The Scariest & Most Feared Knights of the Middle Ages...

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
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    In a follow-up to our first video, here are some more formidable Medieval knights who were not only trained in horsemanship, sword fighting, and chivalry but were also absolute badasses. Welcome to Medieval Madness...
    0:00 Introduction
    0:23 El Cid
    3:52 Edward the Black Prince
    5:38 Bertrand du Guesclin
    6:47 Jean II le Maingre
    8:22 Hughes de Payens
    10:14 Richard the Lionheart
    Narrated by James Wade
    Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
    Edited by Jamit Productions
    Thank you for watching.
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Komentáře • 152

  • @medievalmadnesss
    @medievalmadnesss  Před 6 měsíci +7

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    • @starwave8228
      @starwave8228 Před 6 měsíci

      Most Badass Steeds/Animals, I'm sure there's some tales of Animals doing some extraordinary things that made them famous. like Wojtek the polish Bear in WWII.
      Worst most Idiotic Generals/Knights, Had the most embarrassing losses that cost them dearly.

  • @pjbth
    @pjbth Před 6 měsíci +234

    And all could be defeated by a cute little bunny

    • @N1xon45
      @N1xon45 Před 6 měsíci +22

      Run awaayyy run awayyy

    • @maxpowers9129
      @maxpowers9129 Před 6 měsíci

      It's because it has those teeth. They never stood a chance.

    • @axemansjazz6670
      @axemansjazz6670 Před 6 měsíci +21

      Merely a flesh wound!

    • @thekoneill8
      @thekoneill8 Před 6 měsíci +16

      “Why, that’s just a little bunny”

    • @soylentgreen6082
      @soylentgreen6082 Před 6 měsíci +15

      But have you seen the size of its teeth?

  • @eyap2180
    @eyap2180 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Netflix when they heard "the black prince" *heavy breathing

  • @saltycanadian6190
    @saltycanadian6190 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I’ve heard of the black knight a few times. I never thought he was real.

  • @wardaddy6595
    @wardaddy6595 Před 6 měsíci +25

    William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke would be another great knight to check out!

    • @shellstars
      @shellstars Před 6 měsíci +2

      I thought for sure he would be named here.

    • @thekoneill8
      @thekoneill8 Před 6 měsíci +1

      He’s my Daddy’s Uncle and Daddy said Uncle Willy got bad ptsd and don’t talk much anymore and drinks to much at Christmas time

    • @ianbrailsford5843
      @ianbrailsford5843 Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@thekoneill8 The Marshall drinks when he likes. He's the middle ages equivalent of Chuck Norris. Nobody tells him what to do.

    • @BoogaBoy-wq3ye
      @BoogaBoy-wq3ye Před 6 měsíci +4

      He is or was the greatest knight that has ever lived

    • @TensaiV
      @TensaiV Před 6 měsíci +1

      hes in the first video@@shellstars

  • @DeereK13
    @DeereK13 Před 6 měsíci +14

    Best Medieval content on the internet, keep up the good work bro

  • @JacksonLambProSpook
    @JacksonLambProSpook Před 6 měsíci +10

    I think Mercadier, the most trusted captain of Richard The Lion, was the scariest.

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman Před 6 měsíci +19

    As someone who had my ass kicked by a black knight in Dark Souls - and also had my ass kicked by a black knight in Dark Souls 3
    I approve of this video.

    • @Colonel_RamRod
      @Colonel_RamRod Před 6 měsíci +2

      Black knights may as well have been the 1st actual “mini” bosses in 1. My god that’s where I got stuck when first learning to play that’s for sure 😂❤

  • @Booty_Crocker
    @Booty_Crocker Před 6 měsíci +18

    Thank you for always posting such amazing content. I honestly didn’t have much interest in medieval history until discovering your channel. ❤

  • @antoniomoreira5921
    @antoniomoreira5921 Před 6 měsíci +4

    I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's Medieval knighthood series for anyone interested

  • @thomasgumersell9607
    @thomasgumersell9607 Před 4 měsíci

    I very much enjoyed your video. Looking forward to perusing other videos of yours. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 Před 6 měsíci +12

    Another fabulous video! Thanks especially for using contemporary art and real paintings rather than banal, boring AI. Love your channel.

    • @giorgoz
      @giorgoz Před 6 měsíci

      contemporary - at 01:02 you can see a 19th century battle with rifles lol

    • @BTScriviner
      @BTScriviner Před 6 měsíci +1

      I agree. I hate that some of my favorite CZcamsrs are using AI imagery -- which uses plagiarized art from real people -- in their videos, but make sure to ask people to support their own "original" work through Patreon or CZcams membership.

  • @keefkhat4337
    @keefkhat4337 Před 6 měsíci +14

    Its only a flesh wound..
    You've got no arms!

  • @DIN_NER
    @DIN_NER Před 6 měsíci +2

    Always fascinating

  • @loolfactorie
    @loolfactorie Před 5 měsíci +1

    Edward of Woodstock was my favourite knight as a kid, ever since visiting his sarcophagus in Canterbury Cathedral.

  • @deniseroe5891
    @deniseroe5891 Před 6 měsíci +17

    So glad you put Edward, the Black Prince in. He was/is my 18th great uncle.

    • @alpacinoravidutt
      @alpacinoravidutt Před 6 měsíci +1

      are you descendant from John of Gaunt, his brother?

    • @deniseroe5891
      @deniseroe5891 Před 6 měsíci

      @@alpacinoravidutt Yes, then Lady Joan and on down to me.

    • @hoze1235
      @hoze1235 Před 6 měsíci +4

      And I'm a hapsburg

    • @davideddy2672
      @davideddy2672 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I try and refrain from acknowledging my Royal Ancestry … it’s not like anyone wants to be related to the scummiest of the 10% is it?

    • @meetyomaker2396
      @meetyomaker2396 Před měsícem

      I’m a peasant

  • @Winterfell1066
    @Winterfell1066 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Whaat about William Marshall, the Greatest Knight. Completely missed him.

    • @evigmann525
      @evigmann525 Před 5 měsíci

      Not to mention Sir Michael Knight

  • @jacobpettes335
    @jacobpettes335 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Id like to hear first hand accounts of the way things were done in medieval times.

  • @quentincollins1825
    @quentincollins1825 Před 4 měsíci

    1:00 Cool! Time travelling French Zouaves saving the day! 👍

  • @skeletontoes7692
    @skeletontoes7692 Před 6 měsíci

    Love this channel

  • @foreveran00b52
    @foreveran00b52 Před 6 měsíci +6

    I love how this channel does more than JUST English history. So many history channels only focus on England and only branches out when it's about other countries if England was involved

  • @user-mg6ml6uf9w
    @user-mg6ml6uf9w Před 6 měsíci

    Great video.

  • @BoogaBoy-wq3ye
    @BoogaBoy-wq3ye Před 6 měsíci +4

    William marshal was the best and most feared

  • @phillipnoetzel7637
    @phillipnoetzel7637 Před 5 měsíci +3

    The Black Adder documentary covers all of this.

  • @MikeWolfs93
    @MikeWolfs93 Před 6 měsíci +2

    The knights who say nii

  • @savm8182
    @savm8182 Před 6 měsíci

    I love this channel so much you don’t understanddddd

  • @suntzu94
    @suntzu94 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I’m shocked he mentions Knights outside of plague island

  • @jamesbaggett7223
    @jamesbaggett7223 Před 28 dny

    One of my ancestors was Sir Francis Bigod who was executed for a rebellion in Yorkshire

  • @MemphiStig
    @MemphiStig Před 5 měsíci

    6:50 Jean II Le Maingre, or Meingre, meaning "skinny," also called Boucicaut, "brave."

  • @PhilSet-10
    @PhilSet-10 Před měsícem

    14 year olds going off to battle? Hell, these days we have 30 year olds who won’t leave mim’s basement and want her to heat up another hot pocket.

  • @Stan-lq1ep
    @Stan-lq1ep Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hell yeah bad ass knights

  • @sarah82ish
    @sarah82ish Před 6 měsíci +3

    No brave Sir Robin? If you know you know 😂

    • @CRAZYHORSE19682003
      @CRAZYHORSE19682003 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Bravely bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot, he was not afraid to die, Oh brave sir Robin.

  • @joebond4706
    @joebond4706 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Vorpel Bunny!!!

  • @kevinmartin7354
    @kevinmartin7354 Před 5 měsíci +1

    NONE SHALL PASS !!!!

  • @fuctard3d
    @fuctard3d Před 5 měsíci

    The should make a movie about El Cid

  • @Vel_Plays_2.0
    @Vel_Plays_2.0 Před 6 měsíci

    Casualty! CASUALTIES!

  • @SpamMouse
    @SpamMouse Před 6 měsíci

    Is it Friday already?

  • @Transilvanian90
    @Transilvanian90 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Great video! Although please don't pronounce the French name "Jean" as the female name Jean in English lol. Either say it the French way (J'an) or just say John

  • @user-ow2yr4nu4z
    @user-ow2yr4nu4z Před 5 měsíci

    Some of these guts survive gut wounds that left them with hernias that just kept fighting.

  • @lovey9286
    @lovey9286 Před 5 měsíci

    The black knight wore clear armor.

  • @allanfoster6965
    @allanfoster6965 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Tis but a scratch. 😊

  • @coldbastard6859
    @coldbastard6859 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Learn about Zawisza The Black, now that is a true black knight.

  • @raimundotorres44
    @raimundotorres44 Před 5 měsíci

    Who is the tough guy at the end trying to kill an innocent turtle?

  • @redemissarium
    @redemissarium Před 5 měsíci +1

    yesss, black knight never surrender even when he lost all his limb guarding 7inch moat, he wont accept a draw 😁

  • @davidcreager1945
    @davidcreager1945 Před 5 měsíci

    Richard is my 26th times great Uncle , his brother ( John ) is my Grandfather !

  • @maxrocketansky
    @maxrocketansky Před 4 měsíci

    Video starts at 3:53

  • @Lamos01
    @Lamos01 Před 5 měsíci

    U Forgot Zawisza The Black

  • @tedwojtasik8781
    @tedwojtasik8781 Před 5 měsíci +2

    How humbling to know that a badass such as Edward was laid low by the shits.

  • @RunD.Ones1s
    @RunD.Ones1s Před 4 měsíci

    I’ll have your leg!

  • @harbinger200
    @harbinger200 Před 5 měsíci

    This is better titled "Western most Feared Knights". Even in Europe there many more knights, like Tzar Dusan the mighty, 2m high mountain of a man who created Serbian empire and personaly fought in many battlefields.

  • @bobhope4949
    @bobhope4949 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Dats wasist!!!!!!

  • @ianbrailsford5843
    @ianbrailsford5843 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Let's see Sir John Hawkwood. Then you're talking.

  • @googlename3859
    @googlename3859 Před 5 měsíci +2

    The grand life of being a revered warrior whos survived many battles and injuries, only to die of dysentery on some lonely crapper

  • @XEPER888888888888888
    @XEPER888888888888888 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Ive always wondered if the Top 5 Network would consider doing a Greek Mythology channel?

  • @ZeusAmun-pt9dc
    @ZeusAmun-pt9dc Před 5 měsíci

    Darth Vader is a black prince if that helps you understand the title

  • @woody2shoes64
    @woody2shoes64 Před 5 měsíci

    Tis but a scratch!

  • @-JA-
    @-JA- Před 6 měsíci

    🖤👍

  • @neckreth
    @neckreth Před 5 měsíci

    Hugely anachronistic imagery all around in this video

  • @zentai5076
    @zentai5076 Před 5 měsíci

    vader is based loosely on the arthurian black knight

  • @h.huffen-puff4105
    @h.huffen-puff4105 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I never cease to be amazed at the incredible energy of men like these. Alexander, Caesar, the Christ, Mohammed, Michaelangelo, Nelson, Washington, etc.
    Food must have been way more beneficial then than now.
    Thanks for the information.

    • @Nwmguy
      @Nwmguy Před 6 měsíci

      Do not romanticize the past. Food was worse. They didn't understand nutrition, sanitation, or medicine like we do today.
      Some of the men you idolize were made famous for their ability and proficiency in killing other humans.
      It is important that we remember these stories but it isn't morally bankrupt and completely ridiculous to wish our times were like these.

  • @tomdeluca5946
    @tomdeluca5946 Před 6 měsíci +1

    None shall pass

  • @_rumple_5199
    @_rumple_5199 Před 6 měsíci +2

    If you're going to do these types of videos, please learn how to pronounce names and places correctly. For example, Jean (John, in English) is not pronounced 'jeen'. Otherwise, good job overall.

  • @katherinebackus2158
    @katherinebackus2158 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Its supposedly due to that black armor he got the nickname

  • @piotrproszewski3977
    @piotrproszewski3977 Před 4 měsíci

    No Zawisza the Black knight? Shame. He was the biggest knight if eastern europe.

  • @mrvampire7577
    @mrvampire7577 Před 4 měsíci

    Tis but a scratch.

  • @Changlang458
    @Changlang458 Před 6 měsíci

    Comment

  • @sicksideworldwide1599
    @sicksideworldwide1599 Před 5 měsíci

    Alright call it a draw

  • @Evocletian
    @Evocletian Před 6 měsíci

    I thought the black prince Edward had died in a boating accident??

    • @goddess-of-beer
      @goddess-of-beer Před 6 měsíci +1

      I've never heard of this.

    • @toadrepublic
      @toadrepublic Před 6 měsíci +4

      I heard it was a jet ski accident.

    • @Evocletian
      @Evocletian Před 6 měsíci

      Im thinking of some other medieval prince@@goddess-of-beer , just cant remember the name...

    • @sirpercarde709
      @sirpercarde709 Před 6 měsíci +4

      ​@@EvocletianIt was the son of Henry I, Edward the Aetheling. Brother of the Empress Mathilda. His death caused the Anarchy, or Civil War between the Empress and Stephen.

    • @boogiesmell5181
      @boogiesmell5181 Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@Evocletian Either what sirpercarde709 said, or you could be thinking of Arthur (grandson of king Henry II), whose life ended in suspicious circumstances during a boating trip with his uncle, king John. I suppose that could be called a boating related mishap as it happened in a lake.
      Now I'm not saying King John killed him... except I am saying exactly that and he definitely did kill him and he should be in jail!

  • @theGOYfather
    @theGOYfather Před 5 měsíci +1

    If y'all have never seen the movie "The Black Knight" starring Martin Lawrence, I HIGHLY recommend it.

  • @user-og2fo3mk3m
    @user-og2fo3mk3m Před 5 měsíci

    love the vid but i dont love paying for no ads for you to try and force one on me i would hate to waist data on it and i fill bad for people that haft to watch ads then watch yours thats horrid

  • @panospeter_pan4257
    @panospeter_pan4257 Před 4 měsíci

    What a nonsense video.
    Where are the knights of Ni?
    Educate yourself man.
    They were horrible and undefeated.

  • @epos79
    @epos79 Před 4 měsíci

    You forgot Jeanne d’Arc :-) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%E2%80%99Arc