Top 5 Greatest Kings of Medieval England

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  • @RealCrusadesHistory
    @RealCrusadesHistory  9 місяців тому +7

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    • @dmwfourth
      @dmwfourth 9 місяців тому +1

      Nice video and livestream. 😊

    • @kdog543
      @kdog543 9 місяців тому +1

      Great scholarly work you done on this piece of history and oratory skills and thank you very much you so such exquisite stylish looking back at old masterpieces of artwork and paintings and drawings of the times. Cheers🍻🥂

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      @Memes-du3fp 9 місяців тому

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    • @kdog543
      @kdog543 9 місяців тому

      ​It was done purposely for you don't look out of the context he writing from or not modern times maybe.

    • @knowledgeuntamed9177
      @knowledgeuntamed9177 7 місяців тому

      How many of them was Stewarts? It'll shock you. Stuarts is the French spelling.

  • @shirleydesrivieres9592
    @shirleydesrivieres9592 9 місяців тому +26

    Again, very well researched and presented. Thank you so much.

    • @RealCrusadesHistory
      @RealCrusadesHistory  9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you!

    • @theguyver4934
      @theguyver4934 9 місяців тому +1

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  • @Phoenixryu
    @Phoenixryu 9 місяців тому +9

    I can't really argue against this. I always felt that King Richard was unjustly judged when he clearly achieved great things in his all-too-short rule.
    Also, I've been with this channel for many years, and breaking 300k subs is very well deserved!

  • @che71che
    @che71che 9 місяців тому +76

    I can't wait to show my 9 year old son this upload, even though I tell him Richard was the best king England had he's bombarded by school and horrible history that Richard didn't care for England

    • @vCLOWNSHOESv
      @vCLOWNSHOESv 9 місяців тому +20

      Richard was an amazing warrior and fearless leader but I'm partial to Alfred. I know his portrayal in TV shows has helped me feel that way but he was worthy of it. Those men inspire our admiration because they didn't send boys to die in oil wars they led their armies to the field themselves.

    • @che71che
      @che71che 9 місяців тому +2

      @vCLOWNSHOESv so true, and that's why I get my young son to learn about them, I'm sure it inspires him. Last year, the school did world book day where pupils dressed up as their favourite characters, I'm proud to say that my Charlie chose to dress up as Edward III :)

    • @che71che
      @che71che 9 місяців тому

      @joshbeckett9255 which is why I'm forever unpicking the damage that British education and the f^^king BBC is indoctrinating into my young son, I get him to watch this channel as part of the unpicking

    • @che71che
      @che71che 9 місяців тому +2

      @joshbeckett9255 and let me tell you, my boy gets into trouble for it, I've had to go into school and lay down the facts about history on three occasions already, and he's only 9

    • @che71che
      @che71che 9 місяців тому +1

      @@joshbeckett9255 looks like the powers deleted my first response to you because I criticised the British education system and horrible history for being inaccurate

  • @Shelley_wa
    @Shelley_wa 9 місяців тому +10

    Thanks for this upload & good morning from australia. This is my fav history channel!!

  • @DaFroBroforeal
    @DaFroBroforeal 9 місяців тому +20

    Honestly surprised that Alfred the Great wasn’t number one. During his reign he helped save the Anglo-Saxons from being overrun by the Danes. In addition to that, he spearheaded the spiritual and educational revival of the Anglo-Saxons.
    No other king on this list saved their kingdom from such an existential crises, save his grandson Athelstan to an extent. I know this list was compiled by paying members, but I just wanted to give my two cents on the matter. Great video overall, I just disagree with the ranking.

    • @paulyounger-gl5ck
      @paulyounger-gl5ck 9 місяців тому +2

      Ethelstan rates higher than his grandfather for me but its a close call.

    • @DaFroBroforeal
      @DaFroBroforeal 9 місяців тому +3

      @@paulyounger-gl5ck That’s fair and I understand why. He was like Charlemagne in that he made the most of what his forefathers worked for and became a considerably powerful monarch.

  • @eddierudolph8702
    @eddierudolph8702 9 місяців тому +11

    Very good video, I would love to see a video on the Holy Roman Empire, Castile and other Spanish kingdoms as well as France.

  • @diogobarata6346
    @diogobarata6346 9 місяців тому +11

    My list:
    1 - Alfred
    2 - Athelstan
    3 - William I
    4- Edward III
    5 - Henry V
    My favorite: Richard I

    • @SandileNgwenya-gv7nx
      @SandileNgwenya-gv7nx 9 місяців тому +6

      The only thing I disagree with on this list is William I but overall good

    • @diogobarata6346
      @diogobarata6346 9 місяців тому

      @@SandileNgwenya-gv7nxThank you 👍

  • @robertlukacs4954
    @robertlukacs4954 9 місяців тому +23

    Henry II is my favorite because of how hard he had to fight. The odds were always against him, as he was constantly dealing with betrayal from his friends or family.

    • @CommonSwindler
      @CommonSwindler 9 місяців тому +1

      But according to this “history” channel: No CrUSaDe=NoT aS GOod as RiChArd the LiONHeARt. Who cares what actual historians think?!

    • @danielwatcherofthelord1823
      @danielwatcherofthelord1823 Місяць тому

      I can agree with this. He had a whole lot to deal with and dealt with it competently. He also established much of the English crown template that would dominate the kingdom from then on. His list of accomplishments are extraordinary but he gets judged for the murder of the archbishop over his accomplishments in my opinion.

  • @AD-en5dq
    @AD-en5dq 9 місяців тому +2

    😮🎉 this channel I forgot about it your voice gave me a hit of nostalgia

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE 9 місяців тому +4

    Thank you so much for this video it was very well done ⚔️

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview 9 місяців тому +14

    I feel that Henry 5 😢really deserved to be on the list. He conquered France whereas most of the fighting for Edward 3 was really done by his son 😢

    • @JP-je6jg
      @JP-je6jg 9 місяців тому

      He was so much better than Richard I

  • @che71che
    @che71che 9 місяців тому +11

    No Henry V is a surprise

  • @philippekogler
    @philippekogler 9 місяців тому +5

    Missing William the Conqueror

  • @PrinceNation
    @PrinceNation 9 місяців тому +10

    Richard is always just a popularity contest case, great warrior king, but definitely not better than his father or some of the later English kings

    • @lettucearsebiscuits8375
      @lettucearsebiscuits8375 6 місяців тому

      Easy to say that when he died early, beset by challenges on all sides like his father was.

    • @Usernametaken1
      @Usernametaken1 5 місяців тому

      100% I used to be a complete Richard I fanboy until I learned about Edward III and some of the other kings from the Plantagenet dynasty and beyond.

    • @lettucearsebiscuits8375
      @lettucearsebiscuits8375 5 місяців тому +2

      @@Usernametaken1 Please read John Gillingham's book about Richard I. He's still up there deservedly in spite of his short reign and the recent quips about him not being English or not being in England all the time.

  • @fatherofhistory
    @fatherofhistory 9 місяців тому

    This was like a history lesson I actually *enjoyed*! Ranking kings is tough, but the arguments for each were clear and engaging.

  • @thicclegendfeep4050
    @thicclegendfeep4050 Місяць тому +1

    As an American, I'm proud of my English blood, as well as of the rest of my European heritage. North America is beyond a doubt my mother continent and the United States is my mother country, however I still hold the lands of my ancestors in high regard and I see Europe, in a way, as my grandmother continent and England especially as my Grandmother country. Ofc Africa is the homeland to all humanity but I feel a closer connection to Europe as my last ancestors to live in Africa lived there at least 70,000 years ago and at most 100,000 years ago, whereas my most recent ancestors to live in Europe lived there less than 100 years ago, and my earliest left just 400 years ago. Sorry if this weirds out Europeans.

  • @snatchy9837
    @snatchy9837 9 місяців тому +4

    All great kings, although I'd have a different order probably.

    • @JP-je6jg
      @JP-je6jg 9 місяців тому +1

      I disagree Richard I deserves to be there. He didn't do 1 good thing for england 😂

  • @GustavoCrecenzio
    @GustavoCrecenzio 6 місяців тому

    Good job like always thanks

  • @MichelleBruce-lo4oc
    @MichelleBruce-lo4oc 9 місяців тому

    Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. Can you do next video. The great queens of england. Have a great day see you next video 😊

  • @zact2342
    @zact2342 9 місяців тому +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed this one, great to hear the people's opinion. I just wish I could go back in time and tell Richard to take his safety more seriously!! Especially after already being imprisoned.

  • @emo7636
    @emo7636 4 місяці тому +1

    Henry II should be higher on this list in my opinion. And as long as we're going with just my opinion, Eleanor of Aquitaine deserves to be number 1 over all of them. She was fascinating, so was Henry.

  • @kiyruchan9535
    @kiyruchan9535 9 місяців тому +6

    Alfred the great is this country greatest king should be number 1

  • @tysonsprime
    @tysonsprime 24 дні тому +1

    Alfred the great has to be at least in the top 3

  • @lorijones9579
    @lorijones9579 9 місяців тому +3

    It's only lately that I've come to appreciate Richard Lionheart. I'm surprised he ranked #1 though.

  • @phannysanny2460
    @phannysanny2460 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video so far I always love to see a notification fo a new vid popping up. Even though id rank mine a bit different
    For reference:
    Alfred the great
    William I
    Edward III
    Richard Lionheart
    Henry V
    Maybe also Cnut the great but yeah, hes not that much of an english King to me😅

  • @Hohenstein1871
    @Hohenstein1871 9 місяців тому +3

    What an odd question, of course John I.!

  • @lilaa1more
    @lilaa1more 4 місяці тому

    Nice 😊❤❤❤❤

  • @gabrielazavacka2669
    @gabrielazavacka2669 9 місяців тому

    super video. thanks and richar d lion St. established George as the patron saint of the Crusades and the kingdom, is that true?

  • @Mma-basement-215
    @Mma-basement-215 9 місяців тому +6

    Alfred the Great and Athelstan with out them there is no England it would be Danland im so glad they made the list

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 9 місяців тому +2

    It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about 5 greatest England 🇬🇧 kings ...shared by an excellent ( real Crusades history) channel

    • @Valhalla88888
      @Valhalla88888 9 місяців тому +1

      Wrong flag buddy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 this flag😂

  • @aarondemiri486
    @aarondemiri486 9 місяців тому +2

    Henry ii is my favourite English king

    • @Kanfachan
      @Kanfachan 9 місяців тому +1

      I believe he’s England’s greatest king after 1066.

    • @aarondemiri486
      @aarondemiri486 9 місяців тому

      @@Kanfachan definitely be a contender good sir

  • @kdog543
    @kdog543 9 місяців тому +6

    My favorite is still King Richard Lionheart still. Just a bad azz all around who I think deeply loved his country and God for if he didn't he could broke his oaths to regain the holy land to God or the Popes in Rome or like the French/ Austrian king broke oaths and shivery captured King Richard lionheart and for captive and ransom for example. For such one you can't help to think for God and country he must of chanted on battlefield to his men and forefront of his men for written his men had high regards or King Richard lionheart and he had if his men too.For that suttle and simple things of many to be a great leader especially in such regards in battle🦁👑🦅 In my ancestry of one of the Henry early ones I had knights to the kings and they were like boarder petrol of the kingdom and coast. One was knight of the hawk and took up option to learned to read and write and other knight just wanted to be a warrior and didn't take up the learning opportunity. In legends but in my mother side of the family the knight of the hawk seen a big group coming on the coastline and took a short cut on his horse to bring word to the King and advised the King and doing his obedience respect (bow to) advice the King Henry the group to small to be invading force but large enough enough to attention. For it was like middle eastern messagers or like bring the first scrolls of Jeremiah I think or told that as a kid by my grandmother stories of family.🗡🦅👑🦁🍷

    • @user-hu8fn2jp5v
      @user-hu8fn2jp5v 8 місяців тому +2

      I dont think the Lionheart really loved england, though out his reign he only spent 6 months in england, he was born in france and spoke french. Granted back then the official language of the english court is french but what kind of king only stays for 6 months

    • @kdog543
      @kdog543 8 місяців тому +1

      Only type of King who loved his kingdom that much and deeply believed in convictions of his heart and God I think. Other history was he born in England 😂

    • @richardpaschal2218
      @richardpaschal2218 14 днів тому

      ​@@user-hu8fn2jp5vRichard was born at the Royal Palace at Oxford, England. So was his brother John.
      Richard ruled England very effectively through his competent ministers. He was a prolific letter writer with his ministers. This is how he communicated his orders to them.

  • @FortheFallen1010
    @FortheFallen1010 7 місяців тому +1

    Where would Baldwin the 4th fall or is not from English rule but Jerusalem only

  • @alexandernordenskjold5739
    @alexandernordenskjold5739 9 місяців тому

    I miss your live streams and what is your nwxt video to be about

  • @extremel.z.s3140
    @extremel.z.s3140 8 місяців тому

    May I ask what song you used when talking about Henry II?

  • @tysonsprime
    @tysonsprime 24 дні тому

    Henri the 5th has to be on this list.

  • @benbhogal4551
    @benbhogal4551 9 місяців тому +2

    Before watching:
    Edward III
    Edward I
    Henry I
    Henry II
    Henry V

  • @bryanrobinson8886
    @bryanrobinson8886 8 днів тому

    Long live the Lionheart!!! 👑 🦁❤️‍🔥⚔️

  • @bruhmcchaddeus413
    @bruhmcchaddeus413 9 місяців тому +2

    I already knew who #1 was gonna be 😉 Swim philip, swim 🏊‍♀️

  • @louiseyvette2261
    @louiseyvette2261 9 місяців тому

    I know this is kings, but interestingly, the Anglican historian, William Cobbett, considered Mary Tudor to be the greatest English monarch, excepting only Alfred.

  • @gabrielazavacka2669
    @gabrielazavacka2669 9 місяців тому

    those historical sources oh my
    I read that Richard has many paintings in churches in England, named streets,
    maybe the 2700 execution is also real because Ambrois himself writes it, but it turned me off again
    I read Hugo Lincoln's magna vita biography or the book from several sources, where there is also magna vita, hoveden, ralph diceto, so it turned me off that richard chased hugo lincoln the second time? you know, when they met in Gaillard, Richard gave way to him, I consider this to be further slander,

  • @TinoEvembrioti
    @TinoEvembrioti 9 місяців тому +1

    Aethelred the Unready definitely had the worst name 📛😅😅😅😂

    • @csc7225
      @csc7225 9 місяців тому +1

      Ivar the Boneless's name was pretty bad as well (I know he was Danish, but the name!).

  • @80srenaissance67
    @80srenaissance67 9 місяців тому +1

    Where's Charles III ?

    • @smacksmack5976
      @smacksmack5976 9 місяців тому +1

      In hibernation

    • @Football__Junkie
      @Football__Junkie 9 місяців тому +3

      It’s medieval kings only. He will be featured in a future video titled “The most useless monarchs of the past 200 years”

  • @hopeundertheblacksun
    @hopeundertheblacksun 9 місяців тому

    Henry V?

  • @TinoEvembrioti
    @TinoEvembrioti 9 місяців тому

    This is really good. Its amazing to imagine where some of these guys got the spirit and courage to do what no one else of their time had the stones to do 🤔

  • @robert-surcouf
    @robert-surcouf 9 місяців тому

    If it's strictly about king of england, then Alfred and Edward the older were not count.
    The top 5 will be Athelstan, William 1, Henry 1, Edward 1 and Henry 5 because they are the only ones without big cons.

    • @SandileNgwenya-gv7nx
      @SandileNgwenya-gv7nx 9 місяців тому

      William 1 had very big cons the man was tyrannical even his chroniclers didn't like him

  • @EsmereldaWeatherwax-f1s
    @EsmereldaWeatherwax-f1s 9 місяців тому +1

    Always had a soft spot for Henry II. Becket was a troublemaker alive and dead. There is a long list for worst English King....

    • @SandileNgwenya-gv7nx
      @SandileNgwenya-gv7nx 9 місяців тому

      Henry II wanted to use Becket but Becket stood up against him that's all but Henry was good as a king but a bad person

    • @louiseyvette2261
      @louiseyvette2261 9 місяців тому +1

      Beckett is a Saint, and he was right.

  • @storymaker299
    @storymaker299 9 місяців тому

    As bad as Edward II was, I still think John was worse

  • @earlnovero8208
    @earlnovero8208 5 місяців тому

    The current king of England is not like them.

  • @Noel-i9r
    @Noel-i9r 9 місяців тому

    I watch most of your videos and quite enjoy them basically because, even though you're American, you don't make a mess of European history nearly as much as your compatriots. But sadly, although I don't totally blame you but you showed Wessex on the map covering the last English stronghold of the last Celtic britonic speaking region known as Cornwall, Alfred never conquered Cornwall or Wales. Live and learn ehh

  • @Miki-gi7kq
    @Miki-gi7kq 8 місяців тому

    King Baldwin IV too young die.❤