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There are quite a few anecdotes about Vlad. He captured some opposing nobles and order them impaled but the nobles supporting him protested because it was a death for commoners, not fitting someone of high status. Vlad conceded and the asked the executioners to use longer sticks for the nobles so they stand above the common criminals when impaled.
I wonder if the members of Monty Python were aware of this legend? In _The Life of Brian_ an orthodox couple protests on realizing there's a Samaritan being crucified nearby, because under the terms of the occupation they're entitled to be crucified in a Jewish-only section. Others start protesting too. The centurion asks for everyone who wants to be crucified in a different section to raise their hands.
what they don't say in this episode is that Vlad actually got into the sultan's tent,and stabbed a guy who was sleeping there.but unfortunately,it wasn't the sultan
Funny enough, a few decades later, the Ottomans would wage war to Hungary... And conquer it. They would even besiege Vienna twice! Local politics betrayed greater strategic goals once again
Yeah the salt goes back to the battle of Varna where the pope transported Ottoman reinforcements for the battle against the Hungarian Polish joint forces they were lead by the current Kings father. But yeah Mathias hated Vlad which is funny since he also has some romanian blood in him. Unfortunately Vlad's rutheless style of rule made him unpopular to most nobles. But you can't deny he was a military genius.
thats happened on both sides. Imagine if all the muslim empires of the time came together fro the common goal of spreading islam? honestly i dont think Europe woulda had much of a chance. The ottomans as 1 empires aloe took on many christian nations all close together for a very long time.
The feud between Hunyadis and Tepeses goes back many decades. After Varna, Vlad's father, Vlad II imprisoned Matthias's father, János and held him captive in Tirgoviste. Decades before that Vlad II was a hostage in Sigismund's court while János served there and the king seems to have favoured János (to the extent that rumours started to spread that János was actually his unlawful son). Both families also originated from Wallachia, so maybe the families clashed even before that.
The ottomans lost both of Vienna siege battle because the wallachian troops betrayed ottomans and were giving information on the Vienna troops. Even if defeated, wallachian would still fight for christianity and their land giving the upper hand for Vienna with information.
Finally being from Targoviste has its perks, it was awesome seeing all the small villages nearby when you zoomed in on the map. Very well explained, detailed and researched. We study these attacks in school as well, but they're very bland and insignificant in comparison to how they're presented here. Well done!
Great work! Loving the amazing production value and details in this series. I can really appreciate the craftsmanship in this having tried it myself : )
Hey there! Very nice to see you on my channel. Invicta was one of the sources of inspiration for my own channel when I started learning animation. It's truly great to see positive feedback from a great channel like Invicta.
If you get the time at some point, after addressing other topics of interest you can also do a video on: Mihai Viteazul or Mircea cel Batran. As said, when and if you get the time :)
I just found your channel and as a Romanian I am very impressed by the accuracy of the facts as they are related in our history books but also the small details that I remember from my history teacher back in school. I am sure that took some research and in behalf of all Romanians I must say a big THANK YOU Sir! Also I must say that pronunciation of the Romanian names was just perfect. That only shows an unparalleled level of professionalism considering the Romanian language is only spoken by some 30 million people worldwide. Keep up the good work! Your channel will only get bigger.
Thank you kindly mate! Good to see you taking the time to stop by. I literally didn't have time to view some of your new videos, but they're surely awesome!
With Stephen the Great and Vlad the Impaler down, all that's left is a video about Michael the Brave and the Battle of Calugareni and the Romanian Holy Trinity is complete.
Hehe, I will collaborate with the authors of the academic work of Corpus Draculianum again, we will surely cover Vlad's brief return to power in 1476, as well as the Battle of Calugareni.
I agree, I would very much like to see the battle of Calugareni on your channel, especially because it is well documented and we could enjoy a birds-eye view of it. I also find it interesting to see an external, relatively impartial opinion of facts.
Don't forget the episode in Buda, when under house arrest a thief hid in his house. The Hungarian militia did the mistake of trespassing his house to look for the thief. Vlad produced the thief, but argued that because the militia trespassed instead of asking him for help (he would know how to deal with the thief), he would let the thief go and killed the militia men instead swiftly...
Thank you very much mate! Always nice to see positive feedback from fellow history RUclipsrs. If I may, I'd highly recommend anyone to check out your content, in my book your channel is one of the best out there.
Vlad will remain one of the best leaders Europe had , it's a shame that he was betrayed several times in his lifetime , a true Prince in my eyes unique and very smart , Vlad Tepes - Romanian Legend, the video is such a masterpiece , congrats
Best Leaders? Honestly the guy might be a succesfull leader and helped the economy but I mean he was a monster. You get burned alive because you cant afford a home anymore. Wtf?
@@royegabrieli5858 Yes however it wasn't political propaganda that he staked people alive and left them there until the pole was inserted inside of them and they died there. So um, a double edged sword I must say.
Indeed. If that were me, hell would freeze over before I ever dared to gallop into thousands of enemy soldiers with slim chances of survival. Brave indeed.
I would not be surprised if he and most others were dressed as Turkish soldiers, once they broke in and spread confusion in the camp, because it did say that the Ottomans were attacking each other which makes sense when you are a minority in the middle or a camp and essentially surrounded by much larger numbers the only way to eventually escape is to look like the enemy.
Movie Jose Not during that assault, they only got that idea before the later assault near Buzau that he mentions later in the video, when they do indeed come dressed in turkish uniforms.
It's exactly what happend, he used the same tactics when he invaded south of the Danube (see video 1) . You don't enter an enemy camp that outnumbers you at least 6-8 to 1 (since half of his armie never made it) dressed as an easy target.
Thank you sir, I used professor Adrian Gheorge's calculations to represent the camp. He is one of the 4 authors of Corpus Draculianum. This academic literary work contains a vault of great information. If you can read German I highly recommend you check out their 3 books, you won't be disappointed.
Thank you so much good sir. Collaboration with the authors of Corpus Draculianum was truly helpful in the making of this video. These 4 professors were so kind in sharing their work with me and helping me with their own opinions etc. Their deep academic research is truly fascinating. If you can read German I highly recommend checking out their 3 books.
@BLUE DOG what do you mean ? do you understand that everybody attacked everybody back them. Funny i wonder if you think the same regarding what the crusaders did to Constantinopol and to the eastern roman empire
the story is far from over , his cousin Stephen the Great broke him out of jail, then he faced his brother in a duel . He won but spared him . He regained his throne thus starting his 3rd rule , but died in battle shortly while fighting alongside his cousin . His cousin later on fought against Radu (his brother) and executed him
If you think that was close, check out the Battle of Nicopolis where the French knights fucked it up for everyone by charging in headfirst, refusing to allow the experienced Wallachian footsoldiers under Mircea the Elder advance first to wear out the Ottoman vanguard which would've allowed the knights to envelop the flanks. Instead the French went in first, without the support of any infantry, god forbid lowly footmen stole their knightly glory, and got fucked. The Ottoman vanguard got reinforced and the Christian forces were at a complete tactical disadvantage by order of deployment. Or better still, the Catholic, Habsburg betrayal of Michael the Brave in 1601 who was assassinated after consolidating against the Ottomans and almost conquering Constantinople. Fuck the Catholic swines. Theres no such thing as Christian brotherhood. Theres a special place in hell for the Popes and the traitorous godless heathens in the West that betrayed their eastern Christian brothers.
@Yilmaz Kilinc Radu is regarded in Romanian history as a traitor to his people. Vlad is regarded as a national hero that fought against the turkish plague. Radu essentially sold out to the turks. I am not a religious man, but if I were, I would hope Radu was burning in hell for the past few hundred of years.
Great video. Vlad goes to my top. Looks like Romanian and Moldavian peoples were the most fierce fighters against Ottoman rule in Balkans. Guerrilla tactics with smaller troops looks far more effective than open battles with rather equal armies.
Remus Suciu why are you devided into two states? btw good luck with tue riots in Romania. We succeeded with the revolution in Armenia this year. Fight for better future.
We are devided in two states because URSS take the east part or Romania in 1940 when they make the agreement with germans, and stil Russia control this part keeping 14th Army in Transnistria.
Great video as usual... I am a big fan already. Vlad could raise eyebrows from Machiavelli, Tamerlane and Richard the Lionheart... The only thing that he could not do was to assure the boyars loyalty. Boyars of Stefan of Moldavia were fiercely loyal to him with minor exceptions and that made the sultan expedition of 1476 end in failure.
Yes, to hammer home his authority with the boyars and ensure their loyalty he had to have remained in power for much longer. 6 years was too short a period to completely bring all nobility into the fold.
Yes. 15th century Moldova knew 2 reigns (Alexander the Good and Stephen the Great) which, combined, lasted for almost 80 years. Less exposed and arguably stronger, with higher stability and less entrenched feuds. Even after Stephen died the dynastic continuity remained mostly unchallenged and would have continued probably longer if it weren't for the breaking point in Romanian history which, imo, is the loss of Bugeac under Petru Rares. His "we shall again be what we were before and even more" motto proved to be rather ominous for centuries and a tremendously costly prophecy to bring into life.
@@HistoryMarche Michael the Brave had the same problem... And many before and after him. Some of the boyars of the land were a different chapter in themselves.
Excellent vid my dude. This guy was a boogeyman for us Turks although his fame has all but disappeared nowadays. When I was a kid my mum used to scare me that "the Voivoda" was under my bed. Also my sergeant in the army used to motivate us by yelling "Quick! Voivoda is coming"
I think Mehmed made a mistake by allowing Vlad to get into his head and make it personal between the two of them though I know they knew each other and grew up together in the Ottoman court. He might have been able to deal with Vlad through diplomacy much more effectively. But when you are a warrior like Mehmed the easiest path is to fight. For one he could of bought off Vlad since Vlad only wanted his own realm and a level of independence.
Thank you very much Texan Don, that is exactly the feeling I wanted viewers to be left with after watching the video. Needless to say I'm quite happy to see your feedback!
And this is why Vlad Tepes is still seen as a hero in the region. He fought for Christianity and the Freedom of his people with a fervor rarely seen, while practically every other christian ruler in the region is remembered as weak willed and corrupt, as men who feared to lose anything and ended up losing everything.
Such a bold man. A very interesting moment in history when such a little entity defied and threatened a much larger foe by being coordinated, mobilised and daring. Thanks for this great videos !
Abel...that was a tactic used by Alexander the Great - to cause chaos among the enemy. Imagine a force that outnumbered the attacked force causing havoc! The invaders were relaxing the night before an attack and the surprise they would get when battle plans didn't go according to the anticipated result.
Vlad was educated in Ottoman Palace. He tried to make similar night attack as Ottomans did in 1371. Serban Despot Ugljesa marched on Ottoman city Adrionopole with 70.000 soldier. While they made camp near Maritsa river Ottoman General Lala Sahin Pasha realised Serbians were too confident and security of canp was low because main army of Ottomans was in Asia. Lala Sahin Pasha attacked to camp of Serbians at night only with 800 light cavalary. He created big panic in Serbian camp because Serbians didnt realise they outnumbered Turkish attack as 800 to 70.000. Lala Sahşn Pasha directly attack to center of the camp and killed Serbian Nobbles. And Serbian King and his soldiers drowned while they tried to escape by passing other side of the river with panic. Vlad exactly tried same operation, he made night attack to kill Mehmet. But Ottoman Sultans protected by permanent army called Janniseries. And Janniserries elite and well organised units. They had good reaction and hold Vlad's advenced because unlike Serbians Janniseries knew they outnumbered Vlads army. Holding Vlad was makimg time to ley Ottoman sipahi cavalaries join the fight and finish Vlad. Vlad was smart when he lost the surprise advantage he knew he cant stand against Ottoman army and he managef to retrrat. But all success of Vlad is coming from his education in Ottoman army. Vlad's war againsr Mehmed wass more like a civil war of 2 Ottoman cımmanders.
@@darkprofile I think Vlad was mainly hoping to kill Mehmet and thats why he scouted ahead to find his tent. But Mehmet wasn’t there when he conducted the night raid.
@@williamkartatar4759 None of the Hungarian kings to Trianon were Hungarian, none of the Hungarian poets until Trianon were Hungarians,this is known, but how do you know that Mircea and Vlad were cuman? . Hungarian stories.
Thank you sir for appreciating the effort. Roughly 200 work hours from me alone + Alex's voice over + Calin Cretu's Romanian pronunciations + authors of Corpus Draculianum sorting out their research material which was used in the video.
I think its quite likely that Vlad's expeditionary commander most likely did betray him. Remember Vlad wasn't very popular among the Boyars who as shown in the video did end up turning against him for a Ottoman puppet because of how much he had clipped their wings and the fact that he killed so many of them didn't exactly make Vlad a very endearing leader.
The greatest betrayal was still to come.... the sad part. Mathias kept Vlad imprisoned for 11 to 12 years. Some say his cousin Stefan helped to get him released, or it may just be that Vlad promised to marry one of Mathias' relatives, and made some kind of pact/deal that would give Mathias the upper hand. However after those 11 years imprisoned he returned and took once more the throne of Wallachia by force, only to be killed before or during a battle with Ottomans. Since they dont mention how he died, that was probably the worst kind of betrayal ... im sure he was double crossed , ottoman sources always mention , or even brag how events take place, sometimes they write poetry about such events, yet they dont mention anything on how the death of Vlad takes place. I would guess they either didnt know details or they were ashamed to write them down. (Yes it was probably the boyars that got him killed, wouldnt be first time they do it to a duke of his family). But whats also sad about it... obviously he lost a lot of his influence and strength during the long imprisonment .
It is likely though that he wasn't abandoned by his captain and that the support group just couldn't accomplish its task. A betrayal would have created much more reactions in the reports of the time, especially since there were many survivors after the battle able to testify (by contrast with another disputed case of possible betrayal at Kosovo, some decades earlier). The Wallachian forces were quite slim and unprofessional, with few exceptions probably also ill equipped. The maneuver was very difficult and it required a very accurate timing. You shouldn't always compare this with today's politicians or even with the later centuries of Wallachian history, when indeed betrayal was the case with some occasions. The Ottoman influence wasn't that much well imprinted in Wallachian politics in the 15th century, especially if it was the case with such an all-out invasion, when the sultan was there just to be taken out.
Vlad was in peak of his power, by now he had very loyal people commanding beside him (at least in the army), he was going to be betrayed but only after the long imprisonment, during which obviously he lost his grip on things in Wallachia. So I agree that in this particular night attack , something must have gone wrong, as ShogunBean mentions maybe something like that.
Klyntar Kenny the whole of Europe repeatedly failed against the Ottomans LOL. Go and learn the history of the Crusades. Ottomans took on the very best of rulers from France, Germany(The Holy Roman Empire), England, Italy and Greece LOL. Ottomans wiped the floor with the likes of them.
the Belgian u can honestly brag about 20 or so countries going against one single kingdom and finally getting the victory after 800 long years when they STILL occupy ur so called Holy City? R u seriously kidding me? U r pathetic- thoroughly pathetic.
@@alvirarahman2690 Untrue. Western Europe and Central Europe were allies to begin with... so it is much easier to conquer a fractured region than a unified region. European rulers were, by and large, petty and self serving. They did not see Ottomans as a threat and it cost them. Such is life.
@21st Century Schizoid Man well that only happen because they were completely caught by suprise if it an all out battle ottoman will win. But christian knew they couldn't win an all out battle with ottoman so the best way is to pick ottoman army and killing them slowly and not risking an all out battle. That may sound cowardice but that what i call genius.
Awesome video and the narration makes it easy to listen to. Crazy to think if the commander of that 2nd contingent actually came to vlads aid they might actually have killed or captured the sultan and radically changed history.
@@milimarinoiu8867 Avrupanın bugünkü gibi olmasının sebebi Osmanlının kendi içerisindeki entrikalar ve ihanetlerdir.Ben bir türküm iyi bilirim kendi tarihimi bana güven.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Janos hunyadi died from disease while having defeated Mehmet many times in battle. Gjergj Kastriot Skëndërbeu died from disease whike having defeated 3 sultans over 25 years stopping the ottomans from expanding in europe
@crippa - Oh I'm not Romanian. However, I do like history of the Balkan and Carpathian regions. Also, it wasn't me who chose the Battle of Targoviste. My patrons voted for it - I'm very happy that they did, as I love the story of Vlad Tepes and Mehmed the Conqueror. Regarding the Battle of Vaslui, I picked that topic because it was such a brilliantly planned and executed ambush, Stefan cel Mare's victory at Vaslui was as good as almost any victory that Hannibal had over Rome.
HistoryMarche I don’t think that you could do this, because they are not very well documented, but if you could do a video about the Dacians -the forefathers of the Romanians- and their wars, especially against the Roman Empire (Burebsita/Decebal) that would be sooo awesome. I think that they had an amazing culture and fought very bravely but which still remain unknown in the mainstream.
10:18 - 13:03 Vlad Tepes has Dragon Balls! :) Eternal glory,respect and admiration for him and his brave people! He was under enormous pressure.Very difficult time period,surrounded by enemies,large empires on every side plus the traitorous boyars from within his lands ...against all those odds he did great things.Keep in mind a very important and interesting aspect,while other child prisoners succumbed to the ottomans torture and brainwashing techniques ,he resisted!He had an amazingly strong spirit and will! Not only very smart but very courageous as well,leading his men in battle.If only he had more men...:( He truly loved his people and his country.An extraordinary one of a kind man!Damned be all those cowards who betrayed him! Good job with the video and documentation! Thank you!
There was no child torturing,you are taking it too far. And what brainwashing ? A lot of them already knew that they and their own families are Christians.
The Ottoman empire also had many enemies at the time.. They also had to fight within the country and part of it is mentioned in the video ffs,, vlad was winning because his forces were much more mobile,, if the hungarians came and the battle became an open field clash, the Ottomans would have had the advantage,, the hungarians standing still was in vlad's favor at first,, till he was arrested anyways.. He was really good at guerrilla warfare like mentioned in the video, but what he did to dead bodies and killing the civilians was really low
@@ismailseyam3244 Talking about being low , some years back i was reading about imapling and it says that Vlad wasnt the father of this trend . In fact ottomans used that method often along with decapitation , way before Țepes. Vlad just got inspired by his ottoman surroundings , where he actually lived with his brother while they were young. We shouldnt be talking about whats low and not because back in those times people would have done far wore wooorse things than we would do nowdays and of course that the repercussions were scary .
I have to commend the story teller/reader on his pronunciation of Targoviste, and the other names... well done dude! I am more than impressed with the effort put behind this video!!!
The fact is that even if the names were mispronounced, no one could be angry because the video is very interesting and informative. It's just really awesome that you put so much attention to detail and make sure that even the small things get done right!
First Steven The Great at Vaslui and now Vlad The Impaler at Târgoviște :) Your videos are absolutely incredible in terms of both comprehensive historical information as well as outstanding animation and a perfect naration . All of this places your content well above most of what even dedicated TV networks have to offer . Congratulations for this sir ! Also as a romanian I must say that your focus towards our great medieval heroes makes me very happy . Thank you and I hope we will have the chance to see Michael the Brave at Călugăreni or Şelimbăr :)
Mehmed arguably lost all of the battles, but in the end, won the war. Can't help but respect both sides; vlad for his balls and cunningness, and mehmed for his genius decision of installing vlad's brother and his correct assessment of the overall political situation in wallachia
You, as the host, have to be congratulated for the pronunciation, because you nailed it! Anyone can learn the correct pronunciation but to say these difficult names is an accomplishment.
Thank you kindly sir. A lot of work went into this mini-series. And indeed, a 15min+ video makes it possible to include a lot more good information that viewers can find interesting. This is much more difficult in a 10min format where a lot has to be omitted or simplified.
11:39 Reminds me of Sancho/Antso the Strong, king of Navarre, who during a battle against the moors he and his knight charged straight through enemy lines reaching the sultans tent, which was surrounded by heavy chains with a single emerald in the middle, the guards chained to it as well. Sancho/Antso cut the chains with his sword trying to reach the enemy general, who seeing such a fierce opponent decided to flee. To this day the chains with the emerald that Sancho cut are part of the coat of arms of Navarre, land of Basques
That was a much smaller battle, rather a skirmish, compared to the Wallachian battles against 5-10 times more Ottomans than the Moors, at the Battle of Las Navas.
Absolutely loved the video! I've been waiting with bated breath for its release, checking your channel multiple times a day. I was so excited when I woke up this morning, went onto RUclips and saw it there as the first recommended video! Fantastic presentation and details as always! One thing I was hoping for more detail on was when Vlad is forced to retreat to Poenari Fortress (his army mostly melted away) and is attacked by Radu and his forces. As you'd know, the legends go that this is when his wife committed suicide by jumping from the battlements into the Arges River below and Vlad somehow escaped via a secret passage into the mountain, and then rode off on a horse with the shoes nailed on backwards to trick his pursuers. Whether this is true or just legend, I'm not sure, but wondered if you may have uncovered anything more on it, and thought this video would have at least addressed/mentioned it. According to my research, this is when he then escaped into Transylvania and sought out Matthias Corvinus and was captured and imprisoned. Will you possibly be including this in your next video (if you are indeed planning a Part 3 to cover Vlad's time in prison and then his return to the throne and death in 1476)? Any thoughts on the Poenari raid or other reasons it was not included in this video (perhaps not enough factual historical evidence about what actually happened?)?... Again, incredible work, and I look forward to more in the future. Thank you!! :)
Thank you kindly sir. Yes I know about the story, but I tried to avoid overly legendary stories, or else the video would've been 1h long :) Similarily when I mentioned the field of impaled Turks, I tried to avoid mentioning that the army was terrified of that sight or that Mehmed was horrified at seeing so many impaled Turks. It goes against common sense that Mehmed would be scared of impaled corpses after seeing so many dead bodies in numerous battles that he won up until that point.
Very glad you gave such great feedback, I hope you'll enjoy future videos as well. Hannibal part 2 is in production now, should be out in late July or early August I hope.
I completely understand that point of view, as you want it to be as historically accurate as possible, and actual evidence is very hard to find. Although, a bit more info on the 'Forest of the Impaled' would have definitely been welcomed, especially in regard to how he came by so many Turkish prisoners to impale, particularly since he was often in the mode of strategic retreat (perhaps he brought prisoners over from the Bulgarian attacks?). Some claim the Turkish bodies were mixed with many civilians too... I've always hoped to find more details about the raid on the Poenari Castle itself, and how the battle went, but there is very limited information around, apart from the vague legends attributed to the Arefians etc. It's also a shame that no 'secret tunnel' has ever been located... Would you consider making a Part 3 about Vlad?...
I am one of the historians who contributed a little bit to the video. The Forest of the Impaled was real. The voivodes of Wallachia and Moldova brought surviving prisoners to their capital cities of Targoviste/Suceava in a triumph march and killed them on the city's execution place (every medieval city with the right to execute had one). While Stephen the Great hanged his enemies (as is told by the Moldovan-German Chronicle) Vlad used it for enemy noblemen (as is told by the country's chronicle: at the Easter Feast he invited them for reconciliation but it was a trap. They were then impaled around the city walls of Targoviste), for other enemies (as is told by the Ottoman Chronicles: he had many people from Wallachia and Transylvania impaled) but it surely served also its earlier purpose as a "regular" execution place.
It is not clear how many of the victims in the "forest" were actually Ottoman/Turkish prisoners. Because he was allied with the Ottomans from 1456 to 1461, the Ottoman victimes were the people who were taken as POWs after his raid on the Danube in January/February 1462.
Thank you very much. Yes, I'm very delighted that TGCP was interested in sponsoring the video. We negotiated for Targoviste part 1 as well, but couldn't make the arrangements in time. Luckily, here it is at least in Targoviste part 2.
Bruh everyone around Vlad is like my team in league of legends. Matthias is afk in base, the other half of his army is farming while Vlad is ganking, part of Vlad's group of soldiers facecheck and get caught by the enemy team. If everyone around him weren't so incompetent he could've actually toppled the Ottoman Empire.
"If you liked this video, give us a thumbs up. If not, give us a thumbs down and we'll see you on the battle ground in the next video." New subscriber here! That was so respectful to everyone!
Great work. We need a lot more of these video's. We have got to where we are now because of all these historical events. They teach us a lot about how and why things have gotten like they are now. Unfortunately most people don't care about this knowledge. If you know the past, you can do better in the future. Thank you for this.
Burak Kahraman I salute individuals trying to protect my people. Vlad was trying to protect his country. In war there is something called collateral damage. It has always been that way.
Northen Bulgaria and the rest of Bulgaria was full with vlachs at that time, today not anymore because the bulgarians denationalized the vlachs, only the Timoc vlachs survived untill today in Serbia and Bulgaria.
HistoryMarche The vlachs lived in Moravia region under the Habsburgs and created alot a problems in the region for not wanting to obey, in Poland they are called Gorali, in Ukraine they are called Volohi in the northen region, they also lived in North Greece in towns like Epir, in Macedonia and Albania they calle themselfs aroman or machidoni also depending on the región they have different names among themselfs, in Serbia they are called vlachs in the Timok region, in Croatia they lived in the Istria region and Krk Island, they lived all across the Balkans and blended with the nations that today form those countrys but the cradle of their culture was the ancient Dacian, Thracian land that today is Romania and Moldavia with the sorounding nations that they helped forged since the bulgarians, serbians, hungarians and ukrainians are mixed with this ancient people and they are not from this área of Europe, they invade and ocupy teritory where vlachs already lived.
Brimstone Valar, puțin probabil, se pare că a fost cu totul invers, toată zona de cîmpie a Valahiei, să fi fost locuită de vreo minoritate slavo-bulgară, sau amestecată cu valahi. Toponimia a multor locuri reflectă acest lucru. Târgoviște, Dîmbovița, Ialomița, Craiova, Cozia, Govora, Slatina, toate aceste denumiri sînt la origini slave. Aceiași poveste și în cazul Moldovei. Problema constă în aceea, că românii îa general îs un popor de munte, ceea se observă în cultura și tradițiile populare. În istorie îs pomeniți, mai alest în perioada anterioară întemeierii principatelor române, tot timpul pe lîngă munți, de fiecare dată specificînduse că sînt în majoritate păstori. Primele capitale (Curtea de Argeș, Baia) au fost întemeiate la poalele munților, și regiunile de munte erau cele mai dens populate, iar zonele de cîmpii foarte slab populate, atît în cazul Valahiei, cît și în cazul Moldovei. În Transilvania la fel în zonele muntoase îs pomeniți pentru prima dată (Făgăraș, Maramureș). Regiunile pe care le-ai enumerat, Timocul și Vlahia Moravă, la fel se află strict în zonă muntoasă. Cel mai bun exemplu al felului de trai al românilor medievali, se poate foarte bine de văzut În Cronica pictată de la Viena, unde este arătată Bătălia de la Posada. Românii acolo îs arătați ca un popor semi-sălbatic de munte, mulți fiind îmbracți în haine confecționate din blană de oaie, înarmați în mare parte cu arcuri și săgeți, și folosind ca avantaj și relieful muntos din împrejurime pentru al distruge pe inamic. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Battle1330.jpg istorielocala.ro/media/k2/items/cache/b1d237aad44a95e3871fc116e6241517_XL.jpg
@Botond Kovacs As Romanian ofcourse I'd rather support a ruler that impaled pesky invaders to scare possible new invaders of, rather than support an hungarian-wannabe-emperor who not only held transylvania which from my perspective rightfully belonged to the romanians, but also fought against our people too often. He is a traitor in the sense that he would rather fight a christian leader than joining them against the invading ottomans. Now looking at it from the hungarian side he was probably an alright leader, idk.
@@babylonian5 Romania didn't exist before WW1 either, but the romanian people did (although we called ourselves differently) . And Transylvania just so happens to have always been heavily populated by our people. Back then our regions basically had following choices: serve the ottomans, serve the poles or serve the hungarians. Great rulers like Vlad and Stefan were rare. Edit: Romania didn't exist in the sense of a united romania.
@@sire3977 yeah... history is bitter for us and our ancestors, it's slightly differently than we were thought in schools... perhaps we were allowed to form romania so that these lands could be controlled easier... I mean, we don't have to enumerate all the issues we're facing as a state at a society level...
Hey Radu! Glad to see you here. Thank you very much for your kind words and thank you for helping us with math calculations for the size of the Ottoman camp!! ❤️❤️❤️
Glad that I could help :). I hope that your channel will grow a lot and I'll even try to get some of my friends to become patrons on you Patreon page. They won't get in the 50 immortals, but at least I am :). Btw, I have to send you my selfie in order to get that photo-caricature :).
❤️ - Yes, hardly anyone has sent their selfies for the 50-immortals video. I'll have to post again on my Patreon page to gather the selfies. I truly want to commemorate the first 50 patrons who helped the channel from the start by including their selfies in one of my future videos, as soon as I gather all of the selfies. Please send yours.
Wow! Absolutely captivating! Thank you so much for your creation! I'm from Târgoviște and I have to stay this Everyone I recommend to visit my town, its a small beautiful place full of history and peoples are welcoming tourists, you won't regret it! Every year we have more and more visitors from all over the world.
Finaly.....i was anxious to see the second part after a very professional first part. The second its the same, with much detailes and excellent graphics. Well done and keep it up 😉
Thank you sir. Part 2 is by far my biggest undertaking to date. A lot of effort and research went into this video. I'm so grateful to the authors of Corpus Draculianum for helping me in my research, these 4 professors are true experts in the field and in this particular topic.
What an amazing job you did there lad. I really hope that you keep the consistency of quality videos like this one. If I may suggest, can you please make a video on the battle of mohacs . THANKS
Thank you kindly Ahmed. Quality over quantity will always be the motto, hence why I cannot upload so often. Videos like these take about 200 work hours to make. The Battle of Mohacs is definitely on the list from which I let my patrons vote on which topics will be covered next.
I got to say I consider myself pretty knowledgeable history especially Western Civilization, but I had no idea that Vlad the Impaler was such a badass.
Your storytelling and video designing are very good, congratulations from a turk, thanks man I look forward to watch future videos, especially wars with turks
Impale fewer peasants, more boyars and this might have gone differently. Completely upending the social order ala Ghengis might have allowed him to avoid the betrayal of the nobility and it doesn't seem like the traditionalists in Europe had sufficient spine at this time to intervene against a determined enemy with Islam looming on the horizon. Good video. Always floored by Vlad's tactical brilliance, brutality and sheer brass balls.
I think that betrayal is why he choose the stake way. According to chronicles, the 1st feast he had with his boyard after taking the throne he asked them how many state head did they knew during their life, and some claimed to have survived dozens of them, that's what sealed their fate.
in his first rule he gathered the boyars that betrayed his father and impaled all of them, including their wives, then gave their lands to only people he can trust, but alas, as you can also tell from Crusader kings, nobles are always ready for a good ol' backstabbing as they're never fucking satisfied with anything.
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HistoryMarche hello from Romania ,very cool videos You do bro,
Welcome to Targoviste
y the hell they make the round in 5:59 this is a stupid move
Mate Albania was still a free land by those years and last to be conquered in the balkans
@@ChristisLORD333 you are moron that's all
There are quite a few anecdotes about Vlad.
He captured some opposing nobles and order them impaled but the nobles supporting him protested because it was a death for commoners, not fitting someone of high status. Vlad conceded and the asked the executioners to use longer sticks for the nobles so they stand above the common criminals when impaled.
Vlad be like: Ok.. You know what? Let's just agree to disagree
I wonder if the members of Monty Python were aware of this legend? In _The Life of Brian_ an orthodox couple protests on realizing there's a Samaritan being crucified nearby, because under the terms of the occupation they're entitled to be crucified in a Jewish-only section. Others start protesting too. The centurion asks for everyone who wants to be crucified in a different section to raise their hands.
Interesting to hear the real story of Vlad the Impaler. In awe of this lad’s courage, going for the Sultan in his own camp. Absolute mad lad.
Brass balls indeed. Almost worked too.
Wellcome to hell!😂
what they don't say in this episode is that Vlad actually got into the sultan's tent,and stabbed a guy who was sleeping there.but unfortunately,it wasn't the sultan
Mad Vlad
@Aleksandros of Tlos Vlad got into the wrong tent believing to be the Sultan's, actually.
Funny enough, a few decades later, the Ottomans would wage war to Hungary... And conquer it. They would even besiege Vienna twice! Local politics betrayed greater strategic goals once again
Yeah the salt goes back to the battle of Varna where the pope transported Ottoman reinforcements for the battle against the Hungarian Polish joint forces they were lead by the current Kings father. But yeah Mathias hated Vlad which is funny since he also has some romanian blood in him. Unfortunately Vlad's rutheless style of rule made him unpopular to most nobles. But you can't deny he was a military genius.
Indeed, political intrigue is always interesting.
thats happened on both sides. Imagine if all the muslim empires of the time came together fro the common goal of spreading islam? honestly i dont think Europe woulda had much of a chance. The ottomans as 1 empires aloe took on many christian nations all close together for a very long time.
The feud between Hunyadis and Tepeses goes back many decades. After Varna, Vlad's father, Vlad II imprisoned Matthias's father, János and held him captive in Tirgoviste. Decades before that Vlad II was a hostage in Sigismund's court while János served there and the king seems to have favoured János (to the extent that rumours started to spread that János was actually his unlawful son). Both families also originated from Wallachia, so maybe the families clashed even before that.
The ottomans lost both of Vienna siege battle because the wallachian troops betrayed ottomans and were giving information on the Vienna troops. Even if defeated, wallachian would still fight for christianity and their land giving the upper hand for Vienna with information.
Finally being from Targoviste has its perks, it was awesome seeing all the small villages nearby when you zoomed in on the map.
Very well explained, detailed and researched. We study these attacks in school as well, but they're very bland and insignificant in comparison to how they're presented here. Well done!
Thank you so much. It means a lot to have positive feedback from someone living in the area.
Any chance you could put in a word at the school and have them show the video?
I finished highschool some time ago, and since it's summertime I doubt I'll find any teacher there. Will try to do so though.
Vlad Rosca same haha. Partly
Ikr! If we had @HistoryMarche as our teacher in school, we would have gotten perfect grades :D
wow !
By the way , your pronunciation of some Romanian words is spot on! Well done !
Thank you sir, very nice to see positive feedback. We've had a lot of help from Calin Cretu who checked all of our pronunciations.
Not spot on, but fairly good.
Great work! Loving the amazing production value and details in this series. I can really appreciate the craftsmanship in this having tried it myself : )
Hey there! Very nice to see you on my channel. Invicta was one of the sources of inspiration for my own channel when I started learning animation. It's truly great to see positive feedback from a great channel like Invicta.
@casperado666 - Photoshop and After Effects. Excuse the late response.
Guys, both your channels are awesome! Keep it up!
Thank you kindly.
If you get the time at some point, after addressing other topics of interest you can also do a video on: Mihai Viteazul or Mircea cel Batran. As said, when and if you get the time :)
I just found your channel and as a Romanian I am very impressed by the accuracy of the facts as they are related in our history books but also the small details that I remember from my history teacher back in school. I am sure that took some research and in behalf of all Romanians I must say a big THANK YOU Sir!
Also I must say that pronunciation of the Romanian names was just perfect. That only shows an unparalleled level of professionalism considering the Romanian language is only spoken by some 30 million people worldwide. Keep up the good work! Your channel will only get bigger.
Thank you ever so much for the positive feedback.
All hail HistoryMarche the best battle channel on RUclips!!!!!
Thank you kindly mate! Good to see you taking the time to stop by. I literally didn't have time to view some of your new videos, but they're surely awesome!
Shameful display! :)
With Stephen the Great and Vlad the Impaler down, all that's left is a video about Michael the Brave and the Battle of Calugareni and the Romanian Holy Trinity is complete.
Hehe, I will collaborate with the authors of the academic work of Corpus Draculianum again, we will surely cover Vlad's brief return to power in 1476, as well as the Battle of Calugareni.
Why did you have to say that? Now I have a hole in my roof from the hype.
ROFL
I agree, I would very much like to see the battle of Calugareni on your channel, especially because it is well documented and we could enjoy a birds-eye view of it. I also find it interesting to see an external, relatively impartial opinion of facts.
Don't forget the episode in Buda, when under house arrest a thief hid in his house. The Hungarian militia did the mistake of trespassing his house to look for the thief. Vlad produced the thief, but argued that because the militia trespassed instead of asking him for help (he would know how to deal with the thief), he would let the thief go and killed the militia men instead swiftly...
Fantastic stuff mate. Bravo.
Thank you very much mate! Always nice to see positive feedback from fellow history RUclipsrs. If I may, I'd highly recommend anyone to check out your content, in my book your channel is one of the best out there.
HistoryMarche Hey man just let me enjoy a great video : )
LMAO, you refreshed to see the comment? Priceless :D
Vlad will remain one of the best leaders Europe had , it's a shame that he was betrayed several times in his lifetime , a true Prince in my eyes unique and very smart , Vlad Tepes - Romanian Legend, the video is such a masterpiece , congrats
Best Leaders? Honestly the guy might be a succesfull leader and helped the economy but I mean he was a monster. You get burned alive because you cant afford a home anymore. Wtf?
@@Stego1819 It could very well be political propaganda against him written after his death.
@@royegabrieli5858 Yes however it wasn't political propaganda that he staked people alive and left them there until the pole was inserted inside of them and they died there. So um, a double edged sword I must say.
@@royegabrieli5858 OK bommer?!!!!
@@shembajr Such disrespect to the elderly. What a disgusting generation has been raised? American "Western" culture is the worst culture ever made.
Wow Vlad was a amazing and brave badass.
Indeed. If that were me, hell would freeze over before I ever dared to gallop into thousands of enemy soldiers with slim chances of survival. Brave indeed.
I would not be surprised if he and most others were dressed as Turkish soldiers, once they broke in and spread confusion in the camp, because it did say that the Ottomans were attacking each other which makes sense when you are a minority in the middle or a camp and essentially surrounded by much larger numbers the only way to eventually escape is to look like the enemy.
Movie Jose Not during that assault, they only got that idea before the later assault near Buzau that he mentions later in the video, when they do indeed come dressed in turkish uniforms.
Mr. Ële how he's called the impaler for a reason
It's exactly what happend, he used the same tactics when he invaded south of the Danube (see video 1) . You don't enter an enemy camp that outnumbers you at least 6-8 to 1 (since half of his armie never made it) dressed as an easy target.
Turkish soldier: - "I hear horses."
Another turkish soldier: - "Layoff the Hashis." lol omg =)))))
You're literally the first person that commented on this :)
@@HistoryMarche Yeah well people notice the things they like...
I like hashis. ^_^
I loled :))))
😂 This must be the case 90%
I love the detail on the camp.
Thank you sir, I used professor Adrian Gheorge's calculations to represent the camp. He is one of the 4 authors of Corpus Draculianum. This academic literary work contains a vault of great information. If you can read German I highly recommend you check out their 3 books, you won't be disappointed.
Holy mother of god... when i thought you couldnt make better content that you already have and then you pull out this..
Thank you so much good sir. Collaboration with the authors of Corpus Draculianum was truly helpful in the making of this video. These 4 professors were so kind in sharing their work with me and helping me with their own opinions etc. Their deep academic research is truly fascinating. If you can read German I highly recommend checking out their 3 books.
One could disagree wirh Vlad about the way he ruled but he was a damn mighty warrior!
Indeed, brass balls he had
Imagine taking a few thousand men at night and riding against a whole camp of tens of thousands...
I wouldn't even fathom the idea.
unlike modern Romanian this dude had balls of steel.
@BLUE DOG what do you mean ? do you understand that everybody attacked everybody back them.
Funny i wonder if you think the same regarding what the crusaders did to Constantinopol and to the eastern roman empire
@BLUE DOG im white like you but lets be honest here we whites evolved zionism-and muslims did not.
Jesus that production quality.....
Thank you kindly sir! ❤️
I have nothing to do with the video
LMAO ❤️❤️❤️
@@chmatacek Holy shit, it's Jesus!
@@chmatacek wassup jesus
Almost made me cry. So close, yet so far...
the story is far from over , his cousin Stephen the Great broke him out of jail, then he faced his brother in a duel . He won but spared him . He regained his throne thus starting his 3rd rule , but died in battle shortly while fighting alongside his cousin . His cousin later on fought against Radu (his brother) and executed him
If you think that was close, check out the Battle of Nicopolis where the French knights fucked it up for everyone by charging in headfirst, refusing to allow the experienced Wallachian footsoldiers under Mircea the Elder advance first to wear out the Ottoman vanguard which would've allowed the knights to envelop the flanks. Instead the French went in first, without the support of any infantry, god forbid lowly footmen stole their knightly glory, and got fucked. The Ottoman vanguard got reinforced and the Christian forces were at a complete tactical disadvantage by order of deployment. Or better still, the Catholic, Habsburg betrayal of Michael the Brave in 1601 who was assassinated after consolidating against the Ottomans and almost conquering Constantinople. Fuck the Catholic swines. Theres no such thing as Christian brotherhood. Theres a special place in hell for the Popes and the traitorous godless heathens in the West that betrayed their eastern Christian brothers.
@Yilmaz Kilinc Radu was a traitor to his country and people. May he burn in the pits of hell.
@Yilmaz Kilinc Radu is regarded in Romanian history as a traitor to his people. Vlad is regarded as a national hero that fought against the turkish plague. Radu essentially sold out to the turks. I am not a religious man, but if I were, I would hope Radu was burning in hell for the past few hundred of years.
@Yilmaz Kilinc Thank you for the daily reminder that Turks dont know how to troll, or spell for that matter. Fethullah Gülen
Great video.
Vlad goes to my top. Looks like Romanian and Moldavian peoples were the most fierce fighters against Ottoman rule in Balkans. Guerrilla tactics with smaller troops looks far more effective than open battles with rather equal armies.
Thank you sir, glad you liked the video.
Romanian and Moldavian are same , a single nation.
Remus Suciu why are you devided into two states? btw good luck with tue riots in Romania. We succeeded with the revolution in Armenia this year. Fight for better future.
We are devided in two states because URSS take the east part or Romania in 1940 when they make the agreement with germans, and stil Russia control this part keeping 14th Army in Transnistria.
Remus Suciu so they technically wouldn't allow u to unite?
I see History Marche , I smile , sit down and watch 18 min of pure quality
Thank you kindly Justinian.
My mom is from Romania so this stuff is my heritage
Thank you for watching.
HistoryMarche no problem
Where are you from ?
Lord Frost American born and raised
Darth Vitiate , my friend, your Family shall be blessed.
Great video as usual... I am a big fan already.
Vlad could raise eyebrows from Machiavelli, Tamerlane and Richard the Lionheart...
The only thing that he could not do was to assure the boyars loyalty. Boyars of Stefan of Moldavia were fiercely loyal to him with minor exceptions and that made the sultan expedition of 1476 end in failure.
Yes, to hammer home his authority with the boyars and ensure their loyalty he had to have remained in power for much longer. 6 years was too short a period to completely bring all nobility into the fold.
Yes. 15th century Moldova knew 2 reigns (Alexander the Good and Stephen the Great) which, combined, lasted for almost 80 years. Less exposed and arguably stronger, with higher stability and less entrenched feuds. Even after Stephen died the dynastic continuity remained mostly unchallenged and would have continued probably longer if it weren't for the breaking point in Romanian history which, imo, is the loss of Bugeac under Petru Rares. His "we shall again be what we were before and even more" motto proved to be rather ominous for centuries and a tremendously costly prophecy to bring into life.
@@HistoryMarche Michael the Brave had the same problem... And many before and after him. Some of the boyars of the land were a different chapter in themselves.
Excellent vid my dude.
This guy was a boogeyman for us Turks although his fame has all but disappeared nowadays. When I was a kid my mum used to scare me that "the Voivoda" was under my bed. Also my sergeant in the army used to motivate us by yelling "Quick! Voivoda is coming"
Thank you very much sir. Those are some great anecdotes. Quick! Voivoda is coming!
I think Mehmed made a mistake by allowing Vlad to get into his head and make it personal between the two of them though I know they knew each other and grew up together in the Ottoman court. He might have been able to deal with Vlad through diplomacy much more effectively. But when you are a warrior like Mehmed the easiest path is to fight. For one he could of bought off Vlad since Vlad only wanted his own realm and a level of independence.
Aku6Soku1Zan is this true...can you tell me one of those sentence in turkish?
It's quite a motivator, especially knowing that Vlad Tepes is a pontianak.
stop spreading bullshit because people here will actually believe you :D :D :D you dumbfuck :D
Great screenplay and effects, intense story narration, tragic ending; what a work of art!
Thank you very much Texan Don, that is exactly the feeling I wanted viewers to be left with after watching the video. Needless to say I'm quite happy to see your feedback!
@Rapstick wrong
Overall romania had a good ending . We are indeoendent , and bigger then ever before .bittersweet ending in present day
it was a happy ending
@@Oxirey yes
VLAD WAS A REAL GENIUS, MUCH GREATER THAN ALL THE OTHERS TOGETHER
Liked the video before even watching! A big salute from a patriotic Romanian!
Thank you kindly!
And this is why Vlad Tepes is still seen as a hero in the region. He fought for Christianity and the Freedom of his people with a fervor rarely seen, while practically every other christian ruler in the region is remembered as weak willed and corrupt, as men who feared to lose anything and ended up losing everything.
Such a bold man. A very interesting moment in history when such a little entity defied and threatened a much larger foe by being coordinated, mobilised and daring.
Thanks for this great videos !
The absolute balls on that Vlad guy, to just walk into the enemy camp
Abel...that was a tactic used by Alexander the Great - to cause chaos among the enemy. Imagine a force that outnumbered the attacked force causing havoc! The invaders were relaxing the night before an attack and the surprise they would get when battle plans didn't go according to the anticipated result.
@@marinazagrai1623 I didn't know that, very interesting. Thanks!
Vlad was educated in Ottoman Palace.
He tried to make similar night attack as Ottomans did in 1371.
Serban Despot Ugljesa marched on Ottoman city Adrionopole with 70.000 soldier.
While they made camp near Maritsa river Ottoman General Lala Sahin Pasha realised Serbians were too confident and security of canp was low because main army of Ottomans was in Asia.
Lala Sahin Pasha attacked to camp of Serbians at night only with 800 light cavalary.
He created big panic in Serbian camp because Serbians didnt realise they outnumbered Turkish attack as 800 to 70.000.
Lala Sahşn Pasha directly attack to center of the camp and killed Serbian Nobbles.
And Serbian King and his soldiers drowned while they tried to escape by passing other side of the river with panic.
Vlad exactly tried same operation, he made night attack to kill Mehmet.
But Ottoman Sultans protected by permanent army called Janniseries. And Janniserries elite and well organised units. They had good reaction and hold Vlad's advenced because unlike Serbians Janniseries knew they outnumbered Vlads army. Holding Vlad was makimg time to ley Ottoman sipahi cavalaries join the fight and finish Vlad.
Vlad was smart when he lost the surprise advantage he knew he cant stand against Ottoman army and he managef to retrrat.
But all success of Vlad is coming from his education in Ottoman army.
Vlad's war againsr Mehmed wass more like a civil war of 2 Ottoman cımmanders.
@@darkprofile
I think Vlad was mainly hoping to kill Mehmet and thats why he scouted ahead to find his tent. But Mehmet wasn’t there when he conducted the night raid.
Va multumesc pentru ajutorul domneavoastra eu sunt din Rumania 🇷🇴
Heard about Vlad, but I never knew all this. Love this non usual parts of history with interesting battles and generals, keep up! 👌😊
Thank you very much sir. Glad you found the video informative.
Yes! Finally!
Hey mate. Always nice to receive praise from a fellow History RUclipsr. I love your channel!
With my all respect may I ask did you guys know Hungarian Hero Árpád,Hunyadi And Romanian hero Vlad,Bassarab had Cuman Turkic ancestry?
@@williamkartatar4759 None of the Hungarian kings to Trianon were Hungarian, none of the Hungarian poets until Trianon were Hungarians,this is known, but how do you know that Mircea and Vlad were cuman? . Hungarian stories.
@Yilmaz Kilinc As long as no one insult you, your nation or your history, how do you allow yourself to do that? This is about education, nothing else.
@Yilmaz Kilinc This is history and must be accepted as it is,, it's not a legend, we honor our heroes just like you honor your heroes.
Great Job! After you finish Calugareni you MUST do Decebal vs Traian wars! another spectacular point in the history of this geographic area!
Absolutely fantastic quality. This was an incredible production. Very informative and educational, clear graphics and great historical depth.
Thank you very much for the positive feedback, a lot of effort went into this video. It's great to see viewers finding it informative.
Who makes the maps? They're great!
I do. Thank you very much for your kind words.
someone should send them to those twats at paradox for Europa universalis V
I couldn’t imagine how much went into just this video
Thank you sir for appreciating the effort. Roughly 200 work hours from me alone + Alex's voice over + Calin Cretu's Romanian pronunciations + authors of Corpus Draculianum sorting out their research material which was used in the video.
I think its quite likely that Vlad's expeditionary commander most likely did betray him. Remember Vlad wasn't very popular among the Boyars who as shown in the video did end up turning against him for a Ottoman puppet because of how much he had clipped their wings and the fact that he killed so many of them didn't exactly make Vlad a very endearing leader.
Valid points indeed. I too think he was probably betrayed.
The greatest betrayal was still to come.... the sad part. Mathias kept Vlad imprisoned for 11 to 12 years. Some say his cousin Stefan helped to get him released, or it may just be that Vlad promised to marry one of Mathias' relatives, and made some kind of pact/deal that would give Mathias the upper hand. However after those 11 years imprisoned he returned and took once more the throne of Wallachia by force, only to be killed before or during a battle with Ottomans. Since they dont mention how he died, that was probably the worst kind of betrayal ... im sure he was double crossed , ottoman sources always mention , or even brag how events take place, sometimes they write poetry about such events, yet they dont mention anything on how the death of Vlad takes place. I would guess they either didnt know details or they were ashamed to write them down. (Yes it was probably the boyars that got him killed, wouldnt be first time they do it to a duke of his family). But whats also sad about it... obviously he lost a lot of his influence and strength during the long imprisonment .
It is likely though that he wasn't abandoned by his captain and that the support group just couldn't accomplish its task. A betrayal would have created much more reactions in the reports of the time, especially since there were many survivors after the battle able to testify (by contrast with another disputed case of possible betrayal at Kosovo, some decades earlier). The Wallachian forces were quite slim and unprofessional, with few exceptions probably also ill equipped. The maneuver was very difficult and it required a very accurate timing. You shouldn't always compare this with today's politicians or even with the later centuries of Wallachian history, when indeed betrayal was the case with some occasions. The Ottoman influence wasn't that much well imprinted in Wallachian politics in the 15th century, especially if it was the case with such an all-out invasion, when the sultan was there just to be taken out.
Vlad was in peak of his power, by now he had very loyal people commanding beside him (at least in the army), he was going to be betrayed but only after the long imprisonment, during which obviously he lost his grip on things in Wallachia. So I agree that in this particular night attack , something must have gone wrong, as ShogunBean mentions maybe something like that.
Its a shame no one had the “balls” to come to Vlads aid. With some assistance he could have possibly toppled the Ottoman Empire.
Divide and conquer is the top maxim of strategy.
Klyntar Kenny the whole of Europe repeatedly failed against the Ottomans LOL. Go and learn the history of the Crusades. Ottomans took on the very best of rulers from France, Germany(The Holy Roman Empire), England, Italy and Greece LOL. Ottomans wiped the floor with the likes of them.
the Belgian u can honestly brag about 20 or so countries going against one single kingdom and finally getting the victory after 800 long years when they STILL occupy ur so called Holy City? R u seriously kidding me? U r pathetic- thoroughly pathetic.
@@alvirarahman2690 Untrue. Western Europe and Central Europe were allies to begin with... so it is much easier to conquer a fractured region than a unified region. European rulers were, by and large, petty and self serving. They did not see Ottomans as a threat and it cost them. Such is life.
@21st Century Schizoid Man well that only happen because they were completely caught by suprise if it an all out battle ottoman will win. But christian knew they couldn't win an all out battle with ottoman so the best way is to pick ottoman army and killing them slowly and not risking an all out battle. That may sound cowardice but that what i call genius.
Awesome video and the narration makes it easy to listen to. Crazy to think if the commander of that 2nd contingent actually came to vlads aid they might actually have killed or captured the sultan and radically changed history.
Thank you kindly for the positive feedback. Indeed, this is one of those battles that come close to drastically changing the course of history.
@@HistoryMarche Even so, the relatively small Eastern European rulers like Vlad halted off the Ottomans and allowed Europe to be what it is today.
@@milimarinoiu8867 Avrupanın bugünkü gibi olmasının sebebi Osmanlının kendi içerisindeki entrikalar ve ihanetlerdir.Ben bir türküm iyi bilirim kendi tarihimi bana güven.
Its Amazing how Vlad the Impaler,Stephen the Great,Janos Hunyadi,Gjergj Kastriot Skenderbeu,Mehmet the Conquerer ALLL exsisted at the same time!
Hungary betrays Vlad and gives his head to the Ottomans, they are traitors
Amd Mehmed the Conqueror defeated most of them
@@farazaltaf1421 actually most of them died not defeated
@@Floppedd No, they were defeated
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Janos hunyadi died from disease while having defeated Mehmet many times in battle.
Gjergj Kastriot Skëndërbeu died from disease whike having defeated 3 sultans over 25 years stopping the ottomans from expanding in europe
For my romanian lads, there will soon be subtitles in Romanian.
Thank you very much for that! I can't speak a word of Romanian so this is much appreciated!
I love your work, and I'm the one who needs to thank you!. Is part of my history and I was pleased to help you.
initially i thought u were romanian as you picked already 2 events from romanian history, tepes and battle of vaslui :D
@crippa - Oh I'm not Romanian. However, I do like history of the Balkan and Carpathian regions. Also, it wasn't me who chose the Battle of Targoviste. My patrons voted for it - I'm very happy that they did, as I love the story of Vlad Tepes and Mehmed the Conqueror. Regarding the Battle of Vaslui, I picked that topic because it was such a brilliantly planned and executed ambush, Stefan cel Mare's victory at Vaslui was as good as almost any victory that Hannibal had over Rome.
HistoryMarche I don’t think that you could do this, because they are not very well documented, but if you could do a video about the Dacians -the forefathers of the Romanians- and their wars, especially against the Roman Empire (Burebsita/Decebal) that would be sooo awesome. I think that they had an amazing culture and fought very bravely but which still remain unknown in the mainstream.
I love how you say Targoviste xD
Thank you very much. We tried hard to pronounce names correctly. Calin Cretu, from Romania, helped us a lot.
At this point I say it in my sleep
I'm from Targoviste!! 😍😁 Great work !!! I love it! ❤👑
Never heard a channel say “if you didn’t like the video, give us a thumbs down” before. Respect
10:18 - 13:03 Vlad Tepes has Dragon Balls! :) Eternal glory,respect and admiration for him and his brave people! He was under enormous pressure.Very difficult time period,surrounded by enemies,large empires on every side plus the traitorous boyars from within his lands ...against all those odds he did great things.Keep in mind a very important and interesting aspect,while other child prisoners succumbed to the ottomans torture and brainwashing techniques ,he resisted!He had an amazingly strong spirit and will! Not only very smart but very courageous as well,leading his men in battle.If only he had more men...:( He truly loved his people and his country.An extraordinary one of a kind man!Damned be all those cowards who betrayed him! Good job with the video and documentation! Thank you!
Thank you very much for watching. Glad you liked the video.
There was no child torturing,you are taking it too far.
And what brainwashing ?
A lot of them already knew that they and their own families are Christians.
El_3skrAziz_Gmz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Ottoman empire also had many enemies at the time.. They also had to fight within the country and part of it is mentioned in the video ffs,, vlad was winning because his forces were much more mobile,, if the hungarians came and the battle became an open field clash, the Ottomans would have had the advantage,, the hungarians standing still was in vlad's favor at first,, till he was arrested anyways.. He was really good at guerrilla warfare like mentioned in the video, but what he did to dead bodies and killing the civilians was really low
@@ismailseyam3244 Talking about being low , some years back i was reading about imapling and it says that Vlad wasnt the father of this trend . In fact ottomans used that method often along with decapitation , way before Țepes. Vlad just got inspired by his ottoman surroundings , where he actually lived with his brother while they were young. We shouldnt be talking about whats low and not because back in those times people would have done far wore wooorse things than we would do nowdays and of course that the repercussions were scary .
I have to commend the story teller/reader on his pronunciation of Targoviste, and the other names... well done dude! I am more than impressed with the effort put behind this video!!!
Thanks, Calin Cretu was a massive help with the pronunciations
The fact is that even if the names were mispronounced, no one could be angry because the video is very interesting and informative. It's just really awesome that you put so much attention to detail and make sure that even the small things get done right!
Thank you Lachezar, truly appreciate your positive feedback.
First Steven The Great at Vaslui and now Vlad The Impaler at Târgoviște :) Your videos are absolutely incredible in terms of both comprehensive historical information as well as outstanding animation and a perfect naration . All of this places your content well above most of what even dedicated TV networks have to offer . Congratulations for this sir !
Also as a romanian I must say that your focus towards our great medieval heroes makes me very happy . Thank you and I hope we will have the chance to see Michael the Brave at Călugăreni or Şelimbăr :)
Thank you very much for your generous words. Michael the Brave is definitely on the agenda!
stevan the great"
mihai000000 E Ştefan desigur dar în engleză e Steven
Mehmed arguably lost all of the battles, but in the end, won the war. Can't help but respect both sides; vlad for his balls and cunningness, and mehmed for his genius decision of installing vlad's brother and his correct assessment of the overall political situation in wallachia
You, as the host, have to be congratulated for the pronunciation, because you nailed it! Anyone can learn the correct pronunciation but to say these difficult names is an accomplishment.
Just finished watching part 1. Very interesting. Best description I've watched about Vlad Tepes (the Impaler).
The quality of the animation and information keeps improving. Great work!
Thank you kindly sir. A lot of work went into this mini-series. And indeed, a 15min+ video makes it possible to include a lot more good information that viewers can find interesting. This is much more difficult in a 10min format where a lot has to be omitted or simplified.
All that effort to waste for such a lowly betrayal. Vlad deserves all the glory and respect in this world.
His own fucking Brother too.
@@AbrahamLincoln4 yes unfortunately
11:39 Reminds me of Sancho/Antso the Strong, king of Navarre, who during a battle against the moors he and his knight charged straight through enemy lines reaching the sultans tent, which was surrounded by heavy chains with a single emerald in the middle, the guards chained to it as well. Sancho/Antso cut the chains with his sword trying to reach the enemy general, who seeing such a fierce opponent decided to flee. To this day the chains with the emerald that Sancho cut are part of the coat of arms of Navarre, land of Basques
That was a much smaller battle, rather a skirmish, compared to the Wallachian battles against 5-10 times more Ottomans than the Moors, at the Battle of Las Navas.
Absolutely loved the video! I've been waiting with bated breath for its release, checking your channel multiple times a day. I was so excited when I woke up this morning, went onto RUclips and saw it there as the first recommended video! Fantastic presentation and details as always! One thing I was hoping for more detail on was when Vlad is forced to retreat to Poenari Fortress (his army mostly melted away) and is attacked by Radu and his forces. As you'd know, the legends go that this is when his wife committed suicide by jumping from the battlements into the Arges River below and Vlad somehow escaped via a secret passage into the mountain, and then rode off on a horse with the shoes nailed on backwards to trick his pursuers. Whether this is true or just legend, I'm not sure, but wondered if you may have uncovered anything more on it, and thought this video would have at least addressed/mentioned it. According to my research, this is when he then escaped into Transylvania and sought out Matthias Corvinus and was captured and imprisoned. Will you possibly be including this in your next video (if you are indeed planning a Part 3 to cover Vlad's time in prison and then his return to the throne and death in 1476)? Any thoughts on the Poenari raid or other reasons it was not included in this video (perhaps not enough factual historical evidence about what actually happened?)?... Again, incredible work, and I look forward to more in the future. Thank you!! :)
Thank you kindly sir. Yes I know about the story, but I tried to avoid overly legendary stories, or else the video would've been 1h long :) Similarily when I mentioned the field of impaled Turks, I tried to avoid mentioning that the army was terrified of that sight or that Mehmed was horrified at seeing so many impaled Turks. It goes against common sense that Mehmed would be scared of impaled corpses after seeing so many dead bodies in numerous battles that he won up until that point.
Very glad you gave such great feedback, I hope you'll enjoy future videos as well. Hannibal part 2 is in production now, should be out in late July or early August I hope.
I completely understand that point of view, as you want it to be as historically accurate as possible, and actual evidence is very hard to find. Although, a bit more info on the 'Forest of the Impaled' would have definitely been welcomed, especially in regard to how he came by so many Turkish prisoners to impale, particularly since he was often in the mode of strategic retreat (perhaps he brought prisoners over from the Bulgarian attacks?). Some claim the Turkish bodies were mixed with many civilians too... I've always hoped to find more details about the raid on the Poenari Castle itself, and how the battle went, but there is very limited information around, apart from the vague legends attributed to the Arefians etc. It's also a shame that no 'secret tunnel' has ever been located... Would you consider making a Part 3 about Vlad?...
I am one of the historians who contributed a little bit to the video. The Forest of the Impaled was real. The voivodes of Wallachia and Moldova brought surviving prisoners to their capital cities of Targoviste/Suceava in a triumph march and killed them on the city's execution place (every medieval city with the right to execute had one). While Stephen the Great hanged his enemies (as is told by the Moldovan-German Chronicle) Vlad used it for enemy noblemen (as is told by the country's chronicle: at the Easter Feast he invited them for reconciliation but it was a trap. They were then impaled around the city walls of Targoviste), for other enemies (as is told by the Ottoman Chronicles: he had many people from Wallachia and Transylvania impaled) but it surely served also its earlier purpose as a "regular" execution place.
It is not clear how many of the victims in the "forest" were actually Ottoman/Turkish prisoners. Because he was allied with the Ottomans from 1456 to 1461, the Ottoman victimes were the people who were taken as POWs after his raid on the Danube in January/February 1462.
The clock at the top left corner is a great touch!
10/10. Thank you!
Thank you kindly. The clock refers to the actual timeline of the events.
Another history lesson from a growing channel !
Keep up the good work !
Thank you very much for the kind words.
Wow, every time I'm impressed by the storytelling quality and atmosphere! Simply amazing! Keep them coming!
Thank you kindly for your generous words. A lot of effort went into this video so it's very nice to see such positive feedback.
I love that you say romanian names of persons and places correctly
Thank you sir. Calin Cretu helped us with correct pronunciations and Alex's did a great job with the names in his voice over.
We in the west have been taught that "Vlad the Impaler" was a "bad" person... He is now my hero!
@Liviu Dragnea As I said... My hero!
Incredible video! BRAVO!!
Your channel is outstanding guys!
Thank you so much Radu!
You know you've made it as a history focused youtube channel when TGC sponsors your content.
Thank you very much. Yes, I'm very delighted that TGCP was interested in sponsoring the video. We negotiated for Targoviste part 1 as well, but couldn't make the arrangements in time. Luckily, here it is at least in Targoviste part 2.
Bruh everyone around Vlad is like my team in league of legends. Matthias is afk in base, the other half of his army is farming while Vlad is ganking, part of Vlad's group of soldiers facecheck and get caught by the enemy team. If everyone around him weren't so incompetent he could've actually toppled the Ottoman Empire.
Haha, I love the comparison with LoL
You know when people ask ”if you could go back in time, when would you go”
Amazing history documentaries, keep up the good work.
"If you liked this video, give us a thumbs up. If not, give us a thumbs down and we'll see you on the battle ground in the next video." New subscriber here! That was so respectful to everyone!
Great work. We need a lot more of these video's. We have got to where we are now because of all these historical events. They teach us a lot about how and why things have gotten like they are now. Unfortunately most people don't care about this knowledge. If you know the past, you can do better in the future. Thank you for this.
Thank you very much for watching NicoD
Excellent video. I salute you Vlad! And Trapezoind.
Thank you kindly sir.
What is the Trapezoind?
Movie Jose I meant Trebizond. i was in a hurry when I wrote that comment. It was one of the remains of the proud byzantine empire.
Burak Kahraman I salute individuals trying to protect my people. Vlad was trying to protect his country. In war there is something called collateral damage. It has always been that way.
Burak Kahraman did you know the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed impaled many victims when he took Constantinpole in 1453?
_DUDE_ , I'll be late for church because of *YOU* *!*
Just tell everyone that your were delayed by Vlad the Impaler. That's perfectly reasonable, they'll understand :)
in Romania, *they* *will* _or_ _else_
DEUS would understand and VULT it.
HistoryMarche LOL
I wont.
Northen Bulgaria and the rest of Bulgaria was full with vlachs at that time, today not anymore because the bulgarians denationalized the vlachs, only the Timoc vlachs survived untill today in Serbia and Bulgaria.
Indeed, the Vlach population was very spread out. I actually have a map from a book which shows that they lived in regions far beyond Wallachia.
HistoryMarche The vlachs lived in Moravia region under the Habsburgs and created alot a problems in the region for not wanting to obey, in Poland they are called Gorali, in Ukraine they are called Volohi in the northen region, they also lived in North Greece in towns like Epir, in Macedonia and Albania they calle themselfs aroman or machidoni also depending on the región they have different names among themselfs, in Serbia they are called vlachs in the Timok region, in Croatia they lived in the Istria region and Krk Island, they lived all across the Balkans and blended with the nations that today form those countrys but the cradle of their culture was the ancient Dacian, Thracian land that today is Romania and Moldavia with the sorounding nations that they helped forged since the bulgarians, serbians, hungarians and ukrainians are mixed with this ancient people and they are not from this área of Europe, they invade and ocupy teritory where vlachs already lived.
Dolfy Mitler multumesc la fel!
Brimstone Valar, puțin probabil, se pare că a fost cu totul invers, toată zona de cîmpie a Valahiei, să fi fost locuită de vreo minoritate slavo-bulgară, sau amestecată cu valahi. Toponimia a multor locuri reflectă acest lucru. Târgoviște, Dîmbovița, Ialomița, Craiova, Cozia, Govora, Slatina, toate aceste denumiri sînt la origini slave. Aceiași poveste și în cazul Moldovei. Problema constă în aceea, că românii îa general îs un popor de munte, ceea se observă în cultura și tradițiile populare. În istorie îs pomeniți, mai alest în perioada anterioară întemeierii principatelor române, tot timpul pe lîngă munți, de fiecare dată specificînduse că sînt în majoritate păstori. Primele capitale (Curtea de Argeș, Baia) au fost întemeiate la poalele munților, și regiunile de munte erau cele mai dens populate, iar zonele de cîmpii foarte slab populate, atît în cazul Valahiei, cît și în cazul Moldovei. În Transilvania la fel în zonele muntoase îs pomeniți pentru prima dată (Făgăraș, Maramureș). Regiunile pe care le-ai enumerat, Timocul și Vlahia Moravă, la fel se află strict în zonă muntoasă. Cel mai bun exemplu al felului de trai al românilor medievali, se poate foarte bine de văzut În Cronica pictată de la Viena, unde este arătată Bătălia de la Posada. Românii acolo îs arătați ca un popor semi-sălbatic de munte, mulți fiind îmbracți în haine confecționate din blană de oaie, înarmați în mare parte cu arcuri și săgeți, și folosind ca avantaj și relieful muntos din împrejurime pentru al distruge pe inamic.
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Its all from the old Kingdom of Dacia!
Such an amazing story and very well made video.
Thank you kindly sir.
You guys delivered as you promised. Great job as always!!!
Thank you kindly.
King Mathias , better be burning in hell for all his betrayals
its not betrayal. Matyas never swore an alliance with Vlad.
@Botond Kovacs As Romanian ofcourse I'd rather support a ruler that impaled pesky invaders to scare possible new invaders of, rather than support an hungarian-wannabe-emperor who not only held transylvania which from my perspective rightfully belonged to the romanians, but also fought against our people too often. He is a traitor in the sense that he would rather fight a christian leader than joining them against the invading ottomans.
Now looking at it from the hungarian side he was probably an alright leader, idk.
@@sire3977 what? Transylvania was never part of Romania before WW1. How can you say it belongs to it just because it has been for only 100 years
@@babylonian5 Romania didn't exist before WW1 either, but the romanian people did (although we called ourselves differently) . And Transylvania just so happens to have always been heavily populated by our people. Back then our regions basically had following choices: serve the ottomans, serve the poles or serve the hungarians. Great rulers like Vlad and Stefan were rare.
Edit: Romania didn't exist in the sense of a united romania.
@@sire3977 yeah... history is bitter for us and our ancestors, it's slightly differently than we were thought in schools... perhaps we were allowed to form romania so that these lands could be controlled easier... I mean, we don't have to enumerate all the issues we're facing as a state at a society level...
Been waiting for this video for a long time. It was worth it. Great job.
Hey Radu! Glad to see you here. Thank you very much for your kind words and thank you for helping us with math calculations for the size of the Ottoman camp!! ❤️❤️❤️
Glad that I could help :). I hope that your channel will grow a lot and I'll even try to get some of my friends to become patrons on you Patreon page. They won't get in the 50 immortals, but at least I am :). Btw, I have to send you my selfie in order to get that photo-caricature :).
❤️ - Yes, hardly anyone has sent their selfies for the 50-immortals video. I'll have to post again on my Patreon page to gather the selfies. I truly want to commemorate the first 50 patrons who helped the channel from the start by including their selfies in one of my future videos, as soon as I gather all of the selfies. Please send yours.
finally ! I WAITED TOO LONG FOR THISSS !!! SPLENDIND JOB!
Thank you very much. I hope it was worth the wait :D
Wow! Absolutely captivating! Thank you so much for your creation! I'm from Târgoviște and I have to stay this Everyone I recommend to visit my town, its a small beautiful place full of history and peoples are welcoming tourists, you won't regret it! Every year we have more and more visitors from all over the world.
Will be supporting you on Patreon as of today!
Thank you sir. That's very kind. Every dollar really helps in the purchase of software, books, hardware etc.
This video is soo good it deserves more than a like
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Emperor Mehmed was like:
"Ok the Hungarians don't want to attack, lets then just place Radu as vassal Duke and left Wllachia"
I've only watched this series so far, but it betrays an enormous quality. You've earned my subscription.
Thank you sir. Welcome to the channel.
That wait was worth it.
Thank you so much!
Thanks HistoryMarche! I have been waiting for this!
Thank you very much for returning to the channel. I hope you enjoy the video!
HistoryMarche I always do!Really good video, as always.Keep making great content!
Finaly.....i was anxious to see the second part after a very professional first part. The second its the same, with much detailes and excellent graphics.
Well done and keep it up 😉
Thank you sir. Part 2 is by far my biggest undertaking to date. A lot of effort and research went into this video. I'm so grateful to the authors of Corpus Draculianum for helping me in my research, these 4 professors are true experts in the field and in this particular topic.
I've been waiting so long for tbe next part of this video. yesssssssss!
Sorry to keep you waiting. I hope it was worth the wait.
Finally!!Been waiting for this for some time. Greatings from Romania HistoryMarche
Thank you very much! Sorry to keep you waiting.
This channel's the greatest thing since bread came sliced.
LMAO. Thank you very much kind sir ❤️❤️❤️
If it's no trouble please share the video.
What an amazing job you did there lad. I really hope that you keep the consistency of quality videos like this one. If I may suggest, can you please make a video on the battle of mohacs . THANKS
Thank you kindly Ahmed. Quality over quantity will always be the motto, hence why I cannot upload so often. Videos like these take about 200 work hours to make. The Battle of Mohacs is definitely on the list from which I let my patrons vote on which topics will be covered next.
thank you once again
Love your work. Makes my drive to dive back into history fire up! Would love to see more Japan historic battles
I got to say I consider myself pretty knowledgeable history especially Western Civilization, but I had no idea that Vlad the Impaler was such a badass.
Liked and added video even before watching. You have instilled confidence in me sir!
Very nice to hear that. I hope the video didn't disappoint :D
Your storytelling and video designing are very good, congratulations from a turk, thanks man
I look forward to watch future videos, especially wars with turks
Thank you very much sir. More videos featuring the Ottoman Empire will sure be made.
All my respect to you, my dear Turk friend! From a Romanian.
Keeping the theme of brilliant guerrilla generals fighting the Ottomans, would there be a Skanderbeg series next? I would reallyyyy love that!
Skanderbeg is definitely on the list of topics from which my patrons can choose to vote which topics will be covered next.
HistoryMarche Glad to know that!
Amazing video about Vlad. We want more of this 😎
Thank you kindly sir.
Bravo! Been waiting for pt2 for a while
Thank you for watching. Sorry to keep you waiting, I hope it was worth the wait.
I'm very impressed by the quality of information and the production value, you even had the correct pronunciation of romanian names. Kudos !
The the more i listen to Mr. Roddy the more impressed i am with his linguistic talent.
Oral communication on this level is an art form.
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please more about Sultan Mahmet, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! such a great video and channel.
Impale fewer peasants, more boyars and this might have gone differently. Completely upending the social order ala Ghengis might have allowed him to avoid the betrayal of the nobility and it doesn't seem like the traditionalists in Europe had sufficient spine at this time to intervene against a determined enemy with Islam looming on the horizon.
Good video. Always floored by Vlad's tactical brilliance, brutality and sheer brass balls.
Treason is something usual in the so-called high class. Look at the European political class. Our children will have a bloody war with Islam.
I think that betrayal is why he choose the stake way. According to chronicles, the 1st feast he had with his boyard after taking the throne he asked them how many state head did they knew during their life, and some claimed to have survived dozens of them, that's what sealed their fate.
in his first rule he gathered the boyars that betrayed his father and impaled all of them, including their wives, then gave their lands to only people he can trust, but alas, as you can also tell from Crusader kings, nobles are always ready for a good ol' backstabbing as they're never fucking satisfied with anything.
Truly professional.
Thank you sir.
I love the mixture of humour and history in these videos. The history is so insane.
Thank you sir.
Proud to be a romanian. Thank you for the video.