Top Female Historians Debate The Greatest Queens In History

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  • "Top Female Historians Debate The Greatest Queens In History"
    Who was the greatest queen in history? Five top female historians arrive at the History Hit debating chamber to decide.
    The celebrations marking the platinum jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II present the perfect opportunity to take the long view on some of the other women who have been queen in Britain - from the 12th century Empress Matilda right through to Queen Victoria. In a lively and fascinating debate, Prof Suzannah Lipscomb, Dr Eleanor Janega, Prof. Anna Whitelock, Dr Hannah Greig and Prof. Kate Williams discuss what makes a great queen and map out some of the successes and failures of Elizabeth II's famous predecessors.
    This is a free flowing conversation amongst some of our top historians, celebrating and scrutinising female monarchs - they even debate which one would be the most fun in the pub and who were the best and worst female rulers.
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Комментарии • 643

  • @willparry
    @willparry 2 года назад +762

    Freddie Mercury, obviously.

  • @dannysorrell2226
    @dannysorrell2226 5 месяцев назад +70

    Dan Snow is for sure my favourite female historian, glad he was included

    • @corneliabayley723
      @corneliabayley723 2 месяца назад +1

      Didn't need Dan Snow. Why was he there?

    • @carl9654
      @carl9654 Месяц назад

      Moderating the discussion I guess.

  • @neilchisholm8376
    @neilchisholm8376 2 года назад +305

    Please can we have discussions more like this on this channel. This was a fantastic collection of historians, the only one missing was Lucy Worsley. Her input would have been very interesting. I think she might have had something to say about Anne Boleyn!
    Fabulous video and I hope for more! Glad it didn’t come to blows! There were boxing gloves on the wall and I wondered if there was going to be fisticuffs!
    Brilliant, more please!

    • @marthahawkinson-michau9611
      @marthahawkinson-michau9611 Год назад +10

      I was very disappointed to not see Lucy Worsley on the panel. The other historians were great, after all it’s always fun to see Suzie Lipscomb and Eleanor Janega. Lucy is a specialist of British royal history though…

    • @sarahgrey5953
      @sarahgrey5953 Год назад +6

      Absolutely I wish Lucy had been there

    • @beverleightodd5710
      @beverleightodd5710 Год назад +3

      Dr Tracy Borman wasn't there either. But I loved this.

    • @astoriacub
      @astoriacub Год назад +3

      @@marthahawkinson-michau9611 Allison Weir is fantastic as well.

    • @durantwiggans2212
      @durantwiggans2212 9 месяцев назад +5

      The thing that was most missing was everything outside of Europe, and for the most part anything outside of England....
      I mean everything else is very interesting but the elephant in the room is!

  • @ericbrown1101
    @ericbrown1101 Год назад +85

    If we're talking about queens of the British Isles, my absolute favorite is Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians (lovely title too btw). The daughter of Alfred, she played a huge role in the unification of England, personally leading armies against the Vikings. I love her. And she, albeit briefly, passed the crown of Mercia to her daughter, which is unprecedented in all of western history: a queen that is succeeded by another queen. Now that is Girl Power!

    • @melenatorr
      @melenatorr 9 месяцев назад +9

      That's the slightly disappointing thing about this conversation, though: this is a discussion about the greatest queens in British history, not in history: not even counting Eastern, African, and American history, there have been several queens/empresses who could have been included here but weren't.

    • @dalestreeter341
      @dalestreeter341 9 месяцев назад +3

      "unprecedented in all of western history: a queen that is succeeded by another queen." Well, Elizabeth I succeeded Mary I.

    • @anonthehousemouse
      @anonthehousemouse 8 месяцев назад +10

      Aethelflaed and her daughter predate Elizabeth and Mary by about 1000 years. At the time that Aethelflaed passed her crown to her daughter such a succession had never happened before, therefore yes, it was an event without precedent.

    • @Emilyb21-dm3bf
      @Emilyb21-dm3bf 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@melenatorrbest was the Chinese Empress queen who helped build the silk roads trading roots who started as a concubine. I can't remember her name

    • @katerinakucerova2937
      @katerinakucerova2937 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Emilyb21-dm3bf Wu Zetian. She also killed her own son, so she could held onto her power.

  • @tobehonest7541
    @tobehonest7541 2 года назад +224

    Correct title: Greatest British Queen.
    Plenty of powerful queens in history

    • @Nopethebdndjdj
      @Nopethebdndjdj 2 года назад +1

      Top historians are women?

    • @dr.leftfield9566
      @dr.leftfield9566 2 года назад +1

      @@Nopethebdndjdj Amazing eh? I went to buy some milk this morning
      i counted four of them.

    • @laurahubbard6906
      @laurahubbard6906 2 года назад +12

      I was expecting Hatshepsut.

    • @vanefreja86
      @vanefreja86 2 года назад +5

      Indeed - here in Scandinavia we have Queen Margrethe the 1st: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark

    • @rflameng
      @rflameng 2 года назад +14

      @@laurahubbard6906 Or Nefertiti... Or Catherine the Great... Or Maria Theresa of Habsburg

  • @kierstennicole5764
    @kierstennicole5764 2 года назад +71

    I really loved that and honestly would watch an entire hour dedicated to this discussion. Absolutely fascinating to have the dynamic of differing opinions in a positive intellectual conversation. I was definitely left with wanting more.

  • @tedc.4956
    @tedc.4956 2 года назад +65

    Wish this had been an hour long. Brilliant insights and perspectives. Good job all!

  • @matwetton
    @matwetton 2 года назад +88

    we need to get Dr Janega a professorship, she absolutely deserves it...also what a lineup of fantastic historians. great video.

    • @monicafiore20
      @monicafiore20 2 года назад +7

      Agreed! She is my favorite historian ❤️

    • @swymaj02
      @swymaj02 Год назад +1

      Awesome lineup indeed. Awesome.

    • @victoriapearson4645
      @victoriapearson4645 Год назад +3

      Bloody brilliant, yes. Personally, I think it's just a matter of time - she seems a bit younger than the others.

    • @ranbircalay599
      @ranbircalay599 9 месяцев назад +2

      She has to apply for it and a panel of academics will approve it or not. She probably hasn't done that yet.

  • @alscottieh
    @alscottieh 2 года назад +51

    Margaret of Anjou totally warrants attention…love her or hate her, her role in the War of the Roses is undeniable.

    • @awhite3747
      @awhite3747 2 года назад +10

      Absolutely. And only a passing mention of the Empress Matilda (one of my favourites).

    • @celestialtreetarot4260
      @celestialtreetarot4260 Год назад +5

      Would also like their opinion about Empress Maud/Matilda. She was unsuccessful in her war with Stephen, but was definitely one of those queens who was trying to hold the succession together for her son Henry.

    • @amandagreen4332
      @amandagreen4332 7 месяцев назад +3

      And King Stephen’s wife Queen Matilda was an effective general who often kept Stephen in the fight.

  • @j255173
    @j255173 Год назад +29

    Omg. Prof. Lipscomb, Dr. Janega, and Prof. Williams all under the same roof covering an interesting historical subject? YES PLEASE!

  • @ppan3188
    @ppan3188 Год назад +14

    I can't believe this is only 19:32, I need this as a weekly 1h show at least! Absolutely amazing idea to have this wonderful women talking about female monarchs, bravo!!

  • @italianbirdvideos6190
    @italianbirdvideos6190 2 года назад +103

    Please! It's Elizabeth I. Pampered Victoria never had to put up with half the court intrigue, threat of invasion, and lack of health care that Elizabeth did. Elizabeth was a cutthroat rockstar who survived in a male dominated brutal world. V1 for a close second but E1 all day long...

    • @louise-yo7kz
      @louise-yo7kz 2 года назад +2

      Very well said

    • @eleanorlamont7375
      @eleanorlamont7375 2 года назад +3

      I agree 110%! Spot on!!!!!

    • @gordonh9258
      @gordonh9258 2 года назад +9

      I Totally agree Elizabeth the first, was a brilliant Politician she never married for a reason. I wonder how many of these historians would have lasted as Queen if they were in her shoes.

    • @emmavink
      @emmavink 2 года назад +4

      I mean... Elizabeth I never lost a husband, she didn't lose a child, she wasn't pregnant for nearly a full decade while ruling. She didn't live in the early years of mass media or photography.
      I don't think it's a fair comparison at all.

    • @gordonh9258
      @gordonh9258 2 года назад

      @@emmavink Your right the paparazzi aren't likely to abduct you lock you up in the tower of London torture you for a false confession & then behead you. Elizabeth lived in fear of that happening for quite some time. Her predecessor was called Bloody Mary for a reason. When Elizabeth came to power she could have done the same but didn't she had to walk a fine line between 2 different groups of religious fanatics. That was one of the main reasons that she never married. Hence why I think she was a brilliant politician

  • @gogreen7794
    @gogreen7794 2 года назад +40

    I "discovered" Elizabeth I as a little girl in the U.S. My mother told me her side of the family was descended from a Stuart, which I have verified in subsequent years. I started out learning about Mary, Queen of Scots, but that effort led me to ER I. I never looked back. Although I studied the lives of many English/British queens, NONE OF THEM can hold a candle to Elizabeth I, given what challenges and dangers she faced throughout her life. Elizabeth inspired me, and at the age of nearly 67, I give her much of the credit of being a role model to help me develop the strength, confidence, and preserverence to achieve what I consider to be a successful life.

    • @feelgoodbeats9376
      @feelgoodbeats9376 Год назад +3

      none can hold a candle to her brutality, vanity and narcissism you mean

    • @TheBlazeofSteel
      @TheBlazeofSteel Год назад +6

      @@feelgoodbeats9376 Your criticizing royalty for that? Have you read history? That's almost all of them.

    • @Alejojojo6
      @Alejojojo6 9 месяцев назад +3

      Elizabeth the I has been overexaggerated. She copied most of what to do and not to do to stay in power from other queens such as her sister Queem Mary I. She was the one that invented the "Mother of the Nation" idea that Elizabeth hold on to, as well as making economic reforms that would pay off in Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth was a master of Propaganda and knew how to present herself properly. I am sorry you built up your inspiration on a highly fictional elaborated exaggeration of the actual true Elizabeth I. Not saying she wasnt strong or anything but far from being what she's always zealously idolized for.

    • @Alejojojo6
      @Alejojojo6 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheBlazeofSteel Some more than others, Elizabeth was over the top on that one. Just because other royals were doesnt mean she was any less...

  • @markmorris7123
    @markmorris7123 2 года назад +27

    If we go back to the Saxons I would argue for Aethelfled of Mercia, daughter of Alfred.. She played a huge part in ending the Danelaw South of the boarder, She liberated the Midlands, and if not for her their may have never even been an England.

    • @awhite3747
      @awhite3747 2 года назад +1

      One for the 'I must look up' list. Thank you!

    • @R08Tam
      @R08Tam Год назад +2

      I live in Tamworth, the power-base of Aethelfleda

    • @markmorris7123
      @markmorris7123 Год назад +3

      @@R08Tam it's my favourite time and place to learn about.. The island of seven kingdoms (or eight).. A time of magic and dragons.. The magic and dragons weren't real but in there minds they were. And then of course there's King Alfred..My favourite king.

    • @ericbrown1101
      @ericbrown1101 Год назад +1

      Even though I'm mad at the writers for veering so far away from the actual history and who she really was, I love that she had a major role in The Last Kingdom and more people could learn about her. The reenactment of her funeral that Gloucester did a few years back was cool too. Nice to see the Lady of the Mercians get some of the love she deserves.

  • @ramm3476
    @ramm3476 Год назад +5

    this was so interesting to watch, i would love to see more debates and discussions like this

  • @MrShnier
    @MrShnier Месяц назад +2

    Please do this again, and maybe with other historians too. So joyful to watch and enlightning.

  • @girlnorthof60
    @girlnorthof60 2 года назад +7

    I really enjoyed listening to this topic being debated. Awesome group of historians! Well done 👏

  • @worshipualone
    @worshipualone Год назад +2

    these types of conversations are why i absolutely love history hit!! such a great discussion!

  • @sarahfelty6992
    @sarahfelty6992 Год назад +10

    I could have watched this for hours! Great topic, great group of historians, riveting and intellectual conversation. Everything about it was superb!

    • @booboodafoo3247
      @booboodafoo3247 4 месяца назад

      Literally all they did was say how special all the incompetent queens throughout history have been while Dan told them how women are better than men to make them feel good about themselves. Trash discussion, no facts. All feelings.

  • @havingalook2
    @havingalook2 Год назад +19

    I just loved that. Great discussion without being dragged down wiith facts and figures. Rather each had opinions based on their studies and that is why they are all simply brilliant. Love it - please, please have more discussions like this. So wonderful and this cast of characters was perfect. Well done all.

    • @booboodafoo3247
      @booboodafoo3247 4 месяца назад

      Lol yea I mean why would anyone care about facts? Lol sound like a woman.

  • @jacobklunder8552
    @jacobklunder8552 2 года назад +17

    Queen Margrete the 1st of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden!

  • @timothymooney4466
    @timothymooney4466 2 года назад +9

    The video title is misleading. I expected a broader selection pool, but still interested in their choices for greatest English queen.

  • @starcapture3040
    @starcapture3040 2 года назад +15

    My Favorite Queen is Hatshepsut she was the ultimate female pharaoh with great successful kingship never witnessed before in history

  • @katrinabill8247
    @katrinabill8247 Год назад +5

    I just discovered this channel the other day and I already want to be besties with Dr. Janega. I could watch this panel for hours and not get tired of this.
    I'm currently watching while I'm supposed to be writing a paper on museum collections ethics, but this is much more fascinating lol

  • @belljar23
    @belljar23 Год назад

    What a room!! Thank you for bringing this together, great watch

  • @samblustein1918
    @samblustein1918 2 года назад +24

    This was mostly British Queens. As far as greatest Queen’s in history, Catherine the Great should be included at the top

    • @jp-sn6si
      @jp-sn6si 2 года назад

      so white people queens?

    • @dana2502
      @dana2502 2 года назад +1

      And she seems like she’d be fun to go for drinks with!

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 2 года назад

      @@dana2502 And riding Horses!

    • @swymaj02
      @swymaj02 Год назад +2

      She was extremely forward thinking for that time.

    • @AmaraJordanMusic
      @AmaraJordanMusic Год назад +2

      @@swymaj02 Love her push for vaccinations, the first real organized attempt to prevent the horrific smallpox outbreaks Russia was experiencing. Putting herself and her HEIR on the line really did a lot to give people belief in the process. And feeding them didn’t hurt!

  • @emmavink
    @emmavink 2 года назад +5

    This was an AMAZING panel discussion 😻😻😻

  • @deano1018
    @deano1018 2 года назад +3

    Fantastic conversation! Great job 👏

  • @stevenpayne850
    @stevenpayne850 6 месяцев назад +1

    This discussion was brilliant. What fun to watch these minds debate the importance and resilience of queens. Truly enjoyable content and thank you.

  • @Bosquecito_de_Laureles
    @Bosquecito_de_Laureles 2 года назад +11

    I feel blessed by this line-up of amazing historians. All stars.

  • @lindsaydrewe8219
    @lindsaydrewe8219 2 года назад +6

    I loved this discussion,please have more

  • @carolbulmer8253
    @carolbulmer8253 2 года назад +3

    Well done! I really liked this discussion😊👏👏

  • @dazzads
    @dazzads Год назад

    this is great. wonderful. i’d love to hear more.

  • @astoriacub
    @astoriacub 2 года назад +5

    I love this, I wish it was longer.

  • @paulgeoffreybrown1
    @paulgeoffreybrown1 2 года назад +7

    GIVE ME 10 MORE HOURS OF THIS CONVERSATION!

  • @MsSteelphoenix
    @MsSteelphoenix Год назад +12

    Amazing stuff, absolutely fascinating. Would like to see a whole hour of this, or a whole series! Admittedly, this should probably be titled 'Greatest British Queens', but great stuff nevertheless.

  • @beverleightodd5710
    @beverleightodd5710 Год назад +8

    Catherine of Aragon, although not English was a great support to Henry VIII in a way that his other queen's (apart from Katherine Parr) did. She was his Regent during Flodden and she had learnt from her mother Isabella of Castile. Her only failure is that she did not have a son.

  • @niamha301
    @niamha301 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for letting us know and I fully understand. Thank you for everything you've done for us and I will be happy to read your no-stress blog😊

  • @ConstanzeWeber
    @ConstanzeWeber 2 года назад +24

    What? No mention of Æthelflæd? Alfred the Great's daughter, who actually DID pass her power to her daughter and was probably the greatest 'queen' no one ever seems to remember.

    • @josephherrera6656
      @josephherrera6656 2 года назад +6

      They are mostly focus on English history after William the Conqueror. But that is a great pick btw

    • @eugeneflores6153
      @eugeneflores6153 2 года назад +5

      AHH, thank god someone mentioned Aethelflaed. I'm getting tired on some people mentioning Boudicca being great which is isn't that great at all, not even top 10 🤦🏽

    • @barrythatcher9349
      @barrythatcher9349 Год назад +1

      Hear, Hear, she was the truly badass queen. Leading men into battle against the Viking horde. Overshadowed her husband King of Mercia. Daughter of the greatest Anglo-Saxon King who laid all the ground work Britain become England.

  • @iammyriad71
    @iammyriad71 Год назад +2

    Wow, I loved this. Any chance of more discussions with these panel of esteemed professors and Doctors?
    Is there any chance that Dan you could do something on Force Viper(Burma) and the Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment?

  • @LuzMaria95
    @LuzMaria95 10 месяцев назад

    this episode is so much fun! more like this please!

  • @charlottepembroke5446
    @charlottepembroke5446 Год назад +7

    This was really interesting and I liked the historians - but where was Lucy Worsley? I'd love to hear what she has to say!!

  • @lizamartin4705
    @lizamartin4705 Год назад +5

    My favorite is Elizabeth Woodville!!! I'm fascinated with her.... But also Eleanor of Aquitaine.

  • @mikeklein5184
    @mikeklein5184 2 года назад +19

    For someone that I would want on my side in a bar fight I would choose Matilda. Eleanor is next.

    • @graphiquejack
      @graphiquejack 2 года назад +1

      for a bar fight you might want Isabella the She-Wolf of France, Mary I or Margaret of Anjou... there were plenty of tough queens and queen consorts out there. Just make sure you stay on their good side... lol

    • @dantheman4908
      @dantheman4908 2 года назад

      If we were allowing Countesses as well, I’d want Caterina Sforza

    • @thomasbell7033
      @thomasbell7033 2 года назад

      Mary was almost six feet tall, known for her athleticism and mean as a snake. My money's on her in the clench.

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 2 года назад +19

    Great! If we're allowed to be a bit loose about our fave queens for this and that, then I'd DEFINITELY be interested in going down the pub for a few snakebites with Cleopatra.. Or how about Boudicca, Queen of The Iceni? That'd be something. But my real favourite English Queen has to be our reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth ll.. An outstanding exemplar of duty, service and continuity in our wacky world. Happy Jubilee everyone! 🇬🇧👍

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 2 года назад

      But was Boudicca a queen? She was a tribal chief in a part of East Anglia which isn't quite kingdom sized by todays standards. So perhaps she was the equivalent of a princess regnant or even a duchess?

    • @markmorris7123
      @markmorris7123 2 года назад +1

      Dude,, Budica was obviously awesome but we know hardly anything about her. So she has no right being named our greatest queen.. Especially as she lost and had her land conquered

    • @eugeneflores6153
      @eugeneflores6153 2 года назад +1

      Compare to other great gorgeous queens, Boudicca isn't successful and ain't a queen at first.
      She lost terribly in fact, the worst tactician, commander, and they killed alot of Roman citizen which in fact their own people

  • @MichaelZieschang
    @MichaelZieschang 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love the way he hosts the discussion. Wonderful discussion and new insights to British history. (Dr. Janega 👍🤘)

  • @DakotaFord592
    @DakotaFord592 Год назад

    I need more of this. I want to keep on watching

  • @rebel.taylord
    @rebel.taylord 8 месяцев назад

    I could watch this for ever! Please do a part 2 and make it an hour long lol

  • @HatlessMuffin
    @HatlessMuffin 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic! Moreeee

  • @gerrypowell2748
    @gerrypowell2748 2 года назад +1

    Interesting assessment of Queens👌

  • @jenniferg3402
    @jenniferg3402 9 месяцев назад

    This was amazing. Let’s get another round tablishhhh conversation going !!

  • @lebkha
    @lebkha 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic panel and discussion.

  • @melissarose7488
    @melissarose7488 2 года назад

    More vids like this please!

  • @tolvaer
    @tolvaer 2 года назад

    very interesting, thanks from Virgnia!

  • @Stitchwitchstitch
    @Stitchwitchstitch 2 месяца назад

    More of these profesh salons/panels, please! Terrific!

  • @michellerenner6880
    @michellerenner6880 Год назад +1

    Please - more of these wondering conversations.

  • @tmontes1974
    @tmontes1974 2 года назад

    Good to see the faces I’m always listening to on podcasts

  • @jimstiles26287
    @jimstiles26287 2 года назад +12

    Elton John

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 2 года назад

    Lovely channel that's interesting tank you

    • @le13579
      @le13579 2 года назад

      Panzer or Sherman?

  • @shortylucy
    @shortylucy 8 месяцев назад

    This was a fun episode!

  • @rinoamenna
    @rinoamenna 8 месяцев назад

    I could listen to these brilliant ladies talk all day!! 👑

  • @theodoresmith5272
    @theodoresmith5272 2 года назад +7

    Eleanor of auqitaine. Isabella of castle. Catherine.

  • @tewaarathon215
    @tewaarathon215 2 года назад

    I'm trying to work out if there was any symbolism in the boxing gloves and punching bag props?

  • @lizcollyns4082
    @lizcollyns4082 Год назад

    Fantastic to listen to women historians have an inspiring discussion

  • @erikasantoshafitness348
    @erikasantoshafitness348 11 месяцев назад +1

    What a panel! Just missing Helen Castor.

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Год назад

    Really interesting

  • @tonyoriordan5420
    @tonyoriordan5420 Год назад

    Very good 👍🏻

  • @bartonbella3131
    @bartonbella3131 Год назад +1

    I would've thought The She Wolf, Isabella would've been mentioned

  • @forddon
    @forddon 2 года назад +5

    Mary of Guise (Mary Queen of Scots mother) should be in the running

  • @ErokowXiyze
    @ErokowXiyze 8 месяцев назад

    That was fantastic!

  • @Riderules73
    @Riderules73 5 месяцев назад +2

    As Janina Ramirez is left out here I might skip this episode.Her book Femina discusses just this topic - I wonder why she was not included.

  • @robertrozel7045
    @robertrozel7045 2 года назад +4

    They didn't even consider Queen Latifah or Freddie Mercury!

  • @Persnikity-yv3nh
    @Persnikity-yv3nh 4 месяца назад

    I would pay for a series of this. Just 6 experts talking women's history. Amazing.

  • @JennyTolios
    @JennyTolios 5 месяцев назад +1

    What a brilliant conversation with a brilliant collection of fabulous historians! I agree with the majority of the panel that listed Elizabeth I as worst Queen...I have always been of the opinion that she given more credit for her reign than was deserved. Goes to show that PR was alive and well even back then. Although there have been many great Queens in English history, I am going to side with Suzie and say our beloved late Queen Elizabeth II is the greatest monarch so far...RIP sweet Lilibet. 💜💜💜

  • @saralynfosnight5139
    @saralynfosnight5139 Год назад +13

    Elizabeth I is my hero and has been since I was in grade school and read "Young Bess." I've learned a lot more about the queen in the years since, and my admiration has only grown. She was so clever, brave, and intelligent! She made translations from Latin, among other things. I think there's something to the idea that Elizabeth feared childbirth. Look at the various stepmothers she had! Elizabth II had no education in the sense that we think of it these days. She was tutored at home and simply didn't have a normal childhood or young adulthood.

    • @70AD-user45
      @70AD-user45 Год назад

      Not my favourite. Elizabeth I had Mary Queen of Scots executed. She also wanted to end the Tudor lineage by not having children. Perhaps "revenge" against her Tudor father, Henry VIII, who executed her mother Anne Boleyn.

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 2 года назад

    I like it your videos very interesting ever

  • @lizmccowage8031
    @lizmccowage8031 7 месяцев назад

    Fascinating ladies.

  • @loots9821
    @loots9821 7 месяцев назад +1

    Eleanor of Aquitaine kicked ass. She was incredible for any time.

  • @kieraethan
    @kieraethan 2 года назад +5

    Ironically, I listened to this podcast earlier today, then ran across the video. Both excellent, but it is fun to watch the non-verbal communication. I also gained a whole new perspective on Elizabeth I.

  • @dantheman4908
    @dantheman4908 2 года назад +6

    I wonder if there was some intelligence and reasoning behind Elizabeth failing to produce an heir and instead allowing James I to become king. He was a Protestant meaning that he would appease the the staunchly Protestant English majority while continuing England’s relationships with the Protestant powers on the continent. While at the same time, his being the son of Mary, Queen of Scots meant in Catholic law his claim to the English throne would be officially recognised, therefore ending the plot of putting a Catholic supported heir on the English throne.

    • @josephherrera6656
      @josephherrera6656 2 года назад +5

      She didn't want to risk losing her throne and power. Look what happened to her cousin Mary during the same time, as soon as she got married and had a son her rule and authority collapsed. After seeing what happened to Mary I'm pretty sure so thought to herself that will not happen to me

    • @swymaj02
      @swymaj02 Год назад

      Couldn't agree more. Best middle ground exemplified in a human being. Yes, Henry VIII was a middle ground in religion too, but James is way more composed.

    • @AmaraJordanMusic
      @AmaraJordanMusic Год назад

      @@josephherrera6656 To be fair, Mary made terrible and disastrous decisions about her chosen marriages. If Elizabeth was as capricious, she probably would have married Robert Dudley regardless of the rumors and had her rep in tatters as well. Just saying. 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @happyhedgehog6450
    @happyhedgehog6450 Год назад +3

    The Red Queen Margaret Beaufort is pretty hard to beat. Tudors wouldn't have been a thing without her. Look up everything she did if you don't know yet. She left me open mouthed in awe.

  • @Sebastian-us5of
    @Sebastian-us5of 6 месяцев назад +1

    Would be really interesting to see such a discussion regarding European queens. There have been some really remarkable women.

  • @Potto12
    @Potto12 2 года назад +1

    What an extremely interesting cohort of women.

  • @hkschubert9938
    @hkschubert9938 Год назад +2

    My personal view of the topic is that Queen Isabella of Spain was the most influential queen with her support of Christofo Colombo to sail west to get to India. This single act opened the Americas to settlement and the birth of the future superpower the USA.

  • @herb2078
    @herb2078 2 года назад +14

    I’m so shocked no one mentioned Queen Boudica!!! A brave true warrior queen who United tribes and lead on a battlefield as well as politically 🤯

    • @benjackson91
      @benjackson91 2 года назад

      You mean the woman who sacked several undefended cities full of civilians and then got her ass handed to her by one understrength legion?

    • @eugeneflores6153
      @eugeneflores6153 2 года назад +1

      Sadly she isn't quite successful and terribly bad at tactics, just like her generals, so they got all defeated by a random Roman general or commander. Bravery isn't enough, great achievements is needed.

    • @herb2078
      @herb2078 2 года назад +2

      @@eugeneflores6153 it goes deeper than that, she stood in the face of true failure and death, was able to use her skill to unit previously divided and waring tribes against a common enemy. Then seized the opportunity to take key strategic positions including London in the process killing a estimated 50/60k Romans (soldiers and civilians) putting the fear of god into a empire that was on a scale never seen again so much so that they fully contemplated pulling out of the U.K. she lost a key battle yes but the technological difference was immense and only a hand full of people had beaten the Romans through that time period of a few hundred years. She bravely faced death for her people, none of the above mentioned did. She’s a true warrior queen and for me a legend.

    • @eugeneflores6153
      @eugeneflores6153 2 года назад

      @@herb2078 So in short, she died in a grotesque way, and lose almost all of her men to her incompetency and her terrible commanders as well, then during her 1-year reign, she slaughtered lots of civilians her own people that became Roman citizens, and meager roman patrols.
      Sounds like she isn't progressive and impressive compared to the other queens.
      Instead of capturing the towns and villages that roman holds, they plundered and pillage.
      These female historians that have been featured in the video know who is more impressive than the overrated Boudicca.

    • @Ionabrodie69
      @Ionabrodie69 Год назад +1

      She was not a Queen..🤔🇬🇧

  • @Paeoniarosa
    @Paeoniarosa 8 месяцев назад

    Would love to see a smaller group with Suzannah Lipscomb and Eleanor Janega being interviewedby Dan Snow or Dan Jones.

  • @chrisswanson8666
    @chrisswanson8666 2 года назад

    i would love to have this group look, play and judge the game crusaders kings 3..............id love a historical perspective, esp from the view of queens

  • @Fatherofheroesandheroines
    @Fatherofheroesandheroines 2 года назад +2

    Dr Jadaga and I agree it's definitely Elanor of Aquitaine. Second would be Elizabeth II because she was so instrumental in leading England past World War II and the colonial era.

  • @dmr8914
    @dmr8914 Год назад +1

    I look forward to a panel of male historians debating the Greatest King in history.

  • @bellerophonchallen8861
    @bellerophonchallen8861 2 года назад +4

    It has to be Liberace.

  • @theonyxcodex
    @theonyxcodex 2 года назад +3

    Came back to add Margaret Beaufort to the list. That’s a must.

  • @heathermcdougall8023
    @heathermcdougall8023 Год назад

    I agree. Eleanor of Aquitaine. 2nd Matilda, who lived to see her son Henry II on the throne.

  • @Conn30Mtenor
    @Conn30Mtenor Месяц назад

    Hatsepshut, Elizabeth I, Olga of Kiev, Eleanor of Aquitaine

  • @Mhe620GO1
    @Mhe620GO1 2 года назад +1

    Suzannah Lipscomb and Kate Williams ? I'm in.

    • @romystumpy1197
      @romystumpy1197 Год назад

      Yes my fav both with naturally ringlety hair

  • @alexbuchholz7072
    @alexbuchholz7072 11 месяцев назад +3

    Elizabeth I the most inteligent and impressive queen and person in history.

  • @ellyoz1
    @ellyoz1 2 года назад +7

    Boudicca took no rubbish when her and her people were wronged stood up for what she believed gave it back 10 fold warrior queen to the max.

    • @eadweardwoden7309
      @eadweardwoden7309 2 года назад +1

      athelflead too.

    • @josephherrera6656
      @josephherrera6656 2 года назад +2

      And then was defeated by the Romans. She has a great and tragic story but in terms of real significant accomplishments she has none, and made no real dent in England or Britain's history.

    • @eadweardwoden7309
      @eadweardwoden7309 2 года назад

      @@josephherrera6656 "no dent in britains history" what?, we have a huge statue dedicated to her in west london, she's a symbol of british defiance. she defeated a roman legion and almost wiped out roman britain and almosy saved our people from the centuries of colonial servitude, she made a huge impact on british history, shes a hero and a hugely popular person here in britain. That's like saying rome losing three legions in germania never made a dent in their history,

    • @eugeneflores6153
      @eugeneflores6153 2 года назад

      @@eadweardwoden7309 compare to other queens achievements, she isn't great at all. 🤷🏽

  • @rw2993
    @rw2993 Год назад +2

    Elizabeth the First, is in no way a lesser Queen.
    ...
    My favourite underrated Queen has to be Caroline of Ansbach.

  • @mdkramster
    @mdkramster 2 года назад +2

    Interesting title. Would one put top 'male' historians debate... etc etc? Good discussion to listen to. Is there an extended version?

  • @Chris-uu8ts
    @Chris-uu8ts 2 года назад +4

    This should’ve been titled Greatest British Queens. There are plenty of queens and empresses around the world. Also why is there no mention of Freddy Mercury

  • @billmago7991
    @billmago7991 7 месяцев назад +1

    Katherine Parr definitely...wrote a book too