Why a 61 Year Old German Was Almost Queen of England
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Ok turns out that I miiiight have accidentally uploaded the file that was supposed to go to Nebula to RUclips yesterday. It turns out that when a sponsor pays for a sponsorship, they appreciate actually having that sponsorship in the video so I've re-uploaded this. But hey, some 70,000 of you got a little preview of what it looks like when you watch a video on Nebula--no "this video was made possible by," no terrible segues, no terrible ad from RUclips before the video--just straight to the video and then when it's done, it's done. So, if you want to watch every HAI video like that, make sure to sign up for CuriosityStream (quickly, because their crazy $12 a year sale ends very soon) which includes a free subscription to Nebula, where all HAI and Wendover videos are up early and ad-free: CuriosityStream.com/HAI
Cool
lol
Better come up in HAI mistakes video 2021 Sam
Ok
no, now bring back the planes
I love how you completely glossed over the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm II would have been king, which would have completely changed WW1 which would have changed all of modern history
Ikr.. I was like: “You gonna say smth???”
You meant kaiser William V
@@gurrrn1102 was laberst du
@@bravemotion da checkt jemand nen witz nicht
@@bravemotion Kaiser Wilhelm sei der fünfte britannische König geworden, der William hießt.
Deutsch ist schwer für mich
5:38 Well Wilhelm II would have ruled both Germany and the UK in a personal union so WWI would have been veeeeery different.
Well, his mother would be the queen, not him
@@maxwellkasperowski2694 Wilhelm’s mother would’ve been Queen for 4 months, because she also died in 1901
I doubt that Victoria the second would have married into the German royal family. Maybe instead we see the same royals just on different sides.
@@placeholdernameisplacehold7671 Good point. I was going to make the same comment as Samuel, but saw your comment - and that makes sense. The "first in line" almost certainly wouldn't have married into another "going to be head of another country's government" royal family.
@@placeholdernameisplacehold7671 That doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't Vicki have married a German? Her mother did!
And if not, who else would she marry? Assuming she had to marry a Protestant.
Imagine the UK and the German Empire in a personal union, that'd make a nice alt hist
God Save The Queen or Heil im der Siegerkranz?
That would have scared the shit out of France
It will
WWI would have gone quite differently
‘Nice’ 🤨
Quick reminder: You did a Intro about bricks once. I am still interested. Please do it.
Oh he made a whole documentary about bricks for us you obviously haven’t been here very long
@@bambam286 i want another
@@shakisyaboi991 I want a channel dedicated to bricks
@@bambam286 i just want bricks now
The only video of bricks I would ever watch would have to be made by HAI. I haven been waiting for it since that day.
Actually, the fact that the crown would have gone to Kaiser Wilhelm II may have had incredible implications, perhaps even preventing, or at least limiting, the extent of the First World War. Therefore, preventing the fall of the German Empire, which in turn, may have even possibly prevented World War II and the evils of Nazi Germany.
Nah I think in order to avoid a union between the two states either Germany or Great Britain would have forced him to relinquish his claim to the throne.
Yeah, but this guy despises being white. So he has to make insane takes and generally be a douche.
@@AsukaLangleyS02 Speaking of being a douche, I don't see what race has to do with this.
and that would have prevented ABBA from forming.
@@ThatIcelandicDude or put Wilhelm III on the throne instead
HAI: Posting to the wrong channel is old, so I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move
Posting on the wrong website
Wait, it was on wendover? Huh
@@teridactyl1250 it wasnt in my notifications
@@teridactyl1250 yea I saw it
@@9PlatinumGamer9 Nah he's saying "posting to the wrong channel is what normal people do, this is to go further beyond: Posting the Nebula version instead of the youtube version!"
Never got to watch the original so I'll pretend this is the original, don't worry Sam
Same
bruh. he took out so much stuff
He forgot the ad in the first one
@@Menes3150 exactly how much?
@@victorviereck4117 Sponsors at the beginning and at the end.
Wow. If Absolute Primogeniture was a thing Wilhelm II would've been Emperor of Germany AND King of England. So maybe WWI wouldn't happen
Did you consider, she might not have been married to a German Kaiser if she was the monarch of Britain?
@@aayushagarwal4138 it's just a bunch of what ifs at this point 😂
@@aayushagarwal4138 Habsburg Shenanigans Part 2: Saxe-Coberg Boogaloo
Also WWI was started by the Austrians and Serbians, not the Germans and the Brits.
*German Emperor, King of Prussia and King of the United Kingdom
I remember having seen this yesterday, and thought, "I'll watch this later", but then it was removed
Same
Same
Same
Same
Same
POV: You have already seen the original
imagine not seeing this days ago, couldn’t be us
Time to gouge out my eyes
I saw the notification, what was that about
I added it to my watchlist but never watched it. Is there any difference?
why was it taken down?
Only OG fans will remember when this originally came out.
Yes
Not to brag, but I'm an OG fan that was starred in one of the HAI videos (What's the Shortest International Border in the World?), I was the one who left a 1 star review lmao you can check google maps for it
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@@jeffreyau9751 tf
ikr
Damn, that was some low-key sick burn to all that practice homeopathic medicine. ;)
If only they were able to treat it
@@CCGBacon17 😂😂
if only it was medicine
Calling her a "doctor" by itself is a disgrace to humanity...
It ain’t medicine...
"Homeopathic doctor" is an oxymoron. That means "I thought about being a doctor once but then I realized it was hard, so I just made some shit up".
Basically the medic from tf2
And every 10th century priest in history.
Your just jealous because your humors are out of balance.
Not necessarily. It's possible for a homeopathic physician to earn the "Dr." title by having a PhD in art history or something. I'd be surprised if they had a *medical* degree, though.
@@rahuliyer_2290 how many 10th century priests are there in the parts of history that aren't the 10th century?
The whole premise of this is invalid. The first change that having an absolute primogeniture rule in place during the 19th century would have been a change in who Princess Victoria would have married. In our world she was fifth in line to the throne, so marrying her to the Crown Prince of Prussia was a useful diplomatic move with minor repercussions. However if she was the heir to the UK throne, marrying her to Frederick would have created a personal union, something not done lightly. Given the UK's foreign policy in the 1850s, I doubt that they would have been willing to drop their policy of splendid isolation (while occasionally interfering to keep Europe divided) to tie themselves to a small country (Prussia) which was about to challenge two purportedly stronger countries (Austria & France) in a move to unite Germany under their control. Therefore without the marriage, all of their descendants, including the homeopath, would not exist. While this may be a blow to people seeking homeopathic treatment in Germany, one can only wonder if the union of Crown Prince Frederick & some other princess might have produced a German Emperor who was abler than the real world Wilhelm II. Perhaps he could have better handled the German government and the diplomatic situation to avoid World War I. Of course, while that may appear to be a good outcome, perhaps it would lead to a different World War erupting from some other source that leads to an even bleaker world than our current world.
what! u wrote this!
@@joyalpatel6000 I hope that I wrote this. If I did not, it would mean that someone else has access to by account. On no, what if I am not me?
Well Willhelm wasn't actually incompetent. He was just extremely arrogant and braggy, which made Germany unpopular on the international stage.
@@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 Yes, traits which meant he was an incompetent leader make him incompetent.
@@silphonym but as an actual leader he was pretty competent. Just a very bad diplomat.
Interesting that you focussed on a German homeopath being the queen because of this rule and not that Kaiser Bill would have been King of England, a fact that would invariably change virtually all of 20th century history.
"Pass to her first born Kaiser Wilhelm"
The 2 world wars: hold up
POV:You forgot to include the sponsor
bruh
She’s 95 Soon...
@@claudethesilentman7841 sorry I didn't mean to be offensive, I'll change that
We would have a MORTAL 61 yr old German instead of an IMMORTAL German Queen
you beat me to it. but cmon... dont kick her when she's already down - she's an old woman. just look at what that numpty princess harry has been doing. isn't that enough?
LOL!
@@isabellagreenblatt1824 I didn’t say you were offensive.
I just corrected you.
No One:
Half as Interesting: Kaiser Wilhelm II Could have been the king of the British Empire
*Emperor of the British Empire
*king
Emperor of the German Empire King of Prussia king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain of England Wales Scotland and Ireland Emperor of India Protector of the Faith Wilhelm II
He’s not even talking about how this would Wilhelm ii Kaiser of Germany and king of England, ww1 would be a victory for Germany, ahahhhhhhaha
Imagine they fight each other for the same king
@@jeffreyzheng8875 they wouldn't.
Then ww2 wouldn't happen
@@auxencefromont1989 there might be a second world war, just not a one with nazi germany.
The first world war would have won by the centrale powers since the UK would enter or would join the centrle powers and so the US wouldnt join at all.
@@detachsoup6061 Not sure about that - pre-WWI, and a little after actually, the US was getting pretty jumpy about how pink the world map had gotten; that and some lingering resentment after the war of 1812, persistent manifest destiny, and a real hankering for good maple syrup might have pushed the US to join the French, and Russians, also Ottoman involvement in the war was primarily targeted at the resentment of the Triple Entente as invasive military powers in the middle east - particularly Britain and Russia (Russia with it's meddling in the Caucuses and Kars, and Britain with its Egyptian protectorate, and more or less total hegemony over East Africa, and it's increasing control and influence over the Arabian peninsula.) So considering how close to not happening at all Ottoman involvement was, you might see them joining the 'Double' Entente or keeping out of the war altogether. *Happy Australian Noises* However this is all extremely speculative. I'd sooner think that parliamentary protest might have blocked the succession from passing on the Kaiser. I mean - look at how suspicious Parlement and the public were of a relatively minor german royal in the form of Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha - Victoria's prince consort. Or the unfortunate reputation of the Hanoverian kings, both for mental instability and being a bit of a diplomatic dead wait, pulling Britain into Imperial politics and forcing a primarily mercantile nation into ever more continental conflicts.
In Germany, we have a saying „Und ich bin der Kaiser von China!“ which translates to: “And I’m the emperor of China!”. You say that when someone claims something you can’t believe. Well guess I’m the Queen of Britain...
In English one would say "And I'm the Queen of England!" which the 61-year-old German doctor could certainly say.
And my dad is bill gates :p
Then it should be "Und ich bin der Konig von Britain!"
@@kamanashiskar9203 I think it would be Britannien
Umm Spoilers the “English” monarchy are German... and Greek and weird...
*Laughs in Spanish monarchy actually being French*
And French... and Scottish
In Europe it's basically all just the same monarchy.
I mean if you really want to be accurate, the “English” monarchy are all Vikings - they’re all direct descendants of Rollo, a Scandinavian from the 9th century…
And during WWI, the King of England, the German Kaiser and the Russian Tsar were cousins
I love how he completely glossed over the part where of Kaiser Wilhelm the second was the king of Britain the Central Powers would have won World War 1 and thus the world would be completely different
Ha youd wish, but frankly either the UK or Germany wouldve refused Wilhem or William depanding on which throne he got first.
The UK didnt want German contestation, the German wanted Colonies, of which the UK had plenty of.
wouldnt have worked out
However the funny part would be that WW1 could be caused BECAUSE of this Succession problem and not the Austrian one so Ferdinand wouldve lived! Or well whoever died to cause the 1st world war
in an alternate universe, people are watching how Elizabeth ii could be the queen
In an alternative universe homeopathy would be real medicine.
Another day, another HAI Episode about how a German woman almost became the Queen of England....
Yeah wtf????
@@Luke..luke..luke.. top comment
Tech technically the queen is a bit German. It's funny cause some English people might be more English than the Queen
It would actually be super different today. Imagine a german on the english throne during the time of imperialism and the lead up to ww1. Damn it would change everything
There were germans on the throne
Empress Victoria (the daughter of QV) was actually quite progressive and pro-British.. as was her husband... but he only reigned for less than a year and her son fell under the influence of Bismark...
Don’t you mean the British throne?
Imperialism still is a real thing.
@@chadoakley8505 Bismarck actually wasn't anti-British, in fact, he was okay with them. The Kaiser's hatred for the UK started in 1888 when an English doctor failed to save Kaiser Federick III. So the hatred was personnel, not political at the beginning.
Wait a damn minute...
I've seen this before...
We are the OG's
non tru fans: what do you mean you’ve seen this? it’s brand new!
Who watched this video yesterday when it was accidentally released without intro or outro
Honestly, didn't even noticed yesterday the lack of sponsors. Luckily I'm already sub to nebula, no need to convince me to do that.
Just got the curiositystream/nebula bundle, thanks HAI!
Can we just acknowledge that James II is throwing Gang signs outhere @1:26
This man was a G and obviously got the swagger too.
Is anyone else feeling deja vu?
This was uploaded before, but it was taken down.
Hey, I’ve seen this one before!!!
Me too.
I was like deja vu or am I a ghost
What do you mean you've seen it? It's brand new!
What do you mean you have seen it? It's brand new
@@humanbeing5529
Reupload
Dunno why but the orignal was unavailable
It’s a classic!
i feel like i've seen this before...
I see you youtube algorithm.
After a day he finally reuploaded it just for the sponsor lol
Are we all going to ignore the fact that KAISER WILHELM would’ve been in line for the throne of the UK?
Pov: you saw the notification to the original, and were going to watch later but forgot, and now on the second time are watching it
So this is that video that is now marked as private in my watch later playlist.
So, the last Kaiser's descendants are still living! Wow! Another surprise to that doctor, who realized that her predecessor was the Kaiser of Germany (Prussia).
At 2:49 you say that Sophia of Hanover became heiress to the English Crown because she was the closest Protestant descendant of James I of England/James VI of Scotland, but you show a picture of James II/ James VII.
BTW, she almost became Queen Sophia of England (by this time the United Kingdom of Great Britain), but she died a few months before Queen Anne and her son became George I.
Oh that's why, because I was really confused when I see you upload the same video I was watching yesterday and I couldn't found the original in my RUclips history
Love your videos so much
I like how you just completely glossed over the incredibly minor detail that THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
Hey, I was just randomly wondering "is there any place on earth that has always been land/ocean?". Like, at least in the last 2-3 billion years since we got oceans. Anyway, I'm too lazy to google it and thought it would make a nice HaI video... so maybe someone is gonna pick this up.
That sounds cool
It's like a real-life version of Crusader Kings.
It was so weird watching yesterday's video without the sponsorship
Wasn't this uploaded yesterday?
Dieser Kommentarbereich ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Hau ab mit der BRD GmbH.
Ehre
We need more videos like these
Ah yes it's not a HAI video if it only gets uploaded once.
HAI: Gives William the Conqueror a Scottish name
Englanders: "And you see, I took that personally.'
everytime someone posted a meme about immortal queen elizabeth ii, God adds another one month into her life.
5:35 What would be different? Idk, frigging Wilhelm is in there.
I thought it was weird yesterday when this video didn’t have a sponsorship, turns out this is why
I love how he glossed over the fact that Wilhem II would have been king of England. Wtf.
Ah caught, is a repost
imagine seeing the video before it was uploaded
Just imagine Kaiser Wilhelm the 2nd being King
Have already see the originals
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@Nina Pedro that's why you need the help of a professional who understands the market and how it works very well.
Hmm, did we remember the intro and outro this time gentlemen?
I love your videos. So much fun.
3:18 Andrew is neither queen elizabeths next child after Charles, nor is andrew he Charles’s youngest brother. The birth order is Charles, Anne, Andrew, then Edward. You’re right he would be the next of elizabeths children in line for the throne (until recently?) but he is not her next child.
When you saw it before it was taken down.
the sponsors are the not interesting half
sponsorblock is yes
I knew it somethings off when there no nebula and curiosity stream at the end
Ah. I wondered why the previous video had no intro nor outro. Looks like you just uploaded the Nebula version by accident lol
i’m going to pretend that you didn’t say prince louis like that
did someone forget their ad?
If you go even further back and do absolute primogeniture from Sophia of Hanover then you get the descendants of George III older sister Augusta. The current person now would be Johann Friedrich Alexander Herman Wilhelm Josias Prinz zu Wied (b.1960)
After Augusta it would have passed through her daughter Augusta to her son William I of Wurttemberg then his daughter Marie then her sister Katharina then to her son William II of Wurttemberg then to his daughter Pauline then through her son Hermann to his son Frederich then to his son Johann.
Wow I got so so fused! I thought you did a part 2!
I'll watch this one through to help with them 'sweet' ad revenue cause I can't afford another streaming service...
James
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Google: Why a 61 year old German was almost Queen of England
Bing: Do you mean: Hitler
Well done you got the right channel this time.
this looks familiar
Again?
again.
I thought it was weird that there were no ads yesterday. Guess he uploaded the Nebula version.
Probably
Love how this came out 5 days ago, and.... Season 10 of suits came out a month ago😅
I can only imagine if Kaiser William II was king on England...
Real HAI fans know this was uploaded twice
Yes
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I saw this in my reccomended and it said '3 hours ago'.
I was like 'but i saw this yesterday...'
That dominion dig killed me XD
She can’t be queen of England since there is no queen of England
This is actually true. England does not have a crown any more. In fact England isn't even an actual country.
Imma pretend I haven't watched this before.
I wonder how many people noticed the Union Flag at around 2:08 is upside-down.
"To fly the flag correctly, the white of St Andrew is above the red of St Patrick in the upper hoist canton (the quarter at the top nearest to the flag-pole). This is expressed by the phrases wide white top and broadside up. Note that an upside-down flag must be turned over to be flown correctly, rotating it 180 degrees will still result in an upside-down flag."
I was wondering why the video, yesterday had no sponsor segment!
The Queen is England’s coin purse must weigh a lot
Like millions of pounds
I knew something was wrong when I didn’t hear the sponsor at the end of the video yesterday
Explains the private video in my Watch Later playlist, was scratching my head as to which one I added
Great, got to play crusader kings now.
Plot Twist: HAI did reload the video yesterday on purpose to show what a nebula video is like.
I was wondering where the weirdly clever ad transition went at the end of the video yesterday, felt off.
Maybe having her as the queen now wouldn't change a lot but having the Kaiser of Germany be king of England would have changed a lot back in the day
This is the first HAI video that I would say is actually half as interesting.
Only the OGs saw this video without the ad at the start and end
Everyone who saw the old video already knew it was going down. i am proud to have watched it myself !!
When it’s so good you have to upload it twice
The show lived up to its name today. This really is half as interesting as literally anything else I could have spent 6 minutes on.
5:17 Crown passes to Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiserboos: _Confused Screaming_