@@JL-ti3us there are droughts in the southwestern parts of the country... but there in the northeast (where the Balobedu live) it's still pretty wet. KZN even had floods back in June
@@jlategan8327 fair enough. But even in johannesburg they wre turning water off at times now becsuse we are so overdue for rain. I'm glad it rained along the capes now though
I have never come across a RUclips video that made me as happy is this one. I am of the Balobedu tribe, I feel seen. For a a white non-African this guy really nailed the pronunciations of the names. 👏🏿👌🏿
"Near the end of their lives they commit ritual suicide" Yes, I think you'll find the ritual suicide often happens _very_ near the end of their lives A fascinating look into a family and a tradition I never would have heard about otherwise - looking forward to seeing where you take your series in the future!
1:07 Fun fact: if the UK had made the change to absolute primogeniture during Queen Victoria's lifetime, the next ruler of Great Britain after Princess Victoria (then Victoria II) would have been her eldest child, one William V. This individual is far better known to us as... ...Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. (Of course in practice, had Princess Victoria actually been heir to the British throne, she would never have married the heir to the German throne.)
I believe Pre-Islamic Arabia have a lot of Monarchies like this, we just mostly lack documentation of it. but Kedar did indeed have like 5 or 7 straight ruling Queens. And Some traditions say Sheba was all Female for like 70 generations.
@@dinosaurusrex1482 Explain it in detail how Islam ruins everything. As far as i know the Pre-Islamic Arabian history was mostly lost to time due to lack of interest. Even the documentation of islamic history was done mostly through the Quran, Hadith, other oral tradition and preserve document of early islam by Islamic schoolar during the golden age of islam. For some didn't natural disaster and war destroyed the pre-islamic kingdom and it's history ? Beside, Pre-Islamic Arabian Kingdom also faces threat from Roman and Persian. The kingdom exist along time ago, the lack of interest especially at the height of islamic golden age causes it's history to lost to time after a long time ago the kingdom was gone. Most of arabian achievment and the most extend of it's empire could reach as recorded by history happened during the height of islamic golden age. Beside the coming of Muhammad also mean the new time and era where arab was changing it's culture and as far as the recorded history goes, the first unified arabian desert was established for the people at the time, also most of the citizen live in arabian desert was muslim so you could guess the where the interest go. The current flag of UAE, Palestine, Jordan, and also the flag of Arabian Kingdom that proposed by King Hussein of Arabian which was a Sharif of Mecca all clearly pointed out the colour scheme meant the 3 Arab Empire which was also recognize as Islam Empire. Most of Arab state nowaday told the history of the region from the Muhammad time, not many will continue to the earliest recorded of history and archeology of the earliest kingdom in the region, they mention the existence of the pre-islamic kingdom and described a little bit but they will not go to depth
Awesome work Matt. As usual, a beautiful chart which brings much insight into a terribly underappreciated part of history. Happy to have taken part in this collab with you!
The other day, a descendant of Napoleon married a descendant of the Holy Roman Emperor. Are you planning to update your "king of France today" and "kings of Germany today" videos to reflect this? Or will it be wiser to wait until they produce a son? :)
The kaiser of Germany would still be the hollenzoller prince georg friedrich von preußen. Nothing would change there. Also the current head of the house of habsburg thus title as holy roman emperor and austrian emperor is karl von habsburg. Not the habsburg bonaparte married. So the only thing that changes is king of france today if bonaparte has a child which he doesnt have now.
Wait, I have a blood right to the throne of France (Valois), and we just made a deal with the HRE... I may have more power than I thought. 😈😈😈😈 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
UsefulCharts Of course I would, you’ve always been brilliant! The only surprise for me was hearing your voice, bc it wasn’t what I remembered from homiletics class. I guess I’m getting old😂
Hey I know it's a little late to make Halloween suggestions, but it would be really cool if you could make a chart of the various deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. Keep up the good work!
JordaniusVonRhod there really hasn’t ever been a Queen of France. Their has always been a Queen Consort of France. But that just means they are married to the current monarch. Once the king dies his wife’s title changes to the Queen Mother or Dowager Queen.
There are several different stories relating to the creation and history of the Rain Queens of Balobedu. One story states that an old chief in 16th century Monomotapa (South eastern Zimbabwe), was told by his ancestors that by impregnating his daughter, Dzugundini, she would gain rain-making skills. Another story involves a scandal in the same chief's house, in which the chief's son impregnated Dzugundini. Dzugundini was held responsible and was forced to flee the village. Dzugundini ended up in Molototsi Valley, which is in the present day Balobedu Kingdom. The village she established with her loyal followers was ruled by a Mugudo, a male leader, but the peace and harmony of the village was disrupted by rivalries between different families; therefore, to pacify the land, Mugudo impregnated his own daughter in order to restore the tribe's matrilineal tradition. She gave birth to the first Rain Queen, known as Modjadji, which means: "ruler of the day".
The rain queens feel like the spiritual diametric pole to Queen Amina of Zazzau in terms of rulership, legacy and persona, yet both are equally fascinating.
Nice video, Matt. I've never heard of this monarchy before. Could you please make a video about Indonesian monarchies? Perhaps you could make a video about the Sultans of Yogyakarta, a monarchy inside a republic (like the Rain Queens of South Africa) that is officially recognized by the Indonesian government. PS: This monarchy is currently facing a succession crisis as the current sultan only has daughters. He recently appointed his eldest daughters as his heir even though the monarchy traditionally follows a male-only succession. His younger brothers disagree with his decision.
Thank you for doing the rain queen lineage. I enjoyed it Could you make the Pedi or Sotho or Tswana Tribe lineage? Pedi/Sotho/Tswana are literally like how different Scottish/Irish and English are
It;s very interesting. I've heard people mention the Rain Queens before but I never learned anything about them until now. It's so awesome to find a matriarchal dynasty the not only existed but still exists today. Even if they don't hold very much political power.
According to wikipedia there is a completely new development: the older brother of the crown-princess is about to be crowned, thus reverting back to a male monarch after 2 centuries.
I've been waiting for a subsaharan african video. This is really cool and interesting. I wonder if the tribal kingdom have some autonomy within South Africa.
they don't really have any autonomy. but each of the recognised monarchies can send a representative to The Council of Traditional Leaders at Parliament
That and a certain community's African Customary Law is recognised in South Africa if the people of said community accept it. Which mean these monarchs effectively have any power awarded to them by the communities they live in, so that gives them a lot of potential and cultural power. But being a part of these monarchist communities is also basically a choice, and the monarch may never decide something that goes against the constitution. They are therefore more cultural leaders than political leaders.
Unfortunately there's been a very disturbing change at the Modjadji Royal House, Prince Lekukela was installed last year over Princess Masalanabo who was to be the 7th Queen Modjadji when she turned 18. Prince Lekukela is the older brother to the overthrown Princess Masalanabo. There's a court battle raging on currently over the matter.
Haha my favorite is equal succession because both men and women can be good rulers but I can see how some people prefer enatic 😅 Enatic kingdoms have really cool history
Love 1 ... but that’s literally what it means. The less famous something is the less significant it is. I’ve never heard of any non-islamic African empires ever expanding after the Neolithic came to a close. These people were not conquerors or large traders. That said, they are at least interesting.
@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer The less famous something is, the less significant it is? Omg who told you that? I hope it's not your mom considering you're not famous 🤦♀️ Just because you never heard of any non-Islamic African empires, it doesn't mean they are irrelevant and insignificant. It just means you're an ignorant loser. There are lots of non-Islamic African empires. You can just ask us or do research yourself. There's a reason why colonizers tried really hard to erase African history (part of that includes African Empires) because they wanted to put the narrative that they "brought civilization to Africa", but luckily not all history was destroyed. Idk what you were taught but It's not too late to educate yourself. Fix your mind 🤯
Love 1 Telling others to "it's not too late to educate yourself" is damn lame. There is a reason why people remember roman empire and assyrian empire. They were significant. Of course people don't know about some tiny tribal dynasty somewhere in east Africa. On the other hand people do know about kindom of Benin because it was significant.
the 50s movie SHE fascinated me & I watched it many many times. it was set in a mythical ASIAN kingdom similar to Tibet's 'Shangrala' I read about warrior queens from Nigeria that went to war & reigned during Middle Ages
Poor Vicky would have had as short a reign as her husband as she passed away just 7 months after Queen Victoria.....her story has a great deal of heartache with it....a very sad and VERY painful ending. Cancer of the spine.....
@@Gameflyer001 WWI would have had a very different outcome or there may have been a Republic declared in Britian - it would be fun for some "alternative history" channel to map this out
@@FOLIPE I think the marriage would've still happened, because it was arranged, and Victoria was definitely interested in getting either her kids (or her descendants) on the thrones of Europe. Vicky would've been that much more high-profile if ultimate primogeniture was observed, and Victoria preferred unions with German royals, as she was a Germanophile.
@@Gameflyer001 Well, it's one things having a descendent on the throne, and it's another unifying the crowns of Germany and Britain, which amounts to risking them. I am no expert, but it would seem to me that marrying a high rank but not heir nobleman would have been more likely in this case, to preserve the balance of power.
@@jasonsacrifice1 I thought you were one of those people who gets salty when history channels cover non-european stories, it is hard to understand your tone when i cannot hear you.
Apparently the Modjadji Royal Council appointed Masalanabo's older brother, Prince Lekukela, as king of the Balobedu nation with the support of Prince Regent Mpapatla. This was something that happen last year and there is a lot of controversy surrounding it. Some Balodedu protested that they didn't had a rain queen and stuff is going to the South African Courts
According to a reference link in the wikipedia article about the Rain Queens the Balobedu royal council endorsed Masalanabo as the next rain Queen. The linked article from the SABC News is from April 16th 2023.
actually if the UK had a male only succession, the King would have actually been Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover as he is the senior agnatic descendant of King George I, who was the first monarch of the reset royal line after the Act of Settlement, Richard of Gloucester would not have been King because the entire House of Windsor based their claim to the throne via their descent from Queen Victoria, something that could not happen in a male only succession line
@bbonner422 Tell that to the 44 countries that still have monarchies. They don't its a relic at all. If a country wants to keep a monarchy in their constitution, then they should have the right to do so
@bbonner422 The argument for hereditary succession of a Head of State is that it has the advantages of continuity and predictability of who one can expect to control the means of governance and patronage. No politics is involved because succession is predetermined.
It’s possible that one queen died from grief over her daughter... didn’t Carrie fisher’s mother recently die something like two days after her distraught with grief? I’ve heard of that happening with old couples too.
Would love to see charts for the Sekhukhune and Mphephu Ramabulana Royal families, they are reigning in Sekhukhune and Venda in Limpopo province, South Africa
House of Bourbon has the legitimate claim, they still maintain King of the Indies and Mainland (New Spain). That would be current King Felipe VI of Spain.
@@cpegg5840 There are probably thousands of descendants. The noble Aztec families were still powerful within the Spanish crown, and there are a lot of documented descendants of Moctezuma II, with the last name "Moctezuma".
The Moctezumas were granted a title after the Conquest, Dukes of Tultengo, and then moved to Spain, and have lived there for more than 400 years, In fact we were still giving them a state pension until 1933. Juan José Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma is the current Duke of Tultengo
Another fun fact: The first mortal to ever hold the office and title of Sorcerer Supreme was the Priestess-Queen Ayesha of Balobedu and herself an ancestor of the X-Men Storm.
Ever considered making videos about the Mexica tlahtoanis (emperors, for lack of a better word) lineage? Also the different viceroys of New Spain and their links to European nobility? Note: There's a ton of other prehispanic civilizations in Mexico but probably for this type of video there's more and better information on the mexicas.
Kind of, but not really. The Iroquois had Clan Mothers, but their role was spiritual rather than political. The Clan Mothers appointed tribal chiefs, who were the actual political rulers. Extra Credits has a great series on this.
The Iroquois were matrilocal, and female seniors had significant power inside the long house, but it was mostly domestic. The chiefs were men, and important decisions were made by males.
Kinda sad that a lot of this information about monarchies around the world and especially in the African continent are lost to us, usually because of colonialism :(
@@Wealthy_Iam the communist deliberately destroyed history, art, culture, religion, palaces, temples, churches. The communists wanted to destroy everything that reminded of the old world
The Minangkabau society in Sumatera is matrilineal in its base. Inheritance and clan membership passes down from mother to daughter. But outwardly they have three kings system called Raja Tigo Selo, the Raja Alam, Raja Adat and Raja Ibadat.
Make the family tree of the Brazil Empire, has various confused thing on the brazilian royal family and various figures in the actual scenario politics of Brazil
Hearing about the legend of the origin of this family reminds me of the youborin goddess Oya, god of storms and wind whom was the inspiration for Storm of the x-men.
South Africa: *is slightly dry*
Rain Queens: I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move
Lots of drought here at the moment
@@JL-ti3us there are droughts in the southwestern parts of the country... but there in the northeast (where the Balobedu live) it's still pretty wet. KZN even had floods back in June
@@jlategan8327 fair enough. But even in johannesburg they wre turning water off at times now becsuse we are so overdue for rain. I'm glad it rained along the capes now though
There is no rain queen, let hope from 2024 she will bring rain. Foreigners will have left our land.
Currently we dont have a rain Queen thats why it's dry soon as she climb to her throne we will see rain
You could say that they literally...
Bless the rains down in Africa
I came here looking for this joke and was not disappointed 😂
Lucas Bevins also down in Africa
I have never come across a RUclips video that made me as happy is this one. I am of the Balobedu tribe, I feel seen. For a a white non-African this guy really nailed the pronunciations of the names. 👏🏿👌🏿
Thanks! I really enjoyed making this video and learning about these queens.
"Near the end of their lives they commit ritual suicide"
Yes, I think you'll find the ritual suicide often happens _very_ near the end of their lives
A fascinating look into a family and a tradition I never would have heard about otherwise - looking forward to seeing where you take your series in the future!
The fact that it happened in November strikes me as eerily similar to "the Harvest of Pomona" and "Samhain" in Europe!
@Dylan L can you give me more details about the fact that matriarchy are suicidal by nature ?
Dylan L yeah I agree with the other guy I wanna hear your sources.
Dylan L links or it doesn’t exiiiiiiiiist
Dylan L SOURCES SOURCES
These queens really "reign"
BOOOOOOOO
They “bless the rains down in Africa”
Lmao
Lol
Pun intended
Props to you for pronouncing their names 👌
Most of them at least😂
Jarec von Laasenberg I wouldn’t be able to pronounce any of them 😂
Not "Piet Joubert" though. Not even close
It's pronounced Pete, like in Pete Sampras. Not Pee-et lmga
1:07 Fun fact: if the UK had made the change to absolute primogeniture during Queen Victoria's lifetime, the next ruler of Great Britain after Princess Victoria (then Victoria II) would have been her eldest child, one William V. This individual is far better known to us as...
...Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
(Of course in practice, had Princess Victoria actually been heir to the British throne, she would never have married the heir to the German throne.)
thus she would be married to another royals and have a child not Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, he would be something else
If that happened and William V or Wilhelm II
Became King of Great Britain and Kaiser of Germany
Britain would joined the Central Powers
@@SirKarlIsTheMod We need this timeline for HOI4
GERMANIC EMPIRE!!!
Keep the rain coming! From SA 🇿🇦
I believe Pre-Islamic Arabia have a lot of Monarchies like this, we just mostly lack documentation of it. but Kedar did indeed have like 5 or 7 straight ruling Queens. And Some traditions say Sheba was all Female for like 70 generations.
Islam ruins everything
First time a user with anime profile pic that reinforces his opinion! we need Lucky Star S2
thats because for sheba's kingdom..there were no sons born in the royal fam..hence y there is a queen..
@ShalakumX Simba Hold up... which crimes did Neo-Paganism commit? lmao fear the wiccans
@@dinosaurusrex1482 Explain it in detail how Islam ruins everything. As far as i know the Pre-Islamic Arabian history was mostly lost to time due to lack of interest. Even the documentation of islamic history was done mostly through the Quran, Hadith, other oral tradition and preserve document of early islam by Islamic schoolar during the golden age of islam. For some didn't natural disaster and war destroyed the pre-islamic kingdom and it's history ? Beside, Pre-Islamic Arabian Kingdom also faces threat from Roman and Persian. The kingdom exist along time ago, the lack of interest especially at the height of islamic golden age causes it's history to lost to time after a long time ago the kingdom was gone. Most of arabian achievment and the most extend of it's empire could reach as recorded by history happened during the height of islamic golden age. Beside the coming of Muhammad also mean the new time and era where arab was changing it's culture and as far as the recorded history goes, the first unified arabian desert was established for the people at the time, also most of the citizen live in arabian desert was muslim so you could guess the where the interest go. The current flag of UAE, Palestine, Jordan, and also the flag of Arabian Kingdom that proposed by King Hussein of Arabian which was a Sharif of Mecca all clearly pointed out the colour scheme meant the 3 Arab Empire which was also recognize as Islam Empire. Most of Arab state nowaday told the history of the region from the Muhammad time, not many will continue to the earliest recorded of history and archeology of the earliest kingdom in the region, they mention the existence of the pre-islamic kingdom and described a little bit but they will not go to depth
Awesome work Matt. As usual, a beautiful chart which brings much insight into a terribly underappreciated part of history. Happy to have taken part in this collab with you!
The other day, a descendant of Napoleon married a descendant of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Are you planning to update your "king of France today" and "kings of Germany today" videos to reflect this?
Or will it be wiser to wait until they produce a son?
:)
The kaiser of Germany would still be the hollenzoller prince georg friedrich von preußen. Nothing would change there. Also the current head of the house of habsburg thus title as holy roman emperor and austrian emperor is karl von habsburg. Not the habsburg bonaparte married. So the only thing that changes is king of france today if bonaparte has a child which he doesnt have now.
@@tuxedosteve1904 HRE as a title was destroyed on 6th August of 1806 AD
How about the roman video? 2 of the options are now one. This makes the Habsburg or the Napoleon claim stronger
@@ulfekenberg6463 No because countess Olympia is not the heir to the austrian Kaiser but Karl von habsburg is the heir.
Wait, I have a blood right to the throne of France (Valois), and we just made a deal with the HRE...
I may have more power than I thought. 😈😈😈😈 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thank you for this video. I’m impressed you found a real world inspiration for Marvel’s Storm. I love that geeky bit of trivia!
Love that one of my college friends from 20+ years ago follows my channel 😀
UsefulCharts Of course I would, you’ve always been brilliant! The only surprise for me was hearing your voice, bc it wasn’t what I remembered from homiletics class. I guess I’m getting old😂
I am glad to have started watching the various videos on this channel. These charts are well done and quite interesting! :)
Hey I know it's a little late to make Halloween suggestions, but it would be really cool if you could make a chart of the various deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. Keep up the good work!
Can you make a video about other South African tribal monarchs? ☺️
“Theres never been a queen of France”
Civilization 6 would beg to differ lololololol
JordaniusVonRhod there really hasn’t ever been a Queen of France. Their has always been a Queen Consort of France. But that just means they are married to the current monarch. Once the king dies his wife’s title changes to the Queen Mother or Dowager Queen.
Billy Goat issa yoke
@@rodom303 And so is Civ 6.
David Hewitt youre not wrong there
I havent played civ 6 in more than a year
CIV 5 TILL I DIE
Gandhi is leading India even though he's never been in a position of power
That's really interesting. I'd love to see more videos about the lesser known monarchies of the world.
There are several different stories relating to the creation and history of the Rain Queens of Balobedu. One story states that an old chief in 16th century Monomotapa (South eastern Zimbabwe), was told by his ancestors that by impregnating his daughter, Dzugundini, she would gain rain-making skills. Another story involves a scandal in the same chief's house, in which the chief's son impregnated Dzugundini. Dzugundini was held responsible and was forced to flee the village. Dzugundini ended up in Molototsi Valley, which is in the present day Balobedu Kingdom. The village she established with her loyal followers was ruled by a Mugudo, a male leader, but the peace and harmony of the village was disrupted by rivalries between different families; therefore, to pacify the land, Mugudo impregnated his own daughter in order to restore the tribe's matrilineal tradition. She gave birth to the first Rain Queen, known as Modjadji, which means: "ruler of the day".
This is correct.
May you pleas recommend a book where you got this information please
Rain queens, rulers of the day...now that's some badass title
I legit never thought this day would ever happen. Thank you.
The rain queens feel like the spiritual diametric pole to Queen Amina of Zazzau in terms of rulership, legacy and persona, yet both are equally fascinating.
Honestly never heard of the rain queens before, ever. Thanks for the interesting video, I like learning new things.
Nice video, Matt. I've never heard of this monarchy before. Could you please make a video about Indonesian monarchies? Perhaps you could make a video about the Sultans of Yogyakarta, a monarchy inside a republic (like the Rain Queens of South Africa) that is officially recognized by the Indonesian government.
PS: This monarchy is currently facing a succession crisis as the current sultan only has daughters. He recently appointed his eldest daughters as his heir even though the monarchy traditionally follows a male-only succession. His younger brothers disagree with his decision.
Ryan Widjaja as a Solo citizen I’m also terribly curious. Our record keeping pre-1500s isn’t exactly stellar
Thank you for doing the rain queen lineage. I enjoyed it
Could you make the Pedi or Sotho or Tswana Tribe lineage?
Pedi/Sotho/Tswana are literally like how different Scottish/Irish and English are
To be fair to England, it's best not to have a king Richard IV considering the bad luck that comes with that name.
Samwise Jay Morgenstern He probably would’ve picked a different regnal name lol
It;s very interesting. I've heard people mention the Rain Queens before but I never learned anything about them until now. It's so awesome to find a matriarchal dynasty the not only existed but still exists today. Even if they don't hold very much political power.
According to wikipedia there is a completely new development: the older brother of the crown-princess is about to be crowned, thus reverting back to a male monarch after 2 centuries.
I've been waiting for a subsaharan african video. This is really cool and interesting. I wonder if the tribal kingdom have some autonomy within South Africa.
they don't really have any autonomy. but each of the recognised monarchies can send a representative to The Council of Traditional Leaders at Parliament
That and a certain community's African Customary Law is recognised in South Africa if the people of said community accept it. Which mean these monarchs effectively have any power awarded to them by the communities they live in, so that gives them a lot of potential and cultural power. But being a part of these monarchist communities is also basically a choice, and the monarch may never decide something that goes against the constitution. They are therefore more cultural leaders than political leaders.
Great video Thanks!
Looking forward to more African monarchies 😊
Unfortunately there's been a very disturbing change at the Modjadji Royal House, Prince Lekukela was installed last year over Princess Masalanabo who was to be the 7th Queen Modjadji when she turned 18. Prince Lekukela is the older brother to the overthrown Princess Masalanabo. There's a court battle raging on currently over the matter.
But I've heard that Queen Mosalanabo's coronation is in August 2023 🎉💃🏽
So you mean an Enatic succession? Clearly superior to Absolute Cognatic, Agnatic-Cognatic or Agnatic.
You can always tell the CK2 players in the comments
How is enatic succession superior? Or are you a feminist?
Haha my favorite is equal succession because both men and women can be good rulers but I can see how some people prefer enatic 😅 Enatic kingdoms have really cool history
It's raining women! Hallelujah, its rainin'women. Rainin' women!
Fantastic. I love hearing all the old African names.
Yeah, so I had to Google "Rain Queens." Pardon my ignorance.
I know. Didn't expect tribal monarchy.
@ThatCrazy Drunk Just because you didn't know the Rain Queens monarchy, it doesn't make it insignificant or irrelevant. You're being an idiot! Eww
Love 1 ... but that’s literally what it means. The less famous something is the less significant it is. I’ve never heard of any non-islamic African empires ever expanding after the Neolithic came to a close. These people were not conquerors or large traders. That said, they are at least interesting.
@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer The less famous something is, the less significant it is? Omg who told you that? I hope it's not your mom considering you're not famous 🤦♀️
Just because you never heard of any non-Islamic African empires, it doesn't mean they are irrelevant and insignificant. It just means you're an ignorant loser. There are lots of non-Islamic African empires. You can just ask us or do research yourself. There's a reason why colonizers tried really hard to erase African history (part of that includes African Empires) because they wanted to put the narrative that they "brought civilization to Africa", but luckily not all history was destroyed. Idk what you were taught but It's not too late to educate yourself. Fix your mind 🤯
Love 1 Telling others to "it's not too late to educate yourself" is damn lame. There is a reason why people remember roman empire and assyrian empire. They were significant. Of course people don't know about some tiny tribal dynasty somewhere in east Africa. On the other hand people do know about kindom of Benin because it was significant.
Nice video..new subie here..i am from Bolobedu Ga- Modjadji.The Rain Queen land ..i offer Khelobedu lesson,culture and tradition..🤗🤗I love my tribe
the 50s movie SHE fascinated me & I watched it many many times.
it was set in a mythical ASIAN kingdom similar to Tibet's 'Shangrala'
I read about warrior queens from Nigeria that went to war & reigned during Middle Ages
Poor Vicky would have had as short a reign as her husband as she passed away just 7 months after Queen Victoria.....her story has a great deal of heartache with it....a very sad and VERY painful ending. Cancer of the spine.....
Then history would've been very interesting leading up to WWI, with Wilhelm II of Germany also holding the throne of the UK, probably as William V.
@@Gameflyer001 WWI would have had a very different outcome or there may have been a Republic declared in Britian - it would be fun for some "alternative history" channel to map this out
@@Gameflyer001 she probably wouldn't have married who she did if they knew it could happen..
@@FOLIPE I think the marriage would've still happened, because it was arranged, and Victoria was definitely interested in getting either her kids (or her descendants) on the thrones of Europe. Vicky would've been that much more high-profile if ultimate primogeniture was observed, and Victoria preferred unions with German royals, as she was a Germanophile.
@@Gameflyer001 Well, it's one things having a descendent on the throne, and it's another unifying the crowns of Germany and Britain, which amounts to risking them. I am no expert, but it would seem to me that marrying a high rank but not heir nobleman would have been more likely in this case, to preserve the balance of power.
The only "tree" video I watch today that doesn't try to plant trees.
some of these comments are incredibly rude. great video!
Wow I never knew anything about the Monarchs of Africa outside of Egypt.
@Admire Kashiri I think he's joking since we only hear about Egyptian monarchs
What about the longest string of consecutive female monarchs in a system where males are allowed? Or even preferred?
That would probably be the Dutch. 3 queens in a row.
What a great interesting video I loved it. Thanks for teaching us this 😃
In South Thailand, Pattani Kingdom once ruled by female monarchs called as Rainbow Queens
Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
Fascinating ! Very much looking forward to the African series....as they are mostly ignored by Western sources
@@jasonsacrifice1 Don't be a snowflake.
@@jasonsacrifice1 I'd love to go, but are you going to pay for it ? :)
@@jasonsacrifice1 send the money toi my paypal within the next 10 minutes :)
@@jasonsacrifice1 I thought you were one of those people who gets salty when history channels cover non-european stories, it is hard to understand your tone when i cannot hear you.
i wonder why.... not really
1:34 Come now, I'm sure the Royal instinct to inbreed would have gotten us back to Liz eventually.
loved you did African monarchy
"Promise of rain making skills"?!... So many Storm/Ororo feels here
Karon Channel she was based on rain queens.
That's so cool! This gives another layer of depth to the compliment "African queen"! :D
Apparently the Modjadji Royal Council appointed Masalanabo's older brother, Prince Lekukela, as king of the Balobedu nation with the support of Prince Regent Mpapatla. This was something that happen last year and there is a lot of controversy surrounding it. Some Balodedu protested that they didn't had a rain queen and stuff is going to the South African Courts
According to a reference link in the wikipedia article about the Rain Queens the Balobedu royal council endorsed Masalanabo as the next rain Queen. The linked article from the SABC News is from April 16th 2023.
1:35 If that rule was made in 1901, you would get a few months where you would have Victoria II, then a king William V, aka kaiser Wilhelm II.
actually if the UK had a male only succession, the King would have actually been Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover as he is the senior agnatic descendant of King George I, who was the first monarch of the reset royal line after the Act of Settlement, Richard of Gloucester would not have been King because the entire House of Windsor based their claim to the throne via their descent from Queen Victoria, something that could not happen in a male only succession line
@bbonner422 Tell that to the 44 countries that still have monarchies. They don't its a relic at all. If a country wants to keep a monarchy in their constitution, then they should have the right to do so
@bbonner422 The argument for hereditary succession of a Head of State is that it has the advantages of continuity and predictability of who one can expect to control the means of governance and patronage. No politics is involved because succession is predetermined.
It’s possible that one queen died from grief over her daughter... didn’t Carrie fisher’s mother recently die something like two days after her distraught with grief?
I’ve heard of that happening with old couples too.
Yeah it was two days after.
I LOVE usefulcharts.
Would love to see charts for the Sekhukhune and Mphephu Ramabulana Royal families, they are reigning in Sekhukhune and Venda in Limpopo province, South Africa
All Hail The Queen, Blesser of Rains!
Who would be the king of new Spain today? The sons of Moctezuma, the sons of Cortez, the sons of Iturbide ir the royal family of Spain?
I doubt any scions of the Aztec royal line still exist.
House of Bourbon has the legitimate claim, they still maintain King of the Indies and Mainland (New Spain). That would be current King Felipe VI of Spain.
@@cpegg5840 There are probably thousands of descendants. The noble Aztec families were still powerful within the Spanish crown, and there are a lot of documented descendants of Moctezuma II, with the last name "Moctezuma".
The Moctezumas were granted a title after the Conquest, Dukes of Tultengo, and then moved to Spain, and have lived there for more than 400 years, In fact we were still giving them a state pension until 1933. Juan José Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma is the current Duke of Tultengo
Another fun fact: The first mortal to ever hold the office and title of Sorcerer Supreme was the Priestess-Queen Ayesha of Balobedu and herself an ancestor of the X-Men Storm.
Ever considered making videos about the Mexica tlahtoanis (emperors, for lack of a better word) lineage? Also the different viceroys of New Spain and their links to European nobility? Note: There's a ton of other prehispanic civilizations in Mexico but probably for this type of video there's more and better information on the mexicas.
Awesome learning about something I knew nothing about!
Wow, didn’t know Storm was based off the Rain Queens. Pretty cool.
Christ! You only showed me a graph an it was still actually interesting!
❤️❤️❤️🌸 Good research! Love that.
Wow! What if foreigners surrounded any other foreign leader and demanded that they show them selves? How arrogant!
Great video. Excellent presentation!
6:29 Useful Charts got hacked and turned into a robot for a second :00
Could you do a family tree for the Mani Congo?
I think you need to update this because it's 2023
Never knew about this. Interesting.
Thank you for doing an African edition, very interesting. I wanted to know how they would make it rain but that’s information for another day
The rain queen? Is toto by Africa the Royal tune
Fantastic video!!
Can you do the oba of Benin royal families
This was a fantastic video
It'd be interesting to see the Zulu kings and traditional Ugandan kings covered
How does the rain fall without a Rain Queen?
I enjoyed watching, very informative video.
The Iroquois Confederacy was traditionally a matriarchy.
@ShalakumX Simba based
Kind of, but not really. The Iroquois had Clan Mothers, but their role was spiritual rather than political. The Clan Mothers appointed tribal chiefs, who were the actual political rulers. Extra Credits has a great series on this.
I thought they were matrilineal but still had male rulers, kinda like Egypt did at certain points
The Iroquois were matrilocal, and female seniors had significant power inside the long house, but it was mostly domestic. The chiefs were men, and important decisions were made by males.
So these are raining queens?
Can you do a video on the Spencer family
Yes. It's on my list. Probably early next year.
@@UsefulCharts ok
The minute you mentioned the Rain Queens I was wondering if Storm would come up.
this is very interesting, cool video
Kinda sad that a lot of this information about monarchies around the world and especially in the African continent are lost to us, usually because of colonialism :(
many were lost because of post-colonial communism
@@deutschermichel5807 stop lying
@@Wealthy_Iam the communist deliberately destroyed history, art, culture, religion, palaces, temples, churches. The communists wanted to destroy everything that reminded of the old world
Please make a video on brunei royal family tree
The Minangkabau society in Sumatera is matrilineal in its base. Inheritance and clan membership passes down from mother to daughter. But outwardly they have three kings system called Raja Tigo Selo, the Raja Alam, Raja Adat and Raja Ibadat.
I don't think this was quite what folks were expecting.
Can you do an african royal family tree chart
Once I've done enough countries, yes, I hope to put it all together as a poster.
Great cant wait
@@UsefulCharts Do you have any interest in Ethiopia or Morocco? Famous African monarnachies
that will be complicated as there are thousands of monarchies in Africa
Make the family tree of the Brazil Empire, has various confused thing on the brazilian royal family and various figures in the actual scenario politics of Brazil
It's seems this reigning family will accept male sovereign as prince Lekukela has been declared the heir in 2021...
I though the link with Storm was very interesting.
7:44 Habsburgs Pt.II?
I'm South African and this had been interesting to watch.
you got the first two pictures mixed up that picture of makoma is actually khesethwane
Loved this!!!!
So what exactly takes place in the suicide? Drinking poison? Blade?
I don't think we'll ever know but in the movie Midsommar a similar custom is shown (based on a real culture)
Soufian 27 its also in Scandinavia which is literally the furthest you could ever get from Africa, culturally lol
Can you do the Sokoto Caliphate?
I hope you do Nubian royalty as well.
I’m happy to see this I’m from South Africa and I’m big fan
You know what you should do some what if history using your genealogy tree charts ?
Hearing about the legend of the origin of this family reminds me of the youborin goddess Oya, god of storms and wind whom was the inspiration for Storm of the x-men.