The Execution of Charles I: Killing a King

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2020
  • On the 30th January 1649, King Charles I was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. His trial was a momentous event in British history. He was found guilty of treason - a ‘tyrant, traitor, murderer and Public Enemy’. What led to this unprecedented killing of a king?
    Storyteller: Toby Lord
    www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-hou...
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    Charles I played by Jonathan Clarkson
    Director: Matt Oliver
    Producers: Matt Oliver / Nadja Noel / Amy Dyduch
    Music: Will Stapleton
    Film Editor: Matt Oliver
    Image credits
    Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) Dated 1614, Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    The Five Eldest Children of Charles I Signed and dated 1637 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    James VI & I (1566-1625) c.1620, After Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    James I and VI (1566-1625) c. 1620 by Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I (1600-1649) when Prince of Wales Signed and dated 1623 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I and Henrietta Maria c. 1630-32 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-69) by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I (1600-1649) 1635-before June 1636 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    Charles I (1600-1649) with M. de St Antoine Dated 1633, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
    The opening scene of the First English Civil War, © Hilary Morgan / Alamy Stock Photo
    Oliver Cromwell c1649 by Robert Walker, © National Portrait Gallery, London
    Charles I (1600-1649), King of England,1629, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access.
    Cromwell turns out the Rump Parliament because of its corruption, 1653, © Lakeview Images / Alamy Stock Photo
    Oliver Cromwell dissolving parliament in 1653, © Classic Image / Alamy Stock Photo
    King Charles I , © National Portrait Gallery, London
    Henry, Prince of Wales, © National Portrait Gallery, London
    Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart By Anthony van Dyke, © The National Gallery, London 2019
    The Puritan by John Pettie, © Museums Sheffield
    Portrait group of the Reformers, European School (Unknown Artist), Courtesy of Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council’
    King Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles I opening Parliament, the Commons presenting resenting their speaker to the king, 1625, © Mary Evans / Everett Collection

Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @thomasnichol4138
    @thomasnichol4138 3 года назад +3120

    The cameras were quite good back in 1649.

    • @tiktokfinds8846
      @tiktokfinds8846 3 года назад +61

      4k

    • @B.belcher
      @B.belcher 3 года назад +65

      Can you believe they were crank-powered too

    • @rickrose5377
      @rickrose5377 3 года назад +46

      They were partial to slo-mo.

    • @jasonahbh4880
      @jasonahbh4880 2 года назад +13

      Telescope

    • @oldgysgt
      @oldgysgt 2 года назад +25

      The old images were probably digitally enhanced.

  • @DomPatek
    @DomPatek 3 года назад +1899

    The guy in the thumbnail looks like Sam Hyde.

  • @coolbeens6029
    @coolbeens6029 2 года назад +2373

    Sam Hyde did such a great job in this, how does he keep getting away with it?

  • @theviper1999uk
    @theviper1999uk Год назад +637

    Jonathan Clarkson, the man playing Charles in this, does such a fantastic job. His is a better portrayal of the monarch than any I've ever seen. Bravo

    • @kirachouinard3490
      @kirachouinard3490 Год назад +25

      I liked Alec Guiness' portrayal

    • @inuyasha2.046
      @inuyasha2.046 Год назад +3

      While Jordan clarkson playing basketball

    • @georgcantor7172
      @georgcantor7172 Год назад +3

      @@kirachouinard3490 , Alec Guiness was a flaming gay.

    • @kirachouinard3490
      @kirachouinard3490 Год назад +8

      @@georgcantor7172 And that's a problem?

    • @qqq1991
      @qqq1991 Год назад +5

      @@georgcantor7172 Alec Guinness was flaming’ brilliant as King Charles. Also pretty sure, he was bisexual - not that it matters.

  • @CrystalSmith-uk6hd
    @CrystalSmith-uk6hd 3 года назад +2526

    Him telling his son to never accept the throne is quite beautiful. His love for his family came above all else and he wouldn't have his son suffer the same fate.

    • @iamAwesomo1994
      @iamAwesomo1994 3 года назад +354

      no it's because he wanted his eldest son to be king. he didn't want the parliament to take advantage of his young son which would allow them to do whatever they wanted with England. also it would break the rules, his eldest son was supposed to be king that's why the young prince said he'd rather be torn to pieces first than to break the divine line of kingship.

    • @januarysson5633
      @januarysson5633 3 года назад +42

      @@iamAwesomo1994 Corn Pop, you’re a bad dude.

    • @Chris-pb3se
      @Chris-pb3se 3 года назад +30

      @@iamAwesomo1994 exactly

    • @hikertrash2956
      @hikertrash2956 3 года назад +2

      @@januarysson5633 Bahaha that's a good one

    • @GypsyFairy85
      @GypsyFairy85 3 года назад +35

      @@iamAwesomo1994 And Charles ll did become King. The merry monarch! Mistresses by the score and illegitimate children too.

  • @kettle2293
    @kettle2293 4 года назад +3820

    I'm always in a kind of awe of people who walk so proudly and calmly to their own executions.

    • @rogerkearns8094
      @rogerkearns8094 4 года назад +366

      According to Albert Pierrepoint, almost all of those he executed accepted their fate with stoicism and dignity.

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir 4 года назад +203

      That is the power of faith.

    • @rogerkearns8094
      @rogerkearns8094 4 года назад +30

      @Cole DeBeer
      Most likely, yes. Good point.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 года назад +27

      Cole DeBeer well, perhaps. But historically, this is exactly what he did.🤷‍♀️. By people who witnessed it. Sooo...

    • @kettle2293
      @kettle2293 4 года назад +18

      @Cole DeBeer Few weirdos overthinking things, too.

  • @Samouraii
    @Samouraii Год назад +443

    All the surviving people who condemned him to death were executed by Charles II. Some of the dead ones were exhumed and their heads put on spikes. Cromwell's head was on a spike for 20 years

    • @noway905
      @noway905 Год назад

      I hope this happens to the blood thirsty rinos and mad dems preforming the public execution of #45.

    • @sailoroftheinternet3290
      @sailoroftheinternet3290 Год назад +70

      cromwells head famously went on quite journey round the uk, from collector to collector. Believe it or not, it wasn't actually finally buried until 1960!

    • @donnachamcgowan
      @donnachamcgowan Год назад +1

      Cromwell was a filthy.dog redrum redrum.most foul

    • @harryeisermann2784
      @harryeisermann2784 Год назад

      cromwell was right, all kings and the Monarchy must be executed, as in the later french revolution

    • @Joe-bn9fz
      @Joe-bn9fz Год назад +20

      good

  • @janetstonerook4552
    @janetstonerook4552 Год назад +80

    I am fascinated with this presentation. My ancestor was Sir Francis Hacker who was Cromwell's general and signed the death sentence for King Charles I. Once the Monarchy was restored, he was tried and hanged for his part in the execution of Charles and all his wealth and holdings taken and his family tossed out into the streets. On of his sons arrived in Virginia on a prisoner ship and worked out his indenturement before his family moved on to the rough frontier of Appalachia. They settled in a remote area of what is now Hacker's Creek, West Virginia, in Upshur County.

    • @pecheurcrapuleux84
      @pecheurcrapuleux84 8 месяцев назад +4

      There can be no nation under the divine right of some monarch. As a German citisen I carefully observe this nation-buildig process that in 1848 failed in my country to the detriment of whole Europe. It was then also a legal question. Your ancestor did the tagic job to switch off the tyrant. Respectfully !

    • @Chevalier_knight
      @Chevalier_knight 8 месяцев назад

      5 million germans voted hitler into power thats your nations democracy. Long live the king.

    • @gogogeedus
      @gogogeedus 7 месяцев назад +1

      one of my ancestors was the Sherif of Cornwall at the time, I don't know if he had any involvement but I would imagine he would have been on the side of the Royals as he was a protestant.

    • @nigelsheppard625
      @nigelsheppard625 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@pecheurcrapuleux84Yes but this is now and not then. We have had the Enlightenment in between. We now doubt, quite legitimately, if there is a God let alone a Devine Right of Kings.

    • @Joel-kf6nx
      @Joel-kf6nx 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@gogogeedus But Cromwell himself was a Protestant. Some Protestants didn't like that Charles I was married to a Catholic

  • @BigDaddyPimpin4Life
    @BigDaddyPimpin4Life 3 года назад +557

    Title should be changed to "The Execution of Sam Hyde: The Killing of a Internet Troll".

    • @ost-mann2860
      @ost-mann2860 3 года назад +74

      Hyde can't keep getting away with his infiltration of several European noble houses

    • @ScottishBr4h
      @ScottishBr4h 3 года назад +9

      God damn you beat me to it by 4 days

    • @dcoulter2685
      @dcoulter2685 3 года назад +7

      Lol that’s what i was thinking

    • @invaderHUNK
      @invaderHUNK 3 года назад +8

      Why do you think he’s being executed?

    • @ost-mann2860
      @ost-mann2860 3 года назад +14

      @@invaderHUNK Crimes against humanity

  • @maxoneill5728
    @maxoneill5728 3 года назад +701

    For 2 years i worked in an office at one of the colleges at Oxford University, i was told during my time working at the college that the office i used was used by King Charles I as his office during the civil war when he used Oxford as his stronghold and the college itself as a base to rule the country from. I always felt very honoured to work in the same room as one of most famous Kings the country has ever seen all be it many centuries apart.

    • @KeithyTom
      @KeithyTom 2 года назад +23

      Thank you for sharing that Max. It must have been quite fascinating to work in that space.

    • @milwaukeebrewers6337
      @milwaukeebrewers6337 2 года назад +15

      As a janitor?

    • @sarashepard7504
      @sarashepard7504 Год назад +5

      Wow cool story.

    • @germanfisch
      @germanfisch Год назад +21

      @@milwaukeebrewers6337 janitors get offices now?

    • @reasonerenlightened2456
      @reasonerenlightened2456 Год назад +4

      you use the office of a misguided individual. I find the idea of selection on the basis of DNA for inheriting a state role to be quite troublesome. Just because your DNA makes you black or a woman or otherwise different does not mean you can not hold a state role or that you are entitled to hold state roles by birth right.
      A democratic process of selection is INCOMPATIBLE with the idea of selection based on DNA.

  • @Yalditours
    @Yalditours Год назад +73

    Years ago I went to drama school with the gentleman doing the narration. Toby was a great lad and its nice to see he’s still working.

  • @az6877
    @az6877 2 года назад +72

    the way he parted with kids really struck me deep in the heart

    • @petermwaura8108
      @petermwaura8108 Год назад +3

      I almost shed tears....I just imagined me hugging my daughter Andrea for the last time😢😢😢

  • @cyrill3000
    @cyrill3000 3 года назад +313

    As much as I detest the atrocities of history, I admire the talent of this narrator. What a precise forming of sounds, that is connected with the meaning, without tricks. Not to mention the beauty of his voice itself. Very well done.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 3 года назад +3

      aTrOcItIeS

    • @jamestangue7032
      @jamestangue7032 2 года назад +10

      @@NathanDudani The killing of a king is such a thing. The unlawful killing of a king? Even worse.

    • @kinsmart7294
      @kinsmart7294 2 года назад

      @@jamestangue7032 An sham trial throught and throught.

    • @rationalconservative386
      @rationalconservative386 2 года назад +5

      "Detest the atrocities of history". Get over yourself. Looking at history through the lens of today is what fools do.
      "Detest" them all you want, but it is history that determines iur present and future.

    • @anglishbookcraft1516
      @anglishbookcraft1516 2 года назад

      Bro who talks like this?

  • @roberthimself7813
    @roberthimself7813 3 года назад +966

    Sam Hyde is talented af.

  • @Gazman011969
    @Gazman011969 2 года назад +133

    I've watch this many times, and it just doesn't get old. Toby Lord is a truly captivating narrator, and Jonathan Clarkson is perfectly cast as HRH King Charles 1. This is how you teach history.

    • @rodriguesroshan
      @rodriguesroshan Год назад +9

      His Majesty

    • @99Plastics
      @99Plastics Год назад

      nah this is how you white wash history, it doesn't go into any depth about his rule, how much of a pussy he was and how he ran the country in the ground multiple times.

    • @chriss740
      @chriss740 10 месяцев назад

      Do you know who plays Henrietta Maria?

  • @trevorn9381
    @trevorn9381 Год назад +23

    The English Civil War is how one of my ancestors ended up in Virginia. He was a royalist who supported King Charles I. After the war he was imprisoned by Cromwell's forces and sold into indentured servitude on a plantation in the New World. My indentured ancestor married the boss's daughter, and acquired his own plantation on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield 3 месяца назад

      Your ancestor had the rizz

    • @user-cy1kw2cv4o
      @user-cy1kw2cv4o Месяц назад

      ​@@falconeshieldso sigma

    • @pt9046
      @pt9046 Месяц назад

      with how many slaves?

  • @katharinaholzinger5092
    @katharinaholzinger5092 4 года назад +114

    This is so well made - from the editing, to the acting, to the music - just perfect

  • @bramsrockhopper3377
    @bramsrockhopper3377 3 года назад +73

    Beautifully narrated and filmed. Must admit that Charles I is one the kings I didn’t know much about, so thank you for this little film.

  • @brockauble2263
    @brockauble2263 2 года назад +11

    This was such a well put together video! Thank you so much!

  • @linibiography
    @linibiography Год назад +14

    Holy cow. I found you somewhere between Stephen and John and I can't believe we are already at Charles I. Thank you so much for these mini-documentaries (which are pretty darn good quality, btw). I know it's not easy and your work is greatly appreciated.

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot 11 месяцев назад

      You're welcome

  • @AncientAbsWisdom
    @AncientAbsWisdom 4 года назад +264

    This is outstanding. Outstanding work by HRP AND PP and of course Toby.

    • @darren.ormandy
      @darren.ormandy 4 года назад +7

      Agreed! Toby's great in this. Someone sign him up.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 года назад

      Is that who this cutie is? I’ve never seen him before. Well, it’s not just his looks. He’s very good. I’m too long in the tooth to be turned by a pretty face lol. I like my docs to have substance😉.

    • @lolgay8718
      @lolgay8718 4 года назад +3

      ha pp

  • @regenabray
    @regenabray 4 года назад +1364

    Finally England had a king that loved he’s wife and children and what did they do? They killed him!!!!

    • @DemonCuz
      @DemonCuz 4 года назад +45

      No a right winged assole killed him, the people put him back

    • @IliyanStoychev
      @IliyanStoychev 4 года назад +121

      @@DemonCuz :D:D:D man are you dumb dumb dumb

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 года назад +168

      There was quite a few kings who loved their wives and children. Loving your wife and children doesn’t make you a good king. But the populace, who loved THEIR wives and children, were probably afraid of being burned at the stake. 🤷‍♀️. And people who love their own can not give one rats about anybody else.

    • @miklmiklmtrcycl6009
      @miklmiklmtrcycl6009 4 года назад +1

      vachief dumbass

    • @miklmiklmtrcycl6009
      @miklmiklmtrcycl6009 4 года назад +39

      Regena asdf he was killed for conspiring against parliament. Pretty straightforward.

  • @Ab-xu9dj
    @Ab-xu9dj 2 года назад +31

    It's crazy to think that they really did arrest a king,put him on trial,then executed him.

    • @tonymirabal8832
      @tonymirabal8832 Год назад +7

      I wish they would do that now,

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 Год назад +6

      The French also did that. It's one of the two only appropriate place for a monarch, besides the abolition of that institution itself.

    • @MusikCassette
      @MusikCassette 3 месяца назад

      @@tonymirabal8832 with what king?

  • @Nicolae_Mew
    @Nicolae_Mew 2 года назад +20

    Kind of badass that he fixed his hair and told the executioner when it was okay to swing the axe

  • @ebell404
    @ebell404 4 года назад +989

    An amazing video. It really captured the humanity of Charles; nothing I've ever read even tried to do that.

    • @oakashthorn5714
      @oakashthorn5714 4 года назад +5

      S Muir lefty

    • @Delicious_J
      @Delicious_J 4 года назад +25

      @S Muir If you can't be objective about history, then don't concern yourself with it.

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 3 года назад +23

      @eitoobmiz It shows his arrogance and emphasises his inhumanity in causing the war caused his downfall - good riddance and hail the Commonwealth. The irony is most European states would've just banished their monarchs🤔

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 3 года назад +6

      @eitoobmiz At that time I mean, Louis' period was nearly 100 years later and yes he got the same as Charles I

    • @NM-ou9el
      @NM-ou9el 3 года назад +1

      He wasn't human🦎

  • @vinzchannel01
    @vinzchannel01 3 года назад +209

    And the narrator himself looks like Charles

    • @deboralee1623
      @deboralee1623 3 года назад +24

      so i'm not the only one who thinks that.

    • @jerseymusicman3332
      @jerseymusicman3332 3 года назад +11

      Haha. I thought maybe it was him at first.

    • @KyngofJewel
      @KyngofJewel 3 года назад +8

      What if he's actually Charles and assumes that we won't notice it?

  • @reggielou2653
    @reggielou2653 Год назад +2

    Thank you making it easy to digest with great narration and phots/videos.

  • @JustinHEMI05
    @JustinHEMI05 8 месяцев назад +4

    This is so incredibly well done. The videography, the music, the narration. Superb. Earned a new subscriber.

  • @hiddentalents9513
    @hiddentalents9513 4 года назад +727

    The last part when he place his head on block was so heartbreaking. His eyes says it all. I dont know who he is but his acting is brilliant.❤

    • @Frottussle
      @Frottussle 4 года назад +22

      Allan Cumming

    • @hiddentalents9513
      @hiddentalents9513 4 года назад +5

      @@Frottussle Thanks 😊

    • @ashleighpatti1360
      @ashleighpatti1360 4 года назад +41

      It’s actually a friend of mine called Johnathan Clarkson..... he’s amazing!!

    • @bicarbonat1
      @bicarbonat1 3 года назад +19

      @@Frottussle Jonathan Clarkson, not Alan Cumming

    • @garnet6994
      @garnet6994 3 года назад

      @@ashleighpatti1360 lucky

  • @garryabbott3474
    @garryabbott3474 3 года назад +90

    A tremendous video, expertly narrated, this is the RUclips content we all need.

  • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
    @TheSmart-CasualGamer Год назад +6

    I was recommended this by RUclips, a few days after the appointment of King Charles III.
    What are you trying to tell me, Benevolent Algorithm?

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield 3 месяца назад

      He survived post March, so Charles III isn't the shortest monarch in British reign.

  • @stevenwinterhill6647
    @stevenwinterhill6647 2 года назад +9

    "He then writes a letter to Charles his eldest advising him on what to do when he becomes king.." 😭😭

  • @bronzemen34
    @bronzemen34 3 года назад +358

    He truly loved his kids.....may not have been a great king but damn he was a awesome family man!.....respect 🔥

    • @lukealadeen7836
      @lukealadeen7836 3 года назад

      Why is tour name Paul but you have a picture of a woman? Who is this woman?

    • @bronzemen34
      @bronzemen34 3 года назад +7

      @@lukealadeen7836 my wife

    • @lukealadeen7836
      @lukealadeen7836 3 года назад

      @@bronzemen34 I don't believe you. Whats her name? Is she a singer?

    • @bronzemen34
      @bronzemen34 3 года назад +5

      @@lukealadeen7836 than don’t believe me.............I dont just put any random pic of a woman? And yeh she sings!!!

    • @lukealadeen7836
      @lukealadeen7836 3 года назад

      @@bronzemen34 Can you recommend a song of hers?

  • @vernelledouglas1801
    @vernelledouglas1801 3 года назад +391

    It's lovely that he cared so much for his wife and children.

    • @bombski5657
      @bombski5657 Год назад +22

      shame he didn't care so much about the innocent civilians he killed. the man was a horrible tyrant, it just so happens that he was replaced by a horrible tyrant so people have forgotten how bad he was.

    • @sorongana5346
      @sorongana5346 Год назад +1

      @@bombski5657 Statements like this just show you how much people are moved by the most basic & rudimentary human behaviors, it just shows you that we're very low today, it also shows you how much many tyrannies & corruption are bypassed simply because it appeals to the sensibilities of a woman, it should show you also how many of the tyrannies we have in modern times are enabled by women & how governments today use them as frontrunners for policies.

    • @kevmikhail2990
      @kevmikhail2990 Год назад +14

      Charles I was known to be a timid man. He was, so obviously, being taken advantage of. If he was an actual tyrant, civil war would never have happened because he would have killed all potential threats. The same way it is impossible for a civil war to break out in North Korea today.
      He was the total opposite of a tyrant. He was kind. And kind, got him killed.

    • @bombski5657
      @bombski5657 Год назад +9

      @@kevmikhail2990 he was so timid that he tried to force a prayer book on Scotland knowing it would lead to war. A war that killed thousands of innocent people and resulted in subsequent wars. He also stubbornly refused to agree to parliaments terms which would have spared his life and stabalised the 2 kingdoms.

    • @Abhishek-fe3zs
      @Abhishek-fe3zs Год назад

      @@bombski5657 he refused because the parliament was unlawful. There was no precedent for trying the king. The king was the law.

  • @emranh
    @emranh Год назад

    Such brilliantly captivating storytelling with a simple yet powerful soundtrack and great camerawork and framing.

  • @vahidrezabarati924
    @vahidrezabarati924 Год назад +8

    I don't know if Charles I made the right calls or not. But I do know one thing, and that is this video is freaking awesome!!! You have done a splendid job with this. Very very well done!!! Amazing 😍

  • @R_Jackson
    @R_Jackson 3 года назад +14

    4:30 Whoever had the bright idea to film the narrator Toby Lord from three angles to suggest Van Dyck's 'Triple Portrait' of Charles I is to be congratulated! Brilliant.

  • @hardinhp
    @hardinhp 3 года назад +46

    i clicked in this video because i legitimately thought it was Sam Hyde playing another one of his 'artistic plays'

  • @LD-qj2te
    @LD-qj2te 2 года назад +1

    Omg this is so well produced and the music was incredible

  • @markhogan9435
    @markhogan9435 Год назад +1

    I watch this now for the first time. Superbly done. Master story teller...

  • @mangot589
    @mangot589 4 года назад +51

    I’ve never seen that painting of James and Charles. I didn’t realize how much of the Hapsburg chin they had!

    • @rorystockley5969
      @rorystockley5969 4 года назад +1

      Which painting is that?

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 3 года назад +5

      I should have said paintings😬. Kriss, you’re correct, but I thought they may have gotten from their mother’s side from somewhere., I myself was incorrect. I looked on my genealogy chart, and there isn’t hardly any to speak of, the last being Catherine of Aragon, who obviously had nothing to do with the Stuart’s as far as bloodline is concerned. I guess maybe the painters wanted them to have “strong chins”, or it was the clothes! But thanks for pointing it out😉.

    • @lukacsgergelics1339
      @lukacsgergelics1339 3 года назад

      @@mangot589 I think thats just his pointy beard

  • @lyndaoneill6483
    @lyndaoneill6483 3 года назад +319

    Such a sad ending for a King who married for love,stayed with her,had children and also loved and cared for them.This did not happen often in those days.He died with dignity,it must be so horrible to know this is your last night and you have to walk all that way to your death.At least the executioner had his weapon sharpened and it was only one quick chop.😱

    • @austriaco4132
      @austriaco4132 3 года назад +23

      Nicolas and Alexandra of Russa also married for love and loved their children immensely

    • @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots
      @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots 2 года назад +55

      That doesn’t excuse his actions, he was a lying tyrant, a papist and a terrible leader, who’s actions brought upon England 3 civil wars, a disastrous war with Spain, economic ruin, a republic and almost caused England to return to Catholicism.

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 2 года назад +14

      @@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots They could have exiled him instead, they did it with the last Kaiser.

    • @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots
      @Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots 2 года назад +20

      @@antman5474 he would’ve just come straight back, this was the 17th century, not the 20th.

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 2 года назад +26

      @@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots Either way he was still murdered unlawfully.

  • @DrWongburger
    @DrWongburger Год назад +5

    And here I thought the thumbnail was Charles Hyde. He can't getting away with it!

  • @leandrobaluyotjr5181
    @leandrobaluyotjr5181 Год назад

    Excellent video ! More success to your endeavors. Thank you very much .

  • @midnightwatchman1
    @midnightwatchman1 3 года назад +384

    You know my paternal grandmother always told us we were descended from the executioner of King Charles, saying that he was forced to leave England and go live out his life in Jamaica. I really do not know how true this story was, I thought at the time this why we had so much land deep in the countryside of jamaica.

    • @Pridegriffin
      @Pridegriffin 3 года назад +93

      There is probably quite a bit of truth to your oral family history. Although, there might be twists and turns in the story; the basics usually stay true to the story. Maybe you could do a deeper research into it.? ?! I think you could probably find out more than you could ever dream, if you started researching different angles. You have a very interesting family history; and would make a fantastic story with whatever extra you discover!

    • @andrawusazimi8428
      @andrawusazimi8428 3 года назад +21

      Kill an English King, get Jamaican land and family.

    • @ToastieBRRRN
      @ToastieBRRRN 3 года назад +29

      @@andrawusazimi8428 More like exile to Jamaica.

    • @andrawusazimi8428
      @andrawusazimi8428 3 года назад +30

      @@ToastieBRRRN -With benefits

    • @jonnysupreme
      @jonnysupreme 3 года назад +8

      Yeahh mon

  • @zoeyapp2760
    @zoeyapp2760 4 года назад +20

    Fantastic video. Enjoyed watching and learning :) Would love to see more of these.

  • @knelson3057
    @knelson3057 2 года назад

    i really enjoy and appreciate the effort put into all of this, especially charles' period appropriate accent!! very impressive touch!

  • @horseracingstuff
    @horseracingstuff 2 года назад +5

    I'm reminded of Malcom's line in Macbeth about the execution of the original Thane of Cawdor for treason "But I have spoke
    with one that saw him die, who did report. That very frankly he confessed his treasons. Implored your Highness’ pardon, and set forth a deep repentance. Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it."

  • @j.c.h5877
    @j.c.h5877 3 года назад +23

    Its very odd to believe that if he wasn't king or even killed, it would have altered the family lineage and Queen Elizabeth wouldn't exist or reign.

    • @iMertin
      @iMertin 5 месяцев назад +1

      No his second oldest son took over

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 4 года назад +150

    Charles the first was perhaps the most unlucky British king in the last five hundred years, a vain man who came up against a nasty cold, cruel fanatic called Cromwell, who is still hated in Ireland and should be more dispised than he is. Cromwell was a far more tyrannical man than Charles. In the end Charles's trail was a fit up and in the end Cromwell, dissolved Parliament too. When Charles the second took the throne, Cromwell's body was dug up and the corpse's head was cut off.

    • @DemonCuz
      @DemonCuz 4 года назад +23

      A small bit of information I believe now can be revealed is where the crown was safely hidden from Cromwell during this dark period. While looting the crown jewels and all the other treasures, Cromwell was so spooked when confronted with the ancient and most important holy object on earth, St Edwards Crown, he ordered the Archbishop to take and destroy it. In one of the most secret and perhaps most moving acts performed, the Archbishop with the aid of "other being", opened the tomb of King Charles and placed the crown on the now reattached head of the murdered King. Nearly all history books will dispute this claiming the crown was destroyed and melted down. Even members of the Royal Family believe the crown to be a 17th century reproduction. I can prove this is not the case. All one needs to do is read the very detailed bill presented to the Palace of Westminster from the goldsmith guild commissioned to reproduce the crown jewels. Every tiny detail and cost for every piece reproduced is listed in a manner one would expect of such a historic and important document. The most important object, the crown itself, its weight in gold, and its adorned jewels are not even mentioned. The only reference to St Edwards Crown are the four new golden support arches with the cross of Christ in dominion on the golden orb of earth created 'FOR' the St Edwards Crown. (exactly as it is today). This document is still available today for public viewing.

    • @rotwang2000
      @rotwang2000 4 года назад +10

      I would consider Charles as the more benign figure, even though he was pig-headed and extremely keen to extend his power into absolutism. Cromwell was a driven man with deep religious beliefs and he never did things half-heartedly to a degree that his name still raises passions in Ireland today. The worst failure in all this was Parliament that never lived up the ambition of some of its members even when Charles was removed from power.

    • @pinklady7184
      @pinklady7184 4 года назад +34

      Cromwell started Irish slavery. He separated Irish families and sold them into slavery. Irish were shipped to slave islands like Jamaica, Montserrat, West Indies, etc.

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 4 года назад +19

      I find it interesting that Cromwell said he “wasn’t a king” but he did the same thing, and then tried to make his son his heir. Then it’s a heritable situation, and that’s royalty. And the Irish! Oh heavens.🥺. My mom visited Ireland in the ‘70’s, and there was LITERALLY still skulls in fields. That’s how many there was. Horrible.

    • @whiteeaglewarrior
      @whiteeaglewarrior 4 года назад +4

      @@DemonCuz i love that, thank you

  • @manueltorres1417
    @manueltorres1417 Год назад +1

    Bravo! Dope storytelling my guy!

  • @asojourner3534
    @asojourner3534 2 года назад +5

    I love this whole presentation! Very stylish.

  • @beth7935
    @beth7935 3 года назад +7

    WOW :o
    That was something else! I watch a LOT of history docos but this lil 15min one was honestly like a beautiful film as well as an excellent doco, & so powerful to watch. I've never seen anything like it, but I love it!

  • @Mr00000111
    @Mr00000111 3 года назад +102

    Charles's actor is just splendid.

  • @svprememe
    @svprememe 2 года назад +11

    "Think it, dream it, do it"
    - Charles I

  • @brianpan6453
    @brianpan6453 2 года назад +1

    These are the kinds of YT videos that cheer me up at night! 😃

  • @gothicmom5232
    @gothicmom5232 4 года назад +4

    Wonderfully put together video...bravo!!

  • @eileenbass952
    @eileenbass952 4 года назад +54

    I could listen to Toby all day. What a lovely voice.

  • @Matthias333
    @Matthias333 2 года назад +36

    So this is where my 5 dollars a month is going to Sam Hyde...... MDE never dies.

  • @corettejones
    @corettejones Год назад

    Awesome video, great presentation. !

  • @jassybanuelos326
    @jassybanuelos326 3 года назад +279

    Henry VIII: *Worst Husband/ Father towards his family* Best King of England!
    Charles I and VI: *beloved husband/father to his family* Worst King of Great Britain!

    • @lunaguy1195
      @lunaguy1195 3 года назад +18

      They were England´s yin and yang.☯

    • @Devaraja67
      @Devaraja67 3 года назад +58

      Henry VIII Best King? there are many other who really deserve that title, his second daughter for one, Edward III, Henry II who brought the Angevin empire into existence, William the Conqueror for sure he created the English Monarchy and i'm probably forgetting 2 or so more deserving of the title, Henry VIII was borderline psychotic for periods of his reign.

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 3 года назад +14

      @@Devaraja67 Henry VIII was psychotic during his latter years but his former years he was quite popular. If Henry VIII only had just a son with Catherine of Aragon, he probably wouldn't have been as psychotic.

    • @WhosPhotoTube
      @WhosPhotoTube 3 года назад +14

      Elizabeth I: greatest ever monarch.

    • @Devaraja67
      @Devaraja67 3 года назад +1

      @@blugaledoh2669 I think had Mary been born a boy and survived to adulthood his political goals wouldn’t have detonated so many psychosis as his separation from Rome and the killing of Anne Boleyn produced but then who knows what other crisis might have done so?
      His Madness was an insidious not an overt affair, recent documents show the length he went to prepare and organize personally the execution of Boleyn.

  • @sundeephundal9366
    @sundeephundal9366 4 года назад +21

    Great video so well put together and informative. Really captured the emotion of such a pivotal point in British history. More of these on other key turning points relating to monarchs would be fab!

  • @henrylansing9734
    @henrylansing9734 Год назад +29

    They killed him because he taught African children Javascript. What a tragedy.

    • @TheBesteasChannel
      @TheBesteasChannel Год назад +1

      Racist people..

    • @astronautindisguise
      @astronautindisguise Год назад +1

      Parlement after capturing King Charles: “We’re just gonna kill’ ‘em”

    • @DingaLingu
      @DingaLingu Год назад +1

      Lmao he cant keep getting away with this

  • @randomguyontheinternet8345
    @randomguyontheinternet8345 2 года назад +102

    From what I read Charles 1 only wanted to play with his kids all day. and from what he seems he wasnt really a tryant for he could have easily arrested everyone in parliament and had them all executed but he didnt.
    His son Charles 2 would exact revenge on all those who killed his dad and he was ruthless and made sure no one went unpunished.

    • @jacquevanlopeznoroff8827
      @jacquevanlopeznoroff8827 Год назад +11

      Only wanted to play with his kids all day? 😂 So he was executed? 😂 Perhaps he might’ve stood before Parliament and delivered a speech entitled “On the Divine Right to Only Play with My Kids All Day” 😂

    • @krisb-travel
      @krisb-travel Год назад +2

      oh damn, how many people did charles 2 son have killed?

    • @robbiestewart89
      @robbiestewart89 Год назад +13

      No, Charles I just entered the House of Commons and tried to arrest five members of Parliament on his own issued royal warrants for treason. The five of which had gotten advance notice of the King's coming and fled the cope. His actions are the reason why monarchs now no longer enter the House of Commons for any reason what so ever. Monarchs now send Black Rod over to summon them anytime they give the speech from the throne in the House of Peers. Black Rod has the door slammed in their face to symbolize the Commons' independence from the crown and has to knock three times using their staff to request admittance. Or Parliament holds a joint session in Westminster Hall instead. I'd suggest you watch the many prior State Opening of Parliament videos posted on here.

    • @krisb-travel
      @krisb-travel Год назад +1

      @@robbiestewart89 thanks, appreciate it

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 Год назад

      All monarchs is fundamentally a tyrant.

  • @Steve1959
    @Steve1959 3 года назад +15

    It was my privilege to see the movie"Cromwell"aboard a Pan Am 747 enroute to Paris. It described the trial and execution of Charles I. A sobering depiction of that episode in history.

  • @dennisroyhall121
    @dennisroyhall121 3 года назад +6

    Good steady ie not rushed presentation, also good vocal style. Hope we can look forward to similarly well-balanced analyses of Charles II, James II, the Duke of Monmouth, both Lords Protector Oliver and Richard ( especially the latter...).

  • @hondaeownerreviews8608
    @hondaeownerreviews8608 Год назад

    He escapes and is recaptured... man the suspense lasted less than a minute.
    Great video all in all

  • @renatacantore3684
    @renatacantore3684 Год назад +2

    Thank you for your Beautiful presentation. This was indeed an important part of the history of England.
    What a great example of how important it is to be willing to compromise.

  • @wht-rabt-obj
    @wht-rabt-obj 3 года назад +11

    Loving these 15 minute historical videos! This one and the Princes in the tower. Please do more👍

  • @fonandoozmando5961
    @fonandoozmando5961 3 года назад +106

    Holy moly, didn't know Sam Hyde used to be a king

  • @chaselee86
    @chaselee86 Год назад +10

    I'm watching this when Charles III gets on his throne...

    • @KerbalHub
      @KerbalHub Год назад +6

      @IronicStuffs This video is also about a King Charles

  • @clementjackson6807
    @clementjackson6807 Год назад

    Where did you guys got that sound track from, for this video? Who's melody is this?

  • @edanzbox
    @edanzbox 4 года назад +23

    Superb production and telling of this historic event, much enjoyed!

  • @jamesadams6009
    @jamesadams6009 3 года назад +3

    Excellent video. Well done, and thanks.

  • @151balance
    @151balance Год назад +2

    this is so well put together, so engaging, thank you...Bravo!

  • @barriesansom2070
    @barriesansom2070 Год назад

    Absolutely brilliant! Would be a really good vid to show in class!

  • @joecct77
    @joecct77 3 года назад +9

    Forget what show it was, but after the execution, Cromwell looked at the King's body and remarked, "Brutal necessity."

  • @isejanus2714
    @isejanus2714 4 года назад +87

    A pivotal point in British history, perhaps even more more so in the history of America. The men whole rebelled against George the third were grandchildren of the men who left England during the fifty years following Charles' reign and they set up a government with an elected, secular sovereign or head of state. An American was executed for regicide when Charles the second came to the throne and that fact and the subsequent history remains a largely ignored area of scholarship on both sides of the Atlantic.

    • @ttintagel
      @ttintagel 4 года назад +12

      My first American ancestor was the son of a Royalist imprisoned by Cromwell.

    • @willingsubject389
      @willingsubject389 4 года назад +10

      ttintagel Typically speaking if your grandparents were royalist then you would end up settling in the South if you were Roundheads then you would probably settle in New England .

    • @chrisgibson5267
      @chrisgibson5267 3 года назад +12

      The Governor of Connecticut was authorised to purchase and outfit two warships for use in the Revolution.
      The largest was named Oliver Cromwell. The Royal Navy captured her and she became HMS Restoration.

    • @dalmatianroyalist9326
      @dalmatianroyalist9326 2 года назад +8

      Washington's ancestors were royalists. His greatgreatgreat grandfather rector Lawrence Washington was a close ally to Charles I.

    • @Szkorbut7
      @Szkorbut7 2 года назад +1

      @@chrisgibson5267 So...perfect.

  • @Halibri
    @Halibri Год назад +7

    13:42 Is it just me or does King Charles look like Sam Hyde for a moment?

    • @toe8946
      @toe8946 Год назад

      HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

    • @davidd577u
      @davidd577u Год назад

      100%.

  • @alberto-279
    @alberto-279 Год назад +2

    this has to be the best history video ever

  • @MsAggie78
    @MsAggie78 3 года назад +13

    The music is straight up SEXY. NUMEROUS people have asked about it. GIVE US THE MUSIC!!!!

  • @redrebel4540
    @redrebel4540 4 года назад +135

    Poor old Charles! Would'nt have happened to Henry Vlll.

    • @davidcross9811
      @davidcross9811 4 года назад +10

      Parliament had far fewer powers under Henry’s regime than they did by the time Charles’ reign rolled about.

    • @bill5328
      @bill5328 3 года назад +2

      @Stalwart Grantist if a Parliamentarian crossed HenryV111 his head got stuck on a spike outside traitors gate. I suppose he was a fine husband as well?. Total Monarchy produced men like him, he reformed the church to protestantism but received holy Communion on his death bed.

    • @kkandsims4612
      @kkandsims4612 3 года назад +4

      Oddly I think Henry the 8th was strangely liked by the people .

    • @olufemiolumilua4689
      @olufemiolumilua4689 3 года назад +4

      Yes, boss! Dis depicts weakness on Charles' side. Henry VIII would rather have all d parliamentarians' heads.

    • @justanotherhappyhumanist8832
      @justanotherhappyhumanist8832 3 года назад +6

      Based Eagle That’s not true. Henry VIII was a brutal tyrant, and by the end of his reign, he had completely stolen any form of power from the people, and given himself the right to do whatever he wanted, to anyone he wanted. He didn’t care a jot about the Magna Carta or citizen’s rights.

  • @grandmaul9003
    @grandmaul9003 2 года назад +38

    Sam Hyde is a master class actor

  • @lucylove1655
    @lucylove1655 8 месяцев назад +2

    The actor so greatly resembled the actual King Charles I; excellent casting and so very well told. I'm impressed by the depth of lesson we have today in this history. May we learn well from it.

  • @Ichthus61
    @Ichthus61 4 года назад +22

    I’ve been searching hard trying to find out who composed/performed the beautiful music, and no credit is given. Frustrating! Does anyone know?

    • @mattoliver3502
      @mattoliver3502 4 года назад +9

      Hi Meredith. Music is by - www.willstapleton.com

    • @Ichthus61
      @Ichthus61 3 года назад

      @@mattoliver3502 Thank you!! Just saw this..,

    • @manusharma3601
      @manusharma3601 3 года назад

      @@Ichthus61 why did you end your reply with a comma instead of a full stop?

    • @meredithc2755
      @meredithc2755 3 года назад

      @@manusharma3601 typo

    • @justanotherhappyhumanist8832
      @justanotherhappyhumanist8832 3 года назад

      Manu Sharma Are you trying to be annoying? It’s obviously a typo.

  • @rbachawnghlut2812
    @rbachawnghlut2812 3 года назад +4

    Narration was incredible.
    Best of all

  • @AltaMirage
    @AltaMirage 2 года назад +11

    The fall of kings is followed by misery.

  • @johnvirge4946
    @johnvirge4946 Год назад

    Well narrated... Good work !

  • @kunalsingh9116
    @kunalsingh9116 4 года назад +7

    Background music???
    Anyone please

  • @rpm1796
    @rpm1796 4 года назад +7

    Well done Mr. Lord, and team.

  • @Unpug
    @Unpug Год назад

    This is extremely and crazily well made holy cow

  • @MaryAnneRosato
    @MaryAnneRosato 9 месяцев назад

    Jonathan Clarkson's portrayal of King Charles I is why I keep watching this video over and over. ❤

  • @emmaliu1245
    @emmaliu1245 3 года назад +10

    ... he conducted himself with strength and decor
    Me : so true : gets into hysterical

  • @justbraks
    @justbraks 4 года назад +5

    I'd love to know the name of the background music

  • @bennythepooh4905
    @bennythepooh4905 2 года назад +5

    Seeing how that vermin Cromwell’s remains have been desecrated & Charle’s honour restored, is the answer to that last question.

  • @imliteralyjust3405
    @imliteralyjust3405 2 года назад +6

    i have recently fallen in love with the story of the causes of the english civil war. charles wasnt meant to be king and his inheritance of issues of religion , parliment and even finances from the dynasty before that along with most problems parliment had with him directly attacked those he cared about the most all mixed together into a mixing pot of issues with both him and parliment. The stuart dynasty was incredibly unlucky , and the story of him and his childrens fates , especually Elizibeths , are truly painful. he didnt deserve to die ,nor did anyone caught in the crossfire of parliment and charles .

  • @Jabsta08
    @Jabsta08 4 года назад +9

    Awesome!! Love this

  • @mattjenkins5728
    @mattjenkins5728 4 года назад +249

    This is sad, he's a brave man, he handled it with courage.

    • @iamAwesomo1994
      @iamAwesomo1994 3 года назад +14

      they ended up asking his son to come be king years later anyway when they realized they wanted the monarchy.

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 года назад +5

      Yeah King Charles's story is very tragic I even teared up a little bit up

    • @jamiemiddleditch1999
      @jamiemiddleditch1999 3 года назад +7

      @@iamAwesomo1994 and we have had a monarchy ever since lol. In over 1000 years we spent 15 years without a monarch. The good thing about monarchy in the UK is it works with Democracy, a very useful asset in diplomacy and on the world stage. Plus, changing the UK to a republic doesn't sound right... the United Republic (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Doesnt have the same ring as United Kingdom. Lol status quo is good

    • @Gleifel
      @Gleifel 3 года назад +2

      @@jamiemiddleditch1999 ok so I agree, in the 15 years that the uk was a republic the public hated it, the monarchy never had much power when parliament called it back though. Although the monarchy did coerce parliament into rounding up the regicides and executing them by hanging, drawing and quartering.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 3 года назад

      sAd

  • @seihai-kun6726
    @seihai-kun6726 2 года назад +24

    Damn so Charles was really Sam Hyde the whole time. It all makes sense

    • @Samouraii
      @Samouraii 2 года назад +6

      Man got Cancelled by 'Heidecker' Cromwell

  • @Treasure_State
    @Treasure_State 2 года назад +1

    I quite enjoy the music in this video. It really sets the mood.
    ....I want to have it in my playlist.