England's Favorite King Liked France Better | The Life & Times of Richard the Lionheart

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Here's the link to the dramatic reenactment of Richard's Crusade in the Holy Land: www.magellantv.com/series/war...
And the battle at Chateau Gaillard that changed the course of England's French holdings forever: www.magellantv.com/video/ch%C...
Music (in order of appearance):
Kevin Macleod - Immersed
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Kevin Macleod - Screen Saver
Kevin Macleod - Angevin
RPG Playlist - Tavern/Festival Music - Kesh Jig
RPG Playlist - Tavern/Festival Music - An Comhra Donn/Rights of Man
Kevin Macleod - Five Armies
Seb Skelly - Trolololo for Brass Quintet

[@JackRackam]

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[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Jack, I would highly recommend you look into William Lyons Mackenzie, the guy who tried to do America, in Canada. After failing to get Canadians to peacefully rebel from 'Britsh colonial thraldom', He actuslly started a short-lived pro-American anti-British "Republic of Canada" whos flag is literally the word LIBERTY in big red letters, and two American-esc Stars. Looks pretty cool to me. The Republic of Canada only lasted two years with some boys doing a Summer-Camp on an Island before being kurbstomped by the UK. America did not really care. Oh, there was also the "Republic of Lower Canada" which lasted a bit longer, and was more French-Canadian, while the Republic Williams tried to make was more American-Canadian in ideals and culture. Oh, he also later said that Canada should be straight-up be annexed by America. I guess he was salty that his rebellion failed.

[@stoopidphersun7436]

Do a vid on the rhodesian bush war

[@xyzstain]

Wait....was that the band of the hawk in the mercenary shot?

[@neilbuckley1613]

Hey Jack , I can see that he regarded England as free bank, but he waged an awful lot of war in France, Richard must of killed a hell of a lot more Frenchmen than English, so they do have something to like about him.

[@Christobanistan]

Signed up for WARRIORS!

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

"People actually died for this" sums up European history better than any book ever could

[@evryatis9231]

any history tbh, look at the indians/american indians or africans, or even asians. Yeahhh..

[@Catman2123]

Pope in 2020: “Take up your sins with the lord yourself if you are unable to attend confession.” The 5,000,000+ people who died during the reformation: “Are you shitting me?”

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

@@Catman2123 actually they were in the low million as the population density of Europe was small but still why did the whole of Europe mobilized for war after #Protestant, #Reformation and #MartinLuther became trending topics?

[@comradepolarbear6920]

@@forickgrimaldus8301 cuz why not.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

@@comradepolarbear6920 oh thats right it was Fun

[@vanbaguette7368]

I'm from Austria and we love Richard. The money England used to buy his freedom was used to renovate the capital and build a whole new city. Thanks Richard, very cool.

[@dandyl1on]

I grew up in the city funded by his ransom and now live in the capital. Thanks Richard, very cool!

[@Julianna.Domina]

As just an American whom adores little Austria, very cool, Richard!

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

Don't have anything to say but, thanks richard, very cool!

[@palehorse6655]

What's the city called back then if it's not Richard's ransom in whatever language you guys spoke back then I will be disappointed

[@nose766]

If Austria wasn't as rich it wouldn't have had as a big a population as it did during the late 1800s, giving Hitler an opportunity to be born. Richard literally caused the holocaust

[@GiselleGewellle]

England: *starts crying into hands*

[@Kerriangel]

Ireland and Scotland: *pointing and laughing*

[@Veriox22]

Into thy hands, o lord

[@mojotheaverage]

And binge drinking and eating Norwegian fish and chips like an ex downing a tub of ice cream

[@uptank8461]

dude,,,,, too soon

[@raulpetrascu2696]

Pepehands

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

England's king liking France, this is the ultimate betrayal

[@invictidomini6846]

Vive la France 🇫🇷!!!!

[@cgt3704]

How could you do this to me, Senpai

[@dr.vikyll7466]

@@invictidomini6846 Vive la Roi

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Well, considering that his family was technically from France...

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Nah most of them were French anyway, as the main reason as to why the 100 years war happened was because the French line and the "English" line of the Family disaggreed on who gets France.

[@theoador1050]

Right off the bat Jack sounds like he's trying to tell his friend that their partner is cheating. This is going to be a good one

[@nastrael]

Thatsthejoke.jpg

[@rintmacleanen2972]

Thats literally the whole point

[@Crick1952]

England: "No! He loves me! He told me it doesn't mean anything! He's going to leave France and come back to me!" *sobs into hands*

[@blueeyed5074]

He thought of England all along while he was with France...

[@rationalroundhead6739]

WE CHANGED OUR FLAG FOR HIM! BASTARD!

[@lesenigma2536]

Hes mine now, britannia.

[@falconeshield]

Lay back and think of PARIS

[@jackukridge5381]

Great death, distracted by a guy defending himself with a frying pan and didn't notice the kid with the crossbow until it was too late because he was too busy laughing.

[@ianlilley2577]

Sounds like he was a rabid dog

[@game_boyd1644]

It's really funny that something similar happened to Pyrrhus of Epirus

[@Adhjie]

@@game_boyd1644 ditto king of general funne

[@padairua8129]

Ireland: “this video may be embarrassing for England?” [leans closer and pulls out pen and paper]

[@seandegidon4672]

Aside from France, Austria and Scotland, Ireland may be the only place marginally better for the better-knight-than-king Richard. His father gave leave to Norman-Welsh Marcher Earls/Barons to launch the first (nominally) English invasion of Ireland. The better part of the island was conquered, when the protagonists got distracted. Barons got the land they wanted and started looking for wives, while Richard launched so many wars in the opposite direction that follow-through was hollow. Soon it would be reported that "your Majesty's subjects are more Irish than the Irish themselves," and the King's writ was null beyond the Pale.

[@jeffcampbell1555]

@Aldo Steel UNITED KINGDOM: Oh...wicked, funny Aldo. IRELAND: Tá mé ag dul squash tú cosúil le fabht (I'm gonna squash ya like a bug.)

[@malleableconcrete]

FYI, Ireland was given to John when Henry II was splitting up his son's inheritance, there's a big castle built by him in Limerick.

[@Grim_Sister]

Every country that was colonized by England at some point: “Do tell”

[@CollinMcLean]

@@jeffcampbell1555 I thought "I'm" was Taim? Or is that only as an introductory? I'm only a few weeks into the basics of Irish Gaelic so I'm not sure on a lot of it... (Please forgive the lack of accents I don't know how to do that on my laptop keyboard)

[@bagasdwiseptyan]

"Imagine simping hard for an Angevin" - This post was made by Capetian Gang

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

4/10 - not enough Louis

[@Stopitpls]

Where’s my Plantagenet squad?

[@popkhorne5372]

@@tomaszzalewski4541 or ludwig, or clovis lel ^^

[@Adhjie]

@@Cjnw fick lmaoポルマオ

[@Adhjie]

hittite lima gang

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Everyone: Richard the Lionheart Me, as an intelectual: *Richard Cœur de Lion* _(Norman French: Le quor de lion)_

[@JackRackam]

And then of course there are the people who call him Richard Oc-e-Non, but they're probably posers

[@morningnapalm9963]

His name is Liquor the Lion. What a boss

[@aleksandarvil5718]

@@morningnapalm9963 *Le quor de lion* = _“Heart of Lion”_

[@morningnapalm9963]

@@aleksandarvil5718 La quor = Liquor the Lion = Drunk Lion

[@honotenshi]

Screw it, he's the Drunken Heart of a Lion.

[@scottcallahan5029]

Richard lionheart comes home England: your home late Richard: umm England: I know about aquitaine and trying to sell London I don’t know why Richard : Moneys

[@gabrielaubry1334]

Richard: "Well...WARS EXPENSIVE!" England: "ALL YOU DO IS SIT INSIDE ALLDAY, FIGHTING WARS!"

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Just goes to show how expensive a crusade is.

[@jairoukagiri2488]

@@forickgrimaldus8301 And keeping your keep well stocked to hold out sieges

[@timurthejerk9270]

Richard: you know how expensive a crusade is England: no but what would’ve help is if you had won it

[@scottcallahan5029]

@@timurthejerk9270 clap clap clap 👏 Clap 👏

[@antivalidisme5669]

"What? An Austrian duke?" "Where do you think we are? Mexico?"

[@blueeyed5074]

At least he wasn't killed within 3 years :))

[@antivalidisme5669]

@@blueeyed5074 You stole my words ;)

[@xenotypos]

His father was french too, not just his mother. Henry II (father of Richard) was just the first Plantagenet to get the English crown, but was the son of the count of Anjou, a french noble. The Plantagenet/Angevin house was from the kingdom of France to begin with.

[@taherbertolinirodrigues9104]

Technically the house of normandy is also french

[@1000eau]

Me, an Aquitainian : Yeah, he is our senpai, England

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Top 10 anime plots

[@1000eau]

@@tomaszzalewski4541 England-chan is jealous, and would like to reconquer Richard-kun, but he loves Aquitaine-chan, but he is busy fighting in the Holy Land, how will it turn out ? You'll know it in the next episode of Lionheart Crusaders !

[@whathell6t]

@@1000eau Dude! You just described the first arc of Kamen Rider Saber.

[@1000eau]

@@whathell6t Oh, cool, I didn't even know I did that or know about that, I'll check it out

[@pacificll8762]

I'm not trying to rub salt into the wound but, as a Frenchman (living in New Aquitaine), this does put a smile on my face..

[@xavier01110]

How is Richard viewed in Aquitaine? In England we look up to him like a God and he didn't even like us so it would be a shame for him if the people he loved so much didn't care about him😂

[@smal750]

​@@xavier01110 they litteraly forgot he was french

[@nowhereman6019]

"John's more of a Shinji than a Rei" John now has my undying love.

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

I didn’t watch said popular piece of media. Can someone explain the reference?

[@neh1234]

@@extragoogleaccount6061 It just means Prince John at the time wasn't a good boy, he was just a pushover.

[@justinanthonysanchez7015]

England: Honey, where are you going? Richard I: I'm just gonna buy some cigarettes, dear, I'll be right back

[@randomlygeneratedname7171]

To be honest he was married to France and England was his side chick.

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

@@randomlygeneratedname7171 Nah, Aquitine is his side chick. But, he likes her more than his wife.

[@randomlygeneratedname7171]

@@anonymouscausewhynot What if I say, England was the forced arrange marriage for politics. His the King of England but never there.

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

@@randomlygeneratedname7171 omg yes! Then England actually fell for him, but Richard didn’t. F for England.

[@ennui9745]

Richard the Lionheart: Went to the Middle East to buy milk.

[@rin-joh8644]

The only thing Richard liked more than France was war.

[@uem941]

and GOD.

[@elbentos7803]

And his favorites knights 🥰

[@cgt3704]

And both women and killing muslims

[@realmario979]

And hiding in castles

[@elbentos7803]

And crossbow bolts...

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

England: Richard: France: Richard: What's up gorgeous

[@the_luckiest_charm]

"and could just buy a bunch of mercenaries." sees berserk band of the hawk. *sniffles*

[@freakrx2349]

Too bad Griffith would eventually go on to kill most of his friends and try to create his own kingdom with monsters created from the asshole of H.P lovecraft’s mind

[@dogeking007]

Berserk man of culture I see

[@acharonim4659]

Yep those poor bastards LITERALLY suffered because griffith's insatiable ambition by brutally being offered up as a blood sacrifice to some demonic entities.

[@navilluscire2567]

I mean the *"kingdom of Midland"* that Griffith's Band of the Hawk fought for during the latter years of the hundred years war between Midland and the Tutor empire (or was it the "Chutor" empire?) within the Berserk setting was basically *"not-France"* and the 100 years conflict was also a spoof of the real world's hundred years war (actually lasted about 116 years!) between the monarchs of France and England and their backers. Honestly a gritty fantasy world that's based around the 'hundred' years war in a *"not-Europe"* world is a pretty awesome idea for a rpg or tabletop game!

[@ultimategamer876]

They have one it’s called Warhammer

[@merrittanimation7721]

In this episode, Jack Rackam stages an intervention.

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

Yeah, he’s pretty much telling England “Look, mate, you deserve better. Break up with him.”

[@MrLuchenkov]

To be frank, his choices boiled down to: 1)Crusades: adventure, pillaging, saving princesses, shouting deus vult. 2)Aquitaine: good wine, sunny year-long, gorgeous women, amazing beaches. 3)London: fish, chips, cup of tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary fucking Poppins. I can understand why he'd rather spend his time in the first two and tried to auction off the last one to pay for it.

[@kategrant2728]

England didn't even have chips or tea yet. Even more depressing.

[@vericulum6810]

There wasn't even tea in London back then or chips or frying just slted hearing.

[@MrLuchenkov]

@@vericulum6810 It was a quote from Snatch, the movie, mate. :)

[@ennui9745]

Yup. And England didn't even have the tea and the potatoes back then, so it was just bad food, worse weather, and Mary Poppins. 😂

[@falconeshield]

Women. Haha.

[@timfortune9]

We need a Robin Hood story where it's shown that despite all the good Robin had done in his name, Richard doesn't care. And for the massive cognitive dissonance of realizing that, even in his own way, John cared more for England than "Good King Richard".

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

I could see that ending with Robin once he realizes the truth just leaving going north to Scotland or east to mainland Europe tears in his eyes as he looks back at his home at the betrayal that the king he thought was the villian cared more then the false hero he idolized.

[@AudieHolland]

That is basically what the final episode of "Robin: the Hooded Man (1984-1986)" is about. Good King Richard returns, thanks Robin for a job well done, reprimands his brother John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Then he immediately starts planning another campaign and asks Robin and his merry men to join his forces. When Robin has second thoughts, Richard is not pleased...

[@nirfz]

I remember when our teacher showed us the Costner Robin Hood movie back in school in the first hafl of the 90's (at the end of a schoolyear when all marks were already fixed) and after the scene with Conery she mentioned that Richard Lionheart was late because "we" had imprisoned him for disresprecting our Ruler during the crusade. So any time in any Robin Hood movie i watched and Richard was at least mentioned this little bit of information came up in my head.

[@gabrielaubry1334]

Prince John: "Do you know WHY I had to tax England to high heaven?" Robin Hood: "Because you are a greedy and wicked tyrant!" Prince John: "NO! Because mother drained the royal treasury to pay King Richard's ransom from the Duke of Austria!" Robin Hood: "WHAT?" Prince John: "Apparently the Good King Richard was arrested under suspicion of murdering someone on behalf the King of Jerusalem!" Sir Hiss: "And he was arrested by the man whose banner he gravely insulted during the crusades."

[@JaysonVaughn]

@@gabrielaubry1334 ah a I believe man of culture judging from the last one speaking

[@Atairy]

Ok gotta ask: Am I the only one who was picturing the lions from the Disney Robin Hood animation movie everytime he says Richard or John?

[@3asianassassin]

Well considering they are based on them, of course

[@LuinTathren]

Of course not.

[@DanielGalimidi]

Considering they're literally them and that the video has a Disney Robin Hood frame, I'd say you're right on the mark.

[@UnderTheVeil]

Absolutely. Or Patrick Stewart from Robin Hood Men in Tights

[@slein1055]

I know I was picturing Sir Patrick Stewart

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Richard the Lionheart: "This is good." *Points to England* "But I like this better." *Points to France.*

[@elbentos7803]

... and Normandy... ... and Anjou...

[@elbentos7803]

... that is, France.

[@retardcorpsman]

el bentos And Paris.. And Bordeaux... And Dijon....

[@elbentos7803]

@@retardcorpsman the point was to underline that Richard interest not only rested in Aquitaine but in a lot of other parts of western France as well (lest you cannot understand why he fortified Château-Gaillard in Normandy, or why he died during a siege in Limousin, for instance)...

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

People seemed to forget that to Richard and a lot of English Monarchs at the time saw France as basically part of the Crown I.e the King of England was also ruler of France as they are decended from French and Norman Noblemen. There was no such thing as Nationalisim nor even Patriotisim at the time as the Concept was fairly Modern, instead Family inheritance and honor were more prevalent, which was probably why despite Richard having no love for England and was hated by his Contemporaries was Praised by later Chroniclers.

[@rockstar450]

As someone with English ancestry my biggest surprise was Saladin was actually the honourable and upstanding man in the conflict and not much can really be said about Richard

[@torcaace]

The video in a nutshell: Richie: hey guys sorry i'm late to the crusade, i was doing stuff Aquitaine: I'm stuff Richie Rich: OMG Aquitaine, no! Austria: haha Richard you are wanted for murder.

[@ok-dy9sw]

Lmao

[@evryatis9231]

intense happy french sounds

[@DellDuckfan313]

Part 2: Richard dunks on the treasure chest so hard everybody gets mad at King John, signs Magna Carta in humiliation

[@oxtheunlikelycontemplator2682]

Fun fact John actually got the Pope to declare the Magna Carta invalid and made his proclamations attesting the same. In other words the Magna Carta was reduced to a historical document fairly quickly.

[@florian8599]

I just read Ivanhoe... And let's say: Sir Walter Scott portrayed King Richard as this mercurial guy who you can't trust to be your friend and always comes too late...

[@samrevlej9331]

Well, Scott was Scottish, so I guess we know where the resentment comes from...

[@BraKahan]

Did.... Did Jack Rackam just sneak in a Neon Genesis Evangelion reference?!?!?

[@JackRackam]

I don't know if that counts as sneaking, but it's definitely there

[@luis-mora4444]

4.0 soon, so yeah, gotta build it up the hype somehow.

[@edgardox.feliciano3127]

Timestamp?

[@BraKahan]

@@edgardox.feliciano3127 4:53 GOTCHU FAM

[@SeruraRenge11]

And the Band of the Hawk from Berserk is there too.

[@SEAZNDragon]

My dad was born in Malaysia right before they became independent from the UK. He was given the English name of Richard after Richard I and was miffed he was a Francophile.

[@mrsupremegascon]

As an Aquitain, all I can say is : "Did you looked at you England? Seriously, do you think he is your king because he find you pretty. Huh, you are not good enough for him honey. You don't even make wine."

[@ChieftainHawke]

Lets me honest, literally every Norman and Plantagenet king like France better. And i cant blame them. France is literally next to everything.

[@jonathanwebster7091]

Ehhh not by the later Plantagenets: once the majority of the continental territories were lost, the royal family and the Anglo-Norman aristocracy gradually became anglicised, and came to identify more with England than France. Richard I's nephew, Richard of Cornwall, is recorded by Walter Map as being able to speak English fluently, and his other nephew, Henry III gave his sons the 100% Saxon names of Edward and Edmund. Going forward, Edward I definitely could speak English fluently too (he apparently learned it as a child), and Edward II and Edward III could also speak it-although the first language of all three would have been Norman-French, though even so, it was becoming increasingly debased, full of English loanwords and increasingly unintelligible with French as spoken on the continent. And then, by the time we get two generations forward from that to Henry IV, the royal family are speaking English as their first language.

[@ForeskinWillis]

​@@jonathanwebster7091 Yes of course and that's why later they try to conquer it for more than a 100 years . Cmon the first king of England to actually speak English as a first language is ''supposed'' to be Henry V and historians are not even sure about that. France was simply the bigger, richer, most populous kingdom in all of Europe at that time so yeah they always wanted it you can't foul me on that. The real English nationalism actually starts with the Tudors after the 100 years war. Before that the kings learned English to appease some of their subjects but Norman French / Roman language was still seen as the language of the nobility.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

England: "Wait, our King loves France?" Richard the Lionheart: "Always have been."

[@mattgrele6318]

Of course he loved france who would choose that wet soggy island over aquitaine

[@jamaphy8621]

@@mattgrele6318 me apparently

[@smal750]

​@@jamaphy8621sick mind

[@gobanito]

That's because Richard was French and so was his entire family. Richard's mother Eleanor wasn't the only one born in France, Henry II was also born in France. Also All three of them are buried in France in Fontevraud Abbey.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Describing a historical figure as being like Shinji is incredible.

[@chrissjepsen]

Berserk and Eva in a historical piece on an English crusader king framed like an intervention...this is why I'm subscribed. Never change Jack!

[@librarianontheloose]

Austria is that dude you end up inviting to a party because he's standing there with the dudes you ARE inviting to the party and you can't be rude.

[@darkoneforce2]

The kings and nobles of England came from Normandy (William the Conqueror), and none of them spoke english until the 1400s. Henry V was still trying to get them to speak english.

[@oxtheunlikelycontemplator2682]

I was going to point that many of Anglo Saxon nobles were still around but then they ended up heavily intermarried with the Normans.

[@frankdecron1306]

Most of the nobility and monarchs of England from 1066 to maybe Henry V, but arguably end of the Hundred War, saw England as simply a colony for wealth and manpower to be extracted for for conflicts in France and the Mediterranean world.

[@CynicalHistorian]

Ah, my cat's namesake

[@ultimategamer876]

make a video game channel dammit

[@bokonoo77]

oh it is shit

[@Identitools]

If you speak french you would love "Confessions d'histoire", they have made two episodes about Alienor and Richard, real good stuff with fantastic actors!

[@CollinMcLean]

That little comedic oops aside, William the Lion was actually a pretty good king and his standard (which got him his epithet in later centuries by Scottish chroniclers) became the Royal Banner of Scotland under his successor Alexander II. The Rampant Red Lion on a gold field flown in representation of the Scottish Monarchs.

[@arturochambers27]

Jack rackam: uploads video. Everyone on KZbin: YES! New video!

[@cgt3704]

Its about the Betrayal of Lionheart Everyone: 😥

[@ferrjuan]

England= Sugar Momma Aquitaine= His true love Levant= Side chick

[@hellothere4858]

"More of a shinji then a rei" that is brutal

[@comettamer]

"England, uh...Richard never loved you!" Classic Jack Rackham episode opening. You sir are absolutely brilliant.

[@madambutterfly1997]

That Evangelion reference was so distasteful I love it

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

What reference?

[@whathell6t]

@@tomaszzalewski4541 4:54

[@Eddboy33]

This just made me like Richard the Lionheart even more

[@joellaz9836]

Frenchman detected

[@lhemnenn4713]

​@@joellaz9836 You know that since Guillaume/William the Conqueror, the kings of england were basically Frenchman. Until King Henry VI that is.

[@Tamaki742]

@@lhemnenn4713 He also didn't like England. What is with people who didn't like England being kings of England? I mean, I get it, it's more territory. But it always sounds like taking over a project you're not gonna care about in a year.

[@lhemnenn4713]

@@Tamaki742 For lords and noble back then it was just a question of title and heritage, (power, taxes revenus, influences). The concept of nation, culture heritage, ethnicity didn't really exist, and even if it did, it doesn't matter to them. Why would a noble care about the language the peasants (of any land they append to possess), in their eyes the idea of nation (like we use today) wasn't the point or even in their interest really. It a complicated issue to explain though, because it varies across the world and time period.

[@Tamaki742]

@@lhemnenn4713 Well, guess that's why most empires fail eventually.

[@austinreed5805]

If England and France were united, they could’ve conquered Western Europe for Centuries.

[@pablomonsalve3911]

There are a lot of logistical problems of having an empire where half of it is in an island deep into the sea. Ask the North Sea Empire (1013-1042)

[@cgt3704]

@@pablomonsalve3911 or the Roman Empire

[@pablomonsalve3911]

@@cgt3704 yes, that is a great example too. They outright abandoned it to redirect their resources elsewhere and damage control

[@cgt3704]

@@pablomonsalve3911 and because it took ages to conquer it and Scotland was still out of their reach

[@Veriox22]

France alone can be called western europe ny itself

[@dehavillandvampire]

Richard's main mistake in bumping off that rival was to use an assassin class servant, everyone _knows_ they're the weakest!

[@ElBandito]

The assassins succeeded in killing the target.

[@Alssadar]

Another fun thing that was touched upon was that Eleanor had been married to King Louis VII of France, but Louis then annulled the marriage because she was only giving him daughters. With that, she was free to marry Henry I (after a bit of Louis complaining that she couldn't), helping him end the Anarchy and giving him 4 sons, while it took Louis two more wives to finally have Philip. So that makes Henry and Philip's feud not only between rival kings, but also between men whose half-siblings were half-siblings of the other. I enjoyed Sharon Kay Penman's quintet of books of Henry and Richard, and highly recommend them for people interested about the period.

[@ForeskinWillis]

He actually divorced her probably because she had a suspicious relationship with her uncle Raymond of Poitier who was count of Eddessa in Syria

[@onecertainesquire486]

I wouldn’t say he is our favourite king... But Goddamn why won’t he love us back, WE WOULD OF DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU WHYYYYYYYY

[@lesenigma2536]

Mine now >:)

[@ForeskinWillis]

That's so cool to be French seriously as even your kings are a part of our history HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@Xerxes2005]

Well, Henry II was also French and liked France better. And John would probably have like France better if he didn't lose it all...

[@declanmugford987]

These are lies, lies spread by the French P.s this is sarcasm

[@jacques8221]

no one spreads lies better than the English (sarzcasm)

[@adrien5116]

@@jacques8221 *cof* *cof*

[@grinchmafia7295]

His parents were both born and originated in what is now France. He was just born in England and mostly raised in France. It's funny how you guys view him as English when he barely spoke a word of it.

[@ANSELAbitsxb]

@best general What about otto von bismark?

[@lesenigma2536]

We dont lie, we just dont tell the whole truth

[@hyperion3145]

Everyone's talking about this betrayal but I am more impressed someone acknowledged that the Occitans exist

[@dlugi4198]

To be fair that co-monarch thing worked well for Aurelius.

[@paranermal]

I didn't know I had a favourite King. Does this mean I have a favourite Queen too? Also, I love your tie for this episode.

[@SamAronow]

I don't know if I brought this up with Fred the Antichrist, but Acre is pronounced "ah-ker."

[@JackRackam]

Ah jip, can't believe I forgot that again

[@samarkand1585]

...no?

[@JenniferinIllinois]

England: Richard we love you. Richard: Uh yeh, how about we just be friends?

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Then he sees France and is like: What's up gorgeous

[@gontrandjojo9747]

England: Richard we love you. Richard: Désolé, je ne comprends pas, je ne parle pas anglais.

[@Pyrus425]

Did... did you just make an Evangelion reference when talking about history?

[@silentspirit8923]

He did

[@rattheninja2877]

Holdup there was an Evangelion reference?

[@Lotus77King]

He did, and we love it! 😁

[@MPHJackson7]

@@rattheninja2877 4:54

[@Lotus77King]

@@rattheninja2877 “I’m just saying, John’s more of a Shinji than a Rei”

[@AudieHolland]

And on the pedestal of his statue in London, it says: *Richard Coeur de Lion*

[@lesenigma2536]

Ehehehehehe oui oui ehehehehe

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

I'm so sorry for laughing...

[@AudieHolland]

The statue was erected during the Victorian Age, when wealthy British families were hiring French-speaking nannies who taught the children that it was 'maman' and 'papa.' Not the simplistic mom and dad.

[@ForeskinWillis]

@@AudieHolland During his time he was called ''Le quor de lion'' not ''the lionheart''

[@AudieHolland]

@@ForeskinWillis That was my point. And I don't know what you're trying to spell: Liquor de lion?

[@maestro56777]

That Rei>Shinji joke was hilarious

[@archdornan3068]

As a Englishmen I can confirm am going to cry my self to sleep tonight

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

I like how Brittany was a Kingdom for a while and Wales was two douches but Wales gets recognized more nowadays.

[@samrevlej9331]

As a French person, don't tell Bretons that. You'll have them throwing cider pitchers at you and the druids attempting to curse you. Oh, and they'll sick the pigs on you, too. Plus Breton is a scary language to be cussed at in.

[@erwannthietart3602]

Heh you can thank XIXth century France and it completely refusing to teach Breton at school destroying the language and tearing away its capital region to create an artificial region uniting the former duchy of Anjou with the region of Vendée (aka former rivals of Brittany itself). Honestly its no wonder it doesnt get much recognition, even on local scale the locals debate for where Nantes should belong in Brittany or Loire-Atlantique is fierce, so they want the governement to decide. Governement doesnt to have nearly 50% of the pop there to be unhappy with their decisions so they send the problem back to the locals to decide . Things aint gonna change anytime soon

[@maartenboy37]

2:46 A Berserk reference here! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@smal750]

Ah england and its long history of having french kings

[@cgt3704]

This Richard is nothing like the one from Robin Hood. Hes just like King John

[@ianlilley2577]

At least John ran his kingdom right?

[@cgt3704]

@@ianlilley2577 if you refer to "with his nobles hating him so much that they force him to sign Magna Carta" as right then yeah he did.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Yes he was not a Good person but John was really not any better as the Crown was in massive financial debt and he lacked the military skills of Richard lossing most of France in the process, Richards solution to the Financial deficite was to win against France or at least hold it till a truce can be meet, while John increased the tax rate to the point that the Nobles Rebelled (really they can't pay off the Debt with the economy they had as it was a few times larger than Englands GDP).

[@neilbuckley1613]

@@forickgrimaldus8301 Big plus point for Richard, every second he was on the throne was one less second John was on the throne.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

@@neilbuckley1613 Really the 2 brothers are the opposite of each other in the way they lead, Richard was a War Commander born to fight and lead armies as he deligates much of the running of the Kingdom to his Lords (which was probably why later Chronichlers like him more despite unintentionally causing a financial crisis), while John was more adminstrative and perhaps had he been crowned during peace time would have faired better, he was also more controling than Richard as he was more of a Bureacrat.

[@mikehocksbig]

Wasn't expecting to see a picture of Geoff Marshall tbh

[@aleksandarvil5718]

8:00 - 8:05 Richard the Lionheart; Philippe Auguste (to Duke of Austria): **YEET**

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

This is absolutely depressing, Alexa play God save the Queen *starts to drink tea sadly, the sun starts to set*

[@lesenigma2536]

VIVA LA FRANCE!!!

[@alex_zetsu]

This is the 1100s, building an epic castle and hiding in it until the enemy goes home actually works a lot of the time.

[@ameanasaur]

Keep on keeping on dude. You make quality content and alot of us wait for your posts.

[@eacalvert]

Ty for your videos... Having something to watch that can actually help distract me when my anxiety is getting really really bad

[@prismaticc_abyss]

I actually live in Annweiler, the city that has the Castle Trifels in it, the one Richard Lionheart got imprisoned in.

[@aaronpaul9188]

Henry II was also from France. He was born in Le Mans. In fact I dont think a single English king since the Norman Conquest spoke English until Edward III.

[@mkmc94]

False he was born in Oxford.

[@akingofdashit]

Thank you for using a darker background, makes night time viewing that much more enjoyable 🙏

[@LisaCaudill001]

Everytime I think I've seen your best...you upload another one..Thank you

[@nickwalker4936]

>Shows a discolored Band of the Hawk when talking about mercenaries >”more Shinji than a Rei” Jack is basically laughing at us now

[@felixk1843]

Finally a new Jack Rackham Video 😍😍😍👏 Lover ur vids mate, ur one of the best

[@JackRackam]

Merci beaucoup!

[@MisterTipp]

7:39 I want that picture of them all in a car on my wall

[@nakedsnake869]

Thanks Jack, ur channel is helping me cope with the lack of Sam O Nella uploads😭

[@infiniya5157]

I thought it wasn’t possible to love this channel more and then you make that sweet Evangelion reference

[@georgewilson7432]

At least all this malarkey was justified when Mel Brooks Made Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

[@KittyKat-xg4tx]

I love your humor and energy!!

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Love the beautiful graphics on this video

[@TheHiddenStudios]

Woah I just realised the guy that plays King Richard in that documentary also played him in the BBC Robin Hood TV Show

[@whifflermr6168]

Is it just me but I don't like the new chalk board drawings and preferred the old style better.

[@jasmijnooms2242]

i think the style was interesting but because of everything being black white and gray i found myself getting distracted

[@CarlosHernandez-lt7yu]

And the tone too. It has gotten less funny these past two episodes. Is still good though

[@MrStephenRGilman]

Monarchs that spend almost all their time elsewhere tend to be the most beloved. If they stayed home they'd just muck things up. Benign neglect, yo. (George III is the most glaring exception of course, but I still think the hypothesis holds up in general.)

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

This was because they were seen as doing it for the Kingdom, most Kings usually have other titles that denote their Real lands, Richard was not really the Kind of King we imagine today, all powerful and extravegant, he had to deligate much of the Kingdom to the Local Lords. This was probably why the Lords later liked his rule more simply because he was for the most part hands off in England and allowed the Nobles to do their own thing, the fact he wanted to maintain Englands French holding which was supported by the mostly French decended nobility helped too as France and England became bitter rivals esspecially during the 100 years war.

[@KateeAngel]

Because they were all arrogant psychos, who thought too much about themselves

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

@@KateeAngel not really, they were rarely psychopatic while you can arrgue that they were arrogant to other Social classes which was as normal at the time as religious intolerance and bigotry, they still weighed in the possibility of Moral backlash esspecially in church matters, in fact alot of the don't be against other religions guys were the Clergy men who Ironically pushed for cracking down on Heresy (Christians that do not follow neither Orthadox or Catholic sects) later.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

@@KateeAngel Richard even stopped his persecution of non Christians simply because he faced backlash from intellectuals and Church officials.

[@skellorelli2515]

Man, I really need to replay defender of the crown.

[@highwizardzanzar2593]

As a Scotsman and completely unbiased.....I approve and am completely fine with this........🕺🤸💃😂

[@smal750]

lol

[@silentspirit8923]

4:54 Get in the Eva Shinji!

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

You are GREAT, man!! Thanks!!!!

[@inxendere]

Those assasins from Fate was a nice touch. Fantastic as always Jack!

[@zombietacos9983]

The only thing missing are the adoption forms

[@jvtagle]

England: I love you Richard Richard the Lionheart: I love Emi- I mean France

[@macelu0433]

This is hands down your best video yet only because you used Ingmar Bergmans depiction of death from "det sjunde inseglet" at 1:58

[@EatPlayNoSleep]

I’ve been subscribed for a while now don’t you worry