🤔 so she was basically someone who wanted friends and live a normal life. Thank you for making this biopic, she was very misunderstood person regardless of her being queen.
@@mattosullivan9687 She would still have been someone who wanted friends and to live a normal life but happened to be a queen that had a million Irish starving under her rule.
Lol, she wasn't misunderstood. She endured serious trauma for sure, but she took that out on countless offspring and grandoffspring. She ended up far more abusive and horrid than her mother. Nutter.
Victoria did not inherit the throne after her grandfather (George III) died. The crown passed onto her two uncles George (George IV) and William (William IV) before her.
Simon ! My newborn loves the sound of your voice. If she gets fussy, and there is no apparent reason for it, we put on your wonderful programs and she settles right down ! I love your shows, educational and entertaining....and that smooth voice of yours, lulls my baby to sleep ! Keep up the good work !
Absolutely, the man is definitely an awesome teacher , you can tell he was born to teach . I've learned alot from watching his videos. Don't change Simon you've given knowledge that most people never learn , thank you.
Certainly she much preferred her Grandson Kaiser Wilhelm II to her son Bertie who succeeded her as King Edward VII. Indeed I believe one the main reason why Britain made an alliance with the French was King Edward's way at getting back at his mother. Edward despised his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm. Also Victoria was very pro German.
@@joshgordon8369 . I believe the Prince of Wales, at the time, was her son Bertie, whom she despised. After her death Bertie became King Edward VII, who despised his NEPHEW Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Oh I'm sure she's an eventuality. So many people, places and events to give a Biographic on! We'll be seeing stuff for years. Such a good idea for a channel. XD
I'd love to see this. My parents stayed in the bedroom of one of the castles she used to try and escape. There's still cannon marks! My leopard gecko who has white feet is named Mary, Queen of Socks.
Jeremy Brookes no Mary Queen of Scots was much braver more dignified more romantic and much more daring and interesting which is why Elizabeth 1 had her imprisoned and murdered
The Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mum. did not have an easy time either. She had been married Charles, Prince of Leiningen & widowed before, she had children by him - Carl a & Feodora - but was made to give them up so that she could be marry British royalty - and was forbidden from seeing her children again. Then after the Duke of Kent died, she got many debts from him - and a teeny pension from Partliemnt to support herself and Victoria - until Victoria became Heir. It is little wonder the Duchess wanted some power - she would not like to go though that again. I am not saying she is nice, but there was more to the story.
Victoria met her half siblings when she was a child. The Dutchess of Kent didn't have her elder children live with her but she wasn't given some dramatic choice.
Uh no. Victoria knew her half-siblings and was close to her half-sister Feodora. But they were like 15 years older than her, so by the time she was like 10, they were already married and everything
Queen Victoria didn't hate her children! She didn't like being pregnant and suffered post-partum depression after her first two births but she herself wrote: You are wrong in thinking I am not fond of children. She didn't really like babies in general but loved her children, even more so when they developed personalities and could have a proper discussion with her.
THIS. I hated when my kids where babies, however I utterly adore and love them completely but when they were babies. They were draining and incredibly tiring, even the pleasant memories or few and far between
@@charliefarmer4365That's because he was a bit wild when he was young and she blamed Albert's death on him in that his shenanigans, which really weren't big but Albert had a big stick up as you know what usually, hastened his death. That's why she disliked her son.
The book on demonology was an odd kind of book. It was partially responsible for the gullible condemning so many poor unfortunate women to be burnt at the stake. It wasn't a pleasant book and not popular. Victoria's book sold well,
Not only did Victoria not inherit the throne upon the death of her grandfather, there were several other heirs to the throne after her. She ascended the throne only because her father was the elder to other brothers and their legitimate offspring. Also, I'm not a Queen Victoria expert, but I've read biographies and also discussion about her from several respected biographers, and I've never once read that Prince Albert was a plant of "the Conroy plot." One of the big backers of Albert was Victoria's maternal uncle, who also was Albert's uncle, a man named Leopold. Uncle Leopold, who by then was King of Belgium, favored Albert as a means of creating advancement for another member of his own family. I've also never heard before that keeping Victoria constantly pregnant was some big secret plot. Queen Victoria found Prince Albert wildly attractive, and enjoyed being in bed with him. I would like to know the source for the allegations about Victoria's mother and Conroy finagling Prince Albert and constant pregnancies onto Victoria. Also, people do make mistakes, but I wish this video had undergone more editing. You're ostensibly teaching people history; it should be highly accurate.
@@aidanday5497 Seriously? If you're making a video of facts about a person, they shoud be facts, don't you think? I bet you think the animated movie Anastasia is a true story.
Thank you for this. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Queen Victoria and love that you didn't simply gloss over who she really was as a person to cover the well known aspects of her public face. I know you have millions of suggestions for videos, but if you ever get around to it, would LOVE to see one of these on Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Ching Shih, or Gráinne Mhaol!
Jade Kilgallon well idk why you’re so rude about it but basically it’s like saying president bush never led a war. True he never stood at the rear of an army and commanded it but he was certainly involved. That’s how people are seeing it. She was definitely involved in several wars, she just never personally lead one (in person)
It was interesting to learn to about Queen Victoria's personality. I never would've guessed that she liked loud people with boisterous senses of humor. It makes her seem much cooler. Also, I can relate to her as a child. I also grew up with someone who used to make me feel like I couldn't do anything. No doubt if Victoria had been grown up today, her father would've been recognized as emotionally abusive.
Wasn't her father he died either before her birth or when she was one. It was her mother and her fathers chief adviser, they wanted to keep her cowed,so they could almost rule her particularly if she became Queen before her 18 the birthday Her Uncle William 1V knew this and although in very poor health,swore he would hang on till she was ,18 He only just made it,he died a few weeks after her birthday. She ostracised her mother and her friend for a while,but under ,Albert's good influence, she eventually forgave her,and they did become friends
Absolutely marvelous ,and I love the way she presented herself as two distinct facets of the same woman.She was a very interesting person.Thank you so much,Simon for bringing Victoria back to us as a vibrant,very much alive person.
Finally! We need more of these! What about Anne Boleyn? Henry the 8th? Marylin Monroe? Vivian Leigh? Jackie Kennedy? You get the idea just do more iconic women! Pleaseeeeee
*@Sally Jane Willis* Yeah, that Henry VIII: a right proper "iconic woman", he was ({; D ...!! i sincerely do like your other 'suggested nominees' though, actually ({: D ...!
To think if she had some friends growing up or a less restrictive mother she wouldn't have had all the problems she had. I feel bad for her since she suffered a lot.
"Bedchamber Crisis" sounds like a series of misfortunes that involve non-functional joystick, torn raincoat, early firearms discharge and the scorn that followed.
She needed her diaries edited because of the incident with The Doctor and the foundation of Torchwood. They WANT us to think it’s a fictional story, but we know better!
Queen Victoria was one of the first monarchs we have actual photos and even a few films of, I suppose a benefit of being Queen up until 1901. Anyway, this means we actually know what she looked like, rather than prior who we only have writings and portraits of.
I usually enjoy this channel, but this episode on Queen Victoria has so many wrong facts that it really makes me doubt the other episodes that I watch about people that I have less knowledge about. First we have the fact stated below that she succeded her uncle William IV and not her grandfather the Mad King George. Second her relationship with Albert was never a plot of her mother (really don't know where you got this information, but I have read 3 byographies about Queen Victoria and many others on the House of Hannover, aside from many other articles) , but yet it was a plot of her uncle King Leopold of Belgium (former prince of Wales married to her cousin Charlotte). Also she may have hated being pregnant, but she did love her Children dearly. Albert and Victoria tried to mantain a family life which reseambled a normal family, where they took real interest on their children affairs and development. I really stopped in this part, because I couldn't keep watching you butchering History, and I am really reconsidering all the information I learned from all the other videos I watched.
Ik your comment is old but I started noticing people in other videos point out a lot of wrong facts in his videos so he makes a lot of errors which is a shame
@@moshemankoff7488 He would be a typical young man and like to have a good time having many mistresses in the process. Prince Albert was always worrying about Edward and chasing him around trying to get him to be more respectable. Prince Albert died during this period and Queen Victoria forevermore blamed her son Edward for his death she did not like him very much after that.
He said "she never led the country through war" referring to the fact that she literary never led the wars, she wasn't versed in war and even if she was her government wouldn't have listened to her. The most popular monarchs in the UK tent to be the ones that won them wars (yes, even Elizabeth I), the fact that she was so popular despite not being truly involved in the militaristic side of things is very impressive.
I love your channels, especially this one. Can you do a Biographics on Elizabeth I? She is an amazingly interesting monarch. Thanks for all the work you put into these videos.
Never lead a country in war, Ah Crimean war, the first Boer war. You are making more mistakes, on these biographies....... I know it is entertainment, But historical accuracy makes better stories.
It depends what you mean by "leading" because she herself, as a woman and a monarch in an increasingly dangerous military environment, couldn't go to fight with her troops and never went to visit them like her grandson did because they were in such far flung places. As such, although she was the monarch during those wars, she wasn't a leader/general type. The last monarch to lead their troops in battle was George II who fought at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. Sorry for the rant, its just up to interpretation I guess, although you're right in the fact that there are more mistakes...
@@mattcousins3 and yet millions of men, women and children died in those "internment camps". Just like the nazis did with the Jews. Where did you think the nazis got the idea of concentration camps? Do your research before you speak.
Sirius Draconis they were worse than the American internment camps, but they were far from as horrible as the nazi camps. The British camps were mostly to protect the civilians.
It's supremely unlikely that she had any kind of actual sexual relationship with John Brown simply due to the fact she had a documented prolapsed uterus due to her repeated pregnancies and her constant corset wearing. There is no doubt that she loved him and that most likely would have been intimate with him if she had the ability, but the sexual relationship is a titillating fable due to the physical issues alone.
It’s interesting that any Queen (or other powerful women in history) always have so much speculation about their sex lives. It’s really unimportant in the big picture who Victoria did or didn’t have sex with. If she and John Brown had a romantic relationship and it brought her comfort after Albert’s death...who really cares if they were sexually intimate (with or without intercourse)?
However there are other forms of intimacy in a relationship than vaginal sex. And I'm also talking about the warmth between lovers that is beyond sex, where you are soulmates. She seems to have had that with Albert who was a strength to her.
@@amasion2882 Thank you. She needed a soulmate I believe to be an anchor for her. Being a figurehead she couldn't show weakness, but she did and was criticized for it. Brown stabilized her.
It would have been really cool to have been a friend of Victoria's. No doubt she was a highly interesting person and probably a fair bit of fun to be around. She didn't impact us because she was so very extraordinary, instead, because she was so very human.
I do admire the Victorians, its amazing how many life changing things were invented by them, and the very next generation. Flush toilets, telephones, bicycles, radio, photography, motorcars , anaesthetics. painkillers. Antiseptics, the list goes on and on. Its as if there was a splurge of extra clever people born around that time..They changed the world for the good
When the queen of England visited the Republic of Ireland a few years ago and began her speech with the Irish language she made me reevaluate my long held contempt for the royal family though still not a great fan my contempt has pretty much gone this is something only a true leader could do
1:25 - Chapter 1 - A princess in training 4:35 - Chapter 2 - Becoming the queen 6:35 - Chapter 3 -Life with prince albert 8:25 - Mid roll ads 9:55 - Chapter 4 -Tragedy 11:45 - Chapter 5 - Moving on 15:00 - Chapter 6 - The later years 17:10 - Chapter 7 - Death & legacy
@@bakedpotato3169 no they had met before but it wasn't for the same reason it was a little random but it wasn't love at first sight... Then when he formally met her she made those comments.
Well don't take this video as a real account of her life. She is one of my favorites too, and there are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much wrong information on this video.
Some people: “Victoria couldn’t have secretly married John Brown!” Victoria: *required that she be buried with a picture of John Brown and that she wear his wedding ring*
@@jsvmvp7740 all the George's would be good. George I & II non english speakers running England, George III's loss of America, George IV aka "fat George", George V & WWI and George VI & WW II
@@trentBowie although he was known for his affairs he should also be remembered as being a champion for the working class and the poor and his hatred of racism, anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism
I don't often comment on videos but this was awesome. It's impossible not to be lured in when Simon Whistler is narrating. I hope these videos earn you (the people involved producing them) the money you deserve.
I always am enlightened and entertained by your work. I am also a fan of the work you began on sticher,(forgive misspelling) yet Mr Whistler you are top mfkn notch sir!
EXCELLENT VID OF OUEEN VIC IM FROM IRELAND AND THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME DID NOT KNOW A LOT OF THIS INFO THANK YOU. YOUR BIO VIDS ARE ALL EXCELLENT.
@Jason BouphasavanhI'm Irish All my family loved Victoria, Its only the loud mouths that " hate anything British" on both sides of my family we feel very British, No we don't live in the North we live in Dublin, Cork and Sligo mainly. You don't hear a lot from us because there is always the danger of being kneecapped or worse, The Disappeared ( another polite word for " the murdered" ) My family on both sides fought in both world wars and possibly further back. Proud to be British
@Jason Bouphasavanh why do you say " thank goodness" that us very I silting to Korean people,,I hope you feel it only right to apologise for your racist remark
This has been one of my favourite episodes you have put out. They are all good of course, but this one has been particularly fascinating as Queen Victoria has always been shown as this grumpy old woman in black.
@irish Kelly I don’t believe that she was as malevolent as the nickname suggests, but if you’re to believe prominent historians of Irish history such as Christine Kinealy and Enda Delaney, she isn’t as compassionate as your post implies. I don’t recall ever reading/hearing about her urging the British parliament to take more action, unless your source is ITV’s Victoria. On the contrary, the PM had to urge her to take action, and she subsequently issued a Queen’s letter requesting protestant famine relief donations. A year into the famine, she proposed to give a personal donation of £1,000 (Only four times the amount that the royal servants had collected amongst themselves). The Secretary of the Relief Association, Stephen Spring Rice, refused the payment and protested that she increase the payment. It was only after that she doubled the amount with a promise of further contributions if necessary (she only donated a further £500). To put that into perspective. The Sultan of Turkey initially offered £10,000, but scaled back to £1,000 after being told it would breach royal protocol and offend the Queen if he were to donate more. This was throughout a period that Ottoman Empire battled an economic crisis which later resulted in the empire becoming bankrupt, a stark contrast to Queen Victoria’s empire reaching its pinnacle whilst she held the title of the world’s wealthiest woman. The cynic in me believes that her donation served to relax tensions and maintain stability within Ireland as the Irish had a favourable view of the monarchy when compared to the British state. She isn’t to blame for the famine, we all know who and what is. But she could have done a considerable amount more.
@irish Kelly My disagreement was with your claim that she pushed Parliament and made a considerable donation. (or just the overall all sentiment that she was compassionate in the face of the British Government). Again, the Queen’s letter was released after she was encouraged to respond to the crisis by PM Russell. I’m not sure why you’re reiterating the fact as if it was an altruistic act of her behalf. She did receive a relatively warm welcome. But as I said, a number of Irish already had a favourable view of the monarchy, which is why I believe it was a symbolic donation to help maintain stability and power in Ireland. Hatred of both the British state and monarchy would only have exacerbated diplomatic tensions. Regardless, I don’t see this as a redeeming factor; we all know that history can tell a different story when the facts are revealed. Regarding the Pope. First, I have no idea what 1,000 Roman Crowns equates to. Second, as I said previously, she initially proposed a £1,000 donation before being persuaded to offer more. A figure far less than Lord Conroy received for his yearly pension (as noted in the video above). Spring Rice’s protest is a very telling incident of how much concern she really had. She didn’t have the power of her forefathers, but she served as the moral voice of the Empire and had a far bigger influence than Queen Elizabeth currently has. You couldn’t fathom the Bedchamber Crisis occurring today. As the apparent moral authority, she could have at least urged Parliament as you suggested she did. I don’t believe there was a single villain either. The entire regime was at fault, both past and contemporary. It can be dated back to the Cromwellian plantations, existing power structures, the effects of Penal Laws and as you mentioned, the Lassez-faire politics and the infamous Corn Laws of the day which was repealed all too late. It’s far more complicated than that of course, but for the sake of anyone’s time, I’ll leave it there. Simply put - previous and existing British policies and laws caused the famine, whereas the response exacerbated and prolonged it. Unfortunately for Victoria, she epitomised the entire government’s inaction. She was by far the most recognisable figure of the Empire. Her response reflected the Lassez-faire politics of the day. She may have been labelled the “Famine Queen” as a result of exaggerated tales, but the reality isn’t that far from the truth.
She doesn't have the power to help Ireland because the power to do that is the parliament while she was just a political figurehead that had no say in government policy.
communist "educated" in moscow, stalinist, butchered all opponents, responsible for murdering 200 000 people after ww2, nationalized private properties in yugoslavia, led country with americans credits, his legacy is bloody war...
@@CagedBoy no, what he said was right and completely true. How about you try to learn more real facts about him and stop listening to your grandma's stories of how 'you could sleep on a bench'?
Well there was the war in India, Ireland, Crimea, the Boer war, the opium wars, the scramble for Africa to name a few. The British were insanely devoted to colonialism under Queen Victoria it was under her that the sun never set on the British empire.
You almost have to laugh at how many wars many of Britain's female monarchs started or continued. Elizabeth I picked fights with the Spanish for example. So much for "Girls are more peaceful".
Yes, she was just 8 months old when her father's died and her mother didn't have even the money to come back to London due her husband had lost wasted the money, so uncle Leopold took financial care of her sister and niece.
Whenever I hear her name, I'm reminded of that great bit from Blackadder Goes forth. "I'm as British as Queen Victoria!" "So you're father's German, you're half German and you married a German?"
Kerorofan You sre a racist of the worst sort.what have you got against Germans. I'm Irish, had 5 uncles serve in the first world war, they were lucky one lost an eye the other an arm.but I never heard them bitching about German people. If you go back far enough we sre all African. Oops have I said the wrong thing
Nothing like watching two back to back ads before a video, only to be greeted with another a sales pitch by the content creator for their sponsor. I am starting to hate UA-cam, but I do at least understand the creators needing to do ads, as youtube is screwing them.
I don't mind commercials they on my last seconds before you can skip it. Its better then having to pay for the subs you want to have & watch. They have to make _$ to do these and keep new ones coming the more $$ they make the longer & better looking videos. It's hundreds of these on U-tube. You see they charge for songs I remember they charge for ring tones. Them $1 bucks add up. No debit card we fucked, I'm glad and love we can watch nice entertaining videos for free
What a wondeful woman. Her life wasnt easy but Im glad she had many moments of happiness. Great video as always. Thanks to Mr. Simon and to the other people who made it.
you missed the extremely toxic relationship between her and Albert. some of those diaries have been dug up and they reveal a completely hostile and vicious war between the two right up to and including DEATH THREATS.
The Diaries havnt been " dug up" as you put it. The Diaries are available for anyone to read, there is nothing written in them about a toxic relationship with Albert, they loved one another from the start, of course they had the odd row ,what married couple hasn't. She supported him in all his achievements, she took great pleasure in his extrsordinary success with the Great Exhibition in The Crystal Palace. and he threw himself in front of her when one of the several attempts were made on her life.
I really appreciate your videos, and as a fellow Brit who has studied the life of Victoria in detail I just wanted to make a slight correction to your speech. It was actually Victoria’s uncle King Leopold of Belgium who encouraged her marriage to Albert (also his nephew) and there is actually evidence that this plan was in the works from her accession. She had a very good relationship with her uncle, who gave her advice on how to rule a country both before and after her accession. With evidence that you have found I am sure that it is likely that Conroy and the Duchess were equally enthusiastic about this match, but it was not their opinions that Victoria listened to.
A couple of errors here. Yes George III was her Grandfather but he was not the monarch during Victoria's youth as you said. He died when she was 1 year old. Also, at 4:17 you mentioned that when Victoria was 18 she learned that her Grandfather had died thus making her Queen. It was actually her Uncle King William IV who died and passed her the throne.
Queen Victoria and Fredrick Nitzche (can’t pronounce his last name right) and Oscar wild died pretty close to one another. Wild and Fredrick both died in 1900, a year before Victoria. Just a realization of how famous figures from different corners of the world.
Given that most of the older Royal Family members that get significant coverage are from the Tudor Dynasty, or in this case, a member of the Saxe-Coburg/Windsor family, why not do King James the VI (of Scotland) and I (of England). The Founder of The United Kingdom. And then please do Wat Tyler!
@@zaftra She stated she was living at Pier Cottages when Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee took place and she received a book and the younger students received a mug with the Queen's face on it. She also remembers moving to Queenborough and she was in a church concert when they came in and announced the Queen's death. That's as much detail as I have. Then her family moved to Dover where a big celebration and parade happened for the King's coronation. The journal mentions this period being between 1897 and 1913. She moved to Canada in 1913. Oh, she also mentioned the Sheppey flood of 1897 and how she was warned to get out of the way of the flood and hanging out with a Butcher until the waters subsided. That's it, nothing major. Just a bunch of quick memories she was relating and recording. This was my Mom's Mom's Mom. 1891 - 1982, 91 years. Wow. My grandmother recently passed away at the age of 93.
@@Machtyn My dad talked a lot about his youth in Lusk a little village outside Dublin . He was born ,1887 and he remembers Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin and the mass of people roaring and clapping,also the Queen's Golden Jubilee, when everyone got a free leg of mutton to celebrate. It was called the Jubilee Mutton. How I wish I had got him to write it all down He had mountains of interesting very funny stories,one was a run in with a very famous Irish surgeon who was notorious for his rudeness, apparently he had made a bags of my dads arm, later remedied by another surgeon, when challenged about it, he threw my dad and his sister in law down the flight of surgery steps only half clothed ,but my dad said they deserved it and more ,his sister in law gave terrible cheek to the surgeon told him she wouldn't let him treat her dog,she had a tongue like a wasp.. My dad died 1984 aged over 97 he had a brilliant mind to the very end,was always in good humour and never bore a grudge. I think that's how he lived so long
Some "facts" in the video are not accurate, like Prince Albert being part of an evil plot... Even drama TV shows make that kind of assumption Lol But a interesting fact about the couple is: Queen Victoria saved Albert from death when he falls in the ice lake, their children wasn't born yet and if she didn't have rescued him the History would be different today. That's a dramatic but real fact
Agreed. This and Visualpolitik are my favs of his 4 channels. He has a person vlog channel but he doesn't use it as much lately. Still, I love this channel. Love. Wish I could move to Czech and help them produce these vids.
🤔 so she was basically someone who wanted friends and live a normal life. Thank you for making this biopic, she was very misunderstood person regardless of her being queen.
so what if a million Irish starved under her rule
@@mattosullivan9687 She would still have been someone who wanted friends and to live a normal life but happened to be a queen that had a million Irish starving under her rule.
The point is she could have done something to stop it but did not
@@mattosullivan9687 Yeah I know but she would still have wanted friends and to live a normal life xD
Lol, she wasn't misunderstood. She endured serious trauma for sure, but she took that out on countless offspring and grandoffspring. She ended up far more abusive and horrid than her mother. Nutter.
Victoria was a remarkable woman, far more than the grieving widow most people know her as, thank you for covering the other sides to her personality
remarkable, um... she was just there to pop kids. let's be honest .
"The Widow of Windsor" Queen Victoria.
Still, Prince Alemayu’s corps is still in Britain, and they don’t want to return him to Ethiopia.
I know right? Love her!
@@PHlophe Learn about the WOMAN - she did far more than just pop kids. Most women of the era did that anyway.
Victoria did not inherit the throne after her grandfather (George III) died. The crown passed onto her two uncles George (George IV) and William (William IV) before her.
Yep, it look 17 years for Vic to get the throne after George #3 died!
I was now about to comment this same thing lol
Me, too!
me three, as a person who reads alot of history
Geez, guess I need to read the comments to get the true details.
Dirty and flirtatious sayings is always the first thing you should learn in a foreign language
If you're doing it right! 👍
Proof that she was a fully functional human being. If she was a commoner she would have been great company.
I thought the same thing too.
My father spoke 3 languages, and I can curse in all 3 of them !
After “how much is that drink?” and “where’s the toilet?”, that is.
Simon ! My newborn loves the sound of your voice. If she gets fussy, and there is no apparent reason for it, we put on your wonderful programs and she settles right down !
I love your shows, educational and entertaining....and that smooth voice of yours, lulls my baby to sleep !
Keep up the good work !
Haha, amazing. Thanks for watching :). Glad to help!
Hook up with Simon
My boyfriend and I get soothed by your voice every night.
Absolutely, the man is definitely an awesome teacher , you can tell he was born to teach . I've learned alot from watching his videos. Don't change Simon you've given knowledge that most people never learn , thank you.
If i remember correctly, the German emperor Wilhelm II (her grandson) loved her a lot and was at her deathbed.
he had his own problems(being crippeled from birth in a miltaristic family) so maybe she could understand his suffering better which connect them.
Certainly she much preferred her Grandson Kaiser Wilhelm II to her son Bertie who succeeded her as King Edward VII. Indeed I believe one the main reason why Britain made an alliance with the French was King Edward's way at getting back at his mother. Edward despised his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm. Also Victoria was very pro German.
Fraz she died in his arms, apparently.
interesting. HER OTHER GRANDCHILD was the prince of Wales. THEY PHYSICALLY FOUGHT aT HER Death bed.
@@joshgordon8369 . I believe the Prince of Wales, at the time, was her son Bertie, whom she despised. After her death Bertie became King Edward VII, who despised his NEPHEW Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Please do Mary queen of Scotts! A very tragic story.
Oh I'm sure she's an eventuality. So many people, places and events to give a Biographic on! We'll be seeing stuff for years. Such a good idea for a channel. XD
Definitely! You're abs right, there are so many people in history to do a video on! That's why I think this is a brilliant channel
I'd love to see this. My parents stayed in the bedroom of one of the castles she used to try and escape. There's still cannon marks! My leopard gecko who has white feet is named Mary, Queen of Socks.
*Scots - source, am a Scott.
Jeremy Brookes no Mary Queen of Scots was much braver more dignified more romantic and much more daring and interesting which is why Elizabeth 1 had her imprisoned and murdered
Why didn't you mention that her many children practically made her a common royal ancestor and mother to many Kingdoms.
And that hemophilia did a lot to hurt the royalty of countries her daughters married into.
@@RachelG1979 RIP The Romanovs. Although hemophilia was just one of their problems.
@@IudiciumInfernalum well hemophilia made the romanov close to rasputin and all the misfortunes started from there
The Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mum. did not have an easy time either.
She had been married Charles, Prince of Leiningen & widowed before, she had children by him - Carl a & Feodora - but was made to give them up so that she could be marry British royalty - and was forbidden from seeing her children again.
Then after the Duke of Kent died, she got many debts from him - and a teeny pension from Partliemnt to support herself and Victoria - until Victoria became Heir.
It is little wonder the Duchess wanted some power - she would not like to go though that again. I am not saying she is nice, but there was more to the story.
Victoria met her half siblings when she was a child. The Dutchess of Kent didn't have her elder children live with her but she wasn't given some dramatic choice.
Uh no. Victoria knew her half-siblings and was close to her half-sister Feodora. But they were like 15 years older than her, so by the time she was like 10, they were already married and everything
How was she widowed before she had his children? What he impregnated her as a ghost?
Queen Victoria didn't hate her children! She didn't like being pregnant and suffered post-partum depression after her first two births but she herself wrote: You are wrong in thinking I am not fond of children. She didn't really like babies in general but loved her children, even more so when they developed personalities and could have a proper discussion with her.
THIS. I hated when my kids where babies, however I utterly adore and love them completely but when they were babies. They were draining and incredibly tiring, even the pleasant memories or few and far between
She wasn't nice to her daughters tho
When her son Edward was an adult, Victoria remarked that she hoped to outlive him!
@@charliefarmer4365That's because he was a bit wild when he was young and she blamed Albert's death on him in that his shenanigans, which really weren't big but Albert had a big stick up as you know what usually, hastened his death. That's why she disliked her son.
I think you might find that William IV her uncle was her predecessor not her grandfather George III
I had to go through the horrible histories song to check this
You're right
William the IIV?
IV* sorry 😀
How could an English man get this wrong???😳
You're right, I noticed the same thing.
"[Victoria] had done something no other monarch had done before...Become an author" What?? King James 1st published a book on demonology
probably meant to mean autobiographer
Elizabeth I also was a scholar
So was Catharine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII.
The book on demonology was an odd kind of book. It was partially responsible for the gullible condemning so many poor unfortunate women to be burnt at the stake. It wasn't a pleasant book and not popular. Victoria's book sold well,
What about James 1st/V1 attack on smoking which most of the world excepts as correct some 400 years plus after publication.
Not only did Victoria not inherit the throne upon the death of her grandfather, there were several other heirs to the throne after her. She ascended the throne only because her father was the elder to other brothers and their legitimate offspring. Also, I'm not a Queen Victoria expert, but I've read biographies and also discussion about her from several respected biographers, and I've never once read that Prince Albert was a plant of "the Conroy plot." One of the big backers of Albert was Victoria's maternal uncle, who also was Albert's uncle, a man named Leopold. Uncle Leopold, who by then was King of Belgium, favored Albert as a means of creating advancement for another member of his own family. I've also never heard before that keeping Victoria constantly pregnant was some big secret plot. Queen Victoria found Prince Albert wildly attractive, and enjoyed being in bed with him. I would like to know the source for the allegations about Victoria's mother and Conroy finagling Prince Albert and constant pregnancies onto Victoria. Also, people do make mistakes, but I wish this video had undergone more editing. You're ostensibly teaching people history; it should be highly accurate.
I never heard that either. You are correct she liked sex. The kids were just an inconvenience to her til they got older.
Well said
It’s a UA-cam video if you want it to be altra accurate then read her actual biography’s. Leave bio alone. UA-cam is not supposed to be that accurate.
@@aidanday5497 Seriously? If you're making a video of facts about a person, they shoud be facts, don't you think? I bet you think the animated movie Anastasia is a true story.
Barbara Melone no George IV and William IV were the two elder brothers
Thank you for this. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Queen Victoria and love that you didn't simply gloss over who she really was as a person to cover the well known aspects of her public face. I know you have millions of suggestions for videos, but if you ever get around to it, would LOVE to see one of these on Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Ching Shih, or Gráinne Mhaol!
Can you re-make a video on Queen Victoria where you fix all of the errors in this video?
Never led her country through war? Her reign was a constant series of small to medium wars.
What about the Crimean War, The Boer Wars, Invasion Of Mexico, etc?
Jade Kilgallon well idk why you’re so rude about it but basically it’s like saying president bush never led a war. True he never stood at the rear of an army and commanded it but he was certainly involved. That’s how people are seeing it. She was definitely involved in several wars, she just never personally lead one (in person)
these were conflicts not war,
in her reign, britain became the most powerful nation in the world, and this title stood after her too
maybe until WW2
@@gutsjoestar7450 no
He's probably referring to the fact she was a constitutional monarch and didn't actually get involved in the politcal process.
I had no idea she was so sensitive and intelligent. That poor woman. I'm glad things got better for her.
she's in hell
@@travishylton6976 Ah that's too bad
It was interesting to learn to about Queen Victoria's personality. I never would've guessed that she liked loud people with boisterous senses of humor. It makes her seem much cooler. Also, I can relate to her as a child. I also grew up with someone who used to make me feel like I couldn't do anything. No doubt if Victoria had been grown up today, her father would've been recognized as emotionally abusive.
Wasn't her father he died either before her birth or when she was one. It was her mother and her fathers chief adviser, they wanted to keep her cowed,so they could almost rule her particularly if she became Queen before her 18 the birthday Her Uncle William 1V knew this and although in very poor health,swore he would hang on till she was ,18 He only just made it,he died a few weeks after her birthday. She ostracised her mother and her friend for a while,but under ,Albert's good influence, she eventually forgave her,and they did become friends
Absolutely marvelous ,and I love the way she presented herself as two distinct facets of the same woman.She was a very interesting person.Thank you so much,Simon for bringing Victoria back to us as a vibrant,very much alive person.
Finally! We need more of these! What about Anne Boleyn? Henry the 8th? Marylin Monroe? Vivian Leigh? Jackie Kennedy? You get the idea just do more iconic women! Pleaseeeeee
Daenerys Stormborn Of The House Targaryen Your Highness, with all due respect... Henry the 8th is not a woman, I believe? I support the idea though. 😆
@@Mari-hb5do I know I was talking about the women I mentioned but put him in there as an idea I'm actually well educated on the Tudors.
*@Sally Jane Willis* Yeah, that Henry VIII: a right proper "iconic woman", he was ({; D ...!! i sincerely do like your other 'suggested nominees' though, actually ({: D ...!
Why is everyone so butt hurt about the Henry the 8th thing? I meant for it to be secondary to Anne Boleyn like focus on his treatment towards her... x
@@sallyjanewillis6810 I'm actually surprised you replied after how many years bro 🤣🤣
To think if she had some friends growing up or a less restrictive mother she wouldn't have had all the problems she had. I feel bad for her since she suffered a lot.
"Bedchamber Crisis" sounds like a series of misfortunes that involve non-functional joystick, torn raincoat, early firearms discharge and the scorn that followed.
Chicken Draws Dogs love the analogies, lol
She needed her diaries edited because of the incident with The Doctor and the foundation of Torchwood. They WANT us to think it’s a fictional story, but we know better!
We are not amused!
Spoilers!!!
The what?
Please keep the obsessive fan nonsense at a minimum.
It was her uncle King Leopold I of Belgium who was pushing for Albert and Victoria to get married.
yeah he thought that albert would be able to get him more money for belgium
Queen Victoria was one of the first monarchs we have actual photos and even a few films of, I suppose a benefit of being Queen up until 1901. Anyway, this means we actually know what she looked like, rather than prior who we only have writings and portraits of.
I usually enjoy this channel, but this episode on Queen Victoria has so many wrong facts that it really makes me doubt the other episodes that I watch about people that I have less knowledge about.
First we have the fact stated below that she succeded her uncle William IV and not her grandfather the Mad King George.
Second her relationship with Albert was never a plot of her mother (really don't know where you got this information, but I have read 3 byographies about Queen Victoria and many others on the House of Hannover, aside from many other articles) , but yet it was a plot of her uncle King Leopold of Belgium (former prince of Wales married to her cousin Charlotte).
Also she may have hated being pregnant, but she did love her Children dearly. Albert and Victoria tried to mantain a family life which reseambled a normal family, where they took real interest on their children affairs and development.
I really stopped in this part, because I couldn't keep watching you butchering History, and I am really reconsidering all the information I learned from all the other videos I watched.
Ik your comment is old but I started noticing people in other videos point out a lot of wrong facts in his videos so he makes a lot of errors which is a shame
I'm leaving right now
Apparently she couldn't stand Albert (Edward VII), thinking he was in no way suited to become king.
thank you for this
@@moshemankoff7488 He would be a typical young man and like to have a good time having many mistresses in the process. Prince Albert was always worrying about Edward and chasing him around trying to get him to be more respectable. Prince Albert died during this period and Queen Victoria forevermore blamed her son Edward for his death she did not like him very much after that.
Actually Britain was involved in the Crimean war which was in Victoria’s reign
As well as the South African War
And the Boer War
He said "she never led the country through war" referring to the fact that she literary never led the wars, she wasn't versed in war and even if she was her government wouldn't have listened to her. The most popular monarchs in the UK tent to be the ones that won them wars (yes, even Elizabeth I), the fact that she was so popular despite not being truly involved in the militaristic side of things is very impressive.
@@melissabarrera8913 That's splitting hairs, it seems. Victoria was the head of state and the face of England.
@@melissabarrera8913 Who has a popular monarch ? I can't stand any of them.
So Victoria was basically a modern day girl trapped inside of a 19th century princess, neat.
Yes, and no. She was... Timeless, immortal, enduring.
I love your channels, especially this one. Can you do a Biographics on Elizabeth I? She is an amazingly interesting monarch. Thanks for all the work you put into these videos.
You say that Queen Victoria was immediately preceded by George III, when really the line went George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria.
Never lead a country in war,
Ah Crimean war, the first Boer war.
You are making more mistakes, on these biographies.......
I know it is entertainment,
But historical accuracy makes better stories.
was about to point this out, Zulu etc etc....Victoria Cross
It depends what you mean by "leading" because she herself, as a woman and a monarch in an increasingly dangerous military environment, couldn't go to fight with her troops and never went to visit them like her grandson did because they were in such far flung places. As such, although she was the monarch during those wars, she wasn't a leader/general type. The last monarch to lead their troops in battle was George II who fought at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. Sorry for the rant, its just up to interpretation I guess, although you're right in the fact that there are more mistakes...
@@mattcousins3 and yet millions of men, women and children died in those "internment camps". Just like the nazis did with the Jews. Where did you think the nazis got the idea of concentration camps? Do your research before you speak.
@@OnThePath777 do you have any source for those "millions" of deaths?
Sirius Draconis they were worse than the American internment camps, but they were far from as horrible as the nazi camps. The British camps were mostly to protect the civilians.
"Our poor grandmother must be spinning in her grave."
(Funeral note)
Granny!
Chill out cousin Willy stop acting so silly
Emperor Uriel Septim VII you’ll be tripping by flipping the bird willy-nilly!
The weapons of the triple entente mighty, Russia, France and this bitch Blighty
You imperial bigots, you hate the French!
Aidan Campbell with their snail-sucking, frog-cooking garlic stench!
It's supremely unlikely that she had any kind of actual sexual relationship with John Brown simply due to the fact she had a documented prolapsed uterus due to her repeated pregnancies and her constant corset wearing. There is no doubt that she loved him and that most likely would have been intimate with him if she had the ability, but the sexual relationship is a titillating fable due to the physical issues alone.
The uterus is not involved in sex though lol. It's not the same as the vagina
Not as much of an obstacle as you might think.
It’s interesting that any Queen (or other powerful women in history) always have so much speculation about their sex lives. It’s really unimportant in the big picture who Victoria did or didn’t have sex with. If she and John Brown had a romantic relationship and it brought her comfort after Albert’s death...who really cares if they were sexually intimate (with or without intercourse)?
However there are other forms of intimacy in a relationship than vaginal sex. And I'm also talking about the warmth between lovers that is beyond sex, where you are soulmates. She seems to have had that with Albert who was a strength to her.
@@amasion2882 Thank you. She needed a soulmate I believe to be an anchor for her. Being a figurehead she couldn't show weakness, but she did and was criticized for it. Brown stabilized her.
It would have been really cool to have been a friend of Victoria's. No doubt she was a highly interesting person and probably a fair bit of fun to be around. She didn't impact us because she was so very extraordinary, instead, because she was so very human.
"Deliciously romantic and dark"... my new favorite phrase
Normal video : 17 min (no ad)
'' long video '' : 19 min (2 min ad)
Yeah, thanks for making these long videos possible...
People started inventing the modern world during the Victorian Era, an amazing time that is still celebrated in things like Steam Punk 🇬🇧
I do admire the Victorians, its amazing how many life changing things were invented by them, and the very next generation. Flush toilets, telephones, bicycles, radio, photography, motorcars , anaesthetics. painkillers. Antiseptics, the list goes on and on. Its as if there was a splurge of extra clever people born around that time..They changed the world for the good
Forgot to mention Trains and the Postal system
Not her grandfather George III BUT HER UNCLE WILLIAM THE 4TH.
Victoria succeeded her uncle William IV not grandfather George III. (George IV also in there before William.)
Can you please have your ads in the beginning and the end of the video rather than directly in the middle?
I just recently discovered your channel and I love your videos!
a few mistakes or not, one of the greatest, and most interesting narrators on the net.
Thank you.
I had no idea. What an amazing story! Thanks!
When the queen of England visited the Republic of Ireland a few years ago and began her speech with the Irish language she made me reevaluate my long held contempt for the royal family though still not a great fan my contempt has pretty much gone this is something only a true leader could do
Gaelic right?
1:25 - Chapter 1 - A princess in training
4:35 - Chapter 2 - Becoming the queen
6:35 - Chapter 3 -Life with prince albert
8:25 - Mid roll ads
9:55 - Chapter 4 -Tragedy
11:45 - Chapter 5 - Moving on
15:00 - Chapter 6 - The later years
17:10 - Chapter 7 - Death & legacy
The first time she met albert she actually hated him. And it wasn't a plot! Albert adored her.
That’s not true at all lol. She wrote in her diary that she adored him aswell and found his eyes brilliant.
@@bakedpotato3169 no they had met before but it wasn't for the same reason it was a little random but it wasn't love at first sight... Then when he formally met her she made those comments.
YESSS I VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LOOONG ! Queen Victoria is one of my personal favs
Mine too since I live in a city named after her
Well don't take this video as a real account of her life. She is one of my favorites too, and there are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much wrong information on this video.
Mine too. Who doesnt love the queen that turned half of the Chinese people into drug addicts?
@@KonEl-BlackZero of course, because she was personally in charge of the government... It was not a decision of her government...
@@KonEl-BlackZero take your little smart ass sarcasm out and i agree!
Michael Collins, or some of the other leaders of the Easter Rising would be fantastic!
A wee list of video suggestions:
Lucille Ball
George Washington
John Adams
Desi Arnaz
Hi Simon I’m addicted to your channel!!
Would you be able to do a video on Marie Laveau? Thanks so much! Xxx
Queen Victoria is one of my favorite people in history.
Read up what happened to Indians when my India was under her colonial rule. My India cried and cried.
Some people: “Victoria couldn’t have secretly married John Brown!”
Victoria: *required that she be buried with a picture of John Brown and that she wear his wedding ring*
Biographics could you now do a biography on her son Edward VII?
John Walsh or George the VI ?
@@jsvmvp7740 all the George's would be good. George I & II non english speakers running England, George III's loss of America, George IV aka "fat George", George V & WWI and George VI & WW II
"Edward the caresser"
@@trentBowie although he was known for his affairs he should also be remembered as being a champion for the working class and the poor and his hatred of racism, anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism
I don't often comment on videos but this was awesome. It's impossible not to be lured in when Simon Whistler is narrating. I hope these videos earn you (the people involved producing them) the money you deserve.
I always am enlightened and entertained by your work. I am also a fan of the work you began on sticher,(forgive misspelling) yet Mr Whistler you are top mfkn notch sir!
EXCELLENT VID OF OUEEN VIC IM FROM IRELAND AND THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME DID NOT KNOW A LOT OF THIS INFO THANK YOU. YOUR BIO VIDS ARE ALL EXCELLENT.
@Jason BouphasavanhI'm Irish All my family loved Victoria, Its only the loud mouths that " hate anything British" on both sides of my family we feel very British, No we don't live in the North we live in Dublin, Cork and Sligo mainly. You don't hear a lot from us because there is always the danger of being kneecapped or worse, The Disappeared ( another polite word for " the murdered" ) My family on both sides fought in both world wars and possibly further back. Proud to be British
@Jason Bouphasavanh why do you say " thank goodness" that us very I silting to Korean people,,I hope you feel it only right to apologise for your racist remark
Can you make one of Eliza Hamilton , Alexander Hamilton's wife
Jenna Coleman does a great rendition of Queen V! Class, poise, and sass ... awesome!
Could you guys imagine if Americans switched from pounds to kilograms overnight?
There would be mass confusion!
Padum Tshh!
Omg. Yup. For sure. 😂😂
True, it would confuse those poor Americans...despite the US officially adopting metrication, yet failing to implement it.
Owain Shebbeare not gonna lie to you when I watch something on UA-cam from a british person and they say “meters” instead of “feet” I am lost.
It would be easy with online converters in every hand
This has been one of my favourite episodes you have put out. They are all good of course, but this one has been particularly fascinating as Queen Victoria has always been shown as this grumpy old woman in black.
Still waiting for that Heinz Guderian biography..
Somehow I became anxious on the way he narrates, I mean-- I unconsciously take deep breaths from time to time.
Dubbed the "Famine Queen" for reigning over a nation that ignored the most devastating period in Irish history.
@irish Kelly I don’t believe that she was as malevolent as the nickname suggests, but if you’re to believe prominent historians of Irish history such as Christine Kinealy and Enda Delaney, she isn’t as compassionate as your post implies.
I don’t recall ever reading/hearing about her urging the British parliament to take more action, unless your source is ITV’s Victoria. On the contrary, the PM had to urge her to take action, and she subsequently issued a Queen’s letter requesting protestant famine relief donations.
A year into the famine, she proposed to give a personal donation of £1,000 (Only four times the amount that the royal servants had collected amongst themselves). The Secretary of the Relief Association, Stephen Spring Rice, refused the payment and protested that she increase the payment. It was only after that she doubled the amount with a promise of further contributions if necessary (she only donated a further £500).
To put that into perspective. The Sultan of Turkey initially offered £10,000, but scaled back to £1,000 after being told it would breach royal protocol and offend the Queen if he were to donate more. This was throughout a period that Ottoman Empire battled an economic crisis which later resulted in the empire becoming bankrupt, a stark contrast to Queen Victoria’s empire reaching its pinnacle whilst she held the title of the world’s wealthiest woman.
The cynic in me believes that her donation served to relax tensions and maintain stability within Ireland as the Irish had a favourable view of the monarchy when compared to the British state.
She isn’t to blame for the famine, we all know who and what is.
But she could have done a considerable amount more.
@irish Kelly My disagreement was with your claim that she pushed Parliament and made a considerable donation. (or just the overall all sentiment that she was compassionate in the face of the British Government).
Again, the Queen’s letter was released after she was encouraged to respond to the crisis by PM Russell. I’m not sure why you’re reiterating the fact as if it was an altruistic act of her behalf.
She did receive a relatively warm welcome. But as I said, a number of Irish already had a favourable view of the monarchy, which is why I believe it was a symbolic donation to help maintain stability and power in Ireland. Hatred of both the British state and monarchy would only have exacerbated diplomatic tensions. Regardless, I don’t see this as a redeeming factor; we all know that history can tell a different story when the facts are revealed.
Regarding the Pope. First, I have no idea what 1,000 Roman Crowns equates to. Second, as I said previously, she initially proposed a £1,000 donation before being persuaded to offer more. A figure far less than Lord Conroy received for his yearly pension (as noted in the video above). Spring Rice’s protest is a very telling incident of how much concern she really had.
She didn’t have the power of her forefathers, but she served as the moral voice of the Empire and had a far bigger influence than Queen Elizabeth currently has. You couldn’t fathom the Bedchamber Crisis occurring today. As the apparent moral authority, she could have at least urged Parliament as you suggested she did.
I don’t believe there was a single villain either. The entire regime was at fault, both past and contemporary. It can be dated back to the Cromwellian plantations, existing power structures, the effects of Penal Laws and as you mentioned, the Lassez-faire politics and the infamous Corn Laws of the day which was repealed all too late. It’s far more complicated than that of course, but for the sake of anyone’s time, I’ll leave it there. Simply put - previous and existing British policies and laws caused the famine, whereas the response exacerbated and prolonged it.
Unfortunately for Victoria, she epitomised the entire government’s inaction. She was by far the most recognisable figure of the Empire. Her response reflected the Lassez-faire politics of the day. She may have been labelled the “Famine Queen” as a result of exaggerated tales, but the reality isn’t that far from the truth.
She doesn't have the power to help Ireland because the power to do that is the parliament while she was just a political figurehead that had no say in government policy.
@@johnnyfives5416 I'm aware of that John. If you read on you'll understand the justification for the name "Famine Queen", at least in my view.
she became queen at a really bad time though.
Completely missed out two entire monarchs and about 20 years before Victoria gets the throne.
You're the first one to point that out.
Wait, so does that mean Queen Victoria is one of the inventors of the goth style?
Trayxxxx yes. The goths copied her style.
She sounds more emo than goth...
No.
no, emos complain about perceived fictional pain they've invented for attention, her pain was quite real and rightly so @@apgmk1970
She popularised wearing black while mourning and for funerals.
Do one on Joseph Broz Tito ps: Great video
communist "educated" in moscow, stalinist, butchered all opponents, responsible for murdering 200 000 people after ww2, nationalized private properties in yugoslavia, led country with americans credits, his legacy is bloody war...
@@lawmaker22 did someone ask for your opinion about him?? no. so shut up
@@lawmaker22 he said Josip Broz Tito. No idea who the hell you were talking about. How about ya open a few books before you open your mouth. :p
@@CagedBoy no, what he said was right and completely true. How about you try to learn more real facts about him and stop listening to your grandma's stories of how 'you could sleep on a bench'?
@@CagedBoy Deluje kao da su ti roditelji previse isprali mozak komunistickom propagandom.
Hello Simon 😁,
You are a silver tongued fox ! You even make the ads fun and interesting!
Seriously? No wars during the reign of Victoria? Only a brit could possibly say that with a straight face
? Elaborate you mut.
Well there was the war in India, Ireland, Crimea, the Boer war, the opium wars, the scramble for Africa to name a few. The British were insanely devoted to colonialism under Queen Victoria it was under her that the sun never set on the British empire.
HE DIDNT SAY THERE WERE NO WARS HE SAID SHE DIDNT LEAD ANY WARS. WHICH SHE DID NOT.
You almost have to laugh at how many wars many of Britain's female monarchs started or continued. Elizabeth I picked fights with the Spanish for example. So much for "Girls are more peaceful".
@@toni5543 Maybe she didn't start new wars but she was still a terrible leader who is responsible for a lot of bloodshed.
Queen Victoria was born less than a year, I believe, before George III's death.
Yes, she was just 8 months old when her father's died and her mother didn't have even the money to come back to London due her husband had lost wasted the money, so uncle Leopold took financial care of her sister and niece.
Whenever I hear her name, I'm reminded of that great bit from Blackadder Goes forth.
"I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"
"So you're father's German, you're half German and you married a German?"
Kerorofan You sre a racist of the worst sort.what have you got against Germans. I'm Irish, had 5 uncles serve in the first world war, they were lucky one lost an eye the other an arm.but I never heard them bitching about German people. If you go back far enough we sre all African. Oops have I said the wrong thing
@@laurielovett8849 ...Dude, it was a line from a TV show. Settle down.
Queen Victoria is that best friend you want to have.
Nothing like watching two back to back ads before a video, only to be greeted with another a sales pitch by the content creator for their sponsor. I am starting to hate UA-cam, but I do at least understand the creators needing to do ads, as youtube is screwing them.
I don't mind commercials they on my last seconds before you can skip it. Its better then having to pay for the subs you want to have & watch. They have to make _$ to do these and keep new ones coming the more $$ they make the longer & better looking videos. It's hundreds of these on U-tube. You see they charge for songs I remember they charge for ring tones. Them $1 bucks add up. No debit card we fucked, I'm glad and love we can watch nice entertaining videos for free
She did not succeed her grandfather she succeeded her uncle!
George III -Grandfather
George IV -Uncle
William IV -Uncle
Victoria
Thank you so much!! You are wonderful Simon
Do one on Anne Frank, Helga Weiss, or Julie Andrews! :D
What a wondeful woman. Her life wasnt easy but Im glad she had many moments of happiness.
Great video as always. Thanks to Mr. Simon and to the other people who made it.
This was a great biography but I would’ve like to see her relationship with her grandchildren.
Thank you, One of the best you have ever made.
you missed the extremely toxic relationship between her and Albert. some of those diaries have been dug up and they reveal a completely hostile and vicious war between the two right up to and including DEATH THREATS.
The Diaries havnt been " dug up" as you put it. The Diaries are available for anyone to read, there is nothing written in them about a toxic relationship with Albert, they loved one another from the start, of course they had the odd row ,what married couple hasn't. She supported him in all his achievements, she took great pleasure in his extrsordinary success with the Great Exhibition in The Crystal Palace. and he threw himself in front of her when one of the several attempts were made on her life.
I really appreciate your videos, and as a fellow Brit who has studied the life of Victoria in detail I just wanted to make a slight correction to your speech. It was actually Victoria’s uncle King Leopold of Belgium who encouraged her marriage to Albert (also his nephew) and there is actually evidence that this plan was in the works from her accession. She had a very good relationship with her uncle, who gave her advice on how to rule a country both before and after her accession. With evidence that you have found I am sure that it is likely that Conroy and the Duchess were equally enthusiastic about this match, but it was not their opinions that Victoria listened to.
Could you cover Otto Skorzney?
*Skorzeny
A couple of errors here. Yes George III was her Grandfather but he was not the monarch during Victoria's youth as you said. He died when she was 1 year old. Also, at 4:17 you mentioned that when Victoria was 18 she learned that her Grandfather had died thus making her Queen. It was actually her Uncle King William IV who died and passed her the throne.
please make a video about Voltaire
Queen Victoria and Fredrick Nitzche (can’t pronounce his last name right) and Oscar wild died pretty close to one another. Wild and Fredrick both died in 1900, a year before Victoria. Just a realization of how famous figures from different corners of the world.
Given that most of the older Royal Family members that get significant coverage are from the Tudor Dynasty, or in this case, a member of the Saxe-Coburg/Windsor family, why not do King James the VI (of Scotland) and I (of England). The Founder of The United Kingdom.
And then please do Wat Tyler!
You guys should definitely do more podcasts! I really enjoy listening to them.
I know, I’d really like to, it’s just been hard to find the time lately :-)
Biographics Oh okay, It would be great if you get the time, but don’t stress about it. :)
4:21 it was her uncle King William IV
one of the best bios you have done
I like how this guy explains historic topics. He reminds me of my World History Teacher. Thanks for the infos (:
Thank you :)
We all just need some quality people around in addition being a quality person ourself.
I really enjoyed this one.
Love, Love this channel which I recently found, I'm addicted..thanks so much Simon!!
:) Ivette
Little did John Brown know the word "thirsty" would later have another connotation
I've read the journal of my great grandmother that recounts their experience with Queen Victoria's funeral.
what does it say.
@@zaftra She stated she was living at Pier Cottages when Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee took place and she received a book and the younger students received a mug with the Queen's face on it. She also remembers moving to Queenborough and she was in a church concert when they came in and announced the Queen's death. That's as much detail as I have.
Then her family moved to Dover where a big celebration and parade happened for the King's coronation.
The journal mentions this period being between 1897 and 1913. She moved to Canada in 1913.
Oh, she also mentioned the Sheppey flood of 1897 and how she was warned to get out of the way of the flood and hanging out with a Butcher until the waters subsided.
That's it, nothing major. Just a bunch of quick memories she was relating and recording. This was my Mom's Mom's Mom. 1891 - 1982, 91 years. Wow. My grandmother recently passed away at the age of 93.
@@Machtyn It shows nothing changes. Mum got a plate at the Queens coronation and I got a coin on her silver jubilee.
Thanks.
@@Machtyn My dad talked a lot about his youth in Lusk a little village outside Dublin . He was born ,1887 and he remembers Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin and the mass of people roaring and clapping,also the Queen's Golden Jubilee, when everyone got a free leg of mutton to celebrate. It was called the Jubilee Mutton. How I wish I had got him to write it all down He had mountains of interesting very funny stories,one was a run in with a very famous Irish surgeon who was notorious for his rudeness, apparently he had made a bags of my dads arm, later remedied by another surgeon, when challenged about it, he threw my dad and his sister in law down the flight of surgery steps only half clothed ,but my dad said they deserved it and more ,his sister in law gave terrible cheek to the surgeon told him she wouldn't let him treat her dog,she had a tongue like a wasp.. My dad died 1984 aged over 97 he had a brilliant mind to the very end,was always in good humour and never bore a grudge. I think that's how he lived so long
I actually did not know any of this about Queen Victoria, this brought tears to my eyes a bit and I am not a crier
Some "facts" in the video are not accurate, like Prince Albert being part of an evil plot... Even drama TV shows make that kind of assumption Lol
But a interesting fact about the couple is: Queen Victoria saved Albert from death when he falls in the ice lake, their children wasn't born yet and if she didn't have rescued him the History would be different today. That's a dramatic but real fact
I can't believe I'd never heard about John Brown! Thanks so much!
Can you do a video on Georgiana Spencer Cavendish The Duchess Of Devonshire please😀
Considering the lifestyles of Victoria’s uncles, her ascension was probably a breath of fresh air.
Could you please do a video on Terry Fox
Your awesome Simon man. Thanks for the bios.
Agreed. This and Visualpolitik are my favs of his 4 channels. He has a person vlog channel but he doesn't use it as much lately. Still, I love this channel. Love. Wish I could move to Czech and help them produce these vids.