Edward the Confessor - The Saint Saxon King Documentary

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Gonna keep it in mind!

[@demiurgo4505]

could you make a video about Felix Dzerzhinsky?

[@ManinderSingh-nf9re]

Absolutely perfect description of the great King who is shrouded in mysteries hats off to ur channel by portraying events of EDWARD THE CONFESSOR

[@lornahuddleston1453]

This is such a quick romp through that period. It isn't easy to keep everybody straight. What a large cast of characters!

[@Andrea-Marie]

Thank you very much indeed. As an Austrian my knowledge about English history is very poor, so I've enjoyed your video. Kind regards from the former Babenberger's and Habsburger's country.

[@markhart7273]

Matilda daughter of Henry 1st of England and mother of Henry 2nd would be a great one to do a video on.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Next time you should to Athelstan, the First King of England!

[@Alex-zs7gw]

The only decent Wessex king - and probably cuz he was brought up by Æthelflaed. Rest of them are full on facepalms or Alfred

[@N2Dressage001]

Yes!

[@sebe2255]

@@Alex-zs7gw Edward the Elder was a great and effective king too

[@Alex-zs7gw]

@@sebe2255 nah I mean he was evidently more competent than the later generations...but dude practically cast Æthelstan aside and had severe Napoleon complex because Æethelflaed was clearly the truer successor of their father. She even raised Æ-stan so he's her success. Obviously today she would have been queen being older and more competent, had the spirit of Mercia... shame how history plays out I guess.

[@sebe2255]

@@Alex-zs7gw The truer successor of her father? In what world? Anyway he effectively merged Mercia and Wessex, which was a huge step towards creating a more stable and united Anglo-Saxon nation. And he also subdued the Norsemen and integrated some of them into his kingdom

[@wabisabi6875]

I knew about this Edward in relation to the succession debacle and the Conquest, but I had no idea his reign was so turbulent AND so well documented. Your videos are like a second education. Many thanks for the excellent presentation and clear narration! I would, however, like to see more maps, please.

[@lfgifu296]

I LOVE the Anglo Saxons😭 Seriously they are so mesmerising! Thank you and please do more of these🙏🙏

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

Hi friend.

[@lfgifu296]

@@DarthDread-oh2ne hello there :) have you watched People's Profiles' documentaries on the Plantagenets? It's a fascinating watch

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

@@lfgifu296 I have. And I love it.

[@kathyjaneburke2798]

A King I personally had little knowledge of. Thank you for the insight.

[@johnhaydu2627]

Henry lll named his son Edward (Edward l) because of his veneration of Edward the Confessor

[@madelaine90s]

I live a stones throw from Islip and never knew any of this. So shocked to hear such important history, so close to home

[@sallyanngrant6149]

i really love listening to your videos. Gareth;s voice is amazing and i am so grateful as I love history especially when a lot of the people you do are in my family tree. I rerlated by marriage to Willian the Conqueror and Charlemagen and a lot inbetween. Sir Andrew Parr (brother of Queen Catherine) was married to my 12th Great Grandmother - Lady Helena Snakenborg. Bless you for providing such great documentaries :)

[@tommyboy9680]

My 45 th great grandfather was Alexander the Great😅😅😅

[@astrid703]

I don't see Emma the way you portrayed her. Rather than being someone "used to luxury," she seemed far more to be a pragmatic and resourceful woman who protected her sons by leaving them in Normandy and marrying Cnut to ensure their future and stabilize England (or what it was called then). She was politically astute and very brave. She was, after all, marrying the ruthless warrior responsible for the death of her first husband.

[@dillionday7414]

Finally! Been asking for this for years! Thank you.

[@jazminjacobs4910]

I love the transcript. I’ve listened to your videos on my way to work and I just now noticed the transcript ( because I’m at home) and it highlights what part you are on. Fantastic !!

[@markhart7273]

Will you be making a video on Henry 1st of England? The youngest son of William the Conqueror?

[@PeopleProfiles]

Yes.

[@markhart7273]

​@@PeopleProfiles Thank you for the content you present to us.

[@aviral.utkarsh]

@@PeopleProfilespatiently waiting for it…And for Stephen too! Your documentary series is perhaps the best out there in terms of maintaining the neutral viewpoints! Absolutely love it. The other documentaries more or less have underlying tones of hagiography. Also would you be doing an episode dedicated to Harold godwinson/ earl godwin’s family? Most of the stuff out there seems to be hagiography and is unbearable to watch

[@ikdw3259]

Harold Godwinson next please!

[@kyleb1636]

This is my new favourite channel by far getting me through work listening to these I’ve watched so many keep them coming

[@ConstellationOrion1]

This was more epic than Game of Thrones except there were no dragons 😂

[@Consume_Crash]

One of the greatest kings of England.

[@carolinejohnson22]

He should still be out Patron Saint ❤

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Was not aware of Edwards relationship with Tostig! Sheds some light on his demise & Harolds seizure of the crown.

[@deturvilleashley3330]

Read more about Kind Edward & the entire Godwinson line.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Love this. More please.☺️🧐 My Huddleston line goes back to these days. Apparently they were Saxon from around Yorkshire. Aren't we all likely to be also Danish by and by?

[@deturvilleashley3330]

Have you looked into their genealogy? Do you know who the Saxon people were?

[@wabisabi6875]

According to DNA research, the Danes of this era (and the Vikings in general) made very little genetic impact on the population except on the coasts and northern isles where they actually settled for a significant length of time.

[@v.g.r.l.4072]

A very interesting documentary with the usual glorious images of this series. Thanks.

[@aarondemiri486]

Always wanted to learn more about this king

[@Thetrooper865]

You should totally do a doc on Baldwin IV "the leper king"!

[@1BRITOREN]

I've always wondered why Edward was not considered the first king of England, or whoever was before him, but those were different times

[@CactusJack60]

Robert Curthose? He at the Center of alot of history in a period of such importance

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful historical coverage of Edward confesser v

[@FutureMythology]

These history videos are like a time machine, transporting me to distant lands and eras.

[@livc5703]

Very interesting plus your voice is pretty smooth perfect for a me time ;)

[@gmicg]

Among the English kings, there are three unnumbered Edwards. Why?

[@lfgifu296]

because many like to count the English kings from the Norman Conquest on, pretending like England didn’t exist back then *facepalm*

[@gmicg]

@@lfgifu296 Anyway, before 1066 and William I, none of these 3 Edwards received a number. If there is a king named Harold in the future, he will be Harold III.

[@carlkinvig6047]

You have sold Edmund Ironside short, he rallied English support impressively and scored victories over Cnut, himself an impressive military leader. In the end Cnut succeeded because Edmund was betrayed by Eadric Streona.

[@isac.est10]

Can you guys do Scipio Africanus & pyrrhus of epirus really cool figures.

[@markhart7273]

What other Norman Kings were you thinking of making? Just wondering.

[@lfgifu296]

I think they said they would eventually do them all!

[@MisterTutor2010]

Edward the Zeroeth :)

[@Liutgard]

A good account of an interesting king. I am very uncomfortable however with the very negative assessment of Emma as power-hungry, etc. I see her as pragmatic and doing what she could to protect as many members of her family as she could. These are not necessarily negative things, and I get the sense that if she'd been a prince and not a queen, her self-protective actions would have been seen in a much different light.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. If history makes you feel uncomfortable, please feel free to lend your energies elsewhere.

[@Liutgard]

@@lornahuddleston1453 History doesn't make me uncomfortable. I'm a historian, and it would be a bad show for me if it were! What I'm concerned about is the language used here about Emma, as a grasping, power-hungry schemer. I don't believe that the record supports that narrative. In fact, the evidence puts her in a light very similar to that of Margaret Beaufort- a mother playing the long game to protect her progeny. Neither Henry Tudor nor Edward would have ended up as king if it weren't for the measures their mothers took on their behalf. It was not that they were looking to hold power for themselves, but for their sons. There's a lot of context left out of the narrative here, and a lot of moral judgements unfairly laid on Emma.

[@newgabe09]

@@Liutgard Well said.

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

If youve never been a heroin addict for years than you have no idea how much it hurts to die

[@WesternReloader]

I always thought the Anglo-Saxon era ended in 1066, but since the Godwins basically held earldom over most of England, for decades, that coupled with the Confessor being half Norman, installing Normans throughout the Churches and several as marcher lords, the Anglo-Saxon era was already a bygone period.

[@cleverfitz779]

Good morning everyone

[@michaeladu6120]

What's the music playing at 6:00?

[@BaronMichaelDeBlone1066]

Very good succinct approach, particularly weaving through the complexity of family connections - I lost count of how many half brothers were covered here. My attention always seems to veer towards Earl Godwin, so if you haven't done a video on him specifically (I shall look through the back catalogue) that would be my suggestion.

[@ligiamoreira1458]

I LOVE THE KINGS ENGLISH HISTORY,BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND ALL. IS IT POSSIBLE YOU SHOW IN PORTUGUESE?

[@Flamsterette]

A new upload! Thank you for the upload during Victoria Day 2023 long weekend!

[@s.d.357]

Thank you!

[@cjwilliams699]

Edward's sister married Henry III? Thought it was Drogo and then Eustace? Other than that, outstanding... Much love to you and yours..

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

WHOAAA Scotland, Macbeth, Duncan, Malcolm???!!! Whoaa...

[@timottes334]

How did you get the comedian Richard Lewis to pose for your thumbnail of Edward?

[@benziescha5438]

Strange how Edith was proclaimed as a scholar and figure of high morality early in the video, yet seems to have gone quiet on the actions of Sweyn....

[@GodsDogICXC]

Very orthodox. Blessed!

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Truth

[@N17-o2r]

Next time you should do Aethel Skinner. First queen of England

[@secretspy1939]

Make please princess Margaret 🌹🤍❤️🖤

[@ashgangtv2675]

Y’all should do videos on a few French kings and queens

[@Mellow_Man2001]

Please do Athelstan, the first king of England

[@lindenmanmax]

My apologies, but I can't help but imagine this guy running around screaming, "I DID IT! ME! I HAD NO ACCOMPLICES! I CLAIM NO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES!"

[@DeborahT-c2s]

Imagine being known for all eternity as The Unready.😮

[@yasirwaleed7453]

Thank you

[@clipped_magpie]

My grandmother said Edward the Confessor was black.

[@newgabe09]

😅

[@ulyssesshubeilat]

Finally! Thank you.

[@faybyshe]

Forget about “King Edward the Confessor”, Try “King Edward the Hairdresser”! 😮

[@dianeaustin2414]

Is there one on Knute the Great?

[@tirandaz7612]

Emma read? What did she read?

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

The Sacred Scriptures

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

I am missing the Edgar Eatheling story. Ealdermen choose him to become king.

[@J.Jensen]

Letters of mark and repraisle to go after everyone who striped Anna of her belongings even if it's death that strips them of everything for taking a thing from her..... From Clark to wolf to Johnston to Robert and the menace it's not a game

[@lornahuddleston1453]

That was, 'easy come, easy go'

[@mattblackburn31]

We was kangs! And serfs, and slaves etc. oh well

[@mr.rubicon1193]

The idea that historians toy with the idea that Edward "promised" William the crown always makes me laugh. Hmm... no evidence at all, but the king super duper promised William a kingdom.

[@Hugh_de_Mortimer]

Promising the English throne to someone doesn't make any sense for the period, considering that in order to get the throne, one had to be elected by the witan.

[@Davem69]

The victors always write history

[@firdauschong6163]

Can you please make one video about the biography of Indonesia's 2nd president - Soeharto . Please 🥺🥺🥺

[@hudsonfrank1121]

Love the narration not so much the video clips.

[@VeerSingh-pd8ge]

Next video on maharana pratap indian king

[@Papakhan9636]

Can we please get one on LtGen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller

[@370530e]

Edmund got his Assandun whupped.

[@Trecesolotienesdos]

traitor who sold out his people. very "saintly" thing to do.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

He really should be Edward I but because of the regime change in 1066 he isn't also Harold King during 1066 is actually Harold II such is the contempt and condemn and deny as a result of the conquest this is barely stated. If William was legitimate then why did he oust the existing nobility and gentry as their legitimacy was the basis for his apparently legitimate claim. It should be borne in mind that the English of 1066 were somewhat different in character from the Anglo Saxons of the 5th century as even in those days, 600 years changes did occur. Also forward looking or backward looking in 1066 the English were wanting to hold onto what they had and knew hence backward looking the Normans were on the takeover with a new vision hence forward looking. Now the Establishment is rather backward looking as it wants to hold onto what it knows

[@masada2828]

So, where’s the ‘forward’ looking? What, is there to look forward to?

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Thanks for the fascinating headache. Care to rephrase?😁

[@Robert-A-R]

@@lornahuddleston1453 I’m glad it’s not just me :)

[@CasperScott-qq6ip]

Whatever promises wete or were not made by Edward the confessor, he did not have the legal ability to dispose of the crown of England. The word Atheling means throne worthy, by right the witan elected the king fron within the royal family. The strongest claimant not necessarily being the direct heir. Example in the case of Alfred the Great who suceeded his brother. His brother did have 2 sons who wete children at the time of his death. A child monarch was not desirable in the aftermath of the great heathen army and wete thus sidelined. Aflfred started the fashion of absolute primongeniture but it was not firmly established until the reign of king John. William the conqueror was actually elected by the witan. His son henry 1 also and to an extent stephan of Blois. The last monarch who needed the approval of the body politic was king john, his nephew Arthur of Brittany had the stronger claim . He was however a teenager under sway from the french crown

[@davidaemayhew]

Why don’t we sue the Danes and Norwegians?

[@robertolopez9483]

Just set this in your mind. VIRGINITY RULES ❕

[@MrMomo182]

Emma was another Livia.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Well, what a bloody guy Edward was to Wales. And Scotland. So much for my Welsh and Scottish ancestors. Easy cone, easy to🎭☠️

[@lornahuddleston1453]

@Three Emperors God, I love this stuff. If I had my life to live over, I would spend it filling my head with this history. Prior to the internet, it was quite a handicap being a Californian with British Isles roots. 🥴

[@deturvilleashley3330]

@Three Emperors Yes but Wales wasn’t ruled by just 1 person! Bloody hell it’s like saying France, France had many different regions ruled by Different Rulers! And for Wales it wasn’t until long after the so called Norman invasion or conquest was completed and under William the bastard’s son King Henry I that the Normans began pushing into Wales. The dagger was Edwards daughter Matilda, thru her son Henry II whom received homage from Wales & Scotland.

[@maidominguez1123]

Today I learned: There Is a place named sandwich

[@tirandaz7612]

What a bloody people!

[@saras123]

Was he gay?

[@Meerkat_209]

HIII, I would really like to see a video made about Mohammed Najibullah from Afghanistan, as I dont see much information about him KZbin. Pls and Tank you - A random viewer from California.

[@masada2828]

Why can’t an Afghan relate Afghan history? I, personally have no interest as I do, in England history as, it is relevant to me.

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

​@@masada2828 stop being parochial we have no interest in useless English stuff either, this is KZbin and a channel that makes history from diverse places so stfu

[@homerwiggins3965]

Edward is considered a saint. By your documentary you sure tarnish his name and his good works.

[@sophiee.h]

18 May 2023

[@seangrimes1559]

This documentary was written in a very stolid and uninteresting fashion. Things not to do: 1) List a bunch of names and dates like I'm reading the book of Genesis. 2) Relay stories in succession that have little relevance to the one before. 3) Having no interest in focusing on an interesting story and why that makes the people interesting. This is a terribly boring documentary as a result.

[@BaneV666]

what dreadful names these people had

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

45min

[@richardc5226]

Born unready😅

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore ggumbaz

[@Boo-lr8fj]

1005

[@michaelwoodsmccausland5633]

Anglo Saxon is a very unsubstantiated historical term MWM

[@BlickBoogie]

Love your videos but not a fan of this voice

[@joenroute9646]

Too western centric

[@newgabe09]

as in Wessex?