William Rufus - King William II of England Documentary
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The narrator is excellent! One can hear his interest in his subject. Brilliant, thanks so much.
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Ten sixty birth for William the conquer would have him invading Britain at the age of sixpull the other leg it has benllsbon! Unless you mean it was em rufous who was born in ten sixty
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I’m always amazed at the production value of these videos. This is easily something you could see on the history channel or Netflix. Well done.
Thank you for this detailed documentary about William Rufus. After listening about the man and his accomplishments, it seems he had many redeeming traits as a king. I would imagine had he married (as was the custom of the day) & produced an heir, he might have had a longer life. As for Henry, based on what I’ve read about him, it wouldn’t be at all surprising if he was responsible for that “hunting accident.” He was after all a man of his time & status. Well done on this one!
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3 coffee! Well done
Thanks so much for this posting. I have never seen this much information on William Rufus anywhere. I really enjoyed it! ❤
Truly inspiring scenes accompanying the well formed lecture. This should be shown in schools.
Well done for getting a full documentary out of Rufus, not a lot out there about him
There’s plenty of books about him 🙂
@@MykeWinters can you recommend some?
I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
@@MykeWinters I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
Fascinating and a part of my maternal history, the Drew family which goes all the way back to William the Conqueror and his Doomsday book in 1066! I don't doubt William's homosexuality, though the church certainly would and I believe his younger brother Henry was behind William's death and why he rushed to be king in only three days! Thanks for a great documentary on William Rufus! I love the history of all the different eras of my forebears who left the UK, Scotland and England in 1721 from Ulster, Northern Ireland, landed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and fought in the Revolutionary War, one wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill!
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Thank you!
There is a Wetherspoons pub in Carlisle named after him as he ordered the building of Carlisle Castle although by the time the first stage was complete Carlisle was again in Scottish hands
I was always hoping you'd do a documentary on William II and it didn't disappoint!
William Rufus King was a prominent US politician in the 19th century.
Don't know much about him . Now thats underated or overlooked .
Well, with Robert being so unpredictable and independent-minded, he wouldn't have lasted long. I say this since a king may HAVE to assert authority in some instances, but for the most part, a wise king would know where his strength and weaknesses lie, and delegate such responsibilities to those who would know what they were doing. As for Henry, it seems as though, in their later years together, he was starting to get along better with William. However, since he, as it is mentioned in the documentary, was an opportunist, a hunting trip would be the best moment to make his move, as slipping an assassin into the hunting party, where William would be practically unprotected, would easily allow the assassination to be disguised as an unfortunately fatal hunting accident.
Henry hot foots it to London to secure the treasury and has himself coronated as King just 2 days after his brothers death.
@@PortmanRd Winchester not London
A rather obscure king! At least to me, as I know very very little about him. Thanks!
True - only knew his name! So interesting!!!
I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
@@cecileroy557 I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
I've been to the Rufus stone and I wish as a 10 year old I fully understood what I was seeing
Just a "hunting accident"... how many kings died in hunting accidents?... can't count all of them with two hands... amazing work. Thank you very much for this video.
It was questionable if it was a murder. The chap that shot him went too France. I’m a direct descendent of the chap that found his body and returned it to the castle. Our family name is on the Rufus stone in the new Forrest.
Tyril returned and King Henry "forgave" him and he was granted all his lands and titles back. He was also known as an expert bowman.
Hunting accidents were very common. Hunting was and is dangerous especially when multiple hunters are hunting in the same area.
Matilda of Flanders was 5 feet tall [as established by examination of her remains] Their marriage was NOT particularly consanguineous, in that 3rd cousins share only a set of great-great-great grandparents and the once removed indicates that one of them was the CHILD of a 3rd cousin, so absolutely no reason why their children should not be perfectly healthy. The church's prohibitions were excessive at that time.
Judging by what I’ve read of the papacy during the middle ages it was most likely brought up as an issue as a way to put a check on William’s growing power.
Ah, yes, one of the most famous "hunting accidents" examples of history, great that Henry I was there to pick up things.
William Rufus added most of what is today Cumbria to England though the Scots later took back parts of it for a while until the English took it back again
I think the Fargeons (Herbert and Eleanor) said it best:
William the Second, he had a red head.
One day to the forest his huntsmen he led.
A fellow named Tyrell an arrow let loose,
And William fell dead as a Michaelmas goose.
And nobody knows if the fellow named Tyrell
Took William's red head for the king, or a squirrel.
😂😂😂
By far one the best productions of the English monarchs i've ever seen on the internet! Are you guys planning to make one about Henry I and the rest of the english monarchs? I have all saved in a private playlist but I know there are a few missing.
As a descendant of Walter of Tyrel, I found this video enlightening. Family tradition has it that Walter did kill Rufus and had to flee to France as a result, although the family didn't seem to lose anything.
I’ve been told our family is also a descendant of Walter Tyrel. My understanding was that he was most likely hired to kill the king because it was considered a “hunting accident” and there was no investigation, Walter just quietly left England. I’m just about to watch the video so I’m hoping to find out more :)
I’m a direct descendant of the chap that found his body and returned it too the castle. Our name is on the Rufus stone in the new Forrest
Thanks for Red Willy.. little is ever said about him…
Do not doubt for a minute that murder was beyond any of them.
He wore short tunics, curly shoes, wanted the latest fashions, had expensive tastes, had issues with the church, was regarded as effeminate. I think I've spotted the pattern here...
...do indulge us...
Fabulousness is thousands of years of old ♡
Yeah, he's French.
@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Hadrian was gay, he was a good ruler, I could see Renly being like Hadrian. Diverting funds from wars of aggression to defense and public works and art.
So he is gay....
A top tier video once again on a king not very well known.
I almost always marry him in Crusader Kings 3 xD Thank you for educating us about the real person!
Fascinating story
It's strange that his funeral was hurried and plain.
Thanks for the upload!
A good presentation, much material I've not heard of before.
I find it treacherous that we all see these extremely historical structures falling apart! Find as much original stone and restore these structures. If I was a billionaire I would do it myself
Thank you. Most enjoyable. It definitely sounds like William was gay . It seemed to run in the family. Richard the Lionheart was and Edward the second and a few others whose names have escaped me. Thank you so much . Love the music 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
Well presented
Very well narrated, thank you. I have a strange feeling that William Rufus was actually quite progressive for his time.... Was it an accident? well, I suppose everything in this life is some sort of an accident...
Despite their close relations... Ummm... 3rd cousins once removed isn't exactly close. Seriously, that's one set of Great-Great-Grandparents shared. Now if they did this frequently, yes, that's an issue, but it's not that dangerous. Sheesh, they may not even have the same Genes at all because of how far apart they are. If that was dangerous then believe me, people would keep better track of their family trees. Everyone is shocked I spend time with one branch of my second cousins, I don't know any of my third cousins, lol. I don't think most people even know the name of their great great grandparents unless they signed up for a genealogy service.
It’s a pity that Queen Victoria wasn’t so careful.
@@susanc4622 Yet they don't say that about her kids that were healthy. It's amazing any didn't end up with serious problems.
@@GonzoIsCool The Russian Tsar’s son was haemophiliac which led to his mother’s’ obsession with Rasputin as a healer which led to the Tsar using him for advice which was one of the factors in his poor decision making which led to…the Russian revolution. Haemophilia is thought to have been carried down through Queen Victoria’s line.
@@susanc4622 Yes, but considering how many children they had, it's surprising that they had so few issues.
A very informative video, thanks.
Henry killed Rufus. Cui bono and all that
I don't think it's accurate to call him gay. Homosexuality as a genetic trait is rare. Humans like other mamals can mate with either sex and any preference is not exclusive except by choice. Even when a strong genetic preference is present it's not exclusive.
Many gay men even in modern times when it's not imperative, at some point will procreate and straight men will experiment.
I think William Rufus avoided marriage because he was not the oldest brother and he had a very ambitious younger brother. To marry would make Robert feel an immediate need to possibly kill William and Henry too. If he was trying to produce an heir his brother's would not have let him live I'm sure. That was the main trouble with having too many sons back then. The more a heir has to gain, the more likely his brothers would murder him.
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I wish I lived in Britain. Even though I don’t like all of their laws I could obey in a country so old that I trust they know what they are doing, unlike the most corrupt country in the world the united states
Atleast in the United States you have the constitution
@@Falcon_Serbia the constitution 😂😂😂 they are using it as a scrap paper now. Little by little doing away with jt
Which British laws don't you like - not carrying guns, driving on the left, no laws against jaywalking, universal health care?
@@pedanticradiator1491 In Arizona, when a renter has a water heater break down or a the electrical power stops, and the landlord is given written notice, then they must fix it within 2 weeks of being told. No other choice, just fix it. But, I can attest that in the UK, even when you have a hole in the floor, no light switches work and the boiler doesn't heat the water, even when you ask an MP to help, it doesn't make anything get fixed for the renter. I have rented from three different flats, from three different rental companies and none are any better than the other. They simply do NOT take care of their renters and I can prove it with all the documents from trying. This flat is the best so far and its floor has not been fixed for almost three years.
@@dburton2765 3 years is plenty long enough to fix it yourself or move init?
Im all against this disgusting first cousin incest which recently got imported into the West from you-know-where, but 3rd cousin once removed is extremely remote (sharing 1/8 or 1/16 ancestry respectively) and barely noticeably and has next to zero chances of causing genetic health problems in offspring.
Royals and nobles have been marrying first cousins for centuries so it's hardly recent
Met the best archer in all England I think one shot one kill
This is awesome
Modern historians thinks every monarch without an heir was gay. So pathetic. How can they judge a person who lives 1000 years ago?
He was a rather sassy guy lol.
I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
I think his outbursts over petty things like cheap shoes was not lack of self control, but playful performance. Part scolding, part entertainment. In a manner some men of his flamboyance may have. If he wasn't like that, and truly taken to rage over minor things, he would have lost the respect of those around him.
It seems to me from the video , that William II reign was pretty tyrannical in regards to his nobility , for the common people in those times did not count , so you can say , that he was a tyrant in “general” terms.
I did not expect to see a documentary on William Rufus . I think it a a good thing it was made after having watched it ; I knew very little about this son and successor of William the Conqueror which by itself and only by itself , gives him an historically important place and role .
William Rufus, Henry Beauclerc was his brother
@@pedanticradiator1491 Thanks for the correction , I got confused between the two ; it was a slip .
Has anyone ever thought of the possibility, given Rufus' attitude toward the Church and rumors of being homosexual, that he might have been the victim of sexual abuse by the clergy?
what does that have to do with him being homosexual. if anything i think he hated the church because many of his contemporaries associated with the catholic church regularly complained of him being insatiably lustful and regularly engaging in sodomy
Aha
The first lord of Walsall UK was William de Rufus
200 years later 1252
Must be same family I'll have to check on that
Ru(fus) = red =french Norman = rouge
Wouldn't be the same family as the Norman dynasty was replaced first by the Blois family briefly then by the Plantagenets..Rufus was William II's nickname not a surname
quite interesting, However all we learnt at school of WILLIAM Rufus was he was killed in a hunting accident that probable wasn't an accident as they were glad to get rid of him. Plus as all his battles just concerned who was ruling the country I guess the ordinary people couldn't care less, one overlord is much like the other.
I didn't even realize england had kings
Are you serious? Half the videos on this channel are about English or British kings
It does when the Queens give them a chance. Victoria and Eluzabeth II are the longest serving monarchs in British history 😁
Typical spoiled king behavior
Rufus and Richard II ; how do they compare?
I find it ironic that the Catholic church knew about the dangers of kissing cousins. It obviously fell on death ears a few centuries later with the Hapsburgs.
By the face of Lucca!
Popes of the 11th Century. The King of the Romans has to do what I tell him and you cant marry anyone who shares any of you 128 5 great grandparents as an ancestor or anyone in between.
Popes of the 16th Century of course you can marry your neice my magnificent jawed Emperor, please fight my battles for me.
By returning part of the empires' wealth back to the churches (these were stolen from them in the first place). This empowered William/Rufus, and the legitimate heir would ne'er be king.
Il don.t wana now 🙄 il live to day and tomorrow . Not in the past .
So why bother clicking on the video.
@@pedanticradiator1491 burn lol
Thank you, i have never heard of king Rufus 9american here0
His name was William. Rufus was a nickname
@@pedanticradiator1491 Rufus was his middle name
@kashfiaislam9995 no it wasn't
He’s my type! 😂😂
This is a medieval example of why you don’t piss off a gay dude, they don’t play.
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I wonder , given the churches proclivity for little boys..if he wasn't molested and that derived his hate of the church... just saying
He may have hated it because of its condemnation of homosexuality.
And his youngest brother Henry hot footed to London to secure the treasury and install himself as King in record time.
No time to mourn the loss of his brother. 😂
Winchester not London was where the treasury was at the time
William was the first chav
Robert should have stayed in Jerusalem where he was already declared as the protector of Jerusalem
There isn't a thing such as a half uncle??
why did the late sir Winston Churchill call his poodle dogs, Rufus 1-3
Hmm never heard of ol Rufus before …. Very very famous doggy name in today’s standards
Of course he was homosexual. Many more than his own brother would have killed him for that. The simple question is " What happened to the man who killed him?" Answer that, and you will have some good culprits to consider. I am being very serious about saying this. Does anyone here know these answers?
I think Henry killed his brother, William Rufus to take the throne. I also believe Robert Courthouse should have been king by all rights. He was the first born and was brave and level headed. I think William the Conqueror should have supported Robert more.
Robert was a bit thick, though.
Both William and Robert underestimated Henry he was cunning and wonted the to be king one brother dead one locked up for the rest of this life
@@Gary-gr3ff
What limited sources that we have suggest that Henry was very able.
Of course, the same sources imply that William Rufus was entirely unscrupulous... But the two opinions are not mutually-exclusive.
All seem to agree that Robert was very brave but very thick.
Excluding morality, I think that England got the best of the three, for the longest time.
Best wishes.
Thank you for telling me that Robert Courthouse was not very bright. I don't even know where I got that! Good grief! I am studying up on those Normans! They sure were a wild bunch....
He was called Curthose [as in shorta*se] - not Courthouse.
If he was interested in art then he definitely was a gay. What's another explanation?
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I think William Rufus could have just as easily have been sterile
I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
@@kashfiaislam9995 have you changed gender as you were going to be Queen Laura on another channel?
@@pedanticradiator1491 No I am still Queen Laura I 👗👠👑💍🇬🇧
Many wars would have been avoided if England didn’t have a monarchy and had a system of Govt where you voted in a president every 4 years or so. Look at most internal struggles with England and most European nations under a monarchy. Most conflicts were due to some dispute in the throne or one monarch had beef with another in another country.
Thought this Yank had the English monarchs well known. What an age. Maybe we are headed back to it.
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Tramatic experience as a child by the catholic church? This episode started out, Rufus may be gay. I'm just saying, he got diddled, prolly
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I relate to his scorn for the Church. Bunch of killjoys.
God Is Great
Maybe he was infertile??
Hopefully he wasn’t a practicing homosexual
@@pedanticradiator1491 why would you even ask why, anyone with a sane, rational mind would understand.
@@pedanticradiator1491 ok
If he was that wouldn't matter.
@@jarellwilliams7287 of course it would matter
@@longshanks5531 It really wouldn't.
Gay king lol
Rather rambling and disorganized.
I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
King Luke? I thought you were female and married to Salem Foxx. And as i have told you before there is no evidence that William Rufus ever had children
You were going to be Queen Laura on another post because you said you were a descendant of Ernst Augustus King of Hanover
@@pedanticradiator1491 Well my claim to the British throne comes from William II Rufus, not from King Ernest Augustus of Hanover since I am directly descended from his mistress. 👑💍🇬🇧
@@kashfiaislam9995 so you accept that now do you. So seeing as William Rufus never married you can't be a legitimate descendant.of him either plus are you male, female or non-binary as you can't decide if your name is Luke or Laura? Also there is no evidence of William having a mistress either
@@pedanticradiator1491 I am directly descended from King William II Rufus’s girlfriend. 👗👠👑💍🇬🇧
Well, even though I'm a Scot, I now feel a sort of kinship with this dude. I like his style. Gaylording about, pissing off the church, whilst still being loyal to his father and doing the whole warrior thing. I like the cut of his jib! His brother probably did kill him, they went in for that sort of thing!
Obviously, the royals need to stay out of the forest. Also, it needed to stay away from anyone named Tyrell because a Tyrell was associated with William's death and another Tyrell was associated with the Princes in the Tower mystery.
We’re a scary lot… LOL. Apparently the Tyrell involved with the princes in the tower has been found innocent in modern times.
I doubt Henry was lily white about William’s ‘accident.’
I’m a purkis and it is a direct descendant that found rufus’ body and returned it too the castle.
So glad you’ve done a doc on an underrated monarch who isn’t talked about enough. Makes a change from all the history documentaries about the Tudors or Romans etc that get done all the time!
@Jonathan Jones lol I think so. He deserves more documentaries about him
not getting married, not having his own heir, these invariably made him a target, its amazing he lasted as long as he did really...
I want to be the next British monarch as King Luke I. I am the rightful heir to the British throne, not Prince William since I am a direct descendant of King William II Rufus of England. I will make a much better monarch than Prince William will ever be. I will be crowned King Luke I after King Charles III dies. I want to be the tallest British monarch. I want to be the British monarch with the largest feet size. I want to be the British king with the longest hair well below my butt. My feet will be bigger than male ballet dancer Salem Foxx’s feet size by age 12. Male ballet dancer Salem Foxx is 6’1” or 6’2” in his bare feet. 🎭🩰🎨
William's critics would have fainted had they met Louis XIV. LOL.
This was fascinating. William
I might have had the easy job, his son had to keep the empire his father had built, I can’t imagine a more stressful life for the time. It’s crazy that all you ever really hear about him is that he was gay and probably murdered by his brother. It’s never easy to be an alpha male who happens to be gay in a world dominated by straight males, I imagine he felt embattled from all directions for most of his life, and of course only a cheap shot could easily take such a figure.
Good to see a professional documentary about a much underrated Monarch. It’s incredible that whenever the Norman line of Kings is mentioned, William ii is invariably ignored. He was in his day an important and influential figure but you wouldn’t know it.
He certainly isn't ignored in Carlisle.
Our castle fortress still stands in his memory. The Wetherspoon's pub at end of the road is called the William Rufus.
He certainly isn't ignored in Carlisle.
Our castle fortress still stands in his memory. The Wetherspoon's pub at end of the road is called the William Rufus.
Great work!! I’m pleasantly surprised you could get over an hour of interesting material on him! Thanks for even more great content
I dunno that hitting an overhanging tree branch qualifies as a hunting accident. If I poked my eye out on a branch while hunting I wouldn't say I lost my eye in a hunting accident.
Informative documentary about King William Rufus ... good doing... thank you for sharing
An excellent documentary about this fascinating man. One suspects he was "gay" in the same irrecoverable manner as say Hadrian. Hunting with handsome young men in an extremely macho society must inevitably have included an erotic element; but we will never know. The outdated analysis that his aristocratic aesthetic tastes were indicative of secretive homosexuality tells us more about the times in which these views prevailed than anything else.
3rd cousins once removed is not considered a non-marriageable cousin these days.
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