Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King

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  • @Biographics
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    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 Před 4 lety +2

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      @abrakadabra6364 Před 4 lety +3

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    • @tacklecentralfishing1051
      @tacklecentralfishing1051 Před 4 lety +4

      This was posted today yet it says 5 days ago. You bending time Simon?

    • @TheLoxxxton
      @TheLoxxxton Před 4 lety +3

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    • @ursaber
      @ursaber Před 4 lety +2

      EDWARD the 3rd! EDWARD the Black Prince! William the Conqueror! Henry the 5th and above even all of those CHARLES the 2nd Merry Monarch!

  • @w4974
    @w4974 Před 4 lety +791

    I jumped into this comment section faster than Frederick Barbarossa jumped into the Saleph river

    • @nickd.9955
      @nickd.9955 Před 4 lety +23

      That's a big oooof

    • @w4974
      @w4974 Před 4 lety +8

      @Canuck Crusader Dudes a bloody mary garnish now sorry man :(

    • @JMeara
      @JMeara Před 4 lety

      @Canuck Crusader beat me to it.

    • @capsfan226
      @capsfan226 Před 4 lety +3

      This is possibly the only youTube comment that has made me laugh so hard i snorted. Cheers on you my guy.

    • @hamzahahmedsiddiqui
      @hamzahahmedsiddiqui Před 4 lety

      Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! bruh!!!

  • @bubblegumtyrantduh8149
    @bubblegumtyrantduh8149 Před 3 lety +254

    What I love is the lack of opinion. Can’t find interesting orators who can detail someone’s life and be factual without including opinions

    • @ice843
      @ice843 Před 3 lety +8

      Yeh it’s incredible because it’s not just a mono tone either making it truly interesting I love it 🥰

    • @kw3stone
      @kw3stone Před 3 lety +8

      Interesting, I'm half way through and I think it sounds very negative to Richard

    • @ice843
      @ice843 Před 3 lety +9

      Kw3sToNe at least it’s factually negative tho there’s no opinion to it as such it’s just what happened how it happened that’s what’s he tries anyways

    • @tylerdurden4080
      @tylerdurden4080 Před 2 lety +4

      Are you being sarcastic?

    • @bubblegumtyrantduh8149
      @bubblegumtyrantduh8149 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tylerdurden4080 no? Lol

  • @50megatondiplomat28
    @50megatondiplomat28 Před 3 lety +105

    I was quite surprised to read the glowing depictions of Richard written by *Saladin's* servant. It appeared to me that by the time he was on Crusade he was very respected by his contemporaries and even some of his enemies. A Commander who truly lead from the front.

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 Před 2 lety +5

      Thank heavens we are over the attitude where we admire people who go round murdering one another all the time. Far too much unnecessary suffering.

    • @lsrpjune3500
      @lsrpjune3500 Před 2 lety +15

      @@tracesprite6078 we would live in a complete different world if none of this ever happened

    • @ninjaturtle574
      @ninjaturtle574 Před rokem

      @@tracesprite6078 if people like King Richard didn't exist..we'd be enslaved or forced to follow that oh so peaceful religion

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 Před rokem +2

      @@lsrpjune3500 That's probably very true. However I wish that President Putin would stop trying to imagine himself back in those days.

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 Před rokem

      Salahudin and richard both looked real tight till end lol

  • @VeraHannaford
    @VeraHannaford Před 4 lety +55

    The younger Henry being described as giving "no evidence of political sagacity, military skill, or even ordinary intelligence." is a total read, delivered expertly by Simon.

  • @georgeprchal3924
    @georgeprchal3924 Před 4 lety +394

    The peasants in Disney's Robin Hood: Just you wait till Good King Richard returns.
    Prince John: Trust me he doesn't care.

    • @franciscomm7675
      @franciscomm7675 Před 4 lety +63

      I cannot help but feel pity for king john. Ruling a Kingdom exausted by his brother wars and then be vilified for centuries while richard is portrayed as a "hero"

    • @billythepigeon7345
      @billythepigeon7345 Před 4 lety +37

      Richard might have been a dick, but John was a complete arsehole. He may have signed the magna carta, but only under duress, and then hired an army of mercenaries, because his own men refused to support him, and tried to kill every noble that also signed it. And, although there's no hard evidence to prove that John was responsible, Johns nephew, I forget his name would need to Google, who was the actual successor to the throne after Richard, died after having his balls cut off and his tongue cut out, and succumbed to his wounds.

    • @billythepigeon7345
      @billythepigeon7345 Před 4 lety +20

      Most of the plantagenets were shits.

    • @elbertderf803
      @elbertderf803 Před 4 lety +6

      i am befuddled that there was no mention of Robin Hood at all here, although he spent a night dancing with the Merry Men and eating mutton. also neglected is that Maid Marian was elected Queen of France,

    • @Ed-wm8dx
      @Ed-wm8dx Před 4 lety +8

      @@billythepigeon7345 you could argue their dynasty help to unite and guide England as a united powerhouse of the nation. to draw a comparison; there's no doubt the world wars led to amazing technology, knowledge growth and better living for many people. does this make the means worth the outcome? that's an interesting debate to be had my sir

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Před 10 měsíci +9

    Richard the Lionheart is the TRUE depiction of courage and GREATNESS. Long live King Richard!

    • @motherteresa9127
      @motherteresa9127 Před měsícem

      Im no crazy leftie, but his treatment of women hit me wrong. I like being proud and strong, but abusing women is, even in our enlightened society, somewhat frowned upon. Never thought i would be here, i have trucked and f-ed, but don't throw a woman to the wolves. I know how unbearable they can be, but dignity should be given freely if you desire any for yourself.

  • @mistershadier8577
    @mistershadier8577 Před 4 lety +433

    He ain’t no Crusader King
    He ain’t even married his daughters
    He ain’t made his Horse his Chancellor
    He’s just a king

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +56

    1:25 - Chapter 1 - Early years
    4:05 - Chapter 2 - Richard the duke
    6:55 - Chapter 3 - Rise to the throne
    10:35 - Mid roll ads
    11:25 - Chapter 4 - Off to the crusades
    14:10 - Chapter 5 - Marriage troubles
    16:55 - Chapter 6 - The war for jerusalemn
    19:45 - Chapter 7 - The lion slain by an ant

    • @ekoi1995
      @ekoi1995 Před 2 lety

      more details:
      0:00 “He was a bad son, a bad husband, and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier.”
      0:30 Victorian scholar William Stubbs who considered him a “mere warrior” who had no care for his kingdom or sympathy for its people.
      0:42 Richard I was an absentee ruler
      0:59 he preferred his mother’s language of Occitan.
      1:22 Richard was born on September 8, 1157, in Oxford, England. He was the son of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine
      1:46 House of Plantagenet
      1:52 His grandfather, in fact, Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
      2:17 1170
      2:53 Revolt of 1173-1174.
      2:57 King Louis VII and William the Lion, King of Scots
      3:11 Duke of Aquitaine
      >>> 3:46 Henry II imprisoned Eleanor of Aquitaine to keep the boys in line and to minimize her influence on them.
      -----
      3:58 Richard the Duke
      4:57 “no evidence of political sagacity, military skill, or even ordinary intelligence.”
      5:18 siege of Castillon-sur-Agen.
      5:47 The Rancon family, for instance, were a major thorn in Richard’s side. They were lords in Taillebourg, led by Geoffrey de Rancon, and their castle was considered impregnable.
      5:58 Charente River, it was unassailable from three sides while the fourth was heavily fortified.
      6:35 Rancon surrendered.
      -----
      6:50 Rise of the Throne
      6:58 “oppressed his subjects with unjustified demands and a regime of violence."
      7:05 All the nobles hated him
      7:10 sought the help of Philip II of France.
      7:19 Again, Roger of Hoveden gave the most detailed account, saying that the barons complained that Richard took their wives and daughters by force to satiate his own lust and that when he was done with them, he gave them to his soldiers.
      7:38 rebellion in 1182 and returned to England.
      8:47 Henry the Young King was poised to win, but he fell ill suddenly and, on June 11, 1183
      >>> 8:53 he died of dysentery, marking the end of the rebellion.
      8:58 His other brother Geoffrey also died in 1186
      9:05 John
      >>> 9:47 He finally released his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, from prison.
      9:59 King Philip II of France, also known as Philip Augustus.
      10:15 the older Henry fell gravely ill.
      >>> 10:20 After he was defeated, Henry was forced to recognize Richard as sole heir.
      He died two days later, on July 6, 1189, and Richard became the new King of England.
      -----
      11:21 Off to the Crusades
      11:33 1187 when Sultan Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty, had captured Jerusalem,
      12:01 the Holy Roman Empire, led by Frederick I or Frederick Barbarossa.
      12:06 vassals, such as the Hungarian forces led by Prince Géza and the Austrians led by Duke Leopold V.
      13:24 Aid of 1188, or better known as the Saladin tithe, as did Philip in France. King Richard also began selling official positions and other privileges, while also forcing those who already held such titles to pay a tidy sum in order to keep them.
      -----
      14:07 Marriage Troubles
      14:11 Richard left for the crusade in the summer of 1190, accompanied by Philip Augustus who led the French army.
      14:31 Joan of Sicily was Richard’s sister.
      14:40 Tancred refused so Richard captured and plundered the capital of Messina.
      14:51 Arthur of Brittany
      15:06 Berengaria
      15:24 Alys of France
      15:46 Richard set off with his fleet across the Mediterranean in April 1191.
      15:54 The vessel which carried his sister and his wife-to-be shipwrecked on Cyprus where they were taken prisoner by Isaac Komnenos, the tyrant who ruled over the island.
      16:25 While on Cyprus, Richard married Berengaria and the new queen returned to her native home.
      16:40 The two never had any children, although Richard did father an illegitimate child named Philip of Cognac whose mother remains a mystery.
      -----
      16:49 the War for Jerusalem
      16:56 Richard finally arrived in the Holy Land in the summer of 1191.
      17:01 The port city of Acre
      17:06 In fact, Richard’s main problem during this crusade were not the enemies, but rather his
      allies.
      17:16 French king wanted half of Cyprus.
      17:19 As Philip fell ill, he decided to return home after the fall of Acre.
      17:33 Saleph River in modern-day Turkey.
      17:48 Duke Leopold of Austria - Either way, his death caused many German soldiers to return home and left Duke Leopold of Austria in charge.
      18:15 Richard felt that, as a vassal, Leopold was being arrogant, so he had the Austrian banner torn down.
      18:24 The crusade lasted for another year.
      18:26 Battle of Arsuf
      18:35 city of Jaffa.
      18:58 Richard fell ill with scurvy.
      19:12 On September 2, 1192, Richard and Saladin signed the Treaty at Jaffa.
      -----
      19:39 The Lion Slain by an Ant
      19:51 He sailed on the Adriatic, but his ship washed ashore in Venice. While passing through Vienna, his retinue was discovered and captured by Duke Leopold who also had plenty of enmity for the English king.
      20:02 Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI
      20:23 Richard was released in 1194.
      20:30 Richard not only forgave his brother John for revolting, but also named him as his new heir.
      20:46 Philip had conquered Normandy and Richard wanted to get it back.
      21:01 Château Gaillard
      21:20 He was suppressing a minor revolt in the region called Limousin and had besieged a small, unassuming castle named Châlus-Chabrol.
      21:47 The wound was poorly treated and developed gangrene.
      21:50 Bertrand
      22:01 some sources claim the king’s officers hanged Bertrand alongside everyone else in the castle.
      22:08 King Richard died two weeks later on April 6, 1199, by his mother’s side.

  • @venge1894
    @venge1894 Před 4 lety +276

    "Invaded and conquered Cyprus for his treasure back, aswell as what they could loot, then sold the island to a former king of Jerusalem."
    S T O N K S.

    • @ReaperCH90
      @ReaperCH90 Před 4 lety +9

      that's me when I in CK2 when I completely loot a rebel vassals realm, imprison him, ransom him out and then sell his realm to a norman

    • @prepperjonpnw6482
      @prepperjonpnw6482 Před 4 lety

      What is STONKS?

    • @norgepalm7315
      @norgepalm7315 Před 3 lety +6

      @@prepperjonpnw6482 if ya gotta ask, you'll never know

    • @tinbtinb1148
      @tinbtinb1148 Před 3 lety

      @@ReaperCH90 wait can you sell counties in ck2?

    • @eoinsweetman9263
      @eoinsweetman9263 Před 3 lety +2

      @@prepperjonpnw6482 it's slang for a lot of money.

  • @MrOJR666
    @MrOJR666 Před 4 lety +33

    I'm glad you mentioned the spat between Richard and Leopold twice, I might have forgotten otherwise 😂 wonderful video!

  • @scruffycavetroll7547
    @scruffycavetroll7547 Před 4 lety +7

    I’m so happy I found this channel. Amazing work.

  • @nickdaveNDM
    @nickdaveNDM Před 4 lety +5

    I'm always so happy when I see new videos from Biographics and Geographics. I listen to all the channels Simon hosts during work, I love all of them, but my favorites are all the newest ones with the least videos. Oh well, glad theres a new video again!

  • @Winterdragon1323
    @Winterdragon1323 Před 4 lety +6

    Thanks Simon and team! Another great video. Keep up the great work!

  • @comixproviderftw_02
    @comixproviderftw_02 Před 2 lety +30

    "Who invented the royal me? WE.
    Who's the predominantly fictional MC? THEE.
    You're a wannabe, mon ami.
    Kneel down and honor me.
    Richard coming through in the end like Sean Connery."
    -Richard The Lionheart

    • @xyperkherttiongco9010
      @xyperkherttiongco9010 Před 2 lety +7

      Epic rap battles of history

    • @MidnightMan5001
      @MidnightMan5001 Před 2 lety +8

      The double-coronated blood and gore gourmet, you might have the axe, but I make a body spray!

    • @hritishjerry8012
      @hritishjerry8012 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MidnightMan5001 Lionheart's the sobriquet but I strike like a cobra!

    • @MidnightMan5001
      @MidnightMan5001 Před 2 lety +3

      @@hritishjerry8012 If I wanted to fight loser Vikings, I'd go to Minnesota!

    • @hritishjerry8012
      @hritishjerry8012 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MidnightMan5001 You want to fight me? Take off the tin shirt!

  • @CMed14
    @CMed14 Před 2 lety +19

    Glad to see a Biographic so that I can better understand the ERB

    • @_lux_aeterna_
      @_lux_aeterna_ Před 2 lety

      Lol I saw that rap battle it was so much better than this small documentary ☆☆☆☆☆

  • @patriciaduncanjimenez6019
    @patriciaduncanjimenez6019 Před 4 lety +97

    A great movie about the dysfunctional family dynamics Henry 2, his wife and sons is "The Lion In Winter".

    • @anihtgenga4096
      @anihtgenga4096 Před 4 lety

      "Pustule!?!"

    • @paccioti
      @paccioti Před 4 lety +12

      Phenomenal movie. Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins,Timothy Dalton. Cant get better than that

    • @lisefrazier5984
      @lisefrazier5984 Před 4 lety +12

      "It's Christmas! What shall we hang? The holly, or each other?"

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 Před 4 lety +2

      Good Christmas movie.

    • @davefoc
      @davefoc Před 4 lety +4

      Probably most of the commenters are too young to know of it, but it is an old movie that is well worth seeing. I was surprised to see that Eleanor of Aquitaine didn't look much like Katherine Hepburn.

  • @marilynguinnane4663
    @marilynguinnane4663 Před 4 lety +37

    I remember how much I loved the film The Lion in Winter; I don't know how accurate it was but it was exceedingly well written insofar as dialogue goes, and beautifully well acted.

  • @johnwildy4872
    @johnwildy4872 Před 3 lety +5

    Mr. Whistler, you are a master of bringing complex historical events in a clear and easily understandable manner, well done.

  • @reythejediladyviajakku6078
    @reythejediladyviajakku6078 Před 4 lety +122

    Will we get one on Eleanor of Aquitaine?

  • @smartkidjimmy213
    @smartkidjimmy213 Před 4 lety +2

    I am very impressed with the research that goes into your videos

  • @jakmontague1753
    @jakmontague1753 Před 4 lety +2

    Great video, really enjoyed it! Please could you do a video on the Suffragettes at some point?

  • @r13hd22
    @r13hd22 Před 4 lety +12

    Richard was clearly a Lionheart even before the crusades with how he managed to defeat so many rebelling lords, even one with an impregnable fortress via a very dangerous stunt using himself as bait.

  • @theylied1776
    @theylied1776 Před 4 lety +168

    When you play the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die.

  • @scallywagcharters
    @scallywagcharters Před 4 lety +5

    All your Biographics are amazing, my wife and I look forward to them nightly and would rather watch your channel than any “Netflix and chill” show. Themistocles and the battle of Salamis has always been a fascination of mine. I’d love to see a episode on him.

  • @TheChronboy420
    @TheChronboy420 Před 3 lety +1

    I really appreciate the ad symbol in the bottom corner. Was gonna skip but saw how respectful that was to your viewers and sat through the ad.

  • @anyawillowfan
    @anyawillowfan Před 4 lety +10

    All my knowledge of Richard the Lionheart prior to this video came from Disney's 'Robin Hood' so fascinating to learn the real story.

    • @phoenixdavida8987
      @phoenixdavida8987 Před 4 lety +1

      Me too.. lol

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety +1

      Watch the 1938 Warner Bros version of Robin Hood, it shows more of Richard and more of the context of the story. My parents introduced it to me several years after I saw the Disney version, and I now think it's far superior (Errol Flynn's performance as the famous vigilante is one of the best I've ever seen)

  • @hamsadwitch5340
    @hamsadwitch5340 Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you for the impromptu history lesson

  • @garethpendlebury7996
    @garethpendlebury7996 Před 4 lety +2

    brilliant as ever

  • @SirBeranWhite
    @SirBeranWhite Před rokem +1

    Thank you for the informative videos! I don't know if you take requests, but I'd like to throw one out for a video on Eleanor of Aquitaine.

  • @skiteufr
    @skiteufr Před 4 lety +293

    Richard, an "English" king who could only speak French

    • @skiteufr
      @skiteufr Před 4 lety +28

      @Belagerungsmörser the Sheep he spoke French with the King of France and all French nobles could speak French. And the capital of the Angevin Empire was in Anjou where people spoke French and Poitevin. Poitevin was by the way the language of his mother Eleanor. He never spoke English for sure.

    • @jaredmn8580
      @jaredmn8580 Před 4 lety +46

      French was the language of the nobility, early English was only spoken by the peasants

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 Před 4 lety +12

      I'm pretty sure Henry V was the first to speak it as his native language.

    • @mielerodriguez5678
      @mielerodriguez5678 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes but whats your point?

    • @sjc4
      @sjc4 Před 4 lety +11

      @@georgeprchal3924 it was his father, Henry IV. Henry IV was born Henry Bolingbroke in England spent most of his time in Lincolnshire. While he was a member of the Plantagenet line, he was not in line to inherit. Instead, he usurped the throne and forced Richard II to abdicate. While he most certainly spoke French, historians generally acknowledge he was the first English king to have English as his first language.

  • @Revan-tq3xn
    @Revan-tq3xn Před 4 lety

    Nice video, been waiting for one on Augustus/Octavian.

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 Před 4 lety +29

    “We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions”
    Richard the Lionheart

  • @locklearlumbee83
    @locklearlumbee83 Před rokem +6

    You really should do a video on Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Devil's Brood and most of the royals of Europe would not have existed without her.

  • @stonnedgunnertv23
    @stonnedgunnertv23 Před 4 lety +1

    Mr.whistler Id like to state I know your not on the academic board of members but, you have been able to teach me far more then anyone else.

  • @ianhowell4015
    @ianhowell4015 Před 3 lety +1

    I can impress all of my friends and family with fun facts about Richard the lionheart now. Thanks Simon & friends.

  • @antonmassopust568
    @antonmassopust568 Před 4 lety +5

    These biographies are really great if you ever consider doing one of the history of Doctor Who I would like to see please more authors please

  • @i_georgiequest_i4160
    @i_georgiequest_i4160 Před 2 lety

    This channel is excellent thank you CZcams

  • @mikecrase3047
    @mikecrase3047 Před 4 lety +8

    While in France we travelled the trails and castles Richard the lionheart used. Alot of historical information was provided. It's known the Richard the Lionheart trail.

  • @ashernovotny4757
    @ashernovotny4757 Před 4 lety

    Simon is the best part of CZcams!

  • @nurselauren988
    @nurselauren988 Před 4 lety

    Yes! So excited for this!

  • @danjon1099
    @danjon1099 Před 4 lety +1

    Great channel

  • @raventamer99
    @raventamer99 Před 4 lety +29

    "Come, Loxley. Let us go and see if we can find an honest man."

  • @fannywald5673
    @fannywald5673 Před 4 lety +46

    I would love a biography of Scipio Africanus or Hannibal!

  • @sprittzlewolf5184
    @sprittzlewolf5184 Před 4 lety +26

    Yay, requested this a few months back

    • @montrelouisebohon-harris7023
      @montrelouisebohon-harris7023 Před 3 lety

      Regardless of the reasons he betrayed his father twice and he shouldn't have even been King but was. Had Henry the second favorite son John been King, I don't know if he would have been a decent ruler because he was so young and never raised to rule. At least John would have had a better heart.

  • @wat2206
    @wat2206 Před 2 lety +4

    I bet you that people from ERB will come here

  • @artemisarrow179
    @artemisarrow179 Před 4 lety

    Yoooo I was just watching your video on Lovecraft.
    Time for Biographics pt2

  • @yoghenzs5402
    @yoghenzs5402 Před 4 lety +6

    love king Richard from Indonesia🇮🇩🇮🇩

  • @dickrush6463
    @dickrush6463 Před 4 lety +63

    How's about the Marquis de Sade.

  • @paraic9163
    @paraic9163 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the blue coffee mug icon during the ad so its easy to see how much I need to skip :D

  • @greenbutter3190
    @greenbutter3190 Před 3 lety

    Stable video👍

  • @ekoi1995
    @ekoi1995 Před 2 lety +2

    0:00 “He was a bad son, a bad husband, and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier.”
    0:30 Victorian scholar William Stubbs who considered him a “mere warrior” who had no care for his kingdom or sympathy for its people.
    0:42 Richard I was an absentee ruler
    0:59 he preferred his mother’s language of Occitan.
    1:22 Richard was born on September 8, 1157, in Oxford, England. He was the son of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine
    1:46 House of Plantagenet
    1:52 His grandfather, in fact, Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
    2:17 1170
    2:53 Revolt of 1173-1174.
    2:57 King Louis VII and William the Lion, King of Scots
    3:11 Duke of Aquitaine
    >>> 3:46 Henry II imprisoned Eleanor of Aquitaine to keep the boys in line and to minimize her influence on them.
    -----
    3:58 Richard the Duke
    4:57 “no evidence of political sagacity, military skill, or even ordinary intelligence.”
    5:18 siege of Castillon-sur-Agen.
    5:47 The Rancon family, for instance, were a major thorn in Richard’s side. They were lords in Taillebourg, led by Geoffrey de Rancon, and their castle was considered impregnable.
    5:58 Charente River, it was unassailable from three sides while the fourth was heavily fortified.
    6:35 Rancon surrendered.
    -----
    6:50 Rise of the Throne
    6:58 “oppressed his subjects with unjustified demands and a regime of violence."
    7:05 All the nobles hated him
    7:10 sought the help of Philip II of France.
    7:19 Again, Roger of Hoveden gave the most detailed account, saying that the barons complained that Richard took their wives and daughters by force to satiate his own lust and that when he was done with them, he gave them to his soldiers.
    7:38 rebellion in 1182 and returned to England.
    8:47 Henry the Young King was poised to win, but he fell ill suddenly and, on June 11, 1183
    >>> 8:53 he died of dysentery, marking the end of the rebellion.
    8:58 His other brother Geoffrey also died in 1186
    9:05 John
    >>> 9:47 He finally released his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, from prison.
    9:59 King Philip II of France, also known as Philip Augustus.
    10:15 the older Henry fell gravely ill.
    >>> 10:20 After he was defeated, Henry was forced to recognize Richard as sole heir.
    He died two days later, on July 6, 1189, and Richard became the new King of England.
    -----
    11:21 Off to the Crusades
    11:33 1187 when Sultan Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty, had captured Jerusalem,
    12:01 the Holy Roman Empire, led by Frederick I or Frederick Barbarossa.
    12:06 vassals, such as the Hungarian forces led by Prince Géza and the Austrians led by Duke Leopold V.
    13:24 Aid of 1188, or better known as the Saladin tithe, as did Philip in France. King Richard also began selling official positions and other privileges, while also forcing those who already held such titles to pay a tidy sum in order to keep them.
    -----
    14:07 Marriage Troubles
    14:11 Richard left for the crusade in the summer of 1190, accompanied by Philip Augustus who led the French army.
    14:31 Joan of Sicily was Richard’s sister.
    14:40 Tancred refused so Richard captured and plundered the capital of Messina.
    14:51 Arthur of Brittany
    15:06 Berengaria
    15:24 Alys of France
    15:46 Richard set off with his fleet across the Mediterranean in April 1191.
    15:54 The vessel which carried his sister and his wife-to-be shipwrecked on Cyprus where they were taken prisoner by Isaac Komnenos, the tyrant who ruled over the island.
    16:25 While on Cyprus, Richard married Berengaria and the new queen returned to her native home.
    16:40 The two never had any children, although Richard did father an illegitimate child named Philip of Cognac whose mother remains a mystery.
    -----
    16:49 the War for Jerusalem
    16:56 Richard finally arrived in the Holy Land in the summer of 1191.
    17:01 The port city of Acre
    17:06 In fact, Richard’s main problem during this crusade were not the enemies, but rather his
    allies.
    17:16 French king wanted half of Cyprus.
    17:19 As Philip fell ill, he decided to return home after the fall of Acre.
    17:33 Saleph River in modern-day Turkey.
    17:48 Duke Leopold of Austria - Either way, his death caused many German soldiers to return home and left Duke Leopold of Austria in charge.
    18:15 Richard felt that, as a vassal, Leopold was being arrogant, so he had the Austrian banner torn down.
    18:24 The crusade lasted for another year.
    18:26 Battle of Arsuf
    18:35 city of Jaffa.
    18:58 Richard fell ill with scurvy.
    19:12 On September 2, 1192, Richard and Saladin signed the Treaty at Jaffa.
    -----
    19:39 The Lion Slain by an Ant
    19:51 He sailed on the Adriatic, but his ship washed ashore in Venice. While passing through Vienna, his retinue was discovered and captured by Duke Leopold who also had plenty of enmity for the English king.
    20:02 Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI
    20:23 Richard was released in 1194.
    20:30 Richard not only forgave his brother John for revolting, but also named him as his new heir.
    20:46 Philip had conquered Normandy and Richard wanted to get it back.
    21:01 Château Gaillard
    21:20 He was suppressing a minor revolt in the region called Limousin and had besieged a small, unassuming castle named Châlus-Chabrol.
    21:47 The wound was poorly treated and developed gangrene.
    21:50 Bertrand
    22:01 some sources claim the king’s officers hanged Bertrand alongside everyone else in the castle.
    22:08 King Richard died two weeks later on April 6, 1199, by his mother’s side.

  • @BattyRagDoll
    @BattyRagDoll Před 3 lety +4

    Simon’s delivery is always just.... 😗👌

  • @WilliamGagastathis
    @WilliamGagastathis Před 4 lety +10

    Please do a biographics video about William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke!

    • @WilliamGagastathis
      @WilliamGagastathis Před 4 lety

      @Jeremy Brookes I know! Is he awesome!?

    • @ballsack6547
      @ballsack6547 Před 3 lety

      @@WilliamGagastathis I just read the book "The greatest knight" great read about William the Marshall.

  • @w0lfr0gue53
    @w0lfr0gue53 Před 4 lety +16

    The issue at 18:00 made me think I was having a stroke

  • @willtiffany5409
    @willtiffany5409 Před 4 lety +3

    Clicked as soon as I saw this! Been waiting for this one

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Před 4 lety

    Thank you

  • @mitchellneu
    @mitchellneu Před 4 lety +1

    Nice job on this one! How about one on Doc Holliday or Jesse James?

  • @stonetimekeeper
    @stonetimekeeper Před 4 lety +33

    Can I make a request for a Biographics on Rene Descartes?

    • @stonetimekeeper
      @stonetimekeeper Před 4 lety +2

      @Peter Dandrea Yeah, but these are more fun.

    • @venge1894
      @venge1894 Před 4 lety +1

      @Peter Dandrea More convenient to have a video play in the background and listen to it than to actively search out and read information a subject.

    • @elbertderf803
      @elbertderf803 Před 4 lety +1

      that drunken fart?

    • @dougplemons3640
      @dougplemons3640 Před 4 lety

      @@stonetimekeeper I think there is one from last year

    • @CHALETARCADE
      @CHALETARCADE Před 4 lety +1

      @Stephen Shuford Too true, intelligence is dumb and really boring!

  • @DulapeepWalker
    @DulapeepWalker Před 4 lety +6

    Please do the entire England monarchs! That would be so cool, especially when you get to the war of the roses!

    • @markg.7865
      @markg.7865 Před 2 lety

      That would be a four hour video.

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Před rokem +1

    Thanks.

  • @cynicalmedic252
    @cynicalmedic252 Před 4 lety +4

    King Richard also facilitated the trial by combat between Robert de Sablé Grand Master of the Templar Order and Altaïr of the Assassin Brotherhood.
    (That was an Assassin's Creed reference.)

    • @harrypyne9657
      @harrypyne9657 Před 3 lety +2

      I was there, I remember it well. I also saw a man leap from a 15 story building into a bale of hay and survive.

    • @GCeara-mh5it
      @GCeara-mh5it Před 2 lety

      @@harrypyne9657
      Animus: "Fast forwarding memory to a more recent one."

  • @AndrewChicken
    @AndrewChicken Před 2 lety +3

    Anyone else here now after the latest ERB drop?

  • @AlejandroLopez-ed8kj
    @AlejandroLopez-ed8kj Před 4 lety +16

    Cool! I was going to prepare my kids' dinner and didn't know what to do at the same time, whether listening to music or to the radio... Suddenly my friend Simon tells me: "hey, I've got something to tell you about Richard Lionheart".
    Go ahead Simon, I'll be cooking meanwhile. Hope you don't mind ;-)

    • @amandabromell9660
      @amandabromell9660 Před 4 lety +4

      Simon chats to me while I do the dishes, prepare meals, walk in the countryside, fall asleep...
      I'm on the bus to Auckland airport and Simon is distracting me from thinking about the 26 hours of flying I have ahead of me.

    • @AlejandroLopez-ed8kj
      @AlejandroLopez-ed8kj Před 4 lety +2

      @@amandabromell9660 Have a nice flight;-)

  • @nickdaveNDM
    @nickdaveNDM Před 4 lety +25

    I think theres an editing error 17:55 - theres two takes of the same sentence right after each other.

    • @SoCal818
      @SoCal818 Před 4 lety +4

      I was gonna mention this but you beat me to it!

    • @khalilmason
      @khalilmason Před 4 lety

      Is your father Nate Marquardt?

    • @nickdaveNDM
      @nickdaveNDM Před 4 lety

      @@khalilmason the UFC fighter? No. Theres probably a chance we're related but if we are I can't tell you how.

    • @myownirvana
      @myownirvana Před 4 lety +4

      Naw it's just a glitch in the Matrix. haha

    • @keithmichael112
      @keithmichael112 Před 4 lety +4

      He wanted to make sure it sunk in - battle of Acra, Flags, they didn't get on

  • @josephishkabibble5863
    @josephishkabibble5863 Před 2 lety +2

    “Warring with Philip for the next 5 years only interrupted by the occasional truce” had me on the floor 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @salahaldinalayoubi8195
    @salahaldinalayoubi8195 Před 3 lety +2

    A formidable opponent.

  • @k.demoura
    @k.demoura Před 4 lety +1

    Eleanor of Aquitaine's biography is fascinating. Hope you do it some day.

  • @BrainsApplied
    @BrainsApplied Před 4 lety +52

    Why isn't morning brew a coffee brand? 🤨🤨

    • @amandabromell9660
      @amandabromell9660 Před 4 lety +4

      It is, it's honestly amazing. You can print morning brew, shred it and grind it down into the most delicious coffee.
      Try it and get back to me.

    • @TJE.13
      @TJE.13 Před 3 lety

      Because a brew is a cup of tea not coffee you heathen

    • @michaelgallagher3640
      @michaelgallagher3640 Před 3 lety

      @@TJE.13 Hot water poured over ground coffee in a filter is called a coffee brew..... Smart Guy.

  • @gustashine18
    @gustashine18 Před 4 lety +3

    Would love a Biographics on Chief Osceola and the 2nd Seminole War

  • @JallenMeodia
    @JallenMeodia Před 4 lety +38

    Bit of duplication in the video about the banner around 18:00.

    • @-----Alcatraz------
      @-----Alcatraz------ Před 4 lety +2

      The duplication theme seems rather common in almost every video they make. They really need to check the scripts.

    • @therabidbanshee824
      @therabidbanshee824 Před 4 lety +2

      @@-----Alcatraz------ it's probably more the editing that's the problem, historically his editor (whoever it is) seems to keep in several of Simon's takes or input the wrong image to what is being said

    • @FootballAndSuch
      @FootballAndSuch Před 4 lety

      So what

    • @FootballAndSuch
      @FootballAndSuch Před 4 lety

      @@-----Alcatraz------ you should check your knickers maybe you wet yourself if youre so affected.

  • @TheCourtGossiper
    @TheCourtGossiper Před 4 lety +64

    Such an interesting period of English history... With such great monarchs. Empress Matilda, Henry ii, Queen Eleanor, the Lionheart, and oh, John...🙄😒

    • @Ferroes
      @Ferroes Před 4 lety +2

      Where's my boy king Stephen?

    • @facundogonza5740
      @facundogonza5740 Před 4 lety +7

      Aside from Henry II they were all terrible Kings. And I say Henry because he managed to create several improtant office and brought peace to England

    • @larochejaquelein3680
      @larochejaquelein3680 Před 4 lety +6

      Facundo Gonza Speak for yourself. Lionheart was a good king who fought back valiantly against the muslims

    • @franciscomm7675
      @franciscomm7675 Před 4 lety +10

      @@larochejaquelein3680, just because a king is a good soldier, that doesn't mean he is a good king.
      Alexander the great spent too much time conquering and too little time consolidating said land.

    • @facundogonza5740
      @facundogonza5740 Před 4 lety +6

      @@larochejaquelein3680 Will taxing England to the bone, stripping it of its men. And being generally uncaring for it. The video said it itself. He was so hungry for war that he drove his country to the ground

  • @wellrose17
    @wellrose17 Před 4 lety +4

    Orlando guy here! Is it strange I am fascinated with British history at the moment? I am binge watching The Crown. Thanks Simone!

  • @xenotypos
    @xenotypos Před 4 lety +2

    Aquitaine wasn't an "english possession", it was one of the titles of Richard but it was a personal union. Otherwise, by your logic it would be england that would be a "french" possession, while in fact England and France remained the same during all that period and were administrated separately.
    Aquitaine was simply a Plantagenet/Angevin possession, as were England, Anjoux (origin of the dynasty), Normandy etc... at best you could say it was "the king of England's possession", but it'd still really give the wrong idea.

  • @robin_5099
    @robin_5099 Před 4 lety +2

    Could you do one on the Duke of Marlborough please

  • @jimofthejungle02
    @jimofthejungle02 Před 4 lety +2

    Can we get one on a relatively obscure character of WW2, Gus March Phillips DSO MBE? He's a pretty interesting character that performed one of the most interesting and mildly amusing raids in early ww2

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 Před 2 lety +3

    "Having nothing better to do, Richard attacked the vassal's castle. And one of the defenders, using a frying pan as a shield, shot him with a crossbow."
    ~Terry Jones

  • @movieebox3426
    @movieebox3426 Před 3 lety +1

    Can you do a video on Robin Hood ie Robin Longstride/ Robin of Loxley. I'm sure there are many people curious to know about him

  • @babiryeethel8582
    @babiryeethel8582 Před 4 lety +7

    Do one on Henry II now!
    Also on people like William I.
    A lot of these early monarchs are interesting.
    Elizabeth I too.

  • @cassandraralph5906
    @cassandraralph5906 Před 3 lety +2

    Very interesting and educational video, about the (almost) typical dysfunctional family, held together by a determined mother!

  • @SilvesterHumaj
    @SilvesterHumaj Před 3 lety +2

    18:06 this dejavu reminds me of Tommy Two Time from Goodfellas.... "I'm going to go get the papers.... get the papers."

  • @mbgal7758
    @mbgal7758 Před 4 lety +2

    You claimed you would be including a link to the Saladin video but I don’t see it.

    • @sleepy314
      @sleepy314 Před 4 lety +1

      lol. promises are cheap! Take that as a lesson.

    • @lynnhoffman247
      @lynnhoffman247 Před 4 lety

      He often “forgets” to provide links

  • @ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968

    this is my area of interest.

  • @RevoVansen
    @RevoVansen Před 4 lety

    This is so weird. I was watching documentaries about Richard the Lionheart Monday and yesterday, then you drop this video. Crazy.

  • @carschmn
    @carschmn Před 3 lety +1

    Richard I is proof that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

  • @AgentOroko
    @AgentOroko Před 3 lety +4

    Simon, I am really surprised that you didn't mention that this was the period of the "Robin Hood" mythology. While Richard was away in the first Crusade and John took over the kingdom, it's when the story of "Robin Hood" allegedly took place.
    While Historians have not found any proof of an "Robin Hood", it is worth at least mentioning, when speaking about this time period.

  • @DannyT-ln5ex
    @DannyT-ln5ex Před 2 lety +1

    Welcome back to biography with babish

  • @6aliph77
    @6aliph77 Před 4 lety +14

    How about leper king Baldwin IV?

  • @kendrickoyola4290
    @kendrickoyola4290 Před 4 lety +23

    Perfect follow up to overly sarcastic productions: Robin Hood

  • @grandthanatos
    @grandthanatos Před 4 lety

    Please do a video on Upton Sinclair or on Dennis Rader.

  • @collinwiley8300
    @collinwiley8300 Před 4 lety

    Can you please do a video on czar Nicholas 2 and Czar Alexander 3?

  • @leafpool2014_gaming
    @leafpool2014_gaming Před 2 lety

    we now just need one for ragnar, im a history nerd, and that was the first erb i had no prior knowledge to

  • @starscream548
    @starscream548 Před 4 lety +4

    This guy has quite the story behind him. I'm glad I was dressed up as him for Halloween a few years ago

    • @mariano98ify
      @mariano98ify Před 4 lety +1

      you may have look scary for the Heathens bro

  • @jackcotterill2080
    @jackcotterill2080 Před 2 lety +2

    Can just say, it was not unusual for Kings to crown their sons as kings of wherever before their fathers died at this time. It essentially tied their heirs to their fathers so that there was less chaos when the father died. Charlemagne had set this precedent when with Louis the pious and it wasn’t unheard of for a few centuries after for kings to anoint their sons before their own deaths
    For example, Cnut and Harthacnut: it’s just what you did

  • @warhammerHighElf
    @warhammerHighElf Před 4 lety +1

    That beard is coming in beautifully

  • @laayouneie1713
    @laayouneie1713 Před 2 lety

    I came here directly from the video about salah dinne el ayuubi.
    Greetings from Morocco.

  • @bbrooks9891
    @bbrooks9891 Před 4 lety

    Hello, is anyone able to tell me the source for the image at 1:24? It would really help with some research I'm doing.

  • @COBALTCOVERT
    @COBALTCOVERT Před 2 lety +5

    I cant believe he lost to a salid in a fight.

  • @Mousy677
    @Mousy677 Před 3 lety

    the toccata from l'orfeo was an... odd choice of music but still a bop

  • @femia4125
    @femia4125 Před 3 lety

    We need one on barbarossa, Louis the 16th, Mehmet the second.
    Thanks