Louis XIV: The Sun King

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  4 года назад +59

    Check out Vincero and get 15% off a fantastic Vincero watch: Use the code "biographics" @ vincerowatches.com/biographics

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 4 года назад

      Biographics So how’s progress on Warographics going?

    • @wdglide40
      @wdglide40 4 года назад

      Liliana Bray i

    • @greggarvin2023
      @greggarvin2023 4 года назад +1

      Vlachislav Molotov....he was the ultimate Soviet survivor.... please do an episode on him.... how many other Old Bolsheviks survived Stalin....and stayed in power after....he's the most interesting of that lot.

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 3 года назад

      He went through 8 wet nurses. At that was just as a baby.

    • @HooXieBD
      @HooXieBD 2 года назад

      Hi buddy isnt 16 actualy XVI? cuy i think XIV is fourteen

  • @jeremiahardales6597
    @jeremiahardales6597 4 года назад +821

    Palpatine: I am the Senate
    King Louis: That's cute. I am the State

    • @unamed2516
      @unamed2516 4 года назад +6

      jeremiah ardales 😂

    • @TrayPorthos
      @TrayPorthos 4 года назад +13

      Donald Trump: Amateurs... Hold my beer.....

    • @anastasiaisabella7354
      @anastasiaisabella7354 4 года назад +3

      😂😂

    • @joanofarc2842
      @joanofarc2842 4 года назад +2

      And now we have Melanchon saying "I am the Republic"... He is not even elected and even if he was, the charisma is not the same.

    • @jonnnyren6245
      @jonnnyren6245 4 года назад

      Not yet.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 4 года назад +77

    1:25 - Chapter 1 - The sun rises
    5:40 - Chapter 2 - Daybreak
    9:30 - Chapter 3 - Summer love
    12:20 - Mid roll ads
    13:40 - Chapter 4 - The noonday sun
    16:30 - Chapter 5 - The setting sun
    20:30 - Chapter 6 - Twilight of the sun king

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад +2

      Thank you for this.

    • @aazansyed2246
      @aazansyed2246 4 месяца назад

      Merci beaucoup as King Louis XIV would say!

  • @rezkel7404
    @rezkel7404 4 года назад +1131

    I actually would really be interested in a Wargraphics channel.

    • @rezkel7404
      @rezkel7404 4 года назад +35

      Yeah, buuut how many of them are actually interesting? The only one i know of that isn't boring as all hell is Oversimplified and he takes forever between videos.

    • @bentobe4486
      @bentobe4486 4 года назад +38

      Kings and generals is a good channel to try

    • @quanghuyvo6112
      @quanghuyvo6112 4 года назад +31

      @@rezkel7404 oversimplified is for kid who dont have more then 10s of attention, it full of historical inaccuracy and personal bias

    • @rezkel7404
      @rezkel7404 4 года назад +7

      @@bentobe4486 It might be visually pleasing, but the voice over is waaaaaaaay to robotic for me. kind of sounds like a computer or a guy who doesn't actually speak English reading a script and sounding things out.

    • @rezkel7404
      @rezkel7404 4 года назад

      @@quanghuyvo6112 How so?

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 4 года назад +421

    “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself” Louis XIV

    • @adamplentl5588
      @adamplentl5588 4 года назад +29

      Ah the narcissism of hereditary monarchy. Its really easy to conquer everything when you're born into extreme luxury as the genetically predetermined head of state. Whatever he may have said, he was a tyrant and despot, a delusional old fool who thought his right to oppress the mass of his countrymen was appointed by God herself, and should be remembered as such.

    • @gflex3505
      @gflex3505 4 года назад +46

      @@adamplentl5588 bro had to balance power,his politicians,his citizens and ensure the country is capable of defending itself lol this ain't Disney and especially back then kings had a lot going on

    • @gflex3505
      @gflex3505 4 года назад +30

      AND put france into a golden age smfh you self-righteous people are all the same, the world isn't in black and white

    • @adamplentl5588
      @adamplentl5588 4 года назад +14

      @@gflex3505 a golden age for whom exactly? Certainly not almost the entire working population of France. Was golden for the oppressor class for sure. Louis built them a nice new party palace while working men and women starved.

    • @gflex3505
      @gflex3505 4 года назад +27

      @@adamplentl5588 yeah golden age is a little biased of me I should of said "made france a world super power"

  • @jeremeycollins1903
    @jeremeycollins1903 4 года назад +322

    Henry the 8th : imgoing to have tons of sex and affairs
    Louis : hold my ale

    • @oberstul1941
      @oberstul1941 4 года назад +14

      ale? you surely meant "Les Riceys pink wine".

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 4 года назад +14

      Henry didn't have a large amount of mistresses. He tended to marry women. It is highly doubtful he consummated his sixth marriage.
      Basically, Henry VIII's number isn't that high.

    • @ianjperry6772
      @ianjperry6772 4 года назад +6

      “Hold my perfume”

    • @xvdd1
      @xvdd1 4 года назад +4

      Hold my stockings.

    • @AlexKS1992
      @AlexKS1992 4 года назад +6

      Louis still has nothing on Genghis Khan. There are millions of his descendants out there and chances are there in the comments section.

  • @marquisdelafayette1929
    @marquisdelafayette1929 4 года назад +281

    Hey Simon,
    When are you going to do a video on me? Being the richest orphan I married into the most well connected family and sabotaged a job of working for the Kings brother so I could go fight for the Americans. I disobeyed the king and bought a ship of my own so I could travel to America. I ended up getting more money and supplies and troops for the Americans and everything came to a head at Yorktown. After, I was considered Washington's adopted son, Hamilton's off, and spent the rest of my life corresponding with revolutionaries around the world. I ended up going broke spending money on his troops equipment and clothing and shoes. I also bought a plantation and have it to the slaves to show there wouldn't be violence like people feared.

    • @gflex3505
      @gflex3505 4 года назад +37

      Whoa easy with the spoilers bro

    • @chadwickmacarthur4760
      @chadwickmacarthur4760 4 года назад +17

      Dont forget you also dressed like a woman haha

    • @joshglover2370
      @joshglover2370 4 года назад +15

      Thank you for helping set up my country and setting your slaves free! 😀👍

    • @BardovBacchus
      @BardovBacchus 4 года назад +8

      LAH FI YET! I'm taking this horse by the reigns making red coats redder with blood stains...

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 4 года назад +1

      Are you Maximus Decimus Meridius?

  • @jamesbenis3734
    @jamesbenis3734 4 года назад +32

    I like how a mob of people broke into the royal palace to kill Louis, but as soon as they saw him asleep they were all like “oH He’S aSlEeP, DoN’t WaKe HiM”.

  • @SvrWxArchive1807
    @SvrWxArchive1807 4 года назад +83

    There is a lack of 16th century European figures I think would be interesting, here are a couple suggestions.
    Emperor Charles V: By birthright he inherited the thrones of Spain, Burgundy, and was elected Holy Roman Emperor. He was the closest Europe came to being under a Universal Monarchy since Charlemagne and prior to Napoleon. A fascinating guy who sat at the crossroads of many historical events.
    Francis I of France: He was the great adversary to Charles V, whose obsession with obtaining Milan brought him to near ruin. He was the one who brought France culturally into the Renaissance, employing Leonardo da Vinci etc.
    Henry VIII of England: I dont think he needs an explanation
    Martin Luther: Again, probably no explanation.
    Suleyman the Magnificent: The Ottoman Sultan who took his Empire right up to the gates of Vienna. He oversaw the apex of Ottoman Power in the world.
    Philip II of Spain: The successor to Charles V for his Spanish Kingdoms. He continued his father's policies of aggressive foreign affairs. Knocking into the Ottomans, acquiring Portugal, and launching the Spanish Armada against England.
    Elizabeth I of England: Probably needs no explanation either
    William "The Silent": Prominent figure in the Dutch Wars against Spain.
    Catherine de'Medici: wife to Henry II of France and mother to Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. She oversaw the turmoil of the French Wars of Religion as she fought to keep the Valois on the throne.
    Henry of Navarre: Later Henry IV of France, he played crucial roles in the Wars of Religion.
    I mainly focused on rulers during this time but the 16th century is filled with explorers,reformers, scientists, and so many other amazing people. Please fill this gap!

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 4 года назад

      Husband of Henry II of France?

    • @MohammedAli-mf8oy
      @MohammedAli-mf8oy 4 года назад +3

      Sultan Suleiman of the ottomans conquered Hungary, and in effect reached the gates of Vienna.

    • @SvrWxArchive1807
      @SvrWxArchive1807 4 года назад

      @@pyromania1018 Oops, wife!

    • @SvrWxArchive1807
      @SvrWxArchive1807 4 года назад +3

      @@MohammedAli-mf8oy That is true. I think I meant to imply he made it as far conquering wise as Hungary, but he actually made it to Vienna twice. Thanks for pointing that out!

    • @MohammedAli-mf8oy
      @MohammedAli-mf8oy 4 года назад +3

      @@SvrWxArchive1807 No worries. Thank you for showing intellectual humility and courage.

  • @Fuchswinter
    @Fuchswinter 4 года назад +10

    We talked about the Sun King in History class quite a bit but never mentioned that all the opulence was actually strategic. I love this channel.

  • @roberttheodorson1770
    @roberttheodorson1770 4 года назад +26

    Simon, after watching Versailles (and being disappointed to see it go) I can say that this was one of your best episodes. Well Done and keep up the good work!

  • @abskorditis1232
    @abskorditis1232 4 года назад +219

    Next should be Louis's brother. Philip D'Orleans.

    • @AtticusAmericanus
      @AtticusAmericanus 4 года назад +12

      The greater of the two!

    • @Friggle_Dee
      @Friggle_Dee 4 года назад +6

      Or even better, The Mazarinnettes, Jules 7 pimped-out niece's.

    • @winterweib
      @winterweib 4 года назад +10

      I did not like Philip, since he was very nasty to Liselotte von der Pfalz, which was forced to marry him very much against her will.
      While she lived in France, France destroyed her childhood castle, the Castle of Heidelberg, until today it remains as a Ruine.
      She had of course to yell in happiness because of that 'triumph'. Very cruel.
      Ludwig and everybody liked her.
      Ludwig even said he wished he could have been married to her.
      She was very intelligent and nice.
      Only Philip literally tortured her. She did not want to live with him,;too. It really was not her choice.
      He had his boyfriends. But he could indeed be friendly to her!

    • @ThomasHarding1990
      @ThomasHarding1990 4 года назад +3

      His brother was "Philippe OF France, Duke of Orléans"

    • @micaelavela6504
      @micaelavela6504 4 года назад +3

      @@winterweib Actually, for what I have searched they both reminded in good terms and eventually became friends, of course there was no love, only respect

  • @benokhattirach310
    @benokhattirach310 4 года назад +15

    Queen Elizabeth II : it's so boring holding throne here
    King Louis XIV : hold my hair

    • @anjanajnair
      @anjanajnair 3 года назад

      Ohhhhh you thought u were going to blow up after writing that comment

  • @BrutusBellamy
    @BrutusBellamy 4 года назад +58

    Warographics?
    Simon, you're a genius!

  • @viennekemper188
    @viennekemper188 4 года назад +187

    you should do a video on phillipe d'orleans, louis xiv's brother sometime!

    • @Ryb771
      @Ryb771 4 года назад +21

      vinny ! Yes and discuss what their mother did to his brother , dressing him in gowns , allowing men to take his virginity and treated him as a woman so he would never go against his brothers kingdom . She made it where this boy had so many issues no one would have taken him serious it’s actually a sad story

    • @unamed2516
      @unamed2516 4 года назад +7

      Brynanna Banana What books did you read such information from? Weren’t boys in those days only dressed in gowns when they were infants? Are you sure you’re not exaggerating that he dressed in gowns and was treated like a woman? And how could Anne of Austria be so cruel to her younger son like that? It sounds really intense and over the top.

    • @HarverTheSlayer
      @HarverTheSlayer 4 года назад +7

      @@unamed2516 Because her firstborn son and, consequently, her heir was Louis. In nobility, it wasn't uncommon for brothers to conspire against each other for something as important as the throne of a country (and keep in mind, many nobles were actually blood relatives). She already had a heir, so she just made damn sure her "other son" wouldn't screw things up. Yeah, it sounds fucked up by today's standards, but civil wars have been fought for that kind of rivalry. so, as horrible as it sounds, "it makes sense".

    • @tc2334
      @tc2334 4 года назад +3

      Kiara Thompson she really did dress him up like a girl and address him as a girl when he was young. As for allowing men to take his virginity....don’t know about that.

    • @unamed2516
      @unamed2516 4 года назад +5

      HarverTheSlayer I’m reading a biography about Philippe and from what I got from the book is that Anne of Austria wasn’t so extremely cruel to her son, she actually loved him as much as Louis but overall she kind of cared and loved Louis a bit more because he was the heir. She did like to dress up her son and was heard to call Philippe at one time “my girl” and as for keeping him submissive to his brother it was kind of Mazarin who made sure of that education wise because he had some control over his teachers and what they were supposed to teach him. But Anne personally herself was concerned about Philippe upstaging Louis sometimes but their uncle who was the brother of Louis Xlll kept having uprisings so that was a good example to Philippe for learning to be submissive as a child and what not to do against his brother. Other than that I haven’t read anything else that was intensely abusive or cruel to keep him in check but I do understand how it would make sense for her if she was that afraid about her son’s throne but from what I’m reading so far it doesn’t seem like she had that much to worry about.

  • @donjas8137
    @donjas8137 4 года назад +68

    tell me why i just finished watching the Netflix series "Versailles" and when i jump on youtube this video is right on the front page? i swear google tracking is getting out of hand lmao

    • @leeming1317
      @leeming1317 4 года назад

      How convienient now too that google home and amazon devices are now in the homes.
      Where they are now eavesdropping on everyone working from home so they can further extend their monopoly.
      Lord knows they know how to sift through all the data too find the juicy bits working with NSA and all.
      I got done watching what made the Venetians a great merchant republic before the bubonic plague.

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 3 года назад

      Karma! For you to get proper education rather than a pile of crap.

    • @donjas8137
      @donjas8137 3 года назад

      @@booliev3275 man stfu

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 4 года назад +13

    Everyone please read "The Ivory Mischief". It is a novel of real people who were at the court of the Sun King. The person who wrote it went through tons of diaries and literature of the time, so the novel reads like an exciting movie. People during that era were insanely tough, women could ride as recklessly as men during hunts, dance for 20 hours, live in unbelievably uncomfortable conditions and they were often vigorous and sharp into their 80s.
    It was an insane era of individuals.

    • @TOPVATO
      @TOPVATO 2 года назад +1

      Is it on Amazon??

    • @joas3324
      @joas3324 Год назад

      Well sounds like a good recommendation!Thanks:)

    • @poocabraxi
      @poocabraxi 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@TOPVATO YOU DO KNOW WE ARE IDENTICAL TWINS RIGHT 🤔🇬🇧🔪💯

  • @martinfawkes595
    @martinfawkes595 4 года назад +143

    The BBC series Versailles did a good job of covering his reign.

    • @houseofschenck6230
      @houseofschenck6230 4 года назад +24

      They take a few artistic liberties but the costumes and writing are great.

    • @BigTroubleD
      @BigTroubleD 4 года назад +7

      I’m in the middle of watching it rn!

    • @revitalsela4063
      @revitalsela4063 4 года назад +8

      But was very far from real history, but still fun to watch

    • @gorge2786
      @gorge2786 4 года назад +4

      revital sela they did a good job portraying his reign and life, not a particularly brilliant piece of history beyond that

    • @thatdutchguy2882
      @thatdutchguy2882 4 года назад +17

      As far as a British news corporation can be trusted with anything French.

  • @viktor9461
    @viktor9461 4 года назад +63

    would love learn more about Emperor Meiji and Meiji restoration, feel like there isn't enough people covering that Topic.

  • @cynthiasimpson931
    @cynthiasimpson931 4 года назад +27

    Love what Will Cuppy said about Madame de Maintenon after Louis XV married her in name only: "Since she was a woman of more than average intelligence, with a talent for caustic comment, it's a shame that her remarks on this matter are lost to us." I'll bet whatever she had to say would have been worth hearing.

  • @lrx001
    @lrx001 4 года назад +6

    I literally did a happy dance when I saw this video pop up! Thank you for covering one of my favorite parts of French history!

  • @shoishred
    @shoishred 4 года назад +7

    Boris’s tired Johnson- loved it Simon! As a French man I can say this was much more entertaining than when I learnt about le roi soleil at school.

  • @rickymurray
    @rickymurray 4 года назад +58

    This is a good entry channel for kids, my daughter is 12 and finds these videos interesting, it's basically spoken Wikipedia which is what kids want these days lol

    • @surlygirly1926
      @surlygirly1926 4 года назад

      ... and yet, still riddled with errors.

    • @markdturnock
      @markdturnock 4 года назад +3

      @@surlygirly1926 like what? All the sources are listed in the description. All are pretty legit

    • @surlygirly1926
      @surlygirly1926 4 года назад +3

      @@markdturnock I'm speaking of the entire Biographics channel - not simply this episode. And not simply this channel, but the myriad others that Simon Whistler fronts.
      Go to any one of them ... read the comments ... see the errors that are called to their attention. Quantity over quality of releases does not work in their producers' favor.

    • @scottherzeg2741
      @scottherzeg2741 4 года назад +7

      @@surlygirly1926 On the other hand, many of these topics are fresh, if inaccurate in places. I find these videos interesting and informative and, with a nod to your note that some of the information is in error, invite comment, clarification, further research and discussion. They're certainly not (intentionally) as laissez-faire and biased as the curriculum in a standard American public school history class [full disclosure: home-school parent.]

    • @actiondork
      @actiondork 4 года назад +4

      @@surlygirly1926 When I watch videos on these channels on topics I know well, I end up wincing & wondering which bits of videos I've accepted as fact are not.

  • @scotjock1
    @scotjock1 4 года назад +13

    This is why I took to history and English literature, rather than science or mathematics - there's a wealth of material for books, films, TV just from European history alone. Great video, keep them up mate. Also if you could do a video on the war of the Grand Alliance, you would get us all tuning in to watch it. Also love the Roman Emperor and empire videos. Great work

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby 4 года назад +164

    His tomb was raided during the French revolution, It scared off the raiders because his body was blackened.

  • @BumMcFluff
    @BumMcFluff 4 года назад +63

    I'd like to see a video on the real D'Artagnon. From what I've read he was every bit as interesting as the fictionalised version of him.

    • @Robert_St-Preux
      @Robert_St-Preux 4 года назад +6

      Reading the letters of Mme de Sévigné, I ran across D'Artagnan and was like, "Whoa, he's a real person?!?" It was like a crossover between fiction and reality.

  • @thomasmarren2354
    @thomasmarren2354 4 года назад +5

    Please make a Wargraphics channel Simon. I am already subscribed to most of your channels including this one and Geographics. Another couldn't hurt.

  • @latelotus
    @latelotus 4 года назад +17

    "War-o-graphics".... I'm down for that.

  • @JaelaOrdo
    @JaelaOrdo 4 года назад +117

    *”C'est légal parce que je le souhaite.”*
    - Louis XIV

    • @PierrotHG
      @PierrotHG 4 года назад +1

      Louis XVI

    • @speedracer2008
      @speedracer2008 4 года назад +46

      Translation: it is legal, because I wish it so.

    • @sandymckenna9727
      @sandymckenna9727 4 года назад +4

      J‘aime bien cette citation..

    • @gourabsarker6895
      @gourabsarker6895 4 года назад

      So this is where stone cold got his bottom line

  • @punkfacexo6066
    @punkfacexo6066 4 года назад +68

    "LOVE POTIONS" You mean Champagne and Cognac?

  • @rami_ungar_writer
    @rami_ungar_writer 4 года назад +11

    Before this video, I knew Louis XIV mainly for his patronage of the arts, including establishing the Royal Academy of Dance, which spurred the creation of ballet. Now I know a lot more, including that he built Versailles, which I've been to and which a friend of mine and I both agree is "opulence on crack."

  • @parvuspeach
    @parvuspeach 4 года назад +13

    can confirm, my grandmother's family "Huguenin" were huguenots that fled to Switzerland following the edict of Fontainebleau, they became some of the first swiss watchmakers

    • @carlosmarte3154
      @carlosmarte3154 4 года назад

      PDF Is that where Hublot comes from as well?

  • @wlght2034
    @wlght2034 4 года назад +6

    Thanks Simon, this was a great quick and simple history of Louie. Warographics would be awesome especially for Colonial and Pre Colonial wars. Thanks for the good stuff.

  • @TheCourtGossiper
    @TheCourtGossiper 4 года назад +68

    It took Queen Anne ir Austria some 22 years to conceive an Heir. Could you imagine the imense pression She should have been in while pregnant?

    • @luizsa8300
      @luizsa8300 4 года назад +5

      History by Filipa Poor woman. It must have been absolutely terrible for her !
      By the way, I’ve just subscribed to your channel.

    • @NikkiRen
      @NikkiRen 4 года назад +2

      Luiz Sa I did too! Thanks for letting us know she has a channel 😊

    • @TheCourtGossiper
      @TheCourtGossiper 4 года назад

      Thank you very much both of you ❤️

    • @mariethemagnificent2000
      @mariethemagnificent2000 4 года назад +2

      Luiz Sa me too!

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon 4 года назад +1

      @@luizsa8300 Same!

  • @maestro4287
    @maestro4287 4 года назад +4

    Great videos about modern era singers and other musicians. Maybe consider some of the classic ones as well? Their contribution to world history is greater than the great majority of people realize. Just a few to consider: Richard Wagner, Niccolo Paganini, Beethoven, Mozart, or a more recent one in Luciano Pavoratti.

  • @davidshakespeare9767
    @davidshakespeare9767 4 года назад +87

    You don’t have enough channels
    So common Simon make war-ographics
    Please!

    • @Roy-em2my
      @Roy-em2my 4 года назад

      David Shakespeare Simon merits 11 channel at the least.

  • @danaburton2095
    @danaburton2095 4 года назад +18

    "Carlos was so inbred that he was incapable of siring an heir" IM DYING

    • @user-kg6jo7yb3w
      @user-kg6jo7yb3w 3 года назад

      Most european monarchs were as inbred as him. Louis 13 married his 2nd cousin, his son married his double cousin (basically his niece generically), his son married his 2nd cousin, his son (Phillip) married his 1st cousin etc etc. In fact, the biggest houses in europe all shared a new ancestor every 50 years until the 20th century, So Charles isn’t new.

  • @chaboi13229
    @chaboi13229 4 года назад +6

    Simon really the king of one liners.

  • @storms_lair2123
    @storms_lair2123 4 года назад +20

    Do Justinian one of the most legendary Byzantine emperors or Augustus

  • @skipwebb3787
    @skipwebb3787 4 года назад +25

    Anyone else see Simon trying to suppress a smirk after the Johnson comment? 😂

    • @SCSilk
      @SCSilk 4 года назад +2

      Skip Webb I heard it in his voice (I wasn’t watching). :)

  • @cassandraralph5906
    @cassandraralph5906 4 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for this interesting and educational video! I learned something new today again! Well done Simon!

  • @kenny5311
    @kenny5311 4 года назад +14

    Hey Simon, you should make a video on Maurice Hilleman, a microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology. He saved more lives than any medical scientist of the 20th Century. It's unfortunate that he's not well-known to the general public. Hope he gets covered!

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      Vaccinology??? Gynecologist?

  • @Romulusthefounder
    @Romulusthefounder 4 года назад +7

    I love this video
    I've always had a fascination with Louis and his palace of Versailles

  • @msharp8549
    @msharp8549 4 года назад +17

    I just finished Versailles on Netflix. LETS GO!

  • @zacko81o
    @zacko81o 2 года назад +3

    “It was nonstop orgies. If that sounds fun to you just know it was only the elites, everyone else was starving”
    What a sentence

  • @Miss_Camel
    @Miss_Camel 4 года назад +26

    He has a nice shaped head, a lustrous beard, interesting glasses, sentimental eyes, and the wardrobe of a high school boy who is forced to go to church...and most importantly, he has a passion for history!! This is the ideal male for 2020.

    • @hojo-mo778
      @hojo-mo778 4 года назад

      I like him better without the beard.

    • @Miss_Camel
      @Miss_Camel 4 года назад +2

      ho jo-mo - I’ve never seen him without the beard, but if there’s ever the chance that we’re dating him simultaneously, he can shave one half of it and we’ll sit on either side.

    • @buffoonustroglodytus4688
      @buffoonustroglodytus4688 4 года назад +3

      Damn the thirst is real.

    • @Miss_Camel
      @Miss_Camel 4 года назад +2

      @Maria Kelly - obviously! That wardrobe 😍

  • @MrMysteryman00
    @MrMysteryman00 4 года назад +33

    “Exhaust Boris’ Johnson”

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby 4 года назад +66

    Have to say ruling over 70 years must have been interesting

    • @ninatouchdown2500
      @ninatouchdown2500 4 года назад +10

      Yes, when a monarch actually rules. Just being a monarch in name must be boring.

    • @ironczar8975
      @ironczar8975 4 года назад +9

      Imagine being a child at the end of his reign, even your great grandfather could have been alive while Louis was king.

    • @ironczar8975
      @ironczar8975 4 года назад +3

      @@Nswix "imagine being a child during his reign"
      You have to read something properly before answering to it

    • @carlosmarte3154
      @carlosmarte3154 4 года назад +2

      Nina Arleth Boring, but better imo. Being held responsible for every little mishap isn’t something that I’d like to do for 70 years.

  • @TheWesire
    @TheWesire 4 года назад +21

    here comes the sun king!

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 4 года назад +5

    I understand you can't cover everything, especially with a subject this vast, but you skipped (or incorrectly described) a few things:
    1) If Louis hated his wife, he didn't show it that much. Despite his affairs, he was both attentive and polite to her, and when Montespan was rude to her, he threatened her to stay silent. Maintenon actually persuaded him to spend more time with his wife, who was deeply grateful.
    2) No mention that Maintenon later became Louis's second wife? And that he was actually faithful to her? Or that she was a Protestant?
    3) In regards to the above, once Louis started aging, Maintenon had near-total control over him, and Versailles became a lot less extravagant and more rigid.
    4) Louis may not have liked Paris, but he still commissioned several hospitals, universities, and libraries there.

  • @srash8854
    @srash8854 3 года назад +9

    This guy seems to be everywhere when you are researching French history. Damn it's like he was behind everything.

    • @melhemhayek1328
      @melhemhayek1328 Год назад +2

      Yea. He is both the state and the sun. He is behind everything.

    • @melhemhayek1328
      @melhemhayek1328 Год назад +2

      Even the sentence "god save the king" was originally made for him

  • @mikerueffer579
    @mikerueffer579 4 года назад +30

    How many kings named Louis do you have France?
    France:"Yes."

    • @popkhorne5372
      @popkhorne5372 4 года назад +5

      Germany : "feigns innocence"
      Seriously, since we both were francks, both names louis and ludwig come from clovis, so if you accumulate clovises with louis in france and ludwig in germany, the number is faraminous.

    • @ucheokoroafor8273
      @ucheokoroafor8273 4 года назад +2

      16 kings named Louis

    • @sanaddaoud6541
      @sanaddaoud6541 4 года назад

      @Rockefeller 17*

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 4 года назад +4

      @@sanaddaoud6541 18*

    • @jandrews6254
      @jandrews6254 4 года назад

      Very little imagination about names back then

  • @noahnieto5253
    @noahnieto5253 4 года назад +5

    I genuinely love watching these videos, I use them sometimes to help me fall asleep. So thank you Simon and everyone that works on these I greatly appreciate it.

  • @delfinmcdolphin6160
    @delfinmcdolphin6160 4 года назад +9

    Biographics : shows picture of Carlos II
    Me : He's a habsburg isn't he?

  • @nicknesler
    @nicknesler 4 года назад +3

    I'm over half way through Alexandre Dumas' D'Artagnan series. There are some spoilers here, but this short bio puts a lot of things into perspective!

    • @joas3324
      @joas3324 Год назад +1

      I love Dumas!!:)Btw.D'Artagnan was a real person.

  • @ncommino
    @ncommino 4 года назад +4

    Another great video👍

  • @shanelamar8857
    @shanelamar8857 4 года назад +1

    I love this channel soo much, gives me nostalgia of my global history class in high school.

  • @imperialpharaoh7900
    @imperialpharaoh7900 4 года назад +23

    Do a video on Byzantine Emperor Basil the Bulgar Slayer

  • @PatriickIre
    @PatriickIre 4 года назад +2

    I would love to see another channel by you called Wargraphics!! That would be awesome, I am subbed to all your channels and love them all

  • @briandavy-taefu818
    @briandavy-taefu818 4 года назад +21

    14:25 One of many unprovoked invasions of Belgium.

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 4 года назад +2

      Probabaly karma came early for Leopold II

    • @punkfacexo6066
      @punkfacexo6066 4 года назад +2

      Louis XIV was very much into the fries, the chocolate and the beer Belgium had to offer ❤️ Who can blame him

    • @errorsinconduct
      @errorsinconduct 4 года назад

      Are the provoked invasions?

    • @Albukhshi
      @Albukhshi 4 года назад

      @@punkfacexo6066
      It's waffles. Totally the waffles.

    • @olivierdastein2604
      @olivierdastein2604 4 года назад

      Well, not at this time, but modern Belgium was pretty much designed to withstand invasion. It was created as a buffer state, and being invaded is what buffer states do.

  • @randomsandwichian
    @randomsandwichian 4 года назад +11

    Louis XIV: I am ze Sun King!!!
    Ra: Wait wait wait wait *WAIT!*
    ... wat?!

  • @michaelhurley3171
    @michaelhurley3171 4 года назад +5

    I'm surprised you haven't done him yet. Most important king in history.

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 4 года назад

    A channel about different wars, battles, & the reasons for the war, the fallout, & the reprecussions of the war would be great. New channel!!

  • @keithlynch9788
    @keithlynch9788 4 года назад +3

    What about Cardinal Richelieu or Mazarin in the future? @Biographics

  • @Hagervily
    @Hagervily 4 года назад +2

    Biographics is so underrated I swear!

  • @SkyeID
    @SkyeID 4 года назад +82

    So, Versailles was literally "a hunting lodge for rich weirdos"!

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos 4 года назад +1

      It didn't look much of a hunting lodge after the construction of Versailles itself ended though.

    • @rionthemagnificent2971
      @rionthemagnificent2971 4 года назад +5

      and a giant toilet.. they had an issue with dealing with human waste. There's a documentary on youtube on here somewhere..

    • @yelyah5496
      @yelyah5496 4 года назад +1

      Such a fancy hunting lodge that other monarchs tried to copy it. Tried being the keyword there.

    • @joshglover2370
      @joshglover2370 4 года назад +1

      @@rionthemagnificent2971 So it was the original San Francisco? 🤣

    • @psykerwave2315
      @psykerwave2315 4 года назад +3

      The summer orgie camp for the wealthy.

  • @officernasty6634
    @officernasty6634 4 года назад +35

    Louis the XIV: The Sun King
    Literally every single Louis before him: :| Am I a joke to you?

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 4 года назад +22

    I'm pretty sure you meant The Fronde not "The Front" at 3:51. ;)
    Overall though it's a great video.

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat 4 года назад +53

    Me: *hears Johnson joke*
    Also me: *smacks forehead Americally*

  • @chocolatecake6588
    @chocolatecake6588 4 года назад +7

    Your grown out beard looks great!

  • @madscot25
    @madscot25 4 года назад +1

    Loved the Boris comment 🤣🤣🤣 Great video and channel, congrats

  • @punkfacexo6066
    @punkfacexo6066 4 года назад +7

    YES WE NEED WAROGRAPHICS!!

  • @chemBTW
    @chemBTW 2 года назад

    2 years later and Warographics channel is popping off!! lets gooooo

  • @hunterG60k
    @hunterG60k 4 года назад +4

    Hey Simon, great video as always. I'd love it if you could do a Scottish historical figure like Rob Roy, Robert the Bruce, or someone like that :)

  • @taylordinney1484
    @taylordinney1484 4 года назад

    Simon says "Wor" and "Empar" better than anyone else and it's now a part of my inner monologue.

  • @XLHeavyD999
    @XLHeavyD999 4 года назад +6

    Could you do a biographic on Willem van Oranje, that would be much appreciated.

    • @testshietchannel
      @testshietchannel 4 года назад +1

      I'd be down for that!

    • @franciscomm7675
      @franciscomm7675 4 года назад +1

      ViceAdmiral Morgan, you are speaking about william the silent?

  • @guyvanarsdall7686
    @guyvanarsdall7686 4 года назад +2

    Loved the phrase "the Dark Arts of Politics". I feel just now we could use a Defense Against the Dark Arts.

  • @abskorditis1232
    @abskorditis1232 4 года назад +15

    Great as always!
    Could you do a biography of Osamu Dazai, Japanese poet?
    He really was interesting person.

  • @andyquinn3996
    @andyquinn3996 4 года назад +1

    You should do a video about marquis de lafayette, he fought for the United States in their independence war and he was also an active figure in the french revolution and the july's revolution.

  • @fredbarker9201
    @fredbarker9201 4 года назад +3

    “Last argument of kings”
    Inscribed into the cannons of Louis XIV

  • @codidevlugt2153
    @codidevlugt2153 4 года назад +2

    Nice! I was wondering when you were going to cover Luis XIV. Thanks!

  • @YeeSoest
    @YeeSoest 4 года назад +4

    Will be subscribing to War-O-graphics as soon as you unlock it, Simon;)

  • @eurodoc6343
    @eurodoc6343 4 года назад +1

    How about videos on some of the leaders during the 30 Years War? Like Wallenstein, Tilly, Frederick the Winter King and Gustavus Adolphus?

  • @cymbolichuman433
    @cymbolichuman433 4 года назад +26

    The whole unfair treatment of the working class in France is the reason why
    the people got sick of it and allowed opportunists such as Robespierre to
    try and take over and then the French got even nastier leaders. It's better now?

    • @sonofdita
      @sonofdita 4 года назад

      @@night6724 you're the first persom I have seen saying that. Would you care to explain where did you learn that? I'm interested.

    • @MMD0001
      @MMD0001 4 года назад +5

      False. The main cause of the french revolution isn't "social reasons" or "bad treatment of the working class". It is the judicature. Tyranny of the judges.

    • @ucheokoroafor8273
      @ucheokoroafor8273 4 года назад +3

      @@MMD0001 It was because of the bad economy caused by war and overspending. People couldn't afford bread while the Bourbons where living lavishly at Versailles

    • @MMD0001
      @MMD0001 4 года назад +1

      @@ucheokoroafor8273
      This is false. And propaganda. Social differences were a problem, for sure. But it wasn't caused by some egoism and luxury from the king. But more by provincial politics and the judges who were unfit to face the world problem and to achieve political changes.
      Again, read about how judges and local parliament blocked any changes the king was pushing.

    • @samueleandriolo4517
      @samueleandriolo4517 4 года назад

      He wasn't Louis fault that his successors were incompetent

  • @j4296
    @j4296 4 года назад +7

    You should really do a video on William the 3rd now.

  • @MegaGman50
    @MegaGman50 4 года назад +3

    Please do a video on Constantine XI Palaiologos.

  • @lieselotvanharen9881
    @lieselotvanharen9881 4 года назад +1

    15:17 "rempdjaar" Hahaha, you atleast tried😂

  • @californiascreaming1131
    @californiascreaming1131 4 года назад +7

    I love the Sun King!

  • @sadepartridge3256
    @sadepartridge3256 4 года назад +1

    I can’t help but keep thinking of “the moths with powdered wigs,” you described aaaaaaaaa

  • @memorandom7484
    @memorandom7484 4 года назад +6

    _Here comes The Sun King. . ._

  • @reneportal8573
    @reneportal8573 4 года назад +1

    Great work!

  • @dpkrukrubo
    @dpkrukrubo 4 года назад +3

    I'm so confused! What exactly made him great?

  • @KeshavSharma-uz7qn
    @KeshavSharma-uz7qn 4 года назад

    Great video, Simon. I suggest you should make one on Frederick the Great as well.

  • @kingjames4886
    @kingjames4886 4 года назад +6

    hey simon, you drank a TON of wine the other day and randomly messaged me saying you wanted to make a video about the price of tea in china... it was totally your idea.

    • @chrisc448
      @chrisc448 4 года назад

      This guy politics

  • @stevethomson1212
    @stevethomson1212 2 года назад +1

    At 21:00 … without us launching a “warographics channel. Hmmm 2 years later, we just started a war-o-graphics channel.

  • @lanetomkow6885
    @lanetomkow6885 4 года назад +7

    "The great Catholic party in the sky".
    hahahahahaha

  • @mrbeaverstate
    @mrbeaverstate 3 года назад

    War-O-graphics I look forward to it Simon.

  • @strati5phere
    @strati5phere 4 года назад +5

    my new favorite period of history

  • @cathyrinepsycoor7056
    @cathyrinepsycoor7056 4 года назад

    Thank you for this resource

  • @jamesallen5818
    @jamesallen5818 4 года назад +5

    Warographics sounds like a good idea.