How was England conquered? ⚔️ Battles of William the Conqueror (ALL PARTS)

🚩 I merged all parts of the William the Conqueror series into one video for easier viewing.
🚩 William's story is truly a remarkable one. He endured a childhood in which others battled to seize his title and lands and had fought wars against his neighbours in France. But William the Conqueror is best known for his invasion of England in 1066. In the years that followed he conquered England, made agreements in Wales and turned the Scottish King into a vassal.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
📝 Research and writing by Jonathan Woody
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[@samwill7259]

Going from "the Bastard" to "the Conqueror" is a pretty good way to never be questioned again so long as you live.

[@WhatsUp-fe8jc]

Still a bastard🙂

[@nickt9331]

This is probably the least biased channel that makes this type of content. I feel like its pure education and no propaganda. Great content

[@caaarbz]

Dont forget there's two sides to a story

[@lopedeaguirre1]

They do put biases in their videos, in their video on the Battle of Bosworth Field they literally portray Richard III as a demon. But then there's nothing wrong with bias to tell a story if it is done intelligently.

[@nsnl_]

I like Kings & Generals more as they even question the ancient sources biases more indepth whilst also having better graphics and in general more content.

[@michaelsinger4638]

William was skilled and determined. But he also got very lucky on multiple occasions.

[@cesaravegah3787]

As most succesful conquers through history, life is usually 99% effort and 1% luck, and to get a large place on history that 1% is quite important

[@daguroswaldson257]

In my experience there is no such thing as luck.

[@michaelsurratt1864]

@@daguroswaldson257 nonsense percentages are a fact of life

[@cesaravegah3787]

@@daguroswaldson257 Then you dont have enough experience

[@thewheatness]

it takes skill to capitalize on luck

[@Archer-op9cp]

Legends says that Harold's huscarls, having watching their king's demise, close ranks and fought to the last

[@Si4koTushxD]

I bow to the story telling ability of yours guys, simply amazing to watch. I can sit here all day and it would still feel amazing.

[@tocobb7747]

rectangles and squares have never been so exciting

[@willwilliam7171]

Always felt Harold would’ve won had he not battled with the Vikings in the north and then marched all the way south to meet William’s forces. William had it easy.

[@Toastergod44]

It was probably a mix of that and William's patience. Looking through the details of the battle it's almost hard to believe that William took the engagement, but he bided his time and allowed the English to grow frustrated and impatient with constant charges and withdrawals. It was a gamble, the English lines easily could have held their discipline and probably won by standing still, but it paid off in the end.

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

If the fyrd had not broken their own formation and shield wall at Hastings, Harold would certainly have prevailed.

[@93200Jonas]

😛 Coming from Normandy, England is mine now ahahah

[@Falkenhayn.Hamburg20]

@@93200Jonas and luckily for you, had it not been for the English, we Germans would have conquered you 1914 ;)

[@joshbarr118]

@@Falkenhayn.Hamburg20 you mean canada

[@FlashPointHx]

Well put together! Need to review this a few times - hoping to hit up Normandy later this year - Love the detail in your maps

[@tylerok2520]

🔥 FPH

[@grizla1895]

@FlashPointHx your content is amazing

[@JuTakii]

love your stuff bro, got me into being more interested in history a couple years ago

[@FlashPointHx]

@@JuTakii that is awesome to hear!

[@doylekitchen9795]

@@FlashPointHx Does this mean you will be starting on a project about the history of Normans? Tosney, Byzantine Empire, Tacred's sons, grandsons, great grandsons... Awesome.

[@ayeejiff9847]

it's like you've put all your art works into one master piece . There's something extraordinary about these feats throughout history i just can't explain sometimes but wow .

[@TrueWeej]

Oh can you imagine a big budget (historically accurate) telling of William I ‘the Conqueror’ in a movie trilogy 😍 such a fascinating man and his story.

[@LagunaShirogane]

Most likely be a good tv series much like how Vikings was done up or HBO's Rome.

[@bunkerkorpf1440]

A trilogy wouldn't be enough IMHO, a serie would be better. William the Conqueror completely changed the destiny of what will be France and England.

[@alvarorubenvera5915]

They'd make him black with braids. "William the Conqueror was black!!!"

[@N3onDr1v3]

The main issue is that you need time to tell the story of a man of this calibre's life. Second biggest issue is directors and funding not swaying the story to make it "for modern audiences" so william would end up a gay black trans man

[@beasley_unborn6729]

Kings and conqueror is releasing soon. Look it up. Super hyped for it hope its good. It will be a tv show btw not a movie.

[@duanemiller5606]

If Harold, after the previous battle, had not marched quite so fast, and given his men time to recuperate, and not decided to rush off into his final battle but instead take the time to raise a larger army he probably survives and wins.

[@alessandrogini5283]

The problem Is that Harold technically usurped the Throne ,so he could had some enemy that see William as a lessen danger,as. well the fighting against Harald didn't did well for the strenght of Harold army..but he could had won this Battle if he was able to control his troops.. However,in a flat terrain his army was no Match for the heavy cavalry of William

[@duanemiller5606]

@@alessandrogini5283 there are several ways to beat Calvary charges. The most simple was dig pits as the horses charge their legs with step into the pit and snap the horses leg, causing the horse to fall to the ground the rider to fly off and the Thrashing horse was an obstacle to the cavalry charge. Then there’s those spikes I forget what they’re called. There are two pieces of metal welded together with sharpened ends that are bent out so that when you drop them three of the points will be on the ground as a base and the fourth prong will be sticking straight up, so if the horse steps on it, it will cripple the horse. Thirdly, there’s the most famous probably of all the defenses, The pike. The big long pointy stick, and whether it’s driven into the ground is a more permanent, defensive line or just a long sharp pole held by soldiers. It is very effective, because no horse will run onto a wall of sharp pointy sticks. So if Harold find some more defensible area to stop that will not be so advantageous to Williams Calvary, and waits for his reinforcements, while letting his own men recover from the battle and forced march. It puts William in the position of either attacking Harold before all his reinforcements get to him, which means William hast to March thus sapping his troops of some of their strength, when they arrive to do battle, putting both sides on a more even keel in regards to exhaustion. Williams, fine Calvary is no longer a major player, so William is in trouble. William will have to attack Harold’s much more defendable location or sit and wait until Herald out numbers his men to where he can no longer have a chance at winning possibly meaning that William would have to leave England and be harassed all the way out. Let us not forget William was not exactly loved in Normandy. There have been people trying to usurp his power since he was just a child, and his father died, because he was technically an illegitimate child, which means he should not have been able to inherit Control of Normandy let alone England.

[@jessepacheco6020]

Thank you for putting these together! William was one tough Bastard!!!!

[@hadrianwall9157]

That whole series together was great.

[@naj3hoth231]

Amazing video like usually, but I’m really looking forward for the next parts of Hannibal barca story looking forward to see new videos about it sooner ❤

[@ryanedwards805]

Yes the Hannibal series has been my favourite, i may rewatch it from the start

[@enalb5085]

yea i've been waiting for them to finish that one for a while

[@maxpower4436]

I second that

[@kristis61]

it’s a looong story but yes we want it

[@jacobpeters5458]

37:39 - incweasing :)

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

So nice to see these battles put together. One or 2 I had never even heard of.

[@nohandlenotme]

Thank you again, HistoryMarche!

[@CptSlow89]

Harold so unlucky, damn. Why he just didn't wait in London and fortify? He just entered the battle with fresh peasants and some man at arms...

[@Darqshadow]

He was King. And they were in the heartland of his supporters so he had to do something. But the Queen Mother (his mom) was trying very much to get her sons to stay and wait for more troops. Harald even asked his own younger brothers to stay in case he died but they told him no, we fight too.

[@seeingimages]

His mother urged him to take immediate action. He followed her advice or admonition.

[@duplicitouscanadian3073]

Hadrada was in the north, let him raid England freely and he would lose the support of many nobles, hence why his forces were exhausted or fresh recruits.

[@thebigdrew12]

Wasn't his style. His idea of campaigns were speedy marches, as evidenced by his earlier actions versus the Welsh.

[@guilzd5836]

He wanted to take William by surprise, like he did the Vikings at Stamford Bridge. Good scouting by the Norman's foiled that plan tho.

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

Thank you for creating these long videos. Much appreciation from a fan of you from Sri Lanka. William the conqueror born as a illegitimate child of Robert of Normandy. After securing his rule in Normandy after lengthy battles he focused on war ravaged and fractured England. One of the greatest conquerors in history. Brilliant documentary. Thanks History Marche for creating this documentary🔥🔥🔥🔥 a son of France ♥️🔥 .my fav country in Europe 🌍 Vive la France. 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 . I ve also read a comic book which is set in this period. one of the best comics I ever read.

[@doug6500]

Hardly a son of France. He had twice defeated the French in battle at Mortemer (1054) and Varaville (1057) which would embolden him to move on securing what he saw as his rightful place at the head of the Kingdom of England.

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

@@doug6500 yes so I think we should consider him as a norman and a Englishman.

[@jacksonpettit4690]

Victory for Norman France!

[@jacksonpettit4690]

My last name is a testament of Norman English supremacy

[@walideg5304]

The Duchy of Normandy was part of France. He should paid tribute to the French King every year. He was French, French dad is language.

[@Trebor74]

One thing that never seems to be mentioned is Saxon archers and the Saxon warbow. Norman archers are mentioned,obviously. But nothing about Saxon archers

[@black-uh1df]

Maybe they weren't present?

[@carloscordeiro4775]

Wow this is extremely well done. Definitely will be watching more of this channel

[@KHK001]

Thanks fpr for your hard work HM! Love the series

[@pedrotimon7212]

I love Hadrada’s life story, but I think Goodwinson surprise him with that force March from London. I mean he knew they were in the south coast waiting for Billy and in 7 days they were on his face. Big credit to Goodwinson for that, he tried to replicate it coming down south and even managed to get a good defensive position, however he should have bid his time and regroup better and maybe replenish his housecarls. You cannot win HH and Billy the Conqueror b2b without rest. Anyways, just making my point that Goodwinson is a little bit underrated for all he achieved tho.

[@alessandrogini5283]

Harold could won if he control more the troops,but in a flat terrain and not Mountains,his army was Simply too light to defeat the heavy cavalry of William..instead,he should' had ally with harald against William

[@mehranakbarzade3559]

he must have give nurthumbria to his brother and made peace with hadrada he lost his fouces from william and we must agree godwin wa not goood commonder @@alessandrogini5283

[@JC-mx9su]

HistoryMarche, there are more videos that can combine into one video such as: Renaissance (4 Parts) Attack on Moscow ⚔ Napoleon's Strategy in Russia, 1812 (2 Parts) ⚔ DOCUMENTARY First Battle of Tarain, 1191 AD ⚔ The First Islamic Conquest of India and Second Battle of Tarain, 1192 AD ⚔ Muhammad of Ghor Returns.

[@schlirf]

Better late than never: A Huge (even a "Yuge") thanks for making the series! Many of us peons forget what, as Paul Harvey put it, the Rest Of The Story as to do with the main event.

[@ImpeachObamaASAP2010]

I yugely approve you use of yuge.

[@schlirf]

@@ImpeachObamaASAP2010 Slow Clap! 🤙🤙🤙

[@thibaultsardet7399]

Little fact- 7:38 The town of Isigny is the origin of the name "Disney". An ancestor of Walt must certainly have been a "Seigneur D'Isigny".

[@williamjordan5554]

There was a Disney in the battle.

[@HikerBikerMoter]

and mickey mouse was their banner

[@thibaultsardet7399]

@@HikerBikerMoter Yeah the Death Star with Mickey's ears ^^

[@HikerBikerMoter]

Sir Disney a knight in shining armor charges the enemy in battle M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

[@thibaultsardet7399]

@Booz2010The Family probably moved in Ireland after.

[@quentinl7598]

Another awesome video thanks!

[@kingquad6677]

This is the greatest video of this event I've ever seen! Very very cool. Kudos to you dude!

[@Bawamba]

50:00 The king pointed at the killer, but they all acted like he pointed at next king lol

[@brianmurray7980]

Did I read that right? Emma of Normandy was 104 when she died? That's an amazingly long life for that time 😳

[@reneepop1017]

No she died at the age of 68. Guess it was a typo by them.

[@Everest3000]

50:00 That skull with the tongue out was funny as hell

[@masonkim7]

3:40 SHEEESH He must've done something HEINOUS to be attacked like that at a wedding feast.

[@ericcook5224]

The idea of Harold being hit by an arrow of friendly fire doesn't seem too far fetched after all. Although why,I couldn't guess. But, if you think about it, why would the Norman archers fire their arrows into the air while their own troops were intermixed with the English? Does anyone have some input on that?

[@Alfred_Leonhart]

Maybe it was a lone archer who seized an opportunity to kill the leader of an opposing army. How Harold died is a legend after all so the details will always be unclear.

[@townsley2]

great work though William was not a "great king of England". His reign was basically about crushing every saxon resistance & massacre the local population. After the conquest, he spent most of his time in Normandy where he died in 1087.

[@HUMANEXCELLENCE210]

This is my favorite war history channel.

[@muttilainenakseli6764]

He is like Robert Baratheon in France and Aegon conquer in England.

[@SolidAvenger1290]

More like Aegon in regards to English history leading up towards the War of the Roses. Daenerys was supposed to be like Henry VII, who successfully reconquer his rightful throne after the Civil War

[@TruetoCaesar]

Damn, William did what Mongols would do 200 years early

[@silentbullet2023]

very informative and well narrated. many thanks and godspeed!

[@LetsSeeYourKungFu]

the talk bubbles are hilarious. @47:24 " Normans Suck!" xD

[@jaronzennaiter]

Can you please do the dacian wars

[@Roofers-Nail-Hardest]

This is awesome. HBO needs the rights to this

[@tacticalstrategy2447]

Eagerly awaiting the next hannibal upload.

[@MESOHIPPUS]

Very good job indeed! Bravo! Music, video, plus information! A++

[@LeoMajor1]

THanks, I was thinking about this the other day

[@ChanceC5]

Thanks!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you for your support! Very kind of you.

[@lanebearden1597]

Didn’t Harold take an arrow through the eye. Probably should have kept his visor down ….

[@georgebushaway5833]

I’ve been to the battle of Hastings hill it’s very steep !!

[@Xhonax568]

I live in York and Stamford bridge is really cool there are Viking ships around it it’s pretty cool

[@A_Imp_kon_floing...bdoing]

From Rollo to William the Conqueror. What potential there is (TV show)

[@mehranakbarzade3559]

french cavarly made huge impacte in this battle

[@ancorgarciaalvarez]

I was wondering what happened to Hannibal series. Did you guys abandoned it or are you going to finish it some day?

[@HistoryMarche]

I'll be finishing part 19 soon.

[@ancorgarciaalvarez]

@@HistoryMarche oh that's awesome. Thank you very much guys, I love your videos, really ❤️❤️❤️

[@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617]

My family, the Raymond family came across with the Army. Our family seat was just 20 miles east of Norman’s bay at Rye Castle. Raymond (middle and modern English), Reginmund (Old Germanic) or Raimund (old French) is a Germanic name so it’s hard to tell if the name came from the Norse, Danes or the Franks originally.

[@Gotre85]

Amazing story!

[@ImpeachObamaASAP2010]

nice I had two grandfathers at the Battle of Hastings, one Norman and one Anglo-Saxon but both were nobles in the area of Kent. The Anglo-Saxon was the nobleman before the battle (he died in the battle) while the Norman grandfather took his place when William installed his own vassals and two generations later their grandchildren married tying the two families together. the Anglo-Saxon grandfather was named Ethelwolf which means Noble Wolf and is my online persona in medieval games. The Norman was named something far too Frenchy for me to remember or pronounce lol

[@RileySH]

​@@ImpeachObamaASAP2010how in the world would you be able to know all this? This was almost a thousand years ago,its quite hard to believe that this could have been research for (forgive me for this) a family, even if they were small nobles.😮

[@thibaultsardet7399]

The Counts of Toulouse were often called Raymond, so it's probably more Frankish.

[@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617]

@thibaultsardet7399 No it comes from the old Germanic Reginmumd or Regin meaning council or wise and Mund meaning protector or hand.

[@p0rqu3]

Great job, thank you for sharing your excellence.

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

At this point in history, the throne of England was not decided by hereditary right, but the vote of the Wittan. The Wittan did not ratify William's claim. They voted for Harold Godwinson. William the Conqueror had no legal claim on the throne of England.

[@joem7085]

lol no, William's claim to the throne wasn't that dodgy, he really was named heir by Edward the confessor and Harold Godwin is a complete usurper to the throne, not even from a royal line, he's no more legitimate than William, maybe William had even more claim, at least Edward's mother was a norman from William's family, so they were like cousins. Hitherto I always used to resent william for winning the throne, now I no longer do.

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

@@joem7085 Refer to the very first sentence of my comment. Who Edward named heir and who had more blood ties is irrelevant as far as the legalities are concerned. The vote of the Wittan decided and legitimised the king. There's no debate here.

[@vgamedude12]

​​@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703William was truly a conqueror. Like Genghis, brutal and with no concern over legality.

[@luawyf9037]

I'd always heard the famous stuff, but now I know the full story. Thank you.

[@asmrnaturecat984]

Harold at hastings is what describes as exhausted due to war... Unlike the wrongly excuse given to both roman and persian against arabs

[@bunk95]

A bathroom in a place marked apartment? “The cement isnt whatll make you sick,” traditional Soviet Mother.

[@GGdeTOURS37]

great video series! To be said: His name was not William at all but Guillaume (or Guilhelm).

[@kingofthejungle3833]

Isn't William of Normandy's dynasty still in existence? I mean sure his house only lasted about 88 years but his dynasty lives on

[@thibaultsardet7399]

He continued indirectly with the Plantagenets.

[@mijanhoque1740]

Norman dynasty died literally within 100 years and got replaced by the French Plantagenet dynasty. Genetically speaking it survived but by through the female line of Empress Matilda. This was also the same case of the Wessex dynasty as it survived through the female line when Matilda of Scotland married Henry the 1st.

[@natedrake6382]

YESS I WANTED THIS, THANK YOUU

[@remklovs]

3:19 Oi! You gotta loisense fo' that cahsol mate?

[@ronreagan7950]

The Norman invasion of England in 1066 changed English Anglo Saxon culture permanently and dramatically. Although ancient Latin was still the preeminent language of choice among scholars, religious texts and official manuscripts, William imposed French in conquered England forcefully and without restraint. He created a dynastic family in England that lasted centuries which included other French elites that eventually ruled over England (i.e., the Plantagenets from Maine-Anjou region of France). Spoken and written French supplanted angle-Saxon language in the new Norman language. The end result is today’s modern English: a mix of Greek/Latin origin (60%) and remaining angle-Saxon (about 30-40%). The Normans and other French rulers of England did that.

[@tTantPisForFrance]

Who are these French elites and French rulers? According to period sources Anglo-Normans fought hard and well to keep the French out of England...William Longschamps being a perfect example of what happens when a Frenchie thinks he can lord it over the English.

[@barukiv2943]

​@Girl17FalkPthe english language has 40% of french language in him.

[@allanchurm]

see the film & series "1066: The Battle for Middle Earth" ..really good

[@Thyranel]

Love your content!!!!

[@jasondonaldson7412]

Thank you for learning this

[@JQ24]

Excellent video!

[@yavel4524]

My family history runs very closly to William (Im related to Rollo and dorectly through Alan III)

[@durjoy-datta]

Looks like I'm playing age of empire with document, amazing style of presenting history.

[@artificialanimeuniverse5063]

Well, he was not the only one to conquer England. Nor was he first!

[@davidt3563]

What an amazing journey.

[@Marveb2000]

Real life game of thrones. Awesome episode, great channel !!

[@smal750]

so england is frances first colony

[@nabobofdub4631]

Given William as Duke Of Normandy gave the French King and his nobles a good hiding more than just once then logic would suggest the contrary to be more accurate.

[@smal750]

@@nabobofdub4631 Didnt ask cope harder lil subject

[@callumlucas4444]

Norman not french it’s right there for you in the video

[@smal750]

@@callumlucas4444 extremely delusional

[@callumlucas4444]

@@smal750 not really. They are Norman not French. They may have spoke French but that doesn’t make them French I can speak French so does that make me French when I’m English. Are people born in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Benin and so on French? No it does not. You are the extremely delusional and highly uneducated one here.

[@socratesii91]

His real name is "William the bastard".

[@RLoshbough]

Ima bastard to

[@gardnep]

Great stuff, thanks

[@LibertyPrime6969]

Awesome video love it

[@tomsonlarrson3318]

I had to translate the bateaux tapestry in my Latin classes in high school. There’s a surprising amount of “so and so went” (so and so went to a location) because they tried to minimize grammar due to the fact that they gotta embroider the words.

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

I played this in the new Age of Empire game 😄😄

[@vulkanlives9776]

Props to Williams vassals for clowning Otto so hard.

[@skull2470]

I hope one day he covers the batter of He fei.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Great work.

[@homelessjesse9453]

Much better channel than Kings and Shills.

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

Is this about Ukraine?

[@homelessjesse9453]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 Something like that.

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

@@homelessjesse9453 He is biased but I saw him change number of casualties for the Russians from 90k to 10k so he lowkey admitted to false reporting

[@homelessjesse9453]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 I just wish they would admit this whole thing started in 2014 and not 2022 like the media has been lying about.

[@thibaultsardet7399]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 Above all, it is still much too early to talk about it fully.

[@ryan7775]

Your videos are currently the life blood of my breaks at work

[@jean-marcknight8816]

23:12 in 1882 Arques was renamed Arques-la-bataille to avoid confusion with an homonym town in Picardy. It’s strange to watch your superb video while knowing a lot of the places mentionned 😉

[@legalna2rp]

A good film.

[@wedgeantillies66]

Great compilation of your series of video's on William the bastards rise to power as Duke of Normandy and eventual conquest of England. One quibble, story of Harold being struck in eye by arrow has been quite accurately proven to be in error as that was only added to tapestry in mid 1700s to replace missing stitching and far more likely that Harold was struck by a thrown spear or lance and then cut down.

[@duaneaikins4621]

Are you sure? I’ve never heard that before.

[@wedgeantillies66]

@@duaneaikins4621 Because it is absent in Bernard de Montfaucon's engravings of the tapestry as it was in 1729, meaning it was added sometime afterwards. However, needle holes in the linen do suggest that something had originally been in the place of the arrow, though it may have been a lance rather than an arrow

[@wedgeantillies66]

@@duaneaikins4621 Plus it makes a more logical sense for it to be a lance, as at time of Harold's death, Norman infantry and cavalry are pushing and breaking through weaken Saxon shield wall and there's no way there archers would be risking friendly fire by firing into midst of such a bloody and disorganised melee.

[@Zwia.]

@@wedgeantillies66 Archers often fired into shield walls to open gaps and tire the wall, it was very effective and yes there was collateral damage. They've done tests to show just how much force you'd take from an arrow strike to your shield, it would have been very tiring for the holder to keep getting hit with arrows

[@wedgeantillies66]

@@Zwia. I'm not disputing that archers could and did inflict damage upon the shield wall and tire it out. What I'm contesting is that archers could shoot into a bloody and heaving mess of hand to hand fighting and hit a particular target at long distance.

[@OPRunning]

Hi love your videos, an idea for another one the Campaign by Robert the Bruce into Northern England 1314- 1322. Two battles at least

[@kananzeynalzada1900]

Please make a video about the battle of Prut in 1711.

[@user_____M]

Hastings wasn't a battle, it was some bizarre Saxon suicide pact. Unexperienced levies (peasants) vs. experienced professional soldiers, it could only have ended one way 99,99% of the time.

[@jimmyohara2601]

INexperienced, DOPEY 😐

[@vgamedude12]

They came close for such unexperienced soldiers

[@johnnybacklund153]

Please be the voice that reads every single historical audiobook ever from here on. Fiction or not

[@rweezy6246]

I wait for these long ones. Thanks bro.

[@darecarry]

an hour hoho m here for this

[@marccan3267]

Great, another video about William, England and anglo-saxons. Next Azincourt or Crecy plese. Or war of the roses, never enough of that😅

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a fine video

[@gentaalgozi1491]

I hope you make a video about kingdom from indonesia ... Tx a lot n im huge fan from indonesia on this channel ❤❤❤

[@kaboom3922]

In France he had to dingy city by city but he wins one battle in England and no one revolted that’s interesting

[@Valencetheshireman927]

There was a revolt against his rule. Look up the harrying of the north

[@townsley2]

lots of people revolted in England after Hastings ...but when your king is dead it's a little more complicated. Also William was always a vassal of the King of France, he never intended to conquer France.

[@AtheAetheling]

There were CONSTANT revolts against William. He basically destroyed the Anglo Saxon noble class because of it, something he had not initially intended to do.

[@AtheAetheling]

I had no idea Hardrada was so highly thought of that people in the comments genuinely believe he had a chance at taking England? I know he was an extremely professional soldier and highly respected, but attempting to conquer England was doomed to failure. Godwinson was no Aethelred the Unready, and England was highly fortified and united by this point. As many hidtorians agree, Godwinsons undoing was facing two invasions at the opposite ends of the country essentially at once.

[@monkeymoo87]

The battle of Hastings: Never chase a fleeing enemy

[@ybwang7124]

The first thing I do as Harold in Crusader Kings is to ally with Holy Roman Empire. Choke on this William!

[@josephphoenix1376]

I wish that Harold Godwinson was successful!🤔😡

[@adamscrivner30]

Fascinating

[@irritatedtomcat]

Allegedly my ancestor

[@redwatch1100]

And we think we got it bad. I could not imagine trying to survive through one day in that era. Unbelievable brutality and very little compassion or regard for human life.