The fun thing about our worst ruler Fernando VII is that he was titled "The Beloved" cause in our war of independence (Peninsula war), everybody from the political spectrum except the french loyalists fought so he could come back to Spain just to fuck up the country in hundreds of ways
Wait hold up? You telling me that the whole colonies from southern Latin America's wanted him back on the throne but later on it didn't worked well enough so "we" (my brown people) revolt and this is why Mexico could've been great under a empire 😒.
@@imperiumgrim4717 I don't know how you even came to that conclusion. He didn't even mention Mexico or other Spanish colonies of that time. The "people from all political spectrum" part refers to different factions in *Spain* (the royalist, the Catholics, the liberals, etc).
Juan Carlos I is known as "el Campechano" which is a very spanish word that means that he did not follow the formalities of the crown in the positive ways of it, he was kinda "close" to the people I guess. And our current king, Felipe VI is called "el preparao" which translates to "the prepared", as he received lots of formation during the reign of his father. In fact, Felipe is te first spanish royal with a degree.
You can tell he had that conversation about Ferdinand VII being the worst with a spaniard. While most international people know about the memes of the bewitched kingz, spaniards know reality is even darker. And its not even for America or Napoleon, which adds, but all the constitutional issues and coups that came after. Really good job.
As a spanish i can tell you that Charles II wasn't as bad as is told, he made great reforms and tbh the empire was in bankrupt so he couldn't do that much, he tried at least, Felipe IV was defenetly worse than him. And Felipe III was a great monarch, I think you were wrong there, he made the Pax Hispanica and stopped spending money in wars.
@@javierortega4409 Well to be fair not even the queen of England holds any power so it isn't just him. Most of the monarchies that are still left in Europe are there just because of tradition and status.
@@lalitthapa101 Juan Carlos was a corrupt King that spend the money of the country on womans and petromonarchies. Anyway I think Felipe is "ok", is kind of useless but he centralize the country in a certain way and without him the emancipation of Catalunya or the Basque Country would be more likely yo happen, also he is like a symbolic barrier for the presidente (so he doesnt hace all the power, and like the decitions go through more people it helps). With all this said, I think the King right now helps more than make problems, but I also would be ok with a III República cause we never know if the next King Will be great, i undersand both positions. OMG i just wrote the bible, so sorry lol
This is actually a very shallow interpretation of what happened. Recent research reveals those 5 defaults were actually just crises in Spain’s capacity to shoulder its short-term debt that was quickly resolved by adjusting long-term debt. For context, England could only do that by the 1730s. The fact that investors still invested 4 more times after the first default should be telling you why: because Castilian finance was so OP that investors *still gained profit* even when Spain defaulted. It was the Habsburgs that cursed Spain to destitution with wars when it could have been so OP.
"Si le debes 100 reales al banco, tienes un problema. Si le debes 1,000,000 de reales al banco, el banco tiene un problema." Felipe II, probablemente. "If you owe the bank 100 _reales_ , you have a problem. If you owe the bank 1,000,000 _reales_ , the bank has a problem." Phillip II, probably.
It's an awesome name! More inventive than me- I just call Henry VIII "Bloody Henry" cos he deserves it way more than his daughter Mary- Philip's 2nd wife, ofc, who got the Black Legend treatment in England too. The British comedy troupe I love had Philip as a fabulous villain- hilarious, charismatic, evil & sexy- in their very silly film about Shakespeare, "Bill". He's still a villain, but you don't cast the stupidly handsome Ben Willbond & get him shirtless if you want people to hate a character... :D
Anglo-Dutch supervillain even and maybe also for the French. No but serious, here in the Netherlands Phillip is the biggest villian after Hitler in our history
@@Raadpensionaris In Spain is the opposite, among those who like history he is quite liked and cosidered one of the best if not the best king we ever had.
England: Chad Richard the Lionheart -Equal/Bro of Saladin another chad -Bankrupts entire English treasury waging glorious war crusading in the Holy Land and France -Crusader -Living embodiment of honour and chivalry -Died in battle -Forgave the boy who killed him and gave him 100 shillings for being a good shot -Is immortalized as a fair, honest, righteous good ruler in the Robinhood folktales Virgin John I -In general a looser medieval King, not a brave warrior he was very cowardly but also not a wise scholar either he ruled ineffectively and even counterproductively -Literally mocked lackland by noble vassals and peasants alike because he got a small demense(dick) -Somehow got excommunicated by the pope -Managed to loose almost all of English territory in France to the Capetians even though he was in superior position. -Ruled so shit the barons rose up against him -The barons won and forced him to yield to the Magna Carta surrendering royal power -Tried to undo Magna Carta and retake the royal prerogatives, failed again only to be saved by the very same pope who he was excommunicated by when he ordered the barons to make peace with their fellow christians -Died in a swamp -Will forever be villainized as unrighteous, deceitful, cruel, unfair, despicable ruler in the Robinhood folktales and even gets outsmarted and beat by a ragtag bunch of peasants in that aswell.
*Pain and Sadness for Spain* 1665-1931 0:37 Ferdinand VII - The Lost Empire 1:25 Charles II - The Ill, The Disabled, The Depressed 2:19 Charles IV - Replaced by Napoleon 2:42 Alfonso XIII - The Unpopular Peace Prize 3:02 Isabella II - The Chaotic Domestic *Strange Circumstances* 1504-1555, 1870-1873 3:24 Philip I - The Duke of Burgundy, The One Who Dropped Dead 3:54 Johanna I - The Mother of The Son Ruler, Rope Punishment 5:07 Amadeo I - The Coronation & The Abdication, Unstable Politics 5:53 Joseph I Bonaparte - Brother of Napoleon, The Despised *Insignificant* 1598-1621 7:04 Philip III - The Regular King 7:57 Phillip IV - The Fractured Land King, *Ok* 9:25 Alfonso XII - The Short Reign, The Economic Recovery 9:51 Ferdinand VI - Commerce King, War of Austrian Succession, Wife Died and Lost His Mind 10:36 Philip V, The Bourbon - The French King of Spain, Recovered Economy *The Best* 1474-1516, 1556-1598, 1759-1788 11:26 Charles I - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, Too Overstretched, The Exhausted, The Expander 12:59 Philip II - The Conqueror, Defender of Catholic Europe, Silver Bullion Inflation, Debt, The Spanish Armada Catastrophe 14:03 Charles III - The Well Prepared, The Experienced, The Modernizer, The Spanish Nation Maker 15:11 The Catholic Monarchs, The Founding Marriage, Ferdinand I and Isabella II - Equal Partners, Global Empire Builders w/Christopher Columbus, 16:03 Capable, Imprinted Into Spanish Historical-Culture
Charles III is one of the most underrated kings in history imo. Ferdinand and Isabella, yeah easy choice there. Charles V at least got to live out his final years in peace.
Yeah in Yuste. Charles III was good but made a stupid mistake regarding the Jesuits and the Royalist policy. However his military reforms did some good.
@@johnnotrealname8168 It also made some changes in colonial policy that would make the butterfly effect worse in the future. There was also the attempt at ethnic cleansing that he tried but regretted after a while.
@@artoy6575 Whoa ethnic cleansing? His Colonial Policy was @~?£ in that he tried to transfer land to the Portuguese by destroying the Jesuit missions there, a War was fought over them, and later he was like my bad. Also also the Bourbon regime was marked by suppression of native books written under the Habsburgs, I think of Peru. It is really weird. Also also also the idiot suppressed the Jesuits who were a huge economic and educational boon, for example in Mindanao regarding Philology. This from someone who hates the Jesuits, at least modern ones, the replacement secular clergy were poorly educated and thus bad at serving the faithful, @~?£!!!
@@johnnotrealname8168 I can confirm that destroying the Jesuitic missions was an immense fuck up. Living in a city founded by my Portuguese ancestor, that guided the last survivors to here, I have studied in depth their history since I was a child. They were the best thing that happened in the American continent. And then they were gone. F
@@riograndedosulball248 If you have any sources on them and the Indians they served I would be grateful, also any information on the Dominicans there as I want to be one in the future.
As a Spanish, I agree with your list, although I would say that Charles III is not really known despite his prosperous reign. And even though the reign of Philip IV was a time of decline, the arts in the country continued to prosper a lot and it is known as the "Golden Century" in Spain, with such figures as Velázquez, Quevedo or Zurbarán.
Apart from rope, "cuerda" means mentally sane in spanish. So, in this case, Juana's mother was refered as "la cuerda" in oposition of Juana (Joanna) being "la loca" (mad).
Fun fact: Charles I/V famous phrase which will become Spanish motto “Plus Ultra” or “Further Beyond.” You also may noticed this phrase from the famous shounen genre of anime called My Hero Academia.
A note of Joanna I's mother being called "La Cuerda", It doesn't mean "The rope", it means "The Sane" which plays into her being the one capable and her daughter being the mad one
"They completed the Reconquista, established the Spanish inquisition, founded Christopher Columbus voyage and stablished Spain as a major European power." Jesus Christ, these guys truly deserve to be top 1, what a Chad and Chadette lol
they also created the first human rights act called "Leyes de Indias" (Laws of Indias), which basically considered all native americans as spanish citizens, granting their rights and basic liberties.
I said I was never gonna timeline the Western or Eastern Roman Emperors? Well, nobody said anything about Spanish monarchs. So... Ferdinand II and Isabella I 15:08 Joanna I 3:54 Phillip I 3:24 Charles I 11:27 Phillip II 13:00 Phillip III 7:05 Phillip IV 7:57 Charles II 1:26 Phillip V 10:36 Louis 3:18 Ferdinand VII 9:52 Charles III 14:04 Charles IV 2:20 Ferdinand VII 0:39 Joseph 5:53 Isabella II 3:03 Amadeo I 5:07 Alfonso XII 9:26 Alfonso XIII 2:44
I feel like Ferdinand II deserved his own ranking apart from his status as one of the Catholic Monarchs, due to reigning as King of Aragon in his own right and effectively controlling Castile for 12 years following his wife's death. It was *him* and not Philip the Handsome who had declared Joana insane, and it was *him* who governed Castile in her name for nearly the entire time between Isabella's death and his own. Philip's time as king lasted for less than a year, and Charles only took over following Ferdinand's death.
Isabel I on her own is a complete absolute bamf and Ferdinand recognized his wife was a bamf and was a military and political beast. He even managed Spain for Juana while Charles was still underage and raised Ferdinand I HRE. I love their motto "Tanto Monta" Because there they recognize the equal power of each other and their kingdoms. You should see TVE's Isabel. They show all the battles, maneuvers and political savvy of Isabel and Ferdinand, there is a movie about Juana and there is also a sequel series about Charles which details all the conflicts and political intrigue in their lives as well. One of the best historical series I have ever seen a lot of the scenes and seem like out of the pages of history and paintings while using actual historical spots. One of the scenes I was shaken by the most is the one where Juana is crying over Philip which looks just like the painting. Just a fan.
The TV series doesn’t really capture everything, which is exactly why the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella was utterly phenomenal. They were scheming and coming from all sides lmao that historians keep unearthing all the Catholic Monarchs’ political tactics and strategy.
Funny enough, Charles II was not actually that terrible of a King. He was mentally sound enough to leave multiple wills and partake in the running of government… and Spain fought essentially no wars during his reign, the country didn’t descend into anarchy. By Spanish standards that seems pretty good
@@ChevyChase301 Okay, the War of Devolution *barely lasted a year*. And Spain came out of the 9 Years War pretty well. And given that Philip of Anjou ending up gaining the Spanish Crown anyway, Charles attempting to leave it to him isn’t stupid. And enemy? Philip was his grandnephew for Christ sake
In ranking order: 19 - 0:38 *Ferdinand VII* (1808; 1813-1833) 18 - 1:25 *Charles II* (1665-1700) 17 - 2:19 *Charles IV* (1788-1808) 16 - 2:43 *Alfonso XIII* (1885-1931) 15 - 3:02 *Isabella II* (1833-1868) 14 - 3:18 *Louis I* (1724) 13 - 3:24 *Philip I* (1506) 12 - 3:53 *Joanna I* (1504-1555) 11 - 5:07 *Amadeo I* (1870-1873) 10- 5:53 *Joseph I* (1808-1813) 9 - 7:05 *Philip III* (1598-1621) 8 - 7:57 *Philip IV* (1621-1665) 7 - 9:26 *Alfonso XII* (1874-1885) 6 - 9:51 *Ferdinand VI* (1746-1759) 5 - 10:36 *Philip V* (1724-1746) 4 - 11:27 *Charles I* (1516-1556) 3 - 13:01 *Philip II* (1556-1598) 2 - 14:04 *Charles III* (1759-1788) 1 - 15:09 *Isabella I & Ferdinand II* (1474-1504 & 1475-1516) In chronological order: *House of Trastámara* 15:09 Isabella I & Ferdinand II (1474-1504 & 1475-1516) 3:53 Joanna I (1504-1555) 3:24 Philip I (1506) *House of Habsburg* 11:27 Charles I (1516-1556) 13:01 Philip II (1556-1598) 7:05 Philip III (1598-1621) 7:57 Philip IV (1621-1665) 1:25 Charles II (1665-1700) *House of Bourbon* 10:36 Philip V (1700-1724) 3:18 Louis I (1724) 10:36 Philip V (1724-1746) 9:51 Ferdinand VI (1746-1759) 14:04 Charles III (1759-1788) 2:19 Charles IV (1788-1808) 0:38 Ferdinand VII (1808) *House of Bonaparte* 5:53 Joseph I (1808-1813) *House of Bourbon* 0:38 Ferdinand VII (1813-1833) 3:02 Isabella II (1833-1868) *Provisional Government* Francisco Serrano (1868-1871) *House of Savoy* 5:07 Amadeo I (1870-1873) *Spanish Republic* Estanislao Figueras (1873) Francesc Pi i Margall (1873) Nicolás Salmerón (1873) Emilio Castelar (1874) Francisco Serrano (1874) *House of Bourbon* 9:26 Alfonso XII (1874-1885) 2:43 Alfonso XIII (1885-1931)
Wow, you really got the worst king right, I was fearing you would put poor Charles II as the worst, but Ferdinand VII was incredibly damaging. The son of a bitch got us a 40 years delay in history.
As a fun fact about Carlos IV you can see in the painting portaying him and the Royal family he is not centered, the center of the painting is completly empty and the colsest person to the center is not even him, but the queen. Is just *chef kiss*
In Flanders, we get thaught that Charles V is one of the greatest people to have ever lived en Phillips II to be an absolute devil. Of course, this video is about Spain.
@@davidlopez6703 Not really. Charles V since he was a native to the Low Countries had a far greater understanding of our people. Phillip was a real Spaniard and tried to govern the Low Countries without really understanding them. During the rebellion his actions are not far from delusional. He many times dismissed the advice of his experienced generals and expected to win because God was on his side. This isn't propaganda, you can read this stuff in the letters he send
Really nice list, but in my 30 years as a spaniard who happens to be a fan of history never have I heard "Philip IV the great", nobody calls him that (and with good reasons XD). You really hit the nail on the head with Ferdinand VII though.
To be fair about Phillip II's failure in "La Armada invencible" weather was responsible, but he also repelled the british in the "counter Armada". Even if I'm from Spain, I'm kinda sad I forget sometimes some of the Bourbon kings lol Also, if anyone wants to visit Spain, you will be welcomed everywhere! If you like history I recommend Toledo, Granada or Madrid (just a few examples)
@@chickenperson7568 No, in Spain we have an enviable time. Your army failed because our defenses, both in the Canary Islands, A Coruña, Lisbon and other places repelled your attacks. Does Maria Pita sound familiar to you ;)?
España fue un placer en visitar y conocer. Quisiera visitar otra vez y ir a otras cuidades como Toledo, y Málaga o ver mas partes de adonde yo fui como Granada o Sevilla. Saludos hermano
I can feel it... French Kings. Ottoman Sultans and Russian Czars waiting anxiously for their turn. Suleyman the Magnificent and Catherine the Great delving into Readers Digest while Louis XIV trying his best to out on his high heels before the big moment...
@@stain4128 What respect? He took Constantinople after his predecessors did all the work of reducing it to a city state. He had all the advantage he needed and yet it still took several days and massive losses. The only person deserving of respect is the last Byzantine emperor not Mehmed the mediocre.
I didn't know Philip IV was called "the great", i've always thought of him as an incompetent ruler who accelerated the decline of the Spanish Empire. He left the matters of state to his corrupt nobles, provocated revolts everywhere, lost two major wars, lost Portugal and the Netherlands (and even Catalonia for some time) i'd have rank him 17th.
Good tier. More o less the first ones are the same people that I had in mind, maybe, for me, Charles I can have a better position, because between Chales and Phlip, Charles did the things a bit better. Anyway, great monarhs both of them.
@@johnnotrealname8168 yeah, his wife was great, and his daughter as well. Plus, he had great Viceroys ruling the other territories. One could say he was lucky to have so many competent people surrounding him.
Can you do the same for Bulgarian kings. I know its not as mainstream as ranking English or French kings, but it would be very very interesting, as the Bulgarian empira has had many dramatic moments.
Other queens: i wAS a WoMAn iN A mAnS WoRLd sO HaRd Isabella of Castile: I inherited a literal bankrupt, crime-ridden, second-rate kingdom that was being invaded by Portugal while also going through a succession civil war Other queens: We made reforms!! We are so important!! Isabella of Castile: I fused my kingdom with Aragon, Granada and Naples, fought the medieval superpower France to a standstill, triggered colonialism, I signed the most famous and remembered treaty from high school (Treaty of Tordesillas), the queen in chess becomes the most powerful piece because of me, established the first global currency in the piece-of-eight that becomes the literal basis of modern US dollars and Chinese yuan, and also you want some chocolate? tobacco? popcorn? Columbian Exchange y’all, or maybe you want to hear the joke that nobody expects haha just give me thirty years with my husband who i love and respect
You missed the part where the Hermandad de las Marismas (Lit. Brotherhood of the Marshes) was effectively ''a Hanseatic League'' fifty years before the Hanseatic League became a thing, which run the trade between Castile and Flanders and had beneficial treaties with France and England. This made Castle a major naval power, if not the major naval power, in the Atlantic for two hundred years before the discovery of America.
She did not fused it. It was a dinastic union. Afterwards, same person could be king of Castile, Navarre, Aragon, Valencia, Naples and count of Barcelona. Each territory had different courts and codes of laws.
My personal favourites for each dinasty are Carlos II and Carlos III as both modernized the country and recovered it economically. Also, both were described to be kind, warm-hearted and empathic.
4:30 "la cuerda" in this contexts means actually "the sane". Estar "cuerdo/a" means "To be sane" Juana was called "Juana la Loca" "Joanne the Crazy/Mad" so in contrast her mother was called "la cuerda" "the sane", not "the rope" ;)
as a neapolitan charles III ( In Naples is Carlo VII or VIII ) we love charles , it would be interessing to do a list of the kings of naples and two sicilies as had a vast spectrum between bad and good rulers
I came for your Rome stuff, but these are fun as well I must say. An easy video for the future could be Mexican Emperors, since IIRC there were only 2 of them 😉
In my opinion the 3 monarchs of Haiti were mostly despots. The first one Jean Jacques dessalines (Jacques I) and the founder of Haiti. Brilliant general. But as emperor many people were unhappy with his reign and he was assassinated just two years after he became emperor. Henri Christophe I'd say was one of haiti's best kings/rulers. He traded with Britain, hired tutors and created his own noble order. And is well remembered for building like the Citadel Laffaree one of the largest fortress in the America's and San souci Palaces which are popular tourist destinations in Haiti. Sadly he committed suicide after getting a stroke
I agree heavily on Charles I and Phillip II not being #1 and #2 respectively because even though they were probably the best ever happened to all of their realms all at once, I agree Charles III and Ferdinand and Isabella even though weren't as great of monarchs as Charles I and Phillip II, they were better to Spain alone. Hats off to that unbiased ranking, were it be ranking them as monarchs instead of spanish monarchs, the top 4 would have been different
I would place Alfonso XIII higher on the list because he is thought to be one of the first investor and promoter of erotic movies in Spain, and though it isn't that much, It is way more than most of the Spanish monarchs have done throughout our history. Jokes aside, I have just watched two of your videos and I think they are arresting given how fun and thorough they are. Nice job!
No fue tan mal monarca, bastante mejor que Felipe III tanto el como sus respectivos validos (Olivares y Lerma). Le tocó aguantar las condiciones más adversas, contra una Francia bastante más poderosa que la que tuvieron que afrontar sus antecesores. Eso, más todas las rebeliones que se dieron por casi todos los territorios de la Monarquía, solo teniendo éxito la portuguesa
Un rey que pierde durante su reinado mirad de los territorios que heredó, es un rey fallido... perdiendo el imperio portugués por pura incompetencia, no lo deja bien en la historia universal
Important data about Amadeo He asked to meet Cervantes at his castle. Cervantes was dead...like more than 100 years ago. He was quite dumb. One history teacher said once "He returned to his island to have kids, which was what he was good at" Edit: Alfonso XII is also famous because his first wife Mercedes - which he apparently loved, although some sources differ - died very young. He became extremely sad and there was a song that said this. "Donde vas Alfonso XII, donde vas, triste de ti Voy en busca de Mercedes, que hace tiempo no la vi Ya Mercedes, Ya Mercedes, muerta está, que yo la vi Cuatro nobles la llevaban por las calles de Madrid" Which basically said "Where are you going Alfonso XII, where are you going sad of you/sad man I'm going to search for Mercedes, as there has been a lot of time since I saw her She is already dead, Mercedes is already dead, I saw her Four noblemen moved her around Madrid streets" Yep, depressing, I even read once that kids sing this horrible song on the streets...but I hope it's just a rumour Edit 2: Fernando VII had a gigantic d****. No, I'm not joking, he had gigantism in that specific area and he had to have sex with a...cushion that look like a doughnut to not hurt their wives. Edit 3: Also, Philip V had some serious mental issues and he was also addicted to sex. He even had sex with her wife only two days before her death, when she was also dead.
1:11 He was also generally a terrible person. In 1818 his second wive, Maria Isabel of Braganza was going into labor and she stopped breathing before she could deliver. Her sister and many others saw the signs that the Queen was still alive, but Ferdinand told them to cut her open and get the baby inside out of her. She let out a scream during the surgery and died for real.
@@Thomas-u8q sorta not every kings' deed is fully captured but the Urartu kings are exceptionally well detailed considering that Urartu was around 800-500 bc.
*la cuerda * means something like *the mentally healthy *, juana was known as *la loca * literally the opposite Yes, the same word but you need a little context to translate it
Could you rank Polish monarchs at some point? Some of them are less known than their French or Prussian counterparts so you could shed more light on them!
People usually ignore him because he did nothing and lasted less than a year and since his reign is between the two reigns of his father Philip, people pretend that he never existed.
It's such a shame that Philip IV's eldest legitimate son Balthazar Charles died when he was 16, especially coming two years after his mother's death. That seems to have had a huge impact on Philip's ability to be King, as he was naturally devastated.
Cyrus would be first, heck, even in a top of all monarchs around the world cyrus would be pretty much in the first ten. Ancient Iran/Persia is underrated
The story about Joanna being tortured by her mother is an English mistranslation of a letter from Cardinal Cisneros. Cardinal Cisneros wrote 'dar cuerda' which in Spanish means 'to wound up' for talking. The culprit of this mistranslation was Bergenroth. Spanish scholars that read the original document argue that he is wrong.
English monarchs next? The only country other than rome where I know a significant portion of the ruling monarchs lol. But fr im fine with anything u make. Shits fire
An interesting thing is that Felipe IV was very interesed in art and promoted it in all the kingdom. He was a huge fan of Velazquez and Rubens. Pd:the war of the invencible armada was actually won by the spanish
Look im doing my thesis on Charles V reign and i super stand the 3 great catholic kings, Felipe, Carlos e IsabelyFernando, but man... I must admit Carlos III was indeed a great guy. Also he was sorta nice for us in the americas (i mean sorta because they started to treat us more as colonies than far away kingdoms but I get why)
I am a Basque histoy student and I have to say that it is a really good ranking. The biggest mistake for me it's to have put Joanna I, but as you have remarked that she did not have any effective power it is not a big issue. Perhaps, from a Spanish perspective it is difficult to place Phillip IV so high as during its reign the Hispanic Monarchy officially lost its European hegemony in favor of France because of the Peace of Wesphalia.
@@GarfieldRex Ugh, that's what I end up doing & I hate it! I draw family trees & end up with some Felipes & some Philips :D I _think_ I should use the correct variants of names instead of the Anglicised ones, & there are a few like Juana of Castile that are stuck in my head in their native form- I _cannot_ call her Joanna- but things written in English generally use Anglicised names so it's hard to change & remember.
By the way, funny note about the German candidate that wasn't chosen (in favour of Amadeo). His house was teh Hozernhollen-Sigmariten, quite hard to pronounce for the locals, so the Spanish people called him instead "OleOle-SiMeEligen" ("Ole ole - If I get chosen)
I feel like many of the Spanish Monarchs' lives could be made into melodramatic telenovelas, and you wouldn't even know that those are real lives led by real people.
Actually Charles II reign was one of regeneration, military reformation and economic recuperation. He surrounded himself with excellent advisors. He was a great and competent king.
Unpopular opinion: the Habsburg dynasty was the worst that happened to Spain. The blood ties of them, dragged Spain into almost unwinnable wars for lands that no Spanish would have wanted to die for. Kingdoms were women could be Queens in their own right, were replaced by only men rulers. The expansion in the New World was more disorganized than with the Trastamara, gave up Naples, and were (part of) the cause of the war of the Comuneros. Spain wasted so much blood and money because of the Habsburgs.... That not even bourbon incompetence (except Charles III) can surpass their harm.
I would suggest trying to do videos on the separate kingdoms before they United into Spain... but that may be a little difficult seeing as how some of the kings, there's very little records of... they call it the dark ages for a reason...
2:07 at the same time, people who lived during his reign are probably the most bias. For example, almost all we know about Peter III comes from his enemies, but when we look at his policies they look pretty good. Some people attribute those policies to his ministers, because of his image, but i don't feel like "bad emperor who approves good policies, because he is dumb" is realistic.
Hi. Shout-out? It'd be cool
there ya go
Attention seeker.
@@TzarTsar cope
@@NotMarchy nope
Not cool. Like you deserve a shout out.Your channel are crappy game-play videos. (No offence)
The fun thing about our worst ruler Fernando VII is that he was titled "The Beloved" cause in our war of independence (Peninsula war), everybody from the political spectrum except the french loyalists fought so he could come back to Spain just to fuck up the country in hundreds of ways
Wait hold up? You telling me that the whole colonies from southern Latin America's wanted him back on the throne but later on it didn't worked well enough so "we" (my brown people) revolt and this is why Mexico could've been great under a empire 😒.
@@imperiumgrim4717 Básicamente, ese tipo fue un idiota en todos los aspectos.
Fernando VII "the beloved"
Sounds like Charles VI
@@imperiumgrim4717 I don't know how you even came to that conclusion. He didn't even mention Mexico or other Spanish colonies of that time.
The "people from all political spectrum" part refers to different factions in *Spain* (the royalist, the Catholics, the liberals, etc).
@@ihl0700677525 conservative* aswell bruh
Spaniards can be quite sarcastic/funny when they are giving titles to their monarcs E.G. "the handsome", "Joseph bottle", "the impotent"
Look at the polish ones
It's better in Spanish "Pepe botella"
@@imperiumbrasiliae Yeah, especially from the Piast era.
I was shocked when I heard about “Charles le Chauve (Charles The Bald)” for the first time in history class in high school.
Juan Carlos I is known as "el Campechano" which is a very spanish word that means that he did not follow the formalities of the crown in the positive ways of it, he was kinda "close" to the people I guess. And our current king, Felipe VI is called "el preparao" which translates to "the prepared", as he received lots of formation during the reign of his father. In fact, Felipe is te first spanish royal with a degree.
You can tell he had that conversation about Ferdinand VII being the worst with a spaniard. While most international people know about the memes of the bewitched kingz, spaniards know reality is even darker. And its not even for America or Napoleon, which adds, but all the constitutional issues and coups that came after.
Really good job.
Also Charles II was deeply mentally and physically disabled.
Ferdinand VII was just an incompetent A-hole.
@@michaelsinger4638 His administration was not terrible it was okay. He had fairly competent ministers, Charles II.
I hate him for even causing the Carlist uprisings, the stupidest thing ever. Unnecessary change of the succession laws.
I like that guy Ferdinand's incompetence gave my nation emancipation so... yeah, I like him
@@thewekender2701 Even worse.
"Mommy says it's a strong chin for a strong boy!".
- Emperor Karl V
Oversimplified reference :D
@@hsarver13 Mediocre humor, fitting for oversimplified’s videos
His mother pretty much left him in a different country so no.
Carlos*
@@PASTRAMIKick carlos in spain charles in england carolus in poshlatinland and karl in Germany
As a spanish i can tell you that Charles II wasn't as bad as is told, he made great reforms and tbh the empire was in bankrupt so he couldn't do that much, he tried at least, Felipe IV was defenetly worse than him. And Felipe III was a great monarch, I think you were wrong there, he made the Pax Hispanica and stopped spending money in wars.
What's your thoughts on the present king and Juan Carlos?
@@lalitthapa101 first I agree with my fellow spanish
second Juan Carlos is a traitor, and Felipe VI is just useless he has no power
@@javierortega4409 Well to be fair not even the queen of England holds any power so it isn't just him. Most of the monarchies that are still left in Europe are there just because of tradition and status.
Oh, thanks for detail. Greetings from Russia!
@@lalitthapa101 Juan Carlos was a corrupt King that spend the money of the country on womans and petromonarchies. Anyway I think Felipe is "ok", is kind of useless but he centralize the country in a certain way and without him the emancipation of Catalunya or the Basque Country would be more likely yo happen, also he is like a symbolic barrier for the presidente (so he doesnt hace all the power, and like the decitions go through more people it helps). With all this said, I think the King right now helps more than make problems, but I also would be ok with a III República cause we never know if the next King Will be great, i undersand both positions. OMG i just wrote the bible, so sorry lol
>philip II defaulted on his debts 5 times
absolute sigma male grindset
This is actually a very shallow interpretation of what happened. Recent research reveals those 5 defaults were actually just crises in Spain’s capacity to shoulder its short-term debt that was quickly resolved by adjusting long-term debt. For context, England could only do that by the 1730s. The fact that investors still invested 4 more times after the first default should be telling you why: because Castilian finance was so OP that investors *still gained profit* even when Spain defaulted. It was the Habsburgs that cursed Spain to destitution with wars when it could have been so OP.
Pro eu4 gamer.
Now I know were Argentina learned how to default on debt. Since independence nine times.
"Si le debes 100 reales al banco, tienes un problema. Si le debes 1,000,000 de reales al banco, el banco tiene un problema."
Felipe II, probablemente.
"If you owe the bank 100 _reales_ , you have a problem. If you owe the bank 1,000,000 _reales_ , the bank has a problem."
Phillip II, probably.
“Anglo-supervillain Philip II” is how I’m going to refer to Philip II from now on
It's an awesome name! More inventive than me- I just call Henry VIII "Bloody Henry" cos he deserves it way more than his daughter Mary- Philip's 2nd wife, ofc, who got the Black Legend treatment in England too. The British comedy troupe I love had Philip as a fabulous villain- hilarious, charismatic, evil & sexy- in their very silly film about Shakespeare, "Bill". He's still a villain, but you don't cast the stupidly handsome Ben Willbond & get him shirtless if you want people to hate a character... :D
Anglo-Dutch supervillain even and maybe also for the French. No but serious, here in the Netherlands Phillip is the biggest villian after Hitler in our history
@@Raadpensionaris I thought the most hated was the duke of Alba
@@Raadpensionaris In Spain is the opposite, among those who like history he is quite liked and cosidered one of the best if not the best king we ever had.
@@andrezagal5937 Yeah, both are heavily disliked. I think they are on the same level
Eventually he will do all of Europe lol
Empires take time to grow. He's been studying past mistakes so that his takeover of the world goes as smoothly as possible.
And then Africa, all of Asia & Oceania and America.
that’s the goal!
Hope he does ottomans too
England:
Chad Richard the Lionheart
-Equal/Bro of Saladin another chad
-Bankrupts entire English treasury waging glorious war crusading in the Holy Land and France
-Crusader
-Living embodiment of honour and chivalry
-Died in battle
-Forgave the boy who killed him and gave him 100 shillings for being a good shot
-Is immortalized as a fair, honest, righteous good ruler in the Robinhood folktales
Virgin John I
-In general a looser medieval King, not a brave warrior he was very cowardly but also not a wise scholar either he ruled ineffectively and even counterproductively
-Literally mocked lackland by noble vassals and peasants alike because he got a small demense(dick)
-Somehow got excommunicated by the pope
-Managed to loose almost all of English territory in France to the Capetians even though he was in superior position.
-Ruled so shit the barons rose up against him
-The barons won and forced him to yield to the Magna Carta surrendering royal power
-Tried to undo Magna Carta and retake the royal prerogatives, failed again only to be saved by the very same pope who he was excommunicated by when he ordered the barons to make peace with their fellow christians
-Died in a swamp
-Will forever be villainized as unrighteous, deceitful, cruel, unfair, despicable ruler in the Robinhood folktales and even gets outsmarted and beat by a ragtag bunch of peasants in that aswell.
*Pain and Sadness for Spain* 1665-1931
0:37 Ferdinand VII - The Lost Empire
1:25 Charles II - The Ill, The Disabled, The Depressed
2:19 Charles IV - Replaced by Napoleon
2:42 Alfonso XIII - The Unpopular Peace Prize
3:02 Isabella II - The Chaotic Domestic
*Strange Circumstances* 1504-1555, 1870-1873
3:24 Philip I - The Duke of Burgundy, The One Who Dropped Dead
3:54 Johanna I - The Mother of The Son Ruler, Rope Punishment
5:07 Amadeo I - The Coronation & The Abdication, Unstable Politics
5:53 Joseph I Bonaparte - Brother of Napoleon, The Despised
*Insignificant* 1598-1621
7:04 Philip III - The Regular King
7:57 Phillip IV - The Fractured Land King,
*Ok*
9:25 Alfonso XII - The Short Reign, The Economic Recovery
9:51 Ferdinand VI - Commerce King, War of Austrian Succession, Wife Died and Lost His Mind
10:36 Philip V, The Bourbon - The French King of Spain, Recovered Economy
*The Best* 1474-1516, 1556-1598, 1759-1788
11:26 Charles I - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, Too Overstretched, The Exhausted, The Expander
12:59 Philip II - The Conqueror, Defender of Catholic Europe, Silver Bullion Inflation, Debt, The Spanish Armada Catastrophe
14:03 Charles III - The Well Prepared, The Experienced, The Modernizer, The Spanish Nation Maker
15:11 The Catholic Monarchs, The Founding Marriage,
Ferdinand I and Isabella II - Equal Partners, Global Empire Builders w/Christopher Columbus,
16:03 Capable, Imprinted Into Spanish Historical-Culture
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Charles III is one of the most underrated kings in history imo.
Ferdinand and Isabella, yeah easy choice there.
Charles V at least got to live out his final years in peace.
Yeah in Yuste. Charles III was good but made a stupid mistake regarding the Jesuits and the Royalist policy. However his military reforms did some good.
@@johnnotrealname8168 It also made some changes in colonial policy that would make the butterfly effect worse in the future.
There was also the attempt at ethnic cleansing that he tried but regretted after a while.
@@artoy6575 Whoa ethnic cleansing? His Colonial Policy was @~?£ in that he tried to transfer land to the Portuguese by destroying the Jesuit missions there, a War was fought over them, and later he was like my bad. Also also the Bourbon regime was marked by suppression of native books written under the Habsburgs, I think of Peru. It is really weird. Also also also the idiot suppressed the Jesuits who were a huge economic and educational boon, for example in Mindanao regarding Philology. This from someone who hates the Jesuits, at least modern ones, the replacement secular clergy were poorly educated and thus bad at serving the faithful, @~?£!!!
@@johnnotrealname8168 I can confirm that destroying the Jesuitic missions was an immense fuck up. Living in a city founded by my Portuguese ancestor, that guided the last survivors to here, I have studied in depth their history since I was a child. They were the best thing that happened in the American continent. And then they were gone.
F
@@riograndedosulball248 If you have any sources on them and the Indians they served I would be grateful, also any information on the Dominicans there as I want to be one in the future.
As a Spanish, I agree with your list, although I would say that Charles III is not really known despite his prosperous reign. And even though the reign of Philip IV was a time of decline, the arts in the country continued to prosper a lot and it is known as the "Golden Century" in Spain, with such figures as Velázquez, Quevedo or Zurbarán.
@@night6724 Except when he wasn't (Rif war and all).
Apart from rope, "cuerda" means mentally sane in spanish. So, in this case, Juana's mother was refered as "la cuerda" in oposition of Juana (Joanna) being "la loca" (mad).
Thanks for recognizing that Charles the II. deserves pity, not mockery. Poor guy.
Fun fact: Charles I/V famous phrase which will become Spanish motto “Plus Ultra” or “Further Beyond.” You also may noticed this phrase from the famous shounen genre of anime called My Hero Academia.
Damn they love children too
I heard All Might was inspired by him (thats a joke but it should)
A note of Joanna I's mother being called "La Cuerda", It doesn't mean "The rope", it means "The Sane" which plays into her being the one capable and her daughter being the mad one
"They completed the Reconquista, established the Spanish inquisition, founded Christopher Columbus voyage and stablished Spain as a major European power."
Jesus Christ, these guys truly deserve to be top 1, what a Chad and Chadette lol
imagine if the romans lived past 1453, what wonderful thing they will create
Chadette lol
Yep Isabel is a Saint.
they also created the first human rights act called "Leyes de Indias" (Laws of Indias), which basically considered all native americans as spanish citizens, granting their rights and basic liberties.
I wouldn't call the Inquisition a positive, though...
Gracias hermano por traer este top un saludo desde España
Jajaja
flipa tio vos chaval guay hostia liar
para mi el peor de todos es felipe vi y ddespues el 16 isabel ii, madre mia menyudo duo padre hija q trajo la ruina para españá
I said I was never gonna timeline the Western or Eastern Roman Emperors? Well, nobody said anything about Spanish monarchs. So...
Ferdinand II and Isabella I 15:08
Joanna I 3:54
Phillip I 3:24
Charles I 11:27
Phillip II 13:00
Phillip III 7:05
Phillip IV 7:57
Charles II 1:26
Phillip V 10:36
Louis 3:18
Ferdinand VII 9:52
Charles III 14:04
Charles IV 2:20
Ferdinand VII 0:39
Joseph 5:53
Isabella II 3:03
Amadeo I 5:07
Alfonso XII 9:26
Alfonso XIII 2:44
I feel like Ferdinand II deserved his own ranking apart from his status as one of the Catholic Monarchs, due to reigning as King of Aragon in his own right and effectively controlling Castile for 12 years following his wife's death. It was *him* and not Philip the Handsome who had declared Joana insane, and it was *him* who governed Castile in her name for nearly the entire time between Isabella's death and his own. Philip's time as king lasted for less than a year, and Charles only took over following Ferdinand's death.
He was one if the examples to Machiavelli in "The Prince", so I would say it means a lot about him.
Never clicked on a video faster, do French kings next
Isabel I on her own is a complete absolute bamf and Ferdinand recognized his wife was a bamf and was a military and political beast. He even managed Spain for Juana while Charles was still underage and raised Ferdinand I HRE. I love their motto "Tanto Monta" Because there they recognize the equal power of each other and their kingdoms. You should see TVE's Isabel. They show all the battles, maneuvers and political savvy of Isabel and Ferdinand, there is a movie about Juana and there is also a sequel series about Charles which details all the conflicts and political intrigue in their lives as well. One of the best historical series I have ever seen a lot of the scenes and seem like out of the pages of history and paintings while using actual historical spots. One of the scenes I was shaken by the most is the one where Juana is crying over Philip which looks just like the painting.
Just a fan.
The TV series doesn’t really capture everything, which is exactly why the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella was utterly phenomenal. They were scheming and coming from all sides lmao that historians keep unearthing all the Catholic Monarchs’ political tactics and strategy.
Wth is a Bamf
Funny enough, Charles II was not actually that terrible of a King. He was mentally sound enough to leave multiple wills and partake in the running of government… and Spain fought essentially no wars during his reign, the country didn’t descend into anarchy. By Spanish standards that seems pretty good
War of Devolution and nine years war. And Charles II gave his opponent’s grandson his crown in that will he wrote
@@ChevyChase301 Okay, the War of Devolution *barely lasted a year*. And Spain came out of the 9 Years War pretty well. And given that Philip of Anjou ending up gaining the Spanish Crown anyway, Charles attempting to leave it to him isn’t stupid. And enemy? Philip was his grandnephew for Christ sake
In ranking order:
19 - 0:38 *Ferdinand VII* (1808; 1813-1833)
18 - 1:25 *Charles II* (1665-1700)
17 - 2:19 *Charles IV* (1788-1808)
16 - 2:43 *Alfonso XIII* (1885-1931)
15 - 3:02 *Isabella II* (1833-1868)
14 - 3:18 *Louis I* (1724)
13 - 3:24 *Philip I* (1506)
12 - 3:53 *Joanna I* (1504-1555)
11 - 5:07 *Amadeo I* (1870-1873)
10- 5:53 *Joseph I* (1808-1813)
9 - 7:05 *Philip III* (1598-1621)
8 - 7:57 *Philip IV* (1621-1665)
7 - 9:26 *Alfonso XII* (1874-1885)
6 - 9:51 *Ferdinand VI* (1746-1759)
5 - 10:36 *Philip V* (1724-1746)
4 - 11:27 *Charles I* (1516-1556)
3 - 13:01 *Philip II* (1556-1598)
2 - 14:04 *Charles III* (1759-1788)
1 - 15:09 *Isabella I & Ferdinand II* (1474-1504 & 1475-1516)
In chronological order:
*House of Trastámara*
15:09 Isabella I & Ferdinand II (1474-1504 & 1475-1516)
3:53 Joanna I (1504-1555)
3:24 Philip I (1506)
*House of Habsburg*
11:27 Charles I (1516-1556)
13:01 Philip II (1556-1598)
7:05 Philip III (1598-1621)
7:57 Philip IV (1621-1665)
1:25 Charles II (1665-1700)
*House of Bourbon*
10:36 Philip V (1700-1724)
3:18 Louis I (1724)
10:36 Philip V (1724-1746)
9:51 Ferdinand VI (1746-1759)
14:04 Charles III (1759-1788)
2:19 Charles IV (1788-1808)
0:38 Ferdinand VII (1808)
*House of Bonaparte*
5:53 Joseph I (1808-1813)
*House of Bourbon*
0:38 Ferdinand VII (1813-1833)
3:02 Isabella II (1833-1868)
*Provisional Government*
Francisco Serrano (1868-1871)
*House of Savoy*
5:07 Amadeo I (1870-1873)
*Spanish Republic*
Estanislao Figueras (1873)
Francesc Pi i Margall (1873)
Nicolás Salmerón (1873)
Emilio Castelar (1874)
Francisco Serrano (1874)
*House of Bourbon*
9:26 Alfonso XII (1874-1885)
2:43 Alfonso XIII (1885-1931)
Wow, you really got the worst king right, I was fearing you would put poor Charles II as the worst, but Ferdinand VII was incredibly damaging. The son of a bitch got us a 40 years delay in history.
As a fun fact about Carlos IV you can see in the painting portaying him and the Royal family he is not centered, the center of the painting is completly empty and the colsest person to the center is not even him, but the queen. Is just *chef kiss*
“Who is the worst Spanish monarch?”
Spectrum: The inbred guy!
Spaniards: ARE YOU AWARE HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN!
The inbred guy with the big chin
More like the
"The inbred guy WAS ONE OF OUR BEST MONARCHS"
In Flanders, we get thaught that Charles V is one of the greatest people to have ever lived en Phillips II to be an absolute devil. Of course, this video is about Spain.
He was born there and his son did not understand them.
Netherlands propaganda against Phillip II was strong because of their rebellion against him. Both were pretty similar as father and son.
@@night6724 He was born and raised there.
@@night6724 He was basically flemish, spoke mainly flemish and lived mostly in flanders
@@davidlopez6703 Not really. Charles V since he was a native to the Low Countries had a far greater understanding of our people. Phillip was a real Spaniard and tried to govern the Low Countries without really understanding them. During the rebellion his actions are not far from delusional. He many times dismissed the advice of his experienced generals and expected to win because God was on his side. This isn't propaganda, you can read this stuff in the letters he send
Really nice list, but in my 30 years as a spaniard who happens to be a fan of history never have I heard "Philip IV the great", nobody calls him that (and with good reasons XD). You really hit the nail on the head with Ferdinand VII though.
"I'm tired" - Charles V
He straight up pulled a Diocletian lol.
To be fair about Phillip II's failure in "La Armada invencible" weather was responsible, but he also repelled the british in the "counter Armada". Even if I'm from Spain, I'm kinda sad I forget sometimes some of the Bourbon kings lol
Also, if anyone wants to visit Spain, you will be welcomed everywhere! If you like history I recommend Toledo, Granada or Madrid (just a few examples)
You are right for most of this but the British armada also fell to weather, not the Spanish.
@@chickenperson7568 No, in Spain we have an enviable time. Your army failed because our defenses, both in the Canary Islands, A Coruña, Lisbon and other places repelled your attacks. Does Maria Pita sound familiar to you ;)?
May have repelled the counter attack, but history tends to remember him failing to dethrone Elizabeth pretty badly.
España fue un placer en visitar y conocer. Quisiera visitar otra vez y ir a otras cuidades como Toledo, y Málaga o ver mas partes de adonde yo fui como Granada o Sevilla. Saludos hermano
I can feel it...
French Kings. Ottoman Sultans and Russian Czars waiting anxiously for their turn.
Suleyman the Magnificent and Catherine the Great delving into Readers Digest while Louis XIV trying his best to out on his high heels before the big moment...
Forget the ottomans remember 1453 he said he won't do it
@@imperiumbrasiliae I really hope he does they were too influential to leave out
@@stain4128if he does mehmed II will be a bitter choice and i think if he did the list by heart mehmed would be in position 36th
@@imperiumbrasiliaealthough painful you have to give respect to the conqueror
@@stain4128 What respect? He took Constantinople after his predecessors did all the work of reducing it to a city state. He had all the advantage he needed and yet it still took several days and massive losses. The only person deserving of respect is the last Byzantine emperor not Mehmed the mediocre.
Puts Ferdinand VII as the worst one, i press like.
All my homies hate Ferdinand VII
word
yeah very normie take, he wasnt that bad
Amadeo I: The Spanish people are ungovernable
Spectrum: The Spanish are ungovernable
Me (Someone how is Spanish): Yeah, I think your right
I didn't know Philip IV was called "the great", i've always thought of him as an incompetent ruler who accelerated the decline of the Spanish Empire. He left the matters of state to his corrupt nobles, provocated revolts everywhere, lost two major wars, lost Portugal and the Netherlands (and even Catalonia for some time) i'd have rank him 17th.
Well he didnt really lose the netherlands, he got a poor situation and managed to hold on to them.
El rey planeta
El grande? A Felipe IV se le llamaba el Rey Planeta
@@kaliyuga1476 exacto
Good tier. More o less the first ones are the same people that I had in mind, maybe, for me, Charles I can have a better position, because between Chales and Phlip, Charles did the things a bit better. Anyway, great monarhs both of them.
Yeah Charles was better because his regent was good.
@@johnnotrealname8168 yeah, his wife was great, and his daughter as well. Plus, he had great Viceroys ruling the other territories. One could say he was lucky to have so many competent people surrounding him.
Oh boy this one is going to be a banger I can feel it.
Can you do the same for Bulgarian kings. I know its not as mainstream as ranking English or French kings, but it would be very very interesting, as the Bulgarian empira has had many dramatic moments.
Other queens: i wAS a WoMAn iN A mAnS WoRLd sO HaRd
Isabella of Castile: I inherited a literal bankrupt, crime-ridden, second-rate kingdom that was being invaded by Portugal while also going through a succession civil war
Other queens: We made reforms!! We are so important!!
Isabella of Castile: I fused my kingdom with Aragon, Granada and Naples, fought the medieval superpower France to a standstill, triggered colonialism, I signed the most famous and remembered treaty from high school (Treaty of Tordesillas), the queen in chess becomes the most powerful piece because of me, established the first global currency in the piece-of-eight that becomes the literal basis of modern US dollars and Chinese yuan, and also you want some chocolate? tobacco? popcorn? Columbian Exchange y’all, or maybe you want to hear the joke that nobody expects haha just give me thirty years with my husband who i love and respect
You missed the part where the Hermandad de las Marismas (Lit. Brotherhood of the Marshes) was effectively ''a Hanseatic League'' fifty years before the Hanseatic League became a thing, which run the trade between Castile and Flanders and had beneficial treaties with France and England. This made Castle a major naval power, if not the major naval power, in the Atlantic for two hundred years before the discovery of America.
Also avocados and guacamole.
based isabel of castile
she's a usurper who stole her niece's throne. She also killed her younger brother.
She did not fused it. It was a dinastic union. Afterwards, same person could be king of Castile, Navarre, Aragon, Valencia, Naples and count of Barcelona.
Each territory had different courts and codes of laws.
If it wasn't for the unified requirement, I'd bet Alfonso X of Castille would dominate this list.
Las Partidas was just gold.
My personal favourites for each dinasty are Carlos II and Carlos III as both modernized the country and recovered it economically. Also, both were described to be kind, warm-hearted and empathic.
1:31 "every moment of my life is Spain"
that's devotion to the nation!
4:30 "la cuerda" in this contexts means actually "the sane". Estar "cuerdo/a" means "To be sane"
Juana was called "Juana la Loca" "Joanne the Crazy/Mad" so in contrast her mother was called "la cuerda" "the sane", not "the rope"
;)
You should rank the kings of France!
Kings of Scotland as well.
Put England there as well!
as a neapolitan charles III ( In Naples is Carlo VII or VIII ) we love charles , it would be interessing to do a list of the kings of naples and two sicilies as had a vast spectrum between bad and good rulers
I came for your Rome stuff, but these are fun as well I must say.
An easy video for the future could be Mexican Emperors, since IIRC there were only 2 of them 😉
American monarchs then would include the brazilian and hatian emperors and the king of haiti
@@imperiumbrasiliae Emperor Pedro II, easy first place.
@@johnnotrealname8168 definitely no good came after the coup
In my opinion the 3 monarchs of Haiti were mostly despots. The first one Jean Jacques dessalines (Jacques I) and the founder of Haiti. Brilliant general. But as emperor many people were unhappy with his reign and he was assassinated just two years after he became emperor. Henri Christophe I'd say was one of haiti's best kings/rulers. He traded with Britain, hired tutors and created his own noble order. And is well remembered for building like the Citadel Laffaree one of the largest fortress in the America's and San souci Palaces which are popular tourist destinations in Haiti. Sadly he committed suicide after getting a stroke
@@Xanderex98 Despotism is fine within moral bounds.
Isabella II near the bottom of the list really warms my Carlist heart.
I agree heavily on Charles I and Phillip II not being #1 and #2 respectively because even though they were probably the best ever happened to all of their realms all at once, I agree Charles III and Ferdinand and Isabella even though weren't as great of monarchs as Charles I and Phillip II, they were better to Spain alone.
Hats off to that unbiased ranking, were it be ranking them as monarchs instead of spanish monarchs, the top 4 would have been different
I would place Alfonso XIII higher on the list because he is thought to be one of the first investor and promoter of erotic movies in Spain, and though it isn't that much, It is way more than most of the Spanish monarchs have done throughout our history. Jokes aside, I have just watched two of your videos and I think they are arresting given how fun and thorough they are. Nice job!
Im Spanish and I never heard someone calling Filipe iv "the great" indeed we r taught that it's reign was only good in a cultural perspective
Felipe IV era conocido como el Rey-Planeta
@@davidlopez6703 Una cosa no quita la otra.
No fue tan mal monarca, bastante mejor que Felipe III tanto el como sus respectivos validos (Olivares y Lerma). Le tocó aguantar las condiciones más adversas, contra una Francia bastante más poderosa que la que tuvieron que afrontar sus antecesores. Eso, más todas las rebeliones que se dieron por casi todos los territorios de la Monarquía, solo teniendo éxito la portuguesa
@@jes2512 Y cuando he dicho yo lo contrario? Solo he dicho que Felipe IV era conocido como el Rey Planeta.
Un rey que pierde durante su reinado mirad de los territorios que heredó, es un rey fallido... perdiendo el imperio portugués por pura incompetencia, no lo deja bien en la historia universal
Important data about Amadeo
He asked to meet Cervantes at his castle. Cervantes was dead...like more than 100 years ago. He was quite dumb.
One history teacher said once "He returned to his island to have kids, which was what he was good at"
Edit: Alfonso XII is also famous because his first wife Mercedes - which he apparently loved, although some sources differ - died very young. He became extremely sad and there was a song that said this.
"Donde vas Alfonso XII, donde vas, triste de ti
Voy en busca de Mercedes, que hace tiempo no la vi
Ya Mercedes, Ya Mercedes, muerta está, que yo la vi
Cuatro nobles la llevaban por las calles de Madrid"
Which basically said
"Where are you going Alfonso XII, where are you going sad of you/sad man
I'm going to search for Mercedes, as there has been a lot of time since I saw her
She is already dead, Mercedes is already dead, I saw her
Four noblemen moved her around Madrid streets"
Yep, depressing, I even read once that kids sing this horrible song on the streets...but I hope it's just a rumour
Edit 2: Fernando VII had a gigantic d****. No, I'm not joking, he had gigantism in that specific area and he had to have sex with a...cushion that look like a doughnut to not hurt their wives.
Edit 3: Also, Philip V had some serious mental issues and he was also addicted to sex. He even had sex with her wife only two days before her death, when she was also dead.
Philip II gets bonus points for being one of, if not THE, best role for a bass in operatic history
Man my guy Queen Isabella II gotta have a break, Spain was literally breaking at its own as shown by her successor's immediate resignation
1:11 He was also generally a terrible person. In 1818 his second wive, Maria Isabel of Braganza was going into labor and she stopped breathing before she could deliver. Her sister and many others saw the signs that the Queen was still alive, but Ferdinand told them to cut her open and get the baby inside out of her. She let out a scream during the surgery and died for real.
so, you can say that Charles II's life is Spain without the S.
"The inbreed guy" was actually a good king, or at least he was surrounded with competent people
I am from Spain, well done. Nevertheless I would put Charles II higher, he was a good monarch. The economic increased and he was loved by people.
You know Spain had some good monarch when napoleon's puppet hits top 10
Please do all Armenian kings ranked from Urartu to Cilician Armenia
Sources are lacking
@@Thomas-u8q sorta not every kings' deed is fully captured but the Urartu kings are exceptionally well detailed considering that Urartu was around 800-500 bc.
I wish we knew more about the Armenian kings during early Hellenistic era and diadochi wars
Another amazing video as always. Love watching this channel grow
*la cuerda * means something like *the mentally healthy *, juana was known as *la loca * literally the opposite
Yes, the same word but you need a little context to translate it
Off-Topic - Reminds me of this song - ruclips.net/video/BEIQZaX4_0s/видео.html
@@ab9840 temaiken
Could you rank Polish monarchs at some point?
Some of them are less known than their French or Prussian counterparts so you could shed more light on them!
Wouldn't mind seeing a list of monarchs before the unification of Spain all the way back to the kingdom of Asturias
15:08 the catholic monarchs
3:53 Juana I
3:24 Felipe I
11:25 Carlos I
13:00 Felipe II
7:04 Felipe III
7:56 Felipe IV
1:25 Carlos II
10:35 Felipe V
3:17 Luis I
9:50 Fernando VI
14:04 Carlos III
2:19 Carlos IV
5:51 Jose I
0:38 Fernando VII
3:02 Isabel II
5:06 Amadeo I
9:25 Alfonso XII
2:43 Alfonso XIII
Ranking rulers of England, Russia, France, Ottoman and Sassanid would all be top tier vids.
Enjoying these videos. Cant wait for more of these!
No one is talking about Luis I. Imagine his pain of dying from a young age, before reaching adult. It's kind of sad that he died of smallpox.
People usually ignore him because he did nothing and lasted less than a year and since his reign is between the two reigns of his father Philip, people pretend that he never existed.
A funny fact about Amadeo: people used to make fun of him constantly in his face because of his accent
It's such a shame that Philip IV's eldest legitimate son Balthazar Charles died when he was 16, especially coming two years after his mother's death. That seems to have had a huge impact on Philip's ability to be King, as he was naturally devastated.
I don’t comment much but I really enjoy your way of presentation. Great video
It is known here in Spain that in his lasts years Philip the V was jumping around the palace like a frog
Do a ranking of every single monarch of the three major pre-islamic iranian powers (Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid empires)
Cyrus would be first, heck, even in a top of all monarchs around the world cyrus would be pretty much in the first ten. Ancient Iran/Persia is underrated
That is brilliant! If you could do this for the kings of France my life would be complete
The story about Joanna being tortured by her mother is an English mistranslation of a letter from Cardinal Cisneros. Cardinal Cisneros wrote 'dar cuerda' which in Spanish means 'to wound up' for talking.
The culprit of this mistranslation was Bergenroth. Spanish scholars that read the original document argue that he is wrong.
English monarchs next? The only country other than rome where I know a significant portion of the ruling monarchs lol.
But fr im fine with anything u make. Shits fire
An interesting thing is that Felipe IV was very interesed in art and promoted it in all the kingdom. He was a huge fan of Velazquez and Rubens.
Pd:the war of the invencible armada was actually won by the spanish
4:31 A correction "La cuerda": "The sane one". Cuerda also means rope, but not in that context
Look im doing my thesis on Charles V reign and i super stand the 3 great catholic kings, Felipe, Carlos e IsabelyFernando, but man... I must admit Carlos III was indeed a great guy.
Also he was sorta nice for us in the americas (i mean sorta because they started to treat us more as colonies than far away kingdoms but I get why)
I am a Basque histoy student and I have to say that it is a really good ranking. The biggest mistake for me it's to have put Joanna I, but as you have remarked that she did not have any effective power it is not a big issue. Perhaps, from a Spanish perspective it is difficult to place Phillip IV so high as during its reign the Hispanic Monarchy officially lost its European hegemony in favor of France because of the Peace of Wesphalia.
Great video by the way, do Scottish kings next please!
U should rank the Plantagenets
Strange, Spectrum uses Juan and Alfonso but then also Charles and Philip.
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@@GarfieldRex Ugh, that's what I end up doing & I hate it! I draw family trees & end up with some Felipes & some Philips :D I _think_ I should use the correct variants of names instead of the Anglicised ones, & there are a few like Juana of Castile that are stuck in my head in their native form- I _cannot_ call her Joanna- but things written in English generally use Anglicised names so it's hard to change & remember.
As Spaniard, 100% agree with the list (particularly with the top4)
By the way, funny note about the German candidate that wasn't chosen (in favour of Amadeo). His house was teh Hozernhollen-Sigmariten, quite hard to pronounce for the locals, so the Spanish people called him instead "OleOle-SiMeEligen" ("Ole ole - If I get chosen)
I feel like many of the Spanish Monarchs' lives could be made into melodramatic telenovelas, and you wouldn't even know that those are real lives led by real people.
Nice video! I've got an idea for a video: Top Castillian Kings (Hope to see Alfonso The Wise on top)
Actually Charles II reign was one of regeneration, military reformation and economic recuperation. He surrounded himself with excellent advisors. He was a great and competent king.
Unpopular opinion: the Habsburg dynasty was the worst that happened to Spain. The blood ties of them, dragged Spain into almost unwinnable wars for lands that no Spanish would have wanted to die for. Kingdoms were women could be Queens in their own right, were replaced by only men rulers. The expansion in the New World was more disorganized than with the Trastamara, gave up Naples, and were (part of) the cause of the war of the Comuneros. Spain wasted so much blood and money because of the Habsburgs.... That not even bourbon incompetence (except Charles III) can surpass their harm.
Idea: do the Holy Roman Emperors or just the Habsburg rulers of Austria next
The fact that it took so long to get to the chaos that was Isabella II says a lot. I wholeheartedly agree, though.
The painting of little charles must be the most scary thing I have ever seen.
Philip II Was a Supervillain In Portuguese History.
Please can you do ranking the French kings in the future
I think some of these kings should be changed, Carlos II (Charles II) was actually one of the best kings Spain had.
Man can’t wait for a Spanish Inquisition joke
Well, it won't happen if you're expecting it!
(Sorry, I had to :D)
Nobody will expect it
I would suggest trying to do videos on the separate kingdoms before they United into Spain... but that may be a little difficult seeing as how some of the kings, there's very little records of... they call it the dark ages for a reason...
Objectively Phillip II is arguably one of the top five greatest monarchs in the history of mankind
wow i just realized that I actually learned all of this in school, also, the guy who just gave up is so mee
2:07 at the same time, people who lived during his reign are probably the most bias. For example, almost all we know about Peter III comes from his enemies, but when we look at his policies they look pretty good. Some people attribute those policies to his ministers, because of his image, but i don't feel like "bad emperor who approves good policies, because he is dumb" is realistic.
Can you do the danish monarcs cause we have a lot of them and some insane too
Oldenburg denmark is Bourbon france with more variation
Christian Frederick ×10 and you get denmark
Dont forget our 2 queens with the same name
@@steffhess3627 also the 6 canutes
@@imperiumbrasiliae and then there is gorm the old XD
The very underrated movie History of the World Pt.1, "the peasants are revolting". Louis, "your telling me".