Wife Of The Conqueror, Queen of England | Matilda of Flanders | PART 2
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2024
- Matilda of Flanders is little remembered alongside her more famous husband, William the Conqueror. But she was a formidable woman in her own right, whose regal ancestry aided her husband and children, whose political knowledge was fundamental to ruling England, and she would prove herself to be every inch the equal to William. This video looks at her life as a mature duchess, a regent of Normandy in her own right, William's famous conquest of England, and how this affected Matilda...come back next week for the final part of Matilda's story!
Sources/Related Books:
Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England by Tracy Borman - amzn.to/3VdDvth
Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167 by Alison Weir - amzn.to/3V9bsfA
'Matilda of Flanders' by Elisabeth van Houts (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) - www.oxforddnb.com/display/10....
De Gestis Regum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury - www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/...
Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100-1400 by Heather J. Tanner - amzn.to/3QSIxtO
Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 by Elisabeth van Houts - amzn.to/3wM4t2N
Orderic Vitalis: Life, Works and Interpretations by Various - amzn.to/3WTQliO
The Normans in Europe by Elisabeth van Houts - amzn.to/4bxkvge
Conquests in Eleventh-Century England: 1016, 1066 by Laura Ashe and Emily Ward - amzn.to/4bLOq3R
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Queen Matilda and William the Conqueror are my great X a lot grandparents.
Thank you for sharing this history with us.
That is so cool!
Oh wey, there is always that one person. Are you a queen or emperor then????
@@user-ii4uj6ry3d I'm not that one person. There are many of us related to these individuals. I just happen to be someone who actually knows because we did the DNA testing and record documentation. The only thing I rule over in my own life.
I'm extremely grateful to be related, but also have carried a heavy karmic burden. This connection comes with blessings ( educated, strong women), and the understanding of the consequences of their choices ( taxing peasants, wars, etc) I do not take this connection lightly.
@@user-gi8pk9uc7q I think so too. I'm incredibly grateful I finally know my family history. We had no idea until my mother started our family genealogy. She was trying to find out who her grandfather was. My great grandmother gave birth at 15 and refused to tell anyone who the father was. It was the boy from the farm next door in Kansas.
We subsequently learned that both sides of her family are related to the rulers of Europe for generation, upon generations.
Our family came to America because we were decendeded from 2nd and 3rd sons or daughters who tended to not receive lands or titles by the 1600's.
This entire series is basically my family history. It's absolutely wonderful to hear and learn about these people.
Part 2 was well worth the wait. I've always been interested to know more about this clearly remarkable woman but in both books and documentaries you only ever catch fragmentary glimpses of her always in the background of her husband's story so I was delighted when I saw that you were giving her not 1 but 2 full videos all to herself. Her and her story front and center for once. And of course I can't wait for the surprise third video. Keep up the fantastic work. Thanks! ❤
Thank you so much! 😊 It's true, it's usually the other way around, and Matilda is often the add-on to her husband's story, so it's quite fun making him the secondary part!
I totally agree, really appreciate the history of women although I’m a man I understand the influence of women and it isn’t and never was easy task to bring humanity to the forefront
@@geoffball4431 I'd really love it if she did as in depth a look at Joan of Kent. She's always been one of my absolute favorites but just like Mathilda of Flanders she's almost always relegated to being nothing more than a supporting character in the life stories of her 2nd or possibly 3rd husband/(depending on how you look at it lol) Edward the black prince or her son the ill fated Richard II. She's another one who almost never gets to have her story front and center despite the fact that she was important and influential and just down right fascinating and had at least as interesting and unbelievable a life as her son or any of her husbands.
@@madelinevanderbunny607 I think you are bat woman, I’d prefer you to be my woman 😻
@@HistorysForgottenPeople love your documentary videos. 💖☺👍
This has been excellent. One more week to wait for the finale.
Thank you so much! 😊 Part 3 is well under way.
@@HistorysForgottenPeoplewill you be doing her 3 notable sons?
Excellent insightful video! I throughly enjoyed this 2nd part dedicated to this formidable woman in history and loved the fact that this time her story is brought forward and not left in the background behind her husband as she's usually portrayed. Your beautiful graphics and narration are always delightful. Can't wait for part 3! Thanks for sharing 💖💐👑
Thank you so much! 😊 Yeah, it was trickier with this one as you can't really leave out William's conquest of England, but I also wanted it to be secondary to Matilda's story! Hopefully I got the balance right, haha.
Really nice to learn about the female and their influence
You can say that again.
I love how in depth you get with your videos. Thanks!🎉
Aww, thank you! 😊 It was really hard not to with Matilda (there's way more I could add, haha). I love when I can add lots more detail to a somewhat obscure person, as there's been a lot of great research on her in recent years.
Thank you, awesome story of a fascinating woman.
Those abbey's look like huge indoor cities.
You're right, they are breathtaking. It's little wonder the ordinary people of these places did as they were told for those in charge for so long, when you consider their own homes compared to these structures.
I think they look like castles.
Excellent narrative thank you
I'm very impressed that the two abbeys that they built are still standing.
Great video!! ❤😊 I always learn so much and highly entertained. 👑📚📖💡
Me too. I also liked seeing buildings that were built.
Way cool as usual. Thanks!
Only got home now, this is a great way to relax🙏🙏
It’s always very ironic for me that William was very pious- like- were you really Bill?👹
Anyways, have a nice week!! :)
Hi friend !
@@DarthDread-oh2ne Hello!
The medieval version of 'pious' always seems very different to our version of it! 🤣 Bit like the infamous Henry VIII being 'pious', haha. You have a great week too! 😊
@@HistorysForgottenPeoplewill you be doing their sons?
Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How are you and Mallard your cat doing? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. How is the weather where you are? We have great warm weather in Ontario Canada. We both enjoy watching your live history videos. Have a great day see you next video 😊 in the next video in the future could you do Queen Isabella the she wolf. She was wife to King Edward the Second. 😊
Hi Michelle, glad you and Benjamin are doing well, and you have nice weather! 😊 Our weather has turned cold again unfortunately! And I've got two videos out already for Queen Isabella (Part 1 and Part 2), I think they're in my 'Forgotten Queens' playlist. 😊
Her two sons went to become king of England
Henry I and William Rufus 👑👑
Right names wrongly listed , William II , rufus , then Henry beauclerc
@@geoffball4431 ok , thanks for rectifying me
Would she be considered a very educated woman of her time or just normal learned noblewoman.
Good question! I think Matilda would probably have been considered very educated for her time, due to her knowledge of international politics and Latin, but equally other noblewomen in the early Medieval period were also highly educated. I think it was probably like someone with a Doctorate amongst a lot of people with MA degrees - all considered very academically clever when compared to the general public or even their husbands, but the one with the Doctorate has even more knowledge than that.
Truly fascinating.
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A great video. I disagree with some of the assumptions made; however, I understand that they are just assumptions.
Which do you disagree.
That's fair; which assumptions?
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To go with last week’s question, who is a Historical person who you study who you really and strongly dislike?
Mine would probably be King John (not only a bad king but I can’t find good qualities in his personality💀), James I (same as John, sh*t person, sh*t king) and (this one’s likely gonna get me hate but well) Anne Boleyn. The more I learn about her the more I loathe her😭.
Ooh.....can Henry VIII get a mention here? 🤣🤣🤣 I honestly used to think he was at least a half-decent king, but over the years, I honestly can't find anything redeemable about him at all.
Super random one, but Tacitus, the Roman historian. He came from a very male-dominated time, I know, but his descriptions of contemporary (or near contemporary) women must have even made men cringe at the time. If they're not mindless, silent, virginal idiots, then they're all harlots who deserve all the punishments lol - see his descriptions of Cleopatra VII, Boudicca, Cartimandua. It's just very obvious from the way he writes that he loathes women who dare to have any role in public life, not to mention he often wrote years after they were dead, and it makes me seethe that equally it's only his surviving descriptions that allow us to know about these women at all.
@@HistorysForgottenPeople omg yes! I forgot Henry😭😭 terrible in all aspects😭 I didn’t know that much about Tacitus :// I agree, “the times were like that” is too often used to excuse atrocious actions- yes, it applies to some things, but many people went over the average of the time
I consider richard iii on my top 10 worst english kings.
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Like deployed 👍
And she was only 4 feet tall!
Someone didn’t watch the last video huh 😂
Actually, she was about 5 foot, a normal height for women of her time! 😊 It's one of those bits of misinformation that is still commonly put in some history books, but it was actually just a misreporting of her height when an autopsy was done in the 60s. Matilda would still have been pretty tiny next to William, though!
@@HistorysForgottenPeople
Yep, I was born at the wrong time... 4'10" here. Yes, it is tiny - today it's about the size of a ten or twelve year old. So yeah, tiny.
Did they not have any good artists during this time period? The depictions shown here look like just a couple steps above cave paintings.