Just so y’all know, Wladyslaw III narration doesn’t have any background music. Didn’t bother me at all but just in case it was a mistake and is fixable, there ya go.
On one hand I'm kinda happy that a Polish king made it into this list, on the other hand I think that the famous Polish knight Zawisza the Black of Garbów would be a much better choice.
Absolutely. After the tournament in Perpignan in 1415, no-one wanted to joust against Zawisza. All of Christian Europe acknowledged he was the most skilled warrior of his time. Also, he was a highly educated and intelligent man, who represented the Kingdom of Poland as a diplomat on many occasions. Finally, he died like a true knight, when he refused to abandon the Polish men-at-arms under his command, whom king Sigismund left to protect the retreat at Golubac in 1428.
@@karldehaut I'm sure they don't. Overall, the choices in the video feel completely random. It seems to me that they didn't do a solid research before making it.
@@zrikizrikic9126 Zawisza the Black? No, he lived at the times when in Poland knights and men-at-arms were still the backbone of the military. He preceded the winged hussars by about 150 years.
There were also at least five different historical knights who were also composers, AND we can still hear their music to this very day because it was written down, and survives! They are: Walter von der Vogelweide (1170-1230), Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361), Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376-1445), Gilles Binchois (1400-1460), and Hayne van Ghiseghem (1445-1497). For many of them, we even know which leaders they fought under, and which battles they participated in, let alone the gorgeous music that we can still perform and listen to! My degree is in the Historical Performance of Music, but I also love HEMA and HEMA weapons, hence the weirdness.😁
@@jacebeleren9682 , Is he?! I've watched it, but don't remember hearing that. It's also a little surprising just considering that that movie, shall we say, does NOT rely on period-correct music for its soundtrack! You're more likely to hear pop music from 2002 than you are classical music from 1302!😁
@@andreweden9405 yeah the bad guy count ademar I think is supposed to be a descendent of him. The guy who announced him before one of his matches said the name. Pretty cool
And Godfroid de Bouillon?? The leader of the first and only crusade that was a real success. He was offered to be king of Jerusalem but only wanted the title Protector of the Holy Grave.
@@alexanderb5726 You mustn’t know history, but it’s unsurprising as Sweden didn’t participate in those crusades. The 1st and 6th crusades were the only successes, the rest were losses or draws.
@@milkmonster2310 Oh look at you which such a clever quip as "you live in Sweden so you can't know about the crusades". I suppose that means if you're not Swedish you have no possible way of knowing anything about the viking age. Cracking good logic there mate. And for the record, there was the Norwegian crusade which included soldiers from all over Scandinavia. A campaign with uninterrupted success that founded the Lordship of Sidon and the first ever European king (Sigurd the Crusader) to personally lead his forces in crusade. The Second Crusade had more theaters than the Holy Land, and it was a victory in Iberia and Anatolia. The failure to reach the objectives in Israel was due to internal strife among Crusaders rather than defeat by the Muslims, as for example the Crusaders even besieged and could've taken Damascus in 1148, but withdrew due to too much disagreement on who'd recieve the city when it fell. The Third Crusade was a victory as well. The Lionheart defeated Saladin in every single battle and the whole Levantine coast with its cities remained in Christian hands. He only left Jerusalem because he did not have the support of the other kings who wanted to invade Egypt instead and because he had pressing concerns home with his brother and the jealous french king plotting against his Angevin empire. Muslim morale was fully broken after their army's squashing at Jaffa and the Christians could've well faced surrender from Jerusalem had they marched unified on the city. This result is far from a draw. Saladin had to swear by a treaty to leave the coast alone and not assail it. I've studied history at university mate. I've read it for fun most of my life. So yes I do know history. Make sure you actually know what you speak of yourself before trying to criticise.
A painting with Götz von Berlichingen, captioned with his famous quote, hang in my parents bathroom for years. I always thought it was a joke, but after forty years I find out the guy and his quote are real! Thanks! 🙏
The phrase is wrong though and only later on added by Goethe. "[...] Sag deinem Hauptmann: Vonr Ihro Kaiserliche Majestät hab ich, wie immer, schuldigen Respekt. Er aber, sag's ihm, er kann mich im Arsche lecken." - Say your Captain, I've respect for my Emperor but he, he can lick me in the ass. Because, you know, Götz got into a fight with a Buddy of the Emperor himself. Götz himself wrote he would have said; "Er soldt mich hinden leckhenn" (Yeah, at his time , everybody kinda wrote like he felt) - Means, "He should lick me behind.". Same meaning, yet completly different sound in german.
A fractious nobility is a major reason the courts of English kings toured the land- a noble was beggared trying to entertain a king, his retinue, and many poxy camp followers. After that plague of locusts in human form, a noble's coffers were empty of gold, his lands stripped of game, his peasants of their crops- their daughters infected with all manner of STDs. Hard to finance a revolt or siege after that. Compare this policy with that of the Three Unifiers of Japan: they commanded each daimyo to keep a residence in the capitol in which their wives and daughters were confined as virtual hostages against the lord's good behavior. Moreover, traveling to and from the capitol in appropriate style was an expensive process. In combination, these customs were tactics designed to keep the great lords too broke to revolt.
I will have a word for Sir Pierre Terrail de Bayard (1476-1524) "Le Chevalier sans peurs et sans reproches". One of the finest French Knight of the Realm. Anyway thanks for the video.
Saint László the Hungarian knight king who lead many armies personally and never lost a battle was so iconic in the middle ages that his legend became Sir Lancelot in Western literature. (Not the same as king Władysław III here)
Who else thought of Army of Darkness and Ashes prosthetic hand when they saw that picture near the end? *proceeds to crush a tin cup with his iron hand* "Groovie"
Saint László the Hungarian knight king who lead many armies personally and never lost a battle was as iconic in the middle ages that his legend became Sir Lancelot in Western literature.
Did Sir Götz also have something that was too big to be called a sword? Because it was massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough? Perhaps it was a heap of raw iron? I also need to know if his iron hand had a small cannon.
i love the video, however, i don't understand how Wladislaw gets a spot as a green experienced KING (all be it courageous), while Jhon hunyadi (Hungarian chad), seasoned veteran and brilliant tactician of many wars, only gets a mention, to me it should be the other way around.
Is there a source in English or German about him? I only know him from "The Crusaders" by Henryk Scienkewic (or so, butchered it) which is hardly a reliable source. Quite the contrary.
Władysław III Warneńczyk is not considered either dangerous or feared. In fact, he is one of the worst kings in polish history and almost nobody respects him. He is considered by many as a stupid youngster, a shameful episode in polish monarchy history. His presence in this video is surprising for me.
I didnt hear anything about him before this video but I had to laugh at the end of that segment. He just got his troops into an unwinnable war and got his head lobbed off in a hurry.
@@SK371The war was winnable. But he messed it up with one move. This was an opportunity to end Ottoman power early. He messed it up not only for Poland, but for Hungary and balkan states as well. Maybe even for Constantinople.
William Marshall? yes, he was most dangerous and feared but there were other worthier, most feared and dangerous knights far better than the rest of the list. King Richard the Lionheart, GM Gerard de Ridefort, Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, Count Roger of Sicily and his Brother Duke Robert Guiscard, El Cid, King and Saint Ferdinand III, Knight Beyard and many more.
Gerard de Ridfort was actually probably the most incompetent Templar Grandmaster in the History of the Order. I would definitely mot include that guy on such a list.
You mention Richard the Lionheart as a better example, but William has bested the Lionheart in combat, believed to be the only man to ever unhorse him. Richard begged for his life and William could have killed him but didn’t, even though Richard had at that time sided with the French king. William was a better man and knight than Richard the Lionheart.
All I can say is they must have been massive. When I went to the UK they showed us a recovered claymore as well as a broadsword. I could not even pick it up with both hands. Those guys must have been buffed.
@@zrikizrikic9126 😏 Yeah, and there was no Spain in the times of EL CID and Alphonse The Battler, either. But that help people to realize from were are them. Great warriors and generals. But maybe the greatest as individual knight was the spanish Diego Garcia de Paredes, althoug he belong to another time (Spain alleady existed). A true legend, and all his works was witnessed and testified by reputated men with no exagerations. 😏
@@rubenmundaca5405 ha..not same but ok..Djuradj Castriotti later called by ottomans Skenderbeg cause Skadar was serbian province/castle .. actualy he doesnt have anything with Albania ..just tzst his feud was Part in that area modern time .
Teutonic knights were probably the most feared knight for awhile. The Danes feared them enough to convert to Christianity since the king knew that they would ally instead of annihilate the pagan Vikings. The Germanic knights were merciless. That warrior culture ended essentially because of the fear they instilled. Hands down one though the sword and buckler man was the most feared fighter of the end of the Middle Ages. Spanish did it best. Doubt it? When a few hundred men can destroy the Inca etc. I would put them up against any warrior and they would win. An Italian or Spanish master was the best hand to hand combatant of the day. So much so they were rented out everywhere in kings courts etc. Only when European counties industrialized and banned the sword was when they sadly disappeared. There are no masters of western martial arts. Only books which some are trying to revive but… it isn’t the same.
It’s more likely that it was William Marshall to be inspired in his knightly ways by the Arthurian legends’ Lancelot ((or whatever the character was called before Geoffrey of Monmouth, de Troyes and all the others put their medieval _noblesse oblige_ spin on the legends)) than “viceversa” - Arthurian myths and lore had already been around for at least a few centuries by the time William was born and lived. 🤔😊🥰
Lancelot had an adulterous affair with his king's wife , with no qualms about it. I would be more willing to compare William Marshal to Gawain: a knight who was not perfect , who made mistakes, but at heart he was a good loyal man,ready to get beheaded to respect an oath ( although afraid of this possibility)
@mariarosariatrametta116 Actually, William Marshall was accused of having an affair with Henry's The Young King's wife. He, of course, denies it, but he does distance himself from the royal family for a while
@@grapeshot True. Nice to find another connausseur of the Marshal 's life. Surely you know that his affair with queen Marguerite was very likely a rumour spread to damage him . A bit difficult to have an affair with a queen under her husband's roof ,since she would never be alone ( although not impossible, Katherine Howard docet ). However, I like to compare him with Gawain because he was quite easygoing . In his biography ,written on the basis of the memories of his family and his household, he was comfortable in confessing that when he was young he was very fond of sleeping and eating , and in general he looks like a simple,honest man . Ofc the biography and his character was not safe from embellishment , but considering that it was also written for his family , to remember him , it cannot contain gross lies because it would make no sense : it was meant to be read by people who knew him very well ,so they would have recognized frank lies.
Bravo. If you do more. A couple of very hardcore mofos: Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette. A couple of she wolves like Marguerite d’Anjou or Nicolaa de la Haye who both held knight equivalent titles. Sadly Jeanne d'arc didnt. The leper king Baldwin Iv was quite the badass.
Yeah it seems to me that a lot of people what they know about Knights strictly comes from Hollywood because a lot of them appear to be nothing more than thugs.
Knights werent thugs at all. Sure, some knights were bad people, but theres good and bad people in all walks of life. I know medieval madness is generally incorrect about a lot of the info he presents, but this video seemed pretty good and i dont know how "thugs" was your take away after watching this
@trolltalwar yes they were. Many of their behavior was terrible they had no problem deleting peasants. The often tore through the countryside destroying all types of property, the knight of shining armor is largely a product of Hollywood. I just read a book about the Jewish massacre in York England that Massacre was spearheaded by nights who owned the Jews interest money. Plus, they were ignored by anti-semitic propaganda because this was the start of the Third Crusade.
Wladislav, surely the Knight in that story is John Hunyadi? A great commander and Knight most remembered because he didn't commit suicide by Ottoman through sheer stupidity.
I saw the thumbnail, and I was like:' Those look just like the Bloodhound Knights from Elden RIng! Even down to the helmets, a trademark of theirs! Looks like they were based from REAL knights, cool!
@@Sassymouse88 That painting isn't AI, I'm afraid- every time I see it, I wonder what the hell Stephen did to the artist to deserve that monstrosity. (In reality, nothing, cos ofc it's not a contemporary portrait, but hey).
Vladislav III was also honored by Bulgarians who allocated him the pseudonym (sort of) of Varnenchik, in honor of his attempt to help Bulgaria and because of his fate in the battle of Varna from which said pseudonym stems.
You've omitted some key knights here, many of which far eclipse some on the list. Your inclusions are fair enough and these are indeed very famous knights. William Marshal most of all. but the list ought to have been expanded because it is somewhat of an insult to see many here left out. Rodrigo Díaz De Vivar or "El Cid" for instance who absolutely wrecked all opponents be they Moors or hostile Christian kings in medieval Spain, who was hired by Moorish emirs to protect them and who led Muslims and Christian armies alike in war. We also have Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the massively successful first Crusade and first over the walls of Jerusalem, Bohemond Hauteville, a legend in his day and described as an absolute unit of a man physically and militarily by the Byzantine Empress, Tancred Hauteville and all the Hautevilles really. Richard Lionheart, won every single battle in the Third Crusade and once fought off a horde of Saracens in battle while covered head to toe in arrows blanketing his armour, earning such respect that the Muslims simply stopped attacking as all who did went down before his battle axe. King Baldouin IV the Leper, who defeated Saladin in battle 3 times despite his illness and despite being *16* years of age during one of these battles and also upheld a prosperous kingdom as well as instilling such respect among his vassals to remain king even as he was deteriorating so heavily from leprosy. Edward Longshanks the Hammer of the Scots who put down rebellions by the scores and who single handledly killed an Arab assassin who tried to murder him in his bedchambers, Roger Guiscard the Fox, as successful in political maneuvers as in the field of battle, Hugues de Payens founder of the Knights Templar and all his knight companions (we only know the names of a few of them), Jan Žižka the famously skilled Hussite, or King John III Sobieski of Poland who led the Polish Hussar charge in 1683 decimating an Ottoman army of over 100,000 inspiring the Rohirric charge in Lotr itself. To sum it up: There are many, many more than these listed worthy of mention.
Why am I not surprised by the ignorance of people of English-speaking culture? By omitting some small regions like Spain, Italy, the Balkans and focusing on what they think of what supreme chivalry was in Europe... Out of 6 knights 3 are English. 1 is Polish, 1 is French, 1 is German. The Mediterraneans? What is the Mediterranean?
The English don't like losing the 100 years war or being conquered by the French (yes its on the tapastery the Normans called themselves French) in 1066.
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Just so y’all know, Wladyslaw III narration doesn’t have any background music. Didn’t bother me at all but just in case it was a mistake and is fixable, there ya go.
Learn to pronounce 'Lieutenant' correctly.
Very sad.
Very pathetic.
No one’s interested in this piss.
On one hand I'm kinda happy that a Polish king made it into this list, on the other hand I think that the famous Polish knight Zawisza the Black of Garbów would be a much better choice.
Absolutely. After the tournament in Perpignan in 1415, no-one wanted to joust against Zawisza. All of Christian Europe acknowledged he was the most skilled warrior of his time. Also, he was a highly educated and intelligent man, who represented the Kingdom of Poland as a diplomat on many occasions. Finally, he died like a true knight, when he refused to abandon the Polish men-at-arms under his command, whom king Sigismund left to protect the retreat at Golubac in 1428.
Agreed, however do they know that Zawisza existed?
@@karldehaut I'm sure they don't. Overall, the choices in the video feel completely random. It seems to me that they didn't do a solid research before making it.
Завиша...strane name for polish dude...dont tell me he come with winged cavalry
@@zrikizrikic9126 Zawisza the Black? No, he lived at the times when in Poland knights and men-at-arms were still the backbone of the military. He preceded the winged hussars by about 150 years.
There were also at least five different historical knights who were also composers, AND we can still hear their music to this very day because it was written down, and survives! They are: Walter von der Vogelweide (1170-1230), Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361), Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376-1445), Gilles Binchois (1400-1460), and Hayne van Ghiseghem (1445-1497). For many of them, we even know which leaders they fought under, and which battles they participated in, let alone the gorgeous music that we can still perform and listen to! My degree is in the Historical Performance of Music, but I also love HEMA and HEMA weapons, hence the weirdness.😁
These guys actually made their own boss music
@@Nosferatuラララララ , It's really some beautiful stuff if you ever get the chance to look some of it up, especially Binchois.
hey Philippe de Vitry is mentioned in A Knights tale
@@jacebeleren9682 , Is he?! I've watched it, but don't remember hearing that. It's also a little surprising just considering that that movie, shall we say, does NOT rely on period-correct music for its soundtrack! You're more likely to hear pop music from 2002 than you are classical music from 1302!😁
@@andreweden9405 yeah the bad guy count ademar I think is supposed to be a descendent of him. The guy who announced him before one of his matches said the name. Pretty cool
And Godfroid de Bouillon?? The leader of the first and only crusade that was a real success. He was offered to be king of Jerusalem but only wanted the title Protector of the Holy Grave.
I agree about his inclusion, though I wouldn't call the First Crusade *the only* successful one.
@@alexanderb5726 it was successful until it wasnt
@@Th3Chuzzl3r As with all things ever. But the Crusades in the Levant were successful for two centuries.
@@alexanderb5726 You mustn’t know history, but it’s unsurprising as Sweden didn’t participate in those crusades. The 1st and 6th crusades were the only successes, the rest were losses or draws.
@@milkmonster2310 Oh look at you which such a clever quip as "you live in Sweden so you can't know about the crusades". I suppose that means if you're not Swedish you have no possible way of knowing anything about the viking age. Cracking good logic there mate. And for the record, there was the Norwegian crusade which included soldiers from all over Scandinavia. A campaign with uninterrupted success that founded the Lordship of Sidon and the first ever European king (Sigurd the Crusader) to personally lead his forces in crusade.
The Second Crusade had more theaters than the Holy Land, and it was a victory in Iberia and Anatolia. The failure to reach the objectives in Israel was due to internal strife among Crusaders rather than defeat by the Muslims, as for example the Crusaders even besieged and could've taken Damascus in 1148, but withdrew due to too much disagreement on who'd recieve the city when it fell.
The Third Crusade was a victory as well. The Lionheart defeated Saladin in every single battle and the whole Levantine coast with its cities remained in Christian hands. He only left Jerusalem because he did not have the support of the other kings who wanted to invade Egypt instead and because he had pressing concerns home with his brother and the jealous french king plotting against his Angevin empire. Muslim morale was fully broken after their army's squashing at Jaffa and the Christians could've well faced surrender from Jerusalem had they marched unified on the city. This result is far from a draw. Saladin had to swear by a treaty to leave the coast alone and not assail it.
I've studied history at university mate. I've read it for fun most of my life. So yes I do know history. Make sure you actually know what you speak of yourself before trying to criticise.
A painting with Götz von Berlichingen, captioned with his famous quote, hang in my parents bathroom for years. I always thought it was a joke, but after forty years I find out the guy and his quote are real! Thanks! 🙏
The phrase is wrong though and only later on added by Goethe. "[...] Sag deinem Hauptmann: Vonr Ihro Kaiserliche Majestät hab ich, wie immer, schuldigen Respekt. Er aber, sag's ihm, er kann mich im Arsche lecken." - Say your Captain, I've respect for my Emperor but he, he can lick me in the ass.
Because, you know, Götz got into a fight with a Buddy of the Emperor himself. Götz himself wrote he would have said; "Er soldt mich hinden leckhenn" (Yeah, at his time , everybody kinda wrote like he felt) - Means, "He should lick me behind.". Same meaning, yet completly different sound in german.
He was the giga chad of knights!
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Hear me out…
Being German I absolutely fell in love with how you pronounce "Götz von Berlichingen" 😍
Gods of Bur'lishigen. Sounds like a new MMORPG-title.
@@LukasSchratzI died 😂😅🤣
11:12 🤦🏼♂️
“Lech mein grossen schwantz” is what I heard he said.
You missed "El Cid" and Engerrand de Coucy, 2 "perfect" Knights...
And Edward of Woodstock, the flower of English chivalry at least according to my Black Prince book from the Canterbury gift shop.
And Sir Lancelot 😂😂😂😂I'm kidding 😊
A fractious nobility is a major reason the courts of English kings toured the land- a noble was beggared trying to entertain a king, his retinue, and many poxy camp followers. After that plague of locusts in human form, a noble's coffers were empty of gold, his lands stripped of game, his peasants of their crops- their daughters infected with all manner of STDs. Hard to finance a revolt or siege after that.
Compare this policy with that of the Three Unifiers of Japan: they commanded each daimyo to keep a residence in the capitol in which their wives and daughters were confined as virtual hostages against the lord's good behavior. Moreover, traveling to and from the capitol in appropriate style was an expensive process.
In combination, these customs were tactics designed to keep the great lords too broke to revolt.
Well - it didn't work. In both Japan and Britain nobles revolted quite often. 😉
Whoa, the king’s retinue violated his vassal’s own daughters? That seems likely to foment revolt just by itself
A sound strategy
"that plague of locusts in human form"
LOL, I like your writing!
This could be a longer list. Sirs Chandos and Manny were pretty tough customers.
I will have a word for Sir Pierre Terrail de Bayard (1476-1524) "Le Chevalier sans peurs et sans reproches".
One of the finest French Knight of the Realm. Anyway thanks for the video.
You're doing a great job with this channel, quality content
For real. Interesting history UA-cam channel
William Marshall the most complete knight .
Black Douglass was the highlight of the movie Outlaw King, for me. Legendary
He kicked ass
This video barely covers him
Saint László the Hungarian knight king who lead many armies personally and never lost a battle was so iconic in the middle ages that his legend became Sir Lancelot in Western literature. (Not the same as king Władysław III here)
No el Cid? Seems pretty British isle/ northern europe bias. Roger of Sicily?
He’s explained over and over medieval is a vague term but mostly applies to the time period he covers and focusing on Britain
I demand a part two!
Spain sux 😂
Perhaps they are simply better than the Italian and Spanish knights.
@@Lord_Machiavelli🤬🤌
Thanks!
El Cid mate, this list is just for Northern Europe
I wish there was a helmet like the one in the thumbnail in Dark Souls. It looks like a knight that would ruin your day.
*tumbleweed rolls by*
@@Whiteboykunthere's one in elden ring called bloodhound knight armor
Who else thought of Army of Darkness and Ashes prosthetic hand when they saw that picture near the end?
*proceeds to crush a tin cup with his iron hand* "Groovie"
Better still. Ever read 'Berserk'?
What a time to be alive :( Brilliant channel, keep it up!
Lancut is pronounced winesooth in English. I learnt this in 'Poland' by James Michener. I definitely recommend picking this one up!
Saint László the Hungarian knight king who lead many armies personally and never lost a battle was as iconic in the middle ages that his legend became Sir Lancelot in Western literature.
László is stil a very common name in Hungary
1:52 Did the king unalive his portrait artist?
How do your disguise you troops as oxen?
Sorcery, of course.
@@adamsmith7058 Watch "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." No coconuts
Easy. Have everybody identify themselves as oxen. Problem solved. And if the other side tried to point it out, accuse them of being bigots.
8:45 lol thanks for that sudden comforting image of the Shroud 🤣 i mean who really needs sleep anyway?
No Mention of Pierre Terrail or Bertrand De Gusclan?
Did Sir Götz also have something that was too big to be called a sword? Because it was massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough? Perhaps it was a heap of raw iron? I also need to know if his iron hand had a small cannon.
He was the chad of the chads in the knight business
He was one of the main inspirations for Guts
@@NecromancyForKids In an interview, Kentaro Miura said Guts wasn't based on this guy. It was just an interesting coincidence.
I see. I looked into it, and looks like I had the wrong info. Thanks for correcting me. @@Lark88
i love the video, however, i don't understand how Wladislaw gets a spot as a green experienced KING (all be it courageous), while Jhon hunyadi (Hungarian chad), seasoned veteran and brilliant tactician of many wars, only gets a mention, to me it should be the other way around.
Tancred (Prince of Galilee) is probably still one of the most underrated knights, considering his accomplishments during the first crusade.
I love this channel. Each video is so well made and informative. Great narration as well. 🐦🔥
"Guts of the Iron Hand"? Where my Berserk people at?!!
He just can't pronounce the "ö" in Götz..
I love the music used, especially that for Geoffroi de Charny. What is the name of the music?
Knight St. Maurice of lower Saxony was most renowned & undefeated. Keeping Germany sovereign and unspoiled
Wladyslaw the 3rd? Can a king be a knight as well? Zawisza the Black was the best Polish knight and it seems the best in Europe while he was alive.
Is there a source in English or German about him? I only know him from "The Crusaders" by Henryk Scienkewic (or so, butchered it) which is hardly a reliable source. Quite the contrary.
0:36 Ive seen this guy on here before. He must work a lot.
I like that short outro is becoming a thing among quality. Well done 👍
This is an incredible vid. Thank you. I've subscribed.
Władysław III Warneńczyk is not considered either dangerous or feared. In fact, he is one of the worst kings in polish history and almost nobody respects him. He is considered by many as a stupid youngster, a shameful episode in polish monarchy history. His presence in this video is surprising for me.
I didnt hear anything about him before this video but I had to laugh at the end of that segment. He just got his troops into an unwinnable war and got his head lobbed off in a hurry.
@@SK371The war was winnable. But he messed it up with one move. This was an opportunity to end Ottoman power early. He messed it up not only for Poland, but for Hungary and balkan states as well. Maybe even for Constantinople.
What picture is used for the thumbnail?
For real 😮
William Marshall? yes, he was most dangerous and feared but there were other worthier, most feared and dangerous knights far better than the rest of the list. King Richard the Lionheart, GM Gerard de Ridefort, Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, Count Roger of Sicily and his Brother Duke Robert Guiscard, El Cid, King and Saint Ferdinand III, Knight Beyard and many more.
Gerard de Ridfort was actually probably the most incompetent Templar Grandmaster in the History of the Order. I would definitely mot include that guy on such a list.
The Marshall survived and thrived through 5 English kings, that in and of itself is a testament to his value
You mention Richard the Lionheart as a better example, but William has bested the Lionheart in combat, believed to be the only man to ever unhorse him. Richard begged for his life and William could have killed him but didn’t, even though Richard had at that time sided with the French king. William was a better man and knight than Richard the Lionheart.
James Douglas is the most kick ass out of all of these names. He killed every other knight he fought
All I can say is they must have been massive. When I went to the UK they showed us a recovered claymore as well as a broadsword. I could not even pick it up with both hands. Those guys must have been buffed.
🤔 In the middle ages you have EL CID and Alphonse the Batteler, both spanish. Also, the great Skanderberg of Albania.
There was no Albania back there and he wasnt knight more like general
@@zrikizrikic9126 😏 Yeah, and there was no Spain in the times of EL CID and Alphonse The Battler, either. But that help people to realize from were are them.
Great warriors and generals. But maybe the greatest as individual knight was the spanish Diego Garcia de Paredes, althoug he belong to another time (Spain alleady existed). A true legend, and all his works was witnessed and testified by reputated men with no exagerations. 😏
@@rubenmundaca5405 ha..not same but ok..Djuradj Castriotti later called by ottomans Skenderbeg cause Skadar was serbian province/castle .. actualy he doesnt have anything with Albania ..just tzst his feud was Part in that area modern time .
Teutonic knights were probably the most feared knight for awhile. The Danes feared them enough to convert to Christianity since the king knew that they would ally instead of annihilate the pagan Vikings. The Germanic knights were merciless. That warrior culture ended essentially because of the fear they instilled.
Hands down one though the sword and buckler man was the most feared fighter of the end of the Middle Ages. Spanish did it best. Doubt it? When a few hundred men can destroy the Inca etc. I would put them up against any warrior and they would win.
An Italian or Spanish master was the best hand to hand combatant of the day. So much so they were rented out everywhere in kings courts etc.
Only when European counties industrialized and banned the sword was when they sadly disappeared. There are no masters of western martial arts. Only books which some are trying to revive but… it isn’t the same.
Please do El Cid. I freaking LOVE this channel - by the way
I LOVE your videos!
What about Jamie Lannister or Arthur Dane? Did barristan selmy make the list? Robert baratheon...geez some list
It’s more likely that it was William Marshall to be inspired in his knightly ways by the Arthurian legends’ Lancelot ((or whatever the character was called before Geoffrey of Monmouth, de Troyes and all the others put their medieval _noblesse oblige_ spin on the legends)) than “viceversa” - Arthurian myths and lore had already been around for at least a few centuries by the time William was born and lived. 🤔😊🥰
Very interesting compilation.
I think de Charney was probably commended by the Pope, not "condemned"? 8:05
William Marshall the real life Lancelot.
Lancelot had an adulterous affair with his king's wife , with no qualms about it. I would be more willing to compare William Marshal to Gawain: a knight who was not perfect , who made mistakes, but at heart he was a good loyal man,ready to get beheaded to respect an oath ( although afraid of this possibility)
@mariarosariatrametta116 Actually, William Marshall was accused of having an affair with Henry's The Young King's wife. He, of course, denies it, but he does distance himself from the royal family for a while
@@grapeshot True. Nice to find another connausseur of the Marshal 's life. Surely you know that his affair with queen Marguerite was very likely a rumour spread to damage him . A bit difficult to have an affair with a queen under her husband's roof ,since she would never be alone ( although not impossible, Katherine Howard docet ). However, I like to compare him with Gawain because he was quite easygoing . In his biography ,written on the basis of the memories of his family and his household, he was comfortable in confessing that when he was young he was very fond of sleeping and eating , and in general he looks like a simple,honest man . Ofc the biography and his character was not safe from embellishment , but considering that it was also written for his family , to remember him , it cannot contain gross lies because it would make no sense : it was meant to be read by people who knew him very well ,so they would have recognized frank lies.
@@Daughterofminervathis^^^ not to mention William was known to have lots of enemies in court who went after him politically quite frequently.
Much respect for the Black Douglas!
What about Pierre Terrail de Bayard ?
Bravo. If you do more. A couple of very hardcore mofos: Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette. A couple of she wolves like Marguerite d’Anjou or Nicolaa de la Haye who both held knight equivalent titles. Sadly Jeanne d'arc didnt. The leper king Baldwin Iv was quite the badass.
bro where is this knight from man, ngl that movie look kinda fire
Gnome here, studying the best of the best our foes have to offer
Yeah it seems to me that a lot of people what they know about Knights strictly comes from Hollywood because a lot of them appear to be nothing more than thugs.
Agreed. Armed knights were indeed thugs whose lives were spent protecting privilege.
Thats SIR Thug to you, serf. You dare speak to a lord in that manner??
Knights werent thugs at all. Sure, some knights were bad people, but theres good and bad people in all walks of life.
I know medieval madness is generally incorrect about a lot of the info he presents, but this video seemed pretty good and i dont know how "thugs" was your take away after watching this
@trolltalwar yes they were. Many of their behavior was terrible they had no problem deleting peasants. The often tore through the countryside destroying all types of property, the knight of shining armor is largely a product of Hollywood. I just read a book about the Jewish massacre in York England that Massacre was spearheaded by nights who owned the Jews interest money. Plus, they were ignored by anti-semitic propaganda because this was the start of the Third Crusade.
@@trolltalwar and how did I come with the takeaway of Thug while I've read medieval history.
Thought this would be about Norman Knights in general and not individuals... still nicely done
Wladislav, surely the Knight in that story is John Hunyadi? A great commander and Knight most remembered because he didn't commit suicide by Ottoman through sheer stupidity.
No offense but the most dangerous and feared Knights of the middle ages were just about any knight that went on the first crusade. Those guys rocked!
I'd be gutted if that was my portrait, cross eyed for life
Wow, looks like BERSERK's Guts was partially inspired by Gotz von Berlichingen!
I was disappointed not to see Phinneas von Birdpocket on this list. Epic life.
You CANNOT tell me that William Marshall was the inspiration behind Ser Barristan Selmy
It's a shame Du Guesclin is not mentionned...
Williams father: "Well that remark did not age quite well".
Do a biography of the other famous Percy. Lord Percy Percy of Northumberland.
After watching a bunch of knight kino this Thanksgiving, this is the perfect video
Hops on chivalry immediately to go fw these knights
Maximilian I Roman emperior ... also extreme skilled knight
Some cowboy with double 6 shooter: that's a funny tin man.
King Steven has his eye on the prize. And the other eye is on William.
Great history 10/10
I laughed way to hard at the anvil/hammer line if i was that knight i would have given the kid back just for that brilliant. 😂
Where's Chevalier Bayard? The man fought 200 Spanish knights while defending a bridge and lived!
I saw the thumbnail, and I was like:' Those look just like the Bloodhound Knights from Elden RIng! Even down to the helmets, a trademark of theirs! Looks like they were based from REAL knights, cool!
You like those helmets, check out Warhammer 40'000
King Steven seems quite... focused 😅
0:07 IGNORE THIS
Bum-bum 😂
What is going on with the eyes of every painting? Was everyone derpy?
Possibly AI generated?
Cross-eyed King Stephen caught me off-guard 🤣🤣🤣
Yes. Everyone was derpy. For hundreds of years, then they -learned to paint more realistically- inexplicably stopped being derpy. Very mysterious. /jk
@@Sassymouse88 That painting isn't AI, I'm afraid- every time I see it, I wonder what the hell Stephen did to the artist to deserve that monstrosity. (In reality, nothing, cos ofc it's not a contemporary portrait, but hey).
@@beth7935 when I saw the video I was eating breakfast & I almost snorted cereal through my nose 🤣🤣🤣
What !!!! No brave Sir Robin who so bravely ran away?
My youngest son named his dog "Guts von Baerlichen".
Bro king steven has some crazy eyes
James the Black was easily the coolest one on here and you barely covered him
Henry of Skalitz?
No Santiago!??!?!
I heard interesting stories from England, Poland, Scotland, France, and Germany.
Someone is obviously trolling. 😪
Great video, honestly I wouldn't want to screw with any knight.
Fighting those snails 🐌 must have been very hard.
I'm related to Black Douglas.
Ser Arthur Dayne?
SKANDERBEG outclasses them all
William Marshall. Godfrey Of Builloin for sure
William Marshall - the best knight ... of his day.
(I'll see myself out now.)
Vladislav III was also honored by Bulgarians who allocated him the pseudonym (sort of) of Varnenchik, in honor of his attempt to help Bulgaria and because of his fate in the battle of Varna from which said pseudonym stems.
You've omitted some key knights here, many of which far eclipse some on the list. Your inclusions are fair enough and these are indeed very famous knights. William Marshal most of all. but the list ought to have been expanded because it is somewhat of an insult to see many here left out. Rodrigo Díaz De Vivar or "El Cid" for instance who absolutely wrecked all opponents be they Moors or hostile Christian kings in medieval Spain, who was hired by Moorish emirs to protect them and who led Muslims and Christian armies alike in war. We also have Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the massively successful first Crusade and first over the walls of Jerusalem, Bohemond Hauteville, a legend in his day and described as an absolute unit of a man physically and militarily by the Byzantine Empress, Tancred Hauteville and all the Hautevilles really. Richard Lionheart, won every single battle in the Third Crusade and once fought off a horde of Saracens in battle while covered head to toe in arrows blanketing his armour, earning such respect that the Muslims simply stopped attacking as all who did went down before his battle axe. King Baldouin IV the Leper, who defeated Saladin in battle 3 times despite his illness and despite being *16* years of age during one of these battles and also upheld a prosperous kingdom as well as instilling such respect among his vassals to remain king even as he was deteriorating so heavily from leprosy. Edward Longshanks the Hammer of the Scots who put down rebellions by the scores and who single handledly killed an Arab assassin who tried to murder him in his bedchambers, Roger Guiscard the Fox, as successful in political maneuvers as in the field of battle, Hugues de Payens founder of the Knights Templar and all his knight companions (we only know the names of a few of them), Jan Žižka the famously skilled Hussite, or King John III Sobieski of Poland who led the Polish Hussar charge in 1683 decimating an Ottoman army of over 100,000 inspiring the Rohirric charge in Lotr itself.
To sum it up: There are many, many more than these listed worthy of mention.
absolutely interesting and gripping! only the German pronunciation has room of improvement. 😉
Why am I not surprised by the ignorance of people of English-speaking culture? By omitting some small regions like Spain, Italy, the Balkans and focusing on what they think of what supreme chivalry was in Europe... Out of 6 knights 3 are English. 1 is Polish, 1 is French, 1 is German. The Mediterraneans? What is the Mediterranean?
Mediterranean Knights = Sissies
@@Usergsjdhdgd Uh a troll
@@Usergsjdhdgd Hardly Sicily actually had Vikings. And no not all the Vikings are Scandinavian!
El Sid of Spain …. Theres the pre eminent one.
The English don't like losing the 100 years war or being conquered by the French (yes its on the tapastery the Normans called themselves French) in 1066.
It's James Douglas the good as he is known in Scotland
The most feared knight of the middle ages is hands down the giant Snail 🐌😊
You missed Sir John Hawkwood, your shame should know no bounds.
I live in America, I might *still* get struck down by a tooth infection.