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[@miaouascrat2045]

No one: Litteraly every Dynasty: Hello i Come from a small town in Germany.

[@appleslover]

German countless states were a lot cooler than modern day Germany

[@jeanaymart130]

@@appleslover : Oui, c'était franchement mieux. Et l'Europe était plus paisible. At my opinion, I do love Germany so much that I prefer when they are many of them.

[@appleslover]

@@jeanaymart130 I get the reference.. Ok, character development, I LOVE modern day Germany, it's cooler than any state it has ever been, except imperial Germany.

[@appleslover]

@@jeanaymart130 L'Europe est la plus pacifique qu'elle ait jamais été. au moins c'est plus paisible que quand la France était aux commandes.

[@LeNumidium]

@@jeanaymart130 In* my opinion

[@theultimatefreak666]

I can't believe you're still not sponsored by crusader kings

[@sidmarnica]

Same

[@agrama.4543]

True

[@alexanderfurrows7946]

Fabian Zaube Crusader Kings ans UsefulCharts would be such a good pairing. Crusader Kings has vast family trees, and errors in these family trees are usually covered in a one UsefulCharts video or another.

[@nikolaytsankov9066]

@@alexanderfurrows7946 ck3 broke the family trees, honestly. One of the few features I genuinely can't stand

[@alexanderfurrows7946]

Nikolay Tsankov yeah, it’s really tough to actually find who you want and it’s impossible to load it your family gets too big - the AI also creates cadet branches way too quickly compared to the actual cadet houses formed irl

[@joaoluciocamilo1503]

Fun fact about house Habsburg and Wettin: They ruled the only two american monarchies (if you don't count Canada). Habsburgs briefly ruled Mexico when it became an empire and the Wettin branch, Braganza, ruled Brazil trough its imperial period, from 1822 to 1889.

[@erwannthietart3602]

Braganza which is ALSO a Capet Branch too even if more distant than the Avis, because it aint confusing enough already

[@lovisalindstrom7920]

There swedish colonies in todays US as well so....

[@mdc3148]

Another fun fact: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was a Habsburg and his wife Empress Carlota was a Wettin… Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

[@ad3l547]

But wait how France let a Habsburg become emperor of Mexico

[@nathanielhellman6952]

Sorry, but no. The Braganzans of Brazil were Pedro I and his son Pedro II. The Braganzans of Portugal only start belonging to the House of Wettin when Pedro II's sister, Maria II, died and her son took over. Pedro I and II can both trace their male line ancestors all the way back to the Capetians, through illegitimate lines.

[@markbielak5259]

House of Jagiellon ruled over vast territories of Central, Northern and Southern Europe incl. Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia, Kingdom of Rama, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Duchy of Silesia, Duchy of Ruthenia, Duchy of Luxembourg, etc. Jagiellonians and Habsbourgs were two main royal houses of Europe in XVI century. It seems weird not to list them

[@ForeskinWillis]

Outside of Poland/Lithuania their rule was not so long

[@markbielak5259]

@@ForeskinWillis Long enough to compare to other, much lesser houses

[@ForeskinWillis]

@@markbielak5259 No. All the houses ranked in the video ruled for much longer on multiples Kingdoms and states.

[@ForeskinWillis]

@@markbielak5259 Jagiellon is a lesser house

[@pawep7056]

@@ForeskinWillis especially house Savoy which only notable rule was Italy for 85 years. and at the end there where puppets of Mussolini. There are joke compeer to Jagiellonian. Jagiellonian by definition rule 2 Poland and Litania for 200 years only one of them being at they times greater countries then sardine and Italy during rule of Savoy. At pick of there ruling Poland Lithuania common wealth was 3 biggest country by land only behind ottomans and Muscovites.

[@rubenspoolder3567]

Every european here: eyy lets see if we're on the list

[@heliwurth7250]

No. "We" don't identify with houses that ruled over our ancestors. Many of us are glad to be free of nobles for more than 3 generations.

[@Voshed518]

I am related to the house of vasa and they where leading Sweden during its empire and then one kid got shot In the face and he died

[@Timbo5000]

@@heliwurth7250 Technically almost all of us descend from some royal line as they had a lot more children than peasants. Statistically, a huge amount of Europeans descend from Charlemagne in one way or another, to name one example. But yeah, aside from the few monarchies that are left here in Europe I doubt anyone actually identifies with "their" royal house that has been dead for centuries. Not gonna lie though, as a Dutchman I kinda came here for the house of Nassau.

[@parzival9307]

Heli Wurth in Denmark we ain’t. People can’t get enough of our royal family.

[@kellieb23]

@@heliwurth7250 Here in America, we never even lived under kings.

[@Nikioko]

"The Region of Savoy is located in the northwest corner of Italy." French guy: "Excusez moi..."

[@thekyler9529]

Italy is just another name for south east France.

[@henrypernoix1793]

@@thekyler9529 north west Italy is just another name for south France. La Vallée d’Aoste.

[@clementlefevre5384]

North Italy : exist France, Spain and Austria : *Is for me ?*

[@arx3516]

@@thekyler9529 it's the reverse, what people refer to as "France" is just another name for the region known as transalpine Italy.

[@Ganlix]

@@arx3516 And Italy Cisalpine France ;)

[@victorm928]

I'm French and I appreciate the effort on the prononciation of "Capétien" Very good work, I love your videos

[@marcusaurelius4941]

"appreciate the EFFORT" meaning it still wasn't good enough, huh? a certified French moment

[@estebanod]

​@@marcusaurelius4941go get a life

[@publicminx]

its wrong anyway, because they were also a Germanic dynasty (with roots to the Robertinger which most likely had their roots in Worms/Germany). The Capetinger were at first inferior to the Karolinger (which got this name rom Karl/Carl, a Charlemagne never existed. His name was like the one of his brother without the 'Mann': KARL/Carl. Thats why also all other languages refer to a Karl/Carl and all historical texts etc.). Now Carpetinger is of course also not spoken like modern German but with an old German dialect of that time - just like the Germanic Franks (kind of old Mosel/Rhine Frankish which btw. was named at that time 'theodisca lingua" = German Language. Thats of course more generalized, because they were many more dialects. Old French (which had much more similarities to this dialect) developed over time to the French we have no ) ... Worms/Germany speaks now an Rhein/Rhine-Hessian dialect which also goes back to the old Rheine/Rhine-Frankish dialect ...

[@debraturner4559]

As a history buff, I enjoy your way of covering it. Very thorough and logical.

[@-Eisenfaust-]

The interesting thing is that the houses were all more or less related to each other through several weddings. That means that all of Europe was ruled by a *large* family, through the colonies actually even the whole world. Especially the long periods of rule and the flexibility to maintain their rule despite countless wars, famines, epidemics and revolutions is extremely impressive. Many of these houses still exist today.

[@lightgreen3479]

Fun fact: in ww1, the German Kaiser, the Russian Tsar and the English King were all cousins, so it was basically a big family feud.

[@cephalopodx7587]

Interesting. I have to wonder why they are destroying Europe now but flooding it with foreigners who do not belong there.

[@DoctorCyan]

@@lightgreen3479 I, too, just watched The King’s Man

[@lightgreen3479]

@@DoctorCyan But I didn't

[@jazzyb3424]

@@magtovi yeah but that’s just how societies developed all around the world

[@UsefulCharts]

Some corrections (thanks to commenters): - House of Braganza is a branch of Aviz (which is a branch of Burgundy, which is a branch of Capet), therefore 194 years (1640-1834) should be added to the Capet's reign in Portugal - There were two other interludes in the Bourbon (Capet) reign in Spain: 1808-1813 and 1870-1873. - "King" Jadwiga was a Capetian so that's another 15 years for Capet in Poland. - House of Wittelsbach reigned in Greece from 1832-1862 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 (she lived until 1962)

[@franciscopinto380]

And then, in Portugal, reigned the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, because the son (D. Pedro V) adopted the House of the mother (Queen) and the father (King Consort). The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha reigned until 1910.

[@franciscopinto380]

The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is considered to be a branch of the House of Braganza, not of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

[@v.sandrone4268]

The Papacy is the greatest "royal" house.

[@alexanderfurrows7946]

Through the elder branch of the House of Welf, the Welfs were also Kings of Arles for 99 years. I also think the Carolingians and House of Anjou could have been honourable mentions.

[@MatheusKRamos]

I don't know if you only wanted to include european thrones, but the Habsburgs also reigned in Mexico with Maximilian I (1864-1867) and house Braganza also reigned in Brazil with Pedro I and Pedro II (1822-1889).

[@zaqsdk]

One minor detail about the house of Oldenburg in Denmark: We currently have a queen, with her oldest son set to succeed her, so while the house of Oldenburg has ruled until preset it's actually coming to an end. The queens husband was Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. His house is NOT looked on favorably by historians, as it was created by imperial decree in 1860, and was apparently a family of commoners until then. Another fun exercise could be to take a noble and see how many times their family tree leads back to a common ancestor like one of the early french monarchs or h.r. emperors - and in how many layers said ancestor occurs. Given how much we talk about royal inbreeding, the result has to be a fairly scary picture ...

[@Jorn41]

It is NOT the Oldenburgs reining in Denmark - it is the Glückburgs, and has been that since 1863! Frederik 7th was the last Oldenburg king in Denmark!

[@barnaby4232]

When there’s a female monarch her kids are of her house not their spouses, he used the exception to this rule in the last few centuries, Margrethe’s son doesn’t even include his father house on his coat of arms.

[@Sulla-ps3jv]

@@Jorn41 The Gluckburgs are Cadet Branch of the Oldenburgs.

[@enei7714]

@@barnaby4232 no, her kids are members of her husband's house obviously.

[@barnaby4232]

@@enei7714 her husband doesn’t have a house and when the monarchs a women they usually belong to her house anyway

[@pointyheadYT]

CK2 also has #1 Capet and #2 Habsburg. Nice 😁

[@reikers]

Habsburgs watching how they got second place: *angry chin noises*

[@lindakachur4862]

You mean, strangling themselves with their over sized inbred tongues.

[@BBRocker75]

@@lindakachur4862 Call it incest please. It is the real name.

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

@@BBRocker75 ...they didnt do any error

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Lol

[@user-ge8yn4ql4i]

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 they just did family members...

[@Jean.Philippe.]

Have you noticed that the two most important dynasties, the House of Austria (Habsburg) and the House of France (Capet), basically ended up becoming Spanish dynasties? The Habsburgs did split into 2 branches: the senior branch established in Spain, and the junior branch, the Austrian, was founded by the Spanish born younger brother of Carlos V; and after the dynastic Bourbons (last Capetian branch) became extinct in France, the Spanish Bourbon branch became the head of the dynasty.

[@vincentb9827]

The Bourbon branch is not extincted in France but this country is a republic .

[@MatthewVanston]

Nope, there are still Bourbons in France.

[@Jean.Philippe.]

@@vincentb9827 If you mean Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, he is descendant of Alfonso XIII of Spain who in turn became the absolute head of the House of Bourbon in 1936 so he belongs to the main (Spanish) branch. The Orléans are indeed Bourbon but a branch of the House while the Bourbon-Two Scillies & Bourbon-Parma are branches of the Spanish Branch founded by Philip V so, aside the French Orléans and weather some Bourbons live or not in France, the House of Bourbon became a Spanish dynasty.

[@Jean.Philippe.]

@@MatthewVanston If you mean Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, he is descendant of Alfonso XIII of Spain who in turn became the absolute head of the House of Bourbon in 1936 so he belongs to the main (Spanish) branch. The Orléans are indeed Bourbon but a branch of the House while the Bourbon-Two Scillies & Bourbon-Parma are branches of the Spanish Branch founded by Philip V so, aside the French Orléans and weather some Bourbons live or not in France, the House of Bourbon became a Spanish dynasty.

[@vincentb9827]

@@Jean.Philippe. Under the term of the Utrech treaty ( 1713 ) Philipe V agreed to give up to the french throne and now rhere is no way for France to be a royalty again. The french contender are only interesting for the newspapers

[@noahburns6042]

This video is amazing! It's very informational and the map diagram showing their kingdoms was really well designed and you're familt trees are reakyy good

[@kaystocklein2242]

More correctly, one should have said that the house of Capet is a branch of the house of the Rupertines. It was Karl Glöckner who showed in his essay published in 1937 that Robert (House of the Robertines) came from the Rhine Franconian dynasty of the Rupertines and that his lineage can thus be traced back to the 7th century. The term "Rupertiner" refers to the leading name Rupert, also Chrodobertus or Robert, which runs through the family tree. Usually only the branch of the Rupertine family descending from Robert the Brave is called "Robertine". Hugo Capet came from the Robertine family. But otherwise a very nice video.

[@leventeczegledi6272]

Imagine knowing your family-tree till the dark age.

[@AgainsTheHipocrisy]

probably a bunch of poor peasants

[@ragnarostbrok1254]

I can trace back my paternal line back to the 9th century xd Don't know if I should be proud of that tbh. But it's kinda cool

[@arx3516]

some italian noble houses traced their descendance from some roman patrician gentes, like the Orsini who claim to descend from the gens Julia. Well, they claim, there is no hard proof.

[@spevoljub]

@@arx3516 There is no hard proof? There is not even one!

[@Petitmoi74]

You can (depending on where you live), one of my aunts spent a year reconstructing the family tree, and we could go back to the 12th century! One of the many uses of archives...

[@kylebricky6419]

Me seeing hapsburg on number two: wdym? Werent the hapsburgs strongest? Me hearing the name Capet on number 1: *ohhhhhhhhHHHHHHH* everything makes sense now

[@rachelb.6227]

Not even kidding that was my exact reaction

[@AncalimeNL]

it's Habsburg... with a b

[@AndrianiDaniela]

@@AncalimeNL just a normal mistake....

[@WhenAllTheWarmthLeavesUs]

@@AndrianiDaniela the letter "p" isnt even close to "b" in the keyboard, that is not a normal mistake.

[@AndrianiDaniela]

@@WhenAllTheWarmthLeavesUs Understandable

[@leeworks3562]

I discovered your channel a couple days ago. I am very visually oriented and love charts and maps. I am of the house of Capet maternally and still own estate in eastern Belgium. Thanks for this breakdown.

[@aqep]

So you are s royal?

[@timonheidema6837]

Also, I made the discovery that the House of Bragança is also a direct male line from the Capet dynasty. The founder of the House of Bragança was a son of the first Aviz King. So the Capet rule in Portugal was not until 1580, but all the way until 1853 (It died out after Maria II).

[@Millegoules]

That also means they ruled over brazil

[@13dg]

it didnt die out after Maria II. Her sons were also from the House of Brangança and it was still considered to be that house up until the end of the monarchy (so 1910). The reason here is that the succession laws in Portugal would allow her sons to be considered of the same house as hers. A new house could be considered to be created from House of Bragança (house of Maria II) and House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (house of Fernando II), however, it was considered that her descendants were from House Bragança (as allowed by the law). So technically the Capet rule in Portugal lasted for the entirety of the Portuguese mornarchy, excluding the 3rd dynasty (which was during the Iberian Union). And technically the House of Bragança still exists, but obviously we have no monarchy anymore, so asically they have no power, but they are still alive.

[@theserhoratio]

The whole house changing via the husband is cool and all, but the Hapsburg never had to worry, they just married into the same house

[@JTM1809]

Except for Maria-Theresia, who married Francis of Lorraine, thus effectively changing the House of Habsburg into the House of Lorraine (if we were to believe the author's disclaimer), except it's never being considered as such. Instead it's still being called the House of Habsburg in common use, and House of Habsburg-Lorraine in the academic sphere.

[@rivahoff]

Well, it was a common practice at that time, not only Habsburgs did it.

[@w.allencaddell6421]

Thus, we have the Hapsburg Jaw!!!

[@rob_olmstead]

Your profile pic makes the joke even more fun

[@scottmorley4981]

lol

[@VirtualnomadVirtualnomad]

I'm from the House of Nobodies of Nowhere.

[@hatonhatsoff]

interesting tell me more about this house

[@easyhelp]

It seems like we are relatives...!

[@VirtualnomadVirtualnomad]

@@easyhelp yeah there's like 7 billion of us

[@cesaredibambinolo3439]

🤣😂👍🏾

[@nutyyyy]

To be fair if you have any European ancestors at all then you are descended from pretty much everyone 1000-2000 years ago.

[@anthonydecastro6938]

Well, the Spanish Hapsburgs had separate and individual titles as Kings of Castille, Mexico, Peru, etc...

[@noahburns6042]

I completely agree with your top 3! Brilliant video!

[@VoxPopuli60]

A little mistake: The House of Hohenzollern did not have its origins in the Rhineland, but in the allemannic Duchy of Swabia. Parts of this duchy border on the Rhine, but it is not counted as part of the actual Rhineland.

[@kieferngruen]

Also the positioning on the map is not correct.

[@VoxPopuli60]

Indeed. The castle and the mountain Hohenzollern, which gave the dynasty its name, is located in the southwest corner of Germany, less than 50 miles north of the border to Switzerland.

[@justinleecw]

Konrad von Hohenstaufen was the first hereditary Count Palatine of the Rhine, but he was the progenitor of a younger branch.

[@ik410]

I agree. Swabia is homeland of the Habsburgs too.

[@VoxPopuli60]

@@ik410 Fun Fact: The ancestral seat of the dynasty, Habsburg Castle, from which the family derived its name, no longer belonged to them from 1415 onwards, but to the Swiss Confederacy.

[@melenatorr]

Slight correction on the note of lack of sons in the family of Isabel and Fernando: they did, in fact, have one son. His name was Juan. He died at age 19, but his life was politically significant: he and his sister Juana were both married to members of the children of Maximilian I: Juana to Philip the Handsome, Juan to Margaret: it was a master plan devised by Maximilian and Fernando. Juan died very very early during the marriage to Margaret. This created a danger that Philip would inherit the crowns of Spain, but there was hope that this wouldn't happen: Margaret did have a child but it was stillborn. The eldest daughter of Isabel and Fernando had a son by the king of Portugal. This baby, Miguel, was all that stood between Spain and Charles of Hapsburg. Miguel died at age 3. You can see his coffin in the cathedral of Granada, along with those of Isabel, Fernando, and their inheritors, Juana and Philip. By his death, Juan shaped a great deal of history. His life, therefore, counts, and it should not be said the Isabel and Fernando had no sons.

[@neddaliavaldez7381]

Who told you this?

[@melenatorr]

@@neddaliavaldez7381 Oooh, lots of reading over the years! Including but not limited to Townsend Miller, Garrett Mattingly, Nancy Rubin, and Bethan Aram. Also some primary resource investigation.

[@filipematias5127]

@@neddaliavaldez7381 It's simply common knowledge among History nerds!

[@filipematias5127]

@@melenatorr Correctíssimo! Vós sois bastante culta - parabéns!

[@filipematias5127]

@@melenatorr The eldest daughter of Queen Isabel of Castille was first married to the Crown Prince of Portugal D.Afonso who was the ONLY son of King D. João II de Portugal and died relatively young after a riding accident where he fell from his horse and then afterwards the Infanta his widow procceeded to marry King D.João II's first cousin whom finally succeeded him becoming King D.Manuel I : their ONLY son was called Infante D.Miguel da Paz!

[@francoisdebellefroid2268]

Little correction that doesn't change much in your video : the house of Trastemara reigned over Aragon and Castile not until 1516, but 1555, when Juana la loca died (even though her son, Charles of Habsburg was co-king and had the actual power over Spain's government)

[@giannb5145]

The Bourbons were the creators of the modern bureaucratic state in both France and Spain (and through their colonial empires, in much ofthe world). Especially in Spain, the difference from the Habsburgs was felt immediately as Philip V brought French advisers to centralize and standardize administration on the model of Louis XIV. Bourbon France was also the blueprint of a centralist regime for the Russian Empire, which combined this with its natural affinity for the Byzantine heritage.

[@pite9]

Spain's golden age was when Habsburg were in control. Habsburg elevated Austria into the most prosperous society in the world. Despite the fact that they never got into colonialism they still dominated in Europe. And they accomplished all of this while having to deal with the ethnic tension in their eastern european holdings. Habsburg were against the unification of Germany. And we saw where that lead. Centralization is dangerous. It causes a lot of problems when you hand over a lot of power to one person or entity. It increases their capacity to do harm, and it removes inner checks and balances, which tends to lead to radical policies. Especially in Germany, Russia and France, the three major beligerent countries in the post-medieval era, centralization had a really destructive effect. Even Sweden got into a lot of unneccessary wars when they started to centralize power.

[@giannb5145]

@@pite9 I agree with some of that, but not all. Centralization can be bad when taken to the limit, but in the case of Spain it was absolutely necessary, in order to break up feudalism and ancient and ridiculous practices. In Habsburg Spain there was no logic at all in administration: one town paid 35% tax and the neighboring town paid 10% because of some ancient monastery title. The Bourbons with their French bureaucrats and tax collectors brought much-needed rationality and efficiency and doubled the Spanish state income, and also created the idea of Spain (before that there were many Españas, no concept of a single united state)

[@pite9]

@@giannb5145 And uniting Spain lead to the spanish civil war. The state getting more income is not a good thing.

[@giannb5145]

@@pite9 The civil war was a tragedy brought on by ideological conflict coupled with separatism and external interference by both Hitler and Stalin. And sadly, we might see that again with the crazy Catalans. After the fall of Franco people wanted democracy, but they got democracy AND separatism. That's why all Spanish patriots support a strong state. Spain isn't Luxembourg, it needs an active and unifying central authority.

[@santiagopp3442]

@@pite9 The Spanish Hagsburgs, as early as Charles V, built the colonial empire in the Americas since 1516. So what you say is not correct.

[@DoubtfulCertainties]

Great video. One *minor* remark: queen Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau didn't die in 1948; she abdicated in favor of her daughter Juliana.

[@shinjinobrave]

queen Juliana is a fat banana

[@axolotl-guy9801]

@@shinjinobrave Lol.

[@jardon8636]

historywith hilbert channel would have told you that its common place for dutch queens to abdicate and become princesses....lol

[@MinisterPresident]

Waarom stopte het regeren? Want ze zijn toch nog steeds het staatshoofd.

[@Zwijger]

@@MinisterPresident Because for the purposes of this video he only counted the patrilineal lineage of a house. So even if a title became matrilineal he doesn't count that as staying in power.

[@dongyongkim]

useful charts: "when queen Elizabeth dies" Queen Elizabeth: you dare mock me mortal?

[@mygetawayart]

We used to say the same thing about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and look at what happened

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

@@mygetawayart Betty White still here too.

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

Ian Mckellen too

[@l.t.hennessy6307]

669th like

[@eliasvonbrille]

Welp

[@pedrotimon7212]

Fantastic video! Didn’t know that Navarre lasted as independent kingdom for a while in the French territories after the main land was annexed by Ferdinand of Aragon. But apparently King Henry lV of France was originally King Henry the lll of Navarre!

[@michaelgreen1515]

Glad someone noticed the Oldenburgs. However often royal houses can fade in and out while being Nobles and yet still exert much power. This was certainly the case for Bavaria.

[@higochumbo8932]

The rule of the Bourbon/Capetians in Spain was interrupted more than once, replaced by: - House Bonaparte 1808-1813 - Provisional Government of 1868-1871? - House of Savoy 1871-1873 - First Spanish Republic 1873-1874 - Second Spanish Republic 1931-1939 - Franco Dictatorship 1939 - 1975

[@vms77]

During the Franco dictatorship not, because the Burgos Goverment reset spanish monachy in 1937 (and then Franco wait 40 years to designate the "new" King)

[@eliseomartinez7911]

V MS77 he didn’t wait 40 years either way it was gonna be a bourbon wether from the carlist branch or the alfonsine branch

[@theArab__]

@@eliseomartinez7911 actually, Franco’s first choice was an Habsburg. He wanted an Habsburg to rule spain, but the Habsburg refused and said “find a bourbon”.

[@jordif7310]

The Bourbons in Spain are basically a cancer that only keeps stuck in its place due to the natural spanish regime's unstability, which is so great due to the lack of national consensus throughout the different regions that constitute Spain. This is something that has been always this way. Culturally, Spain is nothing more than the collection of the historical cultures and languages of its forming countries, plus some territories which, because of their material conditions, Spain's rulers' ultra-centralistic and corrupt ways, and recurrent genocides, have lost their cultural differences in favor of their most powerful and influential neighbour, Castilla usually. Spaniards will only be free when Spain ceases to exist as the country it is today, as the natural succession of the last dictatorship, as a machine which primary objective is to maintain those who already were in power, in it, so that they can make sure any movement towards real democracy or public accountability can be stopped.

[@alejandroestebangil]

@@jordif7310 As an spaniard from Aragon, I think the end of the boubons its near. And yes we have a lot of cultures, Aragon has its own language for example and its own culture but actually no one here wants to leave Spain, even though in the past a few wanted. Catalonia has a divided opinion but I think we won't see it as another country either. Spain has a difficult situation but I hope it doesn't last a lot. We'll see...

[@CallieMasters5000]

I'm the Queen of my house, and that's enough for me.

[@Nygaard2]

Ah... that means your royal house ends with you! How sad...

[@thezeitos469]

@@Nygaard2 oof

[@appleslover]

@@Nygaard2 breed her then ..

[@CleverChina]

@@appleslover Jesus 😂

[@shukhratnazarov8915]

Hi. I’ve been following you for quite a long time, but it’s a shame that I saw this video only today. Thank you. What really draw my attention is most of those houses originated in around 980 -1030. Maybe you should create special video about those years?

[@dianefreedom]

Loved this video and I was especially impressed to see that the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen house, which also ruled in my home country of Romania, made the list. However, I found it very interesting to see that actually the future royals of the UK will actually be taking forward the house of Denmark, but I did notice that you mentioned all the men that are close in line to succession, but not Charlotte, who is in front of her brother, Louis. I didn’t like that.

[@edithengel2284]

The Oldenburgs may have (technically) lost Denmark, but they've gained the UK (technically).

[@danmc7815]

I do not think there is anything technical about the Oldenburg line gaining the throne in Great Britain. The Royal Family may have changed their name legally and for public relations purposes, but that does not change the lines of descent. One of the things that I think few realize is that if you look at origins, the British crown has been held by Germans for a long time. Elizabeth II might have been considered 1/2 British, but Charles is not. But if and when the Crown gets to George, Charlotte or Louis, then it will be English, although still part of Oldenburg.

[@pelegrino791]

The capetians are still reining in Spain AND in Luxembourg ! The princes of Luxembourg are Bourbon-Parma even if they are not called by that name.

[@UsefulCharts]

Yup. Only reason I didn't include them is because I limited myself to kingdoms only.

[@LA-MJ]

Isn't it called a dutchy?

[@SirTornado2]

@@LA-MJ Grand Duchy I think

[@LenzRevolution]

Parma as in Parma the italian city famous for its ham?

[@jakobcrotty8907]

The Bourbons in Spain are in-name-only. Their ancestress Isabel II notoriously did not enjoy the company of her (Bourbon) husband. Alfonso XII is widely assumed to have been fathered by a captain of the guard.

[@ApricusInaros]

I live in Switzerland. Growing up in a village with a castle that belonged to Habsburg. 2 villages/cities next to my village have Habsburg castles as well. So I grew up thinking Habsburg were our royality :) And btw, I thought it is totally normal having a castle in your town, lol.

[@mharris9655]

I wish it was. We have no castles here in Australia 😔

[@thecakeisalie6392]

@@mharris9655 But if you have European ancestry, you come from a land full of castles x)

[@GoGicz]

ye true im from czechia (bohemia formerly) and i too have a famous castle where the king from golden age were held it is called "castle loket"

[@schnegva7801]

My town has a giant majestic chateau which was ruled by three dynasties, the stairs there are also giant because one of the gals married to the guy running the chateau liked horses so much that she had the stairs extended so she could ride her horse up them

[@ellabella7621]

I'm from a village in Austria and the town nearest to us has a small castle (now with apartments inside) that is still owned by someone from the Habsburg family

[@ianthornton4566]

This is such a great and useful video! Thank you sir!

[@chiteushamutete]

Brilliant video. Thoroughly entertaining

[@libiusperseus]

Plantagenet prince: «I will overthrow and maybe kill my brother/cousin the king in order to take his place.» Capet prince: «My brother/cousin the king will help me to become king of another country in order to expand our family's rule.»

[@faramundusfrankia9153]

Robertian/Capetian Dynasty > Anjou/Plantagenet Dynasty

[@JJaqn05]

@@faramundusfrankia9153 Plantagenet Dynasty >>> all others. Edward I, Henry V, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, Edward III

[@fredbarker9201]

@@JJaqn05 exactly Plantagenet ranges from Henry II to Richard III

[@jvtagle]

@@JJaqn05 the Targaryens are based on the Plantagenets

[@bjornerluffy]

​@@jvtagle they are very much a mix of Plantagenets and the Ptolemaic dynasty. Daenerys is extremely inspired by Cleopatra, and they practiced incest for blood purity, aswell as keeping a foreign culture during their reign.

[@PGJ0908]

The Wittelsbachs should also have Greece included in their titles, as Greece’s 1st monarch was a Wittelsbach called Otto :)

[@Osnajule]

You just said what I wanted to address to him. It's the second time the short reign of the house of Wittelsbach in Greece was left out. A little bit of an ache in my bavarien heart 😉

[@mPrigipas13]

Worst King ever got deposed for being so terrible. I wonder why you are so proud.

[@Vixalotl]

Nath has literally just telling the content creator about the mistake. Yeesh.

[@pauliandelrosario]

Otto for ottoman

[@deesen.4815]

@@pauliandelrosario No. Otto is just his name.

[@vahanplus]

Amazing vid. Thank you!!

[@fedesavoi]

Cograts for this Job, It Is a very original and beatiful video

[@Tobiasxdful]

🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 1. Longevity: Check 2. Countries: Check 3. Power: sh*t

[@reeceshugrue6167]

Donkey Kong

[@reeceshugrue6167]

@Itachi Uchiha walnuts

[@pepperman420]

@@reeceshugrue6167 Apple sauce

[@reeceshugrue6167]

@@pepperman420 peanuts

[@pepperman420]

@@reeceshugrue6167 Szechuan sauce

[@nikolaevkatesla3823]

Me here pretending I know more houses than the Habsburg one

[@smorcrux426]

I know like all the big famous ones, I for the life of me cant tell you all those obscure yet incredibly important houses like anjou, nassau and probably a thousand other ones im missing.

[@Zach-mw5so]

The Nova renaissance glad to know I’m not the only one that goes “Wikipedia hunting”

[@Mercutihoe]

Also me pretending to know anything about europe and hoping he would mention the Plantagenets so that I can feel smart

[@xenotypos]

@@Mercutihoe Actually, I expected them somehow in the top 10. He probably only counted their "royal" territory (England) and not all their original territories in France, which included their capital city for a very long time, because those were duke or count titles (vassal titles of the king of France) and not king. Still, I feel like it's kind of a biais to not count all the titles aside from the "royal" ones. The Plantagenet/Anjou house was rather weird and it doesn't translate well with the rules the guy on the video self-imposed.

[@xenotypos]

@@elmdi They are known in France too, since that's where they came from.

[@omarabughosh7695]

excellent video as always my guy! (and although i would have added other houses: such as Luxembourg, notables are Charles of the Luxembourg, HRE and Bohemia Sigismund of Hungary and HRE, his cousin Jobst of Brno and HRE. also not to forget the plantagenets and hohenstaufen) anyway, i really enjoy your work and appreciate the immense effort you put in these videos, much love!

[@DisasterAuntie]

I love your videos! In the interest of assisting, and I hope you do feel it's helpful rather than a nitpick: German pronunciation of Hohenzollern would be "HOH-en-TZOH-lərn," rather than "HO-hen-zah-lərn." The second H appends to the first syllable rather than the second, and O says O, not Ah. Okay, I'm going back to just listening and enjoying now. I wish history classes had been this interesting when I was a kid, and that these fun things you're teaching had been mentioned back then.

[@dev0ur408]

There's a little error in House Capet chart. House Capet reigned in Poland in 1370-1399 (29 years) not only 1370-1384. After King Louis of Hungary (r. 1370-1384) died, his daughter, Hedwig of Anjou reigned as a King of Poland in her own right in 1384-1399 (she used the title of King rather than the Queen, as in Poland the title of Queen was used only for female consorts). Also, House Capet still reigns in Luxembourg. So more points for House Capet! :P

[@isaacpowrie465]

Amazing

[@lechkonradpowichrowski3965]

Congratulations! Your update is perfect. Hedvige d'Anjou, daughter of Louis the Great of Hungary. My favourite King of Poland, she was the most beautiful woman of the whole Europe of her times, according to the annalists the knights from all Europe came to Cracow to admire her.

[@commonpepe2270]

@@lechkonradpowichrowski3965 Her eyes were more beautiful than the famous Stone of Galveston!

[@lechkonradpowichrowski3965]

@@commonpepe2270 Correct. Besides she was a King. Enough for a kitten stronger than you, My Lord

[@mr.d8747]

*Luxembourg is a Grand Duchy, not a kingdom or empire, so it is not included here.*

[@nikolaytsankov9066]

Edit - the fact that you reached the same conclusion is very amusing to me. As the CK2 house score screen says House Capet, descended from Robert the Strong who was a power figure during the reign of Charles the Bald. His descendants would be Kings of France in 1066. Although by 1322 the main line would die out, cadet branches still ruled in 1337 as Kings of France, Portugal, Naples, Hungary and Navarre. Cadet branches would also hold the Duchies of Brittany, Burgundy, Bourbon, Provence and Achaea. One further cadet branch would hold the dignity of Emperor as Latin Emperors of Constantinople. Truly the greatest dynasty of medieval Europe.

[@LordOceanus]

Crusader Kings 2 takes itself seriously and paradox did their research to make it as accurate as possible that is until the player joins the game lol

[@elh93]

@@LordOceanus That's part of why I love playing CK2

[@radonrodan8332]

His descendents took the frankish throne in 987

[@problems3485]

Rusty Shackleford it’s so cool playing that game and making a name have meaning. Like I started as the king of Leon in 1066 and murdered my brothers for their kingdoms then became the father of Spain then through marriage married into bohemian with my second son my first inherited the kingdom and untied Hispania and married into Scotland France and his son dedicated himself to concerting the Byzantines through force and crusaded for Egypt and took it for his cousin

[@Zach-mw5so]

LORDOceanus I agree that’s why I loved how you can manually change dates in CK2 anywhere from Sept 15, 1066- Jan 1, 1337, and the characters/territory updated itself pretty well. CK3 there’s only 2 start dates. I get why they did that but I loved changing the dates in Ck2

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Bravo pour l"énorme travail 👏

[@runriot-ke3cv]

Clear and no goofy schtick. I appreciate it.

[@thomasvanderknaap5570]

the greatest European royal house: the Carolingians because everyone is descended from them

[@Gamerteamguy]

not entirely. Charlemagne isn't literally blood related to every European royal member.

[@thomasvanderknaap5570]

@@Gamerteamguy well mathimaticians have calculated that everyone has a zijn in ancestor, and at soms point in time everyone who lived in that time who's line never died out is a common ancestor, and for europe that time is around the time of charlemagne

[@risannd]

Their male-line descendants have already died out. All of the related monarchs of Europe traced back into the female line.

[@thomasvanderknaap5570]

@@risannd that doesn't matter as long as a family line matrilinial or patrilinial from that time continued to today the math says that everyone in Europe today is related to them. Which means every familial line

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

Luis Aldamiz that doesn’t make any sense. How can every single European alive today be descended from just one person in the 9th century? There were many Europeans alive at that time. Why is everyone descended from Charlemagne then?

[@Port44]

18:00 Interesting fact is that Habsburg also ruled Brazil, The yellow in our flag comes right from the Habsburg house, by the hands of Maria Leopoldina of Austria. She was empress of brazil, married to emperor Peter I of Brazil and king Peter IV of Portugal (Yes, he was emperor of brazil first and later king of portugal). So Habsburg house had a decedent ruling here for 50 years, by Peter II, their son (and the greatest public man we ever had here). To you guys know, the green and yellow of brazilian flag comes from Peter (house of bragança) and Leopoldina (Habsburg)

[@camilatakao5462]

Yes, Peter II was the greatest public man we ever had and it’s sad that almost no one recognizes that.

[@Port44]

@@thecelticprince4949 originally we had the imperial crown, the sphere of the navigations, the cross, emblem, the brunch of coffee and tobacco (two of main products produced in that time). Ansering your question, the blue and the stars represents the sky's view in 11/15/1889, when the republic was proclaimed by a coup d'etat (a bunch of militaries took the power, sended the empreror to exile agains the population wish. We had in the time the 2nd biggest navy armada, total freedom, growing economy. By the way to you see how great was our prestige, one time our emperor in a trip to America he was symbolically "invited" in 1876/1877 to run for US president - and was voted for at least 4000 people in Philadelphia 😂 ). Now a days each star represents one of the 27 federations (26 states + the federal district)

[@inspectorsupremoelecto9291]

Mexico too

[@roidrannoc1691]

But she was just a consort... In the meantime, the actual monarch, Peter I of Brazil, was a Capetian

[@tvtorcedoralvirrubro6916]

@@roidrannoc1691 capetian-habsburg

[@josuaaschbacher7626]

Nicely done. But I never heard about Capet before. Well structured German Families overview. Obviously not a Habsburg Fan. However.

[@pointyheadYT]

Even in the Crusader Kings games they ranked Capet as the top dynasty, rightfully so imo. They pretty much put France on the map and it remained a superpower during their entire reign. If you just stop and think, how mindboggling is it for one family to rule a foremost superpower for close to 1000 years, really hard to comprehend.

[@roidrannoc1691]

The House of Capet is so big that its branches (Valois, Bourbons, Burgundy, Aviz, Branganza, Courtenay) are treated as independant dynasties in common discourse, eg. it's often said that the Habsburgs were rivals with the Bourbons. The direct Capetians still have some famous great figures: Hugh Capet, Philip Augustus, Saint Louis, Philip the Fair

[@martinrosenberg5520]

@@pointyheadYT france was not 1000 year a power in europe - the kingdom was weak in middleage - 100 year war etc. it becomes an major european power around 1650. With french revolution the house losses the powerbase. Not 1000 years but around 150 years it was a relevant big power in europe politics

[@ForeskinWillis]

@@martinrosenberg5520 ''the kingdom was weak in middleage'' Please tell me you are joking right are you serious ? The Kingdom of France was the most powerful and centralised Kingdom in all of Europe. After the reign of Philippe II and Saint Louis IX all kings in Europe took example on the royal court of France, also mentioning that France during the middle ages had the biggest population in all Europe. Please don't talk about subjects you don't kown about. And for the 100 years war it had multiple phases and when France lost battles it was because of the vanity of the French nobles who saw themselves as superior to the Angloys peasants and did not consider the tactical aspect of warfare, but when they did (Battle of Formigny, Patay, Castillon) they crushed the English (who were ruled by French kings btw). France is the only power in Europe who mantained a solid base of power from the middle ages until the modern era.

[@edwardkornuszko4083]

Thank you for this.

[@francelouie]

Les Capet en premier, ça fait du bien à l'ego merci bro

[@Raisonnance.]

France toujours premier.

[@lecapetien3223]

Non seulement ils sont les premiers, mais en plus c'est la seule dynastie nationale. Les Capétiens sont Français quand les autres pays ont tous des Allemands. surtout l'angleterre.

[@henrypernoix1793]

@@lecapetien3223 Edward VIII se sentait plus allemand qu’anglais. C’est pourquoi il a donné les plans de défense de la France à l’Allemagne...

[@alexandredodo7250]

Vive les Capets !

[@AntonioTripodi17]

Someone translate it for me

[@Chris-hl1qy]

Actually you forgot that Otto, a member of the house of Wittelsbach, was the first king of Greece from 1832 to 1862. Wittelbach was replaced by Oldenburg after this.

[@misss7777]

Fun fact about the symbol (in German it is called "Wappen" but I can't recall the English name: was it heraldic sign or something else?) of their house: It is also part of the modern flag of Bavaria AND it was originally not the symbol of the house Wittelbach but of the Duke of Bogen who left a widow and no heirs. Guess who married the widow and also adopted the symbol... The Greek flag also consists of the same colours as those from the house of Wittelsbach. What's also funny is that once the Wittelsbacher were kings of Bavaria they soon became a lot less powerfull than before when they ruled Bavaria as nobles who were only under the rule of the Holy roman Emperor.

[@maximilianbecker773]

Pointed out the same

[@drs-xj3pb]

@@misss7777"Wappen" = "arms" as in coat of arms. Not to be confused with "Waffen" = "arms" as in weapons. It's the same word, but in one meaning it was subject to the High German consonant shift (p->f).

[@juansjoberg6496]

I would really love another similar video with noble houses 🙏

[@SirAbraxas]

One addition, if I may: On Dynasty #9, House of Wittelsbach of Bavaria, we also have King Otto of Greece, from 1832 to 1862. So, one more Wittelsbach crown in Greece for 30 years. What do you think sir? - (Thank you for your great channel)

[@GustavLoz]

Crusaders kings player: Ha!, i ruled all of that too.

[@danishaiman8135]

Is the game good?

[@user-dr6bc4jc8y]

@@danishaiman8135 yeah it is, i suggest you to try out the second one which is free and actually better then the new one

[@plrc4593]

@@danishaiman8135 The game is good as fuc. But don't listen to him - try out CK3. It's easier, and better than CK2 although it currently lacks many mechanics from CK2 of course.

[@plrc4593]

@Nikitas Nehemia Nicholas Hutapea But CK3 is harder i.e. is better and relies much more on role playing.

[@donjon5442]

@@plrc4593 I think you mean CK3 is easier, like a lot easier... not that it’s a bad thing but a lot of CK3s systems aren’t as hard to grasp as CK2s.

[@rickmitton6971]

You covered the topic very well, and remained as objective as a subjective topic could be. I liked the slight change in format, to add variety. Great job! Looking forward to next week!

[@pancholopezpaz]

very clear the way you comunicate. I know very little about these royal houses. I am trying to understand why so many kingdoms have been in Belgium where I work as a tour guide

[@kornelion6014]

For the house of Capet, I think you should make an exception for the Burgundian dukes of Valois who became a major power for a few generations, and who laid the foundation for the Netherlands and Belgium!

[@alistairt7544]

I knew it! The Capetians are truly one of the most influential in Europe. The more I read several countries' royal houses, I've noticed more and more that these Kings can trace their roots to the Capetians. I was even surprised that they made it to Poland and Hungary. I kinda want to play CKIII now lol

[@melindam2776]

We know them as Anjou kind there. What's more, one of them is a saint! 😅

[@ido5269]

@Mormour King Louis IX of France

[@chadst.pierre5257]

@@melindam2776 That was King Louis IX of France who is the saint and he's the also the direct male line ancestor of the House of Bourbon. Louis IX's youngest son Robert, Count of Clermont is the direct male line ancestor of the Bourbon branch through his son the first Duke of Bourbon Louis I. Robert, Count of Clermont was the younger brother of King Philippe III of France, Louis IX's successor. So Louis I, Duke of Bourbon was the 1st cousin once removed to King Louis X of France, King Philippe V of France, King Charles IV of France, and King Philippe VI of France. Since Louis I, Duke of Bourbon was the 1st cousin of King Philippe IV of France and Charles, Count of Valois father of King Philippe VI of France.

[@levimcglinchey5843]

I enjoyed this, I would like more of those tier doodahs too! Breaks the mould and are a bit fun

[@patapax7033]

I’m kind of disappointed by the absence of the Jagiellonian dynasty. It ruled Poland and Lithuania for almost two hundred years and had a period when it also expanded into thrones of Bohemia and Hungary. You could also count the 70 year long rule of the Polish Vasas, so Sigismund III and his two sons as semi-Jagiellonians, as mother of Sigismund was a sister of the last Polish ruler of that dynasty. The Jagiellonians were relatively short-lived in comparison to other European dynasties, but had a massive impact on Central-Eastern Europe and reigned during the period of Poland’s greatest power, cultural and economic prosperity.

[@Merecir]

The Vasas was of the house of... Vasa.

[@andyhx2]

I believe he included only presently ruling and/or surviving dynasties. I'd love to be corrected but I believe Jagellons are died out in agnatic line for quite some time now.

[@Kubaszsz]

But still, he didnt even include jagiellonian dynastic emblem in the beginning which is just sad

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

I agree. Bump.

[@Geofiendlux]

The Habsburgs were direct male line descendants of the Etichonids whose first recorded member reigned as the first Duke of Alsace in the late 7th century, making the Habsburgs (including the Etichonids) older than the Capetians (including the Robertians).

[@israelfernandez3113]

I think you forgot another place where Capetian House is still reigning: the Great Duchy of Luxembourg. It´s a soverign state and is ruled by Borbon_Parma (a Capetian cadet branch) since 1964, when Jean inherited the dukal thorne from his mother Charlotte.

[@stronkstronk6361]

But it isnt a kingdom and he only counts kingdoms

[@visenyatargaryen9130]

@Fan NDF patrilineally, it is Bourbon-Parma (traced back in male line). Although GD Jean became ruler because of his mother, not his father. Father of GD Jean -> Felix of House Bourbon-Parma. Mother of GD Jean -> Charlotte of House Nassau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

[@barnaby4232]

@@visenyatargaryen9130 yes but the paternal side is not acknowledged and according to them it’s Nassau not bourbon Parma.

[@visenyatargaryen9130]

@@barnaby4232 they have "de Nassau" as their surname but they still carry the Y chromosom from Hugh Capet (if and only if there was no hidden illegitimate children haha)

[@barnaby4232]

@@visenyatargaryen9130 yeh but while interesting is that something that really matters lol I mean that doesn’t make they actual members of the house if they don’t call themselves it.

[@stefanfl1200]

summary: all european thrones are in possession of german descendants

[@pitertauer3168]

Sad italian noises

[@thomasdick5310]

always have been

[@abdelnasserwardani3346]

That's not true, Frenchies have Spain and Monaco too

[@Itachi951000]

@@abdelnasserwardani3346 and Luxembourg technically.

[@Itachi951000]

Wut? Beyond the British royal family, who else are german descendents?

[@user-yy2mu9qm7g]

Dear Usefulcharts: Loved the Video! I Have Two Questions: 1) If the House of Anjou was Capetian, Then Wouldn't That Mean the Plantagenets were, too? 2) How Do you Determine A Cadet Branch From A Female... umm... "Intermediator" (If you will)?

[@UsefulCharts]

There are two different Houses of Anjou. The Plantagenet one and the Capetian one. They are not related on the male line. An official cadet branch has to be a male only line.

[@GazilionPT]

18:27 In the House of Capet, regarding Portugal, you should also consider the period between 1640 and 1853 (House of Bragança), because John IV, first king of that dynasty, was a male-line descendant of John I (House of Avis, a junior branch of Capet), and all the monarchs until 1853 (when Peter V was crowned) were male-line descendants of John IV. So, some branch of the House of Capet reigned over Portugal, not for 441 years (1139-1580), but for 654 years, because we must add the 213 years of the House of Bragança, a junior branch of Capet.

[@Artur_M.]

I'm sad that the House of Jagiellon didn't make it to the list. Cool video nevertheless.

[@jacques8221]

we need a Jagiellon :(

[@LA-MJ]

2 countries only my Polish friends, or is it 3?

[@Mjak-yd3og]

@@LA-MJ Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Grand Duchy of Lithuania - its 2 countries?

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

@@LA-MJ 4 & cousin in Republic of Novgorod

[@lukedanuser]

Olaf Widuliński He’s only counting kingdom and above

[@katybechnikova2821]

If you're curious, the Wittelsbach ruler for 1 year in Bohemia was Frederick V of the Palatinate, also known as the Winter King because he reigned only one winter.

[@uchoob246]

Was he assassinated by a little girl with mad ninja skillz?

[@katybechnikova2821]

@@uchoob246 I genuinely don't remember, please google it. :/

[@uchoob246]

@@katybechnikova2821 Fear not, I was making a dumb Game of Thrones joke :)

[@drs-xj3pb]

@@uchoob246 You got a chuckle out of me, at least. Good job.

[@edithengel2284]

Husband of Princess Elizabeth of England and Scotland, daughter of James VI and I, and the progenitor of the Hanoverian monarchs of Britain. (George I was Elizabeth and Frederick's grandson

[@PMFarin]

Im from Oldenburg and I didnt know we had such a powerful dynasty originating from here. Its a small town really

[@Cyberlusion]

I am directly related to L.G. Von Nassau and Maria M Von Nassau - they are my great grandparents. Directly. Thanks for your wonderful video!

[@nicholassmith5611]

When I saw your thumbnail, Capet was the first house I thought of. Glad I’ve learned something watching all these videos 😂

[@AkshayKumar-ge9wz]

Maybe he's talking at the end about the Julio-claudian dynasty of the roman empire

[@balerionthedreadful]

no probably carolingians. all european royal houses have some connection to them. carloman is the father of all europe.

[@christiansciberras7107]

@@balerionthedreadful You meant Charlemagne right? Wtf says Carloman was the father of Europe.

[@XavierY828]

I think he means the house of Lorraine.

[@jadenstar1038]

@@christiansciberras7107 Yes but thats not something "Undiscovered", his gonna reveal info that NO ONE has found.

[@CJonesApple]

I was looking at some old Roman dynasty but none ruled for long enough to rival Capet or Hapsburg. None in old Rome before the Republic, after Julius Caesar in West or East up to the Ottamans.

[@bjornd9375]

For Wittelsbach you should add: - King of Bohemia (Frederic V. reason for 30 years war in Germany) - King of Greece (and the origin af the actual greece flagg). - Act of settlement in England , so every English Queen and King has to have Sophia of Palatine (Wittelsbach) as ancestor

[@drs-xj3pb]

Not a reason for the 30 Years War, but a symptom.

[@thd106]

Amazing video!!

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I'm from Saxony and also used to be in Thuringia where Gotha is and which I used to visit multiple times a year so that house is especially interesting to me. Even though my specific city wanted nothing to do with royalty or at least as little as possible compared to places like Dresden.

[@bellatorfranconum3209]

Fun fact : The house of Nassau's coat of arm is very similar from the one of the french region of "Franche-comté". The actual logo of Peugeot comes from this particular caot of arm.

[@GuillaumeT96]

Ta photo de profil est fantastique, terror belli decus pacis x Z0ZZ

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@GuillaumeT96 based

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

"Je maintiendrai". Si seulement ce benêt de Louis XV avait accepter la Belgique et les Pays-bas, il a détruit le Royaume de France.

[@Pannalovegood]

When it comes to house of Capet, you have made a mistake on the list regarding Poland. It should be 1370-1382 (Louis the Hungarian) and 1573-1574 (Henri de Valois). Also someone mentioned in the comments that the daughter of Louis the Hungarian was also the King of Poland (not Queen), so her years should add up too :)

[@PP-mo8po]

18:43 In Spain the Borbouns ruled from 1700-1871, 1874-1931 and 1975-today. Just a little correction. Nice vid, btw

[@d_a_n_a.]

So glad Savoy made it to the top 🇫🇷♥️🇮🇹 🏔

[@TheArtistTreee]

@Mister Rainforest If you try hard enough, you can be part of any houses.

[@blackpaint9093]

Well, oldest dinasty still alive and quite succesfull if you think that they started from a small duchy

[@Chris-hp9be]

@@blackpaint9093 they all started from a small duchy or count

[@drs-xj3pb]

@@Chris-hp9be Well, really, most of them started out as German adventurers.

[@dennisengelen2517]

When he said that someone from the house of Wettin sits on Europe's most important throne he must have been referring to Belgium, no doubt.

[@ForeskinWillis]

Belgium you mean that French region under the Netherlands ?

[@elidafrankel2699]

I have learned new things very ineteresting. Thanks a lot.From Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@TradRaider]

It never ceases to amaze me that you put so much effort into pronouncing Bourbon and Orleans correctly and then call the house of Charlemagne CARO-lin-gui-ans

[@jdurk]

What about House Jagiellon, which lasted a few centuries and ruled over most of eastern Europe and a lot of the Balkans?

[@Henriki2305]

Their rule wasn't very long and they would control countries like Bohemia and Hungary only every now and then so in the end they weren't that big dynasty

[@masikorski6411]

They were big between 15th and 16th century, but after 1526 they stayed just in the PLC. The dynasty wasnt that long lived too, compared to those on this list. They are maybe a honorable mention worthy dynasty.

[@jesusaguilera6572]

that was only lithuania and poland

[@Jure-xc4no]

in croatia we call them Jagelović

[@jdurk]

@@Jure-xc4no cool! In Poland we call them "Jagiełło"

[@andrewnewman7756]

Great video, thank you for taking the time to share the hours of research you've done with us lazy folk. :)

[@user-pi5bc6mu4s]

Great video!

[@nicolastolosa1755]

Capet Spain 1700 - 1931 instead of 1936 Great video love It

[@atahanoktay2247]

House of jagiellonian? They ruled poland,lithuania, bohemia and hungary

[@RainApprehensive]

The European equivalent of ruling Oklahoma.

[@juandavidrestrepoduran6007]

At least he should have replaced the Hohenzollerns with the Jagellon or the Vasa.

[@mateusz73]

@@RainApprehensive more like most of the midwest since the commonwealth was essentially the bread basket of europe and the main exporter of food to western europe

[@juandavidrestrepoduran6007]

Alexander Johansson tbh between the end of the viking era and the rise of Sweden as a military super-power, those kingdoms were far more important than the Scandinavian ones.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@mateusz73 I think he meant to say that both were predominantly plains

[@nimuenorth6295]

Yay! Oldenburg rocks! It's so rare to find my hometown on a top ten list for anything not related to bicycles or Grünkohl; this actually had me with my hands up in the air 😉 I wish, every Oldenburger would watch this video, because this is known way too little. The most "important" fact I learned about local history in school was the length of the mane and tail of one counts favourite horse (not kidding). I always enjoy your approach and how you explain your reasoning behind it. There are few absolutes in history so transparent reasoning is really what matters.

[@annejeppesen160]

It's a good thing that "we" (Danish here) nabbed UK, because by this logic the Danish branch will die out in 20 or so years (our queen is 80!) and the Norwegian branch will die out in 80-90 years. There is ofc the Greek branch, but I don't think they will return as rulers of Greece or any place really.

[@SirZanZa]

@@annejeppesen160 Denmark has never owned the UK or even England, the DaneLaw eventually carved out an area in Northumbria and temporarily took lands in east Anglia from the Anglo-Saxons which eventually defeated them before themselves being conquered by the Normans, the Normans don't count as Danes by 1066 as they were a separate Kingdom as they were mostly French and French speaking and also catholic, the Duke of Normandy William the Bastard was only a descendant of the Danes and not Danish he was born in the Duchy of Normandy loyal to the King of France. saying William was a Dane is like saying i'm African. its not true

[@mvarick1]

Cool video! Canadian here, and studied at the University of Oldenburg - I too was raising my fists with joy when Oldenburg came up on the list. When Prince Charles becomes king he will also be King of Canada! Kind of great to have an Oldenburg presence in the country of my birth!

[@alexanderzippel8809]

Oldenburg!!! Wenn Graf Anton Günther wüsste, wo Oldenburg in der Zukunft herrschen würde…

[@g3org3yo7]

@@annejeppesen160 don't they rule United Kingdom now?

[@edmonddebourbon8543]

Great video most are related in one way or another. It's like 6 degrees of seperation.

[@millersimon6655]

When I hear Wittelsbach I always think of Ludwig the second, the swan-king ^-^ His story and the story of the castle of Neuschwanstein, sad but at the same time very romantic made me really interested in his family and the history of Bavaria, now I still play the Duchy of Bavaria on Crusader King 3 x)

[@MMadesen]

Greetings from Bavaria.

[@12345678900987659101]

Gotta go with Capet seeing as various lines have reigned in thrones across Europe.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

I'll take a guess at the missing family : the Flavian dynasty (Roman Empire)

[@nicholaslombardo2775]

I think a couple of these houses are actually related. Since he said we have to think about houses in a different way it might be that a couple of these are all part of the same house.

[@dazinqwilly3385]

@@nicholaslombardo2775 dude that’s not a theory it’s true

[@Normal_user_coniven]

Only 3 Emperors aren't enough.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@Normal_user_coniven many more are related, everyone with "Flavius" somewhere in their name If it wasn't for that I'd have put the Julio-Claudians or the Nervo-Antonines if I had to pick a roman dynasty. But even then, no roman dynasty taken separately can rival House Capet. So I picked a house that might have an argument at being linked to most of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, which has been missing the entire time.

[@Chimailai]

I bet it's the Julio-Claudian

[@willk8687]

The house of Habsburg is greater than the house of Capet I reckon; great video.

[@Tmb1112]

Think you did a great job. !!