Æthelstan Ætheling: The King That Never Was // VIKINGS/ANGLO-SAXONS DOCUMENTARY
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I thought the plunder and money would be in large settlements that were garrisoned not in the countryside :)
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It was Neglected History he did a really nice job
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I love the names of this time. Æthelstan is made up of two parts 'Æthel' which means noble and 'stan' which means stone so his name was Noblestone. Ætheling means noble person (like a prince).
Æthelwold ætheling
I like watching these in conjunction with "The Last Kingdom". Great work!
Quality video. There's a small part of me that wishes the north sea empire survived.
Same. Only existed for such a short amount of time :')
It survives in us my friends
Æthlestan was my favorite character in Vikings
But this Ætlestan is a great character aswell
Everyone during this period is called Æthlestan :D
Vikings series got everything wrong tho :P
Mr Schmorgus not everything wrong just completely different time periods, real people but some are 100 years apart in the sagas, but i still like the show
The Vikings series is good fun, just treat it as fiction very, very loosely based on history. The Last Kingdom is far more accurate, although that too is quite fictional at times
I love ur vids
Long live the Saxon kingdoms! Damn those Norman’s 😬😪
Long live Mercia!
Without them, "english" would sound a lot different :)
History Time I’m a Wessex man myself, Somerset born and bred 😂 but Mercia still beats French Norman!
The English language wouldn't have existed if they didn't invade.
Torag55 of course it would, we only took some of the French language, we took more danish language if anything. Anglo Saxon English evolved into Middle English then modern English and it would of without the Norman’s, just the spelling of some words would be different
It's always an interesting question of the impact on history, the "What ifs" of the early death of the designated heir, inevitably leaving either a regent or less competent ruler. Most famously of course is Edward the Black Prince, but so many times, this has occurred and shaped the course of history.
One does wonder why Aethelstan Atheling and Edmund did not forcibly overthrow their father and pack him off to a monastery.
I'm excited to see Godwin and Canute arrive on scene and the change that they will bring and the story of the North Sea Empire.
Great video as usual Pete.
Interesting question indeed. Young Henry, son of Henry II as well.
I feel like Æthelred must've had something going for him. Perhaps an honourable personality that has since become obscured over the ages. This was an era rife with crown princes revolting against their fathers, take Otto I and his son Liudolf over in East Francia for example, so it wouldn't have been unusual for them to overthrow him. Yet he even got invited back after Sweyn's death.
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Henry the Young King, not to mention Henry V for Charles of France. Bonnie Charlie and the '45 at Culloden, might be another such scenario, but that's just my Scots bitterness at the ill treatment of the Stuarts coming through.
But do we read too much into the Holy Roman/Carolingian Empire? It was, or was soon to become, succession by electorate, not properly dynastic, and some Kings of the Romans preferred to force the issue before the vote.
you deserve so much more subscribers, your videos are superb man!
Thanks very much!
Man, these topics lately are perfect... hugely important but under covered elsewhere. Well done. I hate to make a request, but if you ever get around to the Reiver families and the border wars along the English/Scottish border, that would be amazing. There is very very little available on that topic.
This sounds fascinating. I'm going to look into it
Ian Medford. I read a couple of books on the Reivers a few months back. The first book was titled "Reiver." There is a sequel but I can not remember the name right now. They are historical fiction so I can not say anything about their accuracy to history but I thought the books were worth the reading and I personally enjoyed them. If you have not read them you also may enjoy them, if for no other reason than to check their accuracy.
JayDene Kail Steel Bonnets maybe? Thats a great book, and its "historical fiction" as well... I got into this topic by doing some ancestry research and found that my family (The Mitfords) was a minor English noble family based in Northumberland and was deeply involved in the border wars; and i just became fascinated. I'd love to see it covered by this channel because this guy does great work. Its the best historical podcast on the net as far as I'm concerned, and his topic selection is particularly good.
These sound great I'll have to check them out!
"The Steel Bonnets" by Goerge MacDonald Fraser is a factual history of the Border Reivers over a four hundred year time span. Also, it's a really good read!
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This is the first time Ive watched one of your videos, I have to say, compared to other channels, you do a spectacular job and give more facts and less speculations. I'm gunna go backwatch your videos and if they are consistent, yours will be my new go to historical channel.
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Another great vid bringing to life an amazing time in history. Great work again.
Glad you liked it. Thanks
Always well made, thank you, well done.
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NO, thanks to you for making this amazing videos about anglo-saxon england and the dark ages
Thanks man
Brilliant exposition totally enjoyed the narrative , filled a large gap in my understanding
Thanks so much for the dedicated work
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Loving these longer videos.
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Outstanding work my friend
Great work! You make amazing videos! Could possibly do Tsardom of Russia and Tsar Ivan IV conquest?
Hey. Thanks very much! Russia is coming eventually. I'm hooked on 10th/11th centuries at the moment
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Alright sounds good to me! Hopefully you can do some more Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus’ videos
Oh definitely. I have a bunch researched and written already. It's just the video making that takes a long time.
It is a fascinating story, and one I'lll hopefully get to one day!
Superb as always.
Thanks buddy, glad you liked it
Man I love your videos, I learn more from you than I did in college history.
Keep em coming! FASCINATING
Much more on the way!
This was so interesting. Thank you.
Really like this excellent Andy
Excellent work as always mate, any chance you will cover early frankish history ? Clovis in particular, perhaps even Roland. I think this could be a very interesting subject.
Thanks for your hard work, please keep it up !
Thanks very much! Yep a series on the way on the history of the Franks. I'm still researching at the moment though so it won't be for a while.
This is just brilliant stuff!
Cnut was actually in England when Sweyn died and proclaimed King by his troops (not the Wittan) but driven out by Athelstan and Edmund. Nor did it end there as Edmund had two sons Edward and Edmund who Cnut sent abroad probably to have them killed but they escaped to Kyiv and later went to Hungary where Edmund died. Edward 'the exile' however returned when his half Uncle Edward 'the Confessor' had no heir but the exile died soon after returning leaving his three children, Edgar Aethling who was briefly proclaimed King in 1066 after Harold ll died at Hastings but being only 12/13 could not gather sufficient support to withstand William of Normandy. But a daughter Margaret (later Sainted) married Malcom King of Scotland and a daughter of their union married Henry l, William's youngest son. Their son William 'Adelin' (or Aethling) died in the White Ship disaster but his Sister, Matilda or the Empress Maude, after her first Husband the Emperor died, married Henry of Anjou and fought her cousin Stephen who had usurped the throne of England. When Stephen's son died he agreed that the heir should be Matilda's son by Henry of Anjou so the first Angevin (Plantagenet) King, Henry ll, actually brought back the royal line of Wessex. But I am writing a book about it all.
Wow! I love the double exposures. I never noticed that before. Have you been doing that on past videos too?
Example: the viking ship over the map @1:42
Thanks buddy. I'm gradually learning how to make better videos. Takes a long time though as I'm not very computer minded
History Time yeah. I've learned more than I want to learn about computers just by dealing with problems.
haha I know that feeling!
Could you please consider making some videos on early medieval Polish history?
Yep. Eventually I'm going to cover all of Europe's early medieval history.
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Great work, enjoyed the video thoroughly. Do you think you could perhaps consider doing a video on the attack of Lindisfarne?
Yes, eventually, it will feature in a few videos
Oh, I should also mention, a video on Rolf The Walker would also be interesting too, maybe alongside Ivaar and the other chronicle figures of the time. Many thanks once again.
Love these videos- but I wish you’d add a family tree to follow- thanks for the awesome work
Very good…as usual.
Excellent
Amazing that Athelstan was buried in Winchester, when even his namesake the first king of England wasn't! But that's a whole different story of dynastic rivalries
That's right. It shows how important he must have been in his lifetime. The main man Athelstan is a whole other issue indeed
This was great!!!!
It really made me think. And it just hit me- Sweyn/Sven is Scandinavian for Steven/Stephen...
Thank you...
Hah! Can't believe I didn't realise
Ever heard of the battle of north inch? I'd like to hear your insights on that.
You sound like Ewan McGregor :) Awesome channel! Subbed.
I am not sure that Sweden was yet officially called so yet.
Hey I love your videos man. This is so cool honestly. I had a question though like would you ever cover something like Game of Thrones because I think you'd be good at lore from fantasy as well as keeping to normal history.
Lord of the Rings maybe one day. Honestly though history is more entertaining than fiction most of the time. There are still so many incredible stories to tell from our past.
I agree, maybe you could do something more easterly like the Mongols, or maybe even early steppe tribes Pre-Mongol because they really are under-explored.
That is an area of great interest to me. I'm hoping to eventually tell the story of the steppes from the Indo-Europeans to the Mongol successor states.
Like the Bulgars are people who you hear about through history having steppe origin and it's never really been talked about properly, in my opinion.
I've been listening to a fantastic podcast on the history of Bulgaria. It begins with several episodes on the very early history of the Bulgars. Brilliant stuff. It's called The history of Bulgaria podcast I think. Highly recommend it. I will be covering the history of the first Bulgarian empire pretty soon (I agree- its a very under-talked about topic that should be much more widely known)
Would it be possible for you to do a video on olaf tryggvason and haraldson (the holy)?
Hey! Already made videos on both. Check out the kings of Norway playlist
History Time awesome, thank you
I too, have read Vinland Saga
I've been meaning to check that out
History Time It's pretty entertaining at parts! I have my issues with it (mostly in regards to the MC and how he goes from one extreme to the other, neither being good) but I've been told I have strange taste so evaluate it for yourself~ I especially love Canute he's my favorite character in the series hands down!
Are your podcast on spotify? :)))
It's sad how the House of Wessex sort of petered out towards the end. After having built and carved out a fundamental structure for a united England, they faded away because of a succession crisis.
Could you do a video about the Merovigs, the Langobards or the hungarian Anjou/Capet dynasty? 🙂
Make a video about Woy Hodgson.
have you considered a video on edgar aetheling?
Been watching all. DNA test 53% English - from Derbyshire, 23% Irish, 20% Scottish, 4% Scandinavian. So loving learning.
Well i had no clue about this subject. Thats why i watch your videos hahaha
More obscure topics on the way :)
But just a few decades later William shows up. This time period in England is fascinating.
My middle name is Aethling, named after this dude!
Could you do a video about Mu'nis al-Muzaffar the king-maker of the abbasids?
I will look into this. Looks fascinating.
They fucking killed an archbishop by drunkenly pelting him with animal bones 😂😂😂
Gemstone Nobles (Ädelstan( Ädel-stone), Ädling))
These are great! I am glad I found your videos. I hope you plan on continuing with the history of the British Isles, at least through the Norman conquest. Perhaps go back in time a little and review the Holy Roman Empire and it's inception by Charlemagne, and then the divisions of the kingdom into the Franks, Lothars and Germans, then of course the intermarrying of the Frankish and West Saxon kings, the Viking raids and settlements in Frisia and Paris, and of course the story of Rollo and the creation of Normandy. From there we can follow the stories of Judith and Baldwin of Flanders, the legacy of William Longsword, the political drama between the Parisian court and the Frankish nobles in their varied territories, and finally William the Bastard.
I would love to have a bigger picture of the political turmoil in France between Rollo and William (later the Conqueror), especially how the Vikings played a part, blending with cultures, siding with some nobles or some kings, or even with or against Christians. How Charlemagne could not defeat the Danes, how his son Charles could not buy them off, how Hedeby was built as a literal wall between the Christian world and the Norse. I would love to know everything there is to know about Viking settlements around the North and Baltic seas and the British Isles, things like that one souce mentions Uber Ragnarson as being a duke of Frisia.
The stories that start with Judith, princess of Paris, queen of England, and Rollo in Normandy are the same that a few generations later culminate with William the Bastard landing in Dover in 1066, saying that he was a legitimate heir to the English throne, a claim that was made thereafter for hundreds of years as the English and French battled for supremacy.
Thank you again. I am subscribed now, and will keep an eye on it all as we move forward, or backward, through history.
Love it! These are all subjects I will be covering. I want to tell the entire story of Europe from the fall of (western) Rome up to the thirteenth century.
That is a lot. I can hardly wait.
much better by sponsorship... those ad breaks were intensely annoying..
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Do you know who my ancestors are if I'm a Wingfield? I'm so confused.
I’m interested in why the Isle of Wight and the islands off Essex are a different colour on your map?
No reason. Just my sub par map making skills.
There was me hoping for some juicy history...
not quite :D
Hell yes just got done with the last kingdom book series then this pops up
Great series. I can't wait for the next on. Later this year Uhtred returns : )
History Time war of the wolf its going to be brill
Yes it is. Can't wait till we get to Brunanburh.
I’ve been sort of lost since I finished the flame bearer but this channel has filled the void. Can’t wait for book 11
Thank you! So very informative. This king and his sons are my ancesters and I can finally understand where and how they fit in my genealogy!
Vinland Saga was a good manga set in this period.
I've been meaning to check that out. Sounds interesting
Coming as anime next year.
Gd shit brah!
Thanks man
Cornwell got it all mixed up!
I watch one video on my favourite Saxon warrior queen, and UA-cam thinks i am the Limey Orangeman my late Irish Fiance half-jokingly called me! Sure, my Surname is Chetwode, but gimme a break! I am decended of Robert Bruce's kin as well! RIP...my Beloved.. Seonid Caoihme McCabe...my Sunflower.
Tell story about king hyksos who invasion in ancient egypt
Eventually yes!
80 ships? That’s small change.
So that Streona guy really didn't GAF did he?
You forgot King Edgar Atheling!!!!! He was after Edward the Confessor!!!!
Who else is here due to Vikings lol. Best show everrrr
very I am archive i good!
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You guys must really lover Bernard Cornwell on this channel, or hate him hahaha.
Love the guy.
fate is inexorable
Can't wait for the new book!
When u say English is that the normans? Or the anglo saxons britons etc
Anglo-Saxons, this is 50/60 years before the Norman conquest.
The Anglo-Saxons have always been referred to as English. They also called themselves English. The Normans are just Normans and the Celtic Britons are just Celtic Britons. I don't know why people have difficulties with this lol
very good i am archives....
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infection has killed more kings than swords.
The Theoden King stands alone.
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I am the king that never was
Sounds like cute little tales of yore but I bet it was some mega brutal shit in real life
Good info but things come too quickly on video. And need more visual stuff.
5:58 Hang on...? Sigeferth and Morcar were from New York City? I can picture them now at the St. Brice's Day Massacre, lining up their Viking foes and declaring "Ayyyy! Screw yous, yous Doerty Raats!" before pulling out their Tommy Guns and mowing 'em all down "Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom".
From Newcastle which William the conqueror son Robert commission to build to keep the Scots back
We waz vikingz and shiet
I always feel so sorry for the regular people that just wanted to farm a bit and just live with family and friends. It seems that those small poor villages were slaughtered just to make a point! Sigh.
It's interesting how his daughter or sister (can't remember), married Malcolm III King of Scotland and their children ended up ruling England. No that's called karma
Battle of Brunanburh appears not to appear in your diatribe, must do better.
This is decades later. Must do better.
Jesus fucking christ there is an hour of ads for quarter hour video.
try again
Oh how I love the butchering of Norse names xD
It's Knut. Not Cnut, and not canut/kanut. ;)
Yeah I just use what the majority of English speaking historians go for. I'm looking at three books on my shelf right now all titled Cnut
Most likely from the roman influence, also used in Norse later :)
The squeamish poland evocatively kick because holiday potentially coil at a sleepy locket. big, foregoing clave
Please do something less typical....
This is the only video on Æthelstan Ætheling on the internet.
History Time but the millionth video on a European. Would love if someone taught about more obscure cultures like Africans or Arabs. Especially Arabs. So much happened and was recorded but not talked about on UA-cam.
Patience. These videos take a very long time to make. I'd rather be completely clued up on the history before diving into a new subject. Hence why I'm taking my time to read everything there is to know about a subject before tackling it. I will eventually be covering a great deal of Arabic and African history.
Sure looks like blacks in that photo
Lmao right
I don't believe they're portrayed as blacks but rather as primitive. They're demonising them as vile heathens; they were very much feared and hated throughout Europe. Scandinavians have absolutely no Sub-Saharan DNA.