The Rotten Royals of Old England

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @stormykeep9213
    @stormykeep9213 3 года назад +5706

    "William the Conqueror smashed a chess board over a French prince after losing to him..." In other words, Bill C invented the rage quit in the 11th Century. I learn something new from Simple History in every video!

    • @mhk1.
      @mhk1. 3 года назад +81

      haha yes 69th like

    • @Rule-be6lw
      @Rule-be6lw 3 года назад +98

      Hey back then kings would kill back then for losing.

    • @Dumpstermuffin1
      @Dumpstermuffin1 3 года назад +232

      William the conquerer plays COD and loses deathmatch to a 12 year old player....orders an Norman invasion of the kids house

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 3 года назад +81

      @@Dumpstermuffin1
      Then has the 12 year old locked in the stocks in the village square so the serfs can pelt him with rotten fruit and vegetables... Before dragging him off for a nice long stay in "The Tower" (with no console, PC or WiFi!)

    • @ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής
      @ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής 3 года назад +18

      Gaston was inspired by this.
      I hope I will find men and women of culture here because of this comment.

  • @Z020852
    @Z020852 3 года назад +580

    "James I feared water..."
    Kind of inconvenient for a king of a large island.

    • @idsfxtm5759
      @idsfxtm5759 3 года назад +10

      And King Of Scotland and England

    • @Z020852
      @Z020852 3 года назад +24

      @@idsfxtm5759 That's kind of the point...Britain ie England, Scotland, and Wales is one large island.

    • @kamikazer6484
      @kamikazer6484 3 года назад +16

      James was a weeb lmao

    • @idsfxtm5759
      @idsfxtm5759 3 года назад +4

      @@kamikazer6484 lol

    • @stars-hk9uo
      @stars-hk9uo 3 года назад +4

      @@Z020852 Britain *is*

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 года назад +3433

    Some Chick: "The Middle Ages were SO romantic. Prince Charming awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss."
    Simple History: "It was the stench from the prince's rotten mouth that awakened her and she ran for her life"

    • @augustuzmoon3814
      @augustuzmoon3814 3 года назад +146

      Offer
      Work the land till day to night until your bones can't move no more
      Or
      Work as a soldier and loot a knights body for his armor

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 3 года назад +153

      And she herself had a deformed jaw thanks to all the keeping the bloodline pure.

    • @delanovanraalte3186
      @delanovanraalte3186 3 года назад +27

      Say to the chick they where horrible you could get raided by some norsemen and knights do the same but denies it and genocides cause stupid reasons

    • @dont_taze_a_bloody_gas_main
      @dont_taze_a_bloody_gas_main 3 года назад +26

      @@delanovanraalte3186 they would say it's romantic.
      Somehow.

    • @emmamartin7451
      @emmamartin7451 3 года назад +2

      @@augustuzmoon3814 Some inaccuracy What you were saying,but okay.

  • @jodofe4879
    @jodofe4879 3 года назад +659

    Note about Medieval bathing habits: Bathing only became uncommon in the later Middle Ages, especially after the outbreak of the Black Death. In the earlier Middle Ages bathing was a common activity and bath houses were found in large numbers in all medieval towns. Bath houses were important social gathering places but they also became places where people gambled or engaged in prostitution. As such, the clergy was often very opposed to the bath houses, and after the Black Death (which often spread through bath houses) led to a massive surge in religious fervor, most bath houses in Western Europe were shut down. The association of bathing with sinful habits and disease is what led to the widespread aversion towards bathing in the late middle ages and early modern periods.

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 3 года назад +51

      This is true. Charlemagne’s biographer Einhard talks about how Charlemagne loved bathing
      “Charles took delight in the vapour of naturally hot waters, and constantly practised swimming, in which he was so proficient that no one could be fairly regarded as his superior. Partly for this reason he built his palace at Aix, and lived there continuously during the last years of his life up to the time of his death. He used to invite not only his sons to the bath but also his nobles and friends, and at times even a great number of his followers and bodyguards.”
      I think it was during the early 16th century that public bathing began to decline in popularity because people were afraid of the spread of syphilis.

    • @thatonelad4594
      @thatonelad4594 3 года назад +8

      I think that is correct Although for anybody reading the comment bathing does not mean they were not clean I believe they used methods of cleaning themselves which used much less water.

    • @thatonelad4594
      @thatonelad4594 2 года назад

      Never said it was

    • @blackhokage1744
      @blackhokage1744 2 года назад +1

      @Safwaan how do they clean without bathing?

    • @Hawtload
      @Hawtload 2 года назад +1

      @@blackhokage1744 that's the neat part. They don't!

  • @brucebelvin2058
    @brucebelvin2058 3 года назад +1814

    King: "I dub thee Keeper Of the Royal Stinkpot"
    Some Dude: "My dream is finally fulfilled!"

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 3 года назад +44

      Considering that it meant that you could closely influence the actions of the Monarch, it was a valuable position to have.

    • @Rpr1580
      @Rpr1580 3 года назад +17

      I read that as "I dub thee Keeper of the Royal SlipKnot"

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 4 месяца назад

      In Henry VIII's time, yep it was really a huge opportunity. Just being able to gain access to everything inside the Privy chamber is a privilege not many will ever declare in their lives.

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 3 года назад +376

    Disney: Being a royal was so romantic!
    Simple History: Being a royal was so freaking disgusting!

    • @superhansolist4215
      @superhansolist4215 3 года назад +8

      I trust you I saw real thing.

    • @kejiri3593
      @kejiri3593 2 года назад +10

      They had some insanely weird habits back then

    • @gmanawesome5773
      @gmanawesome5773 2 года назад +3

      I CAN'T WATCH DISNEY MOVIES THE SAME WAY NO MORE

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 года назад +5

      Basically no different than the politicians of today. Especially in the USA.

    • @def3ndr887
      @def3ndr887 2 года назад +4

      Discord mods carry on the tradition

  • @SAMAYDOSTDAR
    @SAMAYDOSTDAR 3 года назад +4433

    Imagine being one of the richest men in England and your job is cleaning someone's butt

    • @davidjimenez9590
      @davidjimenez9590 3 года назад +378

      it pays off, great salary and free 💩

    • @samuelbedsole5089
      @samuelbedsole5089 3 года назад +194

      For someone to do a job like that it only makes sense for it to pay well.

    • @antwan1357
      @antwan1357 3 года назад +258

      The man obviously had skills that other people lacked .

    • @SAMAYDOSTDAR
      @SAMAYDOSTDAR 3 года назад +45

      @@antwan1357 bruhhh

    • @yunanimator6293
      @yunanimator6293 3 года назад +35

      @@antwan1357Bruhhhhhhhh

  • @raptorfromthe6ix833
    @raptorfromthe6ix833 3 года назад +1228

    imagine being so rich that cleaning yourself is considered a chore

    • @sus2029
      @sus2029 3 года назад +6

      👁👄👁 ikr
      Like this for kermit the dog
      And the da baby

    • @BrickMediaStudios
      @BrickMediaStudios 3 года назад +38

      Its the billionaire grindset us peasants cannot relate to

    • @Orthane
      @Orthane 3 года назад +8

      Isn't cleaning yourself always a chore? I hate showering but I do it because yaknow... hygiene.

    • @sexysilversurfer
      @sexysilversurfer 3 года назад +1

      When you get old and get dementia it’s likely someone will be wiping your butt. We start that way in life and will likely end that way.

    • @gunargundarson1626
      @gunargundarson1626 2 года назад +11

      Haha just be depressed. Talking can become a chore.

  • @walnut6212
    @walnut6212 3 года назад +1348

    Man did they have fun making him as disgusting as possible

  • @General-HD
    @General-HD 3 года назад +3178

    Atleast Henry was kind to his wives...

    • @Germ_f
      @Germ_f 3 года назад +365

      that aged poorly

    • @legacylegacy3627
      @legacylegacy3627 3 года назад +208

      Right?? Come on guys he was kind right..?

    • @NagoBust
      @NagoBust 3 года назад +202

      imagine if they knew it was the sperm that decided gender

    • @OrionGuards
      @OrionGuards 3 года назад +134

      @Natgal someone here don't realize it's a joke

    • @AxioProductions
      @AxioProductions 3 года назад +41

      Saw a painting of one of his soon to be and feel in love, once meeting his soon to be in person, Henry wept because she wasn’t as beautiful as the painting. True story

  • @Honeybadger_525
    @Honeybadger_525 3 года назад +1065

    Medieval folks may not have bathed regularly but most had access to soap and did wash hands and faces daily. They used twigs to clean their teeth. They also would have washed their clothes, albeit with a solution derived from stale urine. Still pretty gross but contrary to popular belief Medieval people did have some concept of cleanliness.

    • @bobbysauer7826
      @bobbysauer7826 3 года назад +82

      Drip sweat and Do manual labour all day and tell me you don't smell rotten the next day, I work construction and couldent imagine if someone skipped a shower

    • @Honeybadger_525
      @Honeybadger_525 3 года назад +142

      @@bobbysauer7826 I never said that Medieval people smelled pleasant all the time, far from it I imagine. I was just making a point that Medieval people did have standards of cleanliness (though not to the degree as modern people) and weren’t all covered in mud and their own filth 24/7 as is so often depicted.

    • @squiggleeey
      @squiggleeey 3 года назад +28

      Yeah , they would also take great care to at least wash their face in a troth if they were in a pinch. If they did have time and most importantly if they had access to a river or spring , they would wash themselves and some would even put lavender or other herbs and flowers on their clothes and homes.

    • @polygonalfortress
      @polygonalfortress 3 года назад +27

      While it sounds disgusting, urine pretty much worked as ammonia and was effective at cleaning cloth.

    • @brucebelvin2058
      @brucebelvin2058 3 года назад +15

      Alec, you're full of chit. Soap wasn't used in most of Europe until the 17th century although Moor-controlled Spain used it much earlier.

  • @federalbureauofinvestigati9177
    @federalbureauofinvestigati9177 3 года назад +961

    The first king should be enough of a reason for everyone to lose wieght

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 3 года назад +50

      Welp at least the FBI is promoting fitness.

    • @federalbureauofinvestigati9177
      @federalbureauofinvestigati9177 3 года назад +67

      @@bryanmartinez6600 Cant have fat cops, nor a fat society

    • @robertharper3754
      @robertharper3754 3 года назад +14

      @@bryanmartinez6600, well, they can track your fitbit, so they know who's not working out!

    • @federalbureauofinvestigati9177
      @federalbureauofinvestigati9177 3 года назад +6

      @@robertharper3754 fit bits can confuse fast movements of the limbs its attached to as excercise if you know what i mean

    • @robertharper3754
      @robertharper3754 3 года назад +6

      @@federalbureauofinvestigati9177, HA!!! That is true, but they can also give away the user's location. That's happened to our military a few times, we're crappy when it comes to our electronic foot print.

  • @ship9518
    @ship9518 3 года назад +198

    3:08 Noticed the Food William was carrying on his horse 😂

    • @manfallout91
      @manfallout91 3 года назад +22

      And blood vein on the horse head, because the King overweight.

    • @GiraffeFeatures
      @GiraffeFeatures 3 года назад +15

      He just wanted to maintain the dad bod he’d worked so hard for

    • @kprk4102
      @kprk4102 3 года назад +5

      @@GiraffeFeatures I doubt that you can call that a dad bod anymore.

    • @NeidhardtDerBlitzschnelle
      @NeidhardtDerBlitzschnelle 2 года назад +1

      Nice touch!

  • @bucketguy3556
    @bucketguy3556 3 года назад +317

    You can see how much the details of the characters improved since the groom of the stool episode, well done, love your content!

  • @ComicalRealm
    @ComicalRealm 3 года назад +2278

    The best way to survive a tyrannical king: Be the executioner

  • @kievitcho
    @kievitcho 3 года назад +602

    I feel like king Henry and Papa Roach could do a lit cross over:
    " Cut my wife in to pieces, this is my last divorce "

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 3 года назад +13

      Singlehandedly _THE_ most underrated post on this comment section...
      (Tips Fedora)

    • @saktisukmapersada1799
      @saktisukmapersada1799 3 года назад +2

      @@residentelect my god, you right

    • @car_rar
      @car_rar 3 года назад +38

      CUT MY WIFE INTO PIECES THIS IS MY LAST DIVORCE, MUTILATION, HEAD BLEEDING, DGAF IF SHE SAYS IM CHEATING **guitar riff** THIS IS MY LAST DIVORCE

    • @gabrielemanderioli2113
      @gabrielemanderioli2113 3 года назад +1

      @@residentelect Resident Elect?
      *gasp* PERRY THE RESIDENT ELECT?!

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 3 года назад +2

      @@gabrielemanderioli2113
      Shhhh 🤫 Don't expose me on here!
      I've got a great scam going!!
      How much to buy your silence??

  • @brundlemoth
    @brundlemoth 3 года назад +458

    "Moral figurehead to their subjects"
    Prince Andrew: *exits building*

    • @oneenglishbastard87
      @oneenglishbastard87 3 года назад +36

      They're all just like him, they're just good at hiding it

    • @355PH
      @355PH 3 года назад +4

      Didn’t the young girl comment on his general Oder?

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 3 года назад +3

      & US sanctions for Prince Andrew over sexual scandal.

    • @lordgzstg6181
      @lordgzstg6181 3 года назад +9

      Shouldn't most of them leave the building?

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 3 года назад +122

    Of all the accomplishments of William I, he will be remembered for conquering the Anglo-Saxons and his death explosion.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  3 года назад +147

    They may have been the Rulers of England but they sure were Rotten! 🤢 👑

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 3 года назад +5

      Omg wow 😸

    • @Interdictiondeltawing
      @Interdictiondeltawing 3 года назад +4

      How rotten rulers of England is? Well….

    • @yes8053
      @yes8053 3 года назад +3

      Among us

    • @martinb.3997
      @martinb.3997 3 года назад +4

      How many years have they been left in the broken fridge?

    • @arcqx9676
      @arcqx9676 3 года назад +1

      😳😳😳🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤴👸🤴🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮😳😳😳💩💩💩🍭🍬🍭🍬🍔🍔🍔💥💥💥🪥🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @LuigianoMariano
    @LuigianoMariano 3 года назад +73

    "The early medieval period is one of absolute faith, stunning brutality, bottomless greed, pitiless cruelty, venal treachery, rampant warfare, low politics, and boundless personal ambition."

    • @DieNibelungenliad
      @DieNibelungenliad 3 года назад +8

      Sounds like the rest of history

    • @rafaelwilks
      @rafaelwilks 3 года назад +6

      Has anything really changed?

    • @dorianphilotheates3769
      @dorianphilotheates3769 3 года назад +3

      ...and this state of affairs persisted for several centuries more - until President Trump came upon the world stage and temporarily took it all away...

  • @Historical_events
    @Historical_events 3 года назад +232

    "Warning contains excessive farts, burps and nose picking"-Simple History 2021

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  3 года назад +103

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 3 года назад +16

      @@Simplehistory lol 🤣

    • @Interdictiondeltawing
      @Interdictiondeltawing 3 года назад +3

      LMFAO

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 3 года назад +4

      England is a swampy and rainy island they can't be gracious people living on it. As always english said it was the French that was dirty and ate frogs to discredits the French but it was them.

    • @arcqx9676
      @arcqx9676 3 года назад +3

      @@Simplehistory New emoji 😳

  • @apacifistmachinegunner669
    @apacifistmachinegunner669 3 года назад +237

    The groom of the stool reminds me of that South Park episode when Cartman’s mom tended to his business when he was playing World of Warcraft 😂

    • @mav40420
      @mav40420 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣

    • @fellascallmethedrink
      @fellascallmethedrink 3 года назад +4

      South Park is funny asf, I haven't watched it in a long time tbh. I gotta start watching it again.

    • @b.a.k5367
      @b.a.k5367 3 года назад

      @@fellascallmethedrink my parents think that's the dumbest show ever. It's mainly how they talk.

    • @Biggy9er
      @Biggy9er 3 года назад +6

      "That's a big boy, isn't he?"

    • @michellekraus9321
      @michellekraus9321 2 года назад +1

      Oh goodness I remember that

  • @SAMAYDOSTDAR
    @SAMAYDOSTDAR 3 года назад +200

    It is disgusting to see a dead person pooping at his own funeral

    • @TragicTester034
      @TragicTester034 3 года назад +15

      @raynaldo arlen k.eman hold up WHAT

    • @Nyctophiliac.
      @Nyctophiliac. 3 года назад +19

      @raynaldo arlen k.eman i have no comment for this

    • @thegermanfool8953
      @thegermanfool8953 3 года назад +3

      @raynaldo arlen k.eman
      ....

    • @Abcdefg25152
      @Abcdefg25152 3 года назад

      @@bigmoniesponge not funny man, this guy has to be traumatized

    • @Abcdefg25152
      @Abcdefg25152 3 года назад

      @@bigmoniesponge no problem :D maybe it is just a joke but i appreciate and admire how you replied! Have a great day ^^

  • @allys744
    @allys744 3 года назад +69

    “Rotten” is definitely a good word for it. Not only did the monarchs behave like pigs, they also weren’t typically the nicest people.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 года назад

      They were huge inbreds as well.

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk 2 года назад +3

      @@yriasantiesteban3355 As someone who grew up with a pig for a pet… I can indeed confirm that pigs are the cleanest, most polite animals on the planet

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 3 года назад +77

    Modern day gamers: smashes computers when raging William the conqueror: smashes chess board when gaming

  • @alexmedvec4571
    @alexmedvec4571 3 года назад +28

    That's not just England. It's also France. And virtually every European country. I've heard that people used to piss in the corner of rooms in the Palace of Versailles.

  • @joshuabessire9169
    @joshuabessire9169 3 года назад +98

    I heard Elizabeth I was so foul tempered, she threatened to execute an explorer if he didn't provide pressys for her, Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Melchett.

    • @WolfingtonStanley
      @WolfingtonStanley 3 года назад +9

      Fortunately they brought back an excellent wine from the island paradise they visited, of which there was an inexhaustible supply

    • @Marinealver
      @Marinealver 3 года назад +2

      Is it a stick?

    • @stereowired
      @stereowired 3 года назад

      And then, there was Roanoke. We all know what happened there.

    • @chadkingoffuckmountain970
      @chadkingoffuckmountain970 3 года назад +4

      @@stereowired Well, not exactly.

  • @patekchoroma940
    @patekchoroma940 3 года назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @particularbored6072
    @particularbored6072 3 года назад +79

    It's awesome I got to catch one of these. Thanks for the consistent, great work.

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  3 года назад +21

      You're welcome
      ParticularBored

    • @zombiereaperOnXbox
      @zombiereaperOnXbox 3 года назад +2

      @TommyInnit 🅥 rude tommy ur just mad that tekit rick rolled u arnt you

    • @P3N_sketch23
      @P3N_sketch23 3 года назад +2

      @TommyInnit 🅥 fake

    • @arcqx9676
      @arcqx9676 3 года назад

      @TommyInnit 🅥 f a k e ?

    • @GPH9089
      @GPH9089 3 года назад

      @TommyInnit 🅥 why would you want to fake a cringe mc youtuber

  • @beast0339
    @beast0339 3 года назад +95

    4:59 I studied Tudor England for my A-Level, and I can say that the House of Tudor's reign was certainly an interesting period. Henry VII was incredibly competent although grew more cold-hearted and cruel through both grief and age, Henry VIII was an incredibly ineffective monarch on the whole whose goals in foreign and internal affairs often contradicted one another. (For example, he was an avid enjoyer of History and wanted to be an Imperial Monarch like the Angevinian Kings of old, He wanted to be loved and feared by his subjects, which doesn't really add up. The list goes on.) Edward died before he really got to do much of anything, and Mary was disastrous. A devout Catholic monarch in a nation that had just turned Protestant. Elizabeth was probably the first properly successful monarch outside of her grandfather in the 120 years since the House's founding. Fascinating and incredibly relevant piece of traditional English history, but very, very weird.

    • @pierrecurie
      @pierrecurie 2 года назад +1

      Then why was Henry 8 so famous? Brutality?

    • @Bcd31997
      @Bcd31997 2 года назад +4

      @@pierrecurie because of the wife killings

    • @joelbotchway200
      @joelbotchway200 10 месяцев назад

      @@pierrecurie 6 wives and break from rome

  • @cgt3704
    @cgt3704 3 года назад +113

    "King Henry is a fine specimen of a man and, *sigh* , please dont make me say this."
    "Say iit"
    " *sigh* and everytime i look at him, i wish I was a woman"

    • @frostincubus4045
      @frostincubus4045 3 года назад +11

      Ah yes, a person of culture ☕

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 3 года назад +3

      @@frostincubus4045 "the pleasure is all mine"

    • @midnighttale3388
      @midnighttale3388 3 года назад

      I see you know the the sacred culture

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 3 года назад +3

      @@midnighttale3388 men: "yeah, whatever, bucket boy. We're taking this with us"
      Man: "NOOOOOOOOOO"

    • @Dreza.
      @Dreza. 3 года назад +1

      I'm glad to be the 69th like of this wonderful comment

  • @timothysimmons9205
    @timothysimmons9205 3 года назад +89

    "keepsake of his grossly intimate royal duties"
    hehe, dooty

  • @ChrisKane-
    @ChrisKane- 3 года назад +90

    Everyone: I wanna learn about the English Monarchs!
    Simple History: 💩😂

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 3 года назад +8

      Lol

    • @mhk1.
      @mhk1. 3 года назад +1

      In a way, I will need to agree lmao

  • @ilyaszaim6494
    @ilyaszaim6494 3 года назад +49

    Raging now:
    Smashing your kerboard
    Raging then:
    Smashing your chess board on you opponents head

  • @oiergarcia7533
    @oiergarcia7533 3 года назад +61

    I love how people make fun of the Spanish kings for comiting incest and having long chins but then nobody talks about brithis monarcs being dirty.

    • @That_migueldude68
      @That_migueldude68 3 года назад +22

      Fun fact, the old spanish monarchs that are made fun of for “inbreeding” are austrian actually

    • @oiergarcia7533
      @oiergarcia7533 3 года назад +2

      I know

    • @oiergarcia7533
      @oiergarcia7533 3 года назад +1

      And btw México also got a hansbourg monarch

    • @kejiri3593
      @kejiri3593 2 года назад +3

      Never heard of people making fun of Spanish kings though.

  • @kilijshark7667
    @kilijshark7667 3 года назад +14

    That’s so funny about William the Conqueror’s body being unable to fit a coffin, makes me imagine I slapstick comedy scenario of the people trying to stuff it in, lol. 😂

  • @rickyredbeard8274
    @rickyredbeard8274 3 года назад +262

    I hope we get a part 2: The Rotten Royals of Modern England.

  • @olefella7561
    @olefella7561 3 года назад +32

    The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by Simple History is truly a gift 👍 👍

  • @handsomegeorgianbankrobber3779
    @handsomegeorgianbankrobber3779 3 года назад +68

    "They exude sophistication, class and elegance, acting as a moral figurehead to their subjects"
    Prince Andrew: How about no

    • @lorisperfetto6021
      @lorisperfetto6021 3 года назад +7

      Yeah, that bank robber does look kinda familiar

    • @switzerland1394
      @switzerland1394 3 года назад +4

      @@lorisperfetto6021 Hopefully, that familiar robber wouldn't cause any mass deaths and seperations

    • @lorisperfetto6021
      @lorisperfetto6021 3 года назад +2

      @@switzerland1394 are you joking? He is not the kind of guy that would still not give food of the state to farmers because reports of cannibalism started to appear in the great famine

    • @milesmiles225
      @milesmiles225 3 года назад

      Dude thank you! Prince Andrew is probably worse than example in this video

    • @switzerland1394
      @switzerland1394 3 года назад +4

      @@lorisperfetto6021 yeah you're right, he won't be the guy that would cause mass starvation and millions of deaths and be involved in a big war

  • @yes8053
    @yes8053 3 года назад +64

    Funny thing is that his first ever video is about kid henry the 8th

    • @jole0000
      @jole0000 3 года назад +3

      Their, not his (edit: them as in there are many people running the channel, not only the narrator we hear)

    • @bobsempletank4322
      @bobsempletank4322 3 года назад +1

      @@jole0000 its a fucking man tho. You dont see a lot of female historians and members of the lgbtq community would probably cry if they tried learning history

    • @jackw.5000
      @jackw.5000 3 года назад +5

      @@bobsempletank4322 The guy speaking doesn’t make the videos he is just a narrator. I’ve heard him on many other RUclips videos and shows as well.

    • @JPCollector
      @JPCollector 3 года назад +6

      @@bobsempletank4322 this account is absolutely not run by one dude

    • @renaultft1917
      @renaultft1917 3 года назад +4

      @@bobsempletank4322 i think they mean that simple history is run by multiple people

  • @Broman-Empire
    @Broman-Empire 3 года назад +44

    Thank you so much for everything you do! Your hard work and passion is appreciated and enriches all of us.

  • @cristsan4171
    @cristsan4171 3 года назад +38

    "William look pregnant"
    And that's how we got that complement 🤣

  • @treavy1
    @treavy1 3 года назад +6

    What every school in the world needs is short educational channels like you guys to teach the young how history is

  • @MonkeMax-lol
    @MonkeMax-lol 3 года назад +89

    Simple History should do a video talking about famous swedish kings like Charles XII and Gustavus Adolphus

  • @Bigchilezlife
    @Bigchilezlife 2 года назад +13

    Rest In Peace
    Queen Elizabeth II 💔❣️
    Long Live the Queen

  • @snewsom2997
    @snewsom2997 3 года назад +33

    Stuffs so good you get the upvote before I even watch it, LOL

  • @Roadrun98
    @Roadrun98 3 года назад +34

    "The British monarchs of the modern era are cultured, educated and well mannered. They exhume sophistication, class and elegance acting as a moral figure head"
    Yeah, Prince Andrew would beg to differ

    • @cgmason7568
      @cgmason7568 3 года назад +4

      The entire family would beg to differ

  • @foughtthelol
    @foughtthelol 3 года назад +6

    6:00 "Royal doodies" well played.

  • @mugget6848
    @mugget6848 3 года назад +17

    French king rejected William. Also the horse did as well 3:11

  • @nickimaw1
    @nickimaw1 3 года назад +44

    King Henry the VIII: Strongest man in all of england and won multiple victories.
    Also King Henry the VIII:*picks nose*

  • @bowzally1281
    @bowzally1281 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have spent nearly every day of my life over the past 5 years intensely studying English history, with a special focus on Edward III. That the foregoing king lead England into a devastating war with France is not one bit short of falsehood. The victories at Sluys, Crecy, and Poitiers are some of the greatest in military history, and starting such a war was strategically prudent for Edward. When Henry V invades northern France in 1415, nearly half a century after Edward III's death, he intentionally takes the same path that Edward III took on his 1346 campaign, and that eventually leads him to yet another one of the greatest victories in military history, Agincourt.
    That he reigned during the time of the Great Plague is an utterly meaningless point, and I truly wish that the writer/s did not imply that it somehow serves to subtract from his greatness.
    I have looked into nearly every major work in which Edward III is a primary topic, and I have never heard about his "disgusting" childhood habits. It was also considered utterly disrespectful to behave in such a manner in the middle ages.
    Edward III was considered to be the greatest king England had ever had up until whig historians in the 19th century started scorning him, a medieval king, for not being like an industrial revolution era liberal and progressive statesman. Now that historians are more interested in history than in retrospective mockery, the man's reputation has slowly been improving (for anyone interested in a biographical work, I recommend those of Ian Mortimer and Mark Omrod).

  • @AlexanderLasam48
    @AlexanderLasam48 3 года назад +5

    That stool groomer at 5:24 was like : why did I apply for this job

  • @xenomorphexidious9102
    @xenomorphexidious9102 3 года назад +78

    Goddammit, i knew that watching these last seconds would make the vid complete XD

    • @charliegarrison9688
      @charliegarrison9688 3 года назад +1

      I paused to read comments, seen this and hit the play button. I'll admit it made me laugh a little

    • @xenomorphexidious9102
      @xenomorphexidious9102 3 года назад

      @@charliegarrison9688 Heehheehheeee

  • @redactedagentdataexpunged9431
    @redactedagentdataexpunged9431 3 года назад +47

    In many ways of course you expect English people to be disgusting but old English Kings / Queens were far worse. Take this from a actual Englishman

    • @Valencetheshireman927
      @Valencetheshireman927 3 года назад +7

      Most English are kind and decent people, certainly not disgusting.

    • @redactedagentdataexpunged9431
      @redactedagentdataexpunged9431 3 года назад +9

      @@Valencetheshireman927 yet thats portrayed by global media, making us out for looking like ugly inconsiderate slobs

    • @alessiodecarolis
      @alessiodecarolis 3 года назад +1

      Have you ever seen"Obsessive compulsive cleaners"?

  • @sGeeMoney
    @sGeeMoney 2 года назад +1

    woah ur merch is really cool, I can’t believe i just noticed them!

  • @09stoneheart
    @09stoneheart 3 года назад +53

    I can never truly grasp how anyone could be so powerful that someone else wiped for them. Not to sad Groom of the Stool went out of style.

    • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
      @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 3 года назад +8

      Ya gotta wonder if "brown-noser" wasn't a literal thing....

    • @talknight2
      @talknight2 3 года назад +3

      You don't have to be powerful, you just have to be demented, paralyzed or comatose and some poor nurse or relative will have this dubious honor.

    • @09stoneheart
      @09stoneheart 3 года назад +4

      @@talknight2Its one thing to have a medical condition, it another to believe your status prevents you from needing to wipe yourself. That's being truly powerful.

  • @mysticallymerry5523
    @mysticallymerry5523 3 года назад +45

    6:35 So that's where the privvy council originated? This still exists in England, i think privvy chamber does as well. Good vid!👍🏻😊

  • @DevotedDisciple-x
    @DevotedDisciple-x 3 года назад +22

    Definitely watch this on your lunch break 🙂

    • @matpesot9903
      @matpesot9903 3 года назад +5

      I watched this on my breakfast

    • @overfoxed
      @overfoxed 3 года назад +3

      lol thats nasty

  • @Salazars10
    @Salazars10 3 года назад +50

    Just one more episodes
    Just one more pages
    Just one more piece of chocolate
    **just one more wife**

  • @junedhussain6252
    @junedhussain6252 3 года назад +9

    Thank you Simple History for all the hard work that you do.

  • @TheBestDog
    @TheBestDog 2 года назад +1

    Priest: Where is King William now?
    Servant: umm… everywhere, my Lord

  • @lukeschweyer4998
    @lukeschweyer4998 3 года назад +72

    "Ladies and gentlemen, grab ur snacks, popcorn, slushies, and be ready for the UKs most rotten men" -Simple history

    • @sayuncleordie
      @sayuncleordie 3 года назад +6

      Women too.

    • @VvV-fm5ty
      @VvV-fm5ty 3 года назад +3

      ayy i remember you from the live chat

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 3 года назад +3

      England is a swampy and rainy island it can't be gracious people living on it in medieval times. As always english said it was the French that was dirty and ate frogs to discredits the French but it was them.

    • @Drewww02
      @Drewww02 3 года назад +5

      @@ommsterlitz1805 being called rotten by others due to your overwhelming success and their jealously probably didn’t matter much to them IMO

    • @ilikepigeons6101
      @ilikepigeons6101 3 года назад +2

      Sounds like something from horrible histories

  • @TheSixteen60
    @TheSixteen60 3 года назад +8

    William invented rage quit, and then William perfected it so that no living man could best him in such.

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 3 года назад +42

    There are two types of people in this world: those that pick their nose and those that admit it.

  • @DaReaperZ
    @DaReaperZ 3 года назад +27

    "Many of their actions are considered rude or gross by today's standard."
    That's not just true for the kings though, that's true for most people living during the medieval/enlightenment era.

    • @JarethTheGoblinKingForever
      @JarethTheGoblinKingForever 3 года назад +5

      Yes, you're right. People back then in general were just dirty. Things really didn't improve in that regard until we invented a strong plumbing system, water purification and widespread education on proper hygiene. Prior to that, raw sewage was just dumped in the streets and bacterial infections/STDs were quite common. It was a nasty, brutish time period.

  • @kursk_kuku141
    @kursk_kuku141 3 года назад +12

    Henry VIII: “I wonder if I can canonize a child-“

  • @maurycastellanos1761
    @maurycastellanos1761 3 года назад +5

    At 8:52 the narrarator says: "It is ironic that the Tudors used a polish on their teeth that was actually made of sugar and so exasperated the problem." I think he means exacerbated.

  • @Choomz_2704
    @Choomz_2704 3 года назад +10

    We're no strangers to love
    You know the rules and so do I
    A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
    You wouldn't get this from any other guy
    I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
    Gotta make you understand
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    We've known each other for so long
    Your heart's been aching, but
    You're too shy to say it
    Inside, we both know what's been going on
    We know the game and we're gonna play it
    And if you ask me how I'm feeling
    Don't tell me you're too blind to see
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    (Ooh, give you up)
    (Ooh, give you up)
    Never gonna give, never gonna give
    (Give you up)
    Never gonna give, never gonna give
    (Give you up)
    We've known each other for so long
    Your heart's been aching, but
    You're too shy to say it
    Inside, we both know what's been going on
    We know the game and we're gonna play it
    I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
    Gotta make you understand
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

    • @damion9742
      @damion9742 3 года назад +1

      Lol, that's what ya call dedication to rick rolling 🤣🤣

  • @Arizona-ex5yt
    @Arizona-ex5yt 3 года назад +3

    Medieval people were generally hygienic. It wasn't until the Black Death in 1349 that a lot of the grosser habits were adopted. Public baths were closed in quarantines and people associated bathing with the disease which is incorrect but not totally unreasonable of a leap to make when you have no concept of microbial life. Medieval people had good teeth until large scale sugar production in the New World starting in the 16th century, and then tooth decay became a leading cause of death.

  • @LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit
    @LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit 3 года назад +31

    When you're the single most powerful person in the entire country, nobody's going to have the stones to personally question your life choices.
    Atleast not without an army behind them.

    • @johnnyanderson2-roblox185
      @johnnyanderson2-roblox185 3 года назад +6

      The monarchy still exists, and as the video stated is a far more respectable group of individuals now, they hold no real power in regard to their royal status, though there are a few exceptions, the only "power" English royals have anymore is the power they got for themselves through primarily their own achieving.

    • @LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit
      @LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit 3 года назад +1

      ​@TeddyTheAngryBoomer Green Police Officer Fish from Spongebob: "Calm down son, its just an internet comment section."

  • @human9512
    @human9512 3 года назад +6

    1:20 Video Starts

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 3 года назад +7

    "Thank you, Thing." -Morticia Addams

  • @duchessmawi
    @duchessmawi 3 года назад +1

    Love this vid! ✨

  • @cpteapl9557
    @cpteapl9557 3 года назад +6

    He held a chicken wing and a sword in 1 hand what a legend

  • @watfordman
    @watfordman 3 года назад +2

    Skip to 1:18 for start of video

  • @justsomeguywithamark7287
    @justsomeguywithamark7287 3 года назад +8

    Simple history is the best along. With markfelton productions keep up the good work

    • @thatmemestar378
      @thatmemestar378 3 года назад +1

      I appreciate yarnhub , simple history and The Front more as it displays good quality animations 🙌🙌🙌

    • @justsomeguywithamark7287
      @justsomeguywithamark7287 3 года назад

      Yes the front is also amazing

  • @rogeliohernandez3480
    @rogeliohernandez3480 3 года назад

    ¡Gracias!

  • @antonsmith
    @antonsmith 3 года назад +3

    Henry's obesity hastened his death at the age of 55, on 28 January 1547 in the Palace of Whitehall, on what would have been his father's 90th birthday. The tomb he had planned (with components taken from the tomb intended for Cardinal Wolsey) was only partly constructed and was never completed.

  • @kristoferhalim858
    @kristoferhalim858 3 года назад +1

    5:24
    Face of concern
    "What have i gotten my self into"

  • @bennypoon1506
    @bennypoon1506 3 года назад +8

    I don't think it's fair to criticize Edward III for doing what every high school and university does. I mean, eating while reading vs me eating while watching this video in front of my computer?

  • @LukeRogers-iu9su
    @LukeRogers-iu9su Месяц назад

    Smashing a chest board off a french princes head is the modern day equivalent of tossing the monopoly board

  • @tierracooper3356
    @tierracooper3356 3 года назад +19

    I was eating in the morning when i was I watching this.
    I never thought that a cartoon could make me feel sick to want to vomit smh

  • @stewiewrightful
    @stewiewrightful 3 года назад +22

    James I was Scottish just for reference, he was the first monach to hold the English/Scottish crown by blood.🖖

    • @jesusdeputy931
      @jesusdeputy931 3 года назад

      I dont really understand

    • @freewyvern707
      @freewyvern707 3 года назад +5

      @@jesusdeputy931 James I of England was a monarch before his rise to the English Throne. He was known as James VI of Scotland.
      He was the first monarch to hold both the crown of England and crown of Scotland via inheritance, instead of warfare and conquest.

    • @CharlesHapsburg
      @CharlesHapsburg 2 года назад

      He wasn’t Scottish mate.

  • @eatsleepplayrepeat
    @eatsleepplayrepeat 3 года назад +3

    This is what happens when there's nobody to tell someone "no".

  • @nemu3014
    @nemu3014 3 года назад +2

    add ends at 1:15

  • @uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753
    @uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753 3 года назад +7

    Man, I didn’t realize I had no idea about anything that happened to William after conquered England

  • @noz48a2
    @noz48a2 3 года назад +79

    These people just seem like a-holes. Thank you for giving me a look into the grosser and funnier side of history!!!

    • @SolvietSoundtrack115
      @SolvietSoundtrack115 3 года назад +2

      i concur with your assessment

    • @Jimmybarth
      @Jimmybarth 3 года назад

      Certain groups of people are indeed a-holes.

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice 3 года назад +1

      They had absolute power and didn't have to care about being nice to anyone, except other nobles and royalty. You can't buy class.

    • @hydrophilicchristopher9874
      @hydrophilicchristopher9874 2 года назад +2

      Really isn’t that much different than today tbh

  • @PSYCHOxFROST
    @PSYCHOxFROST 3 года назад +11

    Fun fact about England is the place names often give clues as to how the place was formed. Wimborne minster comes from the Anglo Saxon wimburna meaning stream and minster meaning monastery. So it's a town by a stream with a monastery. Wimborne minster is where Henry VII's mother is from so it seemed a relevant allegory

    • @MrTheHillfolk
      @MrTheHillfolk 2 года назад

      Well I guess it isn't too hard to figure out how they got the name cockermouth then 🤣

    • @PSYCHOxFROST
      @PSYCHOxFROST 2 года назад

      @@MrTheHillfolk at the mouth of the river cocker I couldn't possibly fathom another reason for such a name

  • @jimmyalcantara7623
    @jimmyalcantara7623 3 года назад +69

    This video mad me appreciate hygiene even more

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 3 года назад +15

    "Thats nasty. You nasty."
    - Razzbowski

  • @martinb.3997
    @martinb.3997 3 года назад +26

    Henry VIII looks higher than the stars

  • @valerfox2155
    @valerfox2155 3 года назад +1

    Really getting you money's worth on those fart sound effects

  • @SAMAYDOSTDAR
    @SAMAYDOSTDAR 3 года назад +10

    Never expected to see William the conqueror in the list

  • @utiwatini5776
    @utiwatini5776 2 года назад +1

    the groom of the stools had it easy compared to the janitors at taco bell every tuesday

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 3 года назад +4

    3:02 oh man, that poor horse

  • @deftrascal1626
    @deftrascal1626 3 года назад +2

    0:05 I wasn’t looking that closely during this and I thought it was a steam library I was so confused lmao

  • @depressedbrownsfanisgettin5551
    @depressedbrownsfanisgettin5551 3 года назад +18

    All these men were beautiful specimens of human beings.

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769 3 года назад +2

    6:05 - “This role may seem foul and undesirable BUTT...”

  • @Fake_Dozer
    @Fake_Dozer 3 года назад +7

    Damn, I didn't know William become, and when he fell off the house it's hilarious XD.

  • @AngryProtoBoi
    @AngryProtoBoi 2 года назад +1

    2:25
    Damn they managed to sneak a camera into the chess room during a medieval costume party