Eighty Years' War (1584 - 1586) Ep. 7 - Desperately Seeking Sovereigns

[@vacster123]

AHHHHH this is so intense. Maurits finally joining the war is something I've been looking forward to since he was born back in part 1; can't wait to see what he does in the next episodes :)!

[@janzizka9508]

Friend tears were in my eyes after the death of Willem

[@juancamiloparra2991]

I don't like making comments in yt, but this time i must do it. Your work is amazing, your videos are engaging, you have remarkable narrating and video producing abilities. Please keep the good work, I'm pretty sure this channel is gonna blow up.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks for your comment! Much appreciated!

[@Davidbirdman101]

This reads like a well written fiction and it is all the more amazing because it is true. I have never studied this particular part of history and I find it fascinating. I just assumed the Dutch were boring people with a boring history. Oh how wrong I was.

[@sit-insforsithis1568]

We fight hard for the right to be boring lol

[@seneca983]

Is there a place with boring history (not counting uninhabited places)?

[@williamvonfrost3808]

Hurray, another masterpiece, a big one. Please never stop making history videos just like these, as they are incredible for anyone who are either well versed in history, or a novice. You might just be at the beginnings of a path to become the equivalent in history documentaries as David Attenborough is to nature films. Strong words, and I mean every single one of them. I hope to one day see English medieval history, as there is so much drama, backstabbing, kinslayeries & dirty politics and it would be so wonderfully entertaining if narrated by you.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Wow that is a lot of high praise for my humble little channel. Thanks for watching. I already kinda started on the English medieval backstabby bunch in the Macbethad series on this channel. There's a lot of England (and Viking) stuff in it. More is definitely to come. For the English the Hundred Years' War, War of the Roses, and the Tudors.

[@thommyneter168]

Nice, looking forward to the war of the roses

[@mrdarklight]

This series goes into great detail, but is still clear and interesting. How many years left in this war? A lot.

[@s.t.lacroix372]

Hang in there only 70 years of war to go

[@SirWilliamKidney]

"Your mission, should you choose to accept but really it's an order, ..." Haha my goodness her sly humor gets me every time. When I saw the new episode come up on KZbin I got so excited! Yay! Thank you for this, if you knew what kind of day I was having, well, this is the perfect pick-me-up. Popcorn's ready!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks for letting me know! Hope you're feeling better. 🍿

[@fullmontyuk]

When I was writing the novel that battle at Warnsveld was a real pain in the backside to date! I read several accounts and they were all different (some due to the separate calenders I appreciate). I finally settled on October 2nd purely because it suited my narrative. Nice to know I didn't traduce Dutch history too much when covering this period. 🙂

[@TheJimmyplant]

Thank you so much for the hours and hours of entertainment. Beyond that, I've been in the planning stages of a novel set in the 16th century, so finding this series has been so invigorating. Finding massive inspiration here, and I can only hope that the intrigue and the characters I create can be half as fascinating as the history here, especially with how you present it. I don't pay for any Patreon but I'd absolutely make an exception for this channel.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks! Best of luck with your writing!

[@rocketshipevan]

Love the crazy name pronunciations. Some of my ancestors were Dutch and I know next to nothing about them. What amazing history, thanks!

[@s.t.lacroix372]

As a Dutchman I was surprised myself about all these English, Scottish and Welsh soldiers who played such a great and gallant role.. fascinating times

[@liesdamnliesandstatsweird1934]

+ Defragged History 1)Your channel should have wayyy more subs;2) You are HILARIOUS!!!. Keep up the good work!!! 💁🏾‍♀️🙌🏾💁🏾‍♀️🙌🏾

[@gregorylittle1461]

When is the next episode? I'm starting to have withdrawal symptoms!😀

[@DefraggedHistory]

Sorry to hear about your suffering. If all goes well, the next one goes up next Thursday September 16, at 18:00 CET.

[@gregorylittle1461]

@@DefraggedHistory Thanks! I'm feeling better already!!

[@kellychurchill9869]

Ahhhhhh... this is So Exillerating! **** Tyranny Never Reckons with the Human Instinct for Libertas!

[@johndavid7065]

I love your series! Not only are you an amazing narrator, but you're fun for sure

[@robhendrikx2198]

I'm Dutch and the eighty years war is my favourite time in history. Back then there was much more to be proud of as Dutch people than nowadays. So I would expect mostly Dutch people would be attracted to this series. However I'm delighted that people of so many different nationalities seem to really enjoy this channel.

[@DefraggedHistory]

You'd think that, but at this moment (April 2023) only 6 percent of the viewers of this series are Dutch. 20 percent are American.

[@itstj1234]

Thank you so much for making this been searching for a docu about the 80year war for 3 years now finaly found ur Chanel

[@DefraggedHistory]

Glad you found it! Thanks for watching!

[@nilsvisser4383]

Splendiferous once again, much enjoying this series.

[@zebulonspruijt1645]

"If a German is sober, he has to be ill" 😂

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

If a Gulden had a gold weight of 2.735 grams (1464), and the current price of gold (as of this writing) is 80,82 USD/g, then a Dutch carpenter in 1584 made about 44 208 USD/year (200 Gulden). That's actually way more than I make ahead of taxes as an unskilled Swedish labourer in 2024 (30 600 USD), although my take home wage is actually about 24 000 USD/year.

[@zephyrus339]

Part of me wants to believe the treaty was signed at Nonsuch so that Elizabeth could say to the Spanish: "Me? a treaty with the Dutch? There is non such treaty." Greetings from Zutphen, thanks for showing some awesome fighting at my town.

[@werdw4849]

Me too lol!!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Haha! That makes so much more sense now! Thanks for watching. More Zutphen coming up!

[@johndavid7065]

That's cool y'all know your history. Imagine not knowing..

[@altinaykor364]

I thought after Willem died, it won't be the same anymore and will turn boring, but damn how wrong I was! I hope you put a series about this period as well (1795-1815) you know that whole French occupy, later invasion and Louis Bonaparte and...(you know) I wish to see a complete documentary about that era because my novel series happens in that era with mostly Dutch protagonists

[@philipdemaeyer1665]

1:02:14 the very first “Prinsjesdag” in Netherland. Orange is still the equivalent of a cat’s catnip; but then for the Dutch. 😅

[@seneca983]

The text in the video says that Neuenahr/Niuwenaar was the count of Moers and *Luxemburg* but the narration says that he was the count of Moers and *Limburg.* Which one is correct?

[@adamweilergurarye5422]

Thank you for the wonderful series

[@DefraggedHistory]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@nikhiltallam3836]

Was waiting for almost a month now am happy it came 🙂

[@teacup9161]

Same!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@camamaja]

just stumbled acroos this series. And there i thought i already knew everything about it. Love your stuff!

[@werdw4849]

Phenomenal series!!! Thank you so much for putting this together!!

[@DefraggedHistory]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@voleg44]

Brilliant as always. Love it.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@commanderjamgaming7257]

This godly series is back in action! Liked in advance!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Yay! Thanks for watching!

[@chiizeogu2864]

I wonder if the narrator is bilingual in Dutch and Spanish 😅

[@SamiJuntunen1]

Like game of thrones but better.. if it just was nyt true/history :(

[@DefraggedHistory]

So true indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@dominicguye8058]

Why are the Dutch States not freaking out at all these cities falling?

[@jeremycunningham7897]

So glad this is back! Great stuff as usual- thanks

[@DefraggedHistory]

Good to see you again!

[@anotherdaywasted2297]

Part II is off to a stellar start!

[@Colombiani]

Echt HELE GOEIE series dit

[@foetsie85]

yess nice just in time for dinner. got my cold beer right here,sit back eat and have fun with this

[@DefraggedHistory]

Hope you enjoyed it! And your dinner. 🍿

[@foetsie85]

@@DefraggedHistory i did thank you

[@sahhaf1234]

Beer? Duh.. Goes better with wine..

[@igor-yp1xv]

Intense!

[@janjuergens1]

Finally 🙌🙌🙌😍

[@DefraggedHistory]

Yay! 🍿

[@Zion2540hd]

Bro whens next video im ready finally i can learn about this cant wait i wanna see the end of this

[@ronhoek69]

That Farnese general was a true military genius.

[@DefraggedHistory]

That he was. And a skilled diplomat to boot.

[@ronhoek69]

@@DefraggedHistory Gelukkig voor de opstandige gewesten werd hij door Philips II ook gebruikt voor andere zaakjes anders was het misschien nog penibel geworden. Dankzij de gedetailleerde informatie uit jouw mooie serie. Chapeau!

[@GarrisonsHistoryProductions]

How long dose it usually take you to make one of your videos

[@deinemutter8999]

Just commentog for the algorithm

[@Zpequeno]

Geweldig!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Bedankt!

[@Back4Fungame]

the chad maurits

[@sahhaf1234]

I hope that this series wont end at 1648, the official termination of eighty years' war, but will continue to 1672 (rampjaar) or, better still, to 1678, termination of the franco-dutch war.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Well, this series will end at the end of the war. But I am preparing a series about the De Witt Brothers, and that is a sequel to this. Thanks for watching!

[@sahhaf1234]

@@DefraggedHistory Actually, heartfelt thanks for preparing this series!!! De Witt brothers is very good news. it seems that the series will go at least up to 1672. And if it is extended to 1678, no rope will be left dangling.. Actually, have you considered preparing a parallel series on dutch golden age which will cover the cultural aspects of the same time period? Not only artists but scientists like leeuwenhoek, swammerdam, huygens, lawyers like grotius and religious figures like arminius and bourignon..

[@DenUitvreter]

@@sahhaf1234 Not to 1688? William III invading England and plotting, with John Locke among others, to make it bloodless is such a great story and truly a turning point in history.

[@sahhaf1234]

@@DenUitvreter The later it ends, the better for me.. But she seems quite determined to end it at 1648, at the proper end of 80 years war. And her planned de witt brothers series will probably end at 1672 (death of brothers) or 1678 (end of dutch-french wars). Actually the best end date for me is 1702, the date of death of william of orange.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@sahhaf1234 "In der Beschränkung zeigt sich der Meister." and it's about the 80-years war after all and the amount of detail is the product of the focus of course. I believe trust in her judgement would be well deserved after the first series. So I propose a third an fourht series about 1648 to 1702, with DeWitt Bros and William III of Orange :)

[@bigchungus4336]

Hidden gem keep it up!

[@jeremycunningham7897]

Love this!!

[@sahhaf1234]

Excelent....

[@Dreadnought586]

Great Video keep making them!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks! Will do!

[@theunknownpersonism]

I wonder what would happen if Henry III agreed to become the sovereign of the Netherlands. Would the Low Countries become a part of France by today?

[@DefraggedHistory]

Ask Napoleon how that worked out for him! 😄 If anything, we went from being a republic to a kingdom after his conquest.

[@DenUitvreter]

Ironic isn't it? The first republic that showed god's wrath for challenging the divine right of kings was not that bad, to put it mildly, and was the nursery of the enlightenment where the philosophers had their books printed without prosecution or even lived and worked, was made into a kingdom as a result of the French revolution. First by Napoleon, later by the British who wanted a buffer monarchy between France. The Dutch gave the British their parliamentary monarchy and bill of rights by invading in 1688, and we got an absolute king back from them.

[@andreascovano7742]

@@DefraggedHistory But napoleon had a great success in the netherlands.

[@altinaykor364]

@@DenUitvreter you forgot one more detail! the first republic who also weren't insane with obsessive bloodthirsty hatred towards their royalties despite all the resentments and actually acted in much more human way

[@SirWilliamKidney]

When does episode 7 come out?

[@DefraggedHistory]

Save for technical issues, Episode 8 should come out September 16, 18:00 cet

[@tomhermens7698]

Hidden behind a hill??? There are no hills there, flat as a pancake!!!! Water everywhere.😂

[@tomselleck1811]

God rest Queen Mary