Legendary Knights of the Middle Ages Explained in 22 Minutes | P.1

[@TheBasedPlato]

Part 2 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpzPeWarjd5oobM

[@KamilJozefczyk-hp1kx]

Very nice stuff. As an interesting fact, I can add that in Poland we have a popular adage: "Można na nim polegać, tak jak na Zawiszy" ("You can rely on him like you can rely on Zawisza".) . This means someone you can always rely on, faithful to his word, willing to help and support.

[@julianmartinez3048]

You forget a VERY IMPORTANT FACT about El Cid, beyond his military career: upon his death, the "Cantar del Mío Cid" was composed, most probably comissioned by his family. This text is considered the oldest secular text in Spanish, and the starting point of the Spanish Literature

[@alexanderb5726]

You've made a mistake here with one knight. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. The only wholly undefeated man in history as far as I know. Led an entire life of battle and never once lost whether leading battles by land, sea, in siege or defense against siege. He did not loose Cabra, he won it and routed the forces of Abd Allah of Granada, he fought on behalf of the Seville Taifa. The Medieval age is brimming with legendary knights, we haven't even here touched on Robert Guiscard, the Hauteville family, Balduin IV of Jerusalem and many more.

[@TheBasedPlato]

You are right about Cabra; I trusted an unverified source that stated that the battle was 'lost' due to El Cid being exiled as a consequence of it. Thanks for the correction!

[@alexanderb5726]

@@TheBasedPlato No worries. El Cid went back and forth on exile for quite a while, but that was just King Sancho being manipulated by his court to be scared of his influence and jealous of his successes. There's a reason after all that even a muslims scholar called Rodrigo "a wonder of Allah", the man simply could not loose. Definitely the greatest knight ever in my book. But the list is otherwise good!

[@juanbarbosasiguenza5883]

Having in mind half their live was expent helping Muslim Zaragoza against both almoravids más aragonese its bit strange they love him. His own surname "Cid" comes from arabic "Sidi", "the lord" that is how his muslim Zaragoza soldiers called him.

[@josellixiona5171]

@@TheBasedPlato

[@Din0rM22]

​@@alexanderb5726cabron, ahora el que la ha liado eres tu, king sancho was killed in the siege of Zamora, it was Sanchos brother, king Alfonso VI. Fue alfonso el que lo exilió 2 veces no Sancho, Sancho confiabla plenamente en el cid, era su hombre de confianza. Cosa que no ocurre con Alfonso, por las presiones de otros nobles y rumores en su contra.

[@Major_Pipps]

I've studied most of these men already, but you did a phenomenal job in this short form style. Packed solid with info and no fluff. And the video editing and effects made it a light watch, even one of my kids would find it easy to watch. Good job 👍

[@mici1217]

One water spring with monument near the fortress of Golubac bears the name of Zawisza the Black. Supposedly he was executed on that spot by the Turks.

[@JZsBFF]

The labelling of the slides with the names is much appreciated. Not many channel editors understand the point of doing that. Congrats!

[@vascoveiga7299]

Cool vid! Learn about Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portucale, he was a french knight who came to help in the Reconquista, and also his son who became the first king of Portugal Dom Afonso Henriques.

[@Din0rM22]

Justo lo iba a decir, otro magnifico ejemplo sería Gaston IV de Bearne, el cruzado. Que reconquistó zaragoza y otras tantas plazas para el reino de Aragón, siendo el primer señor cristiano de la ciudad.

[@Jack-Noch]

I would have put Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard on the list as well... he was the closest thing you can get as a "one man army" back in the days!

[@MMIKE.]

20:30 "Accusations" is an understatement. Martin V has cursed entire nation after the battle of Grunwald. And despite 600+ years from this event, inluding 20 years of Polish pope JP2 the curse remains in its "legal" power xD. Which would explain a lot tbh....

[@morvran9074]

It's a bullshit. Martin the V wasn't even a Pope during battle of Grunwald. And Poland had a key role in Council in Constance.

[@henrykosmy4409]

source?

[@jak00bspyr72]

It is worth to note that Zawisza Czarny did not simply "got captured" in the battle of Golubac. The circumstances of his death tell much about his chivalric valor. During the battle of Golubec, king Sigismund negotiated an armistice with the Turkish sultan, allowing him to retreat without fighting. The Turks broke the armistice though when the Hungarian army was crossing the Danube river. Zawisza commanded the forces covering the retreating army and was one of the few to stay behind. King Sigismund sent a boat for Zawisza, but he refused to leave his men to a certain death. And that was when he was either captured or died in battle. The legend says he was taken prisoner by two Turkish soldiers, who then quarreled over who's to get the ransom. When one of the soldiers won the trial, the other cut off Zawisza's head in jealousy.

[@fiki97]

Gotz gotta be a major inspiration behind the character of Guts from Berserk manga/anime series, i mean the knight even had a metal prosteric hand just like Guts!

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

Zawisza was literally HIM. A main protagonist of Medieval times

[@marekkrajewski9662]

In polish there's a saying - trust his word like Zawisza's...

[@Velesus101]

Excellent video. One thing though, you used the combined coats of arms of the Commonwealth (combined Poland and Lithuania) instead of the Polish coat of arms when talking about Zawisza the Black.

[@sunnyztmoney]

He took the wock to poland

[@rudylis9496]

The HONOR was uniting them all !

[@petertyson4022]

Made a glue airfix model of the black prince when I kid. Been to one of he's castle in Norfolk, England.. Really a interesting warrior to study . 👽👍

[@FerroLux00]

Super cool video. I come from Italy and we had our fair share of great commanders here too. Most famous is probably John Hawkwood (yes he was english but he fought for a long time in Italy and has been immortalised in a famous painting in Florence), but also Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and Guido da Montefeltro. Maybe you could feature them in a second part of this video

[@jaehaerys48]

El Cid and Robert Viscart are my favourites.

[@amarhaikal9685]

you forgot Henry of Skalitz

[@TheBasedPlato]

Did he actually get knighted in the game? Never got much further than the first act.

[@amarhaikal9685]

@@TheBasedPlato i dont think so but people always refer to him as a knight

[@Morphologicallyy]

Hwnry is a soyboy

[@KapBBit]

Forgot the Templar Gualdim Pais. He held Tomar with only 300 knights against the Almohad Caliphate

[@hugomartins7107]

You are absolutely right. Unfortunately, there are a number of videos that leave out historical Portuguese figures. Many do not want to recognize the influence of the Templars who founded Portugal.

[@Kampfwageneer]

The background music is awesome!

[@Crytica.]

One knightly account of someone who is much lesser known and feels like a larger than life with courage, big ambitions and even a bigger mouth who also was a perfect chivalric icon for the people of the time is the life of William I of Guelders and Jülich. The man was living for the life of conquest and war and got himself in friendships and fueds all across Europe.

[@Sonof_DRN2004]

Harry Hotspur and William Marshal are my favourite Knights, I’ve visited all their castles.

[@ryanbuzzard9979]

Percy hotspur....

[@Sonof_DRN2004]

@@ryanbuzzard9979 Henry Percy was his name but he was nicknamed Harry hotspur,

[@ryanbuzzard9979]

@Sonof_DRN2004 oh damn I've never heard that

[@ERAA-on-YT]

Great video overall, but the comedic timing in that "...and John" was immaculate, LOL!

[@toraguchitoraguchi9154]

The Black Prince didn't invent tactics using the Longbow. This was Edward I, his great-grandfather, who used it famously against the Scots. During Crecy the English were led by Edward III, and the Black Prince commanded the infantry in the centre - he was heavily pressed and they asked for help from Edward III, and he said "Let him win his reputation today or fall in the attempt".....After the battle the French dead around the Prince's position formed a low mound.

[@skeezaworkan]

There is a saying in Poland: "To rely on someone like on Zawisza."

[@waltherhoffman6310]

How could you forget Black Douglas?

[@jerrygerza7565]

"COME ON YOU SPURS!" Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Named so because the land around there had belonged to the Dukes of Northumberland. The Tottenham Grammar Schoolboys who founded the club knew their Shakespeare...

[@moseshamlett3887]

Henry "Hotspur" makes me think of Quentyn "Fire" Ball

[@EddieReischl]

What people don't often acknowledge is Godfrey's amazing ability to make a killer soup broth, although it was rumored to be on the salty side.

[@mrpurple2306]

i reckon in the next video is Jeanne d'Arc? would make sense ;)

[@TheBasedPlato]

I knew it wouldn't be long before the maid Orléans is mentioned hahaha

[@moseshamlett3887]

Dude. Gotz von B. Straight up be Gutz from Berserk. Tell me Im wrong.

[@TheBasedPlato]

You are indeed, correct!

[@wojtjankowski6816]

Zawisza mentioned 🔥🔥🦅🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱✝️🏋️🗿🔫‼️🏹🦾🚣🤹

[@FreeThoughtCrime]

Hail to Poland!

[@rafaysiuk2589]

Chwała!

[@josephcorcoran7137]

Who does this incredible art of the knights I always see in your videos ?

[@luthor24127]

It's probably AI.

[@KYDEX97]

I have always been taught that Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar monicker, "El Cid", comes from the arabic word "Sidi", meaning Lord

[@Goblinsharkhundredsofthem]

It's a shame you didn't include Pierre Terrail, the famed knight without fear amd Beyond reapprouch.

[@janbaros-it1ek]

Cool vid.👍, how about Jan z Michalovic or Plichta ze Žerotína, both famous knights and interesting stories.

[@nikemozack7269]

How about Ioan Hunyade Corvinus, the father of King Mathias?

[@PoxPopuli]

Honourable mention: Federico da Montefeltro.

[@hardcorevictor2552]

I bet Götz von Berlinchingen inspired Guts from Berserk lol

[@brittakriep2938]

Last descendant of him died arround 1970, an old Lady, illegal daughter of last noble. But descendants of his brothers still live in Jagsthausen.

[@maxschreck4095]

As far as I know he did. Griffith is based on Englishman John Hawksmoore, who led the most successful mercenary company in Italy.

[@maxschreck4095]

I would like to add Bernhard the Good, another German knight who is only known locally these days in Horstmar but whose accomplishments outshine Götz' in my opinion. He distinguished himself as a warrior in two crusades and saved the Welf Emperor at the battle of Bouvines. He also died like a champ, putting up one heck of a last stand according to the stories when his knights were tricked and lured into a swamp by a peasant army. Oh, he was also a beaut and skilled diplomat.

[@BSdetected]

Never ever heard it suggested that henry the fifth shot the arrow that killed percy… never. Its also just not possible as henry fifth had already been hit in the face with an arrow, so would not have been able to use a bow… and a prince wouldn’t use a bow whilst dressed in amour. Perish the thought. And, as knowledge of Percy’s death led to immediate cessation of combat, fifth couldn’t have shot Percy… i think ill go back to big bang theory

[@Lord_Machiavelli]

You should have added Gaston de Foix and le Chevalier Bayard

[@TheBasedPlato]

Will look into both for a next vid, thanks!

[@JangianTV]

Absolute gigachads all of them! 💪

[@Chairsium]

The video starting immediately caught me off guard. Too used to intros.

[@barrybarlowe5640]

Is this the character that inspired the Manga, Berserker?

[@rubentorre1345]

Spanish man here, im sorry sir, but maybe you forgot about El Cid's Curse, it talks about coming back from the death in a fight, where the Muslims that K*lld him saw him riding again into battle, They obviously ran in fear because they though he was a curse (ofc we tied him to a horse but do not tell nobody, it was Hella funny)

[@TheBasedPlato]

@@rubentorre1345 I have never heard of this! Sounds cool. Is this like a local legend or something?

[@rubentorre1345]

@@TheBasedPlato yes it is a local leyend and we used to tell it to scare the Muslims, the other theory we had is, Diaz is a B*stard surname in spain, and that can lead us to believe that every time El cid dies, somebody will pick up the mantle, we don't even know how his face looks like, we only know the first cid Was known as "Rodrigo Diaz" Rodrigo is a common name in spain, and Diaz means "son Of Diego" still is a bstrd name very common in Castilla, those were just local legends to feed the cultura and the myth, please guys do not take this seriously, but thats the thing about El mio Cid, we didn't knew at all if he came back go life or it was like "The batman" and slmebody just took the mantle, wich could be way probably due to the fame of the name and the fact that he was a mercenary and a b*stard so, yeah, it's probably more than one person at all

[@NickonStark]

William Marshall, the greatest knight who ever lived and the king that never was.

[@tabularasa7350]

The Greatest Knight that Existed was Godfrey that's why he belongs as one of the three Christian Héroes of the Nine of Fame composed by: Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey.

[@Thor-Orion]

I don’t know, I think Bohemond of Antioch was pretty badass.

[@tabularasa7350]

@@Thor-Orion The nine of the Fame is a countdown made in the late Middle Ages to count the Heroes of old: From Judaism: Joshua,David,Maccabee. From Paganism: Hector, Alexander, Julius Caesar. From Christianity; King Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey.

[@samolociaz]

you forgot Jan Zizka, the undefeated hussite general and knight

[@nikemozack7269]

Didn't he perished in the lost battle with Stephen the Great of Moldova, when he was in King Mathias of Hungary Black Army?

[@TheShiresKnight]

There's one little detail you left out about William marshal and Richard the lion heart. William is said to have spared Richard on the battlefield when they was on opposing sides in the war with henry and his farther. I think it just adds a little more to Williams chivalric character.

[@TheBasedPlato]

To be honest, I have read about it, forgot when making the video and now that you reminded me I wish I didn't forget haha

[@TheShiresKnight]

@TheBasedPlato still a brilliant video and i will be subscribing

[@Hugh_Morris]

Fellow Yorkshireman :)

[@TheShiresKnight]

@@Hugh_Morris ❤️

[@stazz316]

Cool vid bruh

[@MA-go7ee]

Thank you for no bullshit five minute intro

[@Afyr0]

Ah shiet, here we go again 🔥🙏⚔

[@corpchannel2523]

4:12 El Cid won at the Battle of Cabra

[@DusyantS]

Götz, iron hand- Berserk anime 😮

[@TofiSerb]

Where is knight Milos Obilic of Serbia? Only Christian knight who kill Ottoman sultan??? Where is this knight dude?

[@b2ksadja]

I Love Your Videos

[@monikagrosch9632]

I understand that you cannot pronounce the ‘ö’, but please do not torture the town of Landshut It is NOT Land-shut, it is Lands-hut (pronounced like hoot )

[@Rixhsinner]

The black prince got my bday, and I’m black, and apparently related to prince😂

[@JoppeX5]

what is the name of the music in the background?

[@TheBasedPlato]

Some sort of gregorian chant I found a while back, can't find it anymore.

[@verox4924]

Zawisza He refused to evacuate and went towards the Turkish army where he was captured. The Turks, seeing his armor, thought that they had caught some prince or king and started to argue who should take ransom for him, which resulted in one Turk, knowing that he would not get a penny, beheading Zawisza.

[@brittakriep2938]

Landshut is spoken Lands - hut.

[@arturkarpinski164]

SUBSCRIBED

[@TheLamentingGhoul]

Very nice

[@leonarmanasco3239]

Do Alexander Nevsky

[@luck6105]

El cid won de battle of cabra leading the troops of sevilla against the troops of granada that were lead by another castillian noblemen the reason than el cid was exiled was becouse he attack lands of the the taifa of tolodeo without permision

[@forgebreaker7752]

shoutout to the word 'MARKED', used in almost every description.

[@TheBasedPlato]

@@forgebreaker7752 i feel exposed rn not gonna lie

[@Paul-r3v]

Where is Gualdim Pais, the arquitect of the Templars last redoute in Tomar, Portugal? He defeated 5 moorish kings in the amazing battle of Ourique.

[@hardcorevictor2552]

Will there be a part 2 ? There’s so much worthy knigths you didn’t mention yet : Count Roland, William the Conqueror or Joan of Arc for instance.

[@TheBasedPlato]

Was planning that ;]

[@hardcorevictor2552]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@luckluca8982]

Roland like the one that served Charlemagne?

[@hardcorevictor2552]

@@luckluca8982 yes ! The same who fougth to the death with a sword named Durandal at the battle of Ronceveau.

[@itspropuh210]

Don’t forget Balian of Ibelin, he was a real person, though his true story varies a lot. His greatest achievement was defending Jerusalem in 1187 for long enough so Saladin can offer his peace terms. Which he did do, though the peace terms are a bit different.

[@solotopfeeder6976]

At 4:45 I got the Stephen, the King, as Stephen King and could not keep up with the video for some time until I got that out of my system.

[@alegro4046]

As german living in a city: we need a reincarnation of El Cid ( my fav. Historical person)

[@jvo8068]

Badass

[@سلمانحبشي-ح7ت]

Name of the ost in video

[@nejzk2026]

Zawisza was the best of them all

[@Elzimbabwe.]

you forgot Bertrand du Guesclin, a legendary French knight

[@loveofhistory182]

You omitted Bertrand du Guesclin from the list!

[@TheBasedPlato]

He is in the part 2 :D

[@WilliamStreiff]

Where's Sir Lancelot

[@Mingeking]

So ur telling me there was a real life knight called gotz with a prosthetic hand

[@TheBasedPlato]

@@Mingeking yep

[@SteveMartinShort]

I almost want you to have 2x the time for more info on... All of your vids please 🥺

[@TheBasedPlato]

Yeah, those take long with a 9 - 5 as is even if they don't seem like a lot of work. I'd love to make some deep-dives once I get some free time.

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

Let’s just ignore OWAIN LAWGOCH! The most feared Mercenary the English ever Had a fight with. The only way they could defeat him was to hire a Scottish assassin to end him in his tent when he was putting his armour on.

[@nikemozack7269]

Or Hereward for that matter

[@petertyson4022]

Theirs a few knights I must learn abount. Could do middle age japan. There were few good samurai Knights were about then. Like Sanada Yukimura, Musashi Miyamoto, Yasuke and many more. Great stuff 👽👍

[@luxior4813]

There is Polish saying : "to rely on something/someone like on Zawisza" means that something is a sure thing, as rock perhaps. In more literal way it can be translated as " he can be relied on, as Zawisza was"

[@patrickstjean7646]

No Englishman was accused of bravery at the battle if Crécy, nor was the use of bows as the primary weapon an "innovation". This tactic was certainly known, but was considered throughout Europe to be dishonourable and cowardly. It was the equivilant of chemical warfare today, and there was an unwritten rule against it. The rest of Europe were shocked and disgusted by the English in this battle.

[@TheBasedPlato]

I mean, if I were King Philip, I would also be hating on the English and encouraging the rest of mainland Europe to do the same after getting my ass handed to me to such extent.

[@patrickstjean7646]

@@TheBasedPlato The Battle of Crécy is regarded as the beginning of the end of Chivalry. Nobody needed encouragement by Prince Philip to look down on the English for debasing the art of war. To their credit though, the English willingness to disregard honour and mercy on the battlefeild allowed them to go on to build arguably the greatest global empire ever established, even though they did eventually lose the 100 years war at Battle of Castillion.

[@rrsiiipineal]

Jaime Lannisters character in Game of Thrones, was influenced by Götz the iron hand!!! 😂

[@Thomas-xd4cx]

They’re nothing like eachother tbh

[@rrsiiipineal]

@@Thomas-xd4cx get a life...🥴🥴

[@Thomas-xd4cx]

@@rrsiiipineal 🤣🤣🤣salty ahh nerd

[@rossl5908]

You forgot Cesare Borgia.

[@narannavan]

You made a few errors and omissions about Hotspur

[@Huck0462]

Where's Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard he should be on this list?

[@leonidas7776]

Where is Stefan Lazarevic ?

[@nikkip46]

No seigneur de Bayard?

[@adrianblania5565]

Ok. You got Zawisza. You are legit

[@Lohengrim69]

Landshut is not spelled Land_shot, but Lands_hut spelling the u like in butcher. Translated literally into "Lands_hat"....

[@kboid5919]

Netflix will see that and will make 2 new series about Edward and Zawisza with african acteur in main roles...

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Who was that knight that won the 100 years war. The French started this knightly business.

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

Interesting. Though there were far more impressive men from Asia, middle east, China, Africa. A shame western media and historians deliberately ignored them to put in the forefront Europeans.. Khaleed Ibn Al Waleed, Al-Qa'qa ibn Amr (and more), Subetai,..etc Unfortunately, you wont find a single sentence about them in any history book given to kids in school.. we all know why.

[@AttackTheGasStation1]

Nope. Chivalry is pure western thing.

[@sp4391]

Hell yea!

[@sunnaum]

funny while you folks were fighting and conquering stuff, my old folks were planting the amazon forest.

[@sunnyztmoney]

Lmao they didnt plant the jungle

[@ZecaPinto1]

There are many knights missing here, some would even belittle the lives of those presented in the video

[@TheBasedPlato]

@@ZecaPinto1 which ones you have in mind?

[@ZecaPinto1]

@@TheBasedPlato there's for example, Gualdim Pais, a portuguese noble who was knighted after the battle of Ourique in wich he and his army were outnumbered but still won, he also participated in the second crusade in the middle east, bacoming a templar himself and bringing the templars to establish themselves in Portugal, having founded the cities of Tomar and Pombal. Nuno Álvares Pereira, a Portuguese noble of the 14th century and constable of Portugal who reformed the military to fight against the castillians, having implemented the same tactics the english used against the french, remaining undefeated and maintaining the independence of the kingdom of Portugal away from Castille. There's also Birger Jarl who had a similar life to William Marshall, in the sense of educating and raising the future swedish royal family. he ruled sweden as a vassal to the danish crown but with the authority similar to an independent ruler, fought against the swedish independent states to centralise his rule, founding what is today the territory of Sweden and founded Stockholm to become his new state capital. There's also Alexander Nevsky who tried to keep good relations with the mongol overlords while fighting the lithuanians the teutonic order and the danes at the same time.

[@ZecaPinto1]

@@TheBasedPlato there are others wich I don't remember the name right now, but there was one that also became famous for jousting as much as poetry, heaving fought in the crusades

[@TheBasedPlato]

Thanks for sharing, I planned on doing a part two to this video and will definetely look into the knights you mentioned!

[@Thor-Orion]

@@TheBasedPlatoyou have Godfrey of Bouillon but no Bohemond of Antioch? The man most responsible for the success of the first crusade?

[@54032Zepol]

Swag 😎

[@TheBasedPlato]

Well said

[@ryanmassey586]

King Sancho you say? Was it a jealous husband that ended him??😂