Louis Philippe lived in Boston (MA-USA) for a few years-he rented rooms above the Union Oyster House (oldest restaurant in Boston), and supported himself by teaching French.
His first teaching job was in Germany, where he was fired and chased out of town for impregnating the head master's daughter. Ah, those French teachers!
I love how each of these biographics videos about important historical figures plays out like a story. Simon is reading us the fascinating tales of great men and women that shaped the course of history. Great to listen to on rainy autumn day or a chilly winter night relaxing by the fireside. Thank you Simon, for making these amazing videos
After Charles X was deposed, his grandson was King Louis XIX for only twenty minutes, having the shortest reign in history. It is fitting that France had both the longest reign in history (that of Louis XIV) and the shortest one as well.
Eh I wouldn't be so sure they just did a bio of Hitler which is pretty mainstream though they did focus on a lot more unorthodox information and not so much on the already common knowledge I was happy about that.
@@BulletBoyGaming it's funny because apparently people tended to be MUCH LESS BORED prior to television and instant everything.... I always thought that too... But it turns out boredom is a weakness that has become much stronger in modern times because we aren't accustomed to times of thoughtful quietness and we're not used to keeping ourselves from getting bored without technology.
France hasn't changed much since 1789 :)) street fights, riots, protests, coups, corrupt governments and once in a while a good ol' revolution. Good food and always great atmosphere. That's why I love France. Vive La France
This was a excellent reminder that so much of history is often unintentional in cause and purpose and that only in hindsight can we see the patterns that lead to such occurrences and events happening in the first place. The life of the last King of France (or, to be more precise, the King of the French), was the bookmark of not only one era, but of two. I found this biographic actually more interesting than the one on Napoleon III. Thank you, Simon, for educating us.
Great job as always! I often learn details about the history of my own country (French guy here) and obviously a lot about strangers historical figures. Please keep going talking about nearly unknown leaders and shadow guys, it's one of the main features of this channel and I love it! Btw you should look for the life of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord, it's great! This guy was a married bishop, the foreign Secretary/prime minister of the directory, consulate, Napoleon 1st and Louis XVIII, the French negotiator for the Vienna congress and the man who brought France and United kingdom together. His life is truly a novel with treasons, plots, deceptions and a lot of wit!
I really want to see a biography of Maria Theresa, she isn't talked about that much despite all she did for Central Europe and even the very Austro-French alliance that in many ways put the guillotine into Louis XVI's neck. She is also like Victoria in her extended family and unlike most Monarchs, she loved her children and was an excellent mother.
Louis Philippe very nearly WASN'T the last king, because after Napoleon III lost his throne in the Franco-Prussian war in 1871, there was a very heated political debate over bringing the monarchy back again. The problem was that Henri Comte de Chambord (grandson of Charles X) was too conservative. They asked Louis Philippe's grandson (Philippe Comte de Paris) to take over instead, but he wouldn't accept without Henri being king first. In the end they reached a settlement where they would wait for Henri to die THEN make Philippe king, but by the time he finally died no-one wanted a king any more and the whole idea was scrapped. Even as late as the 1870s and 1880s governments were being toppled over who should be the next king, even though it all came to nothing.
@@archstanton6102 The Compte de Paris and Louis XX are the two descendants but they live in the USA, deal in finance and don't really show interest, besides they wouldn't be competent. There is an heir to the Napoleon dynasty, althought indirect but the other royalists obviously disregard him as well. Monarchists and Bonapartists loathe eachother.
Well and throughout this period the Army was pretty much 'contested' by all sides. Just like the previous history (including introduced in this video about King Phillipe, as well as Napoleon 3, etc.), French Army from the 1789 revolution up to WW2, if not the founding of the 5th republic, was heavily involved in politics, in an almost unparalleled way (pretty much a 'predecessor' of the likes of Thai, Turkish, Pakistani, etc. Army), unlike the UK (who swear allegiance to the monarch only and pretty much kept their promise), the US (multiple acts restricting the soldiers interfering the civil matters and the president's right to use army), followed by many other countries, even Germany and Japan before WW2 (of course not the likes of SS, but they're not 'regular armed forces' anyways), and Latin America (have similar acts and articles in constitution as of the USA's trying to keep the soldiers out of politics and have them focus on defense, although infamously de facto broken during the cold war), not to mention New World Commonwealth Realms such as AU/CA, etc. This according to some theory, partially contributes to the poor performance of French Army during the infamous battle of france in 1940. For example, one of the generalissimo at the start of the war, Maurice Gamelin's biggest qualifications was his insistence of Army neutrality, something eventually welcomed by all sides, who were planting their supporters, who may or may not be militarily able, inside the defense ranks. From what I heard he wasn't necessarily one of the best expert at wars (which is sort of proved later). After being blitzed through the Ardeens, Gamelin's successor, Weygand, isn't too much better from what I see, especially the decision to abandon Paris defenseless (which didn't mean immediate surrender, contrary to popular beliefs, however the geography and historical settlements dictates that there were few natural or artificial barriers from Paris to the rest of 'untouched' south, leading to a quick final defeat), which reinforces the 'French surrender' (if not caused) stereotype as well as the fact that politicians had long been corrupting the ranks. From my perspective that decision was highly political, instead of military strategic. As a large city Paris serves as a pretty 'natural' 'fortress', with all of its grand (many concrete, although not reinforced like the Maginot line) architecture and complicated street network (housing guns and cannons, and standing tanks and armored vehicles), as the natives the French Army can utilize a lot and create HUGE headache for anyone who invades. (That's almost exactly what happened in Moscow and Stalingrad), not to mention the psychological effect of defending the capital and the large city, especially when the national day was one month away. The only major disadvantage is that, while there was no guarantee of success at that point, a tough resistance at the capital would almost certainly result in the bombardment and destruction of the city, which from my perspective, is a price we have to pay (like Brits and Russians, for example) when our Fatherland is invaded, however I think that the politician commandos didn't think quite the same...
Lafayette needs one of these, he's weaved throughout these stories. Also, do Christopher Smart - a poet locked in madhouses for eight years - but was he mad?
Simon, you do a fantastic job on making what could be deadly dull interesting, engaging, and funny. A great video, thank you to all of you who worked on this video!
This film partially contributed to me winning a local version of "Jeopardy!" (I'm Polish), as I had the final clue about one of predecessors of Louis Philippe I.
I love the additional super witty humor and graphics! Makes it more interactive. My historic loving heart loves this. Just receently came across this channel and I'm so happy I did. Love your voice!
@JoelTheBeardSurvivor You can make a strong argument he cost a lot of lives on his insistence on retaking the Philippines. As it turned out it maybe wasn't necessary. And he wanted to nuke Noth Korea which could have sparked WW3. Maybe not an asshole but also not a flawless character.
@JoelTheBeardSurvivor The President had to order him back to the U.S. to keep him from using nukes without the President's permission. He was forced into retirement.
Just discovered your channel and am loving it. How about a video on Louis Philippe's predecessor? No no, not Charles X, but Louis XIX (AKA Louis Antpine) who technically reigned for 20 minutes after Charles abdicated during the July Revolution?
Yes, please! I love videos about corrupt people and corrupt entities (I think you should make it your goal to expose enough corruption that the People stop the CIA from existing! They're evil!)
So many requests! Shows how well people respond to your delivery. I might as well add my 19th century requests, King Ludwig II of Bavaria and his cousin the Empress Elizabeth of Austria.
@Hersey Berry I remember reading a biography of J. Edgar and seeing that photo in it: Hoover and Clyde Tolson in drag. That photo is no longer available, since Tolson bought up all the copies of the book and used the photos to wallpaper his bedroom walls.
If you really want to get into some whacky people try Roman Emperor Elagabalus & Bootleg King George Remus! Thos two are fascinating. Loving your channel by the way.
Klemens Von Metternich is another good figure to do a biography on. He was an Austrian Nobleman and politician who served as a diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor of the Austrian Empire, and was a key figure in European politics for the first half of the 1800s. He was a very staunch traditional conservative, in favor of the old absolute monarchies, and dedicated his political career to trying to stamp out the ideals that helped to spark the French Revolution, even going all out with state repression to accomplish his goals on that front. 1848 would be a year of major upheaval in the European political landscape, and Metternich was one of its casualties. When revolution finally swept the Austrian Empire in 1848, he was forced to resign and go into exile.
I learned about this guy from the show Victoria. Is this, by any chance, what inspired this video? Whether or not, I would like to hear how accurate the betrayal of him in the show was.
Did the show acknowledge what happened soon after, Napoleon III's rise to power? Other than guillotines chopping at the king and elites, the 1848 revolution had a similar ending to the 1789-92 revolution: A Bonaparte emperor seizing control in a badly flawed republic.
I would really like to see a biography of Pedro II of Brazil. Very very hard to find anything on RUclips about one of the worlds most interesting emperors
My first encounter with the history of Louis Philippe was finding an old political cartoon from the late 1840's that depicted his face morphing into a pear. Apparently, the French word for "pear" can also mean "idiot".
Fun fact about Louis XVIII and Charles X. Louis had an illness that made him nearly impotent. He was mocked and responded "You are all complaining about having a legless King, what will it be when you'll have a headless King?" talking about future Charles X, his stupid and ambitious brother...
Could i make a suggestion of a video on Alfred Pierrepoint. He's an English executioner who also executed those found guilty of war crimes in Nazi Germany in the Nuremberg trials. Thanks for your team's and yours videos on each channel you each have. This channel is my favourite out of each of them but i enjoy the others just as much on a night after work to learn something new. Keep up the good work from a fellow Brit.
Simon, do you think an Orleanist/Bourbon "Civil War" could have happened had LP not supported Louis XVIII? And can't really blamed Comte D'Artois (future Charles X) for distrusting the Orleans line . . . . Edit (can't believe I'm editing a comment I made 3 years ago, but whatever) Then again, during the chaos after Napoleon's downfall/return from exile; you could have even had a 3 way melee in France: Bourbons vs. Bonapartists vs Orleanists .... with the Allied forces swooping in and saying "Nah son". Louis Philippe and Charles X were fifth cousins; both sharing King Louis XIII & Anne of Austria as Great x4 grandparents: Louis XIII > Philippe I, Duke of Orleans > Philippe II, Duke of Orleans > Louis, Duke of Orleans > Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orleans > Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans > King Louis Philippe Louis XIII > Louis XIV > Louis, Dauphin of France > Louis, Duke of Burgundy > Louis XV > Louis, Dauphin of France > Charles X
I’m impressed! An excellent episode of French history. I agree La Fayette would be a good choice for an interesting bio. It was poet Lamartine who set the spark of the February 1848 revolution. Because he was too left-wing (shocking for a noble poet to be a leftist!), he was overthrown by the monarchists, who themselves were overthrown by Napoleon III. After 1848, kings or emperors could only be dictators like Louis-N Bonaparte, or powerless figureheads of democracies like Victoria.
I'd love for you guys to do an episode on Robert the Strong, if there's enough content to make a whole video. He's an ancestor to a lot of French monarchs and was a mad man for revolt. Could be a cool concept
Simon: Have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up, remember what you did last night, and...just immediately curl up into a ball and...start screaming? Me: yes actually...and the end result was hilarious looking back on it.
I think I've read somewhere that someone was going to replace him as King, but in the end he changed his mind since the government wanted the flag to stay as the tricolour and he wanted it to go back to the old one.
I think that was Charles X's grandson, the miracle baby. The Third Republic (after Nap. III) offered him the crown but he refused because he wanted the old Bourbon flag instead of the tricolor. I'm sure there was a lot of symbolism and propaganda value at stake, but it feels like his pride kept him from the crown.
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Louis Philippe lived in Boston (MA-USA) for a few years-he rented rooms above the Union Oyster House (oldest restaurant in Boston), and supported himself by teaching French.
His first teaching job was in Germany, where he was fired and chased out of town for impregnating the head master's daughter. Ah, those French teachers!
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@@ericspencer8093 lol same what happen to a current French president
That's pretty cool I grew up in Massachusetts and did not know that
That's a great fun fact
1:25 - Chapter 1 - The world on fire
5:00 - Chapter 2 - Exile & return
8:45 - Chapter 3 - Manning the barricades
12:30 - Mid roll ads
14:00 - Chapter 4 - Birth of a monarchy
17:10 - Chapter 5 - Coups & chaos
20:45 - Chapter 6 - The volcano erupts
"Paris is revolting!"
Well, it may have a bit of a smell, but I wouldn't go *that* far.
😆 very good! I got a chuckle, and very much needed it. Thank you.
Oversimplified
Oversimplified
Are you kidding? It was an overused outhouse.
it was pretty revolting before the Belle Epoque at least
I love how each of these biographics videos about important historical figures plays out like a story. Simon is reading us the fascinating tales of great men and women that shaped the course of history. Great to listen to on rainy autumn day or a chilly winter night relaxing by the fireside. Thank you Simon, for making these amazing videos
Americans; we love to revolt!
The French; hold my croissant.
Lmao! Top comment
Russia: Hold my taters.
We only revolted once. Now we are slaves to retail.
Lol Revolted once but went and interfered and caused many which are still taking place across the world up to this day :-)
And be revolting that you do so well
After Charles X was deposed, his grandson was King Louis XIX for only twenty minutes, having the shortest reign in history. It is fitting that France had both the longest reign in history (that of Louis XIV) and the shortest one as well.
These are the best ones the documentaries on lesser known, interesting figures. Please do more like this one.
Agreed
Patrick Fontaine, It what his channel has become famous for, now!
Eh I wouldn't be so sure they just did a bio of Hitler which is pretty mainstream though they did focus on a lot more unorthodox information and not so much on the already common knowledge I was happy about that.
Nobody:
Like literally nobody:
French: Did someone say...REVOLUTION?
Mort lol to me back then it was so boring that war time was the only time they had something to look forward to lol
No they said " WE SURRENDER! " 🇫🇷
@@BulletBoyGaming it's funny because apparently people tended to be MUCH LESS BORED prior to television and instant everything.... I always thought that too... But it turns out boredom is a weakness that has become much stronger in modern times because we aren't accustomed to times of thoughtful quietness and we're not used to keeping ourselves from getting bored without technology.
No one:
A joke:oh, I am overused.
@@Mo10tov Eh no, that was all of Europe when the invincible French army conquered them.
France hasn't changed much since 1789 :)) street fights, riots, protests, coups, corrupt governments and once in a while a good ol' revolution. Good food and always great atmosphere. That's why I love France. Vive La France
Argue with a Frenchmen, and you might literally lose your head...
Good food that was exported from Italy by the queens Caterina and Maria de' Medici, then it was later Frenchized...
@@ciaoatuttihola yes , before that we never used food , it is useless and overestimate 🙄🙄
italians what is this inferiority complex stop it got alot to be proud of@@ciaoatuttihola
I absolutely love this channel. I've learnt so much. Thanks Simon and team!!
Really you don't think books would tell you more
@@jorgealdridge6665 who has time to read stinking books yo!
Me to
You should do one on Thomas Alexandre Dumas. Really interesting character.
Just did him now
@@Armytankbowen I watched it. Really great one. :)
Louie Philipe youngest son Henry was more interesting than his father
This was a excellent reminder that so much of history is often unintentional in cause and purpose and that only in hindsight can we see the patterns that lead to such occurrences and events happening in the first place. The life of the last King of France (or, to be more precise, the King of the French), was the bookmark of not only one era, but of two. I found this biographic actually more interesting than the one on Napoleon III. Thank you, Simon, for educating us.
Great job as always! I often learn details about the history of my own country (French guy here) and obviously a lot about strangers historical figures. Please keep going talking about nearly unknown leaders and shadow guys, it's one of the main features of this channel and I love it!
Btw you should look for the life of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord, it's great! This guy was a married bishop, the foreign Secretary/prime minister of the directory, consulate, Napoleon 1st and Louis XVIII, the French negotiator for the Vienna congress and the man who brought France and United kingdom together. His life is truly a novel with treasons, plots, deceptions and a lot of wit!
One of the best written Biographics and delivered perfectly by Simon. Love the wit in this one✌️✌️
I really want to see a biography of Maria Theresa, she isn't talked about that much despite all she did for Central Europe and even the very Austro-French alliance that in many ways put the guillotine into Louis XVI's neck. She is also like Victoria in her extended family and unlike most Monarchs, she loved her children and was an excellent mother.
No don't watch rewritten History remade and romanticized by Hollywood which is utter claptrap.
love her children...eee?? no.
Louis Philippe very nearly WASN'T the last king, because after Napoleon III lost his throne in the Franco-Prussian war in 1871, there was a very heated political debate over bringing the monarchy back again. The problem was that Henri Comte de Chambord (grandson of Charles X) was too conservative. They asked Louis Philippe's grandson (Philippe Comte de Paris) to take over instead, but he wouldn't accept without Henri being king first. In the end they reached a settlement where they would wait for Henri to die THEN make Philippe king, but by the time he finally died no-one wanted a king any more and the whole idea was scrapped. Even as late as the 1870s and 1880s governments were being toppled over who should be the next king, even though it all came to nothing.
I believe there are still ancestors who claim the title, if not the actual throne.
@@archstanton6102 . Don't you mean descendants?
@@clivegoodman16 good point well presented
@@archstanton6102 The Compte de Paris and Louis XX are the two descendants but they live in the USA, deal in finance and don't really show interest, besides they wouldn't be competent. There is an heir to the Napoleon dynasty, althought indirect but the other royalists obviously disregard him as well. Monarchists and Bonapartists loathe eachother.
Well and throughout this period the Army was pretty much 'contested' by all sides. Just like the previous history (including introduced in this video about King Phillipe, as well as Napoleon 3, etc.), French Army from the 1789 revolution up to WW2, if not the founding of the 5th republic, was heavily involved in politics, in an almost unparalleled way (pretty much a 'predecessor' of the likes of Thai, Turkish, Pakistani, etc. Army), unlike the UK (who swear allegiance to the monarch only and pretty much kept their promise), the US (multiple acts restricting the soldiers interfering the civil matters and the president's right to use army), followed by many other countries, even Germany and Japan before WW2 (of course not the likes of SS, but they're not 'regular armed forces' anyways), and Latin America (have similar acts and articles in constitution as of the USA's trying to keep the soldiers out of politics and have them focus on defense, although infamously de facto broken during the cold war), not to mention New World Commonwealth Realms such as AU/CA, etc.
This according to some theory, partially contributes to the poor performance of French Army during the infamous battle of france in 1940. For example, one of the generalissimo at the start of the war, Maurice Gamelin's biggest qualifications was his insistence of Army neutrality, something eventually welcomed by all sides, who were planting their supporters, who may or may not be militarily able, inside the defense ranks. From what I heard he wasn't necessarily one of the best expert at wars (which is sort of proved later). After being blitzed through the Ardeens, Gamelin's successor, Weygand, isn't too much better from what I see, especially the decision to abandon Paris defenseless (which didn't mean immediate surrender, contrary to popular beliefs, however the geography and historical settlements dictates that there were few natural or artificial barriers from Paris to the rest of 'untouched' south, leading to a quick final defeat), which reinforces the 'French surrender' (if not caused) stereotype as well as the fact that politicians had long been corrupting the ranks. From my perspective that decision was highly political, instead of military strategic. As a large city Paris serves as a pretty 'natural' 'fortress', with all of its grand (many concrete, although not reinforced like the Maginot line) architecture and complicated street network (housing guns and cannons, and standing tanks and armored vehicles), as the natives the French Army can utilize a lot and create HUGE headache for anyone who invades. (That's almost exactly what happened in Moscow and Stalingrad), not to mention the psychological effect of defending the capital and the large city, especially when the national day was one month away. The only major disadvantage is that, while there was no guarantee of success at that point, a tough resistance at the capital would almost certainly result in the bombardment and destruction of the city, which from my perspective, is a price we have to pay (like Brits and Russians, for example) when our Fatherland is invaded, however I think that the politician commandos didn't think quite the same...
My god the amount of sass in this video is giving me life
Selina D, Same 😂😂😂👍
Lafayette needs one of these, he's weaved throughout these stories. Also, do Christopher Smart - a poet locked in madhouses for eight years - but was he mad?
I can’t believe Simon Whistler, aka the most British man on RUclips, said “dickhead.”
Can you do a video on Marquis de Lafayette or King Louis XVI?
Very good idea!
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette I have to say Monsieur, you are my favorite historical figure and am quite obsessed!
@@marquisdelafayette1929 this is basically obama giving a medal to obama
@@gilbertdumotiermarquisdela3037 Dear Sir, I hope you realize that in life you were largely an impetuous, self-promoting egotist who ended in misery.
@@ericspencer8093 only if you could see the amount of dislikes
What about Palpatine and his rise from senator to emperor?
I don't know ow much is known about his early days.
And rumours are his story is not yet over
Good ol uncle palpy
You mean from senator to the Senate
Yeah we really need a bio video on him for sure!
Tbh I’m way more interested in the life and times of TR8-TR
Simon, you do a fantastic job on making what could be deadly dull interesting, engaging, and funny. A great video, thank you to all of you who worked on this video!
History is only deadly dull for the dullards.
This film partially contributed to me winning a local version of "Jeopardy!" (I'm Polish), as I had the final clue about one of predecessors of Louis Philippe I.
This was amazingly written and slightly bonkers. I loved it.
As someone who loves the history of the world. Thank you for these videos!
I love the additional super witty humor and graphics! Makes it more interactive. My historic loving heart loves this. Just receently came across this channel and I'm so happy I did. Love your voice!
I second that. Absolutely love this channel. Learnt a lot. Tx to Simon and the team of super writers and researchers. Ajit Bhat , India.
I love the sass! While I’m watching this, my husband is intermittently giggle from across the room at the sass. So good.
Loved the way this was edited, made for a entertaining video and as always very informative
Biographics. A history class you get to take without having to actually enroll in college ( or, as the Brits say, university).
Just a shame society has drifted into valuing the paper of a college degree more than the person behind it...
Very interesting. As always, I'd like to request Alexander Von Humboldt.
When will you make a video about General Douglas MacArthur?
Probably when they reach the list of the USA's greatest _ _ _hole's
@JoelTheBeardSurvivor You can make a strong argument he cost a lot of lives on his insistence on retaking the Philippines. As it turned out it maybe wasn't necessary. And he wanted to nuke Noth Korea which could have sparked WW3. Maybe not an asshole but also not a flawless character.
Script has been approved.
@JoelTheBeardSurvivor The President had to order him back to the U.S. to keep him from using nukes without the President's permission. He was forced into retirement.
@@Biographics
Approved? You have the checkmark and hold the power! Approved? Pffff!
Just discovered your channel and am loving it. How about a video on Louis Philippe's predecessor? No no, not Charles X, but Louis XIX (AKA Louis Antpine) who technically reigned for 20 minutes after Charles abdicated during the July Revolution?
Can you make a video about Allen Dulles, the first and longest serving director of the CIA from 1953-1961
@blackzed masters of dark arts always have the best biographies. 😈
Definitely a murderer and war criminal without needing his life story
Yes, please! I love videos about corrupt people and corrupt entities (I think you should make it your goal to expose enough corruption that the People stop the CIA from existing! They're evil!)
that will never happen they are too important and government protected soo.
@@willhuey4891 Oh, it may not be soon, but it'll happen, we'll stomp all over t them
So many requests! Shows how well people respond to your delivery. I might as well add my 19th century requests, King Ludwig II of Bavaria and his cousin the Empress Elizabeth of Austria.
Elisabeth with an s not a z btw 🙈
Yes, I became introduced to him when reading about him in Les Miserables!
Louis Philippe I's granddaughter (through his first daughter, Louise) was Charlotte, Empress of Mexico🇲🇽🤍
Awesome work! I'd love to see a video on Dumas in the future.
Hey, can you please make Biographics video for John Edgar Hoover the first and longest serving director of the FBI?
@Hersey Berry Hahaha! :)
@Hersey Berry I remember reading a biography of J. Edgar and seeing that photo in it: Hoover and Clyde Tolson in drag. That photo is no longer available, since Tolson bought up all the copies of the book and used the photos to wallpaper his bedroom walls.
It's been awhile since we talked about Vincero watches!
I'd love to see your analysis on Talleyrand-Perigord. Thank you.
The amount of sass in this editing/script is another level. xD
Really enjoy this channel. Please keep up the good work!
If you really want to get into some whacky people try Roman Emperor Elagabalus & Bootleg King George Remus! Thos two are fascinating.
Loving your channel by the way.
Anyone noticed the Visual Politik and Biographics framed in the wall?
As always, well done!
Can you do a Biographics video for Queen Elizabeth 1.👍🏻🙏🏼
Monarchs are denoted by Roman numerals not Arabic numerals.
YES PLEASE! I've looked and looked and can't find one for one of the greatest Queens of all time! Elizabeth I The "virgin"(😉) Queen!
Klemens Von Metternich is another good figure to do a biography on. He was an Austrian Nobleman and politician who served as a diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor of the Austrian Empire, and was a key figure in European politics for the first half of the 1800s. He was a very staunch traditional conservative, in favor of the old absolute monarchies, and dedicated his political career to trying to stamp out the ideals that helped to spark the French Revolution, even going all out with state repression to accomplish his goals on that front.
1848 would be a year of major upheaval in the European political landscape, and Metternich was one of its casualties. When revolution finally swept the Austrian Empire in 1848, he was forced to resign and go into exile.
Your wish was granted
Using Tchaikovsky's "1812" is a clever, ironic idea.
I’d love a biographic of Clovis I, thank you.
I learned about this guy from the show Victoria. Is this, by any chance, what inspired this video? Whether or not, I would like to hear how accurate the betrayal of him in the show was.
Did the show acknowledge what happened soon after, Napoleon III's rise to power? Other than guillotines chopping at the king and elites, the 1848 revolution had a similar ending to the 1789-92 revolution: A Bonaparte emperor seizing control in a badly flawed republic.
If you're doing mid 19th century French or French-adjacent people (Louis Philippe, Napoleon III, Bismarck...), do Maxamillian von Hapsburg next!
I would really like to see a biography of Pedro II of Brazil. Very very hard to find anything on RUclips about one of the worlds most interesting emperors
My first encounter with the history of Louis Philippe was finding an old political cartoon from the late 1840's that depicted his face morphing into a pear. Apparently, the French word for "pear" can also mean "idiot".
Paire de france...PEER, ye PAIRZ!!
Always a great moderator in Simon.
Fun fact about Louis XVIII and Charles X. Louis had an illness that made him nearly impotent. He was mocked and responded "You are all complaining about having a legless King, what will it be when you'll have a headless King?" talking about future Charles X, his stupid and ambitious brother...
Could i make a suggestion of a video on Alfred Pierrepoint. He's an English executioner who also executed those found guilty of war crimes in Nazi Germany in the Nuremberg trials. Thanks for your team's and yours videos on each channel you each have. This channel is my favourite out of each of them but i enjoy the others just as much on a night after work to learn something new. Keep up the good work from a fellow Brit.
Simon's joke about a wave of revolutions across Europe being caused by a French ban on banquets was the most intriguing joke I've ever heard.
Simon, do you think an Orleanist/Bourbon "Civil War" could have happened had LP not supported Louis XVIII?
And can't really blamed Comte D'Artois (future Charles X) for distrusting the Orleans line . . . .
Edit (can't believe I'm editing a comment I made 3 years ago, but whatever)
Then again, during the chaos after Napoleon's downfall/return from exile; you could have even had a 3 way melee in France: Bourbons vs. Bonapartists vs Orleanists .... with the Allied forces swooping in and saying "Nah son".
Louis Philippe and Charles X were fifth cousins; both sharing King Louis XIII & Anne of Austria as Great x4 grandparents:
Louis XIII > Philippe I, Duke of Orleans > Philippe II, Duke of Orleans > Louis, Duke of Orleans > Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orleans > Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orleans > King Louis Philippe
Louis XIII > Louis XIV > Louis, Dauphin of France > Louis, Duke of Burgundy > Louis XV > Louis, Dauphin of France > Charles X
Why haven’t you done the Marquis de Lafayette?!?
Excellent Biography !
Do a video about eamon de valera
As long as Michael Collins gets an episode, too.
Or Daniel O’Connell
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Simon, I absolutely love Biographics. I may have a problem. I'm watching at least five vdeos a day!
I’m impressed! An excellent episode of French history.
I agree La Fayette would be a good choice for an interesting bio.
It was poet Lamartine who set the spark of the February 1848 revolution. Because he was too left-wing (shocking for a noble poet to be a leftist!), he was overthrown by the monarchists, who themselves were overthrown by Napoleon III.
After 1848, kings or emperors could only be dictators like Louis-N Bonaparte, or powerless figureheads of democracies like Victoria.
I'd love for you guys to do an episode on Robert the Strong, if there's enough content to make a whole video. He's an ancestor to a lot of French monarchs and was a mad man for revolt. Could be a cool concept
"Philippe Égalité was guillotined." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sultan Abdulhamid II, he’s underrated please do a video about him
Do a biographic on yourself :?
Yes!
larry carter, I actually suggested that when we he made a post, yeah that’d be neat!!
No, he deserves privacy.
Lol
Once He Is Dead
Very interesting video simon
You said "chimes had changed" around 9:40ish...you thought I wouldn't catch it...but I did!!!!
Yes ---- There was a REAL reason why Elizabeth I was styled "Queen of England", and Robert Bruce was King of Scots.
Where do fruits go on vacation?
Pear-is.
Ken Fulton {Baby Elder} you should be ashamed of yourself for making that joke.
ah...monseur Dumas!
Bruh
hmmmmm
CORN Y!!!
Simon: Have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up, remember what you did last night, and...just immediately curl up into a ball and...start screaming?
Me: yes actually...and the end result was hilarious looking back on it.
Simon. Could we get some more of those historically accurate quotes? "Well, uh, dyde, no". Seems ligit😂
Totally, and as Napoleon said "use those legit quotes in biographies Whistler, they're fully top notch son"
4:45 what is the music from the film?
(Is the film the godfather?)
Yes
Didn’t realize the July monarchy basically ended on my birthday
Don't y'all just live when Professor Whistler breaks it down?
What an excellent history teacher would Mr Simon make at school.
Simon using American slang is hysterical. Cracks me up every single time!!!
Notwithstanding the Vincero watch issue, your sympathy for "the last king of the French" as a human being is quite refreshing and well placed
“It is said the people are revolting!”
“You said it, they stink on ice.”
Make one of Urho Kekkonen.
I think I've read somewhere that someone was going to replace him as King, but in the end he changed his mind since the government wanted the flag to stay as the tricolour and he wanted it to go back to the old one.
I think that was Charles X's grandson, the miracle baby. The Third Republic (after Nap. III) offered him the crown but he refused because he wanted the old Bourbon flag instead of the tricolor. I'm sure there was a lot of symbolism and propaganda value at stake, but it feels like his pride kept him from the crown.
What's the name of the classical music played in between....? Please
Wow, I knew François Guizot only as an author, I did not know the details of the role he played in the fall of the monarchy. 😨
I must say, the lexicon used in these videos makes my inner wordsmith deliriously happy
you should talk about napoleon next!
We did months ago. ruclips.net/video/7wXauVk7DXs/видео.html
Love the way you pronounce Comte
I love these videos...🙂
Can you please do one on the Swamp Fox (Francis Marion)?
Really feel for Louie, I don't think he was that bad
This gives a little perspective for the yellow vests in Paris for those of us on the other side of the pond.
Lafayette next!
Could you make one on the chessboard killer
Simeon,can you do a video about henri count of chambord?
Please do one on Josephine Baker
I'm so confused, but yet so fascinated 😂👌🇫🇷
Can you make a video about Ragnar Lothbrok
Where we can find the sources of this story? Books, articles?