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2:35 - Chapter 1 - Boy king a tottering throne 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Comng into his own 6:45 - Chapter 3 - A kingly rivalry 8:25 - Mid roll ads 11:00 - Chapter 4 - The sinews of war 13:15 - Chapter 5 - Total war 15:40 - Chapter 6 - Undying glory 18:50 - Chapter 7 - The english renaissance 22:30 - Chapter 8 - A sad decline 24:45 - Conclusion
It's a shame his son died. People loved that guy and he basically seemed like a real life prince that you'd see in fantasy. Imagine how different British history could've been if Henry IV didn't become king.
Trying to keep those posessions in France simply wasn't practical and too costly. A similar problem that the HRE emperor had with the Italian city states. One devided by the Alps and one by the channel. Had the conflict continued, both sides might have been too weak to get into the colonial game. As the English nobility had cut their cultural ties with France to quite some degree, it is likely that the French population wouldn't become loyal to the English crown and stay distincly French which would make keeping the region under control more difficult esp. when national ideas started to develop. Taking the French crown while staying an English king was highly unlikely. One side or the other would always prefer a different king. I like what-ifs but there's usually a very good reason why things turned out the way they did.
Ikr. No Wars of the Roses. And if Richard II's Dad had lived longer, he may have had a positive influence on him. Maybe Richard would have had kids one of whom could have inherited the throne.
The throne would still have passed to the black Prince's son eventually? And it wasn't Henry IV or V that was the problem. It was the death of Henry V when his son was barely a year old.
@@quintuscrinis The Lutherian bible put it nicely: "[10.16] Weh dir, Land, dessen König ein Kind ist und dessen Fürsten schon in der Frühe tafeln!" Woe to the country whose king is a child and where the nobles start feasting in the morning.
AMAZING work as always Karl! Love your work! Keep it going and i have 2 suggestions: Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor Dynasty and Henry VIII the King who broke england away from the catholic church!
Loved the way this video was done including the pictures and music. Continue doing this. You are a great narrator. And Knight's tale Rocks Karl! Your'e So right!
Really liked this one. I'm a huge ancient-medieval history buff (the proliferation of gunpowder ruined everything), so this guy getting a proper Biographics was a treat.
Could we get a video on Glenn T Seaborg? Ive asked several times over the years. Seaborg helped discover 10 elements, including plutonium and developed the process to extract it for the Manhatten project. Hes the only man to have an element named after him while alive. Was the head of the AEC, rearranged the periodic table, and advised 11 presidents on nuclear policy. I think he'd be a good topic for a video.
@@Xasrrz There's a video about it on the toptenz channel, but long story short they were never his channels he was just hired on as a host and has now parted ways.
I understand the sense in which Edward III was effectively King of Britain. However, there are soldiers mightier than kings. Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote about King Arthur to honour Alan Rufus, hero of Hastings, founder of the first English High Court of Parliament, proponent of free trade, law professor, innovative architect and master builder, and trainer of the first English army to conquer Normandy.
Really liking the style of presenting Karl. Yes, Simons shoes are big shoes to fill but I can definitely see your confidence in this, your sincerity and i didn't notice the feedback myself (didn't seem like a distraction to me) but it's good you listen to your audience constructively. And also, loving the haircut, look very handsome 😅❤
French was used by the higher ups and by Edward as his main language even after giving English "official" status. It remained the language of the king and aristocracy for at least another century.
Nice job! I actually read a book earlier this year about Edward's wife, Philippa of Hainault, which of course means I learned a lot about him too. Fascinating stuff.
I love the English and GB history videos. As an American, it shows why the war of independence in America, was really an extension of hostilities in great Britain between the loyalists of the monarchy and those opposed to the monarchy.
You're not Karl! Karl wears colorful tropical shirts! Who is this emo imposter sitting before me?! I use the internet and am therefore averse to any change no matter how minute!!!! Anyway, you're killin it, Karl 🤘
My patrilineal ancestors are Rutherfords, who were Scottish lowlanders that fought the English until James united the crowns, after which they left Scotland, mostly for the Americas. We finally got our way in 1783, lmao. Only took us ~6 centuries.
Someday I am going to make it across the pond to see the historical places I love so much in person. Edward III in my 19th great grandfather. My dream place is Windsor Castle and St George’s chapel, I would love to see my ancestors plates from the Order of the Garter, is they still exist. Oddly enough, we are also related to the DeSpencers too. Cute Hello Kitty coffee cup.
Gotta be honest, Karl has grown on me. Love the presentation level Simon has but when you're watching multiple channels with him always being the speaker, it can be a bit too much. Hope you stick around as more as just an interim host and hope to see you on more channels.
Thank you. It's worth it to note that Simon didn't get to that level of production quality over night. If you look at older videos on this channel, there were quite a few where he filmed in front of his computer tower. lol It will take time for us to reach that level of production quality, but we will get there. :)
For starters, A Knight's Tale is the epitome of a "good movie that sucks" in the same vein as Under Siege or Con Air. They're not winning any awards, but they are fucking fun. Excellent work on a terrific subject, Karl. Even as a bloody Yank, learning about the sordid history of European conflict is endlessly fascinating. I, for one, welcome our new non-bald, non-bearded overlord.
How many arrows did English archers carry? If they could shoot 6-10 a minute, wouldn't they be out of arrows in just minutes, or did they have some cart full of arrows close by? We think of ammunition as cheap in the age of gunpowder, but arrows take a while to make.
Prior to going on campaign, Edward's army commissioned the creation of over one million arrows, which were included in the supplies taken across the channel at the start of the campaign. On the day of the battle, each archer was given 3 "quivers", a total of 72 arrows. As the battle wore on, runners were sent to the rear to retrieve more arrows, and archers would move forward during pauses in the fighting to retrieve arrows stuck into the ground or in corpses so they could be fired again. During the Battle of Crecy an estimated half a million arrows were used by the English.
Simon was not the channel owner but a host. The channel owner passed away, and it is now run by his daughter. However, while she was mourning her father and gaining access to the channel, it became dormant, so Simon moved on to his own channels.
Yo that square space ad was really bad it being long made it feel like 10 minutes and never ending. Can't even tell you what if anything was said but I wanted it to stop.
I'm a long time subscriber of the channel who likes Karl and his approach and presentation. I've missed these videos. That said that sponsor commercial was brutally painful to watch. A horrible tone compared to the video. I almost turned off the video, but Karl saved it on the backside. This was meant constructively. I hope for the channels continued success
Nice video, you are doing a grand job. Don't take this wrong but I hope the rumours about Simons incarceration are not true and we get him back on at least some videos soon.
He is incarcerated in his blazement, while Danny, Sam and others feeding him scripts while drilling and others petty revenge for his crimes against long intros
Get someone else soon or I'll drop this channel also. I've dropped two of your channels already. Loved Simon and could understand him and was amused with his tagents but I'm an a American and have a problem with this guys acsent. I love this channel but will be dropping it soon
Hey everyone! Scriptwriter Ben here, I hope you enjoyed this video! If you'd like to learn more about Edward III, I highly recommend "The Perfect King" by Ian Mortimer. Thanks for watching!
You have no excuse, you're English, Berwick is said Berrick, shame on you 😂😂😂😂😂 oh, on reflection it seems you have the words sickness that Simon has 😂😂😂😂😂❤
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You're awesome Karl!😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
What happened to Simon?
@@mattthesilent777REDhe quit they did a video on it
Winner of best sponsor video 😂. SquareSpace hopefully paid above the normal rate.
I agree. Loved it!
You conquered the world for its spices, but learned to use none of them.
Who the Norman/saxons of that period or the British after the unification of the UK?
Yeah but TEA.
😂😂😂
Keep on hating England and we'll keep on not caring
Yeahhhh 😂 funny af!! Not even salt
2:35 - Chapter 1 - Boy king a tottering throne
5:00 - Chapter 2 - Comng into his own
6:45 - Chapter 3 - A kingly rivalry
8:25 - Mid roll ads
11:00 - Chapter 4 - The sinews of war
13:15 - Chapter 5 - Total war
15:40 - Chapter 6 - Undying glory
18:50 - Chapter 7 - The english renaissance
22:30 - Chapter 8 - A sad decline
24:45 - Conclusion
Thank you for that 👍🏿😌
It's a shame his son died. People loved that guy and he basically seemed like a real life prince that you'd see in fantasy. Imagine how different British history could've been if Henry IV didn't become king.
Trying to keep those posessions in France simply wasn't practical and too costly. A similar problem that the HRE emperor had with the Italian city states. One devided by the Alps and one by the channel.
Had the conflict continued, both sides might have been too weak to get into the colonial game.
As the English nobility had cut their cultural ties with France to quite some degree, it is likely that the French population wouldn't become loyal to the English crown and stay distincly French which would make keeping the region under control more difficult esp. when national ideas started to develop.
Taking the French crown while staying an English king was highly unlikely. One side or the other would always prefer a different king.
I like what-ifs but there's usually a very good reason why things turned out the way they did.
Ikr. No Wars of the Roses. And if Richard II's Dad had lived longer, he may have had a positive influence on him. Maybe Richard would have had kids one of whom could have inherited the throne.
@@jamellfoster6029 He still wouldn't have had any children.
The throne would still have passed to the black Prince's son eventually?
And it wasn't Henry IV or V that was the problem. It was the death of Henry V when his son was barely a year old.
@@quintuscrinis The Lutherian bible put it nicely: "[10.16] Weh dir, Land, dessen König ein Kind ist und dessen Fürsten schon in der Frühe tafeln!"
Woe to the country whose king is a child and where the nobles start feasting in the morning.
AMAZING work as always Karl! Love your work! Keep it going and i have 2 suggestions: Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor Dynasty and Henry VIII the King who broke england away from the catholic church!
Loved the way this video was done including the pictures and music. Continue doing this. You are a great narrator. And Knight's tale Rocks Karl! Your'e So right!
Thank you! Will do!
@@Biographics cool
Really liked this one. I'm a huge ancient-medieval history buff (the proliferation of gunpowder ruined everything), so this guy getting a proper Biographics was a treat.
gunpowder killed dual which IMO destroyed men.
"Evil to him who evil thinks." -- Edward III of England
I love this channel! Miss Simon doing all the videos,but I understand the need to have personal time away.
Simon is gay
He's not coming back. This was never his channel. He was a host and has moved on to his own channels
Don't start 100 channels just to whine about no personal time. I subscribed for Simon. Not some rando.
@fuckjoebiden4804 Simon didn't quit due to "personal time." The channel went dormant, so he wasn't getting paid...
He moved on because a trust fund baby is trying to run this channel now but she’s obviously failing miserably
I also first knew of the Black Prince from A Knights Tale. However it took me years to realize that Paul Bettanys character is Geoffrey Chaucer 😅
Could we get a video on Glenn T Seaborg? Ive asked several times over the years. Seaborg helped discover 10 elements, including plutonium and developed the process to extract it for the Manhatten project. Hes the only man to have an element named after him while alive. Was the head of the AEC, rearranged the periodic table, and advised 11 presidents on nuclear policy. I think he'd be a good topic for a video.
Loved this. Karl, please sit in for Simon in future videos please. And A Knights Tale is a great film, and a superb tribute to Heath Ledger
Sit in? Simon is gone from this channel, geographics and toptenz so you're in luck I guess
@@c0dy1287why what happened?
@@Xasrrz There's a video about it on the toptenz channel, but long story short they were never his channels he was just hired on as a host and has now parted ways.
@@c0dy1287 yeah I just watched that, really unfortunate situation I really liked Simon.
@@c0dy1287he has a bajillion other channels anyway
Karl please do Biographics on Dame Angela Lansbury since she passed away for next video
YES! England's greatest king! Thanks for this karl! Been requesting this for a while!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
I understand the sense in which Edward III was effectively King of Britain.
However, there are soldiers mightier than kings.
Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote about King Arthur to honour Alan Rufus, hero of Hastings, founder of the first English High Court of Parliament, proponent of free trade, law professor, innovative architect and master builder, and trainer of the first English army to conquer Normandy.
You are no longer interim host, you are the host. You're doing well.
Thank you for sorting out the mic, it was my only issue with the changes.
Really liking the style of presenting Karl. Yes, Simons shoes are big shoes to fill but I can definitely see your confidence in this, your sincerity and i didn't notice the feedback myself (didn't seem like a distraction to me) but it's good you listen to your audience constructively. And also, loving the haircut, look very handsome 😅❤
I wonder if you guys can do Baron von Steuben who was a Prussian General who trained the American Continental Army.
Loved the way this video was done including the pictures and music. Continue doing this. You are a great narrator. Please stay as the permanent host.
It's too soon to tell, but we'd love to make that happen. :)
@@Biographicsyou're awesome 🎉🎉🎉❤❤
Well done man. Having the hair/no hair hemispheres reversed is going to take some getting used to but I'd definitely enjoy seeing more of ya mate.
French was used by the higher ups and by Edward as his main language even after giving English "official" status. It remained the language of the king and aristocracy for at least another century.
Love seeing the other Wangers!
Thank you for the video & very accurate information ⚔️
Nice job! I actually read a book earlier this year about Edward's wife, Philippa of Hainault, which of course means I learned a lot about him too. Fascinating stuff.
Loved the references to A Knight's Tale
The next video should be titled either “Charles II, the Merry Monarch” or “Date Masamune, the One Eyed Dragon”.
Opening line at the pub: "Hello ladies. The names Smallwood. Can I buy you a drink?"
I love the English and GB history videos. As an American, it shows why the war of independence in America, was really an extension of hostilities in great Britain between the loyalists of the monarchy and those opposed to the monarchy.
A Knight's Tale proved once and for all that Chaucer was the world's first hype man.
You're not Karl! Karl wears colorful tropical shirts! Who is this emo imposter sitting before me?! I use the internet and am therefore averse to any change no matter how minute!!!!
Anyway, you're killin it, Karl 🤘
We'll pass the message along. ;)
@@Biographicsgood
Did all those Allegedly's finally catch up with Simon? ;) Just kidding, you're a great presenter Karl and you're doing awesome!
Simon and the channel's new owner parted ways professionally, no undue conduct as far as I know
@@VaishinoOh really? Was wondering why Simon was no longer presenting. Was hella confused
My patrilineal ancestors are Rutherfords, who were Scottish lowlanders that fought the English until James united the crowns, after which they left Scotland, mostly for the Americas. We finally got our way in 1783, lmao. Only took us ~6 centuries.
Ignore the feedback, Carlo. There is nothing wrong with your delivery
You earned a fan today. A Knights Tale is great. Ignore all the people who want you to change your appearance. Just be you!
Someday I am going to make it across the pond to see the historical places I love so much in person. Edward III in my 19th great grandfather. My dream place is Windsor Castle and St George’s chapel, I would love to see my ancestors plates from the Order of the Garter, is they still exist. Oddly enough, we are also related to the DeSpencers too.
Cute Hello Kitty coffee cup.
2:04 agreed karl! LOVE english food! Beans on toast and full english are Godly! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤤🤤🤤🤤
A Knight's Tale rocks. Everyone should watch it.
He left.
@@Biographicsyep
When will Simon be back?
He. Left.
Another great video by Karl,i personally think he should be kept as permanent host.
Gotta be honest, Karl has grown on me. Love the presentation level Simon has but when you're watching multiple channels with him always being the speaker, it can be a bit too much. Hope you stick around as more as just an interim host and hope to see you on more channels.
Thank you. It's worth it to note that Simon didn't get to that level of production quality over night. If you look at older videos on this channel, there were quite a few where he filmed in front of his computer tower. lol It will take time for us to reach that level of production quality, but we will get there. :)
@@Biographicsyou're on good track
For starters, A Knight's Tale is the epitome of a "good movie that sucks" in the same vein as Under Siege or Con Air. They're not winning any awards, but they are fucking fun.
Excellent work on a terrific subject, Karl. Even as a bloody Yank, learning about the sordid history of European conflict is endlessly fascinating. I, for one, welcome our new non-bald, non-bearded overlord.
Great video however 2:59 is not Edward II but his dad Edward I (LongShanks)
Great video karl you are a really awesome narrator
The English in the Hundred Years War are the ultimate definition of winning the battles but losing the war.
British people have the quirkiest, wittiest sense of humor. I am American but I view my sense of humor as British.
Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams for the win.
Keeps brought back Simon's hair!
One of your best post-Simon videos, I like the little to no tangents 😊
Beans on toast, in Canada we stepped it up a notch by adding maple syrup to the beans.
Yes, it is a good as it sounds.
How many arrows did English archers carry? If they could shoot 6-10 a minute, wouldn't they be out of arrows in just minutes, or did they have some cart full of arrows close by? We think of ammunition as cheap in the age of gunpowder, but arrows take a while to make.
Prior to going on campaign, Edward's army commissioned the creation of over one million arrows, which were included in the supplies taken across the channel at the start of the campaign. On the day of the battle, each archer was given 3 "quivers", a total of 72 arrows. As the battle wore on, runners were sent to the rear to retrieve more arrows, and archers would move forward during pauses in the fighting to retrieve arrows stuck into the ground or in corpses so they could be fired again. During the Battle of Crecy an estimated half a million arrows were used by the English.
where simon go!?
Right??!!
Good question
Simon was not the channel owner but a host. The channel owner passed away, and it is now run by his daughter. However, while she was mourning her father and gaining access to the channel, it became dormant, so Simon moved on to his own channels.
@@MiscMitz Damn, that sucks.
@@MiscMitzactually the first visit Simon talking about Vladimir Putin 5 years ago
N Ceausescu when?
What happened to simon
Starting to feel like an old friend telling a great story.
Yo that square space ad was really bad it being long made it feel like 10 minutes and never ending. Can't even tell you what if anything was said but I wanted it to stop.
And then they became a genderbent Servant to 2 Japanese mages.
Love this Karl guy!
Richard of bordeaux could be an interesting one maybe you could do one of him in the future
Thank you for a very good video about one of my most interesting ancestors ( I am descended from his son John of Gaunt)
Anyone know why Simon hasn’t been hosting the biographics videos anymore? Just asking
The lil memes comedy breaks was nice 💯
Probably already been said but the painting at 2:59 is Edward I, not Edward II
Thank you so much, really e joyed it. 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
Personally I'd like to have Karl's banter with whomever is off camera like in the fact fiend videos but that's just me.
You know what you never see? A guy named Edward who goes by Dward
According to Wikipedia, your picture of Edward II at 2:59 is actually Edward I.
I'm a long time subscriber of the channel who likes Karl and his approach and presentation. I've missed these videos. That said that sponsor commercial was brutally painful to watch. A horrible tone compared to the video. I almost turned off the video, but Karl saved it on the backside. This was meant constructively. I hope for the channels continued success
ty for hearing my complaints about the table :)
Karl, I like your presentation skills. However, it's obvious I've "missed a meeting " but what happened to Simon?
Where’s the bald man at?
Nice video, you are doing a grand job. Don't take this wrong but I hope the rumours about Simons incarceration are not true and we get him back on at least some videos soon.
Incarceration?
@@Biographics from that I assume it was baseless. I won't say more because saying 'I heard X' can propagate rumour.
He is incarcerated in his blazement, while Danny, Sam and others feeding him scripts while drilling and others petty revenge for his crimes against long intros
Can you please do an episode on the black prince? He’s Englands absolute what if?
Where is Simon 😢
They parted ways.
Did you formerly write for Cracked?
Get someone else soon or I'll drop this channel also. I've dropped two of your channels already. Loved Simon and could understand him and was amused with his tagents but I'm an a American and have a problem with this guys acsent. I love this channel but will be dropping it soon
OMG HI KARL I SOO DIDNT EXPEGT TO SEE YOU HERE I HAVEN’T BEEN ON THIS CHANNEL FOREVER. Woop
Alright i thought that was brad in the intro, now that i see Mr. Smallwood is the host it makes sense.
You should do a video on the Dispenser's. Princess Diana's and Winston Churchills ancestors.
The Spencers at one time claimed descent from the Despencers but I believe that has been proved to be false
So, Queen Isabella tried to 'despense' of the Despensers, I guess?
Although those ads are highly annoying
So what happened to the other guy?
Accent plus speed = challenging to understand for overseas viewers. Great topic otherwise and very well edited
Imagine my surprise when I open this vid and hear Brad's voice!😆I thought I'd clicked on the wrong channel! Hey Brad!👋
Pls do one about Ilich Ramírez Sánchez aka Carlos The Jackal
Hey everyone! Scriptwriter Ben here, I hope you enjoyed this video! If you'd like to learn more about Edward III, I highly recommend "The Perfect King" by Ian Mortimer. Thanks for watching!
Hey would you guys be able to do a biograph on ranulph fiennes
“English custom to screw France at the time”.
Ya that really hasn’t changed much since then 😂
You have no excuse, you're English, Berwick is said Berrick, shame on you 😂😂😂😂😂 oh, on reflection it seems you have the words sickness that Simon has 😂😂😂😂😂❤
This man has rather a loud voice to be named Whistler.
Simon not being in a Simon Channel video make me sadge
Edwdward III was Chad before Chad was a thing!
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu 🙌🙌🙌👏
Big head. Big Brain. I also have a big head and tons of long red curls.... When I cut, it grows back fast.
does Biographics respond to fans🤔
Great job! I truly enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Thanks.
What happened to that bald English guy?
Why is he still the host smh where is Simon 🤔🤔🤔
ist'n Edward III also known as Saint Edward the Confessor or is that a myth/urban legend?
Different Edward.
@@DarthDread-oh2ne which one?
@@semiretired86 Edward the Confessor was A king before Edward III