El Cid: Champion of Spain - A Documentary Podcast

[@lightbeing3955]

Rodrigo 'el Cid' Díaz de Vivar, príncipe de Valencia is my 29th great grandfather. So proud of that.

[@leonbaylon1893]

Congrats! For me personally an instance of the communion of saints, whatever human flaws he may have had. BTW I am a Rodrigo by my father's choice.

[@robertnegron9706]

That’s really amazing.

[@Kybeline]

El Cid is one of the greatest heros of the reconquista! The other one was that brave woman, queen Isabella of Castilla! She was as brave as any man. Instead of spending her life in confortable luxury, she travelled like any male warrior to be close to the front and encourage her soldiers! She was a great politician, a great patriot, a truely great woman (more so as any feminist of our days) and also a great christian! Her only problem is, that she didn't like the jews. And that's why the english and american documentary market ignores her. Well, Isabella is my female hero of the reconquista!

[@czthjvv]

Jews have been kicked out of 109 countries for a good reason........

[@Paslayas]

Totally agree with your POV of la Rina Isabel de Castilla. Any bio books you can recommend? Thanks!

[@לירון-ק3ה]

@@czthjvv for a good reason ?i would like to know what the good reason are.jews were the highest quality population . Succsesfull much more then the christianity. So,what was the good reason for you ?

[@jonathoncaivano7453]

I find it cool how u been making videos for 9 years. That’s crazy and I applaud your dedication and love for this topic.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks glad you enjoy the videos. I wrote a book as well: www.amazon.com/Why-Does-Heathen-Rage-Crusades/dp/152395762X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

[@AsylumEscapade]

I remember playing El Cid in Age of Empires II

[@historicalminds6812]

Jim Samples yes, it was definitely one of the more enjoyable campaigns.

[@nootram213]

That's where I learned him from

[@redguardscantswim2549]

Jim Samples that brings back memories

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Me to Jim Samples

[@rickconnolly5006]

Jim Samples yep ...the nostalgia

[@fulca4389]

Great history figures don’t judge man by their faith, but rather by their actions and character! El Cid was a real badass! I would’ve followed him as well.

[@FlashPointHx]

Love this man! I called him the Han Solo of his age in my podcast!

[@reddevil1030]

I proudly carry the Diaz surname

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Excellent!

[@charlesoneil4459]

Too bad your not of Spanish decent,you were invaded too.

[@almeggs3247]

One of my favorite heroes. Great job. !

[@OCVrm7]

Great Christian Warrior

[@aitornavarro6597]

Viva Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid, Campeador" !!!!!

[@Lion_Hamza]

Aitor Navarro Lol you guys are to funny. Not even realizing how degenerate your society is. Your churches are empty, your youth is porn and drug addicted and in general everything is much worse than you ever think.

[@fenrirdarkfangs]

¡VIVA!

[@fenrirdarkfangs]

@@Lion_Hamza duras palabras, pero tristemente ciertas.

[@AlexSmith-fs6ro]

@@Lion_Hamza It is sad. But at leat our society do force them to go church and do not send them, and for that matter, any apostate, blasphemous or heretics, to be killed by any religious or civil law. Es verdad. Pero a pesar de esto, nuestra sociedad no obliga a nadie a que vayan a la iglesia, ni los manda, tampoco a los apóstatas, heréticos, o blasfemos, a que los maten por ninguna ley religiosa o civil. Tienen la más plena libertad contraria de otras sociedades y idiologías.

[@bisu20000]

El Cid.A real hero

[@alvaromaruasa979]

will you ever do a similar type of podcast about Richard the Lionheart or have you made some? Really appreciate your work good Sir

[@kaloarepo288]

Richard the Lionheart's wife Berengaria of Navarre was descended from "EL Cid."

[@aztecmixtli]

El Cid. He was a 6'8" powerhouse of pain.

[@robertnegron9706]

He was 6’ 8”?

[@aztecmixtli]

@@robertnegron9706 Yes, 6'8" or 2 meters tall. El Cid el matamoros

[@KenDelloSandro7565]

Excellent job as usual

[@OriginalGazGoose]

Rodrigo didn't really struck out on his own. When Alfonso pardoned and asked Rodrigo for help he answered and Alfonso has instructed Rodrigo that any lands he captured he shall hold in hereditary right.

[@raylocke282]

I saw the movie in 1962. Three hours long with an intermission midway .

[@guilletejero5003]

¡Santiago y cierra, España!

[@Boajoa90]

This is very nice, thank you.

[@Emilio_J.J.L.]

For enjoy Spanish tradicional music about el Cid, look "Joaquín Díaz 1999 - Romances del Cid" up on KZbin. ;-)

[@vangraff3478]

Hi RCH, will you make a video about Afonso I of Portugal "the Conqueror" and his battles against the Almoravids ?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pabbZXmFYrWUras :)

[@vangraff3478]

lol

[@rodrigoflores4133]

I love your work!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

thanks!

[@billya3509]

love your stuff man

[@sweetjanejonez]

Wow. My last name is Cid. Wonder what the connection is, if any. Very interesting and informative. I like how in depth your vid is. Subscribed👍🏽

[@Euro.Patriot]

Coincidence.

[@Iulius4]

Cid is an arabic word and means Lord.

[@sweetjanejonez]

@@Iulius4 Thanks for the info! With ya know...whole US slavery issue and all I can only imagine how my paternal family ended up with the name. Still interesting. I've never met anyone else, outside of my family with that name.

[@Iulius4]

@@sweetjanejonez is an unusual surname, i'm from Valencia Spain and no meet any surname Cid. Only a gimnastic woman Almudena Cid. Excuse my English. Where are you in USA?

[@sweetjanejonez]

@@Iulius4 No problem, I understand you just fine. Your English is fine, it is much better than my Spanish! I am in (born and raised) Atlanta, Georgia. My father is from U.S. Virgin Islands St.Thomas. my grandfather was from the Dominican Republic and spoke Spanish as native language. Dont have much info past him as that goes back at LEAST 100 years because my dad is currently 82 years old so I know his dad (my granddad) spans much further.

[@LinusLinothorax]

Hey dude, can you make a video on Medieval (Christian) Nubia? I could help you out with that one, if you want, as I have a lot of books and papers.

[@shofar34u]

Eleonora of England, Queen of Castile was a descendant of El Cid

[@stoontownparts]

Very well done thank you

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

thanks!

[@WelshRabbit]

I thought he was Charlton Heston. : D

[@alexhayden2303]

Definitely should have pulled the arrow out!

[@sonofsun4]

Nice lecture, but I am wondering about the sources used!

[@justinthomas3389]

Great video

[@caos1925]

reminds me of David, in First Samuel ,he became a merc for a bit but had standards and people he wouldn't fight.

[@DavidValdezBigWaveDave]

Adam Case muy interassanté, any specific chapters in First Samuel? I’m not too well versed in the Old Testament

[@telle1819]

Nice, arriba España!

[@robertalmaraz870]

Aparrently my mom was claims that one of our ancestors was el cid however her last name is delcid event though el cid’s last name is Diaz. Do you think this maybe true?

[@michaelflood2622]

Maybe but so are millions of people

[@franciscocarlosdemigueljim3554]

It is bealived that Cid comes from "Sid", an arabian word, that means more/less Lord. They gave him this treatment beacause he defended Zaragoza (arab city in that moment). Also some others thinks it comes from "asada" (also arabian word) that means "lion". Thats why the coat of arms of Zaragoza city appears a Lion. People called him in such way when he enter the city walls to thank him to be so brave.

[@carloscampana]

RODRIGO DÍAZ DE VIVAR, YOUR NAME. THE CID CAMPEADOR.

[@wekoigama3444]

So that's where the saying holy Toledo come from 1:13

[@TheKEVIN74167]

Can you do a documentary on the Spartans?

[@isabeau9852]

Uh..... this channel specializes in crusade history.... not ancient history.

[@redalert2047]

Here's some info on the Spartans. Look up the secret band of thebes. Its real Spartan history.

[@anonimniprofil3816]

He did it.

[@kvjqxzz5905]

where did Saladin come in?

[@WelshRabbit]

KV, Saladin was about 2,000+ mi and 100 years away.

[@Lion_Hamza]

Welsh Rabbit Salahdin was 1171 El Cid was 1099 makes 72 years if im not mistaken

[@benquinney2]

Pure practical reason

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Would not a better title for this video be "El Cid: Champion of the Highest Bidder"?

[@oolooo]

Great hero of the Hispanics .

[@MrMuttly55]

Hispanics are the mud people from the Americas. Spaniards are from Spain.

[@Trikipum]

@@MrMuttly55 Dont try to explain him such advanced concepts, the averaga american is considered a genious if he can place his own country in a map of the world....

[@hectormcarmonadiaz9184]

Mio Cid Campeador,Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar.

[@moldyhalfling]

💚🌻

[@bipolatelly9806]

Champion what? Boche player? Oh I know... Handball! Go old Sid!

[@Shakkarz]

El Cid of Valencia how did he died from complications or Old Wounds that threatened him or he was poisoned that's pretty f***** up cause those Christians the Templars are golden would had a great Walk Way to through North Africa or by sea

[@luan0020]

The Brazilian Royal Family are descendents of El Cid

[@nasalimbu3078]

Arrival war and warriors John of arc PC game

[@wekoigama3444]

Sounds like Mexican cartel tactics

[@jacobchigung]

so the old Hollywood film is a load of Codswallop

[@campelodemagalhaes]

Your mixing of Spain with Iberia is disappointing. Specially for a Portuguese listener.

[@goodaimshield1115]

At that time Spain was the whole peninsula. "Iberia" is a relatively modern invention, no one called Spain Iberia back then, it was called just that, Spain.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Definitely not trying to minimize Portugal. We do have to remember though that I'm not talking about the modern country of Spain, I'm talking about the region at that time. Spain is a word recognizable to English speakers and works better in an English language presentation. I have also done many videos on the Portuguese specifically. I've done one on the Siege of Lisbon and the Battle of Ourique.

[@campelodemagalhaes]

Spain was created in 1492, thus it did not existed at the time. Iberian is the name of the Peninsula given to it by the Iberians, thousands of years ago. The term Spain (España) comes from Hispania, the name of the Roman Province. Hispania is around 2.000 years old, Iberia is much older.

[@goodaimshield1115]

Ricardo Magalhães The kingdom of Spain was created in 1469, rather than 1492, or we could even argue that it was not created, since it was not complete, till the year 1512. But I am not talking about the KINGDOM of Spain, nor the CROWN of Spain, I am talking about SPAIN. What truly NEVER existed was Iberia. The Iberian Peninsula did exist, but Iberia and Iberians (to refer to everyone in the peninsula and not just the eastern Iberian tribes) were terms and concepts that began to be used in the late 19th early 20th century. No one in the Middle Ages nor Early Modern Era would have called themselves "Iberian" nor belonging to "Iberia", but "Spaniard/Spanish" (obviously Portuguese would also consider themseleves Portuguese along with Spanish) belonging to Spain and/or Portugal. That's it. If you don't want to believe it that's your problem, not mine. The name Iberia to signify the whole Peninsula was not given by the native "Iberian" population, but by the Greeks, and they quickly decided to use the term Hesperia or Hesperia Ultima in replacement to the term Iberia. The only ones who called themselves Iberians (and they did NOT refer to the whole peninsula as such) were the eastern tribes. The rest were Aquitanians, Celts, and the two pre-Celtic tribes known as the Lusitani and Vettones. These people were neither Iberians nor identified as such, let alone named the Peninsula Iberia. That was a Greek thing since they only had relations with the easter Iberian tribes (who never used the word Iberia to refer to the entire Peninsula). And again, soon they replaced the term with Hesperia. The concept we have of Iberia and Iberians is of new creation. The truth is that everyone in the Peninsula since roman times up till the late 18th/early 19th century identified as Spanish in all its variants. The name Hispania by the way was given by the Phoenitians under its original form Ispania, Carthage will use the same name, and later on Romans would add the letter H and use the most known form of Hispania. And both Ispania (given by the Phoenitians) and Iberia (given by the Greeks) are terms that date back to roughly the same time, 900-600 b.C, 2600-2900 years ago. And actually, the Phoenitians where the first non-Iberian people (as in antive to the peninsula) that arrived to the place, so actually the term Ispania is significantly older than the term Iberia. By the way, the first mane the Greeks used to name the Iberian Peninsula was Ophioússa (land of serpents/snakes), it was later on, after the contact with the eastern Iberian tribes, that htye often hears the word Iber adn changed the name to Iberia/Iberian Peninsula.

[@campelodemagalhaes]

Funny part is: no one has a ego more fragile than the Spanish. A common joke is, for example: Di Stefano is the best football player of the world, and perhaps of Spain. Or just another one: My biggest desire is to be like my father... so that I can have a son like ME!

[@Didacmmv]

Sadly El cid has been used by the alt-right in Spain so many times It's so hard for me to listen to the name El Cid and not get repulsed, seeing how many people gave a thumbs up to a dude expressing exactly my thought I can only wonder the idea they have of el cid, damn my country is full of bigots. I wish you would adress the absurd amount of lies that surround the Campeador's life

[@mandril1]

Instead of crying and complaining go read a book. Seriously you must know nothing of your own contry's history if you think that way. Go back to school and stop watching la sexta.

[@Didacmmv]

Br1 Eres todo un plus ultra, nano

[@mandril1]

jajaja soy ultra porque me interesa y me siento orgulloso de la historia de mi pais. Entiendo...

[@goodaimshield1115]

alt-right es una eufemismo americano, vamos, una americanada, di derecha radical y punto. Madre mía que complejos, y el Cid es el Cid, punto, que más da que la derecha radical lo use. Obviamente lo van a usar, son españoles no? a quién van a usar si no? El problema no es que lo utilice la extrema derecha, sino que todos los moderados y de izquierdas no lo usan. Si no renegasen tanto de el no habría problema. Exactamente lo mismo pasa con la bandera, la gente quejándose de que es que la bandera actual solo la llevan los fascistas. Oiga, pues eso no es por culpa de los fascistas, eso es porque los demás no la lleváis, no podéis obligar a alguien a no usar la bandera de su país, a ver cual van a usar sino, lo que tenéis que hacer es usarla vosotros para que su significado no se asocie más a un grupo que a otro. Que su significado o connotación política varíe no es culpa del que la lleva (que a ver cual van a llevar, si son españoles, no van a llevar la bandera americana, es de traca vamos), sino de los que no la llevan. Pues esto es más de lo mismo. Menudo país de acomplejados, así nos va.

[@JM-fo1te]

You sound like a bitch, marrano.