Leeds Castle: Ladies' Castle of England

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
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    Leeds Castle has been called the loveliest castle in England and it certainly lives up to the name. The elegant stone keep, towers, and crenelated battlements surrounded by a tranquil moat, beautiful gardens and lush parkland are exactly what you would picture as an idealized medieval castle. Across the centuries, it has often been strong women who have owned, enjoyed, renovated and defended Leeds castle. It was the tranquil retreat for generations of medieval Queens, the scene of a deadly stand-off between great ladies, a prison for two accused royal witches, and a luxurious playground for aristocrats and Hollywood stars. I have fond memories of coming her as a child, and I’m excited to be back. So come with me as we explore this tranquil castle and it’s scandalous history!
    Queen Eleanor of Castile
    Queen Margaret of France
    Queen Isabella of France
    Queen Anne of Bohemia
    Queen Joan of Navarre
    Queen Catherine of Valois
    Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
    Queen Catherine of Aragon
    Olive, Lady Baillie
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Комментарии • 153

  • @2007VolkswagenJetta
    @2007VolkswagenJetta Год назад +312

    Imagine going to a castle to escape your other castle 🥲

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +136

    Love your videos! They are WAY better than anything on tv! You deserve your own show!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @monicacall7532
      @monicacall7532 Год назад +1

      I second your motion!

    • @lisalking2476
      @lisalking2476 10 месяцев назад +1

      I third that 😅 if there is such a thing 😆 🤣 😂 😹

  • @anubratabit3027
    @anubratabit3027 Год назад +73

    Correction : Henry VII didn't claim the throne through his mother Catherine of Valois but through his mother Margaret Beaufort. Margaret was the the great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, founder of the Lancastrian branch but her claim was considered inferior because her grandfather John Beaufort was born in 1373 but his mother wasn't married to John of Gaunt until 1396. Canon law decreed that children conceived before marriage are to be considered as bastards but Richard II got Pope Boniface IX declare John Beaufort legitimate, still Henry IV excluded John Beaufort from the succession. John's son John Beaufort II, Duke of Somerset had a somewhat better claim through his mother Margaret Holland as Edward I of England -> Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent -> Joan of Kent -> Thomas Holland II, Earl of Kent -> Margaret Holland. So even if we take the Beaufort claim to be void, Henry VII could still claim the throne but it would require to go back by atleast 7 generations & there were already many aristocrats in & outside England who had much better claims. Most importantly, Margaret, sister of Edward IV, widow of Charles the Bold Duke of Burgundy, although childless, was actively trying to undermine Henry VII with the assistance of her step son-in-law HRE Maximilian I. This made Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York even more important.

    • @doreensika837
      @doreensika837 Год назад +5

      I was about to say this. Cause she was a French princess so they can’t claim the English throne through her.

    • @Alex-zs7gw
      @Alex-zs7gw Год назад +4

      Did you even listen?
      How do you have 51 likes?
      She said Catherine was the mother of Henry VI.
      Catherine would have also been Henry VII's grandmother with Henry VI being Henry VII's half-uncle

    • @doreensika837
      @doreensika837 Год назад +2

      @@Alex-zs7gw it doesn’t work like that I’m afraid he is correct. You can’t claim the throne from your half uncle who’s mother was not the rightful ruler of England.

    • @Alex-zs7gw
      @Alex-zs7gw Год назад

      @@doreensika837 yeah I'm not simple lol
      ...perhaps I've overreacted to a typo and the OP meant grandmother when referring to CoV.
      I don't think anyone then or now however believed Henry Tudor's claim had anything to do with Catherine of Valois - being consort
      What complicates the WotR however is firstly how Henry VI acknowledged the legitimacy of his half siblings and elevated their status at the time, and the debate over matrilineal lineage with the Lancastrians claiming a decree had been agreed by Edward III and John to negate any matrilineal claims (York having matrilineal through 2nd son and patrilineal through 4th Vs theirs through pat 3rd)

  • @AquarianZenaida
    @AquarianZenaida Год назад +62

    I'd love seeing more "lady's castles" videos. This was very entertaining, as always. Thank you! ❤

  • @sheridowsett9929
    @sheridowsett9929 Год назад +28

    I visited Leeds Castle with my family several years ago. The gardens were so beautiful and the white peacocks stunning!

  • @Nicolebee7272
    @Nicolebee7272 Год назад +20

    My husband proposed to me by the moat at Leeds castle ❤

  • @cathyhendrix7552
    @cathyhendrix7552 Год назад +33

    I love history. Medieval time period is my favorite. But I also love hearing about the history of castles and manor houses. The people who built it and all the way to current times is so fascinating. It is a shame that families have to struggle to keep their homes. Very sad. But this has been a happy story and Thank you for sharing your story with us 😊.

  • @JDG81-r3b
    @JDG81-r3b Год назад +13

    I love that you were watching the 1939 film "The women" while filming your beautiful hotel room. Great movie!

    • @Scarlett59319
      @Scarlett59319 Год назад +1

      I love that movie as well!😍

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад +2

      That looks more like one of the castle's exhibits than a guest's room? 😮

  • @OkieJammer2736
    @OkieJammer2736 Год назад +6

    The huge, park-like grounds, black and white swans in lush water features and ponds, manicured lawns and beautiful visitor facilities would make Leeds worth the visit even without a Castle visit.

  • @badbiker666
    @badbiker666 Год назад +20

    I have seen images of Leeds Castle, and I knew that it was traditionally the abode of royal and noble women, but I was not aware of it's full history until now. I was also not aware that it had been, not that long ago, a ruin! Wow - am I happy that Lady Bailey spent what was necessary to restore it like she did. That was a MAJOR risk she took. I am glad that it paid off. Great video.

    • @LJB103
      @LJB103 Год назад +1

      It helped that her mother Pauline along with her brother Payne Whitney were the two to get the biggest chunk of their uncle Oliver Payne's vast fortune. Let's hear it for good old American Gilded Age money!

    • @badbiker666
      @badbiker666 Год назад

      @@LJB103 Hear! Hear! Sometimes new money does the right thing.

  • @lfgifu296
    @lfgifu296 Год назад +23

    Lindsay you’ve been killing it with putting my favourite background music😭🫶

  • @RebekkaJohnson-zf5co
    @RebekkaJohnson-zf5co 9 месяцев назад +1

    Me and my partner are off to this for Valentine’s Day! Thank you for this video. Very exciting. 😊

  • @EMNstar
    @EMNstar Год назад +27

    Eleanor of Castille gave birth 16 times, but wow is it tragic. I was curious and googled it. Only 6 of the 16 lived to adulthood.
    1F stillborn
    2F died in infancy
    3F died in infancy
    4M died at age 5
    5M died at age 6
    6F died at 29
    7F died in infancy
    8F died at age 35
    9M died at age 11
    10F died at age 58
    11F died at age 2
    12F died in infancy
    13F died at age 53
    14M died shortly after birth
    15F died at age 34
    16M died at age 43

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. Год назад +13

    It looks rather quaint. I want to suddenly promenade and then remember to write some letters.

  • @emanie_sanabria
    @emanie_sanabria Год назад +5

    The photo of you and your mother enjoying lunch there is so cute!! I definitely look forward to your videos. Thank you for deepening my love and knowledge of history. I hope to one day explore the glorious Leeds castle and all of its history.

  • @OkieJammer2736
    @OkieJammer2736 Год назад +5

    Thanks!

  • @lfgifu296
    @lfgifu296 Год назад +7

    When I read Le mort du Artur, I played Angevin over and over every time I picked up the book. Not a single word was read without it, and all thanks to your Arthurian Legends video (one of my favs :))

  • @OkieJammer2736
    @OkieJammer2736 Год назад +8

    This is SO interesting. I spent a day at Leeds Castle, but you've given so many details that weren't stressed while there. Amazing. Thank you!

  • @PrincessQ-fj9ly
    @PrincessQ-fj9ly Год назад +9

    Leeds Castle sounds like a wonderful place to visit! ❤🏰❤ So much beauty and history! 😍 No wonder queens of the past came here to rest and relax. 👑 If I ever go and visit The United Kingdom, I'll be sure to pay this historical masterpiece a visit! 😊

  • @liamr4117
    @liamr4117 Год назад +3

    Leeds Castle has always been my favorite to look at pictures of

  • @here_we_go_again2571
    @here_we_go_again2571 Год назад +5

    Wow! Lindsey you outdid yourself with this video!
    Thank so you much!

  • @zomgmolly
    @zomgmolly Год назад

    That last line made me tear up!! What an interesting historic castle!

  • @tripavis1820
    @tripavis1820 Год назад +1

    Lindsay, you're my favorite RUclipsr. I am such a royal history buff, and your videos never disappoint. Keep on keeping on.

  • @misabelrodriguez1163
    @misabelrodriguez1163 Год назад +13

    Hope you do another Lovers or Mistresses video soon ❤

  • @theplagueboybunny6794
    @theplagueboybunny6794 Год назад +3

    I’ve been waiting for this one! So excited!!

  • @WaynesPokeWorld
    @WaynesPokeWorld Год назад +6

    Your videos are always a pleasure to watch. Your time and dedication certainly doesn’t go unnoticed. I particularly enjoy all the visual elements whilst learning. Great work❤

  • @pmsavenger
    @pmsavenger Год назад +5

    Love seeing you visiting the castle ^^ Great video as always!

  • @Chaotic_Pixie
    @Chaotic_Pixie Год назад +2

    I've been reading a book called Princesses Behaving Badly and so many of the women you mentioned today are found in this book. I find the book title amusing because none of the women are behaving "badly"... they're just behaving like men. They're being fierce, protective, outspoken, and strong.

  • @BenThereDoneThat-cx1nn
    @BenThereDoneThat-cx1nn Год назад +3

    Fabulous video! So well done; I love this new personal approach!

  • @MyDarkmarc
    @MyDarkmarc Год назад +6

    When Cary Grant married Barbara Hutton they affectionately nicknamed "Cash and Cary".

  • @claudiamann7111
    @claudiamann7111 Год назад +2

    Great video. So much history and a beautiful castle. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @meridiable
    @meridiable 7 месяцев назад

    Wow, thank you for this! Isabella of France is one of my ancestors and it was amazing to learn all this.

  • @panniks9107
    @panniks9107 Год назад +3

    love this video, it shows the odd way a small house turns into a stunning castle over decades and decades! also love your hair!

  • @RoseCarroll-pk6mt
    @RoseCarroll-pk6mt Год назад +3

    Thank you history for tea time with Lindsad today 😊😅😂❤❤❤❤

  • @OkieJammer2736
    @OkieJammer2736 Год назад +2

    THE BEST ... SO WELL DONE!

  • @carlyjane1492
    @carlyjane1492 Год назад +1

    Me and my partner go to Leeds Castle so often. It’s so beautiful❤

  • @politicsinpink
    @politicsinpink Год назад

    I simply adore Leeds castle, it is absolutely beautiful

  • @annabraithwaite9611
    @annabraithwaite9611 Год назад +4

    Henry the 7ths claim came not from the paternal Tudor line and Katherine of Valois but from his mother Margret Beaufort who was a descendant of John of Gaunt who was the son of Edward the third

  • @erikaheck8261
    @erikaheck8261 Год назад +4

    A wonderful video, Lindsay. Definitely different from ones you’ve done before and I love that

  • @emmajoy831
    @emmajoy831 Год назад

    The adventure Segway at Leeds castle is awesome

  • @thecrew1871
    @thecrew1871 Год назад +1

    👏👏👏👏 Thankyou for another well researched and scripted video. Whoever was your cameraman did a great job, too. I always look forward to your new videos knowing I will enjoy learning about interesting people and places.

  • @kellysmain6230
    @kellysmain6230 Год назад +3

    Well done!!

  • @MichelleBruce-lo4oc
    @MichelleBruce-lo4oc Год назад +4

    Beautiful castle. You know it's haunted also by ghosts 👻 😊

  • @christinebiada1292
    @christinebiada1292 Год назад +1

    This is my favorite castle!

  • @cindywong4980
    @cindywong4980 Год назад +3

    I hope this becomes a series.. I like this video!

  • @guldenaydin9918
    @guldenaydin9918 Год назад +7

    👑
    Thank you so much...
    🏺
    Historical information is very valuable.
    💐
    PS: Sorry for my poor English. 😔

  • @Itzduhhistorygirl
    @Itzduhhistorygirl Год назад +6

    I love how history tells us the real story of game of thrones I have read the book fire and blood and it tells similar stories except it’s fantasy and I just like the real history. 🥰🥰🥰

  • @BeeKool__113
    @BeeKool__113 Год назад

    Wow!! Great video!! So cool you got to visit as a kid and then again as an adult to make this fantastically entertaining and informative video. As always well done. Looking forward to the next video! ❤

  • @HeidisLovelyLovie
    @HeidisLovelyLovie 10 месяцев назад

    I was lucky to go there a few years ago. It is beautiful!❤

  • @monicacall7532
    @monicacall7532 Год назад

    Please do more visits to castles and great houses where history was made or where historic people lived. This was a wonderful and very informative video.

  • @ProfessorChaosKitty
    @ProfessorChaosKitty Год назад

    I visited Leeds Castle in 2006 and absolutely loved it there. I did have a bit of a giggle at Lady Bailie's aviary though. There are some amazing exotic birds there, including the Australian White Ibis, known to us Aussies as the bin chicken. They are everywhere over here, getting into rubbish bins, pooping everywhere, and generally annoying people. Personally I love the cheeky buggers, but I never really thought of them as being particularly exotic.

  • @museummarg
    @museummarg Год назад +1

    Love the Elenor Dream House !!💕

  • @brim89
    @brim89 Год назад +1

    Joan of Acre was an ancestor of mine. It’s interesting to hear about all my ancestors. I am also related to William the conqueror by his half brother

  • @megan0591
    @megan0591 Год назад +5

    I went to Leeds Castle as a child. They had a hot air balloon that we went on after.

  • @VanK782
    @VanK782 Год назад +2

    I was like Oh a beautiful castle in Leeds? I gotta go! And then I was like Oh

  • @janebeatty9472
    @janebeatty9472 Год назад +1

    Great episode.

  • @robinhumphrey2692
    @robinhumphrey2692 Год назад +1

    Loved this!

  • @midnightchannel111
    @midnightchannel111 Год назад

    Just a wonderful effort, thank you so much!

  • @janeyfinzel4348
    @janeyfinzel4348 Год назад +1

    Awesome segment! Very i nformative. Love to know the historical background. Thank you.

  • @jonnarobinson7541
    @jonnarobinson7541 Год назад +1

    Excellent video!!🤩

  • @karenkratzer7036
    @karenkratzer7036 Год назад +1

    Very interesting thanks for sharing.

  • @ms.inevitable
    @ms.inevitable Год назад

    Thanks for sharing 💕💕

  • @naledistarfield
    @naledistarfield Год назад

    Fun programme. A very small point: the late Duchess of Kent was Princess Marina (of Greece and Denmark).

  • @lthom5158
    @lthom5158 Год назад

    Excellent video!

  • @Llawwddogg
    @Llawwddogg Год назад

    thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge

  • @TEDrew
    @TEDrew Год назад +2

    Im loving your Videos

  • @katedavis6145
    @katedavis6145 Год назад +2

    It would be great to see a video on Chateau Chenonceau, the Ladies’ Castle of France

  • @alokinrainborn
    @alokinrainborn 11 месяцев назад

    a wonderful viceo, truly, I love to bits1

  • @patshifflett4205
    @patshifflett4205 Год назад

    Loved seeing you

  • @eternalsunshineofthespotlessme
    @eternalsunshineofthespotlessme Год назад +1

    So interesting! Love your videos ❤

  • @tarotmaya777
    @tarotmaya777 Год назад

    Fiarte frumos ❤❤❤

  • @elfsemail
    @elfsemail Год назад +5

    I visited Leeds Castle in 2001. It was very impressive, despite being swathed in scaffolding.

  • @nautifella
    @nautifella Год назад +4

    You hooked me right off. The literal place of conception of the _Tudors._ A little racy but ok. Then it's location. I would have argued hard that it is in Leeds. Because the Brits are good at that, naming stuff for being near other stuff. I love that. Easy to follow and all.

  • @wholelottapurrring5392
    @wholelottapurrring5392 Год назад +1

    Brilliant video ❤, it's a wonderful day out/ overnight stay if you like too. Just to note that the M20 motorway is very close by unfortunately. However it makes it very easy to get to! Hope all is well with you.

  • @lonesomevalkyrie
    @lonesomevalkyrie Год назад +2

    Crazy that I listened to a podcast about Eleanor of Castile this morning...what are the chances

  • @LJB103
    @LJB103 Год назад +1

    Actually, Henry VII's claim to the throne was through his mother Margaret Beaufort, a descendant of John of Gaunt (a son of Edward III). Prince George's wife was Princess Marina, not Marianna, of Greece and Denmark. Barbara Hutton and Cary Grant were known as "Cash and Cary" (hopefully younger people know what the phrase means). Very good video.

  • @k_a_y_l_e_e
    @k_a_y_l_e_e Год назад

    omg i love this channel

  • @robinhood2008
    @robinhood2008 Год назад +1

    So the Tudor family started with a butler?

  • @susancaleca4796
    @susancaleca4796 Год назад

    Found very interesting

  • @robertb4000
    @robertb4000 Год назад +2

    Why Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville didn't live in leads castle?

  • @WaynesPokeWorld
    @WaynesPokeWorld Год назад +2

    I would love to have been a nosey little fly on the wall at Leeds Castle during all those lavish parties 👀

  • @daedubois9428
    @daedubois9428 Год назад +2

    I would like to know more about the Lady Bailey era of Leeds Castle.

    • @smacwhinnie
      @smacwhinnie Год назад

      Her grandson wrote a book about her and the castle

  • @est9949
    @est9949 Год назад +1

    This gives me another idea for a video request: witchcraft accusations in the uk and elsewhere.

  • @gavinflorence9416
    @gavinflorence9416 Год назад +1

    I had no idea that Leeds Castle had such a history involved with slavery! Owners with lands in Virginia and Eli Whitney inventor of the cotton gin which further slavery in the US. Wow

    • @grtlyblesd
      @grtlyblesd Год назад +1

      Eli Whitney didn’t own slaves, and in fact, he *thought* his invention would reduce the need for slaves and hasten the end of slavery. It didn’t work out that way, but neither did the cotton gin bring him the wealth it could have had he handled patents and manufacturing differently. To say Leeds is connected to slavery is a gross oversimplification. That’s like saying the Tower of London is connected to slavery because Phillis Wheatley visited there.

  • @mgithaiga1
    @mgithaiga1 Год назад +1

    I would like to visit Leeds castle

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 Год назад +1

    So was it Leed's Castle and over the years the apostrophe got dropped or has it always been Leeds?

  • @juliadreamer8327
    @juliadreamer8327 Год назад +1

    I really enjoy your videos. Just one suggestion, please review your closed captioning? the auto captions that youtube applies can be really bad, making it difficult to understand what you're talking about. thank you!

  • @wendyponsford7428
    @wendyponsford7428 Год назад +2

    In the United Kingdom, one goes on “holiday.”

  • @BoyProdigyX
    @BoyProdigyX Год назад +4

    _Moral of THAT story..._
    Don't cuck your wife with your homeboy and don't give her stuff away to your bodyguard. For if you do, she may run back to her family and tell them how heinous you're being. This, in turn, could lead to your boyfriend being publicly mutilated to death and you "finding _YOURSELF"_ hopelessly "lost" for time infinitum haha

  • @avaglennon9873
    @avaglennon9873 Год назад +4

    7 Husbands? Very Evelyn Hugo of her. (Please tell me at least one person gets this reference)

  • @manjulasathyanarayana4149
    @manjulasathyanarayana4149 Год назад +6

    First view and first comment!!

  • @ManuelCampagna
    @ManuelCampagna Год назад

    Henry VII"s claim was through his mother, not his grand-mother. His mother descended from Edward III through John of Gaunt.

  • @TreyCapnerhurst
    @TreyCapnerhurst Год назад +2

    Is anyone else here noticing how many of Lady Baillie's celebrity guests were secretly queer? I'm gonna guess that kind of discretion was one of the main draws.

  • @thelazychefuk4410
    @thelazychefuk4410 10 месяцев назад

    Lovely video, thank you Lindsey. Just one thing... it's Princess Marina not Marianna. 😀

  • @Stuart_Team
    @Stuart_Team Год назад

    Can you make a story of King James 2 of England Please🥺❤️🙏😭

  • @Kimbermoi
    @Kimbermoi Год назад +3

    "Princess Mariana"....seriously? LOL

  • @JohnI-MherRino-sq1gw
    @JohnI-MherRino-sq1gw Год назад

    Can you make a story of James 2 of England pls🥺🙏🙏💗

  • @Thenoobestgirl
    @Thenoobestgirl Год назад +2

    *16* CHILDREN?!?! 16?????!?!!!!

  • @yohslover
    @yohslover Год назад +1

    This isn’t that far. From where I live

  • @Heothbremel
    @Heothbremel Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤