There was also the issue of Pembroke's involvement with the Whigs & the Kings Head Club, who may have put him up to it

It's sad that the US does not celebrate Boxing Day - usually the most fun day of the holidays in Great Britain, Australia, and Canada.

I recently discovered that Nicolas is my 6x great uncle. His brother, my 6x great grandfather, was my first ancestor in the LaMotte line to come to America. Learning all of this is mind blowing!

Wasn't his name wenceslas

She was featured in Sharon Kay Penman's book Here be Dragons(about Johns illegitimate daughter Joanna and Lewellyn The Great) There are also further books with Isabella's other children.

Considering the description of her hair (is online) I believe Philippa was mixed race with African. Quite a lot on the continent were and if you look, still are. I remember my parents and others saying that the Italians and Latinos in general are often part African.

Isn't it true to say that Edward spent a lot of time abroad, and Philippa spent a lot of time pregnant including with babies she didn't manage to carry to full term? (Usual for royals and many of the nobility at the time. Not together often and many pregnancies to various stages). Seems most people had harsh lives then. Some a lot worse than others but none seems to have had the relatively soft lives of later royals and nobles.

Search "Description of Phillipa of Hainault". She was "black". Slightly mixed race but darker than Mediterranean skin. So why do they present her as Mediterranean here, and slender blue eyed blond elsewhere? This doesn't mean that many more royals were black but some definitely were including royals and nobles abroad. The Dutch are known to have a lot of mixed race people including royals. The Bentinck's of Holland were mixed race and some have kept their afro type hair, albeit fair and soft, even to the present day. Her and Edwards children were mixed race including the actually black prince of Wales, cruel and savage Edward who liked to cut down peasant girls and young women with their babies as they pled for their lives. He was seen to mostly do that in France, when at war there. Edward and Phillipa didn't "hit it off". Edward's mother decided for him on the grounds that she had wide childbearing hips. Those royals weren't nice people.

Anyone else noticed how so many of the ancient royals had red hair? In the descriptions of them the hair colour is often referred to.

Looking at the abbeys built by William, as one example, its safe to say humanity has regressed and become very dumbed down.

It’s King Wencleslas

6:21 .. I would absolutely love that.. I was born on January 1st 😁

Unbelievable how many of her descendands are here....

Very professionally done ❤I love how you highlight the Yorks qualities.

Hate Yolande. She ruined Marie and lamballe’s relationship and was a bad influence on her

I first knew about the murder of Edward the Martyr from the book Avalon by Anya Seton. Aelfryth plots with her lover to kill the young king. Her servants drag him from his horse and stab him in front of his younger brother Ethelred. That he saw this at a young, impressionable age and was perhaps forced into silence by his mother and her lover would account for his dithering, indecisive character, easily led, which led to him being known as Ethelred the Unready (badly counselled). That no-one accused Aelfryth perhaps points to having troopsl/supporters who were very intimidating or grave doubts about her involvement. It does seem definite that her servants were the murderers. In many ways she was a remarkable woman, but .... Oh, and I am descended from her, via a daughter of Ethelred, but you can't choose your ancestors....

I read that she was intentionally left out of history because the powers at the time didn’t want her to be a role model for women. Hence, not many today have heard of her.

Note that all Chinese women actually kept their family name, even after being married. Also, thanks to Confucius, having long hair was regarded as a filial duty; maintaining the body that your parents had given you. Trimming was permitted, to keep the hair healthy, but as far as I'm aware, until the Manchu conquest of China, all Chinese were expected to keep their hair at least somewhat long in order to honour their parents.

You summed up Wu perfectly. If she were a male, she would be considered a great emperor. She ruled for a long time, and she did much to help the country and change the rules, power dynamics, and culture. Like most rulers who lived for a long time, the corruption and power of favorites as they grew older often were what is remembered. Unfortunately, as a woman, like Hatshepsut, Catherine the Great, and more, female rulers doing what a man does, are usually vilified after death. The Tang dynasty was one of the Chinese dynasties when women had more power, but the following dynasties used religion to remove any power they had. I wasn't aware of how much Wu used Buddhism to power her rise, so thanks so much for a great series on Wu.

Thank goodness the first royal history post that doesn’t sound like AI!

Another wonderful video and the conclusion to one of my favorite historical figures.Thanks!

John Dudley is my 14th Great Grandfather :)

"My little frog" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I wonder 😅 I remember reading "Gay Lord Robert" by Jean Plaidy, i think, when i was 8. It left a lasting impression on me.

Other US women-- such as Sarah & Angelina Grimke, ofUS, hi anti slavery.There was even 1 US African American woman who fought fir Nitth in US Civil War, named ??’(!videis.) Other countries unusual women France-/Olympie de Gouges 1789 Flora Tristan, 1830s, 40s Louise Michel,?mid late 1800s, Las solda d’êtas of Mexico Revolution of 1920 20, etc., etc.

Great material for US, But why about people who escaped from English Caribbean slave escapes from Jamaica,Trinidad, Grenada, etc.?

Atlantic slavrme trade also took Africans in Caribbean & S America. Enslaved Africans staged revolts in English, Sonusn, Pirtuguese, French etc. armed revolts, also free communities etc. throughout Americas, including or Haiti,Jamaica etc.revolts,

She already knew the previous Mrs Tudors had been beheaded but the poor girl still took huge risks and paid for them

Not Katherine but Catherine.

after finding her at the top of my ancestry, the rest of my tree was a piece of ca

after finding her at the top of my ancestry, the rest of my tree was a piece of cake

Oh my goodness I was born in USSR and I just imagined that joke in Brezhnev's very distinct voice and accent 😂😂😂😂

I've been to East Anglia. I was amazed to see how much Mary was beloved and respected in that part of the UK. I guess some of her kindness still came through during her time there.

Sounds like they really got lit over celibrations and had lovely times.😊

Does this account use an AI voice?

The great question is where is she buried in Amesbury. The Church of St Mary & St Melor still stands and was attached to the Priory which is long gone but where she is actually buried has yet to be found. I have been told there is a crypt beneath the Church but the entrance has not been found.

Why does her hair look gray in her portraits?

Why didn’t she say yes to the dress? Look what happened to her mother and all her step mothers. Husbands can make up anything and off goes your head. Marriage? Me? Nah, I’m good. -Queen Elizabeth probably

I hope she has more luck in a next life. I am sure she would be an influencer

Karin is still called Finland's only queen. Greetings from Finland and thanks for the video! ❤

Any idea if any of the other predictions were correct?

This is awesome from rags to riches & a loving husband

I recently traced my mother’s family back to Cambridgeshire England in the Tudor period. It’s neat to see how they would have celebrated Christmas.

This is the MOST detail I have ever heard about this woman, & the opinions you make on questionable occurrences are the most sensible - THANK YOU!!

Wandeefully done series about Wu Zetian. She is proabably top 10 political schemers to ever existed. May I suggest Yang Guifei as a topic for another video?

If Empress Cixi was also a regent, though a dowager empress, wouldn't that mean Wu wasn't the only regent?

He didn’t love her it is just because she gave him a son that lived.

Please do empress Wang.

I'm not a fan of secret police.

(The most informative comment section on KZbin!! Tyvm to all!)

A after a whole life of contrivance you ask why would she lie so close to death, 😂🫂. I love her story and this so far is definitely my favourite. She sat at the board when non around her even knew a game was taking place, a complete legend. A powerhouse of a woman 😍. Looking forward to the next instalment 🤩. Like deployed 👍