Princes' Crusade Begins: Battle of Nicaea - First Crusade DOCUMENTARY

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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  2 года назад +53

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    • @aaacsacahh9088
      @aaacsacahh9088 2 года назад

      Please brother make videos on India - Pakistan war's

    • @febrian0079
      @febrian0079 2 года назад

      Please continue the series on crime syndicates
      Make a video about the history of the Russian mafia and the Yakuza

    • @Uptotheceilingdowntothefloor
      @Uptotheceilingdowntothefloor 2 года назад

      @@bzbxzhdb4656 keep calm 😭

    • @azzamfauzy3676
      @azzamfauzy3676 2 года назад

      I would really like to know and see about the co operation between the crusaders and the Christians living in the levant during the crusades?? Did they fight together ?? Did they get along… what was the relationship between the Christians of these lands and the crusaders??

    • @clockworker
      @clockworker 2 года назад

      an educational channel advertising alcohol? that's bad news

  • @LazyLifeIFreak
    @LazyLifeIFreak 2 года назад +759

    Crusader offers you a non-aggression pact.
    Reliability: Terrible.
    Attitude: Hostile.

    • @juankovacs6033
      @juankovacs6033 2 года назад +76

      I see you played TW games. A man of culture may I say.

    • @AndromedaPrima
      @AndromedaPrima 2 года назад +37

      Now I finally understand that peace treaty in rome total war was historically accurate

    • @moviebad109
      @moviebad109 2 года назад +6

      This hits extra hard as I just started a Latin Empire playthrough in Atilla’s Medieval mod. Lol

    • @Sajsh-j2e
      @Sajsh-j2e 2 года назад

      Just a question. I don't get why Christians believe that isis are terrorists and the crusaders not. I mean don't they both share the concept in the war. There goal was just to go to a certain city kill the people who are living there even if they were normal citizens and rob every thing they want from the city.

    • @zyzzsdisciples6707
      @zyzzsdisciples6707 Год назад +3

      SCOUT EQUITEEEES

  • @PedroMM193
    @PedroMM193 2 года назад +296

    The worst outcome of The Telephone Game of that century.
    "The french prince is waiting for us in Constantinople." turned into "The french prince is captive and the Byzantine Emperor said your mom so fat..."

    • @thestatistician6076
      @thestatistician6076 2 года назад

      And stinks, to be historically accurate. Byzantines had, like all people outside of europe at the time, far better hygiene rules than the backwards states of europe at the time had.

    • @Isildun9
      @Isildun9 2 года назад +24

      Why let s little miscommunication get in the way of a good crusade?

  • @JohnnyElRed
    @JohnnyElRed 2 года назад +462

    "Remember. We came here at the request of the Byzantine Emperor."
    "Right."
    "And so we are here as his allies."
    "Of course."
    "Which means we can't sack his lands, nor kill his people."
    *crouched while he empties the pockets of a man he just murdered* "We can't do what now?"

    • @jlvfr
      @jlvfr 2 года назад +29

      And the classic: "First ravish, then burn, not the other way around."

    • @Vasilefs_Terranorum
      @Vasilefs_Terranorum 2 года назад +30

      Roman* Emperor

    • @splitfries69
      @splitfries69 2 года назад +23

      @@tornado4708 he employed them to protect the people

    • @lyonvensa
      @lyonvensa 2 года назад +12

      @@tornado4708 I think it's mostly to keep an eye on the crusaders, but the tension caused them to fight each other.
      Can't blame Alexios too much after what happened the first time, really.

    • @hoonshiming99
      @hoonshiming99 2 года назад

      I mean hey, why let sacking a few Byzantine lands and killing some civilians get in the way of a good crusade?

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 2 года назад +199

    Alexios was a crafty one I'll give him that. He snatched the Crusaders prize right out from under them. Of course if he hadn't done that the people of Nicea would've met a gruesome end. So I'm sure they were glad to avoid that. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

  • @marshallsilverstar9636
    @marshallsilverstar9636 Год назад +251

    Props to Alexios for being the most succesful kindergardener of the middle ages .

  • @climax050
    @climax050 2 года назад +201

    Alexios must have been the most patient man to ever live. Also I find it hilarious that Stephen was such a simp that the man fully went on a whole Crusade because his wife told him to. Doubly so because this was at a time where its pretty shocking that she would even say such a thing to him. Stuff like this is why i love history, it really is stranger than fiction.

    • @ProvidenceNL
      @ProvidenceNL 2 года назад

      Maybe he just hated her ass and was happy for the excuse to get away from her haha.

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito 2 года назад

      Stephen was a spineless coward, who was responsible for lying to Alexios at the Crusader's most crucial moment, thus severing the trust between the ERE and the Crusaders.

    • @photinodecay
      @photinodecay 2 года назад +24

      I'm sure it was more due to the power of his father-in-law...

    • @haileighhodge4906
      @haileighhodge4906 Год назад +6

      Not entirely accurate; women being very direct, assertive and even aggressive towards their husbands was pretty common during the period, these were women who grew up in rough households of knights and soldiers, they were accustomed to confrontation and many women were as confrontational as their husbands

    • @aronianspigonian8589
      @aronianspigonian8589 Год назад +3

      Bruh everybody was hard back then they were living through the bleakest parts of history😂 plus I think her dad was op so the guy had to say yes, or else kinda

  • @heinzlilio4612
    @heinzlilio4612 2 года назад +114

    *Sounds of Greek cities being sacked by the Crusaders*
    Alexios I: Can you all not sack a city on your way to the Holy Land... FOR FIVE MINUTES!?

    • @demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326
      @demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326 2 года назад +2

      RIP Antioch

    • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
      @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv 2 года назад +2

      Robert of Flanders: Sure thing!

    • @tylerellis9097
      @tylerellis9097 2 года назад +6

      @@demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326 That definitely triggered Alexios given it had been Byzantine just 10 years prior. His own family use to be it’s governors

    • @mirzubair8291
      @mirzubair8291 2 года назад

      Nah bro it's like drug addiction .

    • @demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326
      @demetriusstiakkogiannakes1326 2 года назад +1

      @@tylerellis9097 And the fact it has been originally created by Greek and Greek speaking settlers also made it sad, they really hoped that the Crusaders would give the city back after the Arab control.

  • @matthewneuendorf5763
    @matthewneuendorf5763 2 года назад +198

    The Franks were oath-bound to turn over any liberated Roman territories (so all territories in question), but in the end the only Frank who tried to keep the oath was the one Frank who didn't actually take it, while every Frank who took the oath betrayed it. IMO the Romans were wise to arrange the surrender of Nicaea before the crusaders could win it by assault, and only Bohemond's eventual (and inevitable) treachery prevented the crusade from actually accomplishing its goals.

    • @1097-n7p
      @1097-n7p 2 года назад

      franks are still unreliable to this day , even the brits are more honest and reliable .

    • @antoninuslarpus7107
      @antoninuslarpus7107 2 года назад +7

      Clearly it was opposite day the day they took the oath.

    • @matthewneuendorf5763
      @matthewneuendorf5763 2 года назад +1

      @@mrlakkie1612 How so?

    • @almighty5839
      @almighty5839 2 года назад +8

      How did bohemond prevent them from there goals lol the crusaders achieved Jerusalem

    • @matthewneuendorf5763
      @matthewneuendorf5763 2 года назад +9

      @@almighty5839 The goal was to liberate Jerusalem and return any imperial territory to the Romans, but Bohemond fractured the Crusade into a number of petty states, engineered conflict between the empire and the Crusaders, and led to the eventual collapse of the Crusader States due to the selfishness and disunity established by his (and Tancred's) eagerness to grab lands for themselves at the expense of the broader purpose.

  • @aasemahsan
    @aasemahsan 2 года назад +124

    *Princes' Crusade*
    1:53 *Crusader Armies*
    2:48 Prince Hugh's army
    4:35 Godfrey of Bouillons's army (Duke of Lorainne & brother of Baldwin)
    9:14 Bohemond's army (Normans)
    12:20 Raymond IV's army (of Toulouse) *{largest army}*
    15:13
    Combined force of,
    Robert (Son of William the conqueror & Duke of Normandy)
    Robert (Count of Flanders, cousin of the previous Robert)
    Stephen of Blois (son in law of William the Conqueror)
    17:28 Organising at Civetot
    18:48 *Battle/Siege of Nicaea*

  • @abderrahimbenmoussa4359
    @abderrahimbenmoussa4359 2 года назад +91

    Alexios, low money, crumbling power, traitors around managed to basically raise a gigantic army of free high level soldiers and generals. This guy was a smart one. Imagine that same guy when the empire was at full strength ? He would have crushed the game.

    • @williamrobert9898
      @williamrobert9898 Год назад +1

      Nah

    • @timogamer5794
      @timogamer5794 11 месяцев назад +2

      His uncle Isaac was emperor in 1055 but gave the Throne to the doukas family instead of bis brother (Alexios's father) so it could have been possible

  • @Mrkabrat
    @Mrkabrat 2 года назад +36

    Hugh talking big and then losing most of his army and fleet before arriving at the starting point is hilarious

    • @thestatistician6076
      @thestatistician6076 2 года назад +2

      It gets more hilarious, wait till he gets to Antioch.

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy 2 года назад +2

      At least the first loss wasn't entirely his fault.

    • @Mrkabrat
      @Mrkabrat 2 года назад

      @@MrGksarathy The second one, however...

  • @byzantinetales
    @byzantinetales 2 года назад +22

    I was in Iznik last February. The Byzantine walls of Nikaia still stand there and the gates are almost intact. Great experience!

  • @jakubhejna6301
    @jakubhejna6301 2 года назад +265

    It is often said that the Romans saw the various kingdoms that popped up after the west fell as good-for-nothing, warlike barbarians. I can see why they would think that.

    • @FreaKCSGOHacker
      @FreaKCSGOHacker 2 года назад +6

      This

    • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
      @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv 2 года назад +49

      I mean, it’s not like they were wrong.

    • @Toumahitoedits
      @Toumahitoedits 2 года назад

      The Holy Roman Empire is the worst of them. A nightmarish empire with small nations in it.

    • @kadenelijah9329
      @kadenelijah9329 2 года назад +1

      Rome was a militaristic slave state. We should stope glorifying it

    • @RPe-jk6dv
      @RPe-jk6dv 2 года назад +14

      the byzantines were greeks not romans. they called themselfs
      rhomaoi but they were romans as the french are franks.

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 2 года назад +47

    The diversity of the European armies was astounding.

    • @afsharkaghan5534
      @afsharkaghan5534 2 года назад +12

      I am from Antochia and Turkish and my Dna Test Hablogroup came back as I1-Z61. Its a North European Hablogroup and very rare in Anatolia. So one of these Normans was probably my Grandfather.

    • @thibskywalker4450
      @thibskywalker4450 2 года назад +7

      The vast majority was Frankish.

    • @afsharkaghan5534
      @afsharkaghan5534 2 года назад +8

      @@Aliksander54 😂😂😂 bro with Grandfather i just mean Ancestor. Of course we are talking about 900 Years.

    • @BruneSixtine
      @BruneSixtine 2 года назад +1

      They mostly talked langue d'Oc (Northern France) and langue d'Oïl (Southern France), maybe some Bretons got isolated from this circle jerk of latinized frankish catholic gauls.

  • @Spartan-1821
    @Spartan-1821 2 года назад +88

    As a Greek I don’t think the Pecheneg mercenaries get enough credit for how effective they were in carrying out the emperor’s orders and punishing the Crusaders

    • @mitchellillo95
      @mitchellillo95 2 года назад +7

      @@Syllaeus and before that , remember marcus crassus and his encounter with horse archers...

    • @oarko
      @oarko Год назад +10

      True. Alexios paid a high price to get them Pechenegs under his fold. He suffered defeats and extreme pillaging in Thrace while Anatolia was lost after Manzikert. Then he finally defeated them soundly and turned them into his auxiliary.

    • @aidanator8008
      @aidanator8008 Год назад +4

      They also defected to the Seljuks against the Byzantines during the Battle of Manzikert, though, so their contributions towards the safety of the empire are very mixed.

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu 2 года назад +289

    The main reason behind the First Crusade's success lies in the fact that it was perfectly timed having started just a year after the breakout of the Great Seljuk civil war

    • @just-some-muslim
      @just-some-muslim 2 года назад +77

      Also how the first “First crusade” (people's crusade) was so terrible that they neglected any threat thereafter!

    • @hassanabdulsalam1000
      @hassanabdulsalam1000 2 года назад +13

      Seljuks could not stop crusaders it has nothing to do with division of empire

    • @just-some-muslim
      @just-some-muslim 2 года назад +60

      @@hassanabdulsalam1000 that's the point abdul,
      “Seljuks couldn't stop crusade because of civil war!”

    • @kila200
      @kila200 2 года назад +30

      @@hassanabdulsalam1000 if they didn't have a civil war they could've stop them

    • @hassanabdulsalam1000
      @hassanabdulsalam1000 2 года назад +17

      @@just-some-muslim at the battle of durylayum seljuks almost defeated crusaders but crusaders were more powerful
      Seljuks defeated byzantine weak army does not mean they will defeat deadliest knights of Europe

  • @SavvaSou
    @SavvaSou 2 года назад +47

    Alexios I Komnenos was a master diplomat and one of the greatest emperors to rule Byzantium.

    • @oarko
      @oarko Год назад +1

      One of the best Roman emperors. You know the quality of the fabric in hard times.

  • @majestic8054
    @majestic8054 2 года назад +32

    This is why Alexios is one of favorite byzantine Emperors, he is the most cunning bastard you would ever meet. He was that cunning that he even outsmarted Robert Giscard.

    • @Astatine95
      @Astatine95 2 года назад

      Robert actually bested Alexios in several battles. The main reason why the emperor won against the normans is that Robert died of old age during the war. After his death, they lost momentum and were forced to retreat.

    • @majestic8054
      @majestic8054 2 года назад +3

      @@Astatine95 bro what are you talking about, Robert didn't die, he left Greece to go back to Italy to deal with matters there, and he left his son Bohemond in charge of his army.

  • @jamessnee7171
    @jamessnee7171 2 года назад +25

    So the Normans went to war with each other over a prank gone bad? These Western Knights were a bunch of real sweethearts weren't they. To the Eastern Greek speakers they must have looked like a bunch of Biker Gangs. Crude, violent, ill-tempered and unpredictable.

    • @endless_tragedy7662
      @endless_tragedy7662 2 года назад +2

      his younger brothers William Rufus and Henry had dumped a full chamber-pot over his head, and William the conqueror chose not to punish them for it

    • @godking
      @godking 2 года назад +2

      Sons of Anarchy the crusades

    • @aidanator8008
      @aidanator8008 Год назад +2

      To be fair, that's pretty much how they saw everyone around them, though, save for maybe the Arabs. The Seljuks, Pechenegs, Normans, Slavs, all of whom would constantly try to raid and plunder the empire's territories whenever they could.

    • @charleschipdavis5934
      @charleschipdavis5934 6 месяцев назад

      They looked like Salvation.

  • @Akaki1999
    @Akaki1999 2 года назад +30

    I feel really bad for Alexios, first of all he probably felt horrible for having to become Emperor of Byzantine Empire without Anatolia. On top of that he has to make sure that Crusaders don't burn down his Empire and if that wasn't enough he now has to supply them.... Isn't it ironic that Crusaders, "warriors of Christ", inflicted most damage on their fellow Christians if we consider all crusades especially 13th century one....

    • @MDP1702
      @MDP1702 2 года назад

      Considering they were catholic and the Romans/byzantines orthodox, they could have seen eachother as heretics, which is only slightly better than pagans.

    • @MDP1702
      @MDP1702 2 года назад

      @@DragovianMythiX Most west-Europeans don't care about differences in religion at all, especially not within christianity. It is more of a geographical indifference, but the same is true for everyone. Most people don't constantly care about what happens a thousand miles away unless it somehow impacts themselves.

    • @okdude8215
      @okdude8215 2 года назад

      @@MDP1702 change that to western europeans were raiders , in ancient times, medieval times and recent times with economic warfare they dont build great things they steal them and copy them from italy greece iran egypt etc. Doesnt matter if its odin , or whoever they say they worship theyre still vikings

    • @MDP1702
      @MDP1702 2 года назад

      @@okdude8215 🤣🤣

    • @MujahidClick2000
      @MujahidClick2000 Год назад

      True fact and the world thinks Muslim Warrior's are bad guys The Crusaders did more damage to humanity in Europe and Jersulim

  • @paulceglinski3087
    @paulceglinski3087 2 года назад +17

    Another excellent video and a press of the like button before watching the vid. Outstanding! This one of the few channels that I press the like before watching. K&G and it's sister channels are the best. Sure, the topics might not please everyone, but for sheer volume of content there are few equals. Along with having one of the best,if not the best, narrators on RUclips, Officially Devin. Thanks for the hours of edification and education. Cheers.

  • @vectorstrike
    @vectorstrike 2 года назад +6

    No matter how many videos on the Crusades I watch, there's always something new to learn. Great video!

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 2 года назад +13

    "It's just a prank bro!" Robert, Duke of Normandy.

    • @endless_tragedy7662
      @endless_tragedy7662 2 года назад +4

      It's his younger brothers William Rufus and Henry who had dumped a full chamber-pot over Robert 's head, and William the conqueror chose not to punish them for it

  • @Mr_M_History
    @Mr_M_History 2 года назад +61

    Let's be real. Kings and Generals is the History channel we all want to be!

  • @vanneli
    @vanneli 2 года назад +51

    One thing that you failed to mention is that Tancred, in what might be a planned strategy, left Constantinople WITHOUT swearing the oath to return all lands to Alexios. Therefore, everything that he and Bohemont conquered, could be taken for themselves without being called oathbreakers. Also there was no mention that, after the taking of Nicea, Alexios sent a fresh offering of gifts to the Crusaders, to compensate for the lack of sacking of the just taken city.

    • @GandalfderDauerblaue
      @GandalfderDauerblaue 2 года назад

      Most of them swore to retake the lands FOR Alexios, so why should they have the right to sack it?

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito 2 года назад +7

      @@GandalfderDauerblaue Cause they were unscrupulous scoundrels.

    • @GandalfderDauerblaue
      @GandalfderDauerblaue 2 года назад

      @@ElBandito Agreed.

  • @gauravrao6529
    @gauravrao6529 2 года назад +53

    I am enjoying the political maneuvering more than the actual battles. It's going to be a great series on the first crusade.

  • @Dsonsee
    @Dsonsee 2 года назад +7

    Ooof, the Franks and the Normans were a horrible bunch. I can imagine the intensity of Alexios's headaches dealing with those savages

  • @Louis-ji3sn
    @Louis-ji3sn 2 года назад +5

    Thanks, I really appreciated the detailed accounts, especially of the siege of Nicaea (which I have visited). I have read several books on the crusades and don't remember coming across half of the accounts you presented in this video. I hope this continued adventure on the first crusade is prepared the same way, job well done! I have found no comparable story that equals this endeavor, The First Crusade.

  • @OzWannabe
    @OzWannabe 2 года назад +15

    Jesus Christ on a motorcycle, year is 1096 and world still talks about the Dacians @2:38. I didn't believed the quote until I have checked the Google Books and at page 129 there it is, Dacians. Hats off to you, Sir! You taught me something today.

  • @schroedingersdog7965
    @schroedingersdog7965 2 года назад +13

    03:07 As seen from Paris, the lunar eclipse mentioned here occurred early in the morning of February 11, 1096 (Gregorian calendar date). The eclipse was total and was probably quite dark since the moon passed close to the center of the earth's shadow.

  • @msba7
    @msba7 2 года назад +13

    I really pity the poor people living in the country side of Constantinople, they are literally paying the price of any random conflict around them

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 2 года назад +5

    "By the way, there's an inbound crusade coming for you right now."
    I knew this day would come! **readies weapons and armor**
    "Luckily, it's a crusade of cocktails delivered to your home."
    ....I knew this day would come! **gives cocktail glasses tiny weapons and armor**

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 2 года назад +3

    Terrific video! The period of the First Crusade was a fascinating time! Once the final episode airs I will probably go back again to the beginning and re-watch them all!

    • @bryon5284
      @bryon5284 2 года назад

      Check out Flashpoint history. They get deeper and it's really good

  • @5amH45lam
    @5amH45lam 2 года назад +6

    Heads on stakes. Must've thought, 'that's not very _Nicaea.'_
    I'll get my coat.

  • @lysandros765
    @lysandros765 2 года назад +10

    The relief force of Kilij Arslan was only a fraction of the besieging Crusader army (even 10.000 men is much inflated estimate since he only managed to gater about 7.000 with the addition of his Danishmend allies later at Dorylaeum) yet the graphics show the Seljuk force as nearly as numerous as the Crusaders (to paint the high casualties in a more favorable light i guess). The eurocentric tendencies of the channel are well known but still, this is simply ridiculous.

    • @undeadalex4579
      @undeadalex4579 2 года назад +3

      or its simple mistake? stop crying ffs

    • @Kaiyanwang82
      @Kaiyanwang82 2 года назад +11

      The persecution complex of you guys it's also very well known. lmao.

    • @KaiserFranzJosefI
      @KaiserFranzJosefI 2 года назад +1

      @@undeadalex4579 There is no such thing as simple mistake in History. One simple mistake may cause significant issues

    • @lysandros765
      @lysandros765 2 года назад

      @@Kaiyanwang82 What do you mean by "you guys", what persecution complex?

    • @Kaiyanwang82
      @Kaiyanwang82 2 года назад

      @@lysandros765 "muh eurocentric" whaa whaa whaaa

  • @thomaschinyere-ezeh6676
    @thomaschinyere-ezeh6676 2 года назад +10

    "K&G" - The last group went on their mission to Byzantium to meet the Byzantium king and went without issue except one of their contingency having a naval skirmish with the Byzantium fleet".
    Me: Nani???

    • @Whitewolf-zm8hj
      @Whitewolf-zm8hj 2 года назад +1

      In the famous words of Kennedy "There's always some son of a bitch who doesn't get the message."

  • @ebeneezerscrooge8394
    @ebeneezerscrooge8394 2 года назад +2

    Another great video

  • @davidweihe6052
    @davidweihe6052 Год назад +1

    Pronunciation Note: "French" of this time was Middle French or earlier, in which the final consonant was still voiced. Thus Robert of Normandy pronounced his name with the same last syllable ("bert") as it would be in English, not Modern French. Similarly, Bishop Adhemars still pronounced the final 's' in his name.

  • @oarko
    @oarko Год назад +3

    Alexios Komnenos is one of the best Roman emperors. Sorry to say, but it is easy to be Trajan and Hadrian when you have the greatest army and economy of the world at your disposal. Alexios restored the empire when its fall seemed inevitable, and extended its life by 350 more years.

  • @ShazammelCamel
    @ShazammelCamel 2 года назад +4

    People keep talking about the crusaders looting and stuff, but is no one going to mention how Alexios invited them into his territory and then had his mercenaries attack them almost as soon as they arrived?

  • @CartoonHistory
    @CartoonHistory 2 года назад +2

    Amazing to see so many views for seemingly niche topics such as these. Obviously they are very well made videos, but nevertheless it does warm the cockles. Very inspiring!

  • @Liquidsback
    @Liquidsback 2 года назад +32

    "Despite tracing his ancestry to Charlemagne himself."
    I mean, who hasn't?

  • @ondank
    @ondank 2 года назад +2

    The crusaders after Nicaea fell : We don't get the city? Whats the REAL purpose of this crusade HUH!
    The Byzantines : DUDE WE ALREADY TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES. TO RESTORE THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 2 года назад +1

    Thank you , K&G .
    🐺

  • @greyfells2829
    @greyfells2829 2 года назад +2

    Most important thing I've learned from years of vids like this: when an army moves, get the fuck out of the way or hide

  • @LankanLatino
    @LankanLatino 6 месяцев назад

    I love watching through these videos and having a moment where I audibly say "WHAT??"
    23:47 they carried a small fleet. over the mountains. i love history.

  • @user-yr4js5zq1k
    @user-yr4js5zq1k 2 года назад +5

    Excellent video once again. Looking forward for more videos especially the ones with greek and eastern Roman history.

  • @aritrabiswas
    @aritrabiswas 2 года назад

    I love the smooth transitions at the beginnings to introduce the sponsors. Each one is unique and amazingly done! 😆😆

  • @huseyincobanoglu531
    @huseyincobanoglu531 2 года назад

    Thank you Kings and Generals Team!

  • @cassiusijeomah4239
    @cassiusijeomah4239 7 месяцев назад

    Well Documented And Narrated

  • @bigchungus937
    @bigchungus937 2 года назад +7

    15:30 in case you wanted to know the prank, his brothers poured a chamber-pot on him.

    • @pp-wo1sd
      @pp-wo1sd 2 года назад

      Fr ?

    • @bigchungus937
      @bigchungus937 2 года назад

      @@pp-wo1sd ye lol

    • @pp-wo1sd
      @pp-wo1sd 2 года назад

      @@DimitarFCBM
      Fancy term for a pot in which you piss and/or shit in . Usually kept under the bed

    • @bigchungus937
      @bigchungus937 2 года назад +2

      @@DimitarFCBM I didnt know before either but basically it was a bowl in the room that you used as a toilet. So they threw shit on him.

    • @endless_tragedy7662
      @endless_tragedy7662 2 года назад +1

      and William the conqueror chose not to punish his younger brothers William Rufus and Henry for the prank

  • @afsharkaghan5534
    @afsharkaghan5534 2 года назад +9

    You know whats interesting?
    I am a Turkish Guy from Hatay(Antochia) and when I made a Dna Test my Y-Dna came back as "I1-Z61"! So one of these NORMAN Crusaders was my Grandfather because I1 is a North European Hablogroup.

    • @fcalvaresi
      @fcalvaresi 2 года назад +1

      Out of curiosity, how much Turkic DNA do you have? I always heard that people from Turkey are actually much more Anatolians than Central Asians.

    • @tolgacetin2799
      @tolgacetin2799 2 года назад +1

      @@fcalvaresi Well I'm a Turkish man who also had a DNA test and Anatolian definitely dominates our central Asian genes (You can see it clearly as we dont look like our central asian cousins). Honestly it isn't surprising to us because we're already taught at school from an early point that we're descendants of Turkic and Anatolian peoples. My DNA test included Central Asia, Anatolia, Greece/Southern Italy. Keep in mind Anatolia was a very important location for a whole bunch of different empires combine that with all the migrations and you can see the reason for our genetic diversity

    • @afsharkaghan5534
      @afsharkaghan5534 2 года назад +2

      @@fcalvaresi If you have Instagram, I can send you the Results. GedMatch says I am 50% Modern Turkmen and 50% Rûm(Anatolian Greek).

    • @afsharkaghan5534
      @afsharkaghan5534 2 года назад +2

      @@tolgacetin2799 Most Turks are like 35% Central Asian 65% Anatolia in Average.

    • @MusMasi
      @MusMasi 2 года назад +2

      yeah 800 years ago is too far away to be your *grandfather* lol, and you could of gotten the DNA long after that, from a soldier in the 1st world war or someone else who was a traveler or tourist to turkey It does not have to be *one* of these Normans, it could of happened much much later.

  • @marwaattar9846
    @marwaattar9846 2 года назад +3

    Why does the narrator keep calling them "Franks"? Weren't they "French" from the kingdom of France at that point?

  • @roncornelius8339
    @roncornelius8339 2 года назад

    Excellent thank You for Sharing This!!

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 2 года назад +8

    Aside from Kievan Rus' and the Eastern Roman Empire, does the Kingdom of Georgia can be considered as the Eastern Christian Orthodox country? Now that I mentioned it like this, why does this kingdom often being ignored when it comes to diplomacy with Christian Europe in both Middle Ages and Early Modern Period?

    • @domain6491
      @domain6491 2 года назад +3

      It definatley was and still is Orthodox christian country!Certainly there was a sort of diplomacy between crusaders and Georgian king!Right at this time and with the start of crusades King David IV stopped being vassal of the selchuks and regained Kingdoms independence.King also had Diplomatic relation with Baldvin II!In 1121 There were 100 Crusaders fighting on the side of Georgians against selchuks!After that there were many attemps of Georgians and Armenians to Join the Crusades but all of them failed!

    • @thestatistician6076
      @thestatistician6076 2 года назад +2

      The reason why is that georgia (and to a larger extent armenia) were more dependant on their other neighbours than the european states. Malek Shah's second son, Mohammed, was named prince of azerbaijan and tabriz and as a result maintained a strong hold on georgia, even after he ascended to the throne of the great seljuks, and so did the successors, be they seljuk or not, as they needed to keep an eye on georgia to block any raiding nomads since the conquest of anatolia generated so much wealth and drove trade to the region. The only reason georgia survived as a christian state was that the other muslim powers saw it better to keep an alien power as a border guard then try to take over the land and forcefully convert the people, and suffer rebellion in addition to the threat of the georgians undermining the guarrissons. This is why georgia today is different from historical georgia ( parts of the population converted to islam) but is still mostly orthodox christian.

    • @lordloss3398
      @lordloss3398 2 года назад

      @@thestatistician6076 no. That's not true st all. Many states attempted to conquer and Islamize not to mention genocide us. The problem with that is the same problem you have with Afghanistan. Georgia has some of the most formidable mountains dividing fertile valleys. Its really hard to fully occupy and very expensive.

    • @giorgijioshvili9713
      @giorgijioshvili9713 2 года назад

      ​@@thestatistician6076 You are somewhat true but Georgia was nit dependent in their neighbors since there were Muslim states sure there was Byzantine empire but during the Reign of David IV Georgia stooped being a small kingdom it became the greatest Cristian kingdom in East the golden age continued during the reign of Tamar also saying they never tried to forcefully converting it is stupid because there were many Attempts but they failed because Georgian kingdoms were Lets just say "too angry to die" or something like that Like Timur raided Georgia 8 Times Because Georgia was a Cristian state (and for other reasons) also Shah Abbas I who Killed half of Eastern Georgia's population and want it to integrate In to he's realm and only stooped because Georgian Noble's and kings wont stop revolting every year. also Majority of Muslims in Georgia are Azerbaijani Turks

    • @A_Shanto
      @A_Shanto 2 года назад

      @@giorgijioshvili9713 there were more muslim Georgian lived in turkey then nowdays Georgia

  • @denniscleary7580
    @denniscleary7580 2 года назад +2

    Good morning Kings 👍

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu 2 года назад +19

    Turks indeed had a decisive role in triggering historical major events like the Migration Period, Crusades, Age of Discovery as well as ending the Middle Ages with the conquest of Byzantium

    • @jnes624
      @jnes624 2 года назад +1

      @@islammehmeov2334 yikes

    • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
      @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv 2 года назад

      @@islammehmeov2334 Dude, there’s no need for any of that here. Every country, region and culture of the world has its own history and they all deserve to be told and remembered. I appreciate your love for your culture and your patriotism but it’s really not required nor necessary in this specific context. Let’s all just hear the story eh?

    • @lucabarbanti8211
      @lucabarbanti8211 2 года назад

      @@islammehmeov2334 Enough with you toxic nationalism. Go back to asian steppes turkish nomad, but first you have to make an apology and truly seek forgiveness for every armenian family massacred during the genocide of 1915-1917

    • @DG-if3gs
      @DG-if3gs 2 года назад

      @@lucabarbanti8211ooh shit. there is an armenian guy in here. you betrayed ottoman empire and joined Russion and French armies. attacked turks during WW1. this samefull is enough for you. you killed lots of Turks since ottoman empire was weak and was looted by Armenian.

    • @itzikashemtov6045
      @itzikashemtov6045 2 года назад

      @@islammehmeov2334 Soon I can wipe my arse with Turkish lira, That's great indeed XD

  • @andrewkhan4561
    @andrewkhan4561 2 года назад

    'crusade of cocktails' is your worst (best) sponsor segue yet lol! Fantastic content as always. Love you guys!

  • @JebusCookies
    @JebusCookies 2 года назад +2

    Please finish the Alexander the Great series. That one is so amazing like the Caesar’s civil war.

  • @atrides7
    @atrides7 2 года назад

    This chanell bacame more and more a masterprice!!!!!! Thank you !!!! K&G!!!!!!!!!

  • @aborikin2764
    @aborikin2764 2 года назад +2

    YESSSSS FINALLY, another episode in this series

  • @3bigperm3
    @3bigperm3 2 года назад

    Really amazing work. Maybe the best yet

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE 2 года назад

    Thanks for the video 👍🏻

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline Год назад +3

    Man it really wasn't just the 4th crusade. Even the first crusade where terrible from the very beginning, long before they ever became desperate.

  • @ochs-hema
    @ochs-hema 2 года назад +2

    Crazy story! My parents are from Nicea. And I will be there the next days if you need some pictures from there or other information just let me know

  • @5chr4pn3ll
    @5chr4pn3ll 2 года назад +22

    The crusaders just highlights how silly their "noble goals" were.
    Thousands dead, infighting, rape and pillage; and they haven't gotten to the enemy yet.
    It would make for a hysterical comedy if it wasn't for the innocent lives ruined.

    • @fcalvaresi
      @fcalvaresi 2 года назад +6

      This is what happen when you lack discipline.

    • @potatosalad9085
      @potatosalad9085 2 года назад

      it was clear from the start even the "organized" armies were made up of people who were risking a lot of their wealth into it

  • @Ikati-ny8fr
    @Ikati-ny8fr 2 года назад +1

    i like the use of the "at the gates of constantinople" OST from eu4

  • @patrickbennett1094
    @patrickbennett1094 2 года назад +1

    Also, a video on more of the history of the Byzantine empire, historymarche does a lot of that but we need your perspective and history.

  • @Sinhei
    @Sinhei 2 года назад +2

    *So much different colour rectangles damn*

  • @patrickbennett1094
    @patrickbennett1094 2 года назад +1

    Please make a video on the siege of syracuse (213 - 212 BC). You are awesome! Keep it up!

  • @jacobbrooks3957
    @jacobbrooks3957 2 года назад

    Never have the calming tunes of Crusader Kings seemed so appropriate.

  • @rasulpourjafar
    @rasulpourjafar 2 года назад

    Love this series well done

  • @ItJuM856
    @ItJuM856 2 года назад +10

    you never hear about these negotiations and fighting in other Crusade documentaries. Turns out the Crusaders from the first were just as deceitful as the fourth

    • @cagdas135
      @cagdas135 2 года назад

      Watch the Extra Credits video about the First Crusade. It's fun.

  • @liamwilsonwright4116
    @liamwilsonwright4116 2 года назад

    Loved

  • @TetsuShima
    @TetsuShima 2 года назад +8

    Crusaders: "The muslims must learn of Christ's peaceful ways...BY FORCE!!!"

    • @visitingforgefather5997
      @visitingforgefather5997 2 года назад +2

      Muslims: "The world must learn of Muhammed´s enlightened ways...BY FORCE!!!"

    • @just-some-muslim
      @just-some-muslim 2 года назад +1

      Muslims: *“The Infidels must learn of Islam's truth...By Jihad”*

    • @TetsuShima
      @TetsuShima 2 года назад +1

      @@islammehmeov2334 Emperors Nero, Domitian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Thrax, Decius, Gallus, Valerian and Diocletian: "The christians must learn of our Gods' peaceful ways...BY FORCE!!!"

    • @visitingforgefather5997
      @visitingforgefather5997 2 года назад

      @@islammehmeov2334 Jewish population: "the world...should really learn to leave us alone, like seriously...the heck guys?"

    • @alissa6
      @alissa6 2 года назад

      @@islammehmeov2334 Don't say that. The early Christians that suffered under the Romans were momineen(Muslims).

  • @eminderindeniz1959
    @eminderindeniz1959 2 года назад +8

    Şehitlerimizin ruhu şad olsun

  • @davidkafka9144
    @davidkafka9144 2 года назад

    nice, thanks for the video

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 2 года назад +2

    Be it princes, princesses, dutchess, dukes, kings, queens, empresses, or emperors many have had some tough calls to make

  • @robertfisher8359
    @robertfisher8359 2 года назад +2

    Am I the only one who was distracted by the 15th/16th century troops shown at 0:17 - 0:21? So early on it felt jarring, but perhaps that's just me.
    Also, how many of us said "but why let (fill in the blank) get in the way of a good crusade?"

  • @TheWarRoomChannel
    @TheWarRoomChannel 2 года назад +1

    Such a well made video, thank you so much for shedding more detail to this history!

  • @Number1Irishlad
    @Number1Irishlad 2 года назад +3

    Are yall gonna continue the alexander the great series? Its been more than 2 months and im losing hope

  • @markusskram4181
    @markusskram4181 Год назад

    Love The vid

  • @emanueleabrami8355
    @emanueleabrami8355 2 года назад

    best military campaign in human history + super nice and interasting video bro!

  • @Baengert
    @Baengert 2 года назад +5

    "...extorted many jewish citizens ... to finance the campaign." As if it's just daily business...

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  2 года назад +1

      Unfortunately, it kinda was at that point in time

  • @JonathanLundkvist
    @JonathanLundkvist 2 года назад

    Crusader Kings theme on this is just spicing on the taco

  • @geryboros9877
    @geryboros9877 2 года назад

    There was a small battle in Hungary at castle of Moson when the Franck and German army arrived led by Emich and William who raid the country side!! Great episode again!! When will the episode come with fifth crusade ?????????

  • @menjolno
    @menjolno 2 года назад +1

    Never seen before taco ad i got before the video

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu 2 года назад +11

    Eastern Rome to Seljuk Turks :
    I receive Crusaders you receive Anatolia and Crusades

  • @chrismetten4576
    @chrismetten4576 2 года назад

    I love kings & generals

  • @Kaiyanwang82
    @Kaiyanwang82 2 года назад +1

    Turks using Greek Fire and Romans making ships go across land is quite funny to see :D

  • @JRGProjects
    @JRGProjects Год назад

    11:30 Crusader's version of Rock and Roll?

  • @aliveli-ox4vz
    @aliveli-ox4vz Год назад

    Taraflı bir anlatım

  • @ragael1024
    @ragael1024 Год назад +2

    so obvious the crusaders would had looted everything and killed everyone, burning the city to ashes. they may have learned how to war and could afford the best soldiers in the world, but still behaved as barbarians at the mere flicker of gold.

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 2 года назад +3

    So the Seljuks really aren't invincible after all.

    • @lysandros765
      @lysandros765 2 года назад +4

      Yeah, outnumbering them 8 to 1 helps i guess.. Still they utterly crushed the second crusade, crusade of 1101 and the "People's" crusade (which was the real first crusade by the way, only its defeat decided of the name).

    • @eren6725
      @eren6725 2 года назад +3

      they were caught unprepared, Instead of armored crusader knights, they were probably waiting untrained peasands like the people's crusade but in the 2nd crusade they defeated german crusader army and force french crusaders to use sea way

    • @andalucian7434
      @andalucian7434 2 года назад +1

      No one is invincible. We are all humans with our weaknesses

  • @gus2827
    @gus2827 2 года назад

    can y’all do videos about the English Civil War? I don’t see any videos about Oliver Cromwell battles, thanks

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 2 года назад +2

    Alexios outplayed everyone here. Ha, impressive.

  • @Fuzzypotato2
    @Fuzzypotato2 2 года назад +1

    Humans are a cruel and unusual species…

  • @hassaanalisiddiqui3827
    @hassaanalisiddiqui3827 2 года назад

    i want this series to continue all the way to the battle of ascalon