The Worst King in English History?

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  • In the centuries of English monarchs, one is routinely considered the worst of them all: King John. Yeah he lost the Angevin Empire and was forced to sign the Magna Carta but he couldn't really be that bad, could he?
    Guest Voices
    Richard the Lionheart - @CynicalHistorian
    Irish Chieftain - @CogitoEdu
    Roger Fitzwalter - @VloggingThroughHistory
    Royal Genealogist - @GeneaVlogger
    Eleanor of Aquitaine - Adriana Tomeu
    Young John - Q
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    00:00 Intro
    00:44 Henry and Eleanor
    04:51 John's Childhood
    08:22 A Revolting Family
    14:44 King Richard
    20:44 King John
    24:33 Challenge to the Throne
    29:55 John Loses Control
    36:39 Angevin Empire Strikes Back
    39:57 Barons Revolt
    43:20 The End of King John

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  • @DrawnofHistory
    @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +507

    So what should I do next? Back to America or another world history topic? A specific figure or a historical event. And if you say Julius Caesar part 2, I better see a huge spike on part 1.

    • @anthonyminimum
      @anthonyminimum 10 місяців тому +19

      Ulysses S Grant or Andrew Jackson for America and yes please Julius Caesar part 2

    • @shavedewok2100
      @shavedewok2100 10 місяців тому +7

      The entire John Wilkes booth kidnapping/assassination conspiracy

    • @klawiehr
      @klawiehr 10 місяців тому +4

      I would say anything with a good story. It doesn’t have to have a great impact on world history, maybe just “local” history. Amazing job with this one. I used to think King John was such a great and forward-thinking king for drafting the Magna Carta… hahaha…

    • @Michael-zi3kk
      @Michael-zi3kk 10 місяців тому

      Welcome back to youtube it's been awhile

    • @kodydenney6474
      @kodydenney6474 10 місяців тому +1

      I would do something out of the box. How about the Mughals or do how Rome conquered Britain. The conquest involves the death of an emperor and a new emperor has to save face by conquering the Britain.

  • @VloggingThroughHistory
    @VloggingThroughHistory 10 місяців тому +1276

    Great work! Hope the algorithm picks this one up and you see a lot of growth because of it.

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +122

      Me too buddy. Thanks again for lending your voice. I owe you one.

    • @WaywardVet
      @WaywardVet 10 місяців тому +12

      Magna Carta scene. I put down my drink. I know that voice.

    • @jfournerat1274
      @jfournerat1274 10 місяців тому +2

      @@DrawnofHistoryCan you please do a video of Johns grandson Edward The 1st of England. After all in your video on the Black Death you mentioned how Jewish people were often persecuted throughout history including in the Middle Ages and you also mentioned how they were wrongly blamed for causing the plague even though they had nothing to do with it and you also mentioned how in many countries in Europe such as Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, and The county of Flanders the Jewish people were persecuted and attacked and killed during the Black Death and Edward The 1st is often notorious for persecuting Englands Jewish population and ordering their expulsion from England which expelled all Jewish people from England where they were forbidden from returning to until it was repealed in the 1650s and because of that Edward is rightfully hated for what he did to Jewish people so you could also talk about the persecution and expulsion of Jewish people from England.

    • @ghsthunter5
      @ghsthunter5 10 місяців тому +4

      I Knew That Was Your Voice!!! So glad this came up after your video!

    • @larryforgy1702
      @larryforgy1702 10 місяців тому +3

      We need a reaction video please

  • @GBfanatic15
    @GBfanatic15 9 місяців тому +342

    fun fact: you CAN actually die of a broken heart...as in sometimes grief causes actual heart strings to break and you can die from that.

    • @hainleysimpson1507
      @hainleysimpson1507 9 місяців тому +37

      Emotional pain activates the same nerves, as physical injury and mauled limbs.

    • @Wumbo_the_Mumbo
      @Wumbo_the_Mumbo 5 місяців тому +17

      That's what killed my grandfather. He made it about 6 months after his wife passed.

    • @dreamersdisease2481
      @dreamersdisease2481 4 місяці тому +7

      The pain can be so much your heart can't bear the weight

    • @onagaali2024
      @onagaali2024 Місяць тому +6

      I highly agree with you. I think that's what happened to Katherine of Aragon in 1536.

    • @jacquelinecallejas1390
      @jacquelinecallejas1390 Місяць тому +1

      @@Wumbo_the_Mumbo I'm not a big sports fan so I can't remember the name but I remember hearing the story of a baseball player's parents where the father died and the mom kissed him on the cheek goodbye and literally died immediately after. Can you imagine? They'd been married for a long long time and literally died within 5 minutes of each other.

  • @CogitoEdu
    @CogitoEdu 10 місяців тому +290

    So sad that there was a pre-potato era for most of mankind. It's hurts just to think about it 😥

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +79

      That's why they call it the dark ages.

    • @MW_Asura
      @MW_Asura 9 місяців тому +4

      On the good note it was an era where the US didn't exist yet
      Jk
      Partially...

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 9 місяців тому +8

      I think the people of the future South America would’ve been happily chomping on spuds at the time

    • @MissCellanious1
      @MissCellanious1 7 місяців тому +1

      I fr think about this occasionally lol other foods too though

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 7 місяців тому +2

      @@MissCellanious1yes, there was no chocolate either, not in the way we know it anyway. 🍫

  • @MinisDunyasi5
    @MinisDunyasi5 10 місяців тому +824

    2:02 Fun fact: William II could’ve been killed by his younger brother Henry I. He died after being hit by an arrow while hunting, under circumstances that remain unclear. Circumstantial evidence in the behaviour of those around him raises strong, but unproven, suspicions of murder.
    Moral of the story: If you’re in line to the throne and your sibling asks you to join them on a hunting trip *alone* *with* *them,* say no.

    • @Elyseon
      @Elyseon 10 місяців тому +34

      Par for the course when it comes to those psychotic mongrels. Reality puts even the sickest Crusader Kings players to shame.

    • @gasmonkey1000
      @gasmonkey1000 10 місяців тому

      I mean, he wouldn't have had any shortage of people willing to kill his brother too. William II was an absolute lunatic. He took a prominent role in the Harrying Of The North, a borderline genocide, and more or less acted as his father's enforcer. So when he took the crown his immediate solution was murder.

    • @KingOfHarlots86
      @KingOfHarlots86 10 місяців тому +5

      😮...I need to plan a hunting trip 🚶🏿‍♂️🚶🏿‍♂️

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 10 місяців тому +28

      They weren't alone on the hunting trip. There was no such thing as "alone" in the middle ages. There were dozens of men present for that hunt, and I'm pretty sure we have name of the man who actually loosed the arrow: Walter Tyrell. Hunting accidents were pretty common for the time, and most historians reject the claim that Henry I somehow engineered his brother's death.
      However it is beyond dispute that, literally the instant William II died, Henry I rode to Winchester and took control of the Royal Treasury, so that he could take the throne from his other brother, Robert Shortpants.

    • @gasmonkey1000
      @gasmonkey1000 10 місяців тому +21

      @@SRosenberg203 Yeah. They were pretty common but it was all pretty odd. William II was a brute, and Henry I was a very cunning individual.
      And I'm not sure if this speaks of the chaos or the Norman mindset or the suspicious nature of the whole thing but they all rushed back to their fiefs instead of trying to bring Rufus' body to even a small chapel. They left his corpse in the woods. Were it not for a peasant couple walking by he'd not even had received a proper burial

  • @DougGlendower
    @DougGlendower 10 місяців тому +1846

    Counterpoint: Richard the Lionheart was a vainglorious king who abandoned his kingdom to go play warrior monk, bankrupted the country, ignored his obligations, and then let John deal with the fallout after being treated like crap by his family and yet still tried to hold shit together.

    • @rexblade504
      @rexblade504 10 місяців тому +153

      #JusticeForJohn

    • @herrikudo
      @herrikudo 9 місяців тому +316

      Yes but he bullied the fox and the bear in sherwood forest and brainwashed richard with a hypnotist snake....

    • @DougGlendower
      @DougGlendower 9 місяців тому +91

      @@herrikudo Fair point. But John did sound like Peter Ustinov, CHECKMATE.

    • @herrikudo
      @herrikudo 9 місяців тому +51

      @@DougGlendower damn and curses... foiled again

    • @classicrockandfurriesrule4743
      @classicrockandfurriesrule4743 9 місяців тому +27

      He aliso became Evil incarnate , along with the Sheriff of Nottingham in the Robin Hood legend .

  • @Imrik
    @Imrik 9 місяців тому +562

    I always felt like King John was thrown in to a bad situation and it would have taken an exceptional king to have done much better

    • @howardlanus8467
      @howardlanus8467 9 місяців тому +71

      Not to mention he wasn't exactly given the tools necessary to do the job. He had the skills to be a superb statesman and he was great at taking opportunities, but he wasn't great at long-term planning and some of his decisions seem like poor impulse control. Not the best combo in this sort of situation.

    • @ammunity6890
      @ammunity6890 9 місяців тому +45

      @@howardlanus8467 I remember a little story about him. During his reign a child had accidentally killed another while they were playing catch with a rock.
      John found it extremely interesting and involved himself heavily in the court proceedings.
      This is what I love about the angevin kinga from now on. You get such a great read on their personality from stories and anecdotes it's great.
      Like Henry 2nd getting so angry he'd roll around on the floor, ripping the straw from his sheets and chewing it.
      Or Richard on 3rd crusade going out of his way to out do phillip.
      Phillip "you will bring me a rock for my trebuchet, and I will give you one gold coin."
      Richard "two gold coins 🗿"
      Or when they both came down with the same disease Phillip was bedridden, while Richard was out on the front lines in a stretcher.
      Richard was a fuckin mad lad I can't deny, absolute legend.

    • @Dimera09
      @Dimera09 5 місяців тому

      ​@@ammunity6890great comment lol

    • @Nova_Fortuna
      @Nova_Fortuna 4 місяці тому +6

      John was an awful king, duplicitous and stupid. Easily the worst king in English history

    • @dragonmandestructinator2847
      @dragonmandestructinator2847 3 місяці тому +5

      Kinda like James Buchanan. Leaders that were very much not up to the situation they found themselves in.

  • @MyObessiveDirector
    @MyObessiveDirector 10 місяців тому +563

    The amount of history UA-camr cameos in here had me doing the DiCaprio pointing at the TV meme multiple times 😭

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +75

      History UA-camrs know how to party.

    • @MyObessiveDirector
      @MyObessiveDirector 10 місяців тому +12

      @@DrawnofHistory you guys sure do! Can't wait for more videos from this channel I've been a fan since the Leif Erikson video dropped

    • @anyadouc9296
      @anyadouc9296 10 місяців тому +3

      @@DrawnofHistory how about more monarchs of england?

    • @anyadouc2069
      @anyadouc2069 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@DrawnofHistoryking Edward i of England?

    • @alexanderkidonakis9185
      @alexanderkidonakis9185 10 місяців тому +1

      Because you wrote this comment this video was recommended to me
      Today I’ve had 4 DiCaprio finger pointing memes sent to me
      I was kinda annoyed at first but this is a cool channel so thanks

  • @gusbussolano03
    @gusbussolano03 10 місяців тому +155

    "If you stay loyal to me, I'll make sure the McRib is a permanent menu item." - King John of England, some fuckin time in the 1200s

    • @joshuasepeda3289
      @joshuasepeda3289 4 місяці тому +1

      He's got my vote. 👍

    • @jacquelinecallejas1390
      @jacquelinecallejas1390 Місяць тому +1

      See I've never understood. People WANT it so why not give it to them? I miss the McRib still. Last time I had it was over 10 years ago where I wandered into a McDonalds in the Bronx by sheer luck and they had it. I went back for a week until they ran out.

    • @joshuasepeda3289
      @joshuasepeda3289 Місяць тому

      @jacquelinecallejas1390 From what I've heard, it seems the Mcrib isn't popular enough to make it a permanent menu item. It's easily my favorite McDonald's item.

    • @KRDecade2009
      @KRDecade2009 28 днів тому +1

      @@joshuasepeda3289but it’s a permanent menu item in Germany and Luxembourg!

    • @nealmaxwell790
      @nealmaxwell790 13 днів тому

      “Who the fuck do do you think you are John!?” -Ronald McDonald

  • @Swissswoosher
    @Swissswoosher 10 місяців тому +484

    Imagine being so bad at being King that even your brother Richard, who spent about a total of 6 months of his 10 year reign in England, and bankrupted the country, is still considered the better King!

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 10 місяців тому +85

      That's precisely WHY he's considered a better King. An absent King is often looked on much more favorably than one who was there all the time. The Norman Kings of England up until John all spent a fair amount of time outside of England, overseeing their continental domains, Henry II and Richard especially. After John lost Normandy in 1204, he spent virtually all of his time in England. It's way easier to like a King when he's off somewhere else doing heroic shit or burning down French towns, than it is to like him if he's just *HERE*, ALL THE TIME.
      Both Henry II and Richard were more heavy-handed with their rule over baronial prerogatives and rights than John was, but his proximity was what made the barons feel like he was pressuring them so much more than they had been pressured by previous Kings, so Henry and Richard are both seen more favorably.

    • @Swissswoosher
      @Swissswoosher 10 місяців тому +57

      @@SRosenberg203 from what I learned in the video, John didn‘t seem as bad as he is often portrayed to be. Just very, very unlucky.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 10 місяців тому +50

      @@Swissswoosher Yep. In an era where Kings were also expected to be warriors, John was just spectacularly unlucky on the battlefield, which made him seem both less Kingly and less manly to his contemporaries, which contributed to a lot of his problems. He also got into several BIG conflicts with the Church, as the video says, and since Monks were doing most of the recording of history at that time, they didn't have too many nice things to say about him.

    • @anuszbizsergetokommentek2171
      @anuszbizsergetokommentek2171 10 місяців тому

      Its because the nobility prefered a king that is far away from home so that they can do whatever they want. Like when during the summer brake mom went to work and you could eat cerial and sweets all day.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 10 місяців тому +3

      @@anuszbizsergetokommentek2171 Exactly

  • @GeraldM_inNC
    @GeraldM_inNC 10 місяців тому +137

    William Rufus. He was so hated that when he was "accidentally" shot by an arrow during a hunt, when the shooter explained "I thought he was a deer" everyone replied "Works for me!"

    • @lewisirwin5363
      @lewisirwin5363 10 місяців тому +10

      See also Richard II, locked up in a basement and tortured to death by his own mother

    • @whuuuut2035
      @whuuuut2035 5 місяців тому +6

      I know this is the exact opposite, but it reminds me of one of my favorite ice breaker stories, about how Dick Cheney shot Attorney Harry Whittington in the head on a quail hunt while sitting down, facing the opposite way of the quail, called it an accident and made Whittington apologize to HIM on live tv.

    • @crazyand2099
      @crazyand2099 2 місяці тому +2

      @@lewisirwin5363 Richard II's mom died 15 years before he did, i don't know where you got this from.

  • @crystalp7242
    @crystalp7242 10 місяців тому +262

    I’m pleasantly amused that not only does Cypher (Cynical Historian) voice a character in this video, he’s voicing the guy he named his cat after, King Richard I. 😂

    • @LibraDiCaprio
      @LibraDiCaprio 10 місяців тому +9

      King Richard bans all bigots

  • @newton21989
    @newton21989 10 місяців тому +103

    I learned about King John from Disney's Robin Hood...
    Too late to be known as John the First
    He's sure to be known as John the Worst

    • @bj.bruner
      @bj.bruner 9 місяців тому

      🎵A pox on the phoney King of England🎵

    • @solidonseraindogthetenth1679
      @solidonseraindogthetenth1679 7 місяців тому +2

      Hahahahahaha!

    • @NoahTheAmbitious
      @NoahTheAmbitious 4 місяці тому +7

      The Breezy And Uneasy, Snivellin' Grovellin', Measly Weasly, Blabberin' Jabberin', Gibberin' Jabberin', Blunderin' Pluderin', Wheelin' Dealin' Phony King Of England

    • @jessieeermit4599
      @jessieeermit4599 Місяць тому +1

      "A half hour before he knows he's there, old Rob will steal his underwear."

  • @anthonyminimum
    @anthonyminimum 10 місяців тому +126

    I like how you can auto-translate the CC’s from English to French to make it more accurate in how the medieval Kings of England would’ve spoken to each other

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +33

      sure. Whatever increases the immersion.

    • @woahtherebud01
      @woahtherebud01 9 місяців тому +12

      That reply read so judgemental 😭

  • @keiththorpe9571
    @keiththorpe9571 10 місяців тому +46

    William De Longchamp
    "That guy? He looks like white, windowless vans will be invented specifically for him..."
    That one absolutely killed.

  • @rexblade504
    @rexblade504 10 місяців тому +54

    He actually seems like a good King who if he ruled in a different time would have been considered so. He had to fix the issues that Richard left for him and doing so made him unpopular. From what it seems Richard was a great warrior which made him popular but he neglected his kingdom and left John to pick up the slack. John seems to be to have just been unlucky and did the best anyone could in his situation.

    • @dashieprodx
      @dashieprodx 7 місяців тому +4

      He was the best king anyone like John could've been.

  • @MLMguitarguy
    @MLMguitarguy 10 місяців тому +150

    Chris from Vlogging through History made it into this episode. That's awesome. Been hoping he would join your star studded historian cast.

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +38

      We've been talking about doing something for over a year and I got to hang out with him back in November. Great guy so getting him in this was a no brainer.

    • @VloggingThroughHistory
      @VloggingThroughHistory 10 місяців тому +32

      @@DrawnofHistory It was my pleasure to do it. Thanks for asking! Enjoyed hanging out with you too.

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 7 місяців тому +2

      111 👍

  • @apriljohnson7952
    @apriljohnson7952 10 місяців тому +53

    Great video. Minor nitpick, Richard III didn’t drown his brother in wine. It was their older brother Edward IV

    • @bricekimball5206
      @bricekimball5206 8 місяців тому +7

      THANK YOU! Not a nitpick, accuracy is rather important.

    • @cl5470
      @cl5470 7 місяців тому +1

      True, though Richard benefited most from it since he became sole heir to Warwick (the Kingmaker) when George died.

    • @jujubees5855
      @jujubees5855 7 місяців тому +2

      Facts matter. Plus there is no concrete proof he murdered his nephews. Or that they even died in the tower.

    • @tobymills7110
      @tobymills7110 3 місяці тому +1

      Or that it was more likely that Henry VII killed the princes rather than Richard as he had significantly more to gain from it

    • @jacquelinecallejas1390
      @jacquelinecallejas1390 Місяць тому

      @@tobymills7110 I think I read they finally found the bodies of the 2 princes a few years ago. Unlikely they would have been killed and entombed in the tower of london without the King's express commands.

  • @hzoethetaco7492
    @hzoethetaco7492 9 місяців тому +16

    I think Charles I has to be the worst, considering you know, he literally got executed for causing a civil war.

  • @jujubees5855
    @jujubees5855 9 місяців тому +34

    That Cnut joke earned you a sub. ❤
    Going through sad crap. First time I laughed out loud after crying all day.
    Thank you.

  • @omegon2540
    @omegon2540 10 місяців тому +21

    "The royals are less like a family tree and more like a family knot "

    • @celestialhylos7028
      @celestialhylos7028 2 місяці тому +1

      I sometimes forget all of them are related and can claim each other's throne at any time

    • @joshuasepeda3289
      @joshuasepeda3289 Місяць тому

      Do you think this is why they had so many wars for centuries? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jacquelinecallejas1390
      @jacquelinecallejas1390 Місяць тому +1

      After seeing the Broadway play SIX I read a little to supplement the info I got and many of Henry's wives, mistresses and would be wives were related. And his first wife was married to his older brother before he died although she said it was never consumated because they both fell ill right after the wedding but she survived.

    • @jessieeermit4599
      @jessieeermit4599 Місяць тому

      More like a family stick.

  • @edsimons628
    @edsimons628 10 місяців тому +33

    George of Clarence was ordered executed by his older brother, Edward IV, not his younger brother, Richard III. Even Richard's enemies recorded that he tried to talk Edward out of executing George.

  • @galloe8933
    @galloe8933 10 місяців тому +33

    To see, or actually hear all the combined knowledge, and familiar voices of the History-tubers made this video worth the wait, so worth the wait!
    I feel like there are a few voice channels here that I’m not subbed to… I hate doing work over the weekends, but, I do, however, feel like the amount of new history videos I would get from the subs is well worth the work.
    I’m done sounding fancy in a stupid way…. Gear video! Is what I would have said if it was over, but it’s not, and that’s also wonderful.

  • @archerbyrne8103
    @archerbyrne8103 10 місяців тому +31

    Schwerpunkt made a powerful video on the reasons why according to him John was not. Agree or disagree I really advise anyone his Medieval England playlist, it's really thought provoking

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +12

      I'll have to check it out now that I'm finally done with this.

    • @agin1519
      @agin1519 10 місяців тому

      I avoided English history outside UA-cam mostly, but I do vaguely remember watching something that said the next guy/ dynasty wrote the history and really stitched him up…Probably should go watch the other reaction vids before I comment…

  • @mattandrews2594
    @mattandrews2594 10 місяців тому +21

    Correction: William Rufus wasn't William I's first son. Robert of Normandy was. He was supposed to inherit the throne of England but William Rufus essentially seized it since Robert wasn't in England at the time. William and Henry were actually the 3rd and 4th sons respectively.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 10 місяців тому +5

      Not quite. Normandy was given to Robert Curthose, and England was given to William Rufus, but that was William the Conqueror's intention with regard to inheritance before he died. After his death, they fought a war in 1088 which made Normandy a subject to the English Crown, and Curthose was allowed to keep possession of the Dutchy but required to relinquish his claim to the throne.
      When William II died, Henry I usurped the throne from Curthose because he was away on Crusade, and then when Curthose got back and led a rebellion to try and retake it, Henry I won and took Normandy from him too. And the second son, Richard, died before William the Conqueror so he didn't really matter lol

    • @mattandrews2594
      @mattandrews2594 10 місяців тому +1

      @@SRosenberg203 Nothing of what you said refuted what I said. And the war didn't rejoin Normandy to England. William Rufus was stalemated there, he only became its regent because Robert pawned it to him to fund his campaign on the First Crusade.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 9 місяців тому +1

      Correction. William Rufus was left England by his father. Robert got Normandy.

    • @mattandrews2594
      @mattandrews2594 9 місяців тому +1

      @@mangot589 No he wasn't. He hadn't officially been left anything by the time his father died, and the entirety of England was way too important to bequeath to a third son. He only got it because he was in the country at the time.

    • @crazyand2099
      @crazyand2099 2 місяці тому +1

      @@mattandrews2594 yes he was, on his deathbed William I gave Robert Normandy, William Rufus England, and Henry I money. England's population was comparable to Normandy and it was Norman custom to give your eldest what you were given as inheritance and things you added were given to other sons.

  • @lchg6028
    @lchg6028 10 місяців тому +12

    One story I absolutely love about the Legend, which is Henry II, is that he wholeheartedly joked around that the reason for the hotheadedness of the Plantagents is because of their descent of a demon

  • @hismajestyharambe5691
    @hismajestyharambe5691 10 місяців тому +59

    I hope you keep going, you will be right there with the other great history UA-camrs, it will just take time for more people to realize it

  • @andrewobrien8325
    @andrewobrien8325 10 місяців тому +36

    Richard III didn’t murder his brother. His brother was a traitor and was executed under the order of their older brother Edward but as a favour to their mother, Edward let his brother choose how he died and the brother had a fondness for Malmsey Wine so he chose to be drowned in the stuff(TBF If I had to pick a way I wouldn’t choose that one but if I could swap it with Irn Bru then I’d be all for it) and was suspended in a barrel privately in the Bowyer Tower, for record at this time Richard was most likely in Yorkshire enjoying his lands there but also preparing for war since a year later he was battling the Scots and it’d been a war that had been building for some time(he didn’t have time to make a trip down to London to hang his brother by his ankles in a barrel of wine).

    • @riftvallance2087
      @riftvallance2087 10 місяців тому +4

      The method probably sounded more fun in his head

    • @googlesucks1039
      @googlesucks1039 10 місяців тому +4

      Yep, also Richard III didn't lock the prince's in the tower either, that was a rumour started by William Shakespeare's play

    • @andrewobrien8325
      @andrewobrien8325 10 місяців тому +5

      @@googlesucks1039 actually that one was started by someone else, I think it was Thomas Moore but don’t quote me on that, Shakespeare just went with it and popularised it. I hate to say it as well but the princes were last seen in the tower, Richard the III wasn’t the monster Shakespeare made him out to be, however it’s hard to deny that he didn’t help his case and that part is true. Who killed the princess on the other hand is beyond me….I wouldn’t want to say, there’s some evidence that the elder boy was already dying likely from a disease which for the time wouldn’t have been uncommon. The younger boy though….it maybe he was murdered because if the elder one died of the disease whoever was watching him would likely get the blame, so Richard, much easier to have both boys “disappear” than to admit that either died on his watch. Richard by that time had pretty much lost it, I mean he’d broken English law so badly that if he’d admitted that the Princes even had bruised knees, he’d have been in for the high jump, disappearing them was probable deniability. I mean by this point he’d executed Lord Hastings without a trial(lord Hastings was also not no one, he was Edward the IV’s most loyal advisor and everyone knew it, to cut his head off without a trial was a big NO NO and Richard wasn’t done). In the end I think Richard has been done dirty by history but he was no saint

    • @lewisirwin5363
      @lewisirwin5363 10 місяців тому +4

      @@andrewobrien8325 Half of Richard's problem was the same as John's: He made good laws for the common people and tried to rein in aristocratic excess. Unfortunately, the commons were NOT the powerbase for the realm at that time, leading to Henry VII's eventual comeback.

    • @andrewobrien8325
      @andrewobrien8325 10 місяців тому

      @@lewisirwin5363 Huh? I didn’t know that about him…but it does make sense. I still think olde Richard made other decisions that probably weren’t well thought out but I think the we can both agree it was the perfect storm of trouble(and even though he lost, if it had been a footie match that morning of the battle, you’d have put your money on Richard but that’s just on paper….and paper can be torn up and discarded).

  • @blindoutlaw
    @blindoutlaw 10 місяців тому +46

    11:52 “lads, we riot”
    The calmest Irishman ever😂

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +7

      That's an Irishman delivering the line as well

    • @joshuasepeda3289
      @joshuasepeda3289 Місяць тому +1

      He can't be irish. He sounds too sober.😂😂😂

  • @brachiator1
    @brachiator1 9 місяців тому +5

    King John had such a bad reputation that "John" has never been used again as the formal name of a British king. His second wife Isabella apparently grew up to become a very beautiful woman. Isabella had five children by King John, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children.

  • @glennabate1708
    @glennabate1708 10 місяців тому +23

    He was a terrible king but if it wasn’t for him England may have ended up mostly in France and the Magna Carta might have never been enacted.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 10 місяців тому +3

      I mean, he was literally forced into signing Magna Carta at swordpoint, and the instant he was out of danger, he requested that the Pope invalidate the document (which he did). Let's give credit where it's due; to the Barons who came up with the damn thing, not the King who was coerced into signing it and whose son ignored it for the next 50 years.

    • @glennabate1708
      @glennabate1708 10 місяців тому +6

      @@SRosenberg203 it went over your head. Nevermind.

    • @jacquelinecallejas1390
      @jacquelinecallejas1390 Місяць тому

      Hmm. Sort of his loss was our gain. I mean if George the III had been a better king maybe we'd (the USA) would still be part of the UK.

  • @jaydenesquivel3394
    @jaydenesquivel3394 10 місяців тому +7

    Is it me or the french king looks like lord faqaurd from Shrek😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 9 місяців тому +7

    As much as John sucks, you've got to give it to him for inspiring so much Robin Hood lore and giving us SO MANY opportunities for hot men in historical dress

  • @jamesleriger7959
    @jamesleriger7959 10 місяців тому +33

    I still remember watching Mr Terry reacting to his own voice acting when he appeared in these videos. Now we get to see Vlogging Through History doing that now!

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +7

      That would be cool. I'm not sure if VTH has reacted to a Drawn of History video yet.

    • @VloggingThroughHistory
      @VloggingThroughHistory 10 місяців тому +10

      @@DrawnofHistory oh it's coming soon :)

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +10

      If that means what I think it means, awesome. You'll get no CGPing from me.

    • @jamesleriger7959
      @jamesleriger7959 10 місяців тому +6

      I’m honored that this conversation would happen under my comment! I’m a big fan of you both!

  • @sidp5381
    @sidp5381 8 місяців тому +2

    Also, Isabella of Gloucester and king John, we’re both descended from Henry the first of England

  • @andydufresnefromshawshank5866
    @andydufresnefromshawshank5866 10 місяців тому +4

    40:05 I was so happy to hear Vlogging Through History on here

  • @fungerz
    @fungerz 5 місяців тому +4

    Great scriptwriting, that’s where it starts. Plus, awesome animation that delivers. I did think “Will this long-form format fail?” It didn’t; you didn’t. I love your work: educating, entertaining, and entrancing. Thank you so much.

  • @zodiaczennial3676
    @zodiaczennial3676 10 місяців тому +44

    This is one of the most entertaining history channels I've seen. Thank you for all your effort!

  • @mndrag
    @mndrag 6 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video! Please keep making more!

  • @gourmand3
    @gourmand3 10 місяців тому +5

    Another great video! Looking forward to what comes next!

  • @DAFORCEFilms
    @DAFORCEFilms 10 місяців тому +42

    Come on… we all know Alan Rickman’s best role was Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus in Galaxy Quest.

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +13

      Grabthar's hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged!

    • @herrikudo
      @herrikudo 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@@DrawnofHistory we gotta get outta here before those things come back and kill Guy!

  • @GlamorousTitanic21
    @GlamorousTitanic21 9 місяців тому +5

    What about Henry VI? Under his reign the Plantagenet Empire’s holdings in France were lost and England was soon embroiled in the Wars of the Roses.

    • @Nolaris3
      @Nolaris3 8 місяців тому +1

      Exactly, I expected it to be him but I guess most people don't know about him

    • @thenablade858
      @thenablade858 7 місяців тому

      John came to the crown as an adult, Henry was a little boy. Also, he suffered from extreme mental instability (inherited from his maternal grandfather, who famously thought he was made of glass) and seemed to be more interested in education than actual ruling.

  • @maryjones8944
    @maryjones8944 9 місяців тому +2

    Congratulations on your most recent video! You are finally being recognize on UA-cam for your videos on the platform with this current one. I cannot wait to see your next video on here. Keep up the good work!😊

  • @college54114
    @college54114 10 місяців тому +22

    Man, what the hell. This is the most professional and high quality entertainment documentary I’ve ever watched on UA-cam. You deserve (and will soon have, trust me) millions of subscribers. This was hilarious and so well done, anyone could learn a lot from this about English, Norman and French history. I’m a massive history buff and I will be showing this to lots of friends and families. You’ve earned a lifelong subscriber! Keep up the good work and I promise you you’ll continue to grow and be blessed by the algorithm!

  • @glory2christcmj702
    @glory2christcmj702 9 місяців тому +3

    This was a great video, I hope you keep producing more! Great historical information and content, with good humor and entertainment, made it enjoyable to follow along and learn more about the topic!

  • @annoyedbrox4851
    @annoyedbrox4851 10 місяців тому +13

    quality content my man , really, i can see the effort you put into this, on behalf of the history community, thank you a 1000 times

  • @estellwilliams7409
    @estellwilliams7409 8 місяців тому +2

    Omg the prince of thieves spoon reference killed me 😂

  • @warlordofbritannia
    @warlordofbritannia 9 місяців тому +2

    Aethelred: *Imma about to ruin my whole career*

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 10 місяців тому +6

    I greatly enjoyed this video. It was really funny. Great to see you again Drawn of History. I hope we don't have to wait too long for your next video.

  • @sarahellie4113
    @sarahellie4113 10 місяців тому +6

    Keep making videos Mr Betts, they are amazing!

  • @sohflipz4439
    @sohflipz4439 9 місяців тому +1

    So glad Chris made me aware of your content. Love the work you do!

  • @randomuser942464
    @randomuser942464 10 місяців тому

    Here from vlogging through history. I enjoyed your video, keep up the good work.

  • @AmidalaEmma
    @AmidalaEmma 9 місяців тому +6

    Richard III didn’t drown his brother in wine, his older brother Edward IV did that.

  • @MalikF15
    @MalikF15 10 місяців тому +9

    Wait a Drawn of History with cameos from other history UA-camrs awesome start to my Saturday morning😊. Also love having Chris from Vlogging through History taking the role of an Angry English Barron.

  • @charlayned
    @charlayned 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm now subscribed and coming over from Vlogging History. You have a lot of talent and this video was such fun. I"m going to be binge watching your videos now (historian, Antebellum history mainly, and Texas history.) . I'm looking forward to the rest of them.

  • @infernosgaming8942
    @infernosgaming8942 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow this amazing! Its like a mix of a documentary and a movie with the little in-character dialogue bits. Love it!

  • @Jameswebbtelescope7484
    @Jameswebbtelescope7484 10 місяців тому +8

    40:07 he sounds like the UA-camr vlogging through history
    Edit: oh cause it was vlogging through history lol EPIC!

  • @Michael-zi3kk
    @Michael-zi3kk 8 місяців тому +3

    Congratulation drawing of History this is your most popular video yet you're finally getting the views you deserve keep up the good work

  • @Sam21G
    @Sam21G 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video, really high quality, really enjoyable

  • @AlasdairLowe
    @AlasdairLowe 2 місяці тому +2

    As a point, Richard III didn't drown George Duke of Clarence in wine, his brother Edward IV did. And George elected to be drowned in a vat of Malmsey as he was given the choice of execution method (after he rebelled again after his brother had already forgiven him once).

  • @tebo9334
    @tebo9334 9 місяців тому +3

    Edward IV actually drowned his brother George in wine, and George was basically begging for it. And there’s a decent amount of evidence, in my mind, that the Duke of Buckingham killed the princes. Richard III was actually pretty badass, despite Tudor propaganda.
    And honestly, John wasn’t that bad. The Angevin Empire was inevitably going to fall, and he was unlucky a lot of the time. And once it fell, England was gonna hate him cause they were used to kings with French possessions. John spent his time in England enacting “justice” and no one likes that.
    The worst king was either Henry VI, Richard II, or Edward II. John was actually looking pretty good compared to them, and I’d say overall he was both a uniquely unlucky and mediocre man.
    Edit: Also, John was commonly called lackland cause it was a joke is Dad made (hahaha Harry) but he was actually given Cornwall and named Lord of Ireland.

  • @BryantVonMiller
    @BryantVonMiller 10 місяців тому +9

    Thanks to Chris from VTH into pointin' me your way. Stellar craftsmanship
    Lookin' forward to seeing whatcha put out in the future both near and far

  • @lawrencegcolemaniii7474
    @lawrencegcolemaniii7474 9 місяців тому +2

    "I won't let you down!"
    "Oh no, I'm sure that you will."

  • @theofficialguy
    @theofficialguy 8 місяців тому +1

    I just want to say that the animation and dedication is incredible, well done job!

  • @ricgillingham8056
    @ricgillingham8056 10 місяців тому +5

    King' John's nickname was Lackland as he famously was left no titles or land by his father the king .

  • @RachaelMarieNewport
    @RachaelMarieNewport 10 місяців тому +6

    Just saw it great job aa always ❤
    Casting Cypher as King Richard I was purrfect since that is the name of His Royal Meowness, Cypher's cat.

  • @JJB855
    @JJB855 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome video, I think this channel will grow quickly!

  • @Jimmukun_
    @Jimmukun_ 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video, always love to see your uploads. Genuinely really clever and funny. Great work

  • @connerdalton8887
    @connerdalton8887 10 місяців тому +6

    Love this channel so much! Glad to see another video

  • @Mikebumpful
    @Mikebumpful 10 місяців тому +5

    “IT' BRITTANY, BITCH”!! That made me chuckle 😂

  • @benwanner74
    @benwanner74 Місяць тому +1

    Subscribed and bell on! I’m looking forward to witnessing your growth! Awesome video man. It’s time to binge

  • @str.77
    @str.77 10 місяців тому +5

    No, Richard III did not "definitely drown his brother Clarence. That actually happened on orders of Edward IV and was well-deserved.

  • @josephfernandez8015
    @josephfernandez8015 6 місяців тому +3

    Henceforth, all toilets in the realm will be named… John…

  • @vickibamman8333
    @vickibamman8333 9 місяців тому +2

    “Have you met our family?”

  • @sou713
    @sou713 10 місяців тому +3

    This channel is such a hidden gem. Just some seriously brilliant stuff. Keep up the amazing work man, I genuinely hope you grow and I can't wait to see more ❤

  • @carlajenkins1990
    @carlajenkins1990 9 місяців тому +4

    Now, in the spirit of the Worst Kings, you have to do Edward II. And George IV.

  • @hell8255
    @hell8255 9 місяців тому +5

    Edward IV drowned his brother George duke of Clarence in wine allegedly, for treason. Richard iii their youngest brother wasn't king at the time so he can't really be blamed for that.

  • @aosterman66
    @aosterman66 10 місяців тому

    Just found your channel loved this video!

  • @dozensofeggs1608
    @dozensofeggs1608 10 місяців тому +4

    Tbh you upload just as much as oversimplified, don’t have even half as much subs, and makes better animations. So underrated. Keep it up man!

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +7

      I'd be happy right now with a 1/10th of as many subs. If you know a way how to tell his audience to check out me stuff between his videos, be my guest.

  • @DetroitMuscle
    @DetroitMuscle 10 місяців тому +3

    @7:40 Did anyone else catch the Caesar Pompey HBO Rome reference in Egypt?

  • @kotanecrosis96
    @kotanecrosis96 10 місяців тому +2

    I loved this whole video and so many others! I was laughing so hard and learned so much. Please make more 🙏

  • @oxylepy2
    @oxylepy2 8 місяців тому +1

    "That's middle age for the middle ages" oh god, Metatron is having an aneurysm

  • @generalaigullletes5830
    @generalaigullletes5830 10 місяців тому +5

    "he was a BISHOP OF ROME!!!"
    kingdom of england HBO

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +2

      Going for the Caesar being presented with Pompey's head vibe

    • @lysimaquetokmok6755
      @lysimaquetokmok6755 10 місяців тому +3

      Shame on the house of Plantagenet, shame.

  • @annabellethepitty
    @annabellethepitty 10 місяців тому +3

    7:18 those two knights were all like. "Say less your majesty, we got you"

  • @shardslayer4568
    @shardslayer4568 10 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video!

  • @michelleanderson245
    @michelleanderson245 5 місяців тому +2

    Actually it was Richard the thirds eldest brother that ordered the death of their middle brother...and he chose his method of execution because he didn’t think they were actually going to go through with it

  • @tacolepaco
    @tacolepaco 10 місяців тому +6

    You were right man, in one week after I commented you came back strong! Great video, definitely learned a lot of John.

  • @DorchaEagla
    @DorchaEagla 10 місяців тому +3

    It was Edward IV who drowned his brother not Richard 3rd

  • @DarthPudden
    @DarthPudden 3 місяці тому

    Stumbled on this channel today. I LOVE the music!!

  • @MsJodi188
    @MsJodi188 2 місяці тому

    Appreciate all the work you put into your videos!

  • @RayvenTheNight
    @RayvenTheNight 10 місяців тому +3

    This is 50 plus years of a cluster fuck of absolute insanity.

  • @marianski8039
    @marianski8039 10 місяців тому +3

    You deserve more subscribers, keep it up :D

  • @maricarteodoro5907
    @maricarteodoro5907 3 місяці тому

    Amazing content!

  • @agedstring
    @agedstring 5 днів тому +1

    I've seen other history UA-camrs like Oversimplified tell stories of Hannibal's crusades. And while I do think they are the best.
    You have the best delivery in lines that make me replay a section over and over

  • @Dimera09
    @Dimera09 5 місяців тому +4

    First time I've seen your videos, I'm only 8 and a half minutes in and this is so good. Great animation and the childish tone of Henry II's ungrateful sons is so on point! +1 subscriber for you

  • @michaelerk4099
    @michaelerk4099 10 місяців тому +4

    Woah. 45 minutes. What a great piece of work. Gratulations for the result. Extraordinal!👍

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому

      I love how it came out... and that it's done. On to the next one.

  • @aswinkumar316
    @aswinkumar316 9 місяців тому

    Exceptional work👏

  • @shadowmane55
    @shadowmane55 6 місяців тому

    Here from vloggingthroughhistory. Excellent video bro... Gonna check out your other work now.

  • @amyrhees6527
    @amyrhees6527 10 місяців тому +5

    Love this! You’re extremely underrated

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому +2

      Thanks. I'll try to rate higher :P

  • @TurtleSquirrles
    @TurtleSquirrles 10 місяців тому +5

    Two videos in one year?! A blessing from the lord ❤️

    • @DrawnofHistory
      @DrawnofHistory  10 місяців тому

      Next one will be short. I swear. (it might be long)