a cancer that only keeps stuck in its place due to the natural spanish regime's unstability, which is so great due to the lack of national consensus throughout the different regions that constitute Spain. This is something that has been always this way. Culturally, Spain is nothing more than the collection of the historical cultures and languages of its forming countries, plus some territories which, because of their material conditions, Spain's rulers' ultra-centralistic and corrupt ways, and recurrent genocides, have lost their cultural differences in favor of their most powerful and influential neighbour, Castilla usually.
Spaniards will only be free when Spain ceases to exist as the country it is today, as the natural succession of the last dictatorship, as a machine which primary objective is to maintain those who already were in power, in it, so that they can make sure any movement towards real democracy or public accountability can be stopped.
@@jordif7310 As an spaniard from Aragon, I think the end of the boubons its near. And yes we have a lot of cultures, Aragon has its own language for example and its own culture but actually no one here wants to leave Spain, even though in the past a few wanted. Catalonia has a divided opinion but I think we won't see it as another country either. Spain has a difficult situation but I hope it doesn't last a lot. We'll see...
Habsburgs watching how they got second place: *angry chin noises*
You mean, strangling themselves with their over sized inbred tongues.
@@lindakachur4862 Call it incest please. It is the real name.
@@BBRocker75 ...they didnt do any error
Lol
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 they just did family members...
I'm from the House of Nobodies of Nowhere.
interesting tell me more about this house
It seems like we are relatives...!
@@easyhelp yeah there's like 7 billion of us
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To be fair if you have any European ancestors at all then you are descended from pretty much everyone 1000-2000 years ago.
Well, the Spanish Hapsburgs had separate and individual titles as Kings of Castille, Mexico, Peru, etc...
The whole house changing via the husband is cool and all, but the Hapsburg never had to worry, they just married into the same house
Except for Maria-Theresia, who married Francis of Lorraine, thus effectively changing the House of Habsburg into the House of Lorraine (if we were to believe the author's disclaimer), except it's never being considered as such. Instead it's still being called the House of Habsburg in common use, and House of Habsburg-Lorraine in the academic sphere.
Well, it was a common practice at that time, not only Habsburgs did it.
Thus, we have the Hapsburg Jaw!!!
Your profile pic makes the joke even more fun
lol
Great video.
One *minor* remark: queen Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau didn't die in 1948; she abdicated in favor of her daughter Juliana.
queen Juliana is a fat banana
@@shinjinobrave Lol.
historywith hilbert channel would have told you that its common place for dutch queens to abdicate and become princesses....lol
Waarom stopte het regeren? Want ze zijn toch nog steeds het staatshoofd.
@@MinisterPresident Because for the purposes of this video he only counted the patrilineal lineage of a house. So even if a title became matrilineal he doesn't count that as staying in power.
Imagine knowing your family-tree till the dark age.
probably a bunch of poor peasants
I can trace back my paternal line back to the 9th century xd
Don't know if I should be proud of that tbh. But it's kinda cool
some italian noble houses traced their descendance from some roman patrician gentes, like the Orsini who claim to descend from the gens Julia. Well, they claim, there is no hard proof.
@@arx3516 There is no hard proof? There is not even one!
You can (depending on where you live), one of my aunts spent a year reconstructing the family tree, and we could go back to the 12th century! One of the many uses of archives...
As a history buff, I enjoy your way of covering it. Very thorough and logical.
Plantagenet prince:
«I will overthrow and maybe kill my brother/cousin the king in order to take his place.»
Capet prince:
«My brother/cousin the king will help me to become king of another country in order to expand our family's rule.»
Robertian/Capetian Dynasty > Anjou/Plantagenet Dynasty
@@faramundusfrankia9153 Plantagenet Dynasty >>> all others. Edward I, Henry V, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, Edward III
@@JJaqn05 exactly Plantagenet ranges from Henry II to Richard III
@@JJaqn05 the Targaryens are based on the Plantagenets
@@jvtagle they are very much a mix of Plantagenets and the Ptolemaic dynasty. Daenerys is extremely inspired by Cleopatra, and they practiced incest for blood purity, aswell as keeping a foreign culture during their reign.
Me seeing hapsburg on number two: wdym? Werent the hapsburgs strongest?
Me hearing the name Capet on number 1: *ohhhhhhhhHHHHHHH* everything makes sense now
Not even kidding that was my exact reaction
it's Habsburg... with a b
@@AncalimeNL just a normal mistake....
@@PerkasaRahmadani the letter "p" isnt even close to "b" in the keyboard, that is not a normal mistake.
@@WhenAllTheWarmthLeavesUs Understandable
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useful charts: "when queen Elizabeth dies"
Queen Elizabeth: you dare mock me mortal?
We used to say the same thing about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and look at what happened
@@mygetawayart Betty White still here too.
Ian Mckellen too
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Welp
I'm the Queen of my house, and that's enough for me.
Ah... that means your royal house ends with you! How sad...
@@Nygaard2 oof
@@Nygaard2 breed her then
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@@appleslover Jesus 😂
cute
There's a little error in House Capet chart. House Capet reigned in Poland in 1370-1399 (29 years) not only 1370-1384. After King Louis of Hungary (r. 1370-1384) died, his daughter, Hedwig of Anjou reigned as a King of Poland in her own right in 1384-1399 (she used the title of King rather than the Queen, as in Poland the title of Queen was used only for female consorts). Also, House Capet still reigns in Luxembourg. So more points for House Capet! :P
Amazing
Congratulations! Your update is perfect. Hedvige d'Anjou, daughter of Louis the Great of Hungary. My favourite King of Poland, she was the most beautiful woman of the whole Europe of her times, according to the annalists the knights from all Europe came to Cracow to admire her.
@@lechkonradpowichrowski3965 Her eyes were more beautiful than the famous Stone of Galveston!
@@commonpepe2270 Correct. Besides she was a King. Enough for a kitten stronger than you, My Lord
*Luxembourg is a Grand Duchy, not a kingdom or empire, so it is not included here.*
More correctly, one should have said that the house of Capet is a branch of the house of the Rupertines.
It was Karl Glöckner who showed in his essay published in 1937 that Robert (House of the Robertines) came from the Rhine Franconian dynasty of the Rupertines and that his lineage can thus be traced back to the 7th century. The term "Rupertiner" refers to the leading name Rupert, also Chrodobertus or Robert, which runs through the family tree. Usually only the branch of the Rupertine family descending from Robert the Brave is called "Robertine".
Hugo Capet came from the Robertine family.
But otherwise a very nice video.
Yes, yes, we know most European royal houses originate from Germany.
Didn't stop them to go "full crazy mode" during WW2, though.
@@goofygrandlouis6296 What exactly does the fact that the House of Capet is part of the Robertine dynasty have to do with the Second World War?
@@kaystocklein2242 Because with such a prestigious and diverse choice of noble families, Germany could have chosen better than to go with "Mustach-Man". 😉
Edit - the fact that you reached the same conclusion is very amusing to me.
As the CK2 house score screen says
House Capet, descended from Robert the Strong who was a power figure during the reign of Charles the Bald. His descendants would be Kings of France in 1066. Although by 1322 the main line would die out, cadet branches still ruled in 1337 as Kings of France, Portugal, Naples, Hungary and Navarre. Cadet branches would also hold the Duchies of Brittany, Burgundy, Bourbon, Provence and Achaea. One further cadet branch would hold the dignity of Emperor as Latin Emperors of Constantinople. Truly the greatest dynasty of medieval Europe.
Crusader Kings 2 takes itself seriously and paradox did their research to make it as accurate as possible that is until the player joins the game lol
@@LordOceanus That's part of why I love playing CK2
His descendents took the frankish throne in 987
Rusty Shackleford it’s so cool playing that game and making a name have meaning. Like I started as the king of Leon in 1066 and murdered my brothers for their kingdoms then became the father of Spain then through marriage married into bohemian with my second son my first inherited the kingdom and untied Hispania and married into Scotland France and his son dedicated himself to concerting the Byzantines through force and crusaded for Egypt and took it for his cousin
LORDOceanus I agree that’s why I loved how you can manually change dates in CK2 anywhere from Sept 15, 1066- Jan 1, 1337, and the characters/territory updated itself pretty well. CK3 there’s only 2 start dates. I get why they did that but I loved changing the dates in Ck2
The capetians are still reining in Spain AND in Luxembourg ! The princes of Luxembourg are Bourbon-Parma even if they are not called by that name.
Yup. Only reason I didn't include them is because I limited myself to kingdoms only.
Isn't it called a dutchy?
@@LA-MJ Grand Duchy I think
Parma as in Parma the italian city famous for its ham?
The Bourbons in Spain are in-name-only. Their ancestress Isabel II notoriously did not enjoy the company of her (Bourbon) husband. Alfonso XII is widely assumed to have been fathered by a captain of the guard.
I live in Switzerland. Growing up in a village with a castle that belonged to Habsburg. 2 villages/cities next to my village have Habsburg castles as well. So I grew up thinking Habsburg were our royality :) And btw, I thought it is totally normal having a castle in your town, lol.
I wish it was. We have no castles here in Australia 😔
@@HMenendez But if you have European ancestry, you come from a land full of castles x)
ye true im from czechia (bohemia formerly) and i too have a famous castle where the king from golden age were held it is called "castle loket"
My town has a giant majestic chateau which was ruled by three dynasties, the stairs there are also giant because one of the gals married to the guy running the chateau liked horses so much that she had the stairs extended so she could ride her horse up them
I'm from a village in Austria and the town nearest to us has a small castle (now with apartments inside) that is still owned by someone from the Habsburg family
Absolutely love your videos. Our King (Felipe VI of Spain) is descendant from most of the major dinasties through both paternal and maternal branches. He has an impecable Royal pedigree.
King Felipe VI of Spain Also Owns the Title of “King Of Jerusalem” and “King of Kings” as well as “Holy Roman Emperor.”.!!
@ajayreed2228 King of Jerusalem is one of his titles yes but not the other 2. Thr Holy Roman Empire was technically an elective monarchy no one can "own" thr title
The Wittelsbachs should also have Greece included in their titles, as Greece’s 1st monarch was a Wittelsbach called Otto :)
You just said what I wanted to address to him. It's the second time the short reign of the house of Wittelsbach in Greece was left out.
A little bit of an ache in my bavarien heart 😉
Worst King ever got deposed for being so terrible. I wonder why you are so proud.
Nath has literally just telling the content creator about the mistake. Yeesh.
Otto for ottoman
@@pauliandelrosario No. Otto is just his name.
the greatest European royal house: the Carolingians because everyone is descended from them
not entirely. Charlemagne isn't literally blood related to every European royal member.
@@raaaaaaaaaam496 well mathimaticians have calculated that everyone has a zijn in ancestor, and at soms point in time everyone who lived in that time who's line never died out is a common ancestor, and for europe that time is around the time of charlemagne
Their male-line descendants have already died out. All of the related monarchs of Europe traced back into the female line.
@@risannd that doesn't matter as long as a family line matrilinial or patrilinial from that time continued to today the math says that everyone in Europe today is related to them. Which means every familial line
Luis Aldamiz that doesn’t make any sense. How can every single European alive today be descended from just one person in the 9th century? There were many Europeans alive at that time. Why is everyone descended from Charlemagne then?
I knew it! The Capetians are truly one of the most influential in Europe. The more I read several countries' royal houses, I've noticed more and more that these Kings can trace their roots to the Capetians. I was even surprised that they made it to Poland and Hungary. I kinda want to play CKIII now lol
We know them as Anjou kind there. What's more, one of them is a saint! 😅
@Mormour King Louis IX of France
@@melindam2776 That was King Louis IX of France who is the saint and he's the also the direct male line ancestor of the House of Bourbon. Louis IX's youngest son Robert, Count of Clermont is the direct male line ancestor of the Bourbon branch through his son the first Duke of Bourbon Louis I. Robert, Count of Clermont was the younger brother of King Philippe III of France, Louis IX's successor. So Louis I, Duke of Bourbon was the 1st cousin once removed to King Louis X of France, King Philippe V of France, King Charles IV of France, and King Philippe VI of France. Since Louis I, Duke of Bourbon was the 1st cousin of King Philippe IV of France and Charles, Count of Valois father of King Philippe VI of France.
Well, I'm sure Louis the 16th would have been happy to hear that. But it did not save his head from the blade of the guillotine.
Neither did it save Marie-Antoinette either (wasn't she a Hasbourg ? ) So I guess we've found the "grand equalizer". 😋
The Bourbons were the creators of the modern bureaucratic state in both France and Spain (and through their colonial empires, in much ofthe world). Especially in Spain, the difference from the Habsburgs was felt immediately as Philip V brought French advisers to centralize and standardize administration on the model of Louis XIV. Bourbon France was also the blueprint of a centralist regime for the Russian Empire, which combined this with its natural affinity for the Byzantine heritage.
Spain's golden age was when Habsburg were in control. Habsburg elevated Austria into the most prosperous society in the world. Despite the fact that they never got into colonialism they still dominated in Europe. And they accomplished all of this while having to deal with the ethnic tension in their eastern european holdings.
Habsburg were against the unification of Germany. And we saw where that lead. Centralization is dangerous. It causes a lot of problems when you hand over a lot of power to one person or entity. It increases their capacity to do harm, and it removes inner checks and balances, which tends to lead to radical policies. Especially in Germany, Russia and France, the three major beligerent countries in the post-medieval era, centralization had a really destructive effect. Even Sweden got into a lot of unneccessary wars when they started to centralize power.
@@pite9 I agree with some of that, but not all. Centralization can be bad when taken to the limit, but in the case of Spain it was absolutely necessary, in order to break up feudalism and ancient and ridiculous practices. In Habsburg Spain there was no logic at all in administration: one town paid 35% tax and the neighboring town paid 10% because of some ancient monastery title. The Bourbons with their French bureaucrats and tax collectors brought much-needed rationality and efficiency and doubled the Spanish state income, and also created the idea of Spain (before that there were many Españas, no concept of a single united state)
@@giannb5145 And uniting Spain lead to the spanish civil war. The state getting more income is not a good thing.
@@pite9 The civil war was a tragedy brought on by ideological conflict coupled with separatism and external interference by both Hitler and Stalin. And sadly, we might see that again with the crazy Catalans. After the fall of Franco people wanted democracy, but they got democracy AND separatism. That's why all Spanish patriots support a strong state. Spain isn't Luxembourg, it needs an active and unifying central authority.
@@pite9 The Spanish Hagsburgs, as early as Charles V, built the colonial empire in the Americas since 1516. So what you say is not correct.
18:00 Interesting fact is that Habsburg also ruled Brazil, The yellow in our flag comes right from the Habsburg house, by the hands of Maria Leopoldina of Austria. She was empress of brazil, married to emperor Peter I of Brazil and king Peter IV of Portugal (Yes, he was emperor of brazil first and later king of portugal). So Habsburg house had a decedent ruling here for 50 years, by Peter II, their son (and the greatest public man we ever had here).
To you guys know, the green and yellow of brazilian flag comes from Peter (house of bragança) and Leopoldina (Habsburg)
Yes, Peter II was the greatest public man we ever had and it’s sad that almost no one recognizes that.
@@thecelticprince4949 originally we had the imperial crown, the sphere of the navigations, the cross, emblem, the brunch of coffee and tobacco (two of main products produced in that time). Ansering your question, the blue and the stars represents the sky's view in 11/15/1889, when the republic was proclaimed by a coup d'etat (a bunch of militaries took the power, sended the empreror to exile agains the population wish. We had in the time the 2nd biggest navy armada, total freedom, growing economy. By the way to you see how great was our prestige, one time our emperor in a trip to America he was symbolically "invited" in 1876/1877 to run for US president - and was voted for at least 4000 people in Philadelphia 😂 ). Now a days each star represents one of the 27 federations (26 states + the federal district)
Mexico too
But she was just a consort... In the meantime, the actual monarch, Peter I of Brazil, was a Capetian
@@roidrannoc1691 capetian-habsburg
I enjoyed this, I would like more of those tier doodahs too! Breaks the mould and are a bit fun
Me here pretending I know more houses than the Habsburg one
I know like all the big famous ones, I for the life of me cant tell you all those obscure yet incredibly important houses like anjou, nassau and probably a thousand other ones im missing.
The Nova renaissance glad to know I’m not the only one that goes “Wikipedia hunting”
Also me pretending to know anything about europe and hoping he would mention the Plantagenets so that I can feel smart
@@Mercutihoe Actually, I expected them somehow in the top 10.
He probably only counted their "royal" territory (England) and not all their original territories in France, which included their capital city for a very long time, because those were duke or count titles (vassal titles of the king of France) and not king.
Still, I feel like it's kind of a biais to not count all the titles aside from the "royal" ones. The Plantagenet/Anjou house was rather weird and it doesn't translate well with the rules the guy on the video self-imposed.
@@stardust86x They are known in France too, since that's where they came from.
Little correction that doesn't change much in your video : the house of Trastemara reigned over Aragon and Castile not until 1516, but 1555, when Juana la loca died (even though her son, Charles of Habsburg was co-king and had the actual power over Spain's government)
If you're curious, the Wittelsbach ruler for 1 year in Bohemia was Frederick V of the Palatinate, also known as the Winter King because he reigned only one winter.
Was he assassinated by a little girl with mad ninja skillz?
@@uchoob246 I genuinely don't remember, please google it. :/
@@katybechnikova2821 Fear not, I was making a dumb Game of Thrones joke :)
@@uchoob246 You got a chuckle out of me, at least. Good job.
Husband of Princess Elizabeth of England and Scotland, daughter of James VI and I, and the progenitor of the Hanoverian monarchs of Britain. (George I was Elizabeth and Frederick's grandson
Actually you forgot that Otto, a member of the house of Wittelsbach, was the first king of Greece from 1832 to 1862. Wittelbach was replaced by Oldenburg after this.
Fun fact about the symbol (in German it is called "Wappen" but I can't recall the English name: was it heraldic sign or something else?) of their house: It is also part of the modern flag of Bavaria AND it was originally not the symbol of the house Wittelbach but of the Duke of Bogen who left a widow and no heirs. Guess who married the widow and also adopted the symbol...
The Greek flag also consists of the same colours as those from the house of Wittelsbach.
What's also funny is that once the Wittelsbacher were kings of Bavaria they soon became a lot less powerfull than before when they ruled Bavaria as nobles who were only under the rule of the Holy roman Emperor.
Pointed out the same
@@misss7777"Wappen" = "arms" as in coat of arms. Not to be confused with "Waffen" = "arms" as in weapons. It's the same word, but in one meaning it was subject to the High German consonant shift (p->f).
Crusaders kings player: Ha!, i ruled all of that too.
Is the game good?
@@danishaiman8135 yeah it is, i suggest you to try out the second one which is free and actually better then the new one
@@danishaiman8135 The game is good as fuc. But don't listen to him - try out CK3. It's easier, and better than CK2 although it currently lacks many mechanics from CK2 of course.
@Nikitas Nehemia Nicholas Hutapea But CK3 is harder i.e. is better and relies much more on role playing.
@@plrc4593 I think you mean CK3 is easier, like a lot easier... not that it’s a bad thing but a lot of CK3s systems aren’t as hard to grasp as CK2s.
Brilliant video. Thoroughly entertaining
I think you forgot another place where Capetian House is still reigning: the Great Duchy of Luxembourg. It´s a soverign state and is ruled by Borbon_Parma (a Capetian cadet branch) since 1964, when Jean inherited the dukal thorne from his mother Charlotte.
But it isnt a kingdom and he only counts kingdoms
@Fan NDF patrilineally, it is Bourbon-Parma (traced back in male line). Although GD Jean became ruler because of his mother, not his father.
Father of GD Jean -> Felix of House Bourbon-Parma.
Mother of GD Jean -> Charlotte of House Nassau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
@@visenyatargaryen9130 yes but the paternal side is not acknowledged and according to them it’s Nassau not bourbon Parma.
@@barnaby4232 they have "de Nassau" as their surname but they still carry the Y chromosom from Hugh Capet (if and only if there was no hidden illegitimate children haha)
@@visenyatargaryen9130 yeh but while interesting is that something that really matters lol I mean that doesn’t make they actual members of the house if they don’t call themselves it.
One minor detail about the house of Oldenburg in Denmark: We currently have a queen, with her oldest son set to succeed her, so while the house of Oldenburg has ruled until preset it's actually coming to an end. The queens husband was Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. His house is NOT looked on favorably by historians, as it was created by imperial decree in 1860, and was apparently a family of commoners until then.
Another fun exercise could be to take a noble and see how many times their family tree leads back to a common ancestor like one of the early french monarchs or h.r. emperors - and in how many layers said ancestor occurs. Given how much we talk about royal inbreeding, the result has to be a fairly scary picture ...
It is NOT the Oldenburgs reining in Denmark - it is the Glückburgs, and has been that since 1863! Frederik 7th was the last Oldenburg king in Denmark!
When there’s a female monarch her kids are of her house not their spouses, he used the exception to this rule in the last few centuries, Margrethe’s son doesn’t even include his father house on his coat of arms.
@@Jorn41 The Gluckburgs are Cadet Branch of the Oldenburgs.
@@barnaby4232 no, her kids are members of her husband's house obviously.
@@enei7714 her husband doesn’t have a house and when the monarchs a women they usually belong to her house anyway
You covered the topic very well, and remained as objective as a subjective topic could be. I liked the slight change in format, to add variety. Great job! Looking forward to next week!
Fantastic video! Didn’t know that Navarre lasted as independent kingdom for a while in the French territories after the main land was annexed by Ferdinand of Aragon. But apparently King Henry lV of France was originally King Henry the lll of Navarre!
Also, I made the discovery that the House of Bragança is also a direct male line from the Capet dynasty. The founder of the House of Bragança was a son of the first Aviz King. So the Capet rule in Portugal was not until 1580, but all the way until 1853 (It died out after Maria II).
That also means they ruled over brazil
it didnt die out after Maria II. Her sons were also from the House of Brangança and it was still considered to be that house up until the end of the monarchy (so 1910).
The reason here is that the succession laws in Portugal would allow her sons to be considered of the same house as hers.
A new house could be considered to be created from House of Bragança (house of Maria II) and House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (house of Fernando II), however, it was considered that her descendants were from House Bragança (as allowed by the law).
So technically the Capet rule in Portugal lasted for the entirety of the Portuguese mornarchy, excluding the 3rd dynasty (which was during the Iberian Union).
And technically the House of Bragança still exists, but obviously we have no monarchy anymore, so asically they have no power, but they are still alive.
summary: all european thrones are in possession of german descendants
Sad italian noises
always have been
That's not true, Frenchies have Spain and Monaco too
@@abdelnasserwardani3346 and Luxembourg technically.
Wut? Beyond the British royal family, who else are german descendents?
Les Capet en premier, ça fait du bien à l'ego merci bro
France toujours premier.
Non seulement ils sont les premiers, mais en plus c'est la seule dynastie nationale.
Les Capétiens sont Français quand les autres pays ont tous des Allemands.
surtout l'angleterre.
@@lecapetien3223 Edward VIII se sentait plus allemand qu’anglais. C’est pourquoi il a donné les plans de défense de la France à l’Allemagne...
Vive les Capets !
@@AntonioTripodi17 they said they are the best , the first ones in the ranking , and French ones (Capet), while the rest of dynasties are germans , including in Britain (german royal house)
Hi. I’ve been following you for quite a long time, but it’s a shame that I saw this video only today. Thank you.
What really draw my attention is most of those houses originated in around 980 -1030. Maybe you should create special video about those years?
I'm sad that the House of Jagiellon didn't make it to the list. Cool video nevertheless.
we need a Jagiellon :(
2 countries only my Polish friends, or is it 3?
@@LA-MJ Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Grand Duchy of Lithuania - its 2 countries?
@@LA-MJ 4 & cousin in Republic of Novgorod
Olaf Widuliński He’s only counting kingdom and above
What about House Jagiellon, which lasted a few centuries and ruled over most of eastern Europe and a lot of the Balkans?
Their rule wasn't very long and they would control countries like Bohemia and Hungary only every now and then so in the end they weren't that big dynasty
They were big between 15th and 16th century, but after 1526 they stayed just in the PLC. The dynasty wasnt that long lived too, compared to those on this list. They are maybe a honorable mention worthy dynasty.
that was only lithuania and poland
in croatia we call them Jagelović
@@Jure-xc4no cool! In Poland we call them "Jagiełło"
I completely agree with your top 3! Brilliant video!
This is such a great and useful video! Thank you sir!
When he said that someone from the house of Wettin sits on Europe's most important throne he must have been referring to Belgium, no doubt.
Belgium you mean that French region under the Netherlands ?
In addition to the reasons you've given to put the house of Capet in number one, I'd say that the Capets ruled over Spain, Portugal and France during the pike of their colonial empires. Therefore, the Capets have ruled over a bigger variety of territories than the Hasburgs, also out of Europe.
The current King of Spain, Philip VI is a Capet, branch Bourbon.
Actually it was under the hasburgs that spain was at the peak of it's power, the just discovered the americas
@@drose6437 Not exactly. The Americas were discovered during the reign of Isabel I, a Trastámara (Trastámara was a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea), as the next Queen, his daughter Jane I (Isabel's husband was a Trastámara, too). Yeah, the main branch of the Augsburgs ruled during the building of the Spanish empire, but with important ups and downs of power during their 200 years of government. But no, the Spanish empire was still a preeminent militar and political power when the Bourbons took the power - and it still remained thus for another 120 years. In fact, that was possible because the first Bourbons introduced some important reforms in order to stabilized the empire after half a century of continuous declining.
Anyway, thank you for your answer. ^^
@@Termosugus Well, I agree with you that the Bourbon dinasty introduced important changes in the empire that ended lots of the problems the Austrias had, but its true that Spain passed to be the hegemonic power of europe to a secondary power when they started to reign even if it was because the treaty of Ultretch took most part of the spanish territories in Europe. But they were far better monarchs than the Habsbourgs.
The pike of French colonial empire is not 17th or 18th century, but the late 19th. But yes France was the strongest European cournty on ground during 16th 17th and 18th due to its huge demographic advantage
Fun fact : The house of Nassau's coat of arm is very similar from the one of the french region of "Franche-comté". The actual logo of Peugeot comes from this particular caot of arm.
Ta photo de profil est fantastique, terror belli decus pacis x Z0ZZ
@@GuillaumeT96 based
"Je maintiendrai".
Si seulement ce benêt de Louis XV avait accepter la Belgique et les Pays-bas, il a détruit le Royaume de France.
CK2 also has #1 Capet and #2 Habsburg. Nice 😁
Queen Elizabeth dying? Pffff please we all know she's immortal.
Next to our Juan Ponce Enrile I’m sure those two would see the world end before dying
@@marloyorkrodriguez9975 senator Immortal
Irish Irish undying to be exact
@@marloyorkrodriguez9975 God save Senator Enrile😂
They can only be one!
House of jagiellonian? They ruled poland,lithuania, bohemia and hungary
The European equivalent of ruling Oklahoma.
At least he should have replaced the Hohenzollerns with the Jagellon or the Vasa.
@@RainApprehensive more like most of the midwest since the commonwealth was essentially the bread basket of europe and the main exporter of food to western europe
Alexander Johansson tbh between the end of the viking era and the rise of Sweden as a military super-power, those kingdoms were far more important than the Scandinavian ones.
@@mateusz73 I think he meant to say that both were predominantly plains
Maybe he's talking at the end about the Julio-claudian dynasty of the roman empire
no probably carolingians. all european royal houses have some connection to them. carloman is the father of all europe.
@@balerionthedreadful You meant Charlemagne right? Wtf says Carloman was the father of Europe.
I think he means the house of Lorraine.
@@christiansciberras7107 Yes but thats not something "Undiscovered", his gonna reveal info that NO ONE has found.
I was looking at some old Roman dynasty but none ruled for long enough to rival Capet or Hapsburg. None in old Rome before the Republic, after Julius Caesar in West or East up to the Ottamans.
What a great job! Clear and efficient! All my congratulations!
Gotta go with Capet seeing as various lines have reigned in thrones across Europe.
I'm still waiting for House Baker to bump Capet off the throne.
Hehe
What do you mean?
So glad Savoy made it to the top 🇫🇷♥️🇮🇹 🏔
@Mister Rainforest If you try hard enough, you can be part of any houses.
Well, oldest dinasty still alive and quite succesfull if you think that they started from a small duchy
@@blackpaint9093 they all started from a small duchy or count
@@Chris-hp9be Well, really, most of them started out as German adventurers.
Clear and no goofy schtick. I appreciate it.
I discovered your channel a couple days ago. I am very visually oriented and love charts and maps. I am of the house of Capet maternally and still own estate in eastern Belgium. Thanks for this breakdown.
So you are s royal?
This video is amazing! It's very informational and the map diagram showing their kingdoms was really well designed and you're familt trees are reakyy good
The way « Zweibrücken » was pronounced caught me off-guard
The rest of German pronunciation doesn't inspire either
I feel like English speakers like to pretend when they try to pronounce french words to sound fancy but completely butcher the pronunciation of other languages
Yeah, he totally miss pronounced shithole. The city has been in decline ever since the American base had been decommissioned. The city can't even afford to clear the roads in winter and the train station looks like it just barely survived world war 2.
@@boomerix good
Me too..
Isabella and Fernando did have a son , who even came of adult age . I feel like it’s important enough to note that he died , and he was their only son.
I love that you kept it strictly agnatic. Loved this video in general! I also agree completely that the Capet deserve the laurels here. The Kings of France also have a much stronger religious and cultural impact than the Habsburgs.
France mostly catholic.for century .Site of pope ..castle...
France is indeed the elder daughter of the church
People now forget that France was the Birthplace of Chivalry and was the most influencal kingdom in Europe during the middle ages.
I'll take a guess at the missing family : the Flavian dynasty (Roman Empire)
I think a couple of these houses are actually related. Since he said we have to think about houses in a different way it might be that a couple of these are all part of the same house.
@@nicholaslombardo2775 dude that’s not a theory it’s true
Only 3 Emperors aren't enough.
@@Normal_user_coniven many more are related, everyone with "Flavius" somewhere in their name
If it wasn't for that I'd have put the Julio-Claudians or the Nervo-Antonines if I had to pick a roman dynasty. But even then, no roman dynasty taken separately can rival House Capet. So I picked a house that might have an argument at being linked to most of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, which has been missing the entire time.
I bet it's the Julio-Claudian
Glad someone noticed the Oldenburgs. However often royal houses can fade in and out while being Nobles and yet still exert much power. This was certainly the case for Bavaria.
A very good video! But I must point a mistake: I am from Romania and I know for sure that the house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen started to rule our country from 1866. However, until 1877 Romania wasn't independent, so this is the true year from when king Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen started to rule in Romania.The year 1881 isn't correct. I hope that I helped you and others with this small detail.
Maybe because Romania became Kingdom only in 1881. Until then it was a Principality and Carol I was principe or domnitor, but not yet king.
@@alexbardas724 Yes. I chose 1881 because this video only counts kings and emperors, not princes.
roman bysantines known as slavic romanians were want to know their neighbours the schwabenburgians, the german swan shield region. obviously as a british i m ignorant but the reason your austrian friends ,,, held sway, way to go pan germanism, they could just state pew on the iron guard , and rule from wein, austria is a shitsh8w tbh, but roman girls are awesomeness inxarnate.
godbless latin romany.
@@adamant7794 what?
When I saw your thumbnail, Capet was the first house I thought of. Glad I’ve learned something watching all these videos 😂
Great video.
But question, Grand Duke (title of the head of state of Luxembourg) is also a Capetian by strict male line.
He is a member of the Bourbon-Parme (cadet branch of the House of Bourbon).
That's not a kingdom tho, in the video he explained he would just take the kingdoms or empires in consideration
@@sixtealbisetti2480 but the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is a Head of state just like the Kings (outside the HGE) and Emperors
@@lecapetien3223 True, but he didn't include a title like Archduke either for the Habsburgs
@@thethirdsicily4802 ok, did not know that
Great video!
“Oldenburg has been reigning over Denmark for a whopping 572 years”
Yamato: “Hold my beer”
Yeah.... But actually not know the whole and real storie. Not Mention he's huge Knowledge about Kingdom bravo my hat off, but little mistake i got to point. because the danish Kingdom familie is way back to the year of 800 from Gorm and Harald blaatand (Last viking king) and of same familie stil on the Throne today. More than, 1.250 + years....... so the oldest monarci in the world. And not to forgot this year 2020 the Danish flag celebrate 800th birthday and the oldest in the world too. Still UK Greece and some few more, is as old but not with the same familie on the Throne today..
They reign Japan, supposedly, since the 7th century BC
@@banjobro800 Denmark is the oldest continuous monarchy, but it's not the overall oldest, as the Norwegian monarchy predates the Danish. By looking at the formation of the three Scandinavian countries, Norway is also the oldest.
@@moflataker I do not know where you got that information from ... but you're completely wrong. just to go back some time in history,Norway became independent when the Danes liberated Norway, in 1905. Even there it was still a Dane who took the throne and still of Danish descent .. In all the countless wars between Denmark and Sweden, Norway has been thrown like a dice about who has had power over Norway .. there is at no time of the well written and documented paper, that Norway is by far the oldest kingdom. Even the very first king in Norway was Danish. Your entire history through time has been marked by Danish and Swedish. In other words, Norway is at no time the oldest kingdom has the oldest flag country or city of the same name if it is to be added.. (når det så er sagt ser jeg Danmark Norge Sverige Island som et folk da vi er så tæt beslægtet gennem tiden, og jeg personligt er stolt af hele Skandinavien og dets folk . 😉✊)
@@banjobro800 see my comment here. I was sure it was Oldenburg
I’m kind of disappointed by the absence of the Jagiellonian dynasty. It ruled Poland and Lithuania for almost two hundred years and had a period when it also expanded into thrones of Bohemia and Hungary. You could also count the 70 year long rule of the Polish Vasas, so Sigismund III and his two sons as semi-Jagiellonians, as mother of Sigismund was a sister of the last Polish ruler of that dynasty.
The Jagiellonians were relatively short-lived in comparison to other European dynasties, but had a massive impact on Central-Eastern Europe and reigned during the period of Poland’s greatest power, cultural and economic prosperity.
The Vasas was of the house of... Vasa.
I believe he included only presently ruling and/or surviving dynasties. I'd love to be corrected but I believe Jagellons are died out in agnatic line for quite some time now.
But still, he didnt even include jagiellonian dynastic emblem in the beginning which is just sad
I agree. Bump.
Iceland was an independent Kingdom in a personal union with Denmark from 1918 to 1944 so Oldenburg had one more kingdom
Bravo pour l"énorme travail 👏
I'm from Saxony and also used to be in Thuringia where Gotha is and which I used to visit multiple times a year so that house is especially interesting to me.
Even though my specific city wanted nothing to do with royalty or at least as little as possible compared to places like Dresden.
Yay! Oldenburg rocks! It's so rare to find my hometown on a top ten list for anything not related to bicycles or Grünkohl; this actually had me with my hands up in the air 😉 I wish, every Oldenburger would watch this video, because this is known way too little. The most "important" fact I learned about local history in school was the length of the mane and tail of one counts favourite horse (not kidding).
I always enjoy your approach and how you explain your reasoning behind it. There are few absolutes in history so transparent reasoning is really what matters.
It's a good thing that "we" (Danish here) nabbed UK, because by this logic the Danish branch will die out in 20 or so years (our queen is 80!) and the Norwegian branch will die out in 80-90 years. There is ofc the Greek branch, but I don't think they will return as rulers of Greece or any place really.
@@annejeppesen160 Denmark has never owned the UK or even England, the DaneLaw eventually carved out an area in Northumbria and temporarily took lands in east Anglia from the Anglo-Saxons which eventually defeated them before themselves being conquered by the Normans, the Normans don't count as Danes by 1066 as they were a separate Kingdom as they were mostly French and French speaking and also catholic, the Duke of Normandy William the Bastard was only a descendant of the Danes and not Danish he was born in the Duchy of Normandy loyal to the King of France. saying William was a Dane is like saying i'm African. its not true
Cool video! Canadian here, and studied at the University of Oldenburg - I too was raising my fists with joy when Oldenburg came up on the list.
When Prince Charles becomes king he will also be King of Canada! Kind of great to have an Oldenburg presence in the country of my birth!
Oldenburg!!! Wenn Graf Anton Günther wüsste, wo Oldenburg in der Zukunft herrschen würde…
@@annejeppesen160 don't they rule United Kingdom now?
spoiler alert: he leaves it on a cliffhanger
just like call of duty ghosts
It's the house of Jesus Christ.
@@CallieMasters5000 well 1. He wasn't a king and 2. Not european. But your comment made me laugh! :)
Spoiler: Best house is deep house ;)
@@cunningdingo2541 but the Pope is a European sovereign, without the Pope there was no HRE. If you can appoint and emperor, you're probably higher in rank.
If you can make the case they belong to the same house (through apostolic succession), then you have a very powerful reigning monarch of the house of God (or Christ, pick one).
Very fair, not just brave. Thanks for the clear and lucid presentation.
Me, a czech: sees bohemian lion and instantly cliks on the vid
An important thing I think you missed with the House of Hannover, was that when Queen Victoria became Queen of the UK, she did not become the Monarch of Hannover, which William the IV was, because by the laws of Hannover, a woman could not ascend to the monarchy, while in the UK, they could. Thus William IV was the last King of the UK who was _also_ the King of Hannover (which interestingly was also a Kurfürst, which granted him rights to vote for the next German Kaiser, had one needed to be elected in his lifetime.)
It might have been nice to accent him in the lineage map to show that the monarchy diverged at that point in time, between his two successors, Queen Victoria, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hannover.
So, he does get to this. It’s just later. I’m just thinking the chart that shows the descent of Queen Victoria could have used including the head of the House of Hannover as well, to show how the titles split.
There's a little mistake here which is that the King of Hannover was not a Prince-Elector (Kurfürst) because Hannover only became a Kingdom AFTER the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire so there weren't any Electors or an Emperor who needed to be elected anymore at that time.
The last British-Hannoverian monarch who held the title of Prince-Elector was George III. when Hannover was still part of the Holy Roman Empire and not yet a Kingdom but an Electorate officially being called Electorate of Brunswick and Lüneburg. After the Dissolution of the HRE George III. changed his title from "Prince-Elector and Archtresurer of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg etc." to "King of Hannover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg etc." dropping the title of Prince-Elector for good so none of his successors including William VI. were ever styled as such and most certainly didn't participate in the election of an Emperor since there was not Emperor anymore until the formation of the German Reich 1871 whose Emperors like infamous Wilhelm II. were hereditary and not elected. Also Hannover didn't exist anymore by the time the Reich was formed, having been annexed by Prussia whose King was in personal Union German Emperor.
I wish I could have seen this video. When I clicked on it, this appeared: “Removed by decree of Her Majesty Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina, Sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma, Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.”
((thhough the titel of emperor did technically own her husband she was technically just the wife of the emperor))
(though it was a martinally marriage so the emperor was still an habsburg)
@Il Bugiardo dell'Umbria thank you!!!
@@sergeantsharkseant Maria Theresia was the legal "owner" of the Habsburg teritorries. Including Kingdoms.
The holy roman empirer was elected and only a man could get it.
@@marialana3502 indeed that is correct she ruled above the habsburgisn lands but her husband was the emperor though she was the ruler of her realm
This is a great video!
I just think it's funny how these houses tried so hard to go down in history, and were so competitive with one another to be the best, and UsefulCharts just makes the video and walks away.
Famalie FEUD...millions dyed!
Every cultured person knows about the ancestral house that ruled over the place they live in
Maybe he discovered that everyone is a direct male line descedant of Otzi, from the House of the Ice Man.
Ötzi
Don't expect Capet in first place.... and I like it ! French dynasty over all ! And your prononciation of Capétien is pretty perfect for a non-french speaker, good job.
Come on it was totally expected. The Capetian Dynasty and the House of Habsburg are often regarded as the greatest royal dynasties in European history. If one is ranked 2nd, the other would be 1st haha.
he is canadian
That was insightful!
Capet hands down. Habsburg comes in as a good second.
Habsburgs are iconic tho
habsburg lothringen is basically habsburg.... at capet the other names also countet, but for habsburg not....
Habsburg are legendary
@@koy1886 Yeah for their silly faces 😅
The Wittelsbach also had a King of Greece, Otto I.
I wonder if the slightly different way to look at royal houses is to think about matrilineal houses, and if there is one matrilineage that has noticeably more rulers in it than any other?
Maybe all of them can trace themselves to a single matriarch?
I would say queen Victorias line would have a good shot at being the most successful matrilineal royal lineage in European history. Her descendants currently occupy the thrones of the majority of Europe's remaining monarchies the UK, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and Sweden, and previously ruled Russia and Germany as well. And that's all only a few generations removed from her.
@@Alexander-tu3iv There are only five Kings who are part of Queen Victoria's direct matrlineal descent, that is to say that if you trace their mother, and her mother, and her mother etc you hit Queen Victoria at some point.
They are:
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
/Prussia
King Georgios II of the Hellenes
King Alexandros of the Hellenes
King Michael of Romania
King Pavlos of the Hellenes
You could also add to that the following heads of other royal houses, though as they are not kings or emperors they do not meet Matt's criteria as laid out in this video:
Duke Amadeo of Savoy-Aosta
Landgrave Moritz of Hesse
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
Furst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Margrave Maximilian of Baden
And of course there are one or two who should have become monarchs but died before they had the chance, most famously the Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, but also a future Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt lost with his family in the plane crash of 1937, and one or two others.
If you are counting Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain etc then you are looking at all her descendants rather than just the matrilineal ones, but I don't think this will be what Matt will do, as the descendants of Queen Victoria could then easily be beaten by the descendants of say William the Conqueror, or Charlemagne (Victoria's descendants being a subset of both), or Gengis Khan, so that just comes down to who is significant enough far enough back to be the ancestor of all royal houses, which is probably not what Matt means.
The monarchs of Belgium and Luxembourg are not actually descendants of Queen Victoria.
Maybe its a european house that went on to rule other parts of the world?
Alexander it would probably still be the Capets or the Habsburgs tbh
I always found it interesting that german nobles used their state or region in their names. I never knew the British did it as well.
Nobles everywhere did it bro
The house of Luxembourg is also a agnatic branch of House of capet.
Bourbon-Nassau
He only put kingdoms