Brief History of the Royal Family

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

Комментарии • 18 тыс.

  • @iki2288
    @iki2288 3 года назад +29046

    Remember kids, if you are in line to the throne and your sibling asks you to join them on a hunting trip, just say no.

    • @PattBatmann
      @PattBatmann 3 года назад +319

      I see what you did there . I like the game of thrones reference 😏

    • @naresu
      @naresu 3 года назад +620

      @@PattBatmann *cough cough* 0:46

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something 2 года назад +26

      Ye

    • @yanniskarageorgiou3573
      @yanniskarageorgiou3573 2 года назад +301

      As a younger sibling I can confirm hunting trips are very beneficial for -me- the family

    • @donovanstringer7411
      @donovanstringer7411 2 года назад +124

      @@PattBatmann ...did you not watch the video

  • @karlissierins9895
    @karlissierins9895 4 года назад +24813

    i cant imagine how cool would it be to know your family history stretching back almost 1000 years

    • @karmia6649
      @karmia6649 4 года назад +473

      Yes! We know about 450 yrs!

    • @uz.f1746
      @uz.f1746 3 года назад +1090

      Well, one might say everyone's family history goes back to the first human creatures on earth in history 🤔🤷‍♂️😂

    • @julianassa6902
      @julianassa6902 3 года назад +484

      Here in Brazil, if we know our family history history in 100 years, is already too much hahaha I only know till my great grandmother (cuz she was alive till last year)

    • @kraxman3356
      @kraxman3356 3 года назад +705

      Yeah but they also have to live with the fact that their relatives were marrying and beheading each other

    • @PaulGaither
      @PaulGaither 3 года назад +202

      The line I am from can only be definitively traced back to John Gater, born in about 1599 and baptized in England to no known parents, where he traveled to Virginia and had a son named John Gaither (spelling change that has stuck around ever since).
      My specific line almost ended when one ancestor only had one child and died at age 28 where my branch continues from. I might be mistaken, but I also think that ancestor was the only male child to have male children, meaning his father's line almost died with him.

  • @triskilion1771
    @triskilion1771 5 лет назад +3850

    "Not every child matters"
    -CGP Grey, 2015

    • @metest465
      @metest465 5 лет назад +29

      Triskilion Is that you, mom?

    • @TheDragonCat99
      @TheDragonCat99 5 лет назад +26

      Triskilion
      “No child left behind” my a**

    • @kittycat-sc7je
      @kittycat-sc7je 5 лет назад +4

      That's what my dad said to all of his kids exept me and my half brother

    • @erojerisiz1571
      @erojerisiz1571 5 лет назад +1

      ouch

    • @Toxin_Glitch
      @Toxin_Glitch 5 лет назад

      kitty cat? _Natural selection_

  • @jackbaskfield8806
    @jackbaskfield8806 2 года назад +5350

    I love how there’s a total of like 10 different names over the course of 1000 years

    • @brendansunra
      @brendansunra 2 года назад +506

      English history is a messy tangle of Henrys, Edwards, Georges, Williams, Richards, Jameses and Charleses.

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders Год назад +565

      Even worse in France. King has a male heir? Louis it is.

  • @wholesomesandwich2437
    @wholesomesandwich2437 5 лет назад +6976

    “James James James James James *Mary Queen of Scots* James”

    • @brendadrumm9708
      @brendadrumm9708 5 лет назад +10

      Wj

    • @robertl30
      @robertl30 5 лет назад +87

      I heard Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, Bacon, and Spam.

    • @jesusagarcia7471
      @jesusagarcia7471 4 года назад +11

      I thought that it was a song 😂

    • @bombappetit
      @bombappetit 4 года назад +7

      And back to the sixteen hundreds.

    • @jensendl
      @jensendl 4 года назад +2

      a youtuber with quality content p

  • @fadedeverest
    @fadedeverest 3 года назад +9248

    "because not every child matters"
    The middle child: Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave

  • @WonderWhy
    @WonderWhy 9 лет назад +18525

    I love how a "brief" history of the British Monarchy is one of your longest ever videos.

    • @cornerproductions3
      @cornerproductions3 9 лет назад +134

      +WonderWhy Love you channel keep making videos!!!!!!!!!!

    • @AndresOssa
      @AndresOssa 9 лет назад +25

      true story...

    • @benjamontoasts
      @benjamontoasts 9 лет назад +193

      The best part is this is just the monarchy in the past millennium, there was even MORE mess before 1066

    • @YifpodMiner
      @YifpodMiner 9 лет назад +24

      OMG I love your videos! Please keep making them they're so addicting!!!!!

    • @kealanCninetythree
      @kealanCninetythree 9 лет назад +1

      +PaulusSupreme I doubt he'll stop anytime soon, he gets $15,500 for each video.....

  • @Kulsum-12
    @Kulsum-12 2 года назад +2743

    If anyone's wondering how many unique names there even are, since every monarch seems to be a George, I counted:
    1. William
    2. Henry
    3. Matilda
    4. Stephen
    5. Richard
    6. John
    7. Edward
    8. Isabel
    9. Elisabeth
    10. Jane
    11. Mary
    12. James
    13. Charles
    14. Anne
    15. Sophia
    16. George
    17. Victoria

    • @annakareninacamara6580
      @annakareninacamara6580 2 года назад +590

      Now do Scotland:
      1. James

    • @auliamate
      @auliamate Год назад +130

      There's like, 8 Charles the 2nds, 10 Edward V and George IIIs and like, 5 Marys

  • @kasianyland9248
    @kasianyland9248 4 года назад +2659

    Henry VIII: “Splitter of churches...
    And ladies”
    This is my new nickname for him.

    • @f.s.2869
      @f.s.2869 4 года назад +4

      I paused the video just to look whether someone else noticed it 🤣

    • @katherineislora3266
      @katherineislora3266 4 года назад +20

      I mean...
      He did split me and my cousin

    • @katherineislora3266
      @katherineislora3266 4 года назад +1

      HOI4Player1000
      Do you know the full story on that? Because I know I do.

    • @asdfasdf7199
      @asdfasdf7199 4 года назад +3

      @HOI4Player1000 in his defense, she was.

    • @samfairbanks3692
      @samfairbanks3692 4 года назад +4

      asdf asdf
      apparantly she was extremely beautiful, but when she met him he tricked her by dressing up as a commoner and seeing if she'd still love him even though he wasn't royal (which was an english fairytale or some shit), but since she was german she didn't know the fairytale (because it was an english one, so she had never heard of it) and slapped him. which fucked up their relationship from the beginning. he also called her a horse, and i would imagine that saying that to someone would mess up your relationship. then, there was the fact that she didn't follow many english royal rules. because she was german.
      he only used her being ugly as an excuse because he couldnt get it up (:
      tl;dr (ew reddit): she was pretty, henry was just a cunt

  • @SovietWomble
    @SovietWomble 8 лет назад +13616

    James James James James James James James James James James James James James James ...

    • @alejandro3702
      @alejandro3702 8 лет назад +334

      OMG it's comrade SovietWomble!!

    • @non1263
      @non1263 8 лет назад +440

      You forgot to put "Mary Queen of Scots" in the middle of that.

    • @owcopies123
      @owcopies123 8 лет назад +144

      George, George, George, George, Will, Victoria

    • @corvus1374
      @corvus1374 8 лет назад +33

      Because all of the royal sons had no legit children at the time of William, he and Edward and all of their brothers got married really late in life. It was sort of a mad scramble.
      Before that, it was pretty straightforward that Princess Charlotte would have become Queen Charlotte, except she died in childbirth and took her baby with her. Her husband, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, lost out on a chance to be King or Prince Consort of England due to her death, but wound up being elected King of the Belgians instead. Sort of a consolation prize. And Leopold's sister Victoria was Queen Victoria's mum.

    • @samthomas3604
      @samthomas3604 8 лет назад +40

      Holy shit it's womble

  • @literatouristin
    @literatouristin 4 года назад +9115

    "Hunting accident". Aye, a classic.

    • @rankz5293
      @rankz5293 4 года назад +155

      Lmao GOT s1

    • @h.m.1318
      @h.m.1318 4 года назад +12

      @@rankz5293 LOL

    • @MochaChinoSingz
      @MochaChinoSingz 4 года назад +25

      Underrated comment •`~'•

    • @gaberobison680
      @gaberobison680 4 года назад +100

      Literally an assassination method in CK3

    • @DanS044
      @DanS044 4 года назад +65

      There goes my 4/3/4 heir

  • @gamersincepong
    @gamersincepong 2 года назад +4368

    Everyone coming here today after the queen's death, and saying this needs an update, obviously didn't watch the last 10 seconds of the video. I think CGP Grey was planning ahead ;)

    • @NotaTechGuy177
      @NotaTechGuy177 2 года назад +160

      Yeah, he's got it covered. Maybe a footnote at most, but honestly everyone knows about the Queen by now so they can figure it out

    • @shekharpatait1203
      @shekharpatait1203 2 года назад +52

      Wait wdf what!?
      Is this the reason why I am getting this is recomdation for last whole week?

    • @Stux_28
      @Stux_28 2 года назад +10

      Hold up wait a minute

    • @algaesachel8551
      @algaesachel8551 2 года назад +21

      He does say Charles is the longest heir apparent so maybe it does need a update

    • @abox1942
      @abox1942 2 года назад +8

      @@algaesachel8551 Nope, don’t care

  • @kathkath5992
    @kathkath5992 4 года назад +11043

    Prince Charles: Mum can i rule now
    Queen Elizabeth: no

    • @joshgabrielll
      @joshgabrielll 4 года назад +185

      shall we resort to the torcher chamber sire?

    • @GalluZ
      @GalluZ 4 года назад +134

      Nah, straight to the gallows, mate. She's done

    • @vcloudyoutube7853
      @vcloudyoutube7853 4 года назад +50

      IF QUEEN ELIZABETH II DIED HER CROWN WILL GO TO HER SON CHARLES, NOW THE THIRD

    • @vora9743
      @vora9743 4 года назад +278

      @@vcloudyoutube7853 not if he dies first lmao

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 4 года назад +55

      @@LucasSantos-ss6ou He actually has coronavirus - apparently it's quite mild, but who knows, he might not become king!

  • @SnazBrigade
    @SnazBrigade 3 года назад +12060

    I’d love to see a “brief” history of the Japanese imperial family, one of the longest continuous royal lines in the world

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 3 года назад +231

      China:

    • @mihneaiordan1813
      @mihneaiordan1813 3 года назад +857

      @@Vysair Chinese warlords: I like China so much I prefer to see 25 of them

    • @Sifaka1104
      @Sifaka1104 3 года назад +9

      @Pranay Talati Please explain :)

    • @Sifaka1104
      @Sifaka1104 3 года назад +51

      @Pranay Talati Wow! Complicated! And... incestuous!

    • @younglingkicker3833
      @younglingkicker3833 3 года назад +9

      Didn't ask

  • @MarielleMorris
    @MarielleMorris 4 года назад +17972

    I feel so bad for the children who were supposed to inherit the crown but "went mysteriously missing"

    • @rryder
      @rryder 4 года назад +959

      Or the people that were supposed to inherit the crown but then someone had a child putting them further back.

    • @impact0r
      @impact0r 4 года назад +297

      How about the children who were not supposed to inherit the crown and "went mysteriously missing" but were commoners so none cared?

    • @MarielleMorris
      @MarielleMorris 4 года назад +557

      @@impact0r obviously them too... all children who end up in terrible circumstances no matter what class or status. end of the day they're just children.

    • @rryder
      @rryder 4 года назад +25

      @@impact0r THATS sad-

    • @rickhunter7443
      @rickhunter7443 4 года назад +245

      In my opinion the whole royal family thing seems hella toxic. I feel like it starts envy and greed betweem family members to decide who gets the crown. I dont like royalty.

  • @zimnylech527
    @zimnylech527 2 года назад +2409

    Looking at the royal family tree laid out like this, it's really surprising how SHORT it is.
    You'd think that Wiliam the Conqueror was really ancient, but there were literally only 28 generations separating him from Queen Elizabeth II...

    • @peteg475
      @peteg475 2 года назад +345

      Well, a generation is average 25 years, and can be shorter. So it makes sense. But I get your point. The olden days aren't as old as we think they are.

    • @Logiebear2310
      @Logiebear2310 2 года назад +196

      Yeah ONLY 28 generations 😂

    • @mansionbookerstudios9629
      @mansionbookerstudios9629 2 года назад +4

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    • @AlexCreeper
      @AlexCreeper 2 года назад +7

      @@mansionbookerstudios9629 nobody cares

    • @organicleaf
      @organicleaf Год назад +58

      time is a weird thing, for example humans only life 3,692 weeks on average

  • @wombatmike7990
    @wombatmike7990 9 лет назад +10261

    the saddest thing I've ever heard:
    "Queen Anne, who also didn't produce any heirs...she was pregnant 17 times"
    that's heartbreaking

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 9 лет назад +183

      +wombatmike She was the Susan Lucci of royal births.

    • @Kahlessa
      @Kahlessa 9 лет назад +1275

      Queen Anne did have a son but he died at the age of eleven. Most of her pregnancies ended in stillbirths. There was some type of medical problem that could easily be treated these days.

    • @dennisreynolds1341
      @dennisreynolds1341 9 лет назад +196

      +wombatmike And here all I can think of is Stannis's wife Selyse, from the books A Song of Ice and Fire.

    • @mankytoes
      @mankytoes 9 лет назад +313

      +wombatmike Bloody Mary had a shitloads of miscarriages/stillbirths too, in contrast to her virgin (maybe) sister. But that's less sad because she liked burning prods alive.

    • @xhoc
      @xhoc 8 лет назад +137

      +mankytoes False. Bloody Mary had only a false pregnancy, no miscarriages or stillbirths

  • @FelipeASaito
    @FelipeASaito 4 года назад +6797

    No, this is incorrect. Queen Elizabeth II will outlive every human in history and reign until the heat death of the universe

    • @intothemagic
      @intothemagic 4 года назад +381

      as if she wouldn't continue to rule the nothingness of nothing

    • @buffalocrackerdong6978
      @buffalocrackerdong6978 4 года назад +276

      _Why stop there?_

    • @michaelfortunato2522
      @michaelfortunato2522 4 года назад +133

      Nah, she has been around since the dawn of time.

    • @garretttipton6163
      @garretttipton6163 4 года назад +47

      Sid Meier's Civilization is truly prophetic

    • @disembodiednarrator
      @disembodiednarrator 4 года назад +76

      Fennekin Silver wrong.
      She will revert to her primal state and rule a new universe.
      Duh.

  • @rdpaik
    @rdpaik 5 лет назад +2541

    This was a lot faster than watching a dozen seasons of The White Queen, The Tudors and The Crown.

    • @benjaminnewlon7865
      @benjaminnewlon7865 5 лет назад +83

      "The Crown" is actually really good. If im thinking of the same show.

    • @anonymousmind8402
      @anonymousmind8402 5 лет назад +46

      @@benjaminnewlon7865 You mean the Netflix series? Some glaring historical licenses aside, I agree.

    • @monserratlastra7697
      @monserratlastra7697 4 года назад +17

      Don't forget reign

    • @haydeecm
      @haydeecm 4 года назад +28

      A dozen seasons? I wish! the White queen only had one season, the tudors 4, and the Crown 3. I love this type of shows wish there were more made to cover the whole monarchy. The sequels to the While Queen (The White princess and the Spanish Princess) were really good too.

    • @kalyn.0758
      @kalyn.0758 4 года назад +6

      rdpk I just finished watching The Tudors yesterday. I tried so hard throughout the entire series to understand because I've recently just became fixated with all of the England history, but I couldn't. I didn't understand what was happening to England with the wars, the fights between religion, Henry VIII making a new religion, etc. All I understood was the different wives since that's what made me want to watch it 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now I'm trying to actually understand the religion factor and I feel stupid because I could've watched this all along. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @Chrisss1176
    @Chrisss1176 2 года назад +700

    "Never fear: The rules are here."
    One of the quotes to remember.

  • @nirtrous4465
    @nirtrous4465 5 лет назад +1459

    7:45 So marrying a divorcee is not ok, for the head of a church that was founded because a king wanted to divorce his wife?

    • @alexander9703
      @alexander9703 5 лет назад +139

      Well, no, because he wanted to annul his marriage. That is declare it invalid, and thus as if it didn't happen. This was actually fairly common; only 50 years earlier, Richard III declared his late brothers marriage invalid. Henry himself actually annulled all of his marriages besides Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr.

    • @beefstew4698
      @beefstew4698 5 лет назад

      Nirtrous Ha!

    • @msontopoftheworld
      @msontopoftheworld 5 лет назад +9

      @@alexander9703 potAYto, potAHto!

    • @gandaruvu
      @gandaruvu 5 лет назад +81

      Annulment is actually a totally different thing from divorce, not just from a religious point of view, but legal as well. For example, divorcée can ask for divorce settlement, but an annulled one can’t, because there’s no marriage to begin with in the eye of law.

    • @priscillas6070
      @priscillas6070 4 года назад +3

      Don't you know marrying a devorsee is like commenting adultry. Once your married for he/she is a husband/wife for life. If he/she ask for divorce for he/she for ever she shall be unmarried and those who breaks the law is sinning

  • @5.3cheyito
    @5.3cheyito 3 года назад +7540

    All these “hunting mistakes” and the “unknown disappearance” got me dead 💀😂

    • @dominicgent3465
      @dominicgent3465 3 года назад +544

      Yeah them too..

    • @5.3cheyito
      @5.3cheyito 3 года назад +4

      @@dominicgent3465 what do you mean

    • @acmayfield6633
      @acmayfield6633 3 года назад +25

      @@dominicgent3465 I was gonna say that

    • @theorder7346
      @theorder7346 3 года назад +88

      @@5.3cheyito Takes a moment to sink in.

    • @PrivateMcPrivate
      @PrivateMcPrivate 3 года назад +111

      Hmmm was it "mistake" or a case of the stabby stabby

  • @anobuthix5977
    @anobuthix5977 3 года назад +3927

    You know how complicated the royal family is, when you start half way through the tree and still end up with 9 minutes of names

    • @thelazyrabbit4220
      @thelazyrabbit4220 3 года назад +92

      I mean we went up a millennia of inheritance of a really powerful family. If you go down your family rabbit hole you'll have a long list too 😂

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 3 года назад +36

      @@thelazyrabbit4220 I tried everything but i have no clue further then 1836

    • @hugolouessard3914
      @hugolouessard3914 3 года назад +20

      Try France. From around 300 to 1848. Pretty complicated !

    • @callnight1441
      @callnight1441 3 года назад +18

      @@hugolouessard3914 except the capetians, who were just a long line of father to son inheritances XD

    • @Thomaswilliamgmail
      @Thomaswilliamgmail 3 года назад +2

      @@thelazyrabbit4220 Hello dear👋👋,how are you doing today?I hope everything is fine with you?

  • @jackdyer8505
    @jackdyer8505 2 года назад +528

    3:48 isn’t it funny how the family tree at this point resembles the shape of Great Britain…

    • @rainxash
      @rainxash 2 года назад +32

      OMG Ur right

    • @Icon1468
      @Icon1468 Год назад +17

      I commented this years ago- but like yea

  • @hersoncastro9374
    @hersoncastro9374 3 года назад +5156

    “Not every child matters”
    Schools: Write that down

    • @thefmdguy1308
      @thefmdguy1308 3 года назад +17

      Sheesh pretty chilly pfp you got there

    • @Mr.Bimgus
      @Mr.Bimgus 3 года назад +14

      @@thefmdguy1308 What are you talking about? That's just a regular normal person.

    • @Nekiplex
      @Nekiplex 3 года назад +9

      @@Mr.Bimgus its a dog now

    • @UnlclinicallyInsane
      @UnlclinicallyInsane 3 года назад +8

      @@thefmdguy1308 what was it before it is dog now

    • @techfyres2610
      @techfyres2610 2 года назад +1

      667th like, sorry!

  • @Kerriangel
    @Kerriangel 4 года назад +4449

    1936: You can’t marry a divorced American commoner.
    Prince Harry: How bout I do ANYWAYY

    • @lindasek1206
      @lindasek1206 4 года назад +284

      By the time Harry married Meghan, he was 5th in line (Elizabeth said gender no longer matters so Charlotte goes before Harry). Edward VIII was already crowned a king and the head of Anglican church. You are comparing apples to oranges.

    • @nutellamonsta5602
      @nutellamonsta5602 4 года назад +269

      @@lindasek1206 It's a joke buddy

    • @bananakids_1212
      @bananakids_1212 4 года назад +14

      *har har har*

    • @evaperez5625
      @evaperez5625 4 года назад +63

      r/unexpectedbillwurtz

    • @India-th1ur
      @India-th1ur 4 года назад +50

      lol and look how it turned out for him, ;P american devorced commoners are not suposed to marry british royalty. It just isn't meant to be at all

  • @jaylenbarbieri2239
    @jaylenbarbieri2239 3 года назад +3152

    Prince George is watching this like “damn I’m related to all these people”

    • @anthonybenci9035
      @anthonybenci9035 3 года назад +124

      Exept for cromwell.

    • @readmydescription8240
      @readmydescription8240 3 года назад +82

      I hope Prince George will read this comment.

    • @theparrot6516
      @theparrot6516 3 года назад +17

      @@anthonybenci9035 and crommys son

    • @FigthAGAINSTSCOIALISM
      @FigthAGAINSTSCOIALISM 3 года назад +13

      Some uncles but yeah. I doubt he's watching. This is really brief and leaves out a lot of history. I would hope that his teachings were more in depth. Great lessons in leadership.

    • @FigthAGAINSTSCOIALISM
      @FigthAGAINSTSCOIALISM 3 года назад +1

      Henry VI was a weak king. Essentially like all politicians in today's world. All weak. This caused the war of the roses. As we see our own instability with weak leaders.

  • @whippycream1
    @whippycream1 2 года назад +643

    8:25 Longest Heir apparent is no more! Though at age 73, who knows how long his reign will last

  • @hereliesmyreputation2559
    @hereliesmyreputation2559 4 года назад +5234

    *"Not every child matters"*
    parents: secretly agreeing

  • @timeisnow6240
    @timeisnow6240 3 года назад +4614

    It’s crazy how if even one of these particular events didn’t occur that the Queen of England right now would be someone else

    • @dreascornelias7021
      @dreascornelias7021 3 года назад +36

      its supposed to be someone else

    • @h4rdi7g3
      @h4rdi7g3 3 года назад +368

      @@dreascornelias7021 that's what every usurper says.

    • @theorder7346
      @theorder7346 3 года назад +5

      @@dreascornelias7021 Like who?

    • @33LB
      @33LB 3 года назад +107

      why do americans say "queen of england"?
      she's "queen of the united kingdom"

    • @33LB
      @33LB 3 года назад +62

      @Eli Wilson But it sounds silly to narrow it down to such a specific place. Why not call her" Queen of London", or" Queen of Hertfordshire"? Same with "Queen of England", it makes no sense to identify a specific place, rather than simply naming the country she is queen of, which is the United Kingdom. She is indeed queen of a bunch of non-UK places, but she is resident in the UK, hence "Queen of the United Kingdom"
      Everyone calls her "Queen of the United Kingdom," except Americans who opt for "Queen of England." It just sounds really bizarre and unnatural.

  • @kipptt
    @kipptt 5 лет назад +2762

    "Not Every Child Matters." -Every Parent that has 3 or more Children

    • @eliegbert8121
      @eliegbert8121 5 лет назад +10

      edgy

    • @curfimo9793
      @curfimo9793 5 лет назад +24

      *at least

    • @milesweckerle
      @milesweckerle 5 лет назад +27

      Yeah being the middle child I can relate

    • @sarajohnson4543
      @sarajohnson4543 5 лет назад +1

      Rly

    • @kingchubs
      @kingchubs 5 лет назад +13

      Miles Weckerle yeah can relate. It is liberating tho, since no one gives a sht about what you do

  • @Oodelally
    @Oodelally 2 года назад +95

    The Royal Family (beginning with Matilda) are related to the previous Anglo-Saxon monarchs (back to Alfred the Great) through Henry I’s wife who was Matilda of Scotland, she was a descendant of Aethelred the Unready’s granddaughter.

  • @bellcat
    @bellcat 6 лет назад +2910

    “Not every child matters , so William had three kids we care about” LOL 😂

    • @phoenixwestfield8155
      @phoenixwestfield8155 5 лет назад +13

      Very relatable 😂😂😂

    • @onthemarketblog6444
      @onthemarketblog6444 5 лет назад +8

      the monarchy the royal dynasty the saxe coburg and gothas are not democracy a big Tsunami is coming in the following years so much is being suppressed on online and social media , the British government censorship is Orwellian

    • @ly7678
      @ly7678 5 лет назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @---nz5bw
      @---nz5bw 5 лет назад

      Infinite Man why

    • @pinkpink8886
      @pinkpink8886 5 лет назад

      😂😂

  • @bridieeleanor
    @bridieeleanor 5 лет назад +5175

    the royals: keeping it in the family since 1066

  • @abdulhaseeb4847
    @abdulhaseeb4847 5 лет назад +6597

    i'm gonna pretend like i understood all of this

    • @ireneparkin3360
      @ireneparkin3360 5 лет назад +148

      I've watched this video multiple times and I still don't understand it.

    • @TheInvincibleH
      @TheInvincibleH 5 лет назад +45

      Irene Parkin I half understand it, it gets simpler as you go along

    • @ceruleanblue2661
      @ceruleanblue2661 5 лет назад +7

      abdul haseeb you’re not alone

    • @rw3899
      @rw3899 4 года назад +26

      What's not to understand? He explains (albeit briefly) what's going on when there's no succession by the eldest son. Wikipedia is your friend for the actual conflicts.

    • @jonathantangara2867
      @jonathantangara2867 4 года назад +14

      It's not that hard to understand

  • @samyosm
    @samyosm 2 года назад +73

    This was such an entertaining and informative video! I really appreciate the humour you added to the brief history of the Royal Family. Great job!

    • @kurwanko
      @kurwanko 2 года назад

      It was made 7 years ago.

    • @samyosm
      @samyosm 2 года назад

      @@kurwanko I'm currently working on an AI that generates comments for videos. That comment was one of the generated comments.

    • @kurwanko
      @kurwanko 2 года назад

      @@samyosm why

    • @samyosm
      @samyosm 2 года назад

      @@kurwanko Cause it's fun.

  • @samanthamejia2922
    @samanthamejia2922 3 года назад +2474

    Imagine knowing your family tree goes all the way back to 1066 and knowing the people and their names who came before you

    • @globisdead
      @globisdead 3 года назад +120

      And their history and what they did and (maybe) their personality traits? That's sooooo cool

    • @coronaendson
      @coronaendson 3 года назад +65

      Great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand parents🤣🤣

    • @laggy_1
      @laggy_1 3 года назад +31

      That would be cool to know all your grandparents till like almost a 1000 years ago

    • @ClaireGirlJ
      @ClaireGirlJ 3 года назад +2

      @Ben well that’s awkward

    • @jakegosselin2212
      @jakegosselin2212 3 года назад +9

      @Ben Im not sure if it is due to my dads entire family coming from Normandy but I have seen many of my own lines that go directly from me to William the Conquerer even back as far as rollo

  • @jayclawwit6489
    @jayclawwit6489 5 лет назад +1931

    Prince Harry *marries an American commoner and a divorcee*
    Princess Margaret : wait..
    King Edward VIII : _WAITTTT!_

    • @sc8307
      @sc8307 5 лет назад +75

      I am currently re-watching The Crown in anticipation of season 3, and I had this very same thought. That thought got me wondering how different the world would be had Edward been allowed to marry Wallis and remain king.

    • @K.C.-Games
      @K.C.-Games 5 лет назад +31

      Probably that means UK will either be neutral or help the fascists in the UK for example Oswald Mosley or maybe join the axis powers to fight USSR

    • @SuperKing604
      @SuperKing604 5 лет назад +6

      David Renton edward like other mens lives and him and wallis only stayed together because they became this famous couple, he was not worthy of the throne his brother cared more about duty.

    • @SuperKing604
      @SuperKing604 5 лет назад +38

      Meh harry and his wife don’t matter they wont be king and queen so they queen let harry marry who ever. Kate middleton on the other hand seems like she was made in a lab to be the perfect queen. The day her and William become king and queen it will be glorious.

    • @rubberducky4074
      @rubberducky4074 5 лет назад +27

      Samantha Christensen It’s thought, he didn’t abdicate just because he wanted to marry an American divorcee but also because he was a Nazi sympathiser, so the UK under his rule might have been on a very different side of history.

  • @Big-Chungus21
    @Big-Chungus21 5 лет назад +2717

    Nobody:
    Heirs in the royal family: the death of my siblings was just an a c c i d e n t

    • @ruinnaimperii4686
      @ruinnaimperii4686 5 лет назад +30

      FiveGreenBottles 6 6 6 Heir dies.

    • @Big-Chungus21
      @Big-Chungus21 5 лет назад +98

      Ruina Imperri. Woopsies! Was that me that just killed my siblings children? Aww what a silly mistake. Guess i have to be the king now...

    • @jejo874
      @jejo874 5 лет назад +14

      @@ruinnaimperii4686 Oops, my game crashed

    • @شجرةالدر-ز5ز
      @شجرةالدر-ز5ز 5 лет назад +14

      Oops my 6/6/6 heir died, thank that the game totally "crashed"

    • @iscavengersam
      @iscavengersam 5 лет назад +3

      No forensics back then

  • @qtipcurtisjr
    @qtipcurtisjr Год назад +69

    Time for my yearly watch of every CGP Grey video

  • @randomnesscreations6906
    @randomnesscreations6906 5 лет назад +3311

    Prince Harry:*Marries a Divorcee American Commoner, gets away with it*
    Ghost of Edward VIII: am i a joke to you

    • @patriciajhs1720
      @patriciajhs1720 5 лет назад +39

      The truth about the first marriage of Queen Vicyoria to Lord John Elphinstone and mucj more jad been hidden for fsr yo long. I am
      Queen Victoria's Great Great Great Grand daughter via thay mattiage.

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat 5 лет назад +128

      Edward was more complicated and many think that his rumored Nazi sympathies had as much to do with the establishment pressuring him to abdicate as his marriage. It's perfectly understandable for a king to also be a fascist, but to favor foreign fascists over the local crop is to much. Also Harry is down in the succession these days and keeping the rules about divorce would also bar his father.

    • @maggiemae7749
      @maggiemae7749 5 лет назад +11

      @@FakeSchrodingersCat that family is German

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat 5 лет назад +44

      @@maggiemae7749 Depends on how you look at it. Yes a lot of their ancestors were German but Edward was 6th Generation of his family born in Britain. After a certain point you need to admit the children of immigrants are British otherwise noone in England is legitimately British. Bunch of Johnny come latelies you should all go back where you came from and leave the island to the Welsh and Scots.

    • @erinstanger416
      @erinstanger416 5 лет назад +59

      I bet Princess Margaret was also spinning in her grave when Harry married Meghan.

  • @tshiamosegalo7415
    @tshiamosegalo7415 7 лет назад +1319

    "Not every child matters"... Man that hit a little too close to home.

    • @tshiamosegalo7415
      @tshiamosegalo7415 6 лет назад +27

      FadeToBlack888 shut the fuck up you fucking jizz fountain.

    • @dumbofass1723
      @dumbofass1723 6 лет назад +5

      Tshiamo Segalo _jizz fountain omg_

    • @danial469
      @danial469 6 лет назад +14

      Tim Evans definitely some extremely necessary information for us. Much thanks

    • @tm13tube
      @tm13tube 6 лет назад

      Usually it's the girls who don't matter.

    • @coldblizzard5880
      @coldblizzard5880 6 лет назад

      millieo no. Sisters get the most attention. The youngest ones get no love at all. From my experience atleast

  • @lannadenisse
    @lannadenisse 6 лет назад +2178

    how many names were there back then?? there was like 174828 james and 194728 charles and yeah

    • @Charlzton
      @Charlzton 6 лет назад +169

      Mate try studying the War of the Roses where not ONLY does everyone have the same first name and surname, they're named after their titles too!!!! Have fun remembering which one of the 10203848 Earls of Lincoln, 2398 Somersets or fuckin 122372878946 De La Poles you're talkin about

    • @eliegbert8121
      @eliegbert8121 5 лет назад +26

      Those were just traditional names, the didn't want a Nehemiah ruling.

    • @Charlzton
      @Charlzton 5 лет назад +39

      @@eliegbert8121 Also because the Kings obvs came from the nobility and the nobility liked calling their children the same name because family purity n shit

    • @vivaciousmyosotis
      @vivaciousmyosotis 5 лет назад +7

      lanna d and 125226 henrys

    • @botigamer9011
      @botigamer9011 5 лет назад +30

      Henry and Edward are the highest on a tie, with 8 each

  • @bigman-ns7mo
    @bigman-ns7mo 2 года назад +126

    And thus, this video gains sudden relevance

  • @tomlyons8440
    @tomlyons8440 4 года назад +2478

    Ironic that marrying a divorcee is so taboo for the royals yet the Anglican Church was started based on divorce

    • @gabesegun7966
      @gabesegun7966 4 года назад +35

      Wait and see what happens in fifteen years.

    • @wandefter
      @wandefter 4 года назад +4

      @@gabesegun7966 wdym

    • @lukeduncan1473
      @lukeduncan1473 4 года назад +81

      @@wandefter Prince Charles's Wife, Camilla, is a divorcee, and there was a massive scandal surrounding their affair and Princess Diana

    • @australianword3812
      @australianword3812 4 года назад +50

      I mean, there is a difference between annulment and divorce. Henry claimed that his marriage with Catherine was invalid.

    • @chickennugget6654
      @chickennugget6654 4 года назад +37

      Back then it was all about the male, it didn't matter if Henry the 8th was divorced it only mattered if the person he was marrying was divorced.

  • @EzraDair
    @EzraDair 4 года назад +847

    “ not every child matters”
    Truer words never been spoken before

  • @mrs0m2512
    @mrs0m2512 6 лет назад +957

    *never fear: the rules are here*

    • @Polavianus
      @Polavianus 5 лет назад +10

      He lost america and his mind

    • @fidelyn1
      @fidelyn1 5 лет назад

      I'm the 666th like :)

    • @Ogloserlol
      @Ogloserlol 5 лет назад +1

      Hasinaz Ahmad Every Students NightMare

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 3 года назад

      Yeah I still feel even though King John the 1st abused his power he got a raw deal with that Magna Carta ❣🙄

  • @harry5326
    @harry5326 2 года назад +160

    A sombre update:
    Elizabeth 2 reigned 7 years longer than Queen Victoria making it over the 70 years finish line. A very impressive achievement!
    She left the crown to Charles 3, the oldest king to ascend to the throne. From there on, the crown will continue to William, the Prince of Wales, to his son George.

    • @11MissingPhoenix
      @11MissingPhoenix 2 года назад +2

      Tysm ☆

    • @9nikola
      @9nikola 2 года назад +11

      Except for the precise number of "7 years longer than Queen Victoria" you didn't really update much

    • @harry5326
      @harry5326 2 года назад +1

      @@9nikola I edited it

    • @mansionbookerstudios9629
      @mansionbookerstudios9629 2 года назад

      You can help save 26 million of North Korea people by watch yeonmi

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      @mansionbookerstudios9629 2 года назад

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  • @kiancroxall2099
    @kiancroxall2099 4 года назад +1564

    Britain: James, James, James, James, James, Mary queen of Scots, James
    France: Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Philip Louie

    • @bananaborz1
      @bananaborz1 4 года назад +41

      kian croxall Scotland not England

    • @davidbray5982
      @davidbray5982 4 года назад +68

      Scotland had all those James, but England did have:
      George, George, George, George, Victoria, Edward, George, Edward, George, Elizabeth

    • @davidbray5982
      @davidbray5982 4 года назад +5

      @@thebestchemicalelement4455 Actually, that's the UK, not Britain. I initially said England, because I was trying to differentiate between them and the Scottish monarchy. UK is the correct term because it includes Northern Ireland as well.

    • @bananaborz1
      @bananaborz1 4 года назад

      @@thebestchemicalelement4455 Er du dansk?

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 4 года назад +3

      All Charles. There a good amount of Charles in France

  • @jadeknight7279
    @jadeknight7279 4 года назад +1218

    I can't understand this messy family chart, imagine the little prince George will have to study and remember everything about his messy family chart.

    • @claireh2200
      @claireh2200 4 года назад +42

      Its confusing at first glance but doesnt take much time to learn

    • @aresx3749
      @aresx3749 4 года назад +17

      In the UK they probably teach them when they're kids.

    • @cl4655
      @cl4655 4 года назад +15

      well everyone in the uk has royalty in their blood

    • @mism847
      @mism847 4 года назад +5

      This is easy to understand, what are you talking about?

    • @grimreaper649
      @grimreaper649 4 года назад +6

      @@AustGM we do cut out the non relevant people from the line though to make it easier to study.

  • @rodrigonogueiramota4433
    @rodrigonogueiramota4433 4 года назад +1067

    England: "hunting accident"
    Russia: "vacation in Siberia during the Winter"

    • @johanrunfeldt7174
      @johanrunfeldt7174 4 года назад +7

      I was under the impression that hunting is the only reason to have a Siberia vacation in the winter.

    • @ibrahimkalmati9379
      @ibrahimkalmati9379 3 года назад +7

      Ottoman : time and place doesn't matter

    • @syedferoz2188
      @syedferoz2188 3 года назад +4

      @@ibrahimkalmati9379 Ottomans were more like fastest to the capital wins

    • @ibrahimkalmati9379
      @ibrahimkalmati9379 3 года назад

      @@syedferoz2188 yeah

  • @ixwin
    @ixwin 2 года назад +50

    7:21 I hadn't noticed this despite watching this video three times, but that's undeniably a Minecraft creeper in the cart on the left of the left image, right?

    • @Dmazza99
      @Dmazza99 2 года назад +2

      Oh my

    • @michaellyga4726
      @michaellyga4726 2 года назад +5

      This isn’t the only one. Keep watching older Grey videos to find more.

  • @Gabowsk
    @Gabowsk 4 года назад +1928

    It's easier to understand how the Electoral College works when a presidential tie is made than the Royal Family's history.

    • @lunchbox1341
      @lunchbox1341 4 года назад +2

      ok

    • @clarkevander
      @clarkevander 4 года назад +47

      Well, it actually is because the guidelines are clearer, and the Constitution is very hard to amend.

    • @connorstohl6050
      @connorstohl6050 4 года назад +22

      You know something is wrong when it is easier to understand american election laws than the original subject.

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 4 года назад +15

      @Hotsam Noirchards -- Yeah but you see, Hotsam...... you're wrong. And that is why the Electoral College is complicated. You wrote whoever gets the most votes becomes president. Not true. The winner is whomever gets a MAJORITY of electoral votes -- currently 270. However, you could have situations where 3 or more candidates get electoral votes -- with none of them achieving a majority (as has happened on a few occasions). Also, 2 candidates could tie, with each getting 269 electoral votes. (This has never happened.) In both cases, the election is thrown into the new House of Representatives who determine the new president through a vote of the 50 states voting as a bloc (each state getting 1 vote only). This has happened twice.
      So as you see, in extreme circumstances, it is not at all simple.

    • @clarkevander
      @clarkevander 4 года назад +7

      @@markmh835 he said clear, not simple 🤷‍♂️

  • @Uberkatze-
    @Uberkatze- 6 лет назад +4613

    James
    James
    James
    James
    *MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS*
    James

    • @sspark2686
      @sspark2686 6 лет назад +82

      4:53

    • @sspark2686
      @sspark2686 6 лет назад +84

      @@Mimi-by3gz *IF SHE BREATHES*
      *SHE'S A THOOOOOOT*

    • @thanospetebtw8352
      @thanospetebtw8352 6 лет назад +16

      @@sspark2686 OI dunny dare tae diss oor queen we never even had! Fuck sake man! (don't take this seriously tho)

    • @sspark2686
      @sspark2686 6 лет назад +6

      @@thanospetebtw8352 Mmmmm... ok

    • @vilesoulcube2601
      @vilesoulcube2601 6 лет назад +2

      Maki momota Oi que putas diceais?

  • @jubjub444
    @jubjub444 4 года назад +789

    I remember back in 2010 I was like how is Queen Elizabeth still Queen? And 10 years later she still is queen.

    • @q345ify
      @q345ify 4 года назад +61

      Funnlily enough- she's STILL about 4 years away from breaking the record set by Louis XIV for "longest reign over a major European country" and 14 away from the title of "Longest verified reign of any monarch in history" however she is longest reigning female ruler of any nation in history- a distinction previously held by Eleanor of Aquitaine for nearly 800 years who was also partly responsible for Henry the Younger's rebellion against Henry II

    • @ianism3
      @ianism3 4 года назад +29

      @@q345ify yeah but his "reign" started when he was 2 years old so he had a regent for the first 8 years and didn't actually start ruling until his minister died ten years after that, so you can kind of take 18 years off Louis XIV's reign.

    • @coconut_1219
      @coconut_1219 4 года назад +8

      Her husband is nearly 100

    • @PepeBote11a
      @PepeBote11a 3 года назад +1

      Still is 6 months later*

    • @jubjub444
      @jubjub444 3 года назад +8

      @@coconut_1219 Her mother lived till 101.

  • @bernier42
    @bernier42 2 года назад +71

    Came back to watch this again today, for obvious reasons.

  • @Mravilet18
    @Mravilet18 4 года назад +1155

    "How many James can we put in the Throne?"
    Answer: Yes.

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 3 года назад +52

      That's nothing compared to the French Louis and Spanish Alfonsos.

    • @idkwhy_0779
      @idkwhy_0779 3 года назад +1

      @@micahphilson ikr

    • @SirKarlIsTheMod
      @SirKarlIsTheMod 3 года назад +4

      @@idkwhy_0779 There are 19 Louis but if you added the mervonigian king its 23 Louis because Louis came from Clovis
      Clovis>Lovis>Louis

    • @sbkq2957
      @sbkq2957 3 года назад +3

      What about German Henrys

    • @theresgottabeagermanwordfo903
      @theresgottabeagermanwordfo903 3 года назад +1

      **France slowly walking out the room with Their kings Named Louis**

  • @MileHighKid
    @MileHighKid 5 лет назад +772

    7:20
    So are we not going to talk about the creeper in the wagon?

    • @Justin_Bank
      @Justin_Bank 5 лет назад +11

      Miguel Barrios-Sánchez I guess not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @poimedhanzel2103
      @poimedhanzel2103 5 лет назад +3

      Miguel Barrios-Sánchez aw man

    • @y.2272
      @y.2272 5 лет назад +7

      Wow your eyes are sharp

    • @DC-fm8wv
      @DC-fm8wv 5 лет назад +10

      Hahaha how did you spot That
      U a legend

    • @ditzelanimations5205
      @ditzelanimations5205 5 лет назад +1

      I saw it too

  • @MF-fd2ug
    @MF-fd2ug 6 лет назад +129

    I just want to say that Sophia of Hanover is an absolutely fascinating woman and i highly recommend reading her memoirs. the way she, the 13th child of a disgraced king married to the fourth brother with the smallest share of a puny kingdom got to the point where she was heiress to the english throne is absolutely riveting.

  • @michaelgallo7303
    @michaelgallo7303 2 года назад +8

    Thank you Mr. Grey, It's moments like this when I really appreciate you.

  • @lowercase3479
    @lowercase3479 3 года назад +759

    “Now this is the point where we acknowledge: Scotland Exists”
    Damn Grey your playing with fire there

    • @TSR1989FF
      @TSR1989FF 3 года назад +28

      Well as a Brit' of Scot's stock; they really weren't all that relevant to this topic *until* the *1603 Union of the Crown's* , which was almost also the UK's birth date ... but the English Parliament said no.
      (by 1707 they'd come around to it; and the last Stuart monarch [ever] accomplished what James I had originally wanted)

  • @merveturedi4781
    @merveturedi4781 5 лет назад +2056

    *Church:* Kings can't divorce.
    *Henry VIII:* I'm about finish this mans whole career

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec 5 лет назад +21

      merve. Annulment, not divorce. *YES* , there is a difference.

    • @daddistalin2051
      @daddistalin2051 5 лет назад +8

      Hence splitting of church’s and women

    • @aislingyngaio
      @aislingyngaio 5 лет назад +3

      @The Pasty British Guy From Wonderwoman In that case Henry would be a bigamist, since he married Anne Boleyn before the decree of annulment (or in your words, divorce) came through. If it was annulment then the marriage to Anne was valid. If it's divorce, then it's bigamy and invalid.

    • @aislingyngaio
      @aislingyngaio 5 лет назад +1

      @The Pasty British Guy From Wonderwoman Hehehehehe ever heard of Louis and Eleanor of Aquitaine? Yea they also "annulled" their marriage in the same way over the same basis of consanguinity even though they both then subsequently married new spouses that are EVEN CLOSER RELATED to each other. Or even King John and his first wife, the heiress of I think the Duchy of Gloucester. You'd be surprised how many royal marriages that had been consummated wound up annulled (annulled, not divorced). Henry VIII despite popular belief was most certainly NOT the first English king to seek an annulment.
      What I'm trying to say is, "legally" in those ages is just a matter of price, not principle or even religious reasons. "Legally" = what whomever has the most amounts of money says it is. Whatever religious reasons is dragged out as an excuse is just that: an excuse.
      But make no mistake, Those annulments were handled as annulments, not divorce. That's why Henry's marriage to Anne is legitimised because in the eyes of the Anglican church, annulment = Henry and Katherine's marriage is a "blank sheet of paper", not that it happened and then it ended, but that it NEVER STARTED because it's invalid from the start. It's also the reason why Eleanor of Aquitaine got back her Duchy of Aquitaine on the annulment, instead of losing it as a divorced woman in those days most certainly would.

    • @karlmachnow4961
      @karlmachnow4961 5 лет назад +1

      Aaaaactually: I'm about to finish my wife's whole career

  • @esqimo6647
    @esqimo6647 4 года назад +938

    “He was dead at the time”
    So... he wasn’t dead later?

  • @proseller287
    @proseller287 2 года назад +6

    These videos are timeless. I could argue this video is high quality then some videos made now

  • @thefmdguy1308
    @thefmdguy1308 3 года назад +794

    Teacher: Don't worry, the test isn't that confusing
    *The Test:*

    • @turbowarrior9918
      @turbowarrior9918 3 года назад +10

      For the poor people of GB, literally a test

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID 3 года назад +741

    It wasn't the stress of WW II or the breakup of the empire that killed George VI, it was the fact he was a very heavy smoker and in later life suffered bad health with several smoking-related illnesses, including lung cancer and arteriosclerosis. It no doubt contributed to his other ailments too, just as it did to his daughter Princess Margaret, who died, aged 71, who suffered from a number of conditions that are strongly correlated with smoking and suffered bad health for much of her life. Meanwhile her sister has now surpassed here age by a quarter of a century (and apparently insisted her husband gave up smoking when they married - and he almost made it to 100).
    It's a lesson on why smoking is a bad idea, and one that will have been echoed in many families.

    • @agustinfranco0
      @agustinfranco0 2 года назад +87

      well, i dont support smoking at all, but smokers do smoke more the more anxious or nervous they are, and the WWII probably got him pretty nervous

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway 2 года назад +13

      So is inbreeding. Not all royals got that message, but Harry certainly did!

    • @TheEulerID
      @TheEulerID 2 года назад +19

      @@CorePathway Prince Philip lived to almost 100, Queen Elizabeth is 96 years old. I think the smoking is the major factor here, but there is some advantage in widening the gene pool.

    • @warp1174
      @warp1174 2 года назад +1

      may she rest in heaven to meet reagan again

    • @xanpenguin754
      @xanpenguin754 2 года назад +5

      @@CorePathway I mean William married a commoner as well.

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 5 лет назад +2093

    The only family tree which can out Alabama Alabama.

    • @cece4222
      @cece4222 5 лет назад +5

      Roll tide ⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴

    • @overthecounterbeanie
      @overthecounterbeanie 5 лет назад +67

      Habsburgs: Am I a joke to you?

    • @brandinaron2907
      @brandinaron2907 5 лет назад +2

      Which is no one

    • @eamesaerospace2805
      @eamesaerospace2805 5 лет назад +55

      No one:
      The Hapsburg: You wanna see my family reef?

    • @Usoda_
      @Usoda_ 5 лет назад +4

      Japan also has a bit of it

  • @HenriNotHenry
    @HenriNotHenry 2 года назад +157

    Update: as of September 8 2022, Elizabeth II has died at 96, with the crown passing to the now-King Charles III.
    British people and other Commonwealth citizens reading this, we in America stand with you during this time of mourning ❤️

    • @dakotastevens8
      @dakotastevens8 2 года назад +12

      no we don't abolish all monarchies

    • @kekkewezel4615
      @kekkewezel4615 2 года назад +9

      @@dakotastevens8 of course you yanks don't know the meaning of tradition and history

    • @TazerXI
      @TazerXI 2 года назад +3

      @@kekkewezel4615 also that the monarchy here serve a basically ceremonious role, and not an actual political one.
      For example, the monarch can choose anyone for prime minister, but will almost certainly pick the leader of the largest party.

    • @jameslogantinker6567
      @jameslogantinker6567 2 года назад +2

      No we don't

    • @brucesmith3740
      @brucesmith3740 2 года назад

      @@dakotastevens8 This outline illustrates that these people wernt fit to rule anyone. They dont care about the well being but anyone but themselves.

  • @KDawn14
    @KDawn14 7 лет назад +1728

    "not every child matters" ouch😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kanejarrett1671
      @kanejarrett1671 6 лет назад +21

      The truth hurts sometimes 🤣

    • @smokedchedda1421
      @smokedchedda1421 6 лет назад +5

      cypher12 kim Yeah pretty much. 😕

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 6 лет назад +4

      Depend on the family.

    • @kanejarrett1671
      @kanejarrett1671 6 лет назад +5

      Blugale Doh I'd say it depends on the child..

    • @blugaledoh2669
      @blugaledoh2669 6 лет назад +5

      Probably. But I will probably say the family as a whole since family tend to project their "image" to the offspring especially the parent. They have a certain expectation that come for the child, not meeting such expectation probably lead to them having little interest or disdained for the child. There is also different custom many family will have.

  • @FAYBELLEchon
    @FAYBELLEchon 5 лет назад +548

    ...that his father's rules were dumb and his sisters were dumb-

    • @ProjectEkerTest33
      @ProjectEkerTest33 4 года назад +2

      @Yolanda72 I think you mean sterile not impotent

    • @chrisholley6427
      @chrisholley6427 4 года назад +1

      @Yolanda72 No Henry probably wasn't sterile he had a lot of illegitimate children.

  • @einsteinjet
    @einsteinjet 5 лет назад +932

    "Scotland exists." -CGP Grey, 2015

    • @windijihansalsabila1731
      @windijihansalsabila1731 5 лет назад +8

      It might be weird... but apparently I accidentally spell "Scotland" as "SCONEland"
      ...yeah, I think I'm hungry ._.

    • @minecartrider7057
      @minecartrider7057 5 лет назад +4

      Wait, what???!!!
      *mind blown*

    • @cheesecakemcgee3638
      @cheesecakemcgee3638 5 лет назад +3

      Sadly (i can say that cos im scottish)

    • @orangelake2268
      @orangelake2268 5 лет назад +1

      R.I.P. Demoman

    • @ryang6397
      @ryang6397 5 лет назад +5

      the video starts with the wrong line of kings since the english line died out in 1603, king james the scottish king takes over all crowns and invents the united kingdom and his line rules ever since.
      so he should start with the scottish line of kings which is also way older than the english line

  • @HATEAX0
    @HATEAX0 2 года назад +12

    Fun fact: in order to be an ancestor or to know when your ancestors were alive is 11 generations ago! (276 years)

  • @lilalovesu3373
    @lilalovesu3373 4 года назад +401

    "Richard then disappeared under mysterious circumstances..."
    *_This enraged Richard severely, leading him to become Richard III_*

  • @mikehuffman146
    @mikehuffman146 8 лет назад +300

    1:50
    "Two there should be. No more, no less. A master to embody the power, and an appreciate to crave it."
    -Henry II/Darth Bane

    • @mikehuffman146
      @mikehuffman146 8 лет назад +28

      Anyone who gets this reference is awesome.

    • @williamwiegand4340
      @williamwiegand4340 8 лет назад +7

      Lt. Daniel Huffman Star Wars. The Rule of Two for the Sith that started with Darth Bane and ended with the Emperor and Darth Vader.

    • @tamerofhorses2200
      @tamerofhorses2200 8 лет назад +15

      appreciate ? You mean apprentice right ?

    • @Miimu5210
      @Miimu5210 7 лет назад +2

      Manguch Beg He means appreciate.

  • @moosechoose
    @moosechoose 6 лет назад +1551

    Do this for the Habsburgs I dare you

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 6 лет назад +40

      Scoob The Boob
      Useful Charts already did it. Look for it on his channel.

    • @pink_hairbrush13
      @pink_hairbrush13 5 лет назад +1

      Yes!! Me too

    • @williamwhistleblower8548
      @williamwhistleblower8548 5 лет назад +1

      YEAH

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 5 лет назад +40

      If these are too many people involved with too many different names, do the last dynasty of Egypt. It's a miracle how Cleopatra VII ended up being actually really smart and charismatic, unless the official family tree is completely fake.

    • @arthuriexper7493
      @arthuriexper7493 5 лет назад +2

      Not all children matter

  • @meechisminners
    @meechisminners 2 года назад +20

    The fact that this video didn't need changing until just mere hours ago is insane

    • @nataliefarnsworth7061
      @nataliefarnsworth7061 2 года назад +7

      I mean it still doesn't. Until George passes and leaves the crown to someone else (and let's be real, the monarchy may be dead by then), the video is up to date.

  • @duderyandude9515
    @duderyandude9515 4 года назад +897

    Basically...
    William
    William
    Henry
    Stephen
    Henry
    Richard
    John, oi.
    Henry
    Ed
    Ed
    Ed
    Rich 2
    Three more henrys, join our song
    Edward
    Edward
    Rich the 3rd
    Henry
    Henry
    Ed again
    Mary 1
    Good Queen Liz
    Jimmy
    Charles
    And Charles, and then
    Jim
    Will/Mary
    Anne Gloria
    George
    George
    George
    George
    Will
    Victoria
    Edward
    George
    Edward
    George 6
    And Queen Liz 2 completes the mix.

    • @mahfuzvx3967
      @mahfuzvx3967 4 года назад +68

      Ahh a horrible histories fan hmmmm.

    • @johncabrera4171
      @johncabrera4171 4 года назад +27

      That's all the English King's and Queens since William 1st that there have been.

    • @sheilahunter8807
      @sheilahunter8807 4 года назад +4

      lol nice

    • @riverkath
      @riverkath 4 года назад +5

      YES!

    • @GhosttisCooll
      @GhosttisCooll 4 года назад +16

      Aahhh my childhood
      That's all the English kings and queens since William 1st there have ever been

  • @MrMirror
    @MrMirror 3 года назад +420

    7:20 anybody notice the creeper in the carriage 😂

    • @twanvanderheijden3463
      @twanvanderheijden3463 3 года назад +36

      I Was looking for this comment😂😂😂😂

    • @MarkiMew
      @MarkiMew 3 года назад +8

      Yeas ofc I did

    • @SteelyFl1nch
      @SteelyFl1nch 3 года назад +35

      So minecraft was in the British to sorry

    • @mikkelsvane7748
      @mikkelsvane7748 3 года назад +1

      @@twanvanderheijden3463 me two

    • @jakerodabaugh3441
      @jakerodabaugh3441 3 года назад +8

      No, that creeper is real, I can confirm I was there

  • @MNelson1800
    @MNelson1800 7 лет назад +628

    “The crown went to Queen Anne who also didn’t produce any heirs, though not from lack of effort.”
    Me: “HEYOOO!”
    “She was pregnant 17 times.”
    Me: “HEY... Oh, jeez.”

    • @ireneparkin3360
      @ireneparkin3360 6 лет назад +54

      One survived until 11 years old. Medical practices were not as up to date as they are today.

    • @electrosthefella
      @electrosthefella 6 лет назад +27

      Yeah. Medics back then were a step ahead of voodoo witch-doctors but three steps behind of current medicine.

    • @Makie.2001
      @Makie.2001 6 лет назад +6

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @kricket7746
      @kricket7746 6 лет назад +2

      Justin M.D. Nelson This made me laugh extremely hard, thank you lol

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 6 лет назад

      Justin M.D. Nelson Her longest lived child was only 11 when he died

  • @ActuallyFiona
    @ActuallyFiona 2 года назад +8

    I love the Total Annihilation reference. It was my favorite game as a kid.

  • @yessirski3854
    @yessirski3854 5 лет назад +2052

    so thousands of english people have royal blood in their veins it's just that their grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand.....grandpa was not crowned king
    NICE

    • @lemon4de549
      @lemon4de549 5 лет назад +69

      *great

    • @l.lautsprecher3446
      @l.lautsprecher3446 5 лет назад +118

      Actually make that every european and everyone with european ancestors.

    • @rangerofnorrath4277
      @rangerofnorrath4277 5 лет назад +36

      I agree with you 100%
      I'm certain there are still tons of ancestors still alive today scattered about the World from way back to even the Egyptian Pharaohs time, which has nothing to do with the U.K. nor the history of the monarch.
      I told you they came from Sweden. 🐡🐠
      Love from Michigan USA 💖
      Peace ✌

    • @l.lautsprecher3446
      @l.lautsprecher3446 5 лет назад +6

      @@rangerofnorrath4277 I am guessing everyone is: ruclips.net/video/15Uce4fG4R0/видео.html

    • @putinissonofiblis8130
      @putinissonofiblis8130 5 лет назад +12

      @@l.lautsprecher3446 "European"is not a nationality, race or ethnicity. Germanic Europeans are from Caucasus and descendants of native Caucasians Waynakhs. South Europeans are from North Africa, India and Middle East. East Europeans are gypsies, Persians and Asians

  • @MaeLSTRoM1997
    @MaeLSTRoM1997 3 года назад +520

    Fun fact: the birth of Queen Elizabeth II predates the invention of bread slicers by two years.
    She comes from the pre-sliced white bread era.

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 2 года назад +20

      GAPS NO SLICED BREAD???

    • @thebaldcat6708
      @thebaldcat6708 2 года назад +1

      @@hyzmarie
      Gaps?

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 2 года назад +6

      @@thebaldcat6708 *gasp

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 2 года назад +6

      Have you heard about knives? You know, to slice bread with?

    • @MarcosMartinez-op4yq
      @MarcosMartinez-op4yq 2 года назад +3

      So a loaf a bread 👍

  • @andrewhersabyl6759
    @andrewhersabyl6759 5 лет назад +838

    How to impress your Parents and girlfriend.
    Explain them about Royal family from 1066.

    • @NetherPrime
      @NetherPrime 5 лет назад +35

      I think that's a great 'how to piss your parent's and girlfriend off'.

    • @schlondpoofa529
      @schlondpoofa529 5 лет назад +32

      i would be impressed actually

    • @xerxeszero586
      @xerxeszero586 5 лет назад +16

      How to look really smart in college history 101

    • @ry-qw1dr
      @ry-qw1dr 5 лет назад

      impressive

    • @Fern635
      @Fern635 5 лет назад +1

      If you REALLY want to annoy/impress, Horrible Histories did a delightful song to help remember the order and key details:
      ruclips.net/video/40qOAcz5bUM/видео.html

  • @enorazza
    @enorazza 2 года назад +32

    This video was so unrelevant for so long..
    BUT, it was released EXACTLY 7 years ago!
    King Charles III has just entered the Buckingham Palace - September 9th, 2022.
    CGP Grey knew already the day and the year, releasing this video 7 years ago, honoring the Queen's 70 years reign.
    Impressive work, CGP Grey!
    (how did you know, if you can tell us)

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 2 года назад +2

      I just noticed too that this was posted exactly to the date, but of course several years prior

    • @11MissingPhoenix
      @11MissingPhoenix 2 года назад

      Hii im in 15th September 2022 :>

  • @stevenzhao3414
    @stevenzhao3414 5 лет назад +538

    Condolences to all students in one of the country with super long history... namely China and UK.

    • @KuSaiki
      @KuSaiki 5 лет назад +116

      And a congratulations to all the history students in countries where Britain erased the culture and left them with less history to learn

    • @qqn4531
      @qqn4531 5 лет назад +66

      Many countries in Europe have a *VERY* long history. I guess you're amercian as you say that

    • @bebekdragon7604
      @bebekdragon7604 5 лет назад +3

      My country doesn't have long history perse, but it has multiple small kingdoms(like 40s of them) that very matter to our history so the history books still thick as hecm

    • @nessuno3783
      @nessuno3783 5 лет назад +3

      @ÇŞ Ö Italy too

    • @LeeWatcher5810
      @LeeWatcher5810 5 лет назад +4

      @@bebekdragon7604 Sounds like Germany to me

  • @red-wl8gp
    @red-wl8gp 4 года назад +1728

    "Marrying a commoner AN AMERICAN COMMONER AN AMERICAN COMMONER DIVORCEE twice over"
    *LE GASP*

    • @user-xs1is9yd5o
      @user-xs1is9yd5o 4 года назад +14

      @AgingPeak so much for a pure bloodline. Harry's ancestors probably spit on his name every day.

    • @shudheshvelusamy7644
      @shudheshvelusamy7644 4 года назад +6

      @@user-xs1is9yd5oSo you think members of the British royal family shouldn't marry Americans?

    • @user-xs1is9yd5o
      @user-xs1is9yd5o 4 года назад +12

      @@shudheshvelusamy7644 no, its because Markle isnt wh1t3.

    • @Plainejan
      @Plainejan 4 года назад +2

      Escandalo

    • @joeyhardin5903
      @joeyhardin5903 4 года назад +8

      edward viii was also a nazi symp

  • @fizasabir5702
    @fizasabir5702 3 года назад +280

    Richard the 3 “bestest uncle promising to take care of his brothers son Edward future king”
    Edward : goes missing mysteriously
    Richard : 😮

  • @OlutolaOreofe
    @OlutolaOreofe 6 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks!

  • @RGld-jg8rs
    @RGld-jg8rs 6 лет назад +278

    "Not every child matter" what I think my parents sometimes think

  • @phmapping1283
    @phmapping1283 7 лет назад +1261

    James
    James
    James
    James
    James
    *Mary Queen of Scots*
    James

    • @eunbitpark5251
      @eunbitpark5251 7 лет назад +9

      PHmapping XD!! Favorite part!

    • @darkspirit2009
      @darkspirit2009 7 лет назад +15

      take a guess on my middle name

    • @Shadowschannel1
      @Shadowschannel1 7 лет назад +17

      Dark Spirit JASON

    • @reegodlevska4760
      @reegodlevska4760 7 лет назад +6

      ma name is james

    • @Robi2009
      @Robi2009 7 лет назад +23

      - Mary Queen of Scots is off!
      - Can I have James instead?
      - You mean James, James, James, James, James, James and James?
      - Yes!
      - Ugh!

  • @bryntslzar
    @bryntslzar 5 лет назад +240

    all i hear is
    George, Charles, James, Scott, Mary, William, Henry,

  • @Lord_Skeptic
    @Lord_Skeptic 2 года назад +36

    0:07 Pangaea stopped existing when the majority of its inhabitants voted for pangexit

  • @Archangel_sNest
    @Archangel_sNest 6 лет назад +536

    James, James, James, James, James, Mary Queen of Scots, James

  • @handlesarecringe957
    @handlesarecringe957 4 года назад +131

    Fun fact: if Victoria had no sons or if all of them died, the line would have merged with the Hohenzollerns, making Kaiser Wilhelm II the British monarch. If we used the modern rules from Victoria onwards, Willy really would have been the King, since his mother was Victoria’s eldest child.
    Somewhat interestingly, this would mean that the British would have a 100% legitimate claim to France as well, since Wilhelm was an indirect descendant of Napoleon.

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 года назад +24

      This is even stranger when you consider that Napoleons direct descendant, Napoleon IV, died in combat as a British soldier in the Anglo-Zulu wars

    • @snazzypazzy
      @snazzypazzy 2 года назад +15

      Oh wow that would have changed the European history *a lot*

    • @bloodstoneore4630
      @bloodstoneore4630 2 года назад +11

      Now that's the alternate history novel I want to read

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander 2 года назад +3

      😩 [shuddering at the thought]

    • @Anonymous-df8it
      @Anonymous-df8it 2 года назад +3

      What about if absolute primogeniture was applied since 1066?

  • @omggg94
    @omggg94 6 лет назад +778

    Suddenly, the Game of Thrones makes MORE sense.

    • @drea2280
      @drea2280 6 лет назад +5

      omggg94 omf HAHAHA

    • @sg_1541
      @sg_1541 6 лет назад +12

      omggg94 yes it does... I'm a science student... Yet I'm here you know why because of my new found love for history from that bloody game of thrones 😂😂😂

    • @deeksharajput126
      @deeksharajput126 6 лет назад +2

      😂😂😂😂

    • @penname5766
      @penname5766 5 лет назад

      Yes and although Game of Thrones borrows from a lot of countries’ history, the main premise is the English Wars of the Roses (“wars” because it was a series of wars to claim the throne). It was epic, violent and very, very complicated but also thrilling to learn about. You couldn’t make it up.

    • @penname5766
      @penname5766 5 лет назад

      David Renton Yes I know it is. But George Martin himself has said in interviews that he was mainly influenced by the English Wars of the Roses - which was a real life series of brutal wars for the crown that went on for years between the houses of Lancaster and York. Nobody could deny the ressemblance with Lannister and Stark? Look up the Wars of the Roses and you will see for yourself that the parallels are unmistakable.

  • @thenotoriousl.i.b9779
    @thenotoriousl.i.b9779 2 года назад +1

    The RUclips algorithm always serve the best videos at the right time.

  • @Schut_gorokhoviy
    @Schut_gorokhoviy 6 лет назад +802

    And even though he lost america and his mind
    NeVeR FeAr ThE RuLeS ArE HeRe

  • @GeographyNow
    @GeographyNow 9 лет назад +374

    Wait a sec, in between George II and George III there's "Frederick"... you didn't expound on that, who is he? (I'm too busy to look it up I have to research Burundi and Cambodia right now, I'll just come back here when someone can elaborate for me.)

    • @aidan6967
      @aidan6967 9 лет назад +59

      keep up the good work man. I really enjoy your channel

    • @greatwolf5372
      @greatwolf5372 9 лет назад +115

      Frederick died before he could become the king. I think he fell from his horse. Anyway I like your videos!

    • @Comando96
      @Comando96 9 лет назад +40

      +Geography Now With Primogeniture the crown will pass to the son of the current King, who, if is dead, ie Frederick will pass to any legitimate children he has.
      Fredrick died before his father did, but left a son, who then became King upon the death of his grand father.

    • @rul787
      @rul787 9 лет назад +2

      +Geography Now Hey Paul! Nice seeing you here. Love your work and your style. Waiting your next vid. Cya!

    • @clintmiller5123
      @clintmiller5123 9 лет назад +1

      +Geography Now It's Paul! You're the best man! Makes me smile everytime I see you around youtube!

  • @Image-vj3jz
    @Image-vj3jz 7 лет назад +426

    I've watched this 5 times and I still don't fully get the super messy time part. Fuck sake Britain

    • @tacosmexicanstyle7846
      @tacosmexicanstyle7846 7 лет назад +19

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      Elizabeth was illegitimate in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Half of England was Catholic and half was Protestant and it sparked wars across Britain. The Catholic half wanted Mary Queen of Scots on the throne because she was Catholic and a legitimate heir, as did the Vatican, Spain, France. BUT she was Scottish and French and that didn't sit well with the law which described that the English monarch should be English.
      No one wanted Elizabeth, but then Scotland became Protestant and Mary of Scots had made some terrible marriage decisions which lost her the confidence of her own people.
      Mary Queen of Scots had a son who grew up Protestant, and Elizabeth said that James VI of Scotland would become king IF he consented to the execution of his mother Mary. It's a seriously complicated rivalry and it'd take you months to learn it all but that's the scope of it, religious wars and Elizabeth being viewed by half her country as "the wrong queen"

    • @em7lycan
      @em7lycan 7 лет назад

      tacos mexicanstyle I just finished the TV series "Reign". Reading your comment was just like having a recap of the series. I fell in love with Mary. (Well, the personality of Mary in the TV series). Long live Queen Mary of Scots! Long may she reign! 😅😅😅

  • @trashcan4798
    @trashcan4798 2 года назад +11

    Coming back to check up on the timeline following the unfortunate passing of Elizabeth II