King John: How England's Horrible Monarch Ended Up Granting Human Rights to the Western World

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[@stevenqu3]

Come on, Simon. This would have been perfect for a Robin Hood sponsorship.

[@Murphy2802]

Simon, would you please maybe do a video on Alfred the Great and all the monarchs of England.

[@shosheakter4573]

Pls make a video on who is real jack sparrow

[@shosheakter4573]

Pls make a video on who is real jack sparrow

[@shosheakter4573]

Pls make a video on who is real jack sparrow

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

You know he’s bad when you realise that Britain hasn’t even named an heir to the throne John in the past 800 years, let alone a king.

[@aliciahowell9617]

King George V and Queen Mary named their youngest child John. He had a seizure disorder that was severe. The frequent seizures led to oxygen deprivation induced brain injuries. His mental abilities were diminished and he was raised away from the family by a nanny. He died in 1919 at the age of 13. Is condition was kept quiet until after his death.

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

@@aliciahowell9617 he wasn’t an heir though, he was the youngest child.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Yeah, he was never _really_ intended to be the heir. Something would have had to go horrifically wrong for him to get an actual shot at the crown.

[@drswag0076]

and that was before the 13 colonies and king George III.

[@quintuscrinis8032]

@@gengarzilla1685 neither to be fair was King John, the youngest of 4 as well

[@philvanderlaan5942]

‘ …. So cartoonishly villainous, that he ended up as a villain in a Disney cartoon. ‘

[@davidcoleman2796]

Great evil king in the cartoon. I love the snake ! Lol

[@kfo7413]

Allegedly

[@drswag0076]

he sits alone on a giant throne pretending he's the king. a little tyke who's more like a puppet on a string. and he throws an angry tantrum if he can not have his way, then he calls for mom while he's sucking his thumb he doesn't want to play. too late to be known as "John the first" he's sure to be known as "John the Worst" a pox on the phony king of England.

[@-sweyn-9559]

“Prince John the phony King of England.”🎻

[@kentjensen4939]

And before that a live action version.

[@EpicOrchestra]

Saw the new biographics video up and saw Rochester Castle in the thumbnail, I literally I walk past it everyday on my way to work!

[@ybbettersadly]

Same here!

[@casey8083]

That's very cool.

[@WillMiall]

Hello random Rochester person, from a random Strood man 👋🏻

[@kathy6803]

I have waited over 50 years to see a castle! It is strange how a dream of mine is an everyday reality of yours! Maybe I do stuff everyday that you can only dream of!

[@mikthepainter]

Had some great times in the grounds of the castle as a teen back in the 80s, best was climbing the scaffolding

[@gengarzilla1685]

As a rule, you know you're screwed up beyond repair when your greatest legacy is from something intended to suppress you.

[@cassandraralph5906]

King John was also well known for his cruelty towards his own people, one example being allowing a noblewoman and her son to starve to death in prison. I learned a lot about this awful man today, and now I truly understand why the Magna Carta was created! Very helpful and useful! Well done indeed again! Thank you!

[@gonefishing167]

I think it was De Braose. Interestingly, Barbara Erskine wrote a really good book with the lady and her son in it. It’s fiction but written from a ‘then’ and ‘now’ story line. It’s called ‘The Lady of Hay’ if you’re interested 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@kellylouisebrown4954]

He put one of my ancestors in The Tower too

[@ajstevens1652]

@@kellylouisebrown4954 Henry VIII executed one of mine.

[@joecurran2811]

William the Conqueror also starved prisoners

[@masqerader]

You do realize magna carta was annulled almost instantly right, the hype people put around that thing is laughable.

[@kaizersolze]

Henry II: Too many sons. Henry VIII: Too many daughters.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Elizabeth II: All my children suck. I’ll just not die and keep the crown for all of eternity.

[@ShannonCarter55]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 or until Charles goes bye bye. Then we get William V.

[@No-hd4cg]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 this aged well.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

@@No-hd4cg 😂

[@jeremirusin58]

​@@ShannonCarter55Fun fact: through Diane William is direct descendant of James II of England.

[@finnjohn7729]

"And speaking of domains, perhaps ... you want to own one!" Seriously the best segue to sponsor I've ever heard. WELL PLAYED SIR

[@nrkgalt]

Hannibal Lecter would have said it was a ham-handed segue.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:00 - Chapter 1 - The spoiled little prince 4:15 - Chapter 2 - Crusader king 7:10 - Mid roll ads 8:45 - Chapter 3 - Conquering failure 10:55 - Chapter 4 - Taxman cometh 14:20 - Chapter 5 - The godforsaken king 17:40 - Chapter 6 - The great charter 19:35 - Chapter 7 - The final disaster 21:20 - Chapter 8 - Aftermath

[@johnlacava1772]

🐐

[@isaacvogt9220]

Doing the lords work

[@TheMap1997]

They need to this on their own

[@vaughnblaylock6069]

To be fair to John, at the time he took the throne, England was bankrupt after being forced to ransom Richard. How can anyone blame him for losing lands that Richard set up to fail in the first place? The Nobles were already war weary from Richard fairly robbing the coffers to pay for his foreign adventures, and between 15,000 and 50,000 British and French (or Acquitanes, whichever you choose to call them) had already died. This, at a time when England's population was likely south of 1.5 million would have likely made for a scenario where nearly every family in the country had lost someone in their immediate family to this war. Additionally, with France casting a jealous eye at England in such a weakened condition, how can one blame John for doing whatever it took to pay for his army and keep what he could of the country together. His seizure of the riches at Canterbury were almost justified - after all, it was the Church who goaded Richard into participation in the Third Crusade, and the fact that the Church had wealth at all to confiscate shows us that Church wasn't suffering like the rest of England. Why shouldn't they have had their wealth confiscated in order to keep England armed? I find it interesting that John isn't in country at all when things start to fall apart in England. Did Richard choose his royal babysitter unwisely, perhaps? Additionally, one thing we do know for certain is that Richard alienates nearly literally everyone he comes into contact with, so much so that one of his former "allies", Duke Leopold of Austria actually imprisons him and intentionally bankrupts England as payback. But John is the bad guy. The Nobles revolted because of Richard's absence, not John's interference. The country was literally falling apart. Should King John have stepped in? Perhaps. Perhaps not. It's easy, safe, and convenient to armchair quarterback these events a thousand years later when we know nothing but the virtual framework of what occurred back then, and nothing of the intrigue and what was said or done behind closed doors. I would be very careful repeating the common dogma regarding any historical account that benefits a deposing monarch or power. As we learn more and more as to how wrong The Venerable Bede has been in his history of England, although the vast majority of historians nearly read straight from his account, regardless of the fact that Bede wrote his account 250 years later, and never actually traveled anywhere to do any actual research, I do believe that in the future, history may be kinder to John. He was a diligent worker and record keeper, a lover of animals, and was so fond of spending time with common workers that his legitimacy was called into question on more than one occasion, the court assuming that because he enjoyed the company of workers, he must have been from common stock. The Robin Hood legends (although I do tend to believe there was an historical Robin Hood) have done King John no favors whatever, and so I suspect that his 'Bad-Guy Status' is somewhat colored by that fact. All kings murder. All kings are corrupt to some degree. John just happened to make the mistake of keeping records of it. I also find it hilarious that John becomes the bad guy because he wanted to annul the Magna Carta. No one ever had those rights before. Why didn't the ever-so-saintly Richard give his Nobles those rights? Alfred didn't. Henry didn't. Again, I wonder how any of us would survive if we inherited a bankrupt kingdom surrounded by enemies who had been scheming for the last two centuries to take your country. All of that being said, I loved this video, and none of this is said in anger. I enjoy the debate of it all. Thanks! In full disclosure, like many others, I am a direct descendant of King John, so I figure he deserves at least one advocate. Cheers!

[@Boogra]

@I. B. Thank you! I'm usually the only one in the room arguing these points. This hatred of John is very well ingrained in Anglo culture. I think a lot of it has to do with John's signing of the Magna Carta, frankly. I'm always suspicious of anything when the ruling class agree on it in unison.

[@vaughnblaylock6069]

@@i.b.640 Well I'm glad that at least some good came of it!

[@boogiesmell5181]

​@@Boogra why would people be mad at John for signing the Magna Carta? That makes no sense at all. The question you should be asking is why they made him sign Magna Carta in the first place. Regardless of how you look at it, he was a remarkably awful king. Probably the worst English king ever. As for being suspicious of anything the "ruling class" agrees on... that's just plain childish. Is the Earth flat? Is smoking good for you? Should you look directly into the sun? Should it be legal to drive under the influence? The "ruling class" agree that the answer to these questions is a resounding "no!". So.... does that make you wonder if the opposite is actually true? You might find yourself on a very slippery slope. Rather you should be suspicious of the loud people who tell you to be suspicious... they are motivated by something as well. In this day and age, lies and nonsense spread like wildfire and some people definitely cash in on it.

[@theoffbeatarchive9225]

Was at King John’s final resting place just the other day. Great story I know! It’s in Worcester Cathedral. Also in Worcestershire is a village called Bell End... Ha!

[@davidthompson6834]

My favourite word bell end ok two

[@RankinMsP]

You may have to break down 'Bell End' for non Brits/ those who understand Brit humour.

[@grahamfisher5436]

I'm from Newark

[@Metfan722]

Just because I love Men In Tights so much I can't not make this comment: "From this day forth! All the toilets in the kingdom shall be named... Johns!" "Put him in the Tower of London! Make him part of the tour."

[@russelldevore212]

You changed your name to Latrine? Yea, it used to be shithouse

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

"Watch my back, Achoo." (Someone punches him a couple times) "Your back just got punched twice."

[@pyromania1018]

LEAVE US ALONE MEL BROOKS!!!!!! (Yeah.)

[@philvanderlaan5942]

Why should we follow you? Because unlike some Robin Hoods I can speak with an English accent

[@jamesmccune2681]

Russell DeVore you beat me to probably my favorite movie line ever!

[@risannd]

England: no kings named John ever since Papacy: 👀

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

Nor Richard either after Richard 111

[@ShannonCarter55]

@@donaldgoodinson7550 no Henry's after Henry VIII, no James after James II, no Charles after Charles II.

[@HermeticWorlds]

@@ShannonCarter55 No Barry's after Barold VI

[@matthewgonzales1878]

No Kevins after Kevin IV

[@tacituskilgore8825]

No King Jeremys after the Wicked either

[@neopagan1976]

We need to be fair to king John though. King henry II never bothered to teach any of his children how to rule a country. This was entirely because Henry was scared shitless of totally losing control. King henry II was the original control freak.

[@neopagan1976]

@Abdul Jalloh - This's very true. King Henry the II was awsome when it came to actually ruling a country. Unfortunately, his parenting skills completely sucked. I guess that Henry thought he was going to live forever. We also need to remember that King Richard I wasn't really all that great either.

[@glenchapman3899]

Sure but locking yourself in a room and chucking yourself on the floor and screaming in rage points more to a maturity thing than poor upbringing lol

[@neopagan1976]

@@glenchapman3899 - He was just taking after his daddy. King Henry II had those ranting and raving sessions, too. He was just as prone to having juvenile temper tantrums. One of those temper tantrums led directly to the accidental murder of Thomas Beckett, who was serving as the archbishop of canterbury. This murder would overshadow the rest of Henry II's reign. Acting that immature was technically a family tradition. Let's put it this way. King Henry II once got so angry during an argument with one of the English Barons that he rolled around the floor and then pulled the straw out of his mattress and stuffed it into his mouth like an overgrown two-year-old. We are talking about the Plantagenets here. This was most ill tempered royal family in all of English history. lol

[@MrEvanfriend]

The Plantagenets were a dysfunctional family to say the least.

[@neopagan1976]

@@MrEvanfriend - I would call that the understatement of the century. Lmfao

[@sc6658]

I’m lowkey obsessed with King John because of how much of a fuckup he is so thank you for this.

[@kellyrosseau8902]

Hilariously or not so Hilariously he's my 25th great grandfather and I just found out. I grew up watching Disney's Robin hood

[@treydodson4726]

His and Lionheart's father, the Plantagenet founder,Henry II needs a video. A lot of what transpired dates back to him.

[@johnmiller8975]

Watch The Lion in Winter brilliant movie

[@Liutgard]

Henry was an AMAZING man. Yes, Peter O'Toole played him well. There's also 'The Devil's Crown', an early 70s BBC production- conveniently here on You Tube. Henry is played my Brian Cox, and magnificently so. Eleanor is played by Jean Lapotaire. The whole thing is very well done- definitely worth your time to look it up and watch. Also to note- they do Richard's coronation VERY well. I have a collection of the records from his (and others') coronation, an it was clear that the producers read the same documents. Makes my tattered old historian's heart rejoice, seeing such things!

[@kevstacey8639]

Henry was a great king - neither of his upstart sons who succeeded him were fit to shine his boots.

[@ericadams3428]

Although Henry II had illegitimate sons his comments about his legitimate ones was rumoured to be "my other sons are the real bastards".

[@treydodson4726]

@@ericadams3428 That's interesting. I was not aware of Henry II having illegitimate children. I have not seen that part chronicled in the likes of The Bloodiest Dynasty documentary miniseries.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it" - Lysander Spooner

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

Sure that wasn't Nixon?

[@PeachysMom]

@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma or Trump

[@ShannonCarter55]

@@PeachysMom don't you mean Biden? Combined with his son and that dirty laptop plus his actions as VP to Obama make anything Trump was accused of (and never did) look non existent.

[@danieljones9937]

@@ShannonCarter55 Keep drinking the kool-aid.

[@ShannonCarter55]

@@danieljones9937 what does Kool aid have to do with the hair sniffer with dementia and his drug addict son with a dirty laptop.

[@benjaminfeld6388]

And a lot of Robin Hood cartoons I've seen Prince John is often defined by two things, is greed and his jealousy for his brother Richard.

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

One of the few things they get right is that Richard was Eleanor of Aquitaine's favorite son.

[@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_1968]

these videos simon on the middle ages and figures then are really up my street, much thanks.

[@zoolook3264]

I spent a lot of time in Worcester Cathedral (Being born there) and at his tomb, also the catacombs are an amazingly eerie place. When we grew up we'd sing songs about "Mad" King John.

[@reythejediladyviajakku6078]

Can we please get one for Eleanor of Aquitaine?

[@d.c.8828]

Seconded!

[@kathyastrom1315]

My 25th great grandfather! My favorite portrayal of him on screen was Claude Rains in the Errol Flynn Robin Hood.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Forgot to add-Louis VIII of France is another 25th great grandfather, through his granddaughter Blanche of Artois, who married Edmund, grandson of John.

[@jimmyavpi]

Robin Hood is fictional..

[@kathyastrom1315]

@@jimmyavpi And your point is? I was just saying that my favorite on-screen portrayal of John was in the Robin Hood film with Errol Flynn, not that I am supposed to be related to Robin Hood.

[@jimmyavpi]

@@kathyastrom1315 Do I have to have a point? All I was saying was Robin Hood wasn't real. Didn't realise I'd be interrogated for making a simple statement. Hopefully I'm not going to receive the death sentence now or a long prison term.

[@marcmasoliver7811]

He’s not your grandfather stop lying

[@areiaaphrodite]

"Oh King John, what a disaster, rule restrained by Magna Carta" 😬

[@Liv-sz8rv]

William William Henry Steven Henry Richard John - oy! 😄

[@Al-ew4mi]

Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich ii, then three more Henrys join our song

[@ShannonCarter55]

@@Al-ew4mi Edward Edward Rich the third Henry Henry Ed again Mary one good Queen Bess

[@jeremirusin58]

​@@ShannonCarter55Jimmy, Charles and Charles again. Jim, Will&Mary, Queen Ann Gloria, George, George, George, George, Will, Victoria

[@Lucy-pz5ho]

I go past Rochester castle every day on the train to get to work!

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

"And from this day forth all the toilets in the kingdom shall be known as... Johns." "What?!? Noooooooooo!" "Take him to the Tower of London. Make him part of the tour!"

[@HermeticWorlds]

That doesn't work, only Americans called toilets 'Johns', it's not a term used in England at all, ever.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

@@HermeticWorlds LOL, it's from Robin Hood: Men in Tights. It's a Mel Brooks parody of the Kevin Costner flick from the early 90s.

[@HermeticWorlds]

@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma Oops sorry my bad!

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

@@HermeticWorlds Haha, it happens. You should watch the movie though, it's hilarious.

[@codymoe4986]

@DomPowell...Took me literally 3 minutes to disprove your claim... John was a slang for Cousin Jakes or Jakes, a term commonly used by Englishmen before the term toilet became popularized.... History does not care about your opinion...

[@mgithaiga1]

I remember studying King John and the Magna Carta when I was in year 6.

[@mgithaiga1]

Simon Whistler has nice teeth.

[@Tob1Kadach1]

I'm English born and raised and had never heard of it until I was in my 20's

[@mgithaiga1]

@@Tob1Kadach1 seriously!

[@jdb47games]

@@Tob1Kadach1 That's another way of saying 'I am pig ignorant'.

[@Valerio_the_wandering_sprite]

@@Tob1Kadach1 Wow, the first time I heard facts about him outside Robin Hood movies was at school when I was 11.

[@joeyanny8018]

Most excellent, entertaining, informative & well presented as all of your works. Thank you.

[@ginagee8737]

Great as always Simon. I would love to see a biographic on Guillaume de Nogaret.

[@Knutwolf]

There is one lasting positive legacy of King John: all the English monarchs following him have been his direct descendants. Dynasties came and went: Lancastrians, Yorks, Tudors, Stuarts, Hanoverians etc; they are all his direct descendants. His bloodline - apart from a decade of Cromwellian republicanism - have reigned ever since

[@paulmcmillan533]

I can point out another. Every American president was and is a descendant of king John.

[@andriesoliviier9529]

This guy is like THAT cousin that only calls when he needs bail money.

[@mauricedavis8261]

Simon, this episode was exceptional!!!🙏👌😷

[@christopherjensen794]

As long as you're covering these fabled characters, you may as well cover a fellow who had very close dealings with all of them, and in the end, had a great deal to do with preserving the realm for Henry III. I think his name was William Marshall, and from all I hear he lead a fabulous life, and did pretty well for himself, and his nation. We could use more like him!

[@Netasuke]

I really like the new chapter format, makes the words pop! Hopefully it shows up in the other channels.

[@fuerstmetternich643]

The Devil's Brood is a very interesting book on the conflicts between the four sons of Henry II, if you can find it.

[@0utd0wns0uth]

As someone whom lives next to Rochester, thank you for this video!

[@angemcauslan2551]

Interesting choice of music. Coventry carol particularly.

[@jeniquesmit7385]

Would love to see a video about Andreas Vesalius, the renaissance physician. AND thanks for the great content.

[@davidthompson6834]

Fun fact king John made Liverpool a city so he could tax it

[@for111]

God. Now it's full of scroungers and thieves. Who'd have thought?

[@garrettfields6972]

Are you playing "kiss from a rose" in the back round at the end of this video?!?!? Cause that's my favorite 12 century smash hit

[@d.c.8828]

Long live Lord Seal!

[@mackysplace]

Maybe a video on Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. He's an interesting person

[@gengarzilla1685]

I learned a while ago that I'm descended from this surname. Which is ironic because I'd take the monarchy over an elected politician any day.

[@wakonyomonicah2516]

Nice one 👌

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@TheButterShowThatsMe]

Paul Giamatti gives an excellent performance as King John in Ironclad (2011) - The movie isn't great but worth watching scenes on KZbin!

[@leobuscaglia5576]

I agree. He absolutely nailed it as King John in that movie.

[@blueberrypirate3601]

Giamatti as John nails it with his childish behaviour in front of his cronies.

[@silverswordstudios7334]

Could you possibly do a Biographies on one/some/all of the following: Voltaire, John Locke, Henry George, John Stuart Mills, Joseph Proudhon, Emma Goldman, Benjamin Tucker, Friedrich Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises?

[@matei-gabrielciubotaru2008]

It would be a bless to make other biographies about England's monarchs since some plays Shakespeare wrote evolve around brittish kings!

[@Tob1Kadach1]

I would love a Biographics on Japanese Actor Toshirô Mifune.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Yes.

[@LilyJHall]

Love the music in this episode. Coventry Carol in August was a bit weird, but I love it.

[@mechasentai]

A few names for possible future videos. Patricia Hearst and involvement with the SLA, and possibly a video on William Randolph Hearst as well. And let me try throw Imhotep in the name list. Love your vidoes! I can't get enough of them.

[@mirsadatoromanovic465]

That domanating Beard it is so impressive!

[@TwentyNinerR]

I like the new transition images

[@uriaaviel8065]

Great video. How about a video about the kings at the wars of the roses or the hundred years war

[@williamgroome5485]

Great video as always Simon. Could you do a video on William Pitt the Younger?

[@williamjacklin2362]

Another great video, could you do one on william Marshall?

[@TheJtyork420]

It's so wierd watching these other channels after Business Blaze. I like Simon to be free to say whatever comes to his mind.

[@jackhudson4816]

I’d love it if Simon did a video on Hereward or Widukind!

[@boogiesmell5181]

A rare shoutout to Widukind, I love it! 😄 Personally I'd like a video about Æthelflæd 😲 Edit: Or Notker the Stammerer! 😘

[@OldHeathen1963]

Cool! Tyvm!

[@nigelskaife3024]

I think a really relevant video for this year would be on Frederick G Banting, Charles H Best, and/or JJR Macleod as 100 years ago they founded insulin, and have subsequently helped many people.

[@tbiramadhan]

Great video! Please make video about Alfred the Great, Athelstan, Kenneth McAlpin, James VI & I, and George III 🔥

[@k.avilla8061]

Interesting choice of background music. I think it is the Coventry Carol, a Christmas song.

[@gavinrussell1297]

Like the new graphics!!!

[@jackpugh4168]

Just gonna throw this out there… the soundtrack sounds like the music producers for Age of Empires got a hold of the sheet music for the orchestration behind Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose”

[@jonoessex]

Very interesting thanks.

[@MrJustbrowsing12345]

Let's have more greek and roman biographics, they are the best 👍

[@Erie685]

I enjoy learning about post Roman era England nearly as much though, specifically 800-1500's.

[@York22]

Love every video of yours. Could you do Walt Whitman at some point.?

[@onagaali2024]

Brilliantly narrated.

[@justaman9564]

The good ol' Magna Carta

[@mauricedavis8261]

Military campaigns that drag on and accomplish nothing except empty the coffers, sounds vaguely familiar!!!🙏🤔

[@eadweard.]

who are the coffers?

[@mauricedavis8261]

@@eadweard. grab as much currency as possible and head for asylum!!!🤔

[@memebo1922]

love these medievil european monarch biographics. Please make more!

[@jacobprice2579]

According to one anecdote I read in a book about William Marshal, King John was buried in the outfit of a Monk. Allegedly in an effort to sneak him past St Peter.

[@daemonartursson7159]

John was also buried between two Saints, former Bishops of Worcester, hoping they would smuggle him in.

[@boogiesmell5181]

Very late to the party here... but he was in fact buried wearing a coif which was commonly worn by monks. This was allegedly the same coif he wore for his coronation in order to keep the anointing oil in place until it could be removed three days later. When he finally did England a great favour by dying, he had managed to lose the crown jewels just a few days earlier. So he had to be buried wearing that rag instead of some more elegant piece of headwear. Add that to the list of things he managed to F up spectacularly.

[@maxplanck9055]

An interesting story,a demonstration of without support an individual ruler is nothing 👍❤️

[@MashMonster69]

Brain blaze thumbnail should be Simon's face with flames coming out where WE have hair.

[@lucajohnson8318]

Sir William Marshall was the greatest knight to ever live. I visited his tomb in London. He was a man of honour and a true hero. One who went about fixing many of John's mistakes. He deserves a Biographic.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Please do one about William of Orange.

[@WTH1812]

Robin Hood: Men in Tights said it best when King Richard renamed the toilets "John"

[@jimmywilliams2160]

Facts know more king/kings named John .Simon like the new set and layout.

[@jamesirving484]

Nice new graphics

[@Tob1Kadach1]

"From this day forth, all the toilets in the Kingdom shall be known as... Johns!"

[@annaeriksson9121]

I love your shows!!! Can you do a biographics on WILLIAM WRIGLEY? From soap to gum to Cubs to Catalina Island?!?! What the...?!?!? I think he'd be fascinating! Thank you!!!

[@nicoles7800]

Thank God there are no more underpants advertisements. I have not been able to click on your uploads until now!!!

[@PhilHug1]

Any chance of an Aurelian video?

[@marcuswardle3180]

Subject about King John, 1215. Background music from Tudor period circa:1550!

[@johnosullivan5241]

Simon please do a video on The Sea Wolf, Thomas Cochrane. Napoleon is the one who gave him that nickname even though he was an enemy of France and I'm sure plenty of Chileans can vouch for his exploits

[@elemperadordemexico]

No wonder there hasn't been a John II

[@ShannonCarter55]

Closest was John of Gaunt, uncle of Richard II, the last Plantagenet King before Henry IV snuffed him.

[@rajnair4678]

That closing statement 👌

[@ianashby6294]

Love the movie ironclad

[@smallpppapi6709]

You guys should do Aurelian next

[@Liutgard]

Simon! Do one on Alcuin of York! (I could write one- I'd be curious to see what you have to say about him!)

[@Greyman1114]

Geez this guys life could be a really good TV docuseries for 4-6 seasons

[@NBrixH]

You should make a video on Charles V The Emperor of Spain, Austria and the Holy Roman Empire

[@d.c.8828]

Seconded!

[@zaccomptonk590]

Should do a video on toyotomi hideyoshi

[@Wardner213]

Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)

[@Tob1Kadach1]

Yes!

[@100dfrost]

I understood that John was considered adept at conducting sieges. Good video, thanks.

[@MrEvanfriend]

He was nicknamed "Softsword" by his contemporaries. That doesn't speak well of his military prowess.

[@qazhr]

love this style

[@japsniper1980]

Hoping you might do a video on Harold Shipman "Doctor Death".

[@kellylouisebrown4954]

King John is buried in the Cathedral in the city I live in.

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Simon, I simply must object to your failure to mention Ivanhoe! LOL

[@benward1719]

Can you do a biography on enver pasher

[@kevinb1574]

Hey Simon, could you do a Biographics on Felix L. Sparks? He was a WWII hero and subject of the Netflix mini series The Liberator. I think his life is worthy of being covered here.

[@MrCaptainA]

Would you consider doing a video about Richard III at some point?

[@gengarzilla1685]

Ooh, that would be interesting. I hope he touches on when his remains were found under a parking lot.

[@pranavkochhar4111]

the very first document of human rights was by Darius of Persia

[@Sean-qo9yu]

How many channels does this guy have?