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This list makes me so happy! Game of Thrones addict here 🙋🏼♀️. The Wars of the Roses is my favorite historical event to read about and I was thrilled when I read it influenced this story.
That’s sad. The war of the roses and the tudors are one of the most overdone periods in history. Expand ur horizons. I can tell ur a novice history fan if u go for the war of the roses. 😂
Westeros is basically fantasy england and i'm here for it: Aegon i/William the conqueror, Dance of dragons/Anarchy, Empress Matilda/Rhaenyra, Stephen I/Aegon II, Viserys i/Henry i, Starks/Yorks, Lannisters/Lancaster. And the whole mess that's happening after the death of Robert is the wars of the roses
The Red Wedding also has some similarities (although it wasnt based on it at all) to the Stockholm Bloodbath, where the Danish king Christian II invited many higher up noblemen for a feast to celebrate him sitting on the Swedish throne, only to declare them traitors and during the coming days, had them executed on the square outside the castle, filling the streets with blood. Unlike in game of thrones where they crushed the rebellion with the red wedding, the kings actions in Stockholm rather launched a Rebellion led by Gustav Vasa which led to the foundation of Sweden as we know it today basically. It has similarities although are not exactly the same as the Red Wedding
@Reaperguy67 Did you by any chance see the Demo and trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows? I hate it when people compare it to Ghosts of Tsushima. They are two different games.
I remember reading somewhere that every village or city in the UK that ends with "by" was founded by Viking settlers. "By" in Swedish means "village", dont know if it is the same in the other Scandinavian languages
I never understood why a lot of people didn't like Stannis Baratheon, In my opinion, he would have been the best king for westeros. I really feel like he was misunderstood
James II, the Scots king at the "Black Dinner," had only just turned ten years old. William, the Earl Douglas was only about 16 and his younger brother, David, was only about 12. They were the son's of Archibald Douglas who had been the young king's regent for the past three years before Archibald Douglass died, so young James would certainly have known the sons well. The new regents, who also had custody of the young king's mother and sisters, were the ones who invited the Douglas boys to the dinner. The king had a good time with them and knew nothing about the planned assassination. Given that he had only become king after his own father's assassination, one can only guess how traumatic and horrifying the whole event was to the young king. When the Douglass boys were dragged out to the block, Earl William asked the assassins to kill his younger brother first so that David would not have to suffer the horror of seeing his elder brother killed. They granted him that request. The boys were killed for the treason of being the heirs to the dead rival of the new regents. It was sort of the reverse of Joffrey's order for the death of Ned Stark. Instead of an out-of-control boy king acting against his advisors' advice, James was a frightened figurehead under the control of ruthless men who committed horrors in his name while he pleaded for the boys' lives.
Interestingly enough, my college world history class’s Rome unit covered Julius Caesar’s death and the Roman Empire’s fall. I never knew they, along with the other eight picks here, inspired several GOT storylines and characters.
Cersei wasn't based on Anne Boelyn. She's based on Lucrezia Borgia. Lucrezia and her brother Cesare were lovers. All of Lucrezia's children were (rumored to be) fathered by Cesare. They even said "Only a Borgia can love a Borgia" Anne Boelyn was accused of having an affair with her brother, but it was most likely made up just so Henry could get rid of her.
i was going to point that out ! if anyone has parallels to Anne Boleyn its Margaery Tyrell both were accused of having lovers including a musician and their brother who were rumored to be homosexual.Both were arrested on trumped up charges and both came from ambitious families,and of course both are played by Natalie Dormer
Actually, Lucrezia Borgia was only rumored to be lovers with her brother Cesare. There is no actual evidence of it. Lucrezia did love her family, including her brother, and was taught by them that family was the only thing that mattered. Luckily, her final husband's family liked her enough to protect her when her father and brother fell from power.
It’s a far stretch to claim that she is based on Lucrezia Borgia and her alone. GRRM himself has said that he takes elements from history and then “files off the serial numbers.” Basically, his characters are largely inspired by historical figures but he also gives them their own personality and sets them on their own path. As for Cersei, I would say she is more close to Margaret of Anjou when it comes to personality, lust for power and frustration in being so limited by the standards of a man’s world.
Also to Richard III, Theon taking Winterfell is likely inspired by his two nephews (Bran and Rickon in ASOIAF) vanishing from the Tower of London, where he locked them up so he could be king. Many believed he murdered them. This has inspired a few writers.
Having studied Julius Caesar and about Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan in school, while watching I was pretty sure about the inspiration of the Dothraki and the stabbing of Jon
Another comparison for the red wedding could be the Bloodfeast of Roskilde. During a civil war in Denmark in the between 1146 and 1157, three different claimants to the throne had emerged, Sweyn, Canute, and Valdemar. Eventually losing in the Civil War and having the kingdom partitioned between himself and his rivals, Sweyn invited Valdemar and Canute to a peace banquet in Roskilde ( hence the event's name ) only to then order his men to stab the other two kings to death in an attempt to seize the throne back for himself, and he succeeded in killing the latter, but Valdemar escaped, and would eventually emerge victorius over Sweyn at the Battle of Grathe Heath, becoming sole king and reuniting Denmark, and he would be remembered as Valdemar the Great.
Amazing how I actually knew all these facts being a historian and massive fan there other facts like how bravos is essentially renaissance Venice or that a map from a song and fire is incomplete much like maps from medieval Europe
Apparently, Rome spread itself too thin, geographically speaking - they couldn't defend everywhere all at once and other tribes like the Huns kept invading, making the whole thing weaker and weaker.
Another influence for Martin, believe it or not, was Dubuque Iowa (where he taught writing for a while). Iowa is notorious ice cold winters and can get a lot of snow and it also gets dark and long…much like the winters in Westeros
Arminius. I'm surprised it's never mentioned... German tribal leader who was once raised by Romans. Manchester raider was a Brother of the night's watch, and then went w the wildlings, the wild German tribes, and united them all to fight the Romans/ Wildlings/ Westerosi...
If you guys are free about it, you should have a WM video about how 10 iconic GOT characters are based on numerous historical figures like how you dudes say on Tyrion Lannister is based on Richard III from Wars of the Roses.
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This list makes me so happy! Game of Thrones addict here 🙋🏼♀️. The Wars of the Roses is my favorite historical event to read about and I was thrilled when I read it influenced this story.
That’s sad. The war of the roses and the tudors are one of the most overdone periods in history. Expand ur horizons. I can tell ur a novice history fan if u go for the war of the roses. 😂
Westeros is basically fantasy england and i'm here for it: Aegon i/William the conqueror, Dance of dragons/Anarchy, Empress Matilda/Rhaenyra, Stephen I/Aegon II, Viserys i/Henry i, Starks/Yorks, Lannisters/Lancaster. And the whole mess that's happening after the death of Robert is the wars of the roses
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101 Reasons to pay more attention in history class. 😊 Its not so boring as you think it is.
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This video is amazing! The content is always so engaging.
This is wild, I literally got back into GoT last week and there’s so much GoT content still being put out
The Red Wedding also has some similarities (although it wasnt based on it at all) to the Stockholm Bloodbath, where the Danish king Christian II invited many higher up noblemen for a feast to celebrate him sitting on the Swedish throne, only to declare them traitors and during the coming days, had them executed on the square outside the castle, filling the streets with blood. Unlike in game of thrones where they crushed the rebellion with the red wedding, the kings actions in Stockholm rather launched a Rebellion led by Gustav Vasa which led to the foundation of Sweden as we know it today basically. It has similarities although are not exactly the same as the Red Wedding
I love learning about the Vikings. Especially after playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla and watching The Last Kingdom.
I hope that one comes to the switch. Personally I Been replying the ezio collection , assassin's Creed 3 by the way. Those 4 games are pretty good
@Reaperguy67 Did you by any chance see the Demo and trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows? I hate it when people compare it to Ghosts of Tsushima. They are two different games.
@@Slayde.Wilson yes I have and it did look pretty good
I remember reading somewhere that every village or city in the UK that ends with "by" was founded by Viking settlers. "By" in Swedish means "village", dont know if it is the same in the other Scandinavian languages
I never understood why a lot of people didn't like Stannis Baratheon, In my opinion, he would have been the best king for westeros. I really feel like he was misunderstood
I just thought his entire story line was so half assed and bland.
James II, the Scots king at the "Black Dinner," had only just turned ten years old. William, the Earl Douglas was only about 16 and his younger brother, David, was only about 12. They were the son's of Archibald Douglas who had been the young king's regent for the past three years before Archibald Douglass died, so young James would certainly have known the sons well. The new regents, who also had custody of the young king's mother and sisters, were the ones who invited the Douglas boys to the dinner. The king had a good time with them and knew nothing about the planned assassination. Given that he had only become king after his own father's assassination, one can only guess how traumatic and horrifying the whole event was to the young king. When the Douglass boys were dragged out to the block, Earl William asked the assassins to kill his younger brother first so that David would not have to suffer the horror of seeing his elder brother killed. They granted him that request. The boys were killed for the treason of being the heirs to the dead rival of the new regents. It was sort of the reverse of Joffrey's order for the death of Ned Stark. Instead of an out-of-control boy king acting against his advisors' advice, James was a frightened figurehead under the control of ruthless men who committed horrors in his name while he pleaded for the boys' lives.
Amazing video watch mojo of real historical events that inspired games of thrones,fantastic job.
Interestingly enough, my college world history class’s Rome unit covered Julius Caesar’s death and the Roman Empire’s fall. I never knew they, along with the other eight picks here, inspired several GOT storylines and characters.
IF there are any other historical significance in history that inspired game of thrones, will definitely be hoping for the eventual part 2 please 🤞🥺?
as said, English Anarchy is House of the Dragon
This video is everything!
Cersei wasn't based on Anne Boelyn. She's based on Lucrezia Borgia. Lucrezia and her brother Cesare were lovers. All of Lucrezia's children were (rumored to be) fathered by Cesare. They even said "Only a Borgia can love a Borgia"
Anne Boelyn was accused of having an affair with her brother, but it was most likely made up just so Henry could get rid of her.
i was going to point that out !
if anyone has parallels to Anne Boleyn its Margaery Tyrell both were accused of having lovers including a musician and their brother who were rumored to be homosexual.Both were arrested on trumped up charges and both came from ambitious families,and of course both are played by Natalie Dormer
Actually, Lucrezia Borgia was only rumored to be lovers with her brother Cesare. There is no actual evidence of it. Lucrezia did love her family, including her brother, and was taught by them that family was the only thing that mattered. Luckily, her final husband's family liked her enough to protect her when her father and brother fell from power.
It’s a far stretch to claim that she is based on Lucrezia Borgia and her alone. GRRM himself has said that he takes elements from history and then “files off the serial numbers.” Basically, his characters are largely inspired by historical figures but he also gives them their own personality and sets them on their own path. As for Cersei, I would say she is more close to Margaret of Anjou when it comes to personality, lust for power and frustration in being so limited by the standards of a man’s world.
Also to Richard III, Theon taking Winterfell is likely inspired by his two nephews (Bran and Rickon in ASOIAF) vanishing from the Tower of London, where he locked them up so he could be king. Many believed he murdered them.
This has inspired a few writers.
Having studied Julius Caesar and about Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan in school, while watching I was pretty sure about the inspiration of the Dothraki and the stabbing of Jon
Constantinople had a chain closing ship entrance to the bay. Book version of Blackeater Bay had one, too
Another comparison for the red wedding could be the Bloodfeast of Roskilde.
During a civil war in Denmark in the between 1146 and 1157, three different claimants to the throne had emerged, Sweyn, Canute, and Valdemar.
Eventually losing in the Civil War and having the kingdom partitioned between himself and his rivals, Sweyn invited Valdemar and Canute to a peace banquet in Roskilde ( hence the event's name ) only to then order his men to stab the other two kings to death in an attempt to seize the throne back for himself, and he succeeded in killing the latter, but Valdemar escaped, and would eventually emerge victorius over Sweyn at the Battle of Grathe Heath, becoming sole king and reuniting Denmark, and he would be remembered as Valdemar the Great.
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I see it as a dystopian future history. As history tends to repeat itself
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The Romans built Hadrian's wall because they looked at us and went "nope."
Thanks for interesting and valuable video as always ❤❤❤
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Did Tiberius burn his daughter alive?,Stannis did.
Stannis was unforgivably evil for that.
No. Tiberius only had a son nicknamed Castor.
Amazing how I actually knew all these facts being a historian and massive fan there other facts like how bravos is essentially renaissance Venice or that a map from a song and fire is incomplete much like maps from medieval Europe
i would say it wasnt just war of the roses i also think the war of the 5 kings was based on the war of the 4 kingdoms also
Unlike Anne and George Boleyn, Cersei and Jaime Lannister most certainly DO engage in an incestuous relationship, which is gross!
Can someone explain the reference made at 2:10? I feel like I missed something.
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Apparently, Rome spread itself too thin, geographically speaking - they couldn't defend everywhere all at once and other tribes like the Huns kept invading, making the whole thing weaker and weaker.
Another influence for Martin, believe it or not, was Dubuque Iowa (where he taught writing for a while).
Iowa is notorious ice cold winters and can get a lot of snow and it also gets dark and long…much like the winters in Westeros
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Im I crazy or does 9:20 look like Willie Nelson?
If George RR Martin ever finishes ASOIAF, it will no doubt take inspiration from CODY RHODES, who himself finished his story. 😆
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Arminius. I'm surprised it's never mentioned... German tribal leader who was once raised by Romans. Manchester raider was a Brother of the night's watch, and then went w the wildlings, the wild German tribes, and united them all to fight the Romans/ Wildlings/ Westerosi...
The Death Of Julius Caesar. I love anything to do with Roman History! 😊
*Roman* history. The term “Romanian” refers to the people, history, culture, etc. of the country of Romania.
Me too
@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 Thanks for that. I thought Romanian meant them as a whole. 😅 My bad
Agreed 👍 also History was always my favorite subject in school
@@Slayde.Wilson same here. I find us history interesting as well. Especially when it comes to the 1800s to the early 1900s as well.
The dothraki are more inspired by the Huns than the Mongol Empire.
Game of Thrones is like a big game of chess; you never know what to expect. 💯🎉
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Game of thrones have an impeccable inspiration of indian epic mythology 'mahabharat'.
Game of thrones is also kind of inspired from "Maharashtra" !!
What about the Dornish? Were they not inspired by the Moors of Spain?
I’m literally from completing the series
moreso than even accredited, i doubt any of the norsemen didn't 'bro'.
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How is "vikings" an event?
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Thanks for spoiling GoT in the thumbnail also Omni Man dies. Daemond dies.
there is no "Daemond". Everybody died early or late. If you watch a show long ended, you should know better than looking at thumbnails in YT
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My comment made history and inspired Game of Thrones
Yeah no it did no such thing.
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About that , no it didn't . All you do is troll and attention seek in the comments.
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