Heights of English and British Monarchs

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  • čas přidán 17. 07. 2021
  • This shows the physical height of every English monarch since Edward the Confessor.
    I saw that there were no videos on the heights of the English monarchs and I decided to make this as an extra video.
    I'll be back uploading on the main channel soon!

Komentáře • 431

  • @sketchye5943
    @sketchye5943 Před 2 lety +174

    Interesting how a lot of the modern ones are on the shorter side compared to the others

    • @jamesfriel2166
      @jamesfriel2166 Před 2 lety +10

      The inbreeding having it's impact I guess

    • @georgeiii2998
      @georgeiii2998 Před 2 lety +4

      Not sure what you mean given that 8 out of 10 of the shortest ones are from 300 years ago or more.

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 Před 2 lety

      Or maybe the old ones were lying out their ass lmao

    • @jasonrandall5148
      @jasonrandall5148 Před 2 lety +11

      I heard People actually became shorter into the 1700s and again around the industrial revolution and height started to rise again into the 1900s. and after WW2. I heard People size went up throughout History to do with living in more towns and less excess to good food. I heard People.

    • @nottherey4333
      @nottherey4333 Před 2 lety +4

      Well it seems prince William and George will stop that tradition thanks to Diana and Kate gens and of course prince Philip had reasonable hight.

  • @xxMary89xx
    @xxMary89xx Před 2 lety +82

    OMG, Mary II and Anne were so tall. A 5'11 woman is tall nowadays, imagine in the 17th-18th centuries! And being 6'4 in the 15th century, wow.

    • @soulsilver2012
      @soulsilver2012 Před 2 lety +12

      The Stuarts (descendents of James I &VI) were all fairly tall it seems
      Must be the Scottish water

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +5

      @@soulsilver2012 most of them are that tall

    • @kittygai7241
      @kittygai7241 Před 2 lety +5

      It's a shame people can't match it now... (but wait, Princes William and Harry seem to be changing the tide of short monarchs - no disrespect, of course)

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 Před 2 lety +4

      Actually I'm a lady & only an inch shorter than Queen Mary II & Queen Anne... I know ladies are 6'1" in the United States (I'm American so we are accustomed to taller people especially in recent years)...

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kittygai7241 Princess Diana appeared to be at least my height- 5'10." So apparently they inherited their Mom's height... Plus Kate appears to be relatively tall as do their kids...

  • @PresidentGeorgeWBush-vf8yi
    @PresidentGeorgeWBush-vf8yi Před 2 lety +126

    Very informative, father.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +47

      Thank you son!

    • @Dash_King23
      @Dash_King23 Před měsícem +1

      @@georgebushsr.9550 omg first, Henry VIII, Henry VII and Edward VI has CZcams channels now George Herbert walker bush and George walker bush

  • @adams8584
    @adams8584 Před 2 lety +226

    It's kind of ironic that out of 43 monarchs shown in this video 13 (almost one third) of them were shorter than Napoleon, whom the British often mocked for supossedly being just 5'2 ft (in reality he was 5'7).

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +21

      Every monarch after James I never reached 6'0 or any height taller than it

    • @phoenixrose1192
      @phoenixrose1192 Před 2 lety +9

      13 out of 43 isn’t really a high number, especially since women are smaller on average anyway.

    • @seeriktus
      @seeriktus Před 2 lety +18

      The shortest one (Edward V) was just a boy, he died at age 12. Which I guess is still quite tall for that age, though he was said to be quite sickly.

    • @kittygai7241
      @kittygai7241 Před 2 lety +3

      @@phoenixrose1192 Well, Queens Mary II and Anne are raising their eyebrows XD

    • @phoenixrose1192
      @phoenixrose1192 Před 2 lety +4

      @@kittygai7241 Yeah, they were female giants! (Coming from a 5'3 shortarse) 😂

  • @royaltyfandomx
    @royaltyfandomx Před 2 lety +204

    King Henry VIII got his mighty height from his grandfather, King Edward IV.
    Queen Mary II and Queen Anne got their height from the Stuart Line

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +17

      Ah the great Plantagenet stature passed down through to the Tudor dynasty

    • @mjaned0528
      @mjaned0528 Před 2 lety +5

      @@georgebushsr.9550 the only 2 anglo saxon king that you put was st. edward the confessor and harold godwinson, earl of wessex but there were loads of others!… maybe its just unknown

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +11

      @@mjaned0528 Ah yes I know of the Anglo saxon Kings but there is hardly any information regarding their heights

    • @mjaned0528
      @mjaned0528 Před 2 lety +3

      @@georgebushsr.9550 agreed

    • @Xanderex98
      @Xanderex98 Před 2 lety +9

      Mary, Queen of Scots was also 5'11 so her genes must have past to the 2 Stuart sister queens. Idk why Charles I was short while his dad was 6ft

  • @PigIA
    @PigIA Před 2 lety +43

    “Sorry, I only date guys over 6 feet”
    “Bruh I’m literally 7/8th of all english monarchs”

  • @tobiashead5049
    @tobiashead5049 Před 2 lety +80

    A round of applause for all the effort and research you put into this masterpiece

  • @George19090
    @George19090 Před 2 lety +40

    6'4 seems insanely tall for the 15th century

    • @marypetrie930
      @marypetrie930 Před rokem +2

      No its a myth that people were shorter in the past.

    • @ayushgupta4376
      @ayushgupta4376 Před rokem +1

      Indian rulers were as tall as 7' even in Alexander's time.

    • @Pepegalord
      @Pepegalord Před rokem +4

      @@marypetrie930 A myth? its common sense. A lot of people suffered from malnutrition especially the peasants, so they could reach their full potential in height

    • @noelleggett5368
      @noelleggett5368 Před rokem +2

      The Normans (and Vikings) muck like modern Scandinavians have always been renowned for their height… partly due to natural selection, and partly due to the very high protein diet. Their average lifespan, though, was significantly less than Southern Europeans.

    • @noelleggett5368
      @noelleggett5368 Před rokem +1

      No wonder there were persistent (and possibly well-founded) rumours that Edward IV was a bastard.

  • @ole998
    @ole998 Před 2 lety +40

    No way Henry VIII was 6’2 man was literally the personification of short energy

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +15

      You should look up Henry VIII before the 1530s

    • @septimiusseverus343
      @septimiusseverus343 Před 2 lety +14

      Hey, he got good genes from his granddad Eddie IV.

    • @lolleeness296
      @lolleeness296 Před 2 lety +7

      His suits of armour can vouch for that 😂

    • @masenformen
      @masenformen Před 2 lety +30

      He's literally the angry big guy who peaked in high school and is now fat and with several divorces

    • @seeriktus
      @seeriktus Před 2 lety +3

      He was hot-livered, as they would have said at the time

  • @roberthudson1959
    @roberthudson1959 Před rokem +7

    Edward V and Edward VI both get passes because they were child kings. Their fathers, Edward IV and Henry VIII, were both tall men.

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před 8 měsíci +1

      King Edward IV was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. King Henry VIII was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. 👑💍🇬🇧

  • @JLtheJiftedLegend
    @JLtheJiftedLegend Před rokem +12

    The fact that Edward VI is tall then his older sisters is crazy. Despite being like 15 at the time.
    Yeah and Edward V being the shortest in both height and reigns (excluding Jane Grey)

  • @idontgiveafaboutyou
    @idontgiveafaboutyou Před 2 lety +15

    So Edward V, despite only being 12 when he became king, was the shortest monarch while his father Edward lV was the tallest. Interesting.

  • @soulsilver2012
    @soulsilver2012 Před 2 lety +11

    The Chad tall Stuart's
    Vs
    The virgin short Hanoverians

  • @nwoudochiobinna3673
    @nwoudochiobinna3673 Před 2 lety +27

    Edward V was 6'4... in the 15th century...
    Jesus...and people thought Lincoln was tall at 6'4 in the 19th century

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +10

      Yeah and Francis I of France was about 6'5 in the 16th century

    • @nwoudochiobinna3673
      @nwoudochiobinna3673 Před 2 lety +2

      @@georgebushsr.9550 wasn't he 6'4/2

    • @georgeiii2998
      @georgeiii2998 Před 2 lety +2

      @Nwoudochi Obinna That's why he said "about".

    • @nwoudochiobinna3673
      @nwoudochiobinna3673 Před 2 lety +2

      @@georgeiii2998 about 6'5 sounded to me like more than 6'5 tho....
      But that's just how it sounded to me

    • @musilily926
      @musilily926 Před 2 lety +5

      Peter the Great of Russia was 6'8" in the 17th century

  • @gerryadams4413
    @gerryadams4413 Před 2 lety +9

    I feel honored to be taller than 42 of the 43 monarchs

    • @kittygai7241
      @kittygai7241 Před 2 lety

      So are you 6 foot three?

    • @gerryadams4413
      @gerryadams4413 Před 2 lety

      @@kittygai7241 yes

    • @Z3N1TY0
      @Z3N1TY0 Před rokem +1

      I only beat two, Edward V and Victoria
      I think I’m still growing so that might change. Don’t think I’ll be that tall, though

  • @tobiashead5049
    @tobiashead5049 Před 2 lety +10

    I'm new to this channel and i already love it keep up the the good work (and late nights!)

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety

      Thanks a million for the support Tobias, I greatly appreciate it!!

  • @brandenburg2388
    @brandenburg2388 Před 11 měsíci +2

    The sight of Edward IV riding out in battle would have scared his enemies.............

  • @VictorGonzalez-yj6hh
    @VictorGonzalez-yj6hh Před 2 lety +8

    Charles I stands at around 4'7 if you discard the head

  • @therocknrollgamer9572
    @therocknrollgamer9572 Před 2 lety +26

    When Prince George is king, I bet he will be about 6'5 as he is quite tall for his age. If he is, he will be England's tallest monarch ever!!!

  • @HollyLovesTitanic
    @HollyLovesTitanic Před 2 lety +1

    Your welcome :) I’m the 200th sub :) and I love these types of videos-

  • @JJ-the-Fortnite-Festival-Fan

    1:33 Edward the Confessor actually led from 1042 - 1066

  • @charlesthe5th744
    @charlesthe5th744 Před 2 lety +8

    Henry would be a tall Chad if he were in 2022 😳

  • @sagidasyed6314
    @sagidasyed6314 Před 2 lety +5

    Interesting how the Norman kings were the tallest back in the middle ages

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před 2 lety +4

    Kings and Queens of England since 1066. Our Longest Regining Monarch.

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Před 2 lety +37

    Fantastic video also could you do the heights of the ottoman empire sultans

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +12

      I was thinking of doing US Presidents next but if there's enough information on the Sultans heights then I will give it an attempt

    • @JaydenTheSaigonLover
      @JaydenTheSaigonLover Před 2 lety +3

      @@georgebushsr.9550 idk George h w bush.

  • @kate_cooper
    @kate_cooper Před rokem +5

    Looks like the Stuarts were all pretty tall. Interesting how the earlier kings (and presumably, people in general) were really quite tall but the average height dropped later and then eventually went up again. I would guess it had something to do with changes in lifestyle and diet.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem +3

      I'd say it would also be due to where they're from as the Stuarts were from Scotland and were generally tall but the Hanoverians and Saxe-Coburg and Gothas were relatively short as they were from Germany

  • @maestroclassico5801
    @maestroclassico5801 Před 2 lety +9

    James II's 2 daughters....Mary and Anne.....were BOTH 5'11"??? Taller than their husbands! Holy Cow if they ever had children they would have been Giants. #GiantProtestantStuarts

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +2

      They were as tall as James II

    • @maestroclassico5801
      @maestroclassico5801 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rukminikrishna1938 yes.....Wondering about their mother Anne Hyde...

    • @kate_cooper
      @kate_cooper Před rokem

      Yes, it was commented on in Mary's own lifetime that she was taller than William.

  • @altheamantes2041
    @altheamantes2041 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Man a 6 footer that accepts the height law of women decided to make with gavestone

  • @itachi-kun7736
    @itachi-kun7736 Před 2 lety +7

    next do shortest to longest reigning monarchs of England

  • @tobiashead5049
    @tobiashead5049 Před rokem +1

    I’ve told all my friends to sub to you

  • @jasonrandall5148
    @jasonrandall5148 Před 2 lety +5

    I heard something that Population height down up as well as up throughout History. And People in the 1900s and industrial revolution and 1700s were shorter then People in the middle ages and dark ages. People then and periods before Chris were as tall as we are today.
    I mean the Native Americans men in the USA in the 1600s and 1800s were average 5,8 or 5,9
    .The Aztecs in the 1500s were average 5,7 when the average Spanish men were 5,5 but the Mayans were men were like 5f and there women were like 4,10 or 4,8.and even the mixed Spanish mayan population is is still very short because very sadly because of lack of good food and nutrition.

  • @kaidanalenko5222
    @kaidanalenko5222 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'm here cause of mary and George series, and they did james and charles dirty. They're are tall irl but in series they are portrayed by short actors.

  • @yourmammu
    @yourmammu Před rokem +7

    Edward VI was only 15 when he died and already 5'6. i wonder how tall he would've been if fate hasn't been so cruel to him.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem +2

      He could've easily reached 6'2 like his father

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +2

      Would King Edward V have reached 6'4" like his father, King Edward IV if he lived to adulthood? 👑💍

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +2

      @@georgebushsr.9550 Would King Edward V have reached 6'4" like his father, King Edward IV if he lived to adulthood? 👑💍

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem +1

      @Kashfia Islam Perhaps he could have but we will never know for sure

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +2

      @@georgebushsr.9550 How tall was King Edward IV's younger brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland? 👑💍

  • @7lillie
    @7lillie Před 2 lety +2

    With the child monarchs we have no idea what height they could have reached if they live to adulthood

  • @geremygonzalessleepwalkerr2900

    *_Edit:_*
    Elizabeth II
    1952-2022
    5'4

  • @slenderfan-101j.g.4
    @slenderfan-101j.g.4 Před 2 lety +5

    20:01 heh, grandson (Henry 8) and grandfather (Edward the 4th) are the tallest

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před 8 měsíci +2

      King Edward IV was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. King Henry VIII was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. 👑💍🇬🇧

  • @sneebysneeb
    @sneebysneeb Před 2 lety +2

    idk why, but a charles I being 5'4 is so funny

  • @dileepaappuhamy4017
    @dileepaappuhamy4017 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much.

  • @michaelsalmon9832
    @michaelsalmon9832 Před 2 lety +2

    charles I being so short explains a lot

  • @grifm.5224
    @grifm.5224 Před 2 lety +2

    literal short kings

  • @freddiemedley5580
    @freddiemedley5580 Před 2 lety +3

    Would have been nice to see the Welsh and Scottish Kings on here to.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +1

      I haven't done any research on their heights but I'd say they would've been fairly tall aswell seeing thar James I was 6'0 and Mary Queen of Scots was 5'11

  • @Poolverine580
    @Poolverine580 Před rokem +1

    Bush I didn't know you were interested of British Monarchs

  • @mariaminghi4297
    @mariaminghi4297 Před 2 lety +4

    I did not know Queens Mary II and Anne were so tall, must have gotten that from their dad

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +1

      They got the height from all Stuart dynasty members but Charles I

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +1

      Queen Mary I and Queen Anne inherited their height from King Edward IV. 👑💍

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +1

      @@rukminikrishna1938 Queen Mary II and Queen Anne inherited their height from King Edward IV. 👑💍

  • @tobiashead5049
    @tobiashead5049 Před 2 lety

    You could do a video on Roman emperors but you don’t have to it’s just an idea that you might like

  • @georgeiii2998
    @georgeiii2998 Před 2 lety +10

    Is Charles I before or after January 30th 1649?

  • @singaporecountrytriangle5362

    I didnt knew 9-15 year old King Edward VI is taller than Queen Victoria, His sisters and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  • @jaimelannister1797
    @jaimelannister1797 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I thought Henry II was short, he’s often described as short and stocky

  • @themichaelconnor42
    @themichaelconnor42 Před 2 lety +6

    Also I'd like to point out that the figures are slightly smaller than they should be...the heel should be lined up along the x-axis, otherwise it looks like they're standing on their toes and they lose a couple inches

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +3

      This was a problem I encountered, the majority of paintings/ photographs have the toes facing outward so I cut them out but I appreciate it

  • @geremygonzalessleepwalkerr2900

    King Richard, I died exactly 824 years ago. = April 6th, 2023

  • @Eza_yuta
    @Eza_yuta Před 2 lety +3

    I didn't know Charles I so short

  • @themichaelconnor42
    @themichaelconnor42 Před 2 lety +5

    What's next? Heights of American and United States Presidents?

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety

      I was thinking of doing that next, although I'm not too sure since there's already a few of them on CZcams

  • @kashfiaislam9995
    @kashfiaislam9995 Před 8 měsíci +1

    King Edward IV was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. 👑💍🇬🇧

  • @thegeoinnitreator
    @thegeoinnitreator Před rokem +1

    Can you make a video on heights of the US Vice Presidents?
    I really enjoy your height videos. I like to watch it

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem

      There isn't as much information on the heights of the Vice Presidents as there is with the Presidents but I can check again

    • @thegeoinnitreator
      @thegeoinnitreator Před rokem +1

      ​@@georgebushsr.9550 I tried making a list but didnt get all of them

    • @thegeoinnitreator
      @thegeoinnitreator Před rokem +1

      ​@@georgebushsr.9550 Also is Richard III 5'6? You showed a picture of him bending his head.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem

      @@thegeoinnitreator Yeah that was an awkward depiction I used but it gets the point across that he was 5'6 with his scoliosis

  • @rukminikrishna1938
    @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +4

    10:00 Edward IV was the dad of Edward V

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před 8 měsíci +1

      King Edward IV was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. 👑💍🇬🇧

  • @reconbravo104
    @reconbravo104 Před rokem +2

    Charles I seems a head shorter than the rest...

  • @eliottlibert-do8ff
    @eliottlibert-do8ff Před 4 měsíci +2

    1:11 huh Harold godwinson is cursed

  • @coasterhockygamingboy9549

    Edward V was 12. Also, where did you receive this data?

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +1

      Edward V disappeared so we don’t know for sure how old he was when he died.

  • @NileQT87
    @NileQT87 Před rokem +1

    Richard III was about 5'5" due to his puberty-onset scoliosis (this chart is wrong for him and also shows a false Shakespearean image of him with kyphosis--he was not a hunchback!) that wouldn't have been publicly known until he was stripped naked, humiliated, flung over a horse and displayed for three days in Leicester before his hasty, naked burial in a dirt hole under the choir of Greyfriars that was too short for him with his wrists still tied. He would've stood 5'8" without it, which was average height for the time. His brother Edward IV will stand as the tallest monarch at 6'4" until the future William V ties with him.
    One of the men whom Richard III took down in his final charge on-foot with his axe was the unhorsing of jousting champion John Cheyne, who was a giant of 6'8" with 21" femurs (this man had previously been in jousting tournaments alongside Edward IV's brother-in-law Anthony Woodville), before cutting down Henry VII Tudor's standard bearer William Brandon and making it to within yards of non-combatant Tudor cowering behind his guards.
    Richard III was accused of many things, but Tudor-era chroniclers never took the bravery of his final charge from him until Shakespeare. His slender build (nearly caused a gender-bender moment on the forensic autopsy table, due to his gracile bones and feminine pelvis), small statue and lack of brute strength was part of how impressive he fought regardless. The only previous sign of his scoliosis before being stripped naked and displayed was one shoulder being slightly higher than the other that was barely noticeable under the clothing of the era. It's thought that probably only a few individuals ever knew about until then, probably including his wife Anne Neville and best friend Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell ("The catte, the ratte and Lovell our dogge rulyth all Englonde under a hogge"--loyal to him until the end), who had been a fatherless ward of Warwick the Kingmaker's alongside him when his puberty-onset changes to his spine would've first begun.
    Edward IV's height and later gluttonous obesity (which 6'2" Henry VIII all certainly inherited) played a big part in rumors that he was really the son of Blaybourne the Archer of Rouen instead of Richard, Duke of York. These rumors were alleged by Warwick the Kingmaker, Edward IV's own traitorous, later-attainted brother George, Duke of Clarence and were also widespread in France. Apparently, Richard, Duke of York really favored Richard III in appearance and diminutive height.
    Edward IV's 6'4" height was measured when his tomb was opened in the early 18th century; he was still decomposing in a puddle of bodily fluids and his brown pageboy was still attached to his skull.
    Though George may have had an even better rumor during his final downfall, that of Edward having committed bigamy with his plight troth to Eleanor Butler prior to his marriage with Elizabeth Woodville. George was indeed thrown into the Tower of London (where he was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine in 1478) alongside Bishop Robert Stillington, who would emerge just five years later in 1483 while the uncrowned Edward V's (Prince in the Tower, who also seems to have needed frequent medical attention from physician John Argentine and appears to have been sickly somehow, while Richard of Shrewsbury did not) coronation plans were already underway (Richard III actually was already having coins minted, so it doesn't seem he had planned taking the throne for himself all along), only to speak before Parliament and cause Titulus Regius to be passed, which declared the Woodville marriage to be bigamous and all of her children with Edward bastards.
    Dominic Mancini (who did not speak English and was working for the French) reported George as bringing up Blaybourne again, but it seems with Stillington's imprisonment alongside that George had gotten a hold of something even more threatening to Elizabeth Woodville than Warwick's old Blaybourne rumor. It's notable that mother Cecily Neville and Richard III argued for George to be spared (don't learn anything from Shakespeare!), while Woodville is believed to have been most strongly for her husband's fratricidal execution.
    George's attainder (which barred his tragic children Margaret Pole and Edward of Warwick from the throne, but they were still threats to the Tudors and subsequently executed especially horrifically by them) for treason was rather belated, given the real treason he committed had been all the way back in 1470 with Warwick, only to rejoin his brothers when Warwick turned to allying himself with Margaret of Anjou (who lest we forget, not only put his father's head on a spike, but the Sons of York's father and brother's heads on spikes right alongside), not the extrajudicial murder of lady-in-waiting Ankarette Twynyho, whom he claimed had poisoned his wife, Isabel Neville, who had died of childbed fever in 1476. Along with being denied two marriage opportunities by Edward, including marrying the eventual mother of the Habsburg Empire, Mary of Burgundy (made fatherless just two weeks after Isabel's death with Charles the Bold's gruesome demise at the Battle of Nancy, and whose stepmother was his sister Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, whose favorite brother was George, but ended up choosing Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg), George's end was a pretty rapid spiral after Isabel's death.
    Titulus Regius was part of Richard III's 1484 Parliament which also included many reforms before his time such as banning his brother's benevolence taxes, commanding that all laws be written in English (instead of French or Latin) so the common man could understand, strengthening the bail system so someone couldn't be thrown in jail to rot without trial, stopping others from seizing the property of someone awaiting trial and making it harder to stack juries with poor illiterates who could easily be bribed and threatened. All of these things were abuses of the nobility against the common person. Richard also made a notable exception for the importation of books in regards to foreign tariffs. Indeed, Richard III's book collection (these were not the bejeweled, illuminated picture books that many nobles collected) with his writing in the margins are his only belongings that still exist, thanks to Margaret Beaufort taking them for herself. One of them was the heretical John Wycliffe Bible translated into English.
    Titulus Regius was never actually repealed by Henry VII, despite him needing it to be in order to marry the bastardized Elizabeth of York, as that would've meant reading it publicly; instead he commanded all copies of it be destroyed (he missed one). It is likewise one of the pieces of evidence that Richard III was *not* attempting to marry his niece, along with the Tudors having destroyed all the Portuguese marriage negotiation correspondence (the English half turned up in Portugal!) for Elizabeth of York to marry Manuel, Duke of Beja (later Manuel I of Portugal) and for Richard III to marry Saint Joanna of Portugal (who wished to be a nun and only agreed to marry Richard if he survived Bosworth). Polydore Vergil under direction of Henry VII is known to have destroyed documents from Richard III's reign by the cartload.

  • @elizabethtudorstuff
    @elizabethtudorstuff Před rokem

    HAROLD GODWINSON'S PICTURE IS SO SILLY
    and edward the confessor looks like handsome squidward!!

  • @General-History101
    @General-History101 Před 2 lety +1

    I saw info which states that James I was 5'6"

  • @hddjs7ye
    @hddjs7ye Před rokem +2

    Queen Anne king George vi and Edward viii my favorite

    • @JJ-the-Fortnite-Festival-Fan
      @JJ-the-Fortnite-Festival-Fan Před 6 měsíci

      You haven’t learned much about the monarchy if you think Edward VIII is one of the best monarchs of uk Edward resigned to marry a twice divorcee within a year of becoming king and he also near caused the monarchy to be abolished plus during WW2 he portrayed his brother King George VI and his country the United Kingdom and made several trips to Germany and was friends with the Führer Adolf Hitler and was like a spy for them causing PM Winston Churchill to exile Edward to the Bahamas until the war ended

  • @rorygilmore2470
    @rorygilmore2470 Před 2 lety +4

    how do you know Queen Mary II and Queen Anne were so tall? i tried finding Mary II’s height but all it brings up is the Queen Mary ship
    edit: i did love the video though! x

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +4

      For me it's the first thing that comes up when I look up "Mary II height"
      Also thanks so much!!

    • @rorygilmore2470
      @rorygilmore2470 Před 2 lety +2

      @@georgebushsr.9550 oh i found it! i put “Queen Mary II height”. thank you so much.

  • @carlovdasburgo2036
    @carlovdasburgo2036 Před 2 lety +1

    2:00 Hello, my british uncle.

  • @isaaccropper1154
    @isaaccropper1154 Před rokem +1

    Charles ii was Reportedly 6 foot 2, and Henry V was 6 foot 3.
    The Georgian monarchs are all taller than their predecessors up until George IV.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem

      Well I've read otherwise that Charles II is about 5'11 and a half.
      Also I find it hard to imagine George I any taller than 5'5.

    • @isaaccropper1154
      @isaaccropper1154 Před rokem

      @@georgebushsr.9550 People were shorter in those days, so Richard I being 6 foot 5 is probably not true, maybe 6 foot, no taller than 6 foot 1 though I think. Edward IV is still the tallest monarch ever.

  • @sorceressofaeaea
    @sorceressofaeaea Před 2 lety +10

    Excuse me, but wasn't Henry V 6'2" tall? At least, I got this information out of an article The Height of Medieval English Kings.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +6

      I believe his height was also exaggerated in the same way as Richard the Lionheart was said to be 6'5 but was really just 6'0

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +1

      @@georgebushsr.9550 Is it possible that King Richard I was 6'1"? 👑💍

    • @isaaccropper1154
      @isaaccropper1154 Před rokem

      @@georgebushsr.9550 if Richard the lionheart was 6 foot 5, he is the tallest monarch there ever was, taller than Edward IV by an inch, he was 6 foot 4.

  • @wannywong9878
    @wannywong9878 Před rokem +1

    How is nobody talking about how harold godwinson looked like
    He looks like something that was cancelled in the sesame street cartoon

  • @tomasroma2333
    @tomasroma2333 Před 2 lety +4

    Interesting that Charles I is so much smaller then his father children and grandchildren.

  • @maryiiofengland1019
    @maryiiofengland1019 Před 2 lety +4

    1:43 Yo, there ain't no way Ann is taller than me 💀

  • @jackalhimorse9828
    @jackalhimorse9828 Před 2 lety +3

    The tallest Edward IV was 6'4 Feet Tall
    that may seem tall until you realize that Maharaja Pratap of Mewar was 7'5 Feet Tall
    Bruh

    • @shivanshdubey431
      @shivanshdubey431 Před 2 lety +1

      That's not true he was tall but not this tall I have went to maharana pratap museum and they told theres a political leader who exaggerated maharana height and the weight of his weapons via Twitter post the total weight of his weapons was 35 kg and no one knows his exact height but he was tall, average height in 16th century India was around 5'6 so he could be around 5'11-6'5 because how athletic he was and how fast his horse was it dosent add up with his height cause usually people taller than 7' cant even run properly and he used to hunt regularly when he lived in the forest so yea do you think it add up tho ? Cause I have asked the guide of that museum and he told me all that

  • @andiilham6227
    @andiilham6227 Před rokem +1

    wow, Mary II and Anne were giants!

  • @scathachmuirisc7149
    @scathachmuirisc7149 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Just watched a documentary that suggests that Queen Anne was very short and very fat and it took fourteen men to carry her coffin when she died. A statue which was made and resides in Blenheim Palace was apparently made to flatter her, so is the measurement given here accurate?

  • @batmanbeatingupfurbies4865

    I wonder if Henry Viii got his height from his granddad? Certainly not from his own dad.

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety

      Yes

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před 8 měsíci +1

      King Edward IV was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. King Henry VIII was only 5'0" when he was 12 years old. 👑💍🇬🇧

  • @rukminikrishna1938
    @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +3

    George III was probably taller than that

  • @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs
    @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs Před 2 měsíci +1

    Charles II is 6'2 and James II is around 6'0

  • @andrewmodeltrains4722
    @andrewmodeltrains4722 Před rokem +1

    If you make another one of this height comparison you gotta add Charles lll

  • @Titancinemaman162
    @Titancinemaman162 Před 9 měsíci +2

    King Charles III : 5'10

  • @rukminikrishna1938
    @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +2

    10:10:10 William III was shorter than Mary II whoo

  • @septimiusseverus343
    @septimiusseverus343 Před 2 lety +12

    I knew that Charles I and William III were manlets, but didn't know that Charles II and George III ranked so high in terms of height! Thanks for sharing.

  • @isaacios
    @isaacios Před 2 lety +1

    Henry IV

  • @robertb6750
    @robertb6750 Před rokem +1

    Charles III 5'10

  • @flickcentergaming680
    @flickcentergaming680 Před 11 měsíci +1

    King Charles III is 5'10", if anyone's curious.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 11 měsíci

      Well his peak height was more like 5'9 but nowadays he'd be 5'8

    • @scathachmuirisc7149
      @scathachmuirisc7149 Před 4 měsíci

      It says around 5 foot 10 in most sources. Having seen him relatively closely, I would think he's shorter.

  • @Swissswoosher
    @Swissswoosher Před 2 lety +11

    I guess if you are called Henry and are King of England that’s a recipe for being tall.

  • @hanglim2510
    @hanglim2510 Před rokem +1

    Fun fact: Queen Elizabeth I and King George I are the same height as me

  • @jasonrandall5148
    @jasonrandall5148 Před 2 lety +5

    Edward longshanks was 6,2 and i thought Henry 8th was 6f and Elizabeth 1st was 5,10 Richard the lion hart was 6,5

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +4

      Richard the Lionhearts height was exaggerated to boost his ego and his popularity

  • @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs
    @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs Před 4 měsíci +1

    Henry III is 5'6 actually

  • @tobiashead5049
    @tobiashead5049 Před 2 lety +3

    I never thought Henry the Eighth was over six feet

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +8

      Yeah but in his youth he was known for being strong, talented, athletic and tall, just like his grandfather, Edward IV

    • @tobiashead5049
      @tobiashead5049 Před 2 lety +2

      @@georgebushsr.9550 but overweight

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +6

      @@tobiashead5049 He grew overweight after he injured his leg while hunting. Following this an ulcer grew on his leg, meaning he could not excercise or go hunting as much as before so he grew overweight over time

    • @tobiashead5049
      @tobiashead5049 Před 2 lety

      Oh

    • @imbecell9841
      @imbecell9841 Před 2 lety +3

      @@georgebushsr.9550 I thought it was a jousting accident.

  • @rhubarbdedubarb4232
    @rhubarbdedubarb4232 Před 2 lety +1

    William 2’s face tho

  • @charlesthe5th744
    @charlesthe5th744 Před 2 lety +2

    make a video showing my height please 🙏
    edit: I'm german, not english

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety

      I could do a video on the Holy Roman Emperors heights if there is enough info on them

  • @earthball2024
    @earthball2024 Před 2 lety +4

    You lied to us about the taxes

  • @thekleinfamily88
    @thekleinfamily88 Před rokem +1

    Wow good video sir. Um I like when king Edward is 6'2 (1272-1307) 35 years of his life

  • @randommax7481
    @randommax7481 Před rokem +1

    Wow, I’m tall as Elizabeth II

  • @rukminikrishna1938
    @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety

    William means average height

  • @varknoxel
    @varknoxel Před 2 lety +4

    Richard The Lionheart was 6’5, why wasn’t he on the list?

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +13

      Richard the lion heart is Richard I and no he wasn't 6'5, that is merely fiction made up to romanticise his memory

    • @varknoxel
      @varknoxel Před 2 lety +3

      @@georgebushsr.9550 ohhhhh

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety

      Also he is dead so we don’t know

  • @villagerearlofcedarham7893

    Do the weight of english monarchies

  • @ChaserChase1
    @ChaserChase1 Před 2 lety +4

    Question, why wasn't Lady Jane Gray or Matilda shown? They did rule.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety +7

      Matilda was never an official monarch of England as she had lost the war against King Stephen and they had made a compromise so that Matilda's son, Henry, would become King after Stephen.
      As for Lady Jane Grey, she was named as Edward VI's successor last minute and only reigned for 9 days even though Mary I was really Edward's heir presumptive

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +1

      Their heights are unknown ?

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety

      @@rukminikrishna1938 I couldn't find anything for Lady Jane Grey but from what I've gathered on Queen Matilda, she was about 5'0

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 Před 2 lety +1

      @@georgebushsr.9550 so I’m taller than 3 monarchs now

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 lety

      @@rukminikrishna1938 If you count Queen Matilda as a monarch then yes

  • @isaacios
    @isaacios Před 2 lety +1

    Henry III was 5’8?

  • @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs
    @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs Před 2 měsíci +1

    1:00 George IV is not that short , he might be at least 5'11 since some historians describe him tall and handsome.

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 měsíci

      And others describe him as being 5'2, I would be very cautious with judging how tall he was considering how much he manipulated his image.

    • @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs
      @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs Před 2 měsíci +2

      No way he is 5'2 the shortest male british monarch is Charles I only standing 5'4

    • @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs
      @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs Před 2 měsíci +2

      Some even said he is the tallest hanoverian monarch reigning in united kingdom

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před 2 měsíci

      @LneR-PrOdUcTioNs From what I found during my research is that George III is generally considered the tallest of the Hanoverian monarchs.
      The heights of the Hanoverian monarchs are so frustrating because there's so little information to go off of

  • @nicholasbarber3644
    @nicholasbarber3644 Před rokem +3

    richard iii was actually 5'9

    • @georgebushsr.9550
      @georgebushsr.9550  Před rokem +1

      He was 5'8 but his scoliosis would've affected his height so he would've been more like 5'6

    • @kashfiaislam9995
      @kashfiaislam9995 Před rokem +3

      Richard III was 5'7" due to his scoliosis.

  • @hanglim2510
    @hanglim2510 Před rokem +1

    King Charles III is 5’8 if you didn’t know

  • @tayvonsnider4376
    @tayvonsnider4376 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I’m 12 and I’m 5’3”