The Perfect Knight: Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard
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Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard was a French Knight who was respected and admired by friend and foe alike. His accomplishments on the battlefield as well as his exploits off of it have made him a legendary figure throughout the ages. His contemporaries named him the "Perfect Knight" and sought to emulate everything about him.
How badass do you have to be that your King wants YOU to knight HIM?
Yeah! French forever!
And this king was fought like a knight
A virtuous and pious man who actually lived up to the ideals of chivalry. Bayard was one of the last great knights from a declining era of chivalry.
This fells like someone wanted to tell an mount and blade campaing as a story.
Except that this really happened.
That's a great analogy ! :D
Art imitates life,life imitates art.
When the pope tried to recruit him Bayard said that he has only two Lords, God in the sky and the king of France on earth.
Never trust a pope
@@evanmack8527 The Pope nowadays can be trusted.
@@haydeen6535 nah popes still have their agendas.
What a G
@@haydeen6535 Francis is literally one of the worst pope in history kissing mlgrants feet and going to muslim countries
Sadly symbolic how the Arquebus was the means to take down this legendary Knight. He defied death so many times before.
A strange nod to the transition between medieval and modern era going on at that very moment.
Exactly my thoughts! Very symbolic
Even more. In the battle of the Sesia, where he died, the Spanish arquebusiers massacrated the French heavy cavalry, while the Mantuan light cavalry of Paolo Luzasco overrun the French artillery and, in a separate theater of the same battle, the one of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere defeated the Swiss. The battle of the Sesia was the death toll for the heavy cavalry, that disappeared from the battlefield soon after, while it secured a place on the battlefield for the light cavalry for three and half centuries more.
@@neutronalchemist3241 what about the heavy shock Calvary of the polish hussar?
@@skankhunt-zh8ky hussars where originally light cavalry, however there creation was to fight ottomans not other europeans and where an afront to the sipahi`s of the ottomans. hussars werent used largely.
@@seaghan6412 Hussars succesfully fight against western military like for example Sweden Army or Mercanaries western orgin hired by Moscow.
Battle of Kircholm Poles 1,000 infantry, 2,600 cavalry, 5 cannons.
Swedes: 2,500 cavalry, 8,368 infantry, 11 cannons.
Effect: deciceve victory. Infantry organized in western way completely destroyed. Swedes lost 7,600-8,000 killed, captured and dispersed.
In Kluszyn batle Poles had 6,500-6,800 men of which about 5,500, or about 80 percent, were the famous "winged" hussars. Againts them there were a 40 000 soldiers. Parts of force, about 5,000, were mercenary units allied to Russia, under the command of Jacob De la Gardie, composed of Flemish, French, German, Spanish, English and Scottish soldiers. Commonwealth forces again won.
There was few invantion in Hussars armouries and tactics. First lance. It wasn't medevil lances. The difference was, there were empty inside - made from two separate parts of wood. The hussars lance was very expencive. Other things lance was pinned to horse back. Thanks that hussars lance were much longer 4,5-5,5 meters length(even 6,2 m). Hussars wasn't heavy cavallary. Hussars horses werenn't heavy destriers but fast and much lighter Arabian horses. Extremelly expencive. Only magnats, reach nobility could afford on such a horse. With light horses trained in fast manouvering in front of enemy it was possible to find weak place in front, change direction of charge.
It sounds like a fictional story, he's like a real life superhero
He cared to bring his chronicler with him, so that he could write his own legend, being silent about his defeats or less honorable achievements, IE when, in January 1524, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere attacked his camp by night, making him flee wearing only his shirt.
If France at the time have film. We also will see he battle evil space aliens and protect earth. Just like today's American films.
Well, where do you think those fictional stories got it all from?
@@neutronalchemist3241 i acknowledged that you also suspect bias in this story aswell, history is written by the victors and their narrative instilled in the papers in which they write. Sure this gave a great influence for knights to become better at who they were back in the day but we must see it how it is and most of this being clout written down by one man In recounts of his battles to influence and become a role model to young knights.
What an incredible man.
Not at all. Think genocide
@@PatrickHenry-pz1pd Didn;t he just say he forbade himself from doing that...and his men
Holy fuck, the reality is a lot more dramatic and inspiring as any fiction can ever be.
Man of pure chivalry. A role model for all men.
That dude was constantly on the road. Horsin' and walkin' and fightin' and eatin' and walkin' and horsin' and fightin' and eatin'.
Internet: The French are cowards.
Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard: Its a duel to the death then.
Most victories in history of any nation. Also: won the 100 years war decisively, produced the most successful Crusader knights, singlehandedly made the Tercios obsolete, took the entire might of European superpowers and a massive blunder to just *barely* defeat Napoleon's Grande Armee, kept the Germans in check in WW1 and then back in WW2 at Dunkirk long enough for the Brits to run away back to their island.
France is up there with the titans of war like Assyria, Rome, Mongolia and the Ottoman Empire.
@@publiusventidiusbassus1232 remember that in ww2 the french were still fighting in north africa
@@publiusventidiusbassus1232 Nice nickname bro, thank u for defening France tho
@@publiusventidiusbassus1232 Russian Empire should have been included.
@danemon8423 remember that in ww2 only country which actually fight and liberated itself was Yugoslavia ....
But Yugoslavia never got recognised for that simple because they were Slavs and communist in that time ....
True story believe it or not Serbian infantry in ww1 was faster in charge than French cavalry....
What people talk about French is not just jokes there is some truth there they suck ass ....
Bayard was struck down by a bullet in 1524. A bullet killed Charles III, duc de Bourbon, as he entered Rome in triumph in 1527. All the way across the globe, Admiral Yi Sun-shin, on everyone's short list for title of greatest naval commander in history, who saved Korea from Japanese invasion, was killed by a bullet during his final victory in 1598. And closer to home, and for the first time in history, a ruling prince was killed by an assassin's bullet, when William the Silent of the Netherlands was shot to death on 10 Jul 1584. Their deaths were milestones, and marked the beginning of the the modern world.
A sad time. To see living legends cut down like that…
I cannot love this enough. Thank you for this channel. It is important to keep Europa alive and her history as well.
Kind of fitting that the perfect knight was killed by a bullet
DerekGuerrero lol, yep.
Hell if not poetic
Et ce fût, malheureusement, la fin de la Chevalerie et du Moyen Age.
In an age of Condottieri, Mercenaries & cutthroats, he represented the true values of Military Chivalry.
Fitting? Touching, ironic, maybe. Fitting? Like it was fitting that JFK was assassinated.
Elan and a true frenchman's spirit ran through his veins... good video.
Courage as gallantry knows no ethnicity. It's a sign of a real man.
Naw, he was an English soul trapped in a French body. Henry VIII knew his own
@@Dadecorban lmao anglos suck
The touch of prayer comes when The Great Captain observed the field where he developed the Battle of Ceriñola (year 1503) full of corpses of soldiers of the French Army who were under the orders of the Count of Nemours. Gonzalo was not very happy about this victory before Christians, and he ordered three prolonged touches of attention for all to pray for the dead. This is the origin of the prayer touch in our army, which over time adopted the other Western armies. Desperta Ferro aur aur
Le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. 🇫🇷
My favorite video yet. I love his story. Such an underrated channel.
After the siege of Mézières, Charles V asked to Henry III of Nassau-Breda, his commander: "How could you not take this pigeon loft ?" Henry responded: "Because it was defended by an eagle !"
Full plate is OP!
Can we talk about his enemies having the same values of honor and chivalry, so much that they released him without ransom? It reminds me of the stories about christmastime in the trenches -- it seems such things only happen between people sharing an overarching culture.
Back then a man's -- particularly a nobleman's -- word meant something.
I live in England and I remember seeing some jousting while visiting Hever Castle. It was awesome. I remember watching them showing training. They had this one item that was a straw dummy. It had a shield in one arm and a flail or wooden sword in the other. The knight would train by gallopping at the dummy. Aiming to hit with his lance, either his shield or a vital organ (the heart) and then as the dummy swung around ducking the non lethal weapon. On occasion getting it wrong and taking hits. As I am sure those who do modern jousting can attest, it is a lot harder than it looks and being at one with your steed is very important. It's not a vehicle, it's a living animal and a good obediant and brave steed would be very valuable!
Love your videos man! I like that you cover european history that is much less known so i keep learning more about it
Thank you for your well chosen topics!
My mount and blade character in a nutshell then
Love this channel! Keep going
This guy lived life to the full!
I feel not worthy to watch a video of a Man so great.
great video as always!
Prince Valiant. If there ever was one. Dude needs a movie.
Excelent history, ive read about him before! Very good indeed
Thank you for the quality content
Another great video.
Marvel: we are super heroes...
Bayard: hold my wine.
Your videos are great man. Keep it up
Excellent work, as always!
I never heard of that guy before. Thanks !
Thank you great video!
Heroic spirit material
Just like todays sports stars there were probably men talented at fighting as a knight. Most knights were wealthy and would practise from an early age. But I have no doubt some were more talented than others and this guy is like a medieval MVP, crude but I believe a valid point..
nice work!
I love this this was awesome
Too bad the Crusades were over by the time of Bayard. He would have been a legendary Crusader.
Eh the crusades were cool but all in all kind of a meat grinder for human life. Like was any European state really going to establish a powerbase in the middle east?
I like that he was just a good dude for the sake of it. Also, i think its extra cool that he was involved in the italian conflict that really was a war that ended up drawing some mordern borders.
421less1 I mean a power base in the Middle East would’ve been pretty beneficial to the Europeans from a political, economically, and military point of view. If Frederick the second actually succeeded in uniting the HRE under his rule I could see the HRE expanding the kingdom of Jerusalem.
@@421less1 middle east had been european long before it had been under heretical saracens
@@Lachausis True, islam originates in XII century and i wonder what religions were predominant there before muslims took over. From our perspective crusades seems to be an invasion of outlanders but for medieval people it was taking back the land of the god that was rightfully christian and helping oppressed christian brethren.
@@steirqwe7956 islam originates in vii century not Xii, but yes the area of the middle east where the crusades took place and north africa aswell were Roman and so they were christian even non roman kingdoms like Armenia and Gerogia were christian even by the XII century there was still a big amount of christians in the middle east, while the persian empire(sassanids) was zoroastrian before islam invaded, but since most iranians up till the 1970s were against islam they never truly accepted it and they still hate arabs
Imagine if this guy had gone on a crusade 300 years earlier
Would’ve been a saint of the highest order...
so many wars to choose from
Настоящий французский Супергерой!
The very definition of Chad
excuse me...Chad's are assholes. Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard was definitely not an asshole.
Nope. Not even close to a Chad.
Damn, I don't even remember making this comment. The pandemic really screwed with my memories
Talk about Diego García de Paredes, that was called the ultimate soldier on his age, he was told to have super human strengh, he defeated everyone on his path, from french to turks.
He was told that in a campaign against the french he was so upset to his general he went to a bridge and challenged all the french soldiers that wanted to duel him, he killed more than 300 that same day...
you have to be pretty confident to see 299 of your companions fall while fighting the same man and think to yourself "fuck it, let's give it a go"
That's funny because I read exactly the same thing on a book for children about Bayard and his defence of the bridge of Garigliano, minus the upset thing.
Michael Cote
How much *BOI*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garc%C3%ADa_de_Paredes
"It was said" that be held a bridge single-handed against 200 Frenchmen, that he stopped the wheel of a water-mill, and so forth.
Yeah alot of people said alot of things, this is just a legend do you imagine fighting 200 duel in a single day ? any men would be exhausted at the tenth duel....
Come back to reality and stop believing in myth please.
Really cool👌
So, basically he was William Marshall, except for like 300 years after William Marshall.
a little different but pretty much
I'm glad such men existed.True men.
Excellent piece on one of History's greatest Knights, right up there with William Marshal and Bertan de Geckline
Bertrand Duguesclin* ;)
@@gwennblei Je pense que ça ce dit comme ça en Anglais. Car William Marshal c'est Guillaume le Maréchal
@@petitnormand1066 Je me suis aussi posé la question, mais j'ai demandé à google pour être sur avant de lui faire la remarque ;)
The stand at the bridge, although might sound as fantasy, it may be plausible, being the bridge so damn small, and being him such a proper soldier, with such an imoressive reputation, he could,.if he played his cards well, held for long enough to recieve support. But that doesnt mean he killed many, or that he didn't gave any ground.
Bayard doesn't kill 200 mens. He have protected a bridge one versus 200. He was rescue by the French army. But 1against 200..
Awesome video. You should also look into Skanderbeg, he has a very interesting history
Best knight ever
What a bro
Sir Bro of France
I'm so glad that you made a video about him! I read about him just few days ago and I was very impressed, apparently a great knightly figure from the Renaissance!
Wow!
I would love to see this guy fight William Marshall it would have been a battle to find out who was the real sword of the morning.
Reference to the best of the knights of the plantagenets wars ... Checked
Reference to Arthur dayne of game of thrones ...Checked
Well played sir .
Un vrai français.
Nos ancêtres étaient des sacrées guerriers.
Pauvre France
Pauvre Europe.
Voilà où nous en sommes.
nice
Big Boss’ family tree is full of surprises.
Wasn't Charles Martel the "Hammer" the real first knight, grandfather of Charlemagne. I would like you to make a vid of him as Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard is like portraying the "last" knight. The first one was the best though XD.
We don't know exactly what happened in those days, who said what and who did what. In these days we have a cameras, voice recorders, and the footage from cameras, voice recorders people interpretering so many different ways. But there were very tough wars definitely. It is very sad that those poor innocent horses had to go through. I would like to see some old paintings on the canvas from those days.
Wow chuck Noris's existed even back then
He was Chuck's ancestor
@@rufusgoldstein2655 most certainly
So you thought the rappers where tough guys?
Such a sad thing to witness young European men looking at thugs as their mentors and their highest pursuit.
We have our examples, many many examples from our own tribes.
I'm proud to have the Bayard family name
the ending tells us that the mass use of firearms led to the end of the age of knights.
Bayard had the biggest swinging dingdong of all time.
Is he the subject of the painting El Gran Capitan?
If you are talking about the painting I have in mind, the one with El Gran Capitán being presented with the body of a dead French knight... that was Louis d'Armagnac.
France, Land of Chivalry
The whole story about the duel between the French and Spanish knights seems heavily propagandized, to be honest. The story of using the dead horses as a shield seems weird. Furthermore, I have seen no mention of Spanish trickery, and it would be rather strange given that there were official referees during the duel. Nor was the honor given to Bayard, as the judges declared the contest a draw, commending the Spanish for their "endeavour" and the French for their "perseverance".
@themailman43 Yeah the account is kind of a bit biased against the Spaniards as they had great honorable warriors as well (Diego de Paredes was arguably close to Bayard in terms of badassness) but your "The reality of this tournament is that the Spanish knights proved to be better than the French ones." is horseshit. There is no such historical account or I don't know, there are such versions of the event in Spain maybe, which wouldn't be surprising haha. But in french and english sources, there is not. By the way, it was not a "tournament", the guys weren't messing around and playing games lmao. It was a challenge in the midst of the Italian Wars... Look up the "Combat of the Thirteen".
ever heard of Béhourd ? it is an actual sport
Bayard: exists
Arquebus: BANG
This man is the main character
What a guy
Moral of the story never bring a sword to a gun fight!!!
Bay-YAAAAH
He is surely the ancestor of Jean Pierre Polnareff
Der Haken wurde außerdem genutzt, um Reiter vom Pferd zu ziehen. Beil oder Haken konnten dann zum Durchschlagen der Rüstung dienen. Besonders geeignet waren die meist scharfkantigen Rückseiten von Beilklinge und Haken, um die verletzlichen und kaum durch Rüstungsteile zu schützenden Beinsehnen der Pferde zu attackieren. Die Spitze konnte ähnlich wie der Spieß in geschlossenen Formationen oder im Einzelkampf eingesetzt werden.
Der Schlagdorn oder auch Rabenschnabel der Hellebarde (hinter dem Beil) konnte genutzt werden, um Gegnern den Helm und/oder den Schädel einzuschlagen und wirkte wegen der enormen Hebelwirkung panzerbrechend
Which book introduce in French medieval history?
The New testament.
@@dlr9456 What Part?
Miss the e at "seigneur" in the title
How was my pronunciation? I tried my best.
@@HistoryUncovered terrible
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Lol no honestly not bad at all, there is the typical english accent (especially at the -eur) but good job for that one.
I made another comment before scrolling down far enough to see this. Guillaume, will you please confirm that this website has excellent French pronunciations for Chevalier Bayard. Make sure to scroll down and click on the FRENCH pronunciation www.pronouncekiwi.com/Chevalier%20Bayard
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You told a non-historical version of the "Disfida di Barletta", where Bayard was the only worthy French knight in a battle 13 vs 13 against Italian knights, among them there was Ettore Fieramosca. Read the texts before posting a video, please.
His coat of arms is very similar to my family’s coat of arms. The Markham coat of arms.
A little nit picking, but isnt it spelt Seigneur? Unless its his name and not title of lord.
I fixed it.
"You talking mad shit for someone within duelling distance"
After all that he didn’t get the honor of dying by the sword he really got shot …
He was so bad ass his enemy’s had to level up to the next era to get him
-Some dude on the internet-
The perfect knight who went on a mission to steal horses.
Any moive on this guy?
lol I don't know anymore who's the real perfect knight. lot of channels have told their bet. all have great stories.
Bayard was a true knight from history along with William Marshal and Joan of Arc who I consider a female knight in my opinion.
Joan herself stated she never killed a man in battle or otherwise her greatest strength was her ability too inspire her unshakable faith in her king and god are what made her such a powerful symbol too France and the words she gave in her own defense during her trial truly say it all when asked if she believed she was chosen by god which too the church was a crime she responded “ I would be the saddest creature in all of creation if I did not have gods grace “ she truly was and is the symbol of France 🇫🇷 .
@@gamingforever9121 Agree. She was a true knight in my eyes.
is he considered to be 1 of the last knights?
7:22 Your video has a mistake in it. You say 1513 but video has 1503 on date which is incorrect. Otherwise informative video.
Nothing like Bayon ever,he held back 200 Spaniards on the bridge,that’s super human
"BaYAHHH, baYAHHH, baYAHHH, baYAAHH"
It’s men like this, that make me believe there is such thing as true warriors, who believe in codes of honour
@@lecrabesavant4435 Damn wrong comment, I thought I was replying to someone making fun of French people
That's weird.
Why isn't this video about Sir William Marshal? 🤔
Because Bayard was cooler
Remember kids, don't play to win, play to get invited to the most games.
Take notes modern day French men, defend your Lord and your land.
Chad de Bayard