The Deranged Queen Called “The She-Wolf Of France”
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- Isabella of France began her life as an innocent French maid, and ended it as one of the most ruthless monarchs England ever saw.
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Let's not confuse cruelty, lust for power, and ruthlessness with strength.
Whether Edward and Piers Gaveston were lovers, adoptive brothers, or just close friends, it doesn’t seem to have been their intimacy that the barons objected to. Rather, it was Edward’s blatant favoritism to Gaveston in matters of patronage that led them to rebel.
@@censusgary Oh, they were definitely butt buddies. No serious historian I’ve ever heard about has questioned this.
Flamers were quite common amongst the males of the aristocracy, in the UK and Europe. Studying certain portraits of royal males, also clues us in.
In fact, it lead to the extinction of certain Royal Houses of old, due to a lack of progeny.
@@ZarpSterr lol.Flamers! I haven't heard that in a while. Benders seems to have taken over.
@@TomLaios Haven't previously heard it at all! Benders, yes, plus a whole lot of other terms, but never flamers.
@@Krzyszczynski pillow biters,midnight visitors to vegemite valley, poofta, poof, but these days LGMQTI++ etc.
The actress who played Isabella is a real beauty herself ❤.
Who was she?
@@mikeneill6813Sophie Marceau
@ Thankyou. Regards.
@@laska747Oh hell yeah!
An absolute stunner
She was not deranged. Isabelle was a great queen. Sent to England at the age of 12 years she was left aside, neglected and humilated. And finally they took her kids away. But she prevailed. Compared to Edward II she had the bigger balls.....
Her name's Isabelle, not Isabeau ! Isabeau is the nickname of the infamous Elisabeth von Wittelsbach-Ingolstadt, wife of Charles VI, who nearly sold France to England. But i agree withe the rest of what you said. And above all, Isabelle was everything but deranged !
@@laurentdevaux5617 T´as raison. Ma faute. Je corrige.....
"Isabelle was a great queen" Can't have been that great a queen when she pissed everyone off including her son during her rule as regent.
That sounds like feminist justification of terrible actions.
@@mystikmind2005 Not to mentioned probably played a role in Edward II's murder (or exile).
I used to live near to where Piers Gaveston was executed by the Earl of Warwick, who he named the Black Dog of Arden, and other lords. The inscription on the memorial reads: "In the hollow of this rock was beheaded on the 17 day of July 1312, by barons lawless as himself, Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, the minion of a hateful king, in life and death a memorable instance of misrule".
But your info wasn’t coincident with clickbait.
the key words >>> " by barons lawless as himself."
Yes, just a bunch of criminals who dressed well.
Nothing much has changed, to this day.
In English, or French?
@@ZarpSterr What a mischaracterization! Those criminals were upper management and performed many functions. Those who wish to eat the rich don't know how bad- bad can get.
@@brianpeck4035 And that excuses their behaviour because they're "upper" management and rich.....really.
Blood thirsty ancient nobles or blood thirsty modern politicians, nothing has changed.
that is because those guys and our guys serve the money that gives them power.
What politicians are bloodthirsty ? Who are you talking about ?
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LOL. Right. People are still living in hovels with near starvation levels of nutrition. Slavery and serfdom are everywhere. There are only three levels of society with different rules and no one can better themselves because they have zero access to education or free time. Are you ok?
@@steveclapper5424 Typo? "revere" Regards.
I knew nothing about this Queen's history. Very interesting, and very well done, James. Per usual!
On Audible, there is a book called The Three Edwards. It contains a detailed narrative of Edward II and Isabella.
She certainly was not deranged. Her husband was irresponsible and unfit to rule. And she had a lot of support for that view
Also Edward is in love with Piers Gaventon. Önce Edward gave all her money to him
Mortimer became her lover.
Braveheart might not been accurate but the story was very good was one of the greatest movies of all time for Scotland's Independence
Pretty stupid of her sisters-in-laws to give their knight lovers such easy identificatable gifts.
Especially, considering how hypocritical Isabella had her own lovers, on the sly.
I suppose they just assumed, well she does, so can we.
Mirror,Mirror on the Wall, who is the fairest of them all...asked Isabella.
NOT YOU !.....but O, your Sisters-in-law are SUPER-hot.
That's what threw her into a rage.
the knights / lovers were out of their minds displaying their 'souvenirs' on top of their clothing, in either England or France.
IT must have been done deliberately for some reason, but the plan went wrong for them.
Are the 'enactments' shown part of a film or drama? If so, what was it please??
@@ZarpSterr - not sure I'll sit through the video. They may be called nobility but if you describe in plain words how these royals operated, without any reference to nobility, and ask someone read that and to tell you how they would call that, I'm sure one of the descriptions would read "organised crime" or "mafia".
Second, what your Latin teacher never told you ... "she-wolf" is a translation of Latin "lupa". Roman mythology tells that the city of Rome got founded by two guys, Romulus and Remus, who had been raised by a "lupa".
These two are depicted as toddlers getting nursed by a female wolf.
Well, the Latin word "lupa" was "code" and used to reference female prostitutes or nymphomaniacs. In Roman times, prostitution was forbidden but as long as it was kept below the radar, it was not prosecuted.
Advertising it was forbidden, except in graveyards. And this is where archaeologists have found "business cards". Imagine a business card of the time that reads something like "Giulia - doggy - 200". Name, specialisation, price. When my guide and university teacher of Latin told me that on a visit of a graveyard in Rome, my response was, "ah, now I understand the deeper meaning in the bible of "what do you search the living among the dead - and the debate among theologians that women in the new testament may have been prostitutes!"
Well, nothing new. Go to the oldest parts of Los Angeles and find streets with a woman's, girl's, name. In the migration waves to the West, gold diggers and other opportunists, there were few women there and lots of men. The streets got named after a woman that "worked a street" maybe as boss of a house where women work lying down in order to keep standing in life.
If way back, Isabella was called "she-wolf" then she was not so subtly accused of screwing around. Considering people's attitudes towards sexuality and marriage in the Middle Ages, the question is if that was actually said in her time, or only later, by hysterians.
@@carolinejohnson22 They are scenes from the Mel Gibson movie, "Braveheart."
She didn't resort to anything. She simply reported her suspicions to her father the French King. He made his own decisions and owns the consequences.
The little girl went running to Daddy is what you are saying.
She didn't have to report anything, though. She made a choice. It's weird when people don't acknowledge or even realize how cruel and corrupt most royalty were. She's not a saint and being cruel is not "strength". Screw off with that BS. Can't stand the glorification of royals. They control the narrative and most will be too egotistical to ever paint themselves as flawed and in the wrong which they often were, including Isabella.
Lets be honest Edward the second was no prize and a sorry weak ruler. I blame him for all the troubles during that period. If he had his wits together and put his kingdom first and treated his wife well, things would have been very different
He was outrageous. He gave her wedding gifts to his current boyfriend and ignored his new wife .
ABSOLUTELY, I CONCUR! SHE WASN'T MAD. SHE WAS PISSED and with good reason.
I doubt it. If it wasn't the Flamer problem, it would have been something else.
There were the dissident Barons, problems with France, and many other Psychopathic-Narcissistic reasonings.
These "royals" were always at each other's throats.
Back-stabbing, plotting, for personal advancement.
The usurpers of the Norman invasion of 1066, had created all manner of hidden and serpentine behaviour.....after wiping out the original English Royals.
Land-grabs, and other piratical behaviour.
Agreed and he was flaunting his way love affair as well
Check the excellent play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe.
Don't envy those who lived back then. Not even rich royalty.
KEEP THIS BRUTAL MEDIEVAL HISTORY COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the name she wolf is a compliment.
Right? I know that I'd be complimented by being called a she wolf instead of just drop dead gorgeous all the time... 😂😂😂😂
Admirers of Queen Boudica unite!
She has been called _The Harlot Queen._
And no relation that I know of....
Why do they insult women or wolves ?
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Wasn’t she a granddaughter of Cu Chullain?
People were so cruel to each other, even and especially sometimes the well-to-do. Killing your mother's lover because you want power seems pretty ruthless, along with some of the very gruesome death's these people suffered.
AWESOME narration!!!!! Kudos.
"Les rois maudits" give a depiction of what happened with Edwards II.
As far as I'm concerned, being called "the she wolf of France" is awesome.
Rumours at the time say he was killed by a hot poker up the bum.not by Isabella but angry lords who disputed his favouritism to piers and homosexuality.
Thank you for this wonderful information on this part of english history.
What. What you told.
Us was much better than what the title said. Thank you. And yes, I have been a subscriber to you for a very long time. Always look forward to your videos.❤
We must not forget that Philip IV of France, (Philip the Fair), who was chronically short of money, had the Knights Templar in France arrested on October 13, 1307, had them tortured to confess to all sorts of heretical acts, then burned alive. Then he confiscated all their wealth and property. It is believed he did this because he had borrowed money from them and did not want to pay it back. So Isabella knew what he was capable of when she reported the possible affairs. Even though the husbands, who were also given embroidered purses, could have given them to the knights as gifts, they were just assumed guilty.
Wouldn't the husbands have spoken up about that? ...assuming they both didn't have any clear reason to get rid of their wives or those particular knights.
er.....there was a lot more evidence than that. They used to hang out in a tower together. La Tour de Nesle near one of the gates of Paris. And were caught doing just that. So it wasn't just about embroidered purses that Isabelle had given her sister's in law. In short the knights weren't caught in the Tour de Nesle hanging out with the princes. But rather the princesses.
Also I have never read that she gave the same purses to her brothers. Source please? And even if she did, were they all the same design? I doubt you would give ladies and gentlemen the exact same design and colour purses in the 14th century. Any more than you would in any other century including today.
She recognised the gifts as the purses she had given her sister's in law. And reported same to her father. Who had them all followed and gathered the additional evidence. So lets stop with the "they were just assumed guilty" nonsense
@@jcf9499 one of the husbands did. Frankly there was too much incriminating evidence.
He never got anywhere near a fraction of the wealth he expected them to have.
Either they really WERE keeping their vows of poverty and only using the minimum funding to maintain their armor and weapons, or the legend of their hidden treasure is true. But IF it is true, I lean more towards the theory that the Mali sultan, Mansa Musa stumbled across it before any Templar survivors could reclaim it on an island off the coast of Spain during a raiding expedition.
The island is known to have been an alternate rest stop for crusaders if they didn’t want to rest at Gibraltar if they had rivals there.
@eldermillennial8330 not sure why you drag Mansa Musa into this. Other than some vaguely racist reasoning that an African King can only get rich by stealing from somebody. He owned huge mines. He didnt need Templar wealth.
As for why the Templars didnt have " a lot of portable riches" the answer is simple. They operated as a corporation and no corporation ever has a lot of ready cash lying about. Otherwise they are not doing their job.
Wealth is tied up in assets like land and buildings. Or lent out to creditors. And any portable valuables/relics were taken out before SHTF.
Then the land/buildings were seized. And creditors lay low and pretended they didnt owe a penny. Its obvious King Phillip already had a sizeable portion of Templar wealth as a loan. Which he never repaid.
To sum up corporations have assets and liabilities and rarely keep huge amounts of cash/gold or portable wealth. Because its not efficient. Its dead wealth. It only yields a return as an asset or a loan.
The content of the video is better than the silly, misleading, clickbait title.
Pink crushed velvet! Maybe in the sixties, but not in medieval England. If Braveheart got anything right, it was an accident.
Awww, a butt hurt British sympathizer…😆🤣😂
Isabella was not deranged, she was fed up.
Everything she had inherited, all of her clothes, all of her jewels and even her footstool were taken from her and given to Edwards "favorite" Piers Galveston.
Hubby didn't understand that playing by his rules was going to end him.
After the execution of Piers Galveston, he got even worse with the DeSpensers.
He simply got what was coming to him.
Yup the footstool would "do it" for me too.
@@mikeneill6813 right? Enough is enough already!
Losing 2 billion dollars worth of land, property, armies, jewelry, jeweled books from her uncle the Pope didn't do it. But losing that footstool.....
She doesn’t sound deranged to me. She sounds intelligent
You all should read “Les rois modits” by Maurice Druon , you can have a more complete story of what happened to Isabelle , this is one pf my favorite serie of books
Pakylousy. Les rois maudits.
There's a sea of lies about Isabelle of France concoted by the British haters at court. Edward was a deviant man, a demeaning husband & a monstrous oppressor of his subjects, so much so that the populace welcomed the Queen with open arms when she came back from exile and defeated her husband to prepare the throne for her son. Her life did not become easier or less controversial in the wake of it, but we do know that she spent her latter years in piety and building churches all over England.
Thank you for a very informative video.
It seems that this is why queens move more powerfully than kings on a chessboard. The Isabella the chess queen is based on was the wife of Ferdinand of Spain. This Isabelle can just as easily be a chess queen as well.
Nice analogy. And the King has to be protected. Thankyou.
The King is always in Charge. 🤴🏼👑
The Queen is always in Control. 👸🏻👑
Calling the queen Isabelle deranged is an insult. If there was someone deranged in her couple, it's Edward, not her. i would even dare to say that the real man was her, at least in terms of governance and intelligence, not her husband. And she never was called "She-wolf of France" during her lifetime, this nickname was created much after
I wouldn’t call Edward deranged either. He was just weak and probably gay as well.
How can anyone justify calling Edward deranged? Give me one argument to support that.
If she were a man, they'd describe her as tough, decisive or brutal but for women it's "deranged, overly emotional" yada yada bullsh-t.
Half of these idiots get their opinions from the fact that one of them was a man and the other a strong independent powerful woman, so best ignore it@@roberthudson3386
Thanks for the history lesson. 🤔
That was very interesting. 😃
Even today people want to speak of the sins of the woman while taking up for the weak man.
If he screwed around because he wasn’t interested in her, I feel that she had every right to seek happiness elsewhere too. Unfortunately the world has been very misogynistic for a long time and women were treated a possessions.
Well, there’s plenty of sinning women throughout history. The idea all women are angels is ridiculous. They can be just as nasty or worse than most men.
Any archaeologists or historians get around to giving Edward II's and Edward III's remains a DNA test to make sure they were father and son?
What a remarkable and chaos filled life she lived! If not for her greed and spending she might have retained a higher place and high esteem.That and her double standard when it came to adultery.
Brilliant I so love history. Can you put up the one about the 2 boys in the tower. Hi from Ireland 😊
Hi friend, search the web for a French soap opera called "Les Rois Maudits" it is adapted from the books by Maurice Druon an excellent author and historian, the English subtitles are available if like I think you do not speak French. You have everything, the trial of the Templars, the affair of the Tower of Nesle and the end of the King of England and his method of execution. Have fun.
Too bad much of history is written by "winners" and thus, often inaccurate.
Thank you for the beautiful music you had playing in the video. It was so lovely ❤❤
I'm so glad you mentioned this. It is very pretty 😊
I know right!? I absolutely enjoyed the music. It wasn't too loud & overbearing like some videos do
I had forgotten how historically inaccurate, but awesome, braveheart was.
What do you expect from Mel Gibson he is a moron
It was a ridiculous film. The events and characters were utterly inaccurate. Weapons, clothing, hairstyles, locations all wrong too. A Holywood travesty of history.
@@ruthbennett2019 Mel Gibson repeated this historical nonsense in “The Patriot”, which is just as awful.
It was a work of fiction, not a documentary. Just like all politics today.
Braveheart was nonsense
Let's be real, she went down as the woman who stepped up cus she had the misfortune to marry a gay, wussy king.
Alexander the Great conquered half the known world, he married for an heir, but set up statues of his male lover in every land he gained in war. Sexual preference has nothing to do with ambition.
@NyghtDarkwatch true, but note I said "Wussy" king. It's not just the fact he's only interested in guys, it's the fact he was a pretty weak ruler who gave in to his male lovers than actually rule.
Edward II had mistresses and sired an illegitimate son, so he was clearly not gay. Possibly bi, but there's also no real evidence that his relationships with his male favourites were sexual in nature.
@@NyghtDarkwatch he had more than one wife/concubine, at least 3 that we know of, so I suspect he was bi rather than gay.
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Depends on if he’s a top or bottom.
Alex was a top. Ed was a bottom.
A grizzly time to live . This was a most excellent explanation !
It's "grisly" not "grizzly", (a kind of bear!)
@@linshanhsiangthank you! this spelling error is always one of the more annoying ones
Where did the "deranged" part come in? Apparently, Isabella acted like every body else at power in her days, and for centuries to come!
She probably was deranged but so was damn near everyone else. Doesn't make it right or just, though.
The books by Maurice, Druon The Accursed Kings, are a really good insight into French History and Isabella.
She wasn't deranged, she had to step up in place of the weak king she was married to. Her ruthlessness and political acumen are to be expected, especially considering her upbringing (she was the most Philip-like of all of Philip Le Bel's children, and his treatment of the Templars says everything regarding his own ruthlessness).
Next someone will question the accuracy of Braveheart.
Braveheart isn't historically accurate, so lets just go with it 😂😂😂😂
Good visuals! 😀
Braveheart as history is a joke! The Scots would not have had any idea of "freedom" such as we do. They were a feudal society of loyalty to their clans.
Really enjoyed this, narrator is very good. Ill be backm 🙌🏻💚🇮🇪
Is he Irish? I love his accent
@yts70r135 hi, I haven't a clue could be or maybe not. But great voice for narrating. 🙌🏻💚🇮🇪
@@Tracey-t4n i absolutely agree. Take care. Happy new year.
@@yts70r135 James is a Scotsman. And, yes, he makes excellent videos. There's something about a Scottish accent!
@@yts70r135I think his accent is Scottish
Excellent. Subscribed.
Edward and Dispenser fled to Wales, I found out in my library they sought refuge in the Llyfi Valley and the village of Llan which is 5 miles from my home. There was a tree with vee shaped trunk that was a favourite spot for Edward to sit and ponder his future.
That overhead pic of the castle was that a 1300 model EV driving by. ? 😁
A brilliant fictionalised account of this period is Maurice Druon's "Les Rois Maudits" (The Cursed Kings) series of novels. The books cover all of the events discussed in this video, and considerably more. (as various other people have already mentioned, I see...)
17:02 She was the brother's sister, if my brother's wife cheated and I knew. I would tell him
Yeah but, their father was not just a parent but also ruler of France, so had a keen interest in who was spawning babies that, on the face of it, were in the line of succession to his throne. He'd probably have been pretty angry and/or ruthlessly violent if not told first.
Philip the Fair ?....he was no Brad Pitt.
Isabella the Vengeful.
Mommy the Homicided.
What a lovely family.
I wouldn't if it was going to get people killed. And it was clear people was going to die for it. Moreover, she took her own lover later. Hipocrital is what I call it.
I think she was a brave woman and I'm in her side against her husband. But she was prideful and she thought her french royal blood put her over everyone.
So let me get this straight. She gets her sisters in law into trouble for possible affairs but has no problem carrying on one herself !
Good documentary and thanks
King Edward ii, supposed to be killed by insertion of a red hot poker 1327. Historians not sure, but there is is.
That's what was taught in my history class.
I heard that too!
Me. three. But let's face it, if James had put that in the video, the minions of the YT Kingdom would have banned it or forced a blackscreen during the narration.
Insertion of a red hot poker.....thus confirming he was a notorious Flamer.
Yes, it seems appropriate.
That's the story told in Berkely Castle too, where Edward is said to have died.
I totally understand Isabella. I gave 2 dooney Burke handbags to my sis for xmas. She sold them. Wish I could do the same Isabella did. Good for her!! Those ingrate didn't deserve the handbag gifts she gave..
I would have sold them too
Why would anyone keep such crazy things
Anything trashy that I can get money for? Gone. I’m not a billboard lol
I found out that I am related to King Edward II, Queen Isabelle and her boyfriend. It would s always interesting that strong female leaders and rulers are often attacked because they weren't decorative arm candy, kept docile and had babies. She-Wolf is suppose to be a put down, but it is a compliment. The poor girl was married off at 12 to a man who was too occupied by his boyfriend and became a ruler till her son took over. She outsmarted her husband and others and figured out how to survive. I am proud of her!
Don't assign 21rst century ideas to medieval peoples. You were not the same, especially if that someone was a royal.
Grow up you silly girl. She was an extremely privileged woman who had all sorts of advantages in life and was probably not a very nice person as a result.
This video is so wrong. She wasn't "deranged" and she wasn't the one who ordered the punishment of her sister-in-law and their lovers.
“SHE WOLF…!” 😲😡😡
Had it sewed shut? People tend to think women cannot be too cruel.... The story from grade school; " the lady or the tiger" says it all.
How would they menstruate??? Infection would happen no doubt.
And we think our politicians are bad…
They are. But these days they have myriad ways of screwing each other over. "Drawing and Quartering" is messy and frowned upon. Regards.
You can't judge the past by todays standards!
Well, hell has no fury worse than….
A rumor about Edward II goes, that he was impaled with a redhot spit.
😮 Edward Longshanks that most brutal King that ever sat on the throne of England his son was gay and God bless her she was a great Queen
What happened were Isabella sisters in law fault, what were they thinking betraying the kings sons & not thinking of the consequences, it’s not Isabella fault that she had a brain.
You do a fantastic job…love the presentation and delivery 👏👏👏
Thank you for the great video, Hugh was one of my ancestors.
I am descended from Edward II and Isabella and had not heard about this piece history. Hope there are no hard feelings!
At the coronation of Edward II a wall collapsed killing a knight. Not an auspicious start to his reign!
The knights must have known where the purses came from, the entire court would have known. The courtiers had nothing more important in their lives at court, than tokens of royal respect, purse given from a Queen, to Princesses, would have been known on sight by hundreds of people.
For the knights to then wear them in public, at a reception the gifter was at, was no accident, it was a kind of taunt or boast, they expected them to be recognised.
I recommend the biography of Isabella She-Wolf of France,Queen of England by Alison Weir.
Sometimes it pays to read the comments before looking at the video!
They all had it coming after what she was put through
One of greatest most vicious women who made history
She was a fair maiden, compared to the De Medici women.
@ZarpSterr ofcourse she was different -blood thirsty and most vindictive nature cruel woman. But a different beast of different kind.
Edward the second was murdered at Berkeley castle and entombed at Gloucester cathedral I believe . Why Gloucester and not London ? Gloucester was and is a power house of the church , possibly the bishop of Gloucester , at the time , was more aligned with Edward;s family than other church men , all of whom had ties with powerful families . Of course the king's murder would be a state secret , that is why he so say was killed in a manner that showed no obvious wounds . Because of the secrecy we ate likely never to be completely sure of the real facts . A bit like JFK's murder more recently .
I subbed because you have worked hard to tell us this story as well as you can . Thank you .
Jump to 16:00ish for the pertinent info.
It would be good to provide the credits for the movie used for this video.
He did, braveheart
It,s from Braveheart maybe.
@@hildahilpert5018 Definitely Braveheart. It was my favorite movie when I was in my 20s (saw it in the movie theater 5 times).
This girl is Mary Poppins compared to Briggunda qween of the Frank's now she was really bad ass!
She did what she needed to do. Edward II was a weak king. If she hadn’t done what she did there probably wouldnt be an England today.
Though I wouldn't blame her for what happened to the knights and her sisters in law. She didn’t sign off on those executions or imprisonments. All she did was say her suspicions. Her father and brothers were responsible for their own responses to them.
Edward could have enjoyed living somewhere where he could hang out with the kinds of men he liked, sailors, laborers, etc, and drink as much as he liked. He was quite the drinker.
why did her son hate her? Did he resent her for how she treated his father? Or maybe he was jealous of Sir Roger, for taking all of his mother's love and attention. Perhaps he fell under the sway of her rivals at court. I would say maybe these are the thoughts that most tormented her in her seclusion - how did she lose the love of her son. Then she said f**k it, lets just make the best of it, I suppose. It seems her relationship with her father was one of considerable trust, though, despite his stern and intimidating exterior.
Isabella : Just Wow,
I know Braveheart is a movie. That being said, Isabella deserved a man like William Wallace. You said she had children, how could that have happened married to a guy who couldn't stand the sight of her? I have nothing but admiration for this bright, smart woman. I hope she did find love. We all deserve that.
Many gay men have managed enough sexual relations to father children
Before i ignore this video... she couldn't order a glass of juice in France, what she told her father isn't the same as her ordering it. We don’t know what she thought her father would do, but she didn't order his officials around.
Legitimate succession is still everything just people don't understand it anymore
Homosexual liaisons were not uncommon among the aristocracy. Why be coy about it?
Isabella was not deranged - she was a great queen who kept the throne together.
Uh, how about some real history? Kids were married at very early ages, some at 1 year old, to cement alliances. The rule with women/girls was no consummation before the "first bleeding".
There was one egregious example during those times that was so bad that it became history.
It's already dangerous to upset a normal woman these days, but to upset, flout and ignore a queen from one of the noblest houses in Europe in the Middle Ages... you had to expect certain problems.
How many women started wars in the 20th century? How many presided over civil wars within their own country?
It's been estimated over 180 million people died as a result of wars during the 20th century.
Now the President elect that ran on, "no new wars" is threatening THREE before he's even sworn into office.
I knew this video would have inaccuracies just from the misinformation in the teaser.
Isabella was 19 at the time: of course she relayed her suspicions to her father. He had an investigation done before the arrests. 2 of the 3 wives were found guilty, the knights confessed. The 3rd lady was found not guilty, she was supported by her husband.
Fast forward to 16 minutes for the story.
What a great waste of an excellent recounting of history-completely spoiled by the inclusion of clips from the insultingly stupid film-Braveheart. I found this very distracting from the voice-over narrative, which otherwise was excellent. Isabella would have been praised fir her strength if she were a man- but strong women were termed 'she-wolves'. A trend that continues even today.
Just the nobility being jerks, as always. Still the same today, just minus the literal bloodletting.
Not sure if I’ve missed it but what film are the inserts from? C
Bravehart. According to the film, Gaveston was thrown out of the window by Edward I. A dramatic effect in the depiction of these Edwards, but apparently just fiction!
Actually She Wolf No. 1. She Wolf No.2, Margaret of Anjou (1400s) bore one of the meanest mean little kids in history and eventually made it into one of Flo's Progressive commercials.
Brave heart visually stunning and stunningly inaccurate
this is the first I have ever heard of biblical verses being carved on Hugh Jr before execution. anyone else?
Edward II did not have children of his own bloodline
To History Expos’e: Pls. stop with the sensational clickbait! Isabella was Not deranged. You Sir, need to apologize!
Wasn’t a French maid as the description would imply.
Please stop with the clickbait inaccurate titles! The history is interesting. There’s no need for such ridiculousness.
Deranged in what way? This is one of most superficial features I have seen.
She was not 'deranged'.
She Was a STRONG WOMAN!
What is the name of the movie you got the visuals!!
Braveheart.. I think