Peter the Great's Poor Parenting | Worst Dads in History

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

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  • @TheBloccobill
    @TheBloccobill Месяц назад +15063

    "YOU'RE NOT WORTHY OF THE RUSSIAN THRONE!"
    "fr? Kay then"

    • @jurajsintaj6644
      @jurajsintaj6644 Месяц назад +703

      "Wait, What? HOW DARE YOU LISTEN TO ME WHEN I INSULT YOU?"

    • @mr.h1262
      @mr.h1262 Месяц назад +307

      "Wait, you're actually stepping down? Who would not want to rule Russia as I do?! THIS IS A TRICK!"

    • @rickfastly2671
      @rickfastly2671 Месяц назад +16

      @@mr.h1262 what is your pfp it’s cool?

    • @admiralrogers1157
      @admiralrogers1157 Месяц назад +87

      At least Ivan the Terrible was remorseful when he killed his own son and didn’t actually mean to kill him. What Peter did is probably worse.

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Месяц назад +35

      Then Peter was like, "Why is he giving up so easily? He must be up to something!"

  • @viltsunr1474
    @viltsunr1474 Месяц назад +14152

    That is terrible. Who tf would kill their own son for literally no gain.

    • @nelsoncruzrondan1073
      @nelsoncruzrondan1073 Месяц назад +544

      Czar peter the great

    • @MrO111
      @MrO111 Месяц назад +323

      Tsar Peter the Great?

    • @emermage
      @emermage Месяц назад +501

      Funny how that's not even the first Russian Tsar to do so

    • @Siberiancatsrule
      @Siberiancatsrule Месяц назад +65

      Henry VIII?

    • @janpol466
      @janpol466 Месяц назад +27

      You can never be to sure about those things tho. Better safe than sorry.

  • @CT-gl2zj
    @CT-gl2zj Месяц назад +19320

    Hey, he might actually be the worst so far. Lured his son back to torture him to death after he had already agreed to step aside.

    • @francisman60
      @francisman60 Месяц назад +385

      It has to be some complicated plot against the emperor

    • @Sufiyann803
      @Sufiyann803 Месяц назад +491

      He didn't actually want to disinherit him but threaten him.
      But backfired.

    • @every_username_is_taken
      @every_username_is_taken Месяц назад +53

      Nah bro Ivan is the objective worst

    • @matthewlaurence3121
      @matthewlaurence3121 Месяц назад +327

      He wasn't supposed to die. He was beaten with, what my book on Peter calls, "the Knot". Few survived 25 strokes, he was given more. Still alive, but in bad shape, rinse-repeat, death. Peter was nearly 2metres tall (6'6" - 6'8"), physically strong to a level that shocked most men, with an absurd inhuman pain threshold; his idea of play caused casualties - his idea of punishment was...... He had a habit of considering everyone as durable as himself, and perhaps didn't appeciate mortality, not his own nor others.

    • @sybilk9132
      @sybilk9132 Месяц назад +18

      Probably his ego was wounded

  • @LCR-iy6xq
    @LCR-iy6xq Месяц назад +7562

    Wtf that ending blindsided me 😭

  • @Issala_
    @Issala_ Месяц назад +4474

    If that helps you guys feel better, Alexis was an asshole who regularly beat his wife; she died a week after giving birth to his child, which might be related to an incident where Alexis repeatedly kicked and stomped her while pregnant a few weeks prior

    • @somedesertdude1308
      @somedesertdude1308 Месяц назад +630

      he was pretty bad not to mention a coward

    • @MegaEmperorking
      @MegaEmperorking Месяц назад +974

      I mean look at his father lol. Man got whipped to death by his father, I'm sure that had something to do with it.

    • @classeontop7403
      @classeontop7403 Месяц назад +282

      It's in the blood

    • @giorgijioshvili9713
      @giorgijioshvili9713 Месяц назад +433

      Like father like son?

    • @AtheNiify
      @AtheNiify Месяц назад +585

      You know that DOES make me feel better

  • @LeoandLamb
    @LeoandLamb Месяц назад +1607

    Lesson to be learned from this; when you cut an abusive parent out of your life,
    DO NOT GO BACK UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!

    • @somedesertdude1308
      @somedesertdude1308 Месяц назад +8

      womp womp

    • @sanukatharul1497
      @sanukatharul1497 Месяц назад +94

      ​@@somedesertdude1308 Haha so edgy and cool 😐

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Месяц назад +56

      And don't be one of those significant others who goes "you'll regret it when they're gone, so you have to go back!"

    • @Greencollar1234
      @Greencollar1234 Месяц назад +11

      ​​@@somedesertdude1308wow so cool 🤦‍♀️

    • @annebird9195
      @annebird9195 Месяц назад +28

      I know way too many that go back to abusive relationships... its always worse the 2nd time somehow.

  • @PoyntFury
    @PoyntFury Месяц назад +1306

    Peter: "You are an unworthy son! Ne'er shall ye touch the throne of my great nation!!"
    Alexei: "Bet, I'll be in Austria ✌️"

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад +27

      "Like hell you will"... "erm... I mean... come home and lets settle this kindly" :D *Knife behind back*

    • @breadstix-
      @breadstix- Месяц назад

      @@tandava-089whip*

    • @1_w4nt-cudd13z
      @1_w4nt-cudd13z 27 дней назад +4

      ​@@tandava-089 "kk :3" goes back 2 russia "awh what the f-" DIES FROM TORTURE

    • @Sabatonfan911
      @Sabatonfan911 26 дней назад

      Taboritsky doing the Great Trial to find alexei:

    • @UnbornHeretic
      @UnbornHeretic 11 дней назад +1

      "Come back, Im sorry."
      -comes back
      "You were plotting to steal my throne, weren't you?!"

  • @nerdburger234
    @nerdburger234 Месяц назад +472

    “You’re not worthy of the throne of Russia!!”
    “Yeah you know what? You’re probably right..I’m gonna head out!”
    *This enraged his father who punished him severely*

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад +3

      Yeah.... but he didnt go to a monastery(like he volunteered to do) he went to go stay with his fathers political enemies :I

    • @ImperatorGalliarum
      @ImperatorGalliarum Месяц назад +6

      OVERSIMPLIFIED MENTIONED

    • @TeutonicEmperor1198
      @TeutonicEmperor1198 Месяц назад +1

      Peter the Great>Hitler's father

  • @GhengisJohn
    @GhengisJohn Месяц назад +50

    Alexi: "I abdicated the throne to join a monastery."
    Peter:"PLOTTING AGAINST ME ARE YOU?!?!"

    • @anakahstewart2508
      @anakahstewart2508 23 часа назад

      He was actually plotting and he wasn't a good person nether was his father he's wife died after giving birth and it wad widely known it was from him beating her and stomping on her belly a few days before

  • @iceyslush9201
    @iceyslush9201 Месяц назад +79

    fathers in ancient times will do anything but have an honest conversation

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 18 дней назад +6

      Or accept that their sons don't want the job their father's want them to have.

  • @patkub3214
    @patkub3214 Месяц назад +182

    And worst?
    Somehow, he wasn’t even first Russian Tsar to kill his own child.

    • @karlwittenburg5868
      @karlwittenburg5868 27 дней назад +5

      Funnily enough, they’ve already covered Ivan the Terrible. At least that could be seen as an accident. Still horrible though

    • @DarkTider
      @DarkTider 19 дней назад +2

      well, no, that's been an honoured tradition, ever sinze the very first tzar did it....

  • @ShadowFox0324
    @ShadowFox0324 Месяц назад +434

    Peter: You're not worthy of the throne
    Alexei: Ok cool
    Peter: HOW DARE YOU PLOT AGAINST ME! DEATH!

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад +11

      I mean.... He was communicating with and in support of basically all of his fathers opponents and enemies, and while this mentions him talking about leaving politics for good, that is not what he did, and if it had actually been what he did his father may well have accepted that.
      but he didnt go to a monastery(like he volunteered to do) he went to go stay with his fathers political enemies :I

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 18 дней назад

      @@tandava-089 The problem was that there was no proof beyond this friendliness to say Alexei was plotting a coup.

  • @Luke-sr1ev
    @Luke-sr1ev Месяц назад +120

    I've noticed that many of these bad parents have children that are often bookish

    • @Markus2E5I6
      @Markus2E5I6 Месяц назад +35

      The hate for nerds is ancient 😂

    • @matasa7463
      @matasa7463 Месяц назад +11

      And had they actually gotten their child to be a leader, that child might've been able to bring forth a golden age.
      But alas, most bookish children tend to avoid such turmoil, and simply retreated from the chase for the throne.

  • @ephraimmatthewsebastiansit514
    @ephraimmatthewsebastiansit514 Месяц назад +26

    Not to defend Ivan the Terrible, but at least he struck his son by accident on the head in a fit of rage after they got into an argument and he had enough remorse to regret his action as he wanted his son to rule after him. Which makes sense since he did have a good relationship with the child's mother unlike Peter the Great.

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 18 дней назад +1

      Politics aren't personal after all. Ivan actually respected that in ways you wouldn't think with the name and reputation of "The Terrible" would, but he did.
      It's one of the many controversies about him when looking at him both as a hero and as a villain.
      Peter the Great was just straight out making it personal when it came to Alexei simply because he didn't get along so well with Alexei's mother.

  • @ebonyblack7272
    @ebonyblack7272 Месяц назад +438

    This was just hateful. The son gave up the throne and left.

    • @leemarshall348
      @leemarshall348 Месяц назад +34

      Tsar Peter was insane. When his first wife cheated he beheaded her and then gave an anatomy class to his nobles using her severed head before kissing it, dropping it on the ground, and walking off like nothing happened.

    • @kwayneboy1524
      @kwayneboy1524 Месяц назад +8

      ​@@leemarshall348What was his title exactly? Because Ivan was "terrible" so what was this "The Crack Head"?

    • @gringlebandersnatch
      @gringlebandersnatch Месяц назад +6

      ​@@kwayneboy1524 his title is the great for geopolitical reasons

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад

      @@leemarshall348 WHAT A CHAD! XD XD XD!!!

    • @davidasak826
      @davidasak826 Месяц назад +3

      @@tandava-089 You have problems

  • @also_arles
    @also_arles Месяц назад +227

    Three (concerned!) cheers for another Worst Dads installment!

    • @DarthDread-oh2ne
      @DarthDread-oh2ne Месяц назад +5

      Alexis got bully because he was different from from his father.

    • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
      @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Месяц назад +1

      @@DarthDread-oh2neYou did not want to be in Peter's shadow, literally or figuratively!

  • @wyvern723
    @wyvern723 Месяц назад +107

    Yeah... Shame isn't a good motivator.

    • @ifeeldead463
      @ifeeldead463 Месяц назад +12

      Yeah, idk why people think it is...

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 23 дня назад +1

      I mean it can be, depending on the kind of shame and the kind of people. History is full of people motivated by trying to rectify a great shame.

  • @BalkanBallMapping69
    @BalkanBallMapping69 Месяц назад +326

    How is this not even known that much, he is still known as a hero

    • @R.P-e2z
      @R.P-e2z Месяц назад +87

      The title “The Great” was generally awarded back when humans thought despotism was the superior form of government.

    • @LadyElaineLovegood
      @LadyElaineLovegood Месяц назад +18

      @@R.P-e2z I'd say the "great" isn't so much pro despotism but despotism tolerant and pro unification.

    • @TheMandaloreFett
      @TheMandaloreFett Месяц назад +4

      @@LadyElaineLovegoodConsidering the divide in the West. We could use a bit of that.

    • @R.P-e2z
      @R.P-e2z Месяц назад +13

      @@LadyElaineLovegood Pro unification by any means, no matter how much damage it caused. I heard a few historians say that if Mean Mustache Man had done what he’d done back in the days of Alexander the Great, he might have been called MMM the Great.

    • @Jon-ic3bt
      @Jon-ic3bt Месяц назад +11

      Does this matter? In the end he made Russia from a provincial backwater to a rising great power. With such great achievements, humans tend to close their eyes on his issues

  • @Archduke_Astatos
    @Archduke_Astatos Месяц назад +404

    If I had a nickel for every time an extremely important Russian leader who influenced the very foundation of their nation in ways we still see today was a horrible father who killed their son and heir to the throne for relatively minor things, I would have two nickels, which isnt much but its weird how horrible Russian leaders are at parenting.

    • @Siberiancatsrule
      @Siberiancatsrule Месяц назад +39

      Oh I wonder what'd I see if I cherry picked European rules for the worst people and then presented them like examples of everyone being so horrible

    • @rosella5358
      @rosella5358 Месяц назад +36

      As a descendent of Eastern European immigrants, the terrible parenting is not limited to the aristocracy.

    • @legendarylimits564
      @legendarylimits564 Месяц назад +31

      And then you have Nicholas the second. Who was a very loving father to his kids.

    • @redninja0078
      @redninja0078 Месяц назад +12

      @@legendarylimits564
      If that’s true, respect to him. Break the cycle!

    • @ИванМатвеев-й2р
      @ИванМатвеев-й2р Месяц назад +1

      Ivan IV most likely (95%) didn't kill his son

  • @Code-Redd
    @Code-Redd Месяц назад +95

    "You don't deserve the crown!" "You're right, I will take my leave." "That demon! He must be trying to overthrow me!!" like bro what

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад +4

      I mean.... He was communicating with and in support of basically all of his fathers opponents and enemies, and while this mentions him talking about leaving politics for good, that is not what he did, and if it had actually been what he did his father may well have accepted that.
      but he didnt go to a monastery(like he volunteered to do) he went to go stay with his fathers political enemies :I

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 18 дней назад

      @@tandava-089 The problem is lack of hard evidence.

  • @shreyashvaidya2773
    @shreyashvaidya2773 Месяц назад +16

    "Don't trust anyone. Not even me" hits different now

    • @r.b.ratieta6111
      @r.b.ratieta6111 29 дней назад

      John Rockefellers' Dad giving his son cold but wholesome advice. 😂😂

  • @GlamorousTitanic21
    @GlamorousTitanic21 Месяц назад +22

    While Peter was a pretty terrible parent, Alexis was not much better. He beat his wife and she died a week after giving birth.

  • @Omnifarious0
    @Omnifarious0 Месяц назад +25

    There is much more to this story than can be fit into a short. There's a good reason Peter forced Alexis' mother into a monestary. And those reasons also stoked Peter's suspicions that Alexis was plotting against him.

  • @gonfreaks937
    @gonfreaks937 Месяц назад +13

    "You are a failure!"
    "Yes."

  • @deismaccountant
    @deismaccountant Месяц назад +569

    That’s two Czar’s for worst dad. I’m sensing a pattern here.
    Kraut was right when he said that Russia’s absolutism was the worst.

    • @pc_suffering6941
      @pc_suffering6941 Месяц назад

      Kraut is a propagandist, who was debunked

    • @fillosof66689
      @fillosof66689 Месяц назад +15

      Both Tzars in question were responsible for seismic changes in the society and strengthening of the power they wielded, but despite that both left a power vacuum after their passing due to having no male heirs.
      More relevant to their personality and moral character, both were raised in courts beset by intirgues and plotting boyars and barely held to their power during the initial stages of their reign.

    • @deismaccountant
      @deismaccountant Месяц назад +10

      @@fillosof66689 feudalism itself seemed like a bad place to grow up but absolutism definitely seemed like it’s dysthesis (corrupted synthesis.)

    • @fillosof66689
      @fillosof66689 Месяц назад +4

      @@deismaccountant yup. Just look at the Ottomans and the lovely, lovely traditions they had in order permanently solve the inheritance disputes and nulify the potential for the other children of the former ruler to stake any claims after the chosen successor ascended the throne.

    • @fillosof66689
      @fillosof66689 Месяц назад +5

      @@deismaccountant I agree, absolutism's corrupting influence lies at the heart of it all, IMO. And in Russia such ruthless decisions were personally madd by the most ruthless rulers overwhelmed by their worst impulses.
      In the Ottoman Empire the practice of killing all the siblings of the newly ascended chosen successor to the throne, alongside their families, was turned into a fully formalized practice, if not a law.

  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Месяц назад +59

    Which Worst Dad should we do next?

    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Месяц назад +21

      Fernando II of Aragón. Poor Juana

    • @knightofarkronia9968
      @knightofarkronia9968 Месяц назад +29

      Josef Stalin!

    • @Bill_Door123
      @Bill_Door123 Месяц назад +16

      If you want to do a mythological one, Zeus would be fun

    • @rikuvakevainen6157
      @rikuvakevainen6157 Месяц назад +6

      King George V of the Great Brittain.

    • @also_arles
      @also_arles Месяц назад +16

      How about Suleiman the Magnificent? Sure, he started off good, but as he aged, his paranoia put a horrid strain on his relationship with *all* of his sons (and got them all killed!)

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 Месяц назад +17

    "And if you want to know more about the current one...". - Matt.
    "Huh, did you called me?" - Putin.

  • @bigorna4875
    @bigorna4875 Месяц назад +26

    Most caring russian dad:

  • @WhoMethesecond
    @WhoMethesecond Месяц назад +7

    This is the only child i see that didn't want to overthrow or kill eachother.

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 Месяц назад +21

    Jeez, and I thought Ivan IV was a terrible father!

  • @yugoslavball1945
    @yugoslavball1945 Месяц назад +42

    Ivan IV: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

    • @gajendrasinghchouhan7877
      @gajendrasinghchouhan7877 Месяц назад +3

      Ivan was not really this bad, he was a terrible human being which is evident by his title "The Terrible" but he wasn't a very bad parent, he had a good enough bond with his son and really loved him but he was just a bit too controlling and his anger was a big issue.

  • @deadlockraven1849
    @deadlockraven1849 Месяц назад +52

    Jesus christ Peter the Great. Enlightened Absolutism my ass

    • @bigorna4875
      @bigorna4875 Месяц назад +3

      That's just his personal live tho it didn't affect 99,999% of people

    • @CollinMcLean
      @CollinMcLean Месяц назад +9

      @@bigorna4875 Still

    • @legendarylimits564
      @legendarylimits564 Месяц назад +11

      To be fair if it makes you feel a little bit better. His son was a violent wife beater.
      He actually did not deserve the throne

    • @sarascarpati887
      @sarascarpati887 Месяц назад

      ​@@legendarylimits564i mean, with a father like this... I'm not surprised

  • @joshrobins130
    @joshrobins130 Месяц назад +5

    Russian Monarchs trying not to murder their sons challenge: IMPOSSIBLE!

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 18 дней назад +2

      The fact that I can hear Liberty Prime say this and not find it weird or out of the ordinary says somethig

  • @SaulValderrama-pr6cv
    @SaulValderrama-pr6cv Месяц назад +11

    Baby Alexei likes the taste of the sword

  • @giantWario
    @giantWario Месяц назад +71

    You can be a great ruler or a great parent. Pick one.
    Seriously, as a ruler, Peter the Great was actually pretty damn good. Meanwhile, it feels like every historical ruler I've ever heard of who had a good relationship with their kids were awful rulers.

    • @fr4rq236
      @fr4rq236 Месяц назад +23

      Philipp II. of Macedon comes to my mind as both good ruler and father, but maybe the sources differ from my opinion

    • @The360MlgNoscoper
      @The360MlgNoscoper Месяц назад +24

      @@fr4rq236 Yeah. He is worthy of a mention here. He gave Alexander a chance unlike anyone else could have possibly had. And Alexander used it unlike anyone else could have.
      We know he was a good ruler. ANd we know Alexander was a great conqueror. Though, i don't know what their relationship was, and it's unknown if Alexander himself arranged for his assasination.

    • @cflotronsong
      @cflotronsong Месяц назад +6

      I was told growing up that you end up raising your kids the same way your parents raised you. Thisnwould be a good example of that

    • @attigator
      @attigator Месяц назад

      King George VI?

    • @twahatashfia6075
      @twahatashfia6075 Месяц назад +2

      Sometimes you just get lucky. Take Kangxi, Yongxheng and Qianlong Emperors of China. Three dudes ruled China for around 135 years, the population doubled and was prosperous, took China to its greatest height. Not sure how good of a father they were though, it's pretty clear from the records all three were workaholics.

  • @Random_UserName4269
    @Random_UserName4269 Месяц назад +6

    This is what bothers me about Ivan “the terrible” and Peter “the great”
    They both expanded Russia, they both killed their son.
    But Ivan did it in a blind fit of rage and was horribly distraught about it afterward.
    Peter planned that out and reveled in it. And then went on to ignore and mistreat Alexai’s son Peter.

  • @eyelandgal
    @eyelandgal Месяц назад +105

    He may fr be the worst, his son already stepped down and even moved to another country. I feel so bad for the prince

    • @purplefood1
      @purplefood1 Месяц назад

      Yes and no. Members of royal families (even distantly related ones) can often find support for them taking over the throne generally in return for titles and money, they don't even need to be that willing for someone else to talk them into it or just claim they're supporting them.

    • @fillosof66689
      @fillosof66689 Месяц назад +8

      Alexei probably would have been safer if he actually stayed in the monastery. The Russian Orthodox Church was already under the thumb of the state, but even a radical like Peter would have found the vows of monkhood an acceptable end for his son, just like many rulers that delt with unwanted wifes and relatives that way, so he would see no need to touch his son.
      Instead, Peter saw in Alexei's flight to Austria all the proof he needed of his son's being either a plotter or a tool used by people plotting against him.

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад +4

      I mean.... He was communicating with and in support of basically all of his fathers opponents and enemies, and while this mentions him talking about leaving politics for good, that is not what he did, and if it had actually been what he did his father may well have accepted that.
      but he didnt go to a monastery(like he volunteered to do) he went to go stay with his fathers political enemies :I
      Also, his son did not renounce his claim to the crown, he just agreed with his father conversationally when he came at him(trying to avoid him)

  • @Rue.x-
    @Rue.x- Месяц назад +368

    And Russia wonders why it has such a bad reputation when ALMOST every leader of the country has been terrible lol (I'm sure there's been some good ones too)

    • @DarthDread-oh2ne
      @DarthDread-oh2ne Месяц назад +52

      Elizabeth (Daughter of Peter) imprisoned an infant and kept him there for the entire of his life while she was committing adultery. I know other monarchs done it but it wasn’t right when they did it and it wasn’t right when she did it.

    • @EmperorBrettavius
      @EmperorBrettavius Месяц назад +73

      As a LEADER, Tsar Peter was one of the best in Russian history. As a PERSON and a FATHER? Not so much.

    • @Bariom_dome
      @Bariom_dome Месяц назад +17

      Catherine the Great was one of the good ones

    • @Rapture-nv5vj
      @Rapture-nv5vj Месяц назад +34

      ​​@@Bariom_dome Poles: I beg your pardon?

    • @deismaccountant
      @deismaccountant Месяц назад +22

      @@Bariom_domeand even she wound up reeling back enlightenment reforms. She kinda did start the whole dispute over Crimea as well.

  • @TheodosiaNova
    @TheodosiaNova Месяц назад +3

    "You're not worthy of the throne."
    "You're right, Dad. I'll go."
    "What? No one agrees with me and gets away with it!"

  • @dextercochran4916
    @dextercochran4916 Месяц назад +5

    Peter the Great (ignore the bloodstains and screams coming from the other room)

  • @5m4llP0X
    @5m4llP0X Месяц назад +10

    Could you do one on Musician John Lennon? He was by all standards a really terrible and abusive dad.

  • @princessnatasha21
    @princessnatasha21 Месяц назад +6

    I think he did that because he was probably expecting his son to beg not to be disinherited. Not willingly abdicate his position. He wanted power over his son. Knowing that he held the role of king iver his head and could take it away at any moment. So when his plan backfired, he got exceedingly angry. Thus murdering his child

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Месяц назад +14

    This worst series is amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @roymustang5850
    @roymustang5850 Месяц назад +5

    Well another factor that I think might influence his decision is, Alexei is his son through his first wife a wife arrange by Peter the Great Mother to stop him from playing with woman outside of marital ties, but Peter hates her and like to live with his Mistress

  • @Rynewulf
    @Rynewulf Месяц назад +6

    Tsar Peter seemed to forget that maybe if your child hasnt been raised up to standard, maybe you the parent should have done better.
    Who am I kidding rich people havent changed

  • @bthsr7113
    @bthsr7113 Месяц назад +13

    At least most powerful unifiers/reformers are mainly guilty of neglect. This is deranged!

  • @ashmax3228
    @ashmax3228 День назад

    His son replied by "👍". What an amazing dude😭

  • @vladsiminica2801
    @vladsiminica2801 Месяц назад +13

    Keep examening Worst dads in History- Frederick-Wilhelm , the bruthal father of Frederick the Great

    • @deismaccountant
      @deismaccountant Месяц назад

      @@vladsiminica2801 he did that one already. Scroll down on his channel shorts.

    • @CollinMcLean
      @CollinMcLean Месяц назад +11

      They already did that one a few months ago

    • @shreyashvaidya2773
      @shreyashvaidya2773 Месяц назад +1

      Still waiting for Alois in the worst dads in history list

  • @HalduBouyaNono2
    @HalduBouyaNono2 Месяц назад +40

    "You're not worthy of the throne.
    -I agree.
    -So you have choosen death.
    -...
    -I'm so good at daddying."

    • @legendarylimits564
      @legendarylimits564 Месяц назад +2

      He knew he was a terrible father

    • @tandava-089
      @tandava-089 Месяц назад

      I mean.... He was communicating with and in support of basically all of his fathers opponents and enemies, and while this mentions him talking about leaving politics for good, that is not what he did, and if it had actually been what he did his father may well have accepted that.
      but he didnt go to a monastery(like he volunteered to do) he went to go stay with his fathers political enemies :I

  • @simplykite7038
    @simplykite7038 24 дня назад +1

    I wasn't expecting that ending 😭

  • @PSYCHOpaty4
    @PSYCHOpaty4 Месяц назад +2

    I mean, Alexey kinda asked for it. He was speaking with enemies of his father, was known for wishing him death and speaking of how it would be great to overthrow his father. So he really should've go to monastery if he wanted to live without being an heir

  • @OrdinarySonicfanMmKay
    @OrdinarySonicfanMmKay Месяц назад +4

    "No honey, don't sleep, extra history is still posting"

  • @Toxic_slvts
    @Toxic_slvts Месяц назад +2

    I have a idea maybe for best moms in history you should put Marie Antoinette even though she didn't have kids, she still adopted like really poor ones and took care of them like they are her own

  • @aboodsart
    @aboodsart Месяц назад +4

    That ending came out of nowhere 😨

  • @autumnbreeze_official
    @autumnbreeze_official Месяц назад +1

    The fact that this was made after I started watching The Great is just perfect❤

  • @DirkNastyStigBarry
    @DirkNastyStigBarry Месяц назад +2

    I have one for the best sons
    Philip Hamilton (Son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton)
    He had a great relationship with his mother when he was younger learning French and piano. And defended his father’s legacy when he duel George Eacker after he said that Alexander was a “rascal”. Philip did not shoot but rather aimed his pistol at the sky. Eacker the followed suit. They stood there for a minute, This next part is foggy. Eacker either got bored and shot him or he accidentally fired. Either way Philip got shot and died the next day in his aunt Angelica’s house. Philip deserves to talked about more.

  • @Franzzz_E
    @Franzzz_E Месяц назад +33

    Turns out Peter the Great wasn't so Great after all

    • @legendarylimits564
      @legendarylimits564 Месяц назад +5

      He was, it just wasn’t any kind of great coming from family life

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Месяц назад +6

    WILL check it out! Thanks For this Guys! You're the Best! Suggestion: Ferdinand II of Aragon

  • @Raptor_Ren
    @Raptor_Ren Месяц назад +1

    You know, I feel really well adjusted after watching this.

  • @Monkeman399
    @Monkeman399 Месяц назад +3

    So far there are 2 kings of Russia on worst dads in history. Both of which ended up killing their sons

  • @Nonamecool12313
    @Nonamecool12313 Месяц назад +15

    Where are worst brothers in history?

    • @wanna-be-thinker2377
      @wanna-be-thinker2377 Месяц назад +2

      Worst sisters too! And cousins!!

    • @attigator
      @attigator Месяц назад +1

      Can you think of any?

    • @wanna-be-thinker2377
      @wanna-be-thinker2377 Месяц назад +2

      @@attigator For brothers: Richard the Lionhearted and his John (both as candidates). For both sisters and cousins: Queens Mary I & Elizabeth I (again both). Also for sisters Cleopatra. And that's just for starters.

  • @fillosof66689
    @fillosof66689 Месяц назад +7

    Why aren't Ottoman Sultans on the list, collectively or individually? Ya know, the ones who kept producing many potential heirs with the full knowledge that all but their chosen successor would be strangled as the former ascended the throne?

  • @alexanderv9136
    @alexanderv9136 Месяц назад +1

    An interesting fact, for the work of returning Alexey back to Russia, the title of a nobleman was given to the prominent leader of the Tolstoy dynasty, which is why Leo Tolstoy was the nobleman)

  • @LexiLunarpaw
    @LexiLunarpaw Месяц назад

    Yes!! Extra History is Back!! Better late then Never!!

  • @egyptian_mujahid
    @egyptian_mujahid Месяц назад +1

    that ending frfr crazy

  • @DarkTider
    @DarkTider 19 дней назад +2

    The story gets even worse; Peter didnt execute Alexi initially, because he would be heirless if he did. But when he got a baby boy, he had Alexi executed, now that there was an heir....until that baby died, leaving Peter now completely heirless....whooops.....

  • @smorphous8928
    @smorphous8928 Месяц назад +2

    “Peter the great poor parenting” nah that should be changed to absurd parenting. He killed his own son cuz he thought he’d overthrow him, after the fact Peter literally disinherited his son from the throne.

  • @Borderose
    @Borderose Месяц назад +2

    Peter was a better father-figure to Abram Gannibal than his own flesh-and-blood son. Abram shared his love for rockets and engineering. Alexei preferred books and orthodoxy.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Месяц назад +4

    LOVE YOUR CONTENT GUYS ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @vladsiminica2801
    @vladsiminica2801 Месяц назад +2

    Next : Worst Moms in History: Kosem Sultana's filicide parenting

  • @thenexus8384
    @thenexus8384 Месяц назад +12

    He does not live up to his name in terms of parenting

  • @Visor_Does_Stuff
    @Visor_Does_Stuff 15 часов назад

    "hi there your father told me to torture you" -torturer

  • @renoluto
    @renoluto Месяц назад +1

    Remember to update the playlist!

  • @thegeneraljohn2895
    @thegeneraljohn2895 Месяц назад +1

    Man said "I don't want your throne" and Peter took that personally.

  • @reillyg2664
    @reillyg2664 Месяц назад +1

    “the current one” wild

  • @CaptainJess
    @CaptainJess Месяц назад +1

    The son betrayed him and escaped in Europe, so this is the reason why Peter executed his own son
    And yet, he still was a father - Peter blamed himself for executing his own son

    • @Markus2E5I6
      @Markus2E5I6 Месяц назад +1

      Of course he should blame himself, he's the one who ordered it

  • @justsomeone7000
    @justsomeone7000 Месяц назад +1

    "Congratulations! You just won our game, who's going to the retirement homee 😊"

  • @nejzk2026
    @nejzk2026 25 дней назад +1

    I think that story of Ivan the terrible and his son is also intresting one

  • @thesentientsword8480
    @thesentientsword8480 Месяц назад

    Historically accurate quill pen!!! I enjoy to see it

  • @Imaplant7
    @Imaplant7 Месяц назад +2

    Bro went: real life lore

  • @Spirited_Away
    @Spirited_Away Месяц назад

    Can't even imagine this insanity man

  • @TheProphetMonk
    @TheProphetMonk Месяц назад +1

    I have a book about every Tsar of Russia, and it mentions this event.

  • @robertolanzone
    @robertolanzone 18 дней назад

    Random dad: "Oh, a father would never hurt their son, only other fathers can understand"
    Other fathers:

  • @jestersareawesome4332
    @jestersareawesome4332 Месяц назад +1

    I find it crazy that Ivan the Terrible accidentally murdered his son and spent the rest of his life filled with guilt and prayed to god for forgiveness afterwards and HE gets the reputation as the blood thirsty tyrannical maniac, meanwhile Peter intentionally plotted to have his son killed and never repented and he gets to be the “great modernizer” and “reformer”

  • @Fortplayzthis
    @Fortplayzthis 18 дней назад

    Alexi eating the sword 💀 💀 💀

  • @77MysticMinds77
    @77MysticMinds77 Месяц назад +1

    the fact i heard austria shocked me cuz i live in austria

  • @VladimSheldyayev-b3i
    @VladimSheldyayev-b3i 11 дней назад

    Dang the dad must be depressed with none

  • @VRed224
    @VRed224 Месяц назад +1

    We need history like this to understand why Russia is Russia. From Tsars, Lenin, Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and others. They basically learned from history and to be blunt, their history is quite dark.

  • @usplezi
    @usplezi Месяц назад +2

    я ждал упоминания петра Первого очень давно и дождался

  • @moonlust9489
    @moonlust9489 Месяц назад +2

    Monasteries are for men who study religious practices

  • @johndurham6172
    @johndurham6172 Месяц назад +6

    😂 at least he wasn't Putin. Love the transition.

  • @dongenove3048
    @dongenove3048 26 дней назад

    Famous russian rulers try not to kill their sons: Challange impossible

  • @InigoVicente-m4u
    @InigoVicente-m4u Месяц назад

    The way the torturer waved hi.

  • @amarsven
    @amarsven Месяц назад +1

    That Ivan the terrible was a terrible dad everyone knows (from Repin's painting). I didn't know that Peter the great wasn't a great father, though.

  • @MokoTheKat
    @MokoTheKat Месяц назад

    why can’t bro just be my history teacher 😭

  • @한명진-b1j
    @한명진-b1j Месяц назад +1

    I suggest one more worst dad in history: Yeongjo of Joseon(even though in this case the crown prince was kind of worst son of history)

  • @TheWolverine01
    @TheWolverine01 Месяц назад

    Honorable mention to Ivan IV

  • @blauertee3458
    @blauertee3458 Месяц назад +1

    Alexei? ALEXEI? VERIFY YOUR CLOCKS, MIDNIGHT IS COMING!

  • @Dracowinges
    @Dracowinges 29 дней назад

    Ah yes the 'Im going to criticise you to motivate you' approach...Helll no!

  • @DarkUser-n2w
    @DarkUser-n2w Месяц назад

    Well there is the great start😂😂😂😂😂.