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Hey can u pls react to armchair historians video on crimean war pls?, they animate their videos and the video is really interesting and cool, and would love to see your reaction.
Oversimplified's War of the Bucket is sorta about the Holy Roman Empire (Also the joke about them is that the Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman, and Certainly not an Empire)
Exactly. In Britain we had John de Courcy, 35th Baron Kingsale (1941-2005). He ended up working as a lorry driver and oddjob man after his grandfather ran up massive gambling debts.
especially complicated in france given folks could buy their way into it and the number of different kinds that all operated under different laws. There was an Ancien Regime joke that no French Citizen lived under the same laws because of how bonkers the overlapping jurisdictions were.
Here are answers to a couple of your questions. The reason behind the Egypt campaign. Over in India, the British had been fighting the sultan of Mysore, Tippoo Sahib the Tiger of Mysore, who wanted to rule southern India. Tippoo's father Hyder Ali, had usurped the throne of Mysore and tried to beat the British. And failed. Then Tippoo tried to succeed where his father failed. Although he was a great Indian leader, he ruled by fear, and was no match for the British. Lord Charles Cornwallis could of dethroned Tippoo, but let him off easy. Tippoo rebuilt his armies, and formed an alliance with France. France's goal was to conquer Egypt and somehow do an Alexander the great conquest of the Middle East to get to India. They didn't realize how weak Tippoo was. When Tippoo declared war again, he was decisively defeated by a small army of Sepoys. (Sepoys were Indian regiments commanded by British officers). The fact that he had been defeated by only a small Sepoy army and he hadn't even faced the main British army yet, told Tippoo that he was screwed. He retreated to his capitol where he made a last stand and died in the defense. The reason Hanover is allied to Britain. After Queen Anne's death, 1702-1714, Parliament didn't want to have do with any more rulers of the House of Stewart. So they called the ruler of Hanover, George, to become king George I, instead of the pretender king in France, James III. This created the House of Hanover. Thus Hanover was technically Great Britain.
Nobility. These come in various grades of wealth. Either they only had small amounts of land, or they were spendthrift's. The family name still carried weight, but the brass work was a bit tarnished. A lot of British aristocrats married American Heiresses for their money, to bstereo their estates. The Spencer Churchill's did it. So did the Astors.
22:30 the country was Hanover whose kings where also the Kings of England Hanover became Independent however when Queen Victoria became Queen and since Hanover did not allow women to rule Hanover was give. To her uncle.
It would be impossible for Hannover to be a part of Great Britain as Great Britain is an island separated from continental Europe by the English Channel.
@@noquarter9700 In that age we Germans have first lessons about our not so glorious History with 14-15 we will visit one of the death camps Dachau in my case so no sparing us there either
Brienne Military academy was administered by monks of the order of St. Benedict, the school in Champagne received 60 pupils (known as ‘pensionnaires’) from moneyed families and 60 scholarship boys chosen from amongst the poor aristocracy. Napoleon was one of the latter sort and received a bursary from the crown to finance his education. Having a hereditary title, which may have been granted hundreds of years ago didn't mean you necessarily had any money.
The expeditions in Egypt made the country known all over the world. He brought with him scientists and writers who wrote the first books read in Europe about the incredible Egypt. Also, he stole many artefacts that are still in the Louvre museum today. It was one of the first real archeological expedition
Napoleon is the kind of person that's such an unstoppable force that, even if the French revolution never happened i believe that he'd find a way to be relevant and write his name in history in a big way. Maybe not as emperor of France, but still I'm sure he'd be renowned.
They did a life size statue of Lord Nelson in London, stuck on the top of a column in Trafalgar Square. 18 feet 1 inches tall. About average height for British Sailors of the era.
@@miketriggs2156 This is turning into a schoolboy game of Top Trumps. Nelson was president of South Africa, Nelson never got exiled from Waterloos Watersplash Park in San Dimas.
6.45 the fact that you are a noble family doesn't mean that you financial well off. If you don't have land with your title or very little, then the fact that you need to have a "noble lifestyle" with the expensives that brings, to keep your social status, can easily ruin you.
22:48, The red spot in Germany: It's Hannover. The Duke of Hannover and the King of Britain were the same person, since the Duke of Hannover inherited Britain in 1714.
6:47 It wasn’t uncommon for Noble families to be borderline bankrupt, often coasting by purely on social status rather than wealth. This might seem weird in this day and age, where wealth and social status are basically synonymous with each other, but it was radically different back in the 18th Centiries.
Speed, the third of Napoleon's advantages, was actually more of a group effort than something that can be attributed to Napoleon alone. Napoleon was a genius in battlefield tactics and strategy, but he was also very lucky that from the onset of his career, he had a very good working relation with his chief of staff. Berthier (we'll get to him in Marshals part 6) was just as much a genius in the art of logistics and planning as Napoleon was in the art of fighting battles. I really think that guy doesn't get enough credit for the way Napoleon could move his armies across the continent with complete impunity.
Lol at anglos thinking that Napoleon just did « some » good things. The majority of what he did was good to us, we still use a lot of his reforms here in France and even other countries took inspiration from his Napoleonic codes.
Yeah, napoleon was VERY important in Brazil's history. When he invaded Portugal, the portuguese royal family fled to Brazil, and that build our path to our on independence.
Under French Royal rule, the relative lack of meritocracy combined with Napoleon's independent personality would likely have ensured he'd never have risen to any real power unless the King rewarded him for some exceptional military effort.
That red little bit of Germany, allied with the UK, was the Electorate of Hanover, later upgraded to a kingdom. In 1714, after Queen Anne died with no surviving children, the heir to the British crown was the Elector of Hanover, who became King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. During the Napoleonic Wars, King George III was also the Elector of Hanover, ruling that bit of Germany.
Its simple, having a noble name or title does not guarantee you wealth, there are plenty of examples in history of noble families losing their wealth, lands, and assets but maintaining a title of some sort. Now while these titles don't mean a lot of wealth on their own they can be used to gain favors, or get you access to something you wouldn't be able to normally. Its like a key that is good for certain doors.
During the Victorian Age rich industrialist would marry there children off to poorer members of the nobility in order to secure a title for their family.
9:12 - He would have to fight tooth and nail and most likely wouldn't be able to gather the support of enough people despite his genius for military command
If it wasn't for his power mania he was a great man. He loved science and helped that (including inventing the metric system). He introduced a lot of excellent reforms (the USA constitution was based on France).
A lot of nobility was pour. France didn't recognice every poor Corsican nobility. But Napoleons father, who was a lawyer, managed it in 1771. This meant, that Napoleon had the privileg to be educated in one of the kings military schools.
You get it more rightly than many of the others, but still, Napoleon was there because his father took debts to teach his son. Not because he was a noble or something. Besides the Military schools were cheaper than any other (for obious reasons)
Napoleon expected to either comit himself to the Ottoman Army, or raise Corsica against France, but he (not mentioned in the video) was an early supporter of the revolution, he become part of the Far-Left Jacobin club in 1791
"Tactic of Nelson" first was used by Admiral Ushakov 25 years before Trafalgar during several Russo Turkish naval battles in Black Sea. And later Nelson saw it all, when he and Ushakov both fought French fleet in Mideterrenian.
Ushakov's great victories were against the Turks in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 when he did take single ships out of his battle line to fight the Turkish ships at close quarters, breaking their line and allowing his fleet to close with and destroy them. But the first Admiral to take his entire fleet into close quarters was not Ushakov or Nelson but Admiral George Rodney whose British fleet defeated the French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. Nelson was inspired by Rodney not Ushakov. Ushakov and Nelson only met once, at Malta in 1800. Although both fought the French, they did not do so together.
Hitler was born in the Bavarian circle. An area that was ethnically "Bavarian" but had been integrated into Austria. And Bavarians and Austrians are more similar to each other than say a Bavarian and a Pomeranian. They are very close. That's why Hitler said he was German. And the War of Flowers occured when German troops entered Austria and Austrian troops entered Germany when the anschluss happened. Her statement is probably just a catch all since Hitler put a huge emphasis on Austria coming home. Not being taken over.
The French Revolution was pretty much an inevitablility due to the French royal family demanding more and more taxes from the poor peasant population. Not to mention that France's involvement in the American Revolution bankrupted France which only succeeded in creating more unrest. Also that part of Germany that was allied with Britain was Hannover which was a British protectorate at the time. It wouldn't be till Queen Victoria became Britain's monarch that Hannover would break away from the empire
We British confined the French to Europe mainly through naval battles and created the room for the colonies to expand as France was forced to sell its lands in America to fund its war. Would the USA exist without French help?
poverty and nobility have nothing in common, there are normal people richer than nobles and nobles who beg (it happens) in addition napoleon was noble corce of which not really mean anything by the French people
The Holly Roman Empire was the First Reich!, (funny who at Napoleon's coronation oversimplified put the anthem of Germany, when it was the anthem of his main rivals, don't know why but they screw it there)
During the monarchy, French people were divided in the 3 "estates" : Clergy (priest etc) , nobility and the third estate (peasants, middle class etc in short all the people who were not noble or priest) => So you can be a noble but poor but still the rank of noble with all the benefits and in contrast you can be a very rich guy but not noble so you are in the third estate. So noble doesn't mean always rich and third estates doesn't mean always poor. Napoleon's family were noble but "poor" or not very rich. For finish, the "estates system" is not blocked => You can be born in the third estates and join the church or become noble because the king can give you a nobility title.
About the red part in Germany relied with the UK it’s actually the electorate of Hanover which was basically the birth place of the British dynasty who was on the throne since 1714, they kept their titles and lands in Germany as well
The nobility had mainly privileges (no taxes to pay, access to certain places of education and to certain positions) in general, the nobility had a pretty good life especially compared to the rest of the population. The fact is, however, that they are not all equal and some nobles are immensely rich and influential, where as Napoleon's family lived well but had little influence. In fact, at that time, there were bourgeois who were richer and more powerful than many nobles.
It is fine, but Napoleon "nobility", was not a privileged one, his father was a Genoese lawyer, so he had some "status", but he had to pay taxes, etc, Genoa wasn't an absolute monarchy, was rather a Burgeoise Republic, with it's public officials refered as "nobles", but even that is not so important, because once anexed by France they even lost that status.
Hello SoGal, Napoleon and Scarlett. For class system in a monarchy you could see Wandering Ravens on UK classes. The British king being Hanoverian may have come up in AWI studies as German troops were used, as per "Headless Horseman" - though I have mentioned the head thing now - think of a distraction - Scarlett fetch, mmm not sure that was a good idea.
Nobility means titles and land. It does NOT mean wealth. It is possible to be a minor nobility with not much land where you get barely enough rent off this to support yourself. Likewise it is possible to be a merchant with a lot of wealth but no land nor title. Thia period of time especially saw a lot of rich commoners buy land and (sometimes) titles. But be looked down on by the 'true nobility' who inherrited their land.... Even if it is a swamp and no-one lives there. And there is also a difference between minor and major nobility. Basically when you are classed as a 'Lord' is nobility and the ranks below are not, such as Baronettes squires etc.
with reference to Napoleon going to Egypt to undermine British interests. I regard the Napoleonic wars as the first Global conflict. Later this would also influence conflict in America and Canada. This was World War One!
22:20 King George the 1st was Duke of Hannover and was chosen to become the King of England in 1714 as he was the closest relative to the deceased Queen Anne. He also was elector in the Holy Roman Empire. His son and grandson both named George inherited the crown of Britain and the Duchy of Hannover (until the latter became a principality and then a Kingdom in 1814). As such, Hannover was a loyal ally of Britain (although they were governed separately). Many Hannoverians would join the British army during the American revolution and the regiment of Hannover was created in 1803 and would fight against Napoleon until Waterloo as an expatriate German legion. The personal alliance ended in 1837.
Napoleon went to Egypt because he wanted to seize the entrance to the Nile which was a crucial access area for British trade in India. He also wanted an opportunity to conquer the Middle East like his idol, Alexander the Great. It's a very interesting chapter in Napoleons life.
6:47 - Minor Nobility is nobility who owns a small farm to sustain themselves and have some money left to pay for their sons education. The problem with this is that nobility is often associated with immeasurable wealth and that's not the case for all the nobility especially the minor nobility
There was a general discussion about it during Napoleonic era and after, 90% of the french people and overseas french were really happy about him. Not Louisiana who felt betrayed
Unlike nowadays where class is mostly based on you current economic status, class back then was more connected with birth than money although the two overlapped a good amount Napoleon probably wouldn't have gotten power without the revolution. The aristocrats and higher ranking officers either fled France or became victims of the Revolution. Napoleon probably never would have been in a position to become troops and thereby become popular enough to overthrow the government. Plus, the Revolutionary government was dysfunctional and unpopular so the people wanted someone to restore order
Napoleon maded it clear, He was going to serve in the Ottoman army, or rise Corsica up. But then the Jacobins convinced him of the revolution and become one of them, a year before the overthrow of the monarchy
The red land in the middle is Hannover and the ruler of Hannover was also the King of the UK. In fact George III the English King during the US war of independence was the first British King since a long time that was actually British. Only when Victoria became queen of england the Union with Hannover ended because women couldn't become ruler of Hannover. And if you ever wonder "How did the holy roman empire work?" Just remember: It didn't
To make a very complicated matter more simple, the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) was a political framework established by Charlemagne, with MANY different member states, each with varying degrees of high autonomy depending on when we’re talking about. Generally speaking, the emperor had little control over them. The heart of the empire was what is today Germany, but it also included northern Italy, Czechia, Burgundy, the Low Countries, and other neighboring areas at times. The emperor was elected by special appointed heads of member states called Elector Counts, so there were several dynasties leading the HRE until the Austrian Habsburgs formed an almost unbroken line of succession from the very late Middle Ages to its demise at the hands of Napoleon.
Thank you for this, also i think this is your first sponsor, so well done. Also the red part in the middle of modern day germany is hanover. Its allied with Britain because the royal house(family) of Britain was known as the hanoverian kings, George I was born there and only spoke german even though he was a british king, george II, george III and william IV and were part of the house of Hanover.
the part of Germany was in a royal union with the UK is Hannover, the the 4 king Georges were in charge of hannover before the uk and held onto it for a short period in history
"Nobility" is not some kind of 'egalitarian upper-class' in 19th century European societies. "Nobility" itself is highly stratified and members of noble families who "married down" could, and would often, be barred from inheritance of land, titles, wealth and sometimes even name. This frequently happened to younger brothers of the eldest son and younger sisters of the eldest daughter. I can trace my ancestry back to Otto Ist, Holy Roman Emperor, but 3 generations later 'we' are down to 'Duke' another few generations later it is 'Count', another few generations later it is 'Viscount', then around 1350 'we' are Barons which the family remains for about 3 centuries until in the early 17th 'we' lose the title and only retain a name including the "of" and two generations later in the early 1700's that is lost as well. By 1750 most of my relatives are agricultural day-labourers and have lost the ability to read or write. The 'turnaround' happens in the late 18th / early 19th century, between 1805 and 1810 several of my ancestors joined Napoleon's revolutionary armies, and thus got access to education again. One of them, my great-great-great-grandfather became a grenadier in Napoleon's Imperial Guard, in total 3 of my ancestors were part of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, and survived. Their children all completed primary education, learned a trade, some emigrated to the US, and a century and two World Wars later one of them, my father, was the first of my family in many centuries to go to college.
08:35 By the way, that refrence you keep hearing is most likely to Marquis De Lafayette, French aristocrat who fought and led troops in american revolution and later in both french revolution and july revolution. His close connections to George Washington and France earned him honorific "Hero of two worlds." His often only adressed by his title, because his real name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier De Lafaytte is bit of a moutfull. You'd think that De Lafayette would've been onboard with Napoleon, but it looks like he knew what his game was from the start: that Napoleon wished to become enlightened autorcrat rather than give chance of French having democracy or contitutional monarchy. De Lafayette kept being offered various positions by Napoleon's goverment, but he always refused, coming only out of retirement during Bourbon restoration. 13:57 This is also origin of Napoleon's nickname "'le petit caporal" or "little corporal". He held rank of a general, but put himself on harms way and took on duties micromanaging aspects of a war that would've been duties of that of non-comissioned officer.
22:48 The Kingdom of Hannover was in personal union with England from 1714 to 1837. That means that King George III and George IV and Wiliham/Wilhelm IV were King of England and King of Hannover at the same time. The administration and all levels below were separate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover
French revolution was never not gonna happen considering the state that france was in. Now, the revolution could be prevented if history changed A LOT.
Napoleon has over 3000 personal letters that have luckily been saved that are official which he was writing to people at the time. That is just from himself. The amount of first hand content we have from him is amazing, most of the more intiment issues with josephine for example is known because of those letters. He's truly a fascinating character. There is a reason that no one compares queen Elizabeth, who came shortly after, to napoleon, even though she's ranked as one of the most influential figures. Napoleon was simply one of THE influential people. If America didn't gain or independence, napoleon maybe never could have had the opportunities that he had. But he did, and things like divorce law, peppery protection, alimony of a spouse deserves fair compensation, etc. are all civil law, which he basically managed in France which was so well made that it is what we still use even in America, such as "civil lawsuits" It is such a underrated thing that napoleon gets credit for, even though (as he always written was his greatest achievement), its the single most impressive thing that differentiates him from anyone else
The “little red bit” in Germany is the Kingdom (from 1814)/Electorate of Hanover/Hannover; on 1st August 1714 George, Elector of Hanover, had become George I of Great Britain/United Kingdom (from 1801), but remained Elector of Hanover. This meant the crowns of Great Britain/UK and Hanover were united until the death of William IV in 1837. Victoria was not allowed (being a woman) the throne of Hanover, so the Royals sent the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale to become a German. This is also why you will have noticed there were quite a lot of German soldiers about during the American War of Independence - George III was their king, too, therefore against you rebels.
The ‘red’ state in Germany was the Electorate of Hanover (later the Kingdom of Hanover), which was in personal union with Britain. When Queen Anne died in 1714, the British crown passed to her closest relative, the Elector of Hanover, who became George I of Britain. The personal union ended in 1837 when Victoria became queen. Unlike Britain, Hanover had ‘Salic law’ barring females from becoming the monarch, so the Hanoverian crown then passed to her uncle Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland
Holy Roman Empire was "created" by the Franks, a Germanic tribe. Charles the Great (Charlemagne in French) was crowned by the Pope head of the Holy Roman Empire around 800 AD (CE), it was created by Charles by uniting German tribes, today's France and parts of Italy by war. After that it got diluted breaking up in three parts for each of his sons, etc. It officially existed until Napoleon blasted it.
Imagine napoleon is considered lower nobility in Hawaii right after it was annexed and he went to an American school in new York for the elites. His nobility was almost worthless in France at the time. It was almost a joke to his classmates.
You're quite harsh on Napoleon with statements like there was some good to him. I'd argue the good outweighed the bad by a long shot, especially if you were French, Polish, South American, Italian, from the Balkans, a commoner or Jewish.
Do oversimplified war of the bucket. That includes the story of how Charlemagne establishment of the Holy Roman Empire(Year 800). Charlemagne, King of the Franks wanted to create an empire that was suppose to be the extension of the old Roman Empire. It eventually came down to being just Germany.
22:30 that red piece of country is likely Hanover. It was UK territory. Epic History only covered Napoleon after he became emperor (1804) except for Toulouse
You have to remember the fact that EpicHistoryTV focuses on the Napoleonic Wars, from when he becomes Emperor in 1805 and onwards. But you’re right I would like to know more about his Italian and Egyptian campaigns too
22:42 King George the first of House Hanover (German royalty) ascended the British throne due to lack of heirs. And since George the first was related to the British Royal family. He was crowned King. In 1714
Napoleon could have been English. The British were asked to take over Corsica before the French. Also, Napoleon's nephew(later Napoleon IV) was a British war hero. He served in the royal artillery,I think, and died in the Zulu war.
22:45 you ask about the small red bit of Germany? This is Hannover, a British owned (at the time) part of Germany. This was British as the Royal Family of Britain inherited the title through the Hannovarian nobles who intermarried with them.
Daniel Rothchild lent money to England in a deal ( equivalent of £1B in todays currency ) which they spent on the navy & army to fight the super powers of France, Spain and the Dutch.
16:25 - They didn't skip over it the Napoleonic Wars stafts when Napoleon becomes emperor (december 1804) not when he becomes first consul or essentially dictator (1799). Anything mentioned prior to december 1804 is not talked about in their series except for the siege of Toulon in 1793. A series on the Italian and Egyptian Campaigns is something i requested over there but they put up the vote for patreon so might not get chosen anytime soon. Its briefly mentioned in the marshals series btw.
7:00 Let me explain Poor nobility family in Corsica is more or less the same as "nothing". They don't have pedigree, they don't have territories, they don't have maids, or servants, or influence. And now they are french, the lone thing they really have is a stable income. A good local merchant have more influence than the Napoleon family. The Napoleon family has the same level as a family of "chevalier" without any honorable "fait d'arme".
Epic History TV only covered the Napoleonic wars, which begin in 1805 and end in 1815. They unfortunately didn't cover the war of the first coalition 1792-1797 (war of the coalition, Roussillon War and First Italian Campaign) as well as the War of the second coalition 1798-1802 (Campaigns of Holland, Switzerland, Egypt and Italy).
That little part of modern day Germany is Part of Britain because sometime prior in the early 1700s one of the German Princes inherited the British throne and became the king of England while retaining the part of Germany that he was elector of. This is why the British are sometimes called the Hanoverians.
Even though he was a major warmonger and not at all perfect, Napoleon is still seen as one of the greatest men in the history of the nation of France and not at all as an egocentric dictator (whereas some major figures of that era like Robespierre fell out of grace). In the end, he widely structured the country and the society of France as we still know it to this day. Sure he has a bad reputation abroad because the "new ideas" of France were threatening the order in place at the time in Europe. Keep in mind that the Revolution already had a very hard time maintening peace within its own borders and had very little interest to go to war several times with the whole rest of Europe if unprovoked. This year was the 200th anniversary of his death and it was widely celebrated here in France. Even though there was a few controversies here and there (as we always do in France), it was mostly in a celebration way than a hurtful rememberance. Believe or not, there are even some people that are nostalgic of the Napoleonic era and would love a return to the "Emperor's way". I have one friend that is in that movement and it goes beyond just reenacting some Napoleonic scenes and battles (it's quite scary how close-minded these people often are in general). But that nostalgy has since mostly been replaced by the worshipping of Charles de Gaulle, who further shaped our society (he gave us our Fifth Republic, for example). For the better or worth, he is now our main national figure of reference even 50 years after his death.
Impoverished nobility was common in many parts of Europe, such as France, because inheritance was not governed by primogeniture. In Britain, the eldest son got everything when dad died, but in France, all the children got equal shares in the family fortune. So, in Britain, the wealth remained concentrated on one person each time a father died, while in France the family fortune was divided up into smaller and smaller amounts.
Nobility is inherited. YOur ancestors can squander all your familys wealth, then have children and you end up with a noble with a big, poorly maintained mansion and no money. He can go to boarding school because nobles dont have to pay. The french revolution was about many of these ridiculous privileges that nobility retained over the commoners regardless of the fact that in france, due to the increasing centralisation of power under the crown and in paris from louis 14th onwards, most nobles were very very bankrupt and were selling their estates to get by.
Think Oversimplified do the simple humour to appeal to audiences who are not all that interested in history normally while SoGal seems a bit bemused by some of the humour. I thought the guillotine bit was rather clever and and the Russian Tsar being a little baby boy was funny but SoGal did not seem to get it :P
Over time many, many noble families became poor but the societies of centuries ago permitted peeps to leverage their 'noble' status a lot. * An 'oversimplified' explanation. Heh.
The Holy Roman Empire was just a bunch of princedoms whose rulers elected an Emperor when needed... this organization had its roots in Charlemaigne Empire, but the trick here is that Charlemaigne was crowned Emperor by the Pope through a legal fictional document called "Constantine's Dation", but in fact it was all a charade between Charlemaigne and the Pope. The Holy Roman Empire claimed being the heir of the Roman Empire, but in reality its Emperor was Emperor just formally, that's why when Napoleon crowned himself, the "legal" Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was pissed, although the real bearer of the political power in Europe was Napoleon. It happened quite the same with Charles I of Spain, named Charles V in Germany... Charles was formally the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but his true power was really being the King of Spain, because Spain it was the true Empire, not by the text of documents, but de facto
The Napoleonic war was in part the reason why Western Australia never became a French Colony. The French had explored much of WA before the English. The Explorers d'Entrecasteaux and Flinders met up off Southern WA and then parted ways without hostility during this time. Because France was a bit tight on cash during the wars they could not afford to claim and settle Western Australia. The English then claimed it and settled it. However that story also led to the whole West v East Australia thing which exists to this day, with Western Australia having a quite strong successionist sentiment just as it did at Federation and after it. Yes I know the Dutch had already “claimed” WA with the plate on Dirk Hartog Island off Shark Bay.
To answer your question. Napoleon would have been a writer if he hadn't joined the military. He wrote quite a few short stories and they were pretty bad. Even when he showed an old friend his new work, the friend advised him to rewrite the whole thing. He began to feel he was too incompetent to be a writer. So he started writing books on how muskets worked, how artillery worked, and military stuff. He did not become a writer.
15:15 Well the Anschluss was desired by the Austrians as they considered themselves part of the Greater German Reich. They voted Hitler over and welcomed the troops bloodlessly.
The French depend on a single person with exceptional talent, while the Germans exist as a whole and, with their Germanic genes full of aggressiveness and perfectionism, are unstoppable and don't need a specific person
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Hey can u pls react to armchair historians video on crimean war pls?, they animate their videos and the video is really interesting and cool, and would love to see your reaction.
Oversimplified's War of the Bucket is sorta about the Holy Roman Empire (Also the joke about them is that the Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman, and Certainly not an Empire)
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Napoleon came from an " Impoverished Noble" family. Basically a family of peers who had run out of cash, but kept the rank and position in society.
meaning more than half the nobility
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Exactly, nobility didn't necessarily mean wealth.
Exactly. In Britain we had John de Courcy, 35th Baron Kingsale (1941-2005). He ended up working as a lorry driver and oddjob man after his grandfather ran up massive gambling debts.
especially complicated in france given folks could buy their way into it and the number of different kinds that all operated under different laws. There was an Ancien Regime joke that no French Citizen lived under the same laws because of how bonkers the overlapping jurisdictions were.
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Here are answers to a couple of your questions.
The reason behind the Egypt campaign. Over in India, the British had been fighting the sultan of Mysore, Tippoo Sahib the Tiger of Mysore, who wanted to rule southern India. Tippoo's father Hyder Ali, had usurped the throne of Mysore and tried to beat the British. And failed. Then Tippoo tried to succeed where his father failed. Although he was a great Indian leader, he ruled by fear, and was no match for the British. Lord Charles Cornwallis could of dethroned Tippoo, but let him off easy. Tippoo rebuilt his armies, and formed an alliance with France. France's goal was to conquer Egypt and somehow do an Alexander the great conquest of the Middle East to get to India. They didn't realize how weak Tippoo was. When Tippoo declared war again, he was decisively defeated by a small army of Sepoys. (Sepoys were Indian regiments commanded by British officers). The fact that he had been defeated by only a small Sepoy army and he hadn't even faced the main British army yet, told Tippoo that he was screwed. He retreated to his capitol where he made a last stand and died in the defense.
The reason Hanover is allied to Britain. After Queen Anne's death, 1702-1714, Parliament didn't want to have do with any more rulers of the House of Stewart. So they called the ruler of Hanover, George, to become king George I, instead of the pretender king in France, James III. This created the House of Hanover. Thus Hanover was technically Great Britain.
The usa anthem is from Napoleonic war
Nobility. These come in various grades of wealth. Either they only had small amounts of land, or they were spendthrift's. The family name still carried weight, but the brass work was a bit tarnished. A lot of British aristocrats married American Heiresses for their money, to bstereo their estates. The Spencer Churchill's did it. So did the Astors.
22:30 the country was Hanover whose kings where also the Kings of England Hanover became Independent however when Queen Victoria became Queen and since Hanover did not allow women to rule Hanover was give. To her uncle.
Well that worked out for the best for Hannover, otherwise they likes would have ended up being fought over by Britain and Prussia.
Semi-ironically its where I was born (I'm British with British parents, my dad was in the army overseas at the time).
That's cool lol
the german state you were wondering about is Hanover who had the same royal family as the UK at the time
the small area in Europe is Hanover and was part of Great Britain as we shared a king, George III eg farmer george
It would be impossible for Hannover to be a part of Great Britain as Great Britain is an island separated from continental Europe by the English Channel.
@@Oxley016 King George was King of Hanover so it was Part of his realm
@@jensmaas555 I know that and I did not deny that fact. My point still stands.
@@Oxley016 but what was your point...I don't understand what you mean
@@nedeast6845 Well it's all rather simple really, I explained it in my first reply.
25:03 man seeing ur reaction on the guilotined made me question myself on how i got used to so much graphic stuff lol
watching and learning about all the stuff that happend the Guillotine just seems like a normal and not so bad thing
A descendant of the Halifax gibbet 🙂
Well, french kids learn about the guillotine and all that stuff pretty early on. Like at 11 or 12.
@@noquarter9700 In that age we Germans have first lessons about our not so glorious History with 14-15 we will visit one of the death camps Dachau in my case so no sparing us there either
That’s not a common reaction to a cartoon.
Brienne Military academy was administered by monks of the order of St. Benedict, the school in Champagne received 60 pupils (known as ‘pensionnaires’) from moneyed families and 60 scholarship boys chosen from amongst the poor aristocracy. Napoleon was one of the latter sort and received a bursary from the crown to finance his education. Having a hereditary title, which may have been granted hundreds of years ago didn't mean you necessarily had any money.
The expeditions in Egypt made the country known all over the world. He brought with him scientists and writers who wrote the first books read in Europe about the incredible Egypt. Also, he stole many artefacts that are still in the Louvre museum today. It was one of the first real archeological expedition
Napoleon is the kind of person that's such an unstoppable force that, even if the French revolution never happened i believe that he'd find a way to be relevant and write his name in history in a big way. Maybe not as emperor of France, but still I'm sure he'd be renowned.
I agree.
They did a life size statue of Lord Nelson in London, stuck on the top of a column in Trafalgar Square. 18 feet 1 inches tall. About average height for British Sailors of the era.
They could also pluck cannonballs from the air with their teeth :P
Cricket was invented at this time by British sailors who batted cannonballs back to the French
he was shorther than napoleon
Napoleon also had more arms and eyes than nelson
@@miketriggs2156 This is turning into a schoolboy game of Top Trumps. Nelson was president of South Africa, Nelson never got exiled from Waterloos Watersplash Park in San Dimas.
Interesting Sarah's reaction to the head chopping..found out just the other day the last person was guillotined in 1977, pretty damn recent.
6.45 the fact that you are a noble family doesn't mean that you financial well off.
If you don't have land with your title or very little, then the fact that you need to have a "noble lifestyle" with the expensives that brings, to keep your social status, can easily ruin you.
22:48, The red spot in Germany: It's Hannover. The Duke of Hannover and the King of Britain were the same person, since the Duke of Hannover inherited Britain in 1714.
6:47 It wasn’t uncommon for Noble families to be borderline bankrupt, often coasting by purely on social status rather than wealth. This might seem weird in this day and age, where wealth and social status are basically synonymous with each other, but it was radically different back in the 18th Centiries.
Speed, the third of Napoleon's advantages, was actually more of a group effort than something that can be attributed to Napoleon alone.
Napoleon was a genius in battlefield tactics and strategy, but he was also very lucky that from the onset of his career, he had a very good working relation with his chief of staff. Berthier (we'll get to him in Marshals part 6) was just as much a genius in the art of logistics and planning as Napoleon was in the art of fighting battles.
I really think that guy doesn't get enough credit for the way Napoleon could move his armies across the continent with complete impunity.
I think I disagree. Napoleon is renowned as the best general ever in history, Berthier was amazing but napoleon was revolutionary
Just a reminder that the 1970 Waterloo movie will make a fitting finale for your explorations of the Napoleonic wars
She should then watch History Buff's video about this movie.
Napoleon was born the equivalent of high middle class. His dad was nobility but had to work.
As French. You got it right. His Family was in the middle class. Born in Corsica
When his dad died Napoleon took on his debt, it’s (his story) is still pretty rags to riches
Lol at anglos thinking that Napoleon just did « some » good things. The majority of what he did was good to us, we still use a lot of his reforms here in France and even other countries took inspiration from his Napoleonic codes.
the metric system, which Americans still refuse to use....
Yeah, napoleon was VERY important in Brazil's history. When he invaded Portugal, the portuguese royal family fled to Brazil, and that build our path to our on independence.
AFAIK his actions were very regressive when it came to the French colonial empire.
Under French Royal rule, the relative lack of meritocracy combined with Napoleon's independent personality would likely have ensured he'd never have risen to any real power unless the King rewarded him for some exceptional military effort.
That red little bit of Germany, allied with the UK, was the Electorate of Hanover, later upgraded to a kingdom. In 1714, after Queen Anne died with no surviving children, the heir to the British crown was the Elector of Hanover, who became King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. During the Napoleonic Wars, King George III was also the Elector of Hanover, ruling that bit of Germany.
Its simple, having a noble name or title does not guarantee you wealth, there are plenty of examples in history of noble families losing their wealth, lands, and assets but maintaining a title of some sort. Now while these titles don't mean a lot of wealth on their own they can be used to gain favors, or get you access to something you wouldn't be able to normally. Its like a key that is good for certain doors.
During the Victorian Age rich industrialist would marry there children off to poorer members of the nobility in order to secure a title for their family.
9:12 - He would have to fight tooth and nail and most likely wouldn't be able to gather the support of enough people despite his genius for military command
If it wasn't for his power mania he was a great man. He loved science and helped that (including inventing the metric system). He introduced a lot of excellent reforms (the USA constitution was based on France).
He had the blood but not the money to back it up
most of the nobility was broke, this idea of privilege and nobility being together is a bourgeois myth
26:00 A little bit? The Napoleonic code is the basis for the legal systems of most of Europe to this day.
A lot of nobility was pour. France didn't recognice every poor Corsican nobility. But Napoleons father, who was a lawyer, managed it in 1771. This meant, that Napoleon had the privileg to be educated in one of the kings military schools.
You get it more rightly than many of the others, but still, Napoleon was there because his father took debts to teach his son. Not because he was a noble or something. Besides the Military schools were cheaper than any other (for obious reasons)
Napoleon expected to either comit himself to the Ottoman Army, or raise Corsica against France, but he (not mentioned in the video) was an early supporter of the revolution, he become part of the Far-Left Jacobin club in 1791
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"Tactic of Nelson" first was used by Admiral Ushakov 25 years before Trafalgar during several Russo Turkish naval battles in Black Sea. And later Nelson saw it all, when he and Ushakov both fought French fleet in Mideterrenian.
Ushakov's great victories were against the Turks in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 when he did take single ships out of his battle line to fight the Turkish ships at close quarters, breaking their line and allowing his fleet to close with and destroy them.
But the first Admiral to take his entire fleet into close quarters was not Ushakov or Nelson but Admiral George Rodney whose British fleet defeated the French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. Nelson was inspired by Rodney not Ushakov.
Ushakov and Nelson only met once, at Malta in 1800. Although both fought the French, they did not do so together.
wasn't hitler himself austrian? and who oppressed Austria in the 1930s they were free weren't they?
Hitler was born in the Bavarian circle. An area that was ethnically "Bavarian" but had been integrated into Austria. And Bavarians and Austrians are more similar to each other than say a Bavarian and a Pomeranian. They are very close. That's why Hitler said he was German. And the War of Flowers occured when German troops entered Austria and Austrian troops entered Germany when the anschluss happened. Her statement is probably just a catch all since Hitler put a huge emphasis on Austria coming home. Not being taken over.
The French Revolution was pretty much an inevitablility due to the French royal family demanding more and more taxes from the poor peasant population. Not to mention that France's involvement in the American Revolution bankrupted France which only succeeded in creating more unrest.
Also that part of Germany that was allied with Britain was Hannover which was a British protectorate at the time. It wouldn't be till Queen Victoria became Britain's monarch that Hannover would break away from the empire
I think you are now ready to read On War by von Clausewitz. It puts the Napoleonic wars inperspective.
We British confined the French to Europe mainly through naval battles and created the room for the colonies to expand as France was forced to sell its lands in America to fund its war. Would the USA exist without French help?
poverty and nobility have nothing in common, there are normal people richer than nobles and nobles who beg (it happens) in addition napoleon was noble corce of which not really mean anything by the French people
The Holly Roman Empire was the First Reich!, (funny who at Napoleon's coronation oversimplified put the anthem of Germany, when it was the anthem of his main rivals, don't know why but they screw it there)
If you understand french, there's a ton of quality documentaries on RUclips about specific moments in Napoleon's career and member of his family.
During the monarchy, French people were divided in the 3 "estates" : Clergy (priest etc) , nobility and the third estate (peasants, middle class etc in short all the people who were not noble or priest) => So you can be a noble but poor but still the rank of noble with all the benefits and in contrast you can be a very rich guy but not noble so you are in the third estate. So noble doesn't mean always rich and third estates doesn't mean always poor.
Napoleon's family were noble but "poor" or not very rich.
For finish, the "estates system" is not blocked => You can be born in the third estates and join the church or become noble because the king can give you a nobility title.
About the red part in Germany relied with the UK it’s actually the electorate of Hanover which was basically the birth place of the British dynasty who was on the throne since 1714, they kept their titles and lands in Germany as well
Dude, I am totally average height for the time period.........
That country you said is in red and in what is today Germany, was Hannover, a kingdom ruled by the same monarch as that of the United Kingdom
The nobility had mainly privileges (no taxes to pay, access to certain places of education and to certain positions) in general, the nobility had a pretty good life especially compared to the rest of the population.
The fact is, however, that they are not all equal and some nobles are immensely rich and influential, where as Napoleon's family lived well but had little influence. In fact, at that time, there were bourgeois who were richer and more powerful than many nobles.
It is fine, but Napoleon "nobility", was not a privileged one, his father was a Genoese lawyer, so he had some "status", but he had to pay taxes, etc, Genoa wasn't an absolute monarchy, was rather a Burgeoise Republic, with it's public officials refered as "nobles", but even that is not so important, because once anexed by France they even lost that status.
Hello SoGal, Napoleon and Scarlett. For class system in a monarchy you could see Wandering Ravens on UK classes. The British king being Hanoverian may have come up in AWI studies as German troops were used, as per "Headless Horseman" - though I have mentioned the head thing now - think of a distraction - Scarlett fetch, mmm not sure that was a good idea.
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Nobility means titles and land. It does NOT mean wealth.
It is possible to be a minor nobility with not much land where you get barely enough rent off this to support yourself.
Likewise it is possible to be a merchant with a lot of wealth but no land nor title.
Thia period of time especially saw a lot of rich commoners buy land and (sometimes) titles. But be looked down on by the 'true nobility' who inherrited their land.... Even if it is a swamp and no-one lives there.
And there is also a difference between minor and major nobility. Basically when you are classed as a 'Lord' is nobility and the ranks below are not, such as Baronettes squires etc.
with reference to Napoleon going to Egypt to undermine British interests. I regard the Napoleonic wars as the first Global conflict. Later this would also influence conflict in America and Canada. This was World War One!
The Seven Years' War was the first global conflict.
That's one happy dog, huge smiles.
22:20 King George the 1st was Duke of Hannover and was chosen to become the King of England in 1714 as he was the closest relative to the deceased Queen Anne. He also was elector in the Holy Roman Empire. His son and grandson both named George inherited the crown of Britain and the Duchy of Hannover (until the latter became a principality and then a Kingdom in 1814). As such, Hannover was a loyal ally of Britain (although they were governed separately). Many Hannoverians would join the British army during the American revolution and the regiment of Hannover was created in 1803 and would fight against Napoleon until Waterloo as an expatriate German legion. The personal alliance ended in 1837.
Napoleon went to Egypt because he wanted to seize the entrance to the Nile which was a crucial access area for British trade in India. He also wanted an opportunity to conquer the Middle East like his idol, Alexander the Great. It's a very interesting chapter in Napoleons life.
Hanover was a German state that was ruled by the British royal family because they were from there
6:47 - Minor Nobility is nobility who owns a small farm to sustain themselves and have some money left to pay for their sons education. The problem with this is that nobility is often associated with immeasurable wealth and that's not the case for all the nobility especially the minor nobility
There was a general discussion about it during Napoleonic era and after, 90% of the french people and overseas french were really happy about him. Not Louisiana who felt betrayed
Unlike nowadays where class is mostly based on you current economic status, class back then was more connected with birth than money although the two overlapped a good amount
Napoleon probably wouldn't have gotten power without the revolution. The aristocrats and higher ranking officers either fled France or became victims of the Revolution. Napoleon probably never would have been in a position to become troops and thereby become popular enough to overthrow the government. Plus, the Revolutionary government was dysfunctional and unpopular so the people wanted someone to restore order
Napoleon maded it clear, He was going to serve in the Ottoman army, or rise Corsica up. But then the Jacobins convinced him of the revolution and become one of them, a year before the overthrow of the monarchy
Hanover was a german state which belong to the King of Great Britain Georges III. His family/dynasty came originaly from Hanover not England.
The red land in the middle is Hannover and the ruler of Hannover was also the King of the UK. In fact George III the English King during the US war of independence was the first British King since a long time that was actually British. Only when Victoria became queen of england the Union with Hannover ended because women couldn't become ruler of Hannover.
And if you ever wonder "How did the holy roman empire work?" Just remember: It didn't
I think Napoleon's wife liked a bit more than kissing! A right old bike! Ding Ding!
George the 1St of England had been Elector of Hanover beforehand. So the English/British Monarch ruled both until Queen Victoria
I'm average height for this time period. Feel you my man.
To make a very complicated matter more simple, the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) was a political framework established by Charlemagne, with MANY different member states, each with varying degrees of high autonomy depending on when we’re talking about. Generally speaking, the emperor had little control over them. The heart of the empire was what is today Germany, but it also included northern Italy, Czechia, Burgundy, the Low Countries, and other neighboring areas at times. The emperor was elected by special appointed heads of member states called Elector Counts, so there were several dynasties leading the HRE until the Austrian Habsburgs formed an almost unbroken line of succession from the very late Middle Ages to its demise at the hands of Napoleon.
Thank you for this, also i think this is your first sponsor, so well done. Also the red part in the middle of modern day germany is hanover. Its allied with Britain because the royal house(family) of Britain was known as the hanoverian kings, George I was born there and only spoke german even though he was a british king, george II, george III and william IV and were part of the house of Hanover.
the part of Germany was in a royal union with the UK is Hannover, the the 4 king Georges were in charge of hannover before the uk and held onto it for a short period in history
"Nobility" is not some kind of 'egalitarian upper-class' in 19th century European societies. "Nobility" itself is highly stratified and members of noble families who "married down" could, and would often, be barred from inheritance of land, titles, wealth and sometimes even name. This frequently happened to younger brothers of the eldest son and younger sisters of the eldest daughter.
I can trace my ancestry back to Otto Ist, Holy Roman Emperor, but 3 generations later 'we' are down to 'Duke' another few generations later it is 'Count', another few generations later it is 'Viscount', then around 1350 'we' are Barons which the family remains for about 3 centuries until in the early 17th 'we' lose the title and only retain a name including the "of" and two generations later in the early 1700's that is lost as well. By 1750 most of my relatives are agricultural day-labourers and have lost the ability to read or write. The 'turnaround' happens in the late 18th / early 19th century, between 1805 and 1810 several of my ancestors joined Napoleon's revolutionary armies, and thus got access to education again. One of them, my great-great-great-grandfather became a grenadier in Napoleon's Imperial Guard, in total 3 of my ancestors were part of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, and survived. Their children all completed primary education, learned a trade, some emigrated to the US, and a century and two World Wars later one of them, my father, was the first of my family in many centuries to go to college.
08:35 By the way, that refrence you keep hearing is most likely to Marquis De Lafayette, French aristocrat who fought and led troops in american revolution and later in both french revolution and july revolution. His close connections to George Washington and France earned him honorific "Hero of two worlds." His often only adressed by his title, because his real name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier De Lafaytte is bit of a moutfull.
You'd think that De Lafayette would've been onboard with Napoleon, but it looks like he knew what his game was from the start: that Napoleon wished to become enlightened autorcrat rather than give chance of French having democracy or contitutional monarchy. De Lafayette kept being offered various positions by Napoleon's goverment, but he always refused, coming only out of retirement during Bourbon restoration.
13:57 This is also origin of Napoleon's nickname "'le petit caporal" or "little corporal". He held rank of a general, but put himself on harms way and took on duties micromanaging aspects of a war that would've been duties of that of non-comissioned officer.
22:48 The Kingdom of Hannover was in personal union with England from 1714 to 1837. That means that King George III and George IV and Wiliham/Wilhelm IV were King of England and King of Hannover at the same time. The administration and all levels below were separate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover
French revolution was never not gonna happen considering the state that france was in. Now, the revolution could be prevented if history changed A LOT.
Napoleon has over 3000 personal letters that have luckily been saved that are official which he was writing to people at the time. That is just from himself. The amount of first hand content we have from him is amazing, most of the more intiment issues with josephine for example is known because of those letters.
He's truly a fascinating character. There is a reason that no one compares queen Elizabeth, who came shortly after, to napoleon, even though she's ranked as one of the most influential figures.
Napoleon was simply one of THE influential people. If America didn't gain or independence, napoleon maybe never could have had the opportunities that he had.
But he did, and things like divorce law, peppery protection, alimony of a spouse deserves fair compensation, etc. are all civil law, which he basically managed in France which was so well made that it is what we still use even in America, such as "civil lawsuits"
It is such a underrated thing that napoleon gets credit for, even though (as he always written was his greatest achievement), its the single most impressive thing that differentiates him from anyone else
The “little red bit” in Germany is the Kingdom (from 1814)/Electorate of Hanover/Hannover; on 1st August 1714 George, Elector of Hanover, had become George I of Great Britain/United Kingdom (from 1801), but remained Elector of Hanover. This meant the crowns of Great Britain/UK and Hanover were united until the death of William IV in 1837. Victoria was not allowed (being a woman) the throne of Hanover, so the Royals sent the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale to become a German. This is also why you will have noticed there were quite a lot of German soldiers about during the American War of Independence - George III was their king, too, therefore against you rebels.
The ‘red’ state in Germany was the Electorate of Hanover (later the Kingdom of Hanover), which was in personal union with Britain. When Queen Anne died in 1714, the British crown passed to her closest relative, the Elector of Hanover, who became George I of Britain. The personal union ended in 1837 when Victoria became queen. Unlike Britain, Hanover had ‘Salic law’ barring females from becoming the monarch, so the Hanoverian crown then passed to her uncle Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland
The UK controlled area under Denmark during the Second League of Armed Neutrality was the Electorate of Hanover
Holy Roman Empire was "created" by the Franks, a Germanic tribe. Charles the Great (Charlemagne in French) was crowned by the Pope head of the Holy Roman Empire around 800 AD (CE), it was created by Charles by uniting German tribes, today's France and parts of Italy by war. After that it got diluted breaking up in three parts for each of his sons, etc. It officially existed until Napoleon blasted it.
Imagine napoleon is considered lower nobility in Hawaii right after it was annexed and he went to an American school in new York for the elites. His nobility was almost worthless in France at the time. It was almost a joke to his classmates.
You're quite harsh on Napoleon with statements like there was some good to him. I'd argue the good outweighed the bad by a long shot, especially if you were French, Polish, South American, Italian, from the Balkans, a commoner or Jewish.
Do oversimplified war of the bucket. That includes the story of how Charlemagne establishment of the Holy Roman Empire(Year 800). Charlemagne, King of the Franks wanted to create an empire that was suppose to be the extension of the old Roman Empire. It eventually came down to being just Germany.
22:30 that red piece of country is likely Hanover. It was UK territory. Epic History only covered Napoleon after he became emperor (1804) except for Toulouse
Toulon, but yes, they covered nothing of his battles from Saorgio to Marengo.
You have to remember the fact that EpicHistoryTV focuses on the Napoleonic Wars, from when he becomes Emperor in 1805 and onwards. But you’re right I would like to know more about his Italian and Egyptian campaigns too
22:42 King George the first of House Hanover (German royalty) ascended the British throne due to lack of heirs. And since George the first was related to the British Royal family. He was crowned King. In 1714
Napoleon could have been English. The British were asked to take over Corsica before the French. Also, Napoleon's nephew(later Napoleon IV) was a British war hero. He served in the royal artillery,I think, and died in the Zulu war.
22:45 you ask about the small red bit of Germany? This is Hannover, a British owned (at the time) part of Germany. This was British as the Royal Family of Britain inherited the title through the Hannovarian nobles who intermarried with them.
You should watch the armchair historian he has really good videos and has one on how the holy Roman empire was formed
Daniel Rothchild lent money to England in a deal ( equivalent of £1B in todays currency ) which they spent on the navy & army to fight the super powers of France, Spain and the Dutch.
16:25 - They didn't skip over it the Napoleonic Wars stafts when Napoleon becomes emperor (december 1804) not when he becomes first consul or essentially dictator (1799). Anything mentioned prior to december 1804 is not talked about in their series except for the siege of Toulon in 1793. A series on the Italian and Egyptian Campaigns is something i requested over there but they put up the vote for patreon so might not get chosen anytime soon. Its briefly mentioned in the marshals series btw.
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Let me explain
Poor nobility family in Corsica is more or less the same as "nothing". They don't have pedigree, they don't have territories, they don't have maids, or servants, or influence. And now they are french, the lone thing they really have is a stable income.
A good local merchant have more influence than the Napoleon family. The Napoleon family has the same level as a family of "chevalier" without any honorable "fait d'arme".
Epic History TV only covered the Napoleonic wars, which begin in 1805 and end in 1815.
They unfortunately didn't cover the war of the first coalition 1792-1797 (war of the coalition, Roussillon War and First Italian Campaign) as well as the War of the second coalition 1798-1802 (Campaigns of Holland, Switzerland, Egypt and Italy).
22:47 - That's Hanover. The British Royal Family descend from it's Monarch, Princess-Electress Sophia
That little part of modern day Germany is Part of Britain because sometime prior in the early 1700s one of the German Princes inherited the British throne and became the king of England while retaining the part of Germany that he was elector of.
This is why the British are sometimes called the Hanoverians.
Even though he was a major warmonger and not at all perfect, Napoleon is still seen as one of the greatest men in the history of the nation of France and not at all as an egocentric dictator (whereas some major figures of that era like Robespierre fell out of grace). In the end, he widely structured the country and the society of France as we still know it to this day. Sure he has a bad reputation abroad because the "new ideas" of France were threatening the order in place at the time in Europe. Keep in mind that the Revolution already had a very hard time maintening peace within its own borders and had very little interest to go to war several times with the whole rest of Europe if unprovoked.
This year was the 200th anniversary of his death and it was widely celebrated here in France. Even though there was a few controversies here and there (as we always do in France), it was mostly in a celebration way than a hurtful rememberance. Believe or not, there are even some people that are nostalgic of the Napoleonic era and would love a return to the "Emperor's way". I have one friend that is in that movement and it goes beyond just reenacting some Napoleonic scenes and battles (it's quite scary how close-minded these people often are in general). But that nostalgy has since mostly been replaced by the worshipping of Charles de Gaulle, who further shaped our society (he gave us our Fifth Republic, for example). For the better or worth, he is now our main national figure of reference even 50 years after his death.
Impoverished nobility was common in many parts of Europe, such as France, because inheritance was not governed by primogeniture. In Britain, the eldest son got everything when dad died, but in France, all the children got equal shares in the family fortune. So, in Britain, the wealth remained concentrated on one person each time a father died, while in France the family fortune was divided up into smaller and smaller amounts.
Nobility is inherited. YOur ancestors can squander all your familys wealth, then have children and you end up with a noble with a big, poorly maintained mansion and no money.
He can go to boarding school because nobles dont have to pay. The french revolution was about many of these ridiculous privileges that nobility retained over the commoners regardless of the fact that in france, due to the increasing centralisation of power under the crown and in paris from louis 14th onwards, most nobles were very very bankrupt and were selling their estates to get by.
Think Oversimplified do the simple humour to appeal to audiences who are not all that interested in history normally while SoGal seems a bit bemused by some of the humour. I thought the guillotine bit was rather clever and and the Russian Tsar being a little baby boy was funny but SoGal did not seem to get it :P
Over time many, many noble families became poor but the societies of centuries ago permitted peeps to leverage their 'noble' status a lot.
* An 'oversimplified' explanation. Heh.
The Holy Roman Empire was just a bunch of princedoms whose rulers elected an Emperor when needed... this organization had its roots in Charlemaigne Empire, but the trick here is that Charlemaigne was crowned Emperor by the Pope through a legal fictional document called "Constantine's Dation", but in fact it was all a charade between Charlemaigne and the Pope. The Holy Roman Empire claimed being the heir of the Roman Empire, but in reality its Emperor was Emperor just formally, that's why when Napoleon crowned himself, the "legal" Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was pissed, although the real bearer of the political power in Europe was Napoleon. It happened quite the same with Charles I of Spain, named Charles V in Germany... Charles was formally the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but his true power was really being the King of Spain, because Spain it was the true Empire, not by the text of documents, but de facto
The Napoleonic war was in part the reason why Western Australia never became a French Colony. The French had explored much of WA before the English. The Explorers d'Entrecasteaux and Flinders met up off Southern WA and then parted ways without hostility during this time. Because France was a bit tight on cash during the wars they could not afford to claim and settle Western Australia. The English then claimed it and settled it. However that story also led to the whole West v East Australia thing which exists to this day, with Western Australia having a quite strong successionist sentiment just as it did at Federation and after it.
Yes I know the Dutch had already “claimed” WA with the plate on Dirk Hartog Island off Shark Bay.
To answer your question. Napoleon would have been a writer if he hadn't joined the military. He wrote quite a few short stories and they were pretty bad. Even when he showed an old friend his new work, the friend advised him to rewrite the whole thing. He began to feel he was too incompetent to be a writer. So he started writing books on how muskets worked, how artillery worked, and military stuff. He did not become a writer.
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Well the Anschluss was desired by the Austrians as they considered themselves part of the Greater German Reich. They voted Hitler over and welcomed the troops bloodlessly.
22:43 it’s Hanover,a part of The Holy Roman Empire. It became a part of Britain because the royal family of Britain were who owned Hanover
The French depend on a single person with exceptional talent, while the Germans exist as a whole and, with their Germanic genes full of aggressiveness and perfectionism, are unstoppable and don't need a specific person