Emma of Normandy | The Greatest Early Medieval Queen

[@mrfearsmom8857]

I have always had a DEEP appreciation for these fearless women who used their wits and beauty to make it through what had to be a HARD WAY TO LIVE.

[@sandal8235]

It’s not hard when it is all you know and you we’re loyalty

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@lb8141]

❤💯

[@leeannproctor47]

​@@historyprofilesemma of Normandy must have been the Helen of Troy of England.

[@petravazanska5707]

Normands are very tough people, I am married to one. 😅

[@makaveli88888]

The actress that played her in vikings was stunningly beautiful & did a great job

[@historyprofiles]

I agree, she portrayed Emma with grace and fortitude, anyway thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@elainealibrandi6364]

It's wonderful to see Emma of Normandy spotlighted in this video. Her story calls to mind another powerful Medieval woman who married two kings and mothered kings as well: Eleanor of Aquitaine.

[@historyprofiles]

Another interesting and amazing woman I wish to cover soon! Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@mrfearsmom8857]

I love that cnut made sure history knew how great Emma truly was. the way she helped form England. Most of all I love that Emma had a great love along with her political success. Proof all along women could be rule

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video! Emma was indeed increadible! The true blood of Rollo

[@leeannproctor47]

​@@historyprofilesCnut must have bent backwards to get Emma

[@mamakat114]

I can’t wait to watch this. She was my 33rd Great Grandmother

[@brendadrew834]

@mamakat114 Wow!! You should have elaborated on your family history here! Check my post out here, too, Drew family on my maternal side goes all the way b.ack to William the Conqueror of Normandy of Viking origin and the name was originally spelled Dru/Drewes and originated in Normandy! My maternal great grandmother was named "Emma" from Aberdeen, Scotland.

[@mamakat114]

@@brendadrew834 mine goes back to William the Conqueror & Rollo the Viking too. We must be related. Only problem is I won’t put my last name on here, the connection between my family name goes up through the Neville’s onto most of the Royal ancestors.

[@brendadrew834]

@@mamakat114 Thanks, interesting, too.

[@damianl3]

She is my 34th Great-grandmother- this fleshes out so much I didn’t know

[@jared1870]

This isn't just biography, these videos are a work of art.

[@leeannproctor47]

You absolutely got that right.

[@Mma-basement-215]

People please like the video if you watch it for the algorithm this guy works very hard and puts out great content it's the least we can do

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I appreacite your continued support! it means a lot!

[@Bawlzmcgruff]

Im glad you did her justice in this video. Viscous smart beautiful.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video! A lot of research went into it!

[@Jane-1509]

Vicious not viscous 😂

[@ELKE-]

Now my Sunday is completed! Thank you for this amazing video, your voice narration is just brilliant!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@ELKE-]

@@historyprofiles My pleasure! Thank you, i always enjoy your videos!

[@isabelledescarries5593]

Just finished reading Ken Follet's The Evening and the Morning, where she is featured. Nice timing!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

She was amazing! Suggestion: Eleanor of provence, the loyal and loving wife of Henry III

[@stonehartfloydfan]

I used the life of Emma in part as the base of a character in a current novel I am working on. Amazing woman, and utterly ruthless that is no doubt. Emma was very intelligent and beautiful by all accounts. That she was tenacious in maintaining her dynasty is not to be understated. Anyway, I simply could not help but pull from her life to help build a story arc from.

[@historyprofiles]

That sounds awesome! Good luck on the novel!! She was indeed, the most powerful woman in the the whole north for years! Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@stonehartfloydfan]

@@historyprofiles Welcome you post great content, and I will be honest I look through your videos for interesting historical people to draw from.

[@cesaravegah3787]

Being a man at those times was bad enough, for most women was a short, brutal life, that women surely was extraordinary to achieve so much.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@felixsologinkin5134]

Pls do sweyn forkbeard next,he was the first dannish king to standardise coinage and the founder of the north sea empire,his reign marked a highpoint in the viking age his legacy and story is unforgettable.

[@historyprofiles]

@@felixsologinkin5134 literally working on his video now, most under rated viking king of all time. Better than Canute in my opinion

[@felixsologinkin5134]

@@historyprofiles Les go thanks man,he is better then cnut imo,some more facts you might want to include is that he raided Norway in the year 995 and 1000 and targeted towns that would later be stanvanger Oslo and bergen and attack Trondheim(they were settlements,not citys at this point in time)and seized Trondheim after the proposed divisions in 1001 this comes from chat gpt so take this with a grain of salt.things that can be said with more evidence is that he fought the battle of isefjord in 986 against harald Bluetooth near rosikile in dennmark he employed a false gap strategy and made Harald flee,winning the battle and forcing him into exile.he also was a commander in Haralds cainpaign in Saxony against a leaderless holy Roman empire

[@historyprofiles]

@@felixsologinkin5134 don’t worry, gonna include as much detail as I can, will probably be a 50min to 1 hour video!

[@felixsologinkin5134]

@@historyprofiles thanks mate

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content! Thanks For this

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@robert-surcouf]

The early middle ages was between the 5th and 10th century so technically, the title video because Emma was a queen consort between 1002 and 1035 so she was from the high middle ages. Unless it was a purely anglo-centric view, there's three possibility as the early middle ages ending with 888 when the carolingian ceased to have one ruler, 987 when the last carolingian ruler by male line was deposed or 1066 with the vikings era ending.

[@mrfearsmom8857]

I love how Vikings Valhalla portrayed harthacnut as the most diplomatic of cnuts sons

[@zoetropo1]

You should cover Emma’s sister Hawise, Duchess of Brittany. You aren’t Emma’s descendant, but you are Hawise’s.

[@S.D._777_]

I'm also one of Hawises descendants. I would like to know more about her. She and their brother were just as important to the marriage pact as Emma was.

[@jessesquer4204]

I never knew she existed until today. I fully enjoyed this video, the facts and information were presented in a way that wasn't overwhelming with details. 🎉🎉

[@brendadrew834]

Great job there! Thank you~🙂

[@JustMe-mh2pn]

What a great Queen she was 🎉

[@historyprofiles]

Indeed she was! Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@JustMe-mh2pn]

@@historyprofiles so much!!!! Thank you, well done 👏

[@mrdrinker]

Emma of Normandy's story is very interesting and epic. TY for the video this also make me happy to see how netflix sets up her story in season 4 and 5 of Valhalla.

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video and information I did learn a couple new things

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@-RONNIE]

@@historyprofiles I always do 👍🏻

[@victoriaburkhardt9974]

Good one. Thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@dansmith3755]

Emma of Normandy vs The Serpent Queen ding ding

[@stephaniechambell1493]

It’s so sad she abandoned her boys

[@maryfrump7937]

She was very very smart

[@sheepdog1102]

One tough woman and great job on your video!😊

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

The great-aunt of William the Conqueror, no less!

[@benziescha5438]

Not sure you could attribute "great" to her name, certainly no Gloriana but a helluva politician and certainly power mad.

[@ArtBlade]

very cool. Thank you, Ollie :)

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@leemckay8706]

Agreed has to root for her bc of her strength brains

[@ajaysworld93]

I love her Viking, Valhalla I wish they where doing a 4th season

[@Khuard00]

This was a great one.

[@kardosalar9757]

Great historian

[@theoriginaltoba]

1:45 we actually don't know when Emma was born. It's possible she was born in 984- but there's almost nothing to suggest it considering the time period, so it's impossible to pin down an exact birth date.

[@zoetropo1]

984 would likely make Emma younger than her sister Hawise who had three sons in the 990s.

[@theoriginaltoba]

@@zoetropo1 I said it was possible- I didn’t exactly say for sure. It’s a theory proposed and agreed on by historians, I didn’t say I exactly agreed with it

[@kardosalar9757]

👏👏👏

[@JukeBoxDestroyer]

I would like to hear the detailed story of King Edward I vs. The Coin-Clippers

[@tamaratyler7786]

Hi. Love your content but can’t listen to music while someone is talking.

[@zoetropo1]

Modern artists are wrong: Emma didn’t have black hair. She was fair. Her entire extended family were contemporaneously drawn with fair hair. This is simple biology.

[@user-dj9lc4cx4b]

It’s all so interesting, but the narrator sounds like a 15 year-old who’s been forced to read to the class from a textbook.

[@silliaek]

Emma's daughter Gunhilda went to Germany as a child, in advance of her marriage.

[@cherylbrooks7005]

❤😊❤

[@zoetropo1]

Duke Richard I’s mother was Sprota the Breton. His father William ‘Longsword’’s mother Poppa of Bayeux was Gallic with a surmised Breton ancestry. Rollo’s name sounds Breton. William the Conqueror’s mother Herleva’s name isn’t Germanic. Herleva’s husband’s name Herluin is Celtic.

[@JoeMarker]

Dentistry ?