Edward the Confessor - The Saint Saxon King Documentary

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  • @ManinderSingh-nf9re
    @ManinderSingh-nf9re Рік тому +17

    Absolutely perfect description of the great King who is shrouded in mysteries hats off to ur channel by portraying events of EDWARD THE CONFESSOR

  • @lornahuddleston1453
    @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому +25

    This is such a quick romp through that period. It isn't easy to keep everybody straight. What a large cast of characters!

  • @kathyjaneburke2798
    @kathyjaneburke2798 Рік тому +15

    A King I personally had little knowledge of. Thank you for the insight.

  • @lfgifu296
    @lfgifu296 Рік тому +28

    I LOVE the Anglo Saxons😭 Seriously they are so mesmerising! Thank you and please do more of these🙏🙏

    • @DarthDread-oh2ne
      @DarthDread-oh2ne 11 місяців тому

      Hi friend.

    • @lfgifu296
      @lfgifu296 11 місяців тому +1

      @@DarthDread-oh2ne hello there :) have you watched People's Profiles' documentaries on the Plantagenets? It's a fascinating watch

    • @DarthDread-oh2ne
      @DarthDread-oh2ne 11 місяців тому

      @@lfgifu296 I have. And I love it.

  • @Andrea-Marie
    @Andrea-Marie Рік тому +14

    Thank you very much indeed. As an Austrian my knowledge about English history is very poor, so I've enjoyed your video. Kind regards from the former Babenberger's and Habsburger's country.

  • @markhart7273
    @markhart7273 Рік тому +16

    Matilda daughter of Henry 1st of England and mother of Henry 2nd would be a great one to do a video on.

  • @dillionday7414
    @dillionday7414 Рік тому +11

    Finally! Been asking for this for years! Thank you.

  • @wabisabi6875
    @wabisabi6875 2 місяці тому +1

    I knew about this Edward in relation to the succession debacle and the Conquest, but I had no idea his reign was so turbulent AND so well documented. Your videos are like a second education. Many thanks for the excellent presentation and clear narration! I would, however, like to see more maps, please.

  • @sallyanngrant6149
    @sallyanngrant6149 Рік тому +5

    i really love listening to your videos. Gareth;s voice is amazing and i am so grateful as I love history especially when a lot of the people you do are in my family tree. I rerlated by marriage to Willian the Conqueror and Charlemagen and a lot inbetween. Sir Andrew Parr (brother of Queen Catherine) was married to my 12th Great Grandmother - Lady Helena Snakenborg. Bless you for providing such great documentaries :)

    • @tommyboy9680
      @tommyboy9680 4 місяці тому

      My 45 th great grandfather was Alexander the Great😅😅😅

  • @jazminjacobs4910
    @jazminjacobs4910 Рік тому +2

    I love the transcript. I’ve listened to your videos on my way to work and I just now noticed the transcript ( because I’m at home) and it highlights what part you are on. Fantastic !!

  • @kyleb1636
    @kyleb1636 Рік тому +3

    This is my new favourite channel by far getting me through work listening to these I’ve watched so many keep them coming

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +126

    Next time you should to Athelstan, the First King of England!

    • @Alex-zs7gw
      @Alex-zs7gw Рік тому +9

      The only decent Wessex king - and probably cuz he was brought up by Æthelflaed.
      Rest of them are full on facepalms or Alfred

    • @N2Dressage001
      @N2Dressage001 Рік тому

      Yes!

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 Рік тому +3

      @@Alex-zs7gw Edward the Elder was a great and effective king too

    • @Alex-zs7gw
      @Alex-zs7gw Рік тому +2

      @@sebe2255 nah
      I mean he was evidently more competent than the later generations...but dude practically cast Æthelstan aside and had severe Napoleon complex because Æethelflaed was clearly the truer successor of their father. She even raised Æ-stan so he's her success.
      Obviously today she would have been queen being older and more competent, had the spirit of Mercia... shame how history plays out I guess.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 Рік тому +2

      @@Alex-zs7gw The truer successor of her father? In what world? Anyway he effectively merged Mercia and Wessex, which was a huge step towards creating a more stable and united Anglo-Saxon nation. And he also subdued the Norsemen and integrated some of them into his kingdom

  • @johnhaydu2627
    @johnhaydu2627 Рік тому +26

    Henry lll named his son Edward (Edward l) because of his veneration of Edward the Confessor

  • @madelaine90s
    @madelaine90s Рік тому +4

    I live a stones throw from Islip and never knew any of this. So shocked to hear such important history, so close to home

  • @v.g.r.l.4072
    @v.g.r.l.4072 Рік тому +3

    A very interesting documentary with the usual glorious images of this series. Thanks.

  • @lornahuddleston1453
    @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому +10

    Love this. More please.☺️🧐
    My Huddleston line goes back to these days. Apparently they were Saxon from around Yorkshire. Aren't we all likely to be also Danish by and by?

    • @deturvilleashley3330
      @deturvilleashley3330 Рік тому +1

      Have you looked into their genealogy? Do you know who the Saxon people were?

    • @wabisabi6875
      @wabisabi6875 2 місяці тому

      According to DNA research, the Danes of this era (and the Vikings in general) made very little genetic impact on the population except on the coasts and northern isles where they actually settled for a significant length of time.

  • @astrid703
    @astrid703 Рік тому +6

    I don't see Emma the way you portrayed her. Rather than being someone "used to luxury," she seemed far more to be a pragmatic and resourceful woman who protected her sons by leaving them in Normandy and marrying Cnut to ensure their future and stabilize England (or what it was called then). She was politically astute and very brave. She was, after all, marrying the ruthless warrior responsible for the death of her first husband.

  • @ikdw3259
    @ikdw3259 Рік тому +5

    Harold Godwinson next please!

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Рік тому +2

    A wonderful historical coverage of Edward confesser v

  • @markhart7273
    @markhart7273 Рік тому +16

    Will you be making a video on Henry 1st of England? The youngest son of William the Conqueror?

    • @PeopleProfiles
      @PeopleProfiles  Рік тому +10

      Yes.

    • @markhart7273
      @markhart7273 Рік тому +7

      ​@@PeopleProfiles Thank you for the content you present to us.

    • @aviral.utkarsh
      @aviral.utkarsh Рік тому +3

      @@PeopleProfilespatiently waiting for it…And for Stephen too! Your documentary series is perhaps the best out there in terms of maintaining the neutral viewpoints! Absolutely love it. The other documentaries more or less have underlying tones of hagiography. Also would you be doing an episode dedicated to Harold godwinson/ earl godwin’s family? Most of the stuff out there seems to be hagiography and is unbearable to watch

  • @aarondemiri486
    @aarondemiri486 9 місяців тому +1

    Always wanted to learn more about this king

  • @Consume_Crash
    @Consume_Crash Рік тому +5

    One of the greatest kings of England.

  • @FutureMythology
    @FutureMythology 6 місяців тому

    These history videos are like a time machine, transporting me to distant lands and eras.

  • @livc5703
    @livc5703 Рік тому +2

    Very interesting plus your voice is pretty smooth perfect for a me time ;)

  • @Thetrooper865
    @Thetrooper865 Рік тому +4

    You should totally do a doc on Baldwin IV "the leper king"!

  • @CactusJack60
    @CactusJack60 Рік тому +5

    Robert Curthose? He at the Center of alot of history in a period of such importance

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette Рік тому +1

    A new upload! Thank you for the upload during Victoria Day 2023 long weekend!

  • @wilsontheconqueror8101
    @wilsontheconqueror8101 Рік тому +2

    Was not aware of Edwards relationship with Tostig! Sheds some light on his demise & Harolds seizure of the crown.

  • @BaronMichaelDeBlone1066
    @BaronMichaelDeBlone1066 Рік тому

    Very good succinct approach, particularly weaving through the complexity of family connections - I lost count of how many half brothers were covered here. My attention always seems to veer towards Earl Godwin, so if you haven't done a video on him specifically (I shall look through the back catalogue) that would be my suggestion.

  • @ConstellationOrion1
    @ConstellationOrion1 5 місяців тому +4

    This was more epic than Game of Thrones except there were no dragons 😂

  • @1BRITOREN
    @1BRITOREN Рік тому +2

    I've always wondered why Edward was not considered the first king of England, or whoever was before him, but those were different times

  • @isac.est10
    @isac.est10 Рік тому +5

    Can you guys do Scipio Africanus & pyrrhus of epirus really cool figures.

  • @gmicg
    @gmicg Рік тому +7

    Among the English kings, there are three unnumbered Edwards. Why?

    • @lfgifu296
      @lfgifu296 Рік тому +7

      because many like to count the English kings from the Norman Conquest on, pretending like England didn’t exist back then *facepalm*

    • @gmicg
      @gmicg Рік тому +4

      @@lfgifu296 Anyway, before 1066 and William I, none of these 3 Edwards received a number. If there is a king named Harold in the future, he will be Harold III.

  • @s.d.357
    @s.d.357 Рік тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @carlkinvig6047
    @carlkinvig6047 Рік тому +3

    You have sold Edmund Ironside short, he rallied English support impressively and scored victories over Cnut, himself an impressive military leader. In the end Cnut succeeded because Edmund was betrayed by Eadric Streona.

  • @cleverfitz779
    @cleverfitz779 Рік тому

    Good morning everyone

  • @Liutgard
    @Liutgard Рік тому +6

    A good account of an interesting king. I am very uncomfortable however with the very negative assessment of Emma as power-hungry, etc. I see her as pragmatic and doing what she could to protect as many members of her family as she could. These are not necessarily negative things, and I get the sense that if she'd been a prince and not a queen, her self-protective actions would have been seen in a much different light.

    • @lornahuddleston1453
      @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому +1

      Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. If history makes you feel uncomfortable, please feel free to lend your energies elsewhere.

    • @Liutgard
      @Liutgard Рік тому +4

      @@lornahuddleston1453 History doesn't make me uncomfortable. I'm a historian, and it would be a bad show for me if it were! What I'm concerned about is the language used here about Emma, as a grasping, power-hungry schemer. I don't believe that the record supports that narrative. In fact, the evidence puts her in a light very similar to that of Margaret Beaufort- a mother playing the long game to protect her progeny. Neither Henry Tudor nor Edward would have ended up as king if it weren't for the measures their mothers took on their behalf. It was not that they were looking to hold power for themselves, but for their sons. There's a lot of context left out of the narrative here, and a lot of moral judgements unfairly laid on Emma.

    • @newgabe09
      @newgabe09 2 місяці тому

      @@Liutgard Well said.

  • @cjwilliams699
    @cjwilliams699 Рік тому

    Edward's sister married Henry III? Thought it was Drogo and then Eustace? Other than that, outstanding... Much love to you and yours..

  • @markhart7273
    @markhart7273 Рік тому +3

    What other Norman Kings were you thinking of making? Just wondering.

    • @lfgifu296
      @lfgifu296 Рік тому +1

      I think they said they would eventually do them all!

  • @ulyssesshubeilat
    @ulyssesshubeilat Рік тому

    Finally! Thank you.

  • @christiansmith-of7dt
    @christiansmith-of7dt Рік тому +2

    If youve never been a heroin addict for years than you have no idea how much it hurts to die

  • @WesternReloader
    @WesternReloader Місяць тому +1

    I always thought the Anglo-Saxon era ended in 1066, but since the Godwins basically held earldom over most of England, for decades, that coupled with the Confessor being half Norman, installing Normans throughout the Churches and several as marcher lords, the Anglo-Saxon era was already a bygone period.

  • @kasvinimuniandy4178
    @kasvinimuniandy4178 Рік тому

    WHOAAA Scotland, Macbeth, Duncan, Malcolm???!!! Whoaa...

  • @MisterTutor2010
    @MisterTutor2010 Рік тому +9

    Edward the Zeroeth :)

  • @ashgangtv2675
    @ashgangtv2675 6 місяців тому

    Y’all should do videos on a few French kings and queens

  • @benziescha5438
    @benziescha5438 Рік тому

    Strange how Edith was proclaimed as a scholar and figure of high morality early in the video, yet seems to have gone quiet on the actions of Sweyn....

  • @ligiamoreira1458
    @ligiamoreira1458 Рік тому

    I LOVE THE KINGS ENGLISH HISTORY,BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND ALL.
    IS IT POSSIBLE YOU SHOW IN PORTUGUESE?

  • @yasirwaleed7453
    @yasirwaleed7453 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @Angelcynn_2001
    @Angelcynn_2001 8 місяців тому

    Please do Athelstan, the first king of England

  • @GodsDogICXC
    @GodsDogICXC 10 місяців тому +1

    Very orthodox. Blessed!

  • @timottes334
    @timottes334 Рік тому

    How did you get the comedian Richard Lewis to pose for your thumbnail of Edward?

  • @jacquelinevanderkooij4301
    @jacquelinevanderkooij4301 11 днів тому

    I am missing the Edgar Eatheling story. Ealdermen choose him to become king.

  • @DeborahT-c2s
    @DeborahT-c2s 8 місяців тому

    Imagine being known for all eternity as The Unready.😮

  • @faybyshe
    @faybyshe 5 місяців тому

    Forget about “King Edward the Confessor”, Try “King Edward the Hairdresser”! 😮

  • @lindenmanmax
    @lindenmanmax Рік тому

    My apologies, but I can't help but imagine this guy running around screaming, "I DID IT! ME! I HAD NO ACCOMPLICES! I CLAIM NO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES!"

  • @michaeladu6120
    @michaeladu6120 Рік тому

    What's the music playing at 6:00?

  • @mr.rubicon1193
    @mr.rubicon1193 2 місяці тому

    The idea that historians toy with the idea that Edward "promised" William the crown always makes me laugh. Hmm... no evidence at all, but the king super duper promised William a kingdom.

  • @firdauschong6163
    @firdauschong6163 Рік тому

    Can you please make one video about the biography of Indonesia's 2nd president - Soeharto . Please 🥺🥺🥺

  • @VeerSingh-pd8ge
    @VeerSingh-pd8ge Рік тому

    Next video on maharana pratap indian king

  • @secretspy1939
    @secretspy1939 Рік тому +3

    Make please princess Margaret 🌹🤍❤️🖤

  • @hudsonfrank1121
    @hudsonfrank1121 Рік тому

    Love the narration not so much the video clips.

  • @clipped_magpie
    @clipped_magpie Рік тому +2

    My grandmother said Edward the Confessor was black.

  • @Hugh_de_Mortimer
    @Hugh_de_Mortimer 7 місяців тому

    Promising the English throne to someone doesn't make any sense for the period, considering that in order to get the throne, one had to be elected by the witan.

  • @lornahuddleston1453
    @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому

    That was, 'easy come, easy go'

  • @Davem69
    @Davem69 Рік тому +1

    The victors always write history

  • @J.Jensen
    @J.Jensen Рік тому

    Letters of mark and repraisle to go after everyone who striped Anna of her belongings even if it's death that strips them of everything for taking a thing from her..... From Clark to wolf to Johnston to Robert and the menace it's not a game

  • @dianeaustin2414
    @dianeaustin2414 Рік тому

    Is there one on Knute the Great?

  • @Papakhan9636
    @Papakhan9636 Рік тому

    Can we please get one on LtGen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller

  • @tirandaz7612
    @tirandaz7612 Рік тому +1

    Emma read? What did she read?

  • @370530e
    @370530e Рік тому +1

    Edmund got his Assandun whupped.

  • @lornahuddleston1453
    @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому +2

    Well, what a bloody guy Edward was to Wales. And Scotland. So much for my Welsh and Scottish ancestors. Easy cone, easy to🎭☠️

    • @lornahuddleston1453
      @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому +1

      @Three Emperors God, I love this stuff. If I had my life to live over, I would spend it filling my head with this history. Prior to the internet, it was quite a handicap being a Californian with British Isles roots. 🥴

    • @deturvilleashley3330
      @deturvilleashley3330 Рік тому

      @Three Emperors Yes but Wales wasn’t ruled by just 1 person! Bloody hell it’s like saying France, France had many different regions ruled by Different Rulers! And for Wales it wasn’t until long after the so called Norman invasion or conquest was completed and under William the bastard’s son King Henry I that the Normans began pushing into Wales. The dagger was Edwards daughter Matilda, thru her son Henry II whom received homage from Wales & Scotland.

  • @mattblackburn31
    @mattblackburn31 10 місяців тому +1

    We was kangs! And serfs, and slaves etc. oh well

  • @Meerkat_209
    @Meerkat_209 Рік тому

    HIII, I would really like to see a video made about Mohammed Najibullah from Afghanistan, as I dont see much information about him UA-cam. Pls and Tank you
    - A random viewer from California.

    • @masada2828
      @masada2828 Рік тому +1

      Why can’t an Afghan relate Afghan history? I, personally have no interest as I do, in England history as, it is relevant to me.

    • @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505
      @hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Рік тому

      ​@@masada2828 stop being parochial we have no interest in useless English stuff either, this is UA-cam and a channel that makes history from diverse places so stfu

  • @Trecesolotienesdos
    @Trecesolotienesdos Рік тому +1

    traitor who sold out his people. very "saintly" thing to do.

  • @CasperScott-qq6ip
    @CasperScott-qq6ip Рік тому

    Whatever promises wete or were not made by Edward the confessor, he did not have the legal ability to dispose of the crown of England. The word Atheling means throne worthy, by right the witan elected the king fron within the royal family. The strongest claimant not necessarily being the direct heir. Example in the case of Alfred the Great who suceeded his brother. His brother did have 2 sons who wete children at the time of his death. A child monarch was not desirable in the aftermath of the great heathen army and wete thus sidelined. Aflfred started the fashion of absolute primongeniture but it was not firmly established until the reign of king John. William the conqueror was actually elected by the witan. His son henry 1 also and to an extent stephan of Blois. The last monarch who needed the approval of the body politic was king john, his nephew Arthur of Brittany had the stronger claim . He was however a teenager under sway from the french crown

  • @maidominguez1123
    @maidominguez1123 Рік тому

    Today I learned: There Is a place named sandwich

  • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
    @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 Рік тому

    He really should be Edward I but because of the regime change in 1066 he isn't also Harold King during 1066 is actually Harold II such is the contempt and condemn and deny as a result of the conquest this is barely stated. If William was legitimate then why did he oust the existing nobility and gentry as their legitimacy was the basis for his apparently legitimate claim. It should be borne in mind that the English of 1066 were somewhat different in character from the Anglo Saxons of the 5th century as even in those days, 600 years changes did occur. Also forward looking or backward looking in 1066 the English were wanting to hold onto what they had and knew hence backward looking the Normans were on the takeover with a new vision hence forward looking. Now the Establishment is rather backward looking as it wants to hold onto what it knows

    • @masada2828
      @masada2828 Рік тому +2

      So, where’s the ‘forward’ looking? What, is there to look forward to?

    • @lornahuddleston1453
      @lornahuddleston1453 Рік тому +3

      Thanks for the fascinating headache. Care to rephrase?😁

    • @Robert-A-R
      @Robert-A-R Рік тому +2

      @@lornahuddleston1453 I’m glad it’s not just me :)

  • @robertolopez9483
    @robertolopez9483 Рік тому

    Just set this in your mind. VIRGINITY RULES ❕

  • @MrMomo182
    @MrMomo182 Рік тому

    Emma was another Livia.

  • @saras123
    @saras123 4 місяці тому +1

    Was he gay?

  • @tirandaz7612
    @tirandaz7612 Рік тому

    What a bloody people!

  • @homerwiggins3965
    @homerwiggins3965 Рік тому +2

    Edward is considered a saint. By your documentary you sure tarnish his name and his good works.

  • @seangrimes1559
    @seangrimes1559 3 місяці тому

    This documentary was written in a very stolid and uninteresting fashion. Things not to do: 1) List a bunch of names and dates like I'm reading the book of Genesis. 2) Relay stories in succession that have little relevance to the one before. 3) Having no interest in focusing on an interesting story and why that makes the people interesting. This is a terribly boring documentary as a result.

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Рік тому

    Anglo Saxon is a very unsubstantiated historical term MWM

  • @richardc5226
    @richardc5226 9 місяців тому

    Born unready😅

  • @sophiee.h
    @sophiee.h Рік тому

    18 May 2023

  • @Boo-lr8fj
    @Boo-lr8fj 3 місяці тому

    1005

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g 8 місяців тому

    45min

  • @golgumbazguide...4113
    @golgumbazguide...4113 Рік тому

    Explore ggumbaz

  • @BlickBoogie
    @BlickBoogie Рік тому

    Love your videos but not a fan of this voice

  • @joenroute9646
    @joenroute9646 Рік тому

    Too western centric

    • @newgabe09
      @newgabe09 2 місяці тому +1

      as in Wessex?