The Scariest & Most Feared Knights of the Middle Ages...

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
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    In a follow-up to our first video, here are some more formidable Medieval knights who were not only trained in horsemanship, sword fighting, and chivalry but were also absolute badasses. Welcome to Medieval Madness...
    0:00 Introduction
    0:23 El Cid
    3:52 Edward the Black Prince
    5:38 Bertrand du Guesclin
    6:47 Jean II le Maingre
    8:22 Hughes de Payens
    10:14 Richard the Lionheart
    Narrated by James Wade
    Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
    Edited by Jamit Productions
    Thank you for watching.
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Комментарии • 152

  • @medievalmadnesss
    @medievalmadnesss  7 месяцев назад +7

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    • @starwave8228
      @starwave8228 7 месяцев назад

      Most Badass Steeds/Animals, I'm sure there's some tales of Animals doing some extraordinary things that made them famous. like Wojtek the polish Bear in WWII.
      Worst most Idiotic Generals/Knights, Had the most embarrassing losses that cost them dearly.

  • @pjbth
    @pjbth 7 месяцев назад +234

    And all could be defeated by a cute little bunny

    • @N1xon45
      @N1xon45 7 месяцев назад +22

      Run awaayyy run awayyy

    • @maxpowers9129
      @maxpowers9129 7 месяцев назад

      It's because it has those teeth. They never stood a chance.

    • @axemansjazz6670
      @axemansjazz6670 7 месяцев назад +21

      Merely a flesh wound!

    • @thekoneill8
      @thekoneill8 7 месяцев назад +16

      “Why, that’s just a little bunny”

    • @soylentgreen6082
      @soylentgreen6082 7 месяцев назад +15

      But have you seen the size of its teeth?

  • @saltycanadian6190
    @saltycanadian6190 5 месяцев назад +4

    I’ve heard of the black knight a few times. I never thought he was real.

  • @DeereK13
    @DeereK13 7 месяцев назад +14

    Best Medieval content on the internet, keep up the good work bro

  • @wardaddy6595
    @wardaddy6595 7 месяцев назад +26

    William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke would be another great knight to check out!

    • @shellstars
      @shellstars 7 месяцев назад +2

      I thought for sure he would be named here.

    • @thekoneill8
      @thekoneill8 7 месяцев назад +1

      He’s my Daddy’s Uncle and Daddy said Uncle Willy got bad ptsd and don’t talk much anymore and drinks to much at Christmas time

    • @ianbrailsford5843
      @ianbrailsford5843 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@thekoneill8 The Marshall drinks when he likes. He's the middle ages equivalent of Chuck Norris. Nobody tells him what to do.

    • @BoogaBoy-wq3ye
      @BoogaBoy-wq3ye 6 месяцев назад +4

      He is or was the greatest knight that has ever lived

    • @TensaiV
      @TensaiV 6 месяцев назад +1

      hes in the first video@@shellstars

  • @JacksonLambProSpook
    @JacksonLambProSpook 7 месяцев назад +10

    I think Mercadier, the most trusted captain of Richard The Lion, was the scariest.

  • @eyap2180
    @eyap2180 5 месяцев назад +8

    Netflix when they heard "the black prince" *heavy breathing

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman 7 месяцев назад +19

    As someone who had my ass kicked by a black knight in Dark Souls - and also had my ass kicked by a black knight in Dark Souls 3
    I approve of this video.

    • @Colonel_RamRod
      @Colonel_RamRod 6 месяцев назад +2

      Black knights may as well have been the 1st actual “mini” bosses in 1. My god that’s where I got stuck when first learning to play that’s for sure 😂❤

  • @Booty_Crocker
    @Booty_Crocker 7 месяцев назад +18

    Thank you for always posting such amazing content. I honestly didn’t have much interest in medieval history until discovering your channel. ❤

  • @antoniomoreira5921
    @antoniomoreira5921 7 месяцев назад +4

    I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's Medieval knighthood series for anyone interested

  • @keefkhat4337
    @keefkhat4337 7 месяцев назад +14

    Its only a flesh wound..
    You've got no arms!

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 7 месяцев назад +12

    Another fabulous video! Thanks especially for using contemporary art and real paintings rather than banal, boring AI. Love your channel.

    • @giorgoz
      @giorgoz 7 месяцев назад

      contemporary - at 01:02 you can see a 19th century battle with rifles lol

    • @BTScriviner
      @BTScriviner 6 месяцев назад +1

      I agree. I hate that some of my favorite RUclipsrs are using AI imagery -- which uses plagiarized art from real people -- in their videos, but make sure to ask people to support their own "original" work through Patreon or RUclips membership.

  • @loolfactorie
    @loolfactorie 6 месяцев назад +1

    Edward of Woodstock was my favourite knight as a kid, ever since visiting his sarcophagus in Canterbury Cathedral.

  • @thomasgumersell9607
    @thomasgumersell9607 5 месяцев назад

    I very much enjoyed your video. Looking forward to perusing other videos of yours. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

  • @jacobpettes335
    @jacobpettes335 6 месяцев назад +2

    Id like to hear first hand accounts of the way things were done in medieval times.

  • @DIN_NER
    @DIN_NER 7 месяцев назад +2

    Always fascinating

  • @foreveran00b52
    @foreveran00b52 7 месяцев назад +6

    I love how this channel does more than JUST English history. So many history channels only focus on England and only branches out when it's about other countries if England was involved

  • @skeletontoes7692
    @skeletontoes7692 7 месяцев назад

    Love this channel

  • @Winterfell1066
    @Winterfell1066 5 месяцев назад +2

    Whaat about William Marshall, the Greatest Knight. Completely missed him.

    • @evigmann525
      @evigmann525 5 месяцев назад

      Not to mention Sir Michael Knight

  • @BoogaBoy-wq3ye
    @BoogaBoy-wq3ye 6 месяцев назад +4

    William marshal was the best and most feared

  • @suntzu94
    @suntzu94 6 месяцев назад +2

    I’m shocked he mentions Knights outside of plague island

  • @user-mg6ml6uf9w
    @user-mg6ml6uf9w 6 месяцев назад

    Great video.

  • @MikeWolfs93
    @MikeWolfs93 6 месяцев назад +2

    The knights who say nii

  • @savm8182
    @savm8182 7 месяцев назад

    I love this channel so much you don’t understanddddd

  • @quentincollins1825
    @quentincollins1825 4 месяца назад

    1:00 Cool! Time travelling French Zouaves saving the day! 👍

  • @Stan-lq1ep
    @Stan-lq1ep 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hell yeah bad ass knights

  • @deniseroe5891
    @deniseroe5891 7 месяцев назад +17

    So glad you put Edward, the Black Prince in. He was/is my 18th great uncle.

    • @alpacinoravidutt
      @alpacinoravidutt 6 месяцев назад +1

      are you descendant from John of Gaunt, his brother?

    • @deniseroe5891
      @deniseroe5891 6 месяцев назад

      @@alpacinoravidutt Yes, then Lady Joan and on down to me.

    • @hoze1235
      @hoze1235 6 месяцев назад +4

      And I'm a hapsburg

    • @davideddy2672
      @davideddy2672 5 месяцев назад +1

      I try and refrain from acknowledging my Royal Ancestry … it’s not like anyone wants to be related to the scummiest of the 10% is it?

    • @meetyomaker2396
      @meetyomaker2396 2 месяца назад

      I’m a peasant

  • @jamesbaggett7223
    @jamesbaggett7223 Месяц назад

    One of my ancestors was Sir Francis Bigod who was executed for a rebellion in Yorkshire

  • @MemphiStig
    @MemphiStig 5 месяцев назад

    6:50 Jean II Le Maingre, or Meingre, meaning "skinny," also called Boucicaut, "brave."

  • @joebond4706
    @joebond4706 7 месяцев назад +1

    Vorpel Bunny!!!

  • @phillipnoetzel7637
    @phillipnoetzel7637 5 месяцев назад +3

    The Black Adder documentary covers all of this.

  • @sarah82ish
    @sarah82ish 7 месяцев назад +3

    No brave Sir Robin? If you know you know 😂

    • @CRAZYHORSE19682003
      @CRAZYHORSE19682003 6 месяцев назад +1

      Bravely bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot, he was not afraid to die, Oh brave sir Robin.

  • @kevinmartin7354
    @kevinmartin7354 5 месяцев назад +1

    NONE SHALL PASS !!!!

  • @Vel_Plays_2.0
    @Vel_Plays_2.0 7 месяцев назад

    Casualty! CASUALTIES!

  • @fuctard3d
    @fuctard3d 5 месяцев назад

    The should make a movie about El Cid

  • @SpamMouse
    @SpamMouse 7 месяцев назад

    Is it Friday already?

  • @user-ow2yr4nu4z
    @user-ow2yr4nu4z 5 месяцев назад

    Some of these guts survive gut wounds that left them with hernias that just kept fighting.

  • @Transilvanian90
    @Transilvanian90 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! Although please don't pronounce the French name "Jean" as the female name Jean in English lol. Either say it the French way (J'an) or just say John

  • @PhilSet-10
    @PhilSet-10 2 месяца назад

    14 year olds going off to battle? Hell, these days we have 30 year olds who won’t leave mim’s basement and want her to heat up another hot pocket.

  • @lovey9286
    @lovey9286 5 месяцев назад

    The black knight wore clear armor.

  • @allanfoster6965
    @allanfoster6965 7 месяцев назад +4

    Tis but a scratch. 😊

  • @coldbastard6859
    @coldbastard6859 6 месяцев назад +1

    Learn about Zawisza The Black, now that is a true black knight.

  • @maxrocketansky
    @maxrocketansky 5 месяцев назад

    Video starts at 3:53

  • @raimundotorres44
    @raimundotorres44 5 месяцев назад

    Who is the tough guy at the end trying to kill an innocent turtle?

  • @redemissarium
    @redemissarium 6 месяцев назад +1

    yesss, black knight never surrender even when he lost all his limb guarding 7inch moat, he wont accept a draw 😁

  • @davidcreager1945
    @davidcreager1945 5 месяцев назад

    Richard is my 26th times great Uncle , his brother ( John ) is my Grandfather !

  • @bobhope4949
    @bobhope4949 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dats wasist!!!!!!

  • @Lamos01
    @Lamos01 5 месяцев назад

    U Forgot Zawisza The Black

  • @RunD.Ones1s
    @RunD.Ones1s 4 месяца назад

    I’ll have your leg!

  • @harbinger200
    @harbinger200 5 месяцев назад

    This is better titled "Western most Feared Knights". Even in Europe there many more knights, like Tzar Dusan the mighty, 2m high mountain of a man who created Serbian empire and personaly fought in many battlefields.

  • @googlename3859
    @googlename3859 6 месяцев назад +2

    The grand life of being a revered warrior whos survived many battles and injuries, only to die of dysentery on some lonely crapper

  • @-JA-
    @-JA- 7 месяцев назад

    🖤👍

  • @tomdeluca5946
    @tomdeluca5946 7 месяцев назад +1

    None shall pass

  • @tedwojtasik8781
    @tedwojtasik8781 5 месяцев назад +2

    How humbling to know that a badass such as Edward was laid low by the shits.

  • @woody2shoes64
    @woody2shoes64 5 месяцев назад

    Tis but a scratch!

  • @ianbrailsford5843
    @ianbrailsford5843 7 месяцев назад +4

    Let's see Sir John Hawkwood. Then you're talking.

  • @XEPER888888888888888
    @XEPER888888888888888 7 месяцев назад +1

    Ive always wondered if the Top 5 Network would consider doing a Greek Mythology channel?

  • @ZeusAmun-pt9dc
    @ZeusAmun-pt9dc 5 месяцев назад

    Darth Vader is a black prince if that helps you understand the title

  • @h.huffen-puff4105
    @h.huffen-puff4105 7 месяцев назад +3

    I never cease to be amazed at the incredible energy of men like these. Alexander, Caesar, the Christ, Mohammed, Michaelangelo, Nelson, Washington, etc.
    Food must have been way more beneficial then than now.
    Thanks for the information.

    • @Nwmguy
      @Nwmguy 7 месяцев назад

      Do not romanticize the past. Food was worse. They didn't understand nutrition, sanitation, or medicine like we do today.
      Some of the men you idolize were made famous for their ability and proficiency in killing other humans.
      It is important that we remember these stories but it isn't morally bankrupt and completely ridiculous to wish our times were like these.

  • @zentai5076
    @zentai5076 5 месяцев назад

    vader is based loosely on the arthurian black knight

  • @katherinebackus2158
    @katherinebackus2158 6 месяцев назад +1

    Its supposedly due to that black armor he got the nickname

  • @_rumple_5199
    @_rumple_5199 6 месяцев назад +2

    If you're going to do these types of videos, please learn how to pronounce names and places correctly. For example, Jean (John, in English) is not pronounced 'jeen'. Otherwise, good job overall.

  • @neckreth
    @neckreth 6 месяцев назад

    Hugely anachronistic imagery all around in this video

  • @Changlang458
    @Changlang458 7 месяцев назад

    Comment

  • @sicksideworldwide1599
    @sicksideworldwide1599 6 месяцев назад

    Alright call it a draw

  • @piotrproszewski3977
    @piotrproszewski3977 5 месяцев назад

    No Zawisza the Black knight? Shame. He was the biggest knight if eastern europe.

  • @mrvampire7577
    @mrvampire7577 5 месяцев назад

    Tis but a scratch.

  • @Evocletian
    @Evocletian 7 месяцев назад

    I thought the black prince Edward had died in a boating accident??

    • @goddess-of-beer
      @goddess-of-beer 7 месяцев назад +1

      I've never heard of this.

    • @toadrepublic
      @toadrepublic 7 месяцев назад +4

      I heard it was a jet ski accident.

    • @Evocletian
      @Evocletian 7 месяцев назад

      Im thinking of some other medieval prince@@goddess-of-beer , just cant remember the name...

    • @sirpercarde709
      @sirpercarde709 7 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@EvocletianIt was the son of Henry I, Edward the Aetheling. Brother of the Empress Mathilda. His death caused the Anarchy, or Civil War between the Empress and Stephen.

    • @boogiesmell5181
      @boogiesmell5181 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@Evocletian Either what sirpercarde709 said, or you could be thinking of Arthur (grandson of king Henry II), whose life ended in suspicious circumstances during a boating trip with his uncle, king John. I suppose that could be called a boating related mishap as it happened in a lake.
      Now I'm not saying King John killed him... except I am saying exactly that and he definitely did kill him and he should be in jail!

  • @theGOYfather
    @theGOYfather 5 месяцев назад +1

    If y'all have never seen the movie "The Black Knight" starring Martin Lawrence, I HIGHLY recommend it.

  • @user-og2fo3mk3m
    @user-og2fo3mk3m 5 месяцев назад

    love the vid but i dont love paying for no ads for you to try and force one on me i would hate to waist data on it and i fill bad for people that haft to watch ads then watch yours thats horrid

  • @panospeter_pan4257
    @panospeter_pan4257 5 месяцев назад

    What a nonsense video.
    Where are the knights of Ni?
    Educate yourself man.
    They were horrible and undefeated.

  • @epos79
    @epos79 4 месяца назад

    You forgot Jeanne d’Arc :-) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%E2%80%99Arc