LGBTQ Royals of the World

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In the history of the world there have been numerous royals and countless common people who preferred the romantic company of their own gender. Acceptance of this has varied by time period and by culture. Being gay was often made much easier if you were a person born to wealth and privilege. Here are the stories of 8 royals from around the world - complicated an interesting people who happened to be gay or bisexual.
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640 - 1701)
Hortense Mancini (1646-1699)
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Princess Isabella of Bourbon-Parma (1741-1763)
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842-1919)
Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo (1936-2008)
Lord Ivar Mountbatten (1963-)
Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965-)
I do not own rights to these images or music. This is an educational film.
Sources:
Dall’Orto, Giovanni. Who’s Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II. Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, eds. London: Routledge, 2001.
en.wikipedia.org
www.britannica...
Herman, Eleanor. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
Herman, Eleanor. Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics. HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
Music:
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
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[@kalpitamookherji1808]

The first guy was wild from start to finish.

[@fhpurcell7713]

Kalpita Mookherji I know right lmaoooo

[@fhpurcell7713]

Also, the guy who plays him in the tv show “Versailles” (where almost everything in this video is also featured lmao) looks almost exactly like he does in the paintings

[@kalpitamookherji1808]

@@fhpurcell7713 I KNOW RIIGHT

[@kalpitamookherji1808]

@@fhpurcell7713 Alexander vlahos plays him I think

[@fhpurcell7713]

Kalpita Mookherji yeah exactly, that guy. Idk how but they have the same face XD

[@drama_king_august7974]

“His psychiatrist told his parents he was gay, that accepted it,” *His family disowned him*

[@kamishy_Art]

Oh sorry, too real?

[@SuperMommav]

They accepted it as long as no one else knew dear. Then when is reveled himself to the world they were like “Oh no, we are shocked 😮” Get it?

[@Yuki_Ika7]

they may have disowned him because of social stigma or something like that, like they would become targets if they did not disown him

[@JJ-zb7id]

SuperMommav *surprised pikachu face*

[@karlsmith2570]

Cactus Flowers they disowned him because of his decision to come out of the closet They'd been okay with his being Gay, provided that no one outside of the family knew that about him

[@yaoi5987]

"She favored his sister." Oop-

[@sugasarmyyy7437]

That is the biggest slap in the face😂💀

[@severalgotthatname6356]

Dickinson

[@some1magget102]

I feel ntr and I don't like it

[@michaelvirginia]

😭✋

[@grass7303]

Tags: ntr,yuri

[@Cat-uq3iu]

Story: Two men lived long lifes together and would often have each other's company. They would die for each other and were unseparateable during war. Historians: wow they were roommates

[@modgudr3110]

LEEDLE LEDDEL LEE who are you Talking about?

[@anthonybousquet3590]

Omg, they were roommates.

[@madarauchiha1736]

GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES.

[@sovietmarshmallow1283]

yuna00 I assumed Achilles and Patroclus

[@ciera5235]

Oh my God they were roommates

[@natalee3002]

Armand de Gramont is really out here sleeping with both the queen and the king....okay

[@alexbenavidez4500]

Goals

[@MMPutnam77]

@@alexbenavidez4500 Hahaha! Love it!!

[@daphne4983]

Not the king!

[@ionutapetrei6481]

Yass we love a slutty royal

[@glzrockify]

Being bi sexual certainty improved his chances, he took advantage of this to the fullest!!

[@leahe864]

Is this where “yassss queen” came from?

[@hos-uchralnaranbaatar7602]

Lmfao

[@vamperia5673]

wait I think you're onto something

[@inscrutabesauce9443]

I knew it

[@alexblakney4860]

You better stop 😂

[@eravere6928]

YASSSSS QUEEEN

[@freakoutvs6983]

This is like celebrity gossip but actually interesting

[@gaysingaming]

Yes!!

[@bangyonggukisgod1773]

So true this is so interesting

[@breakingdown2110]

it IS celebrity gossip :)) royalties are famous so they can be considered celebrities. On a different note, that's how my history teacher captured my interest haha, he made everything sound like a gossip.

[@sincerelyeugene6638]

Yes, only because the time has passed.

[@karenfromfinasse8430]

Same! I haven't seen this much tea being spilled since 18th century Boston

[@maryrose8478]

And old people talk as if promiscuity, homosexuality, infidelity etc are all new things and it's our generation that is ruining the world 🙄

[@jif635]

@joseph adel I guess because back then it was only hush hush affairs for the extremely privileged to indulge in, while now we're trying to convince people they won't lose their livelihoods if they come out and it's actually normal, not some perverse game people play.

[@ladyofnoxus6733]

@@jif635 however anyone who disagrees can lose their jobs and be branded a homophobe.

[@am-gg9vs]

@@ladyofnoxus6733 disagree? Being gay is not a "lifestyle" it isn't an opinion it's just the way people are. And if you disagree yes you are a homophobe. It's like saying I disagree that you're a woman. tf

[@NekomiSon]

Mary Rose yep

[@Yuki_Ika7]

@@ladyofnoxus6733 in some cultures possibly (looking at Sweden i think it is?) but not definite

[@v5xb3rryxe]

I feel bad for the girl who was forced to give birth. Just imagine how scared she was :(

[@mmccornejo4233]

Yes same :(

[@milliondollarputhay5429]

Same 😿

[@PandoraStolen]

There's a chance she suffered from tokophobia which is a recognized fear of pregnancy. It probably wasn't just due to mortality rates, as that didn't stop most people.

[@annef7211]

@@PandoraStolen death rates were still as high as 1 in 3 back then so maybe she really was just logical

[@mirazzzz]

I wanna have kids in the future but I’m scared that I would die if I gave birth

[@nonoticarly8778]

If Ivar literally self identified to his wife as bisexual, being in a relationship with a man/marrying a man does not make him homosexual. He's still bisexual

[@jemimahkendall6579]

No such thing as a bisexual male, it's always just a layover on the way to gay town

[@nonoticarly8778]

@@jemimahkendall6579 Wow so original. I've never heard that before

[@Phenrex]

NoNotiCarly Wait, what he said wasn’t a joke??

[@nonoticarly8778]

@@Phenrex Either way, not very original, I HAVE heard something similar before lol

[@Phenrex]

NoNotiCarly Bisexual eraser is a huge problem though, I wish people wouldn’t use Bisexual and Gay interchangeably...

[@jackiepollard3843]

I think the Indian prince that opened his home to other lgbtq ppl is my favourite in this video.

[@yuthika2965]

Considering still how homophobic India is, that was very brave move. Literally revolutionary.

[@NixiePixie22]

I wish him to live a happy & long life full of love, he's so wholesome and wonderful♡ =')

[@elwolf8536]

he has a glory hole in every room

[@bonniespots149]

@@elwolf8536 OMG, I guess you must know that from first hand experience!!!!

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

Neh. The princess who had a fencing match with her lover is super cool.

[@mayapanini]

Me: I hate celebrity gossip, it’s toxic! Also me, hearing that the duchess had a fencing match with her lover in only a nightgown: OOOH SIS

[@k1ng11_1]

Hot hot 🍵🍵

[@sanriocondom]

*gasps in 17/18th century* the tea has been spilled ☕️

[@emi2122]

that’s me -sips tea- :}

[@margareteedithottilieleonore]

oooooh *waves fan*

[@tilmook]

These comments are so funny 😂 I’m living for them!

[@littlelion8219]

yo, idk why you're calling henrietta of england "jealous" and "vain"..... she was forced to marry a GAY MAN when she was 17. you'd be pretty discontent too.

[@helene4397]

Princesses of those times were not allowed to choose their own husbands.

[@dumarbila3017]

@@helene4397 you but she made it sound like henratia was evil im sorry but if i was married to a gay one who fucked everyone i would properly go mad

[@miserableyaks]

helene4397 yeah that’s why the comment says ‘force to marry’

[@KasumiRINA]

@@helene4397 however, they were allowed a chance to have a happy, or at least decent marriage, even if arranged. This one didn't get that chance.

[@withyoctopus]

They are using the language of the oppressors.

[@shurouqideis]

"You can gobble the peas I dont like them anyways" *lesbian vibs intensify*

[@ophelia4825]

shurouq ideis she was actually very masculine, so that does hold ground

[@mimIsra1]

😂🤣😅

[@noahjackl2240]

Some people are just asexual you know

[@squidneythesquid2487]

@@ophelia4825 lesbians aren’t necessarily masculine...

[@esmeelin5435]

@@squidneythesquid2487 A person has both masculine and feminine qualities regardless of one's gender so one can be more on the masculine or feminine side.

[@firechild993]

"He was the first member of the British Royal family to be openly homosexual" He isn't though. He states his attraction "goes both ways". He is bisexual.

[@iamcyber]

And?? he is still LGBT

[@firechild993]

@@iamcyber it's a huge issue that the B in LGBT+ has been battling for years now

[@TheBrcylmz]

omfg dude “being openly homosexual” doesnt mean he’s gay it just means he is the first member of royal family who was open about his attraction to same sex, why tf does she need to emphasize that his attraction goes both ways? being openly heterosexual was common who tf cares about him being attractred to women when thats the norm

[@phosphenevision]

TheBrcylmz it kind of invalidates his identity, which he himself said, he isn’t heterosexual for dating women as much as he isn’t homosexual for dating a man - when you erase bi identities people have this idea you have to one or the other, or that you have changing identities, when it’s not true.

[@rovichi8297]

Highly doubt they'd care about terms

[@emmasolberg14]

Please there’s enough bi erasure as it is. If Ivar himself has stated that he is bisexual, that does not make him gay just because he’s marrying a man. He’s still bi unless he himself states something else

[@mdeidre]

Exactly! Who you marry doesn't change who you are!

[@mypantsarefilledwithbeans6508]

But if you are bi, then you are still gay. Having sex with the same gender is homosexual. Just like how they are also heterosexual. It’s both, not neither

[@ellen314]

yeah, the title should be LGBT royals, i'm tired of lesbians, bi's and pan's been called "gay"

[@totired7088]

@@mypantsarefilledwithbeans6508 it's almost like there is a word for someone who is sexually attracted to both men and women

[@reeceenglish5201]

@@mypantsarefilledwithbeans6508 im gonna assume you're either young or thick in the head lmfao

[@trix6130]

INHERITED HIS FATHER'S SEXUAL PREFERENCES IM SORRY WHAT

[@mimmikibilly]

I think they used that without implying that he literally inherited it, but yeah it sounded a bit off.

[@ky5579]

AHHHH YOUR PFP IS TAEHYUNG AHHHH

[@trix6130]

@@mimmikibilly i mean I KNOW but it sounded SO BAD LMAO

[@trix6130]

@@ky5579 were at tht point where there are armys everywhere i thought we had gotten over this already

[@mimmikibilly]

@@trix6130 Yup. I'm more used to that sort of expressions though, so I might be less sensitive to it.I don't know about you.

[@bunny18]

what if we had a fencing match in public wearing our nightgowns (and we were both girls) 😳😳

[@hilalselin5648]

tusk act 1 I’m down

[@Bastonikov]

Just kidding! Unless...?

[@swededontknow]

it’s at 69 likes, i can’t change it from that greatness

[@lovemagicfantastic]

Hmu girl ⚔💖💖

[@kiwifit620]

@@m.ivyluna4632 And I would accept.

[@Greyarias2023]

"The gay prince became The Grandfather of Europe" the gays won y'all.

[@plshelp3999]

Greg Arias period

[@ediearaneta1292]

@@jokulardwemmer8673 LMFAOOOOO

[@theQueen.]

@@jokulardwemmer8673 "country"

[@vamperia5673]

periyadt 😌💅✨

[@iceheart9044]

Justin Faller i-

[@siphy9335]

I love that the king was happy his brother was gay because politics

[@israelarmstead9019]

Philippe a nd Elzabeth's relationship in a nutshell "This is my boyfriend. And this is my boyfriend's boyfriend"

[@fairy3560]

Excellent comment

[@janitapatra873]

poly lol

[@GreenandGold]

"Covered himself In glory several times" Oh I bet he did.

[@ApricusInaros]

lol

[@julz9378]

Liam Mills lol

[@Orchidlettux]

Bradley Caine H u h

[@jayisawreck]

@Bradley Caine You didn't even try to censor that😂

[@bonniecat2918]

Indeed 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kersefew4797]

bruh im tryna have a scandalous sword fight with my gf tf

[@MsSonali1980]

in the uNdErGaRmEnT!!! still wearing more than I on a sunny winter day xD (that was exaggerated I'm easy freezing)

[@syndeybinch]

D- do you want to... maybe sword fight in our nightgowns at midnight 🥺👉👈

[@sugasarmyyy7437]

Sounds hot ngl

[@winglessfairy564]

@@sugasarmyyy7437 frrrr 😹😻

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

that's amazing. WE THRIVING!

[@z0mbie443]

Not really related to the video but if I paid a hell of a lot of money for a painting and the painter included my double chins I'd be PISSED 😭

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

AAAH I THOUGHT THIS TOO

[@idkman8007]

In this era, it was considered beautiful to be fat lol

[@kenkarlin2176]

Meant you had enough money to be able to eat

[@jessiemayfield6749]

Yeah and they props had 4 chins they made then have only one lol

[@weirdmageddonn]

LMFAO 😭 SAME They used to think that double chins made you powerful 😭

[@nadirimyers6643]

“The Italian vice” 😂 I’m dead af. Back in the day was hilarious

[@_yveschanelle_]

I know right 😂😂😂

[@Cherol01]

The irony? In Italy it was called the "english vice"

[@Gofraudme]

They talked so much shit back in the day, but in the most roundabout way. We need to bring that back.

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

How gay can Italy be?

[@rubyk4760]

I have an 3 essays due in 8 hours and I haven’t slept in days and I can’t choose between school and sleep so this is what I’m doing

[@How2Disappear195]

Are you ok now 🥺

[@xiomara5147]

Lol! Are you me?!?

[@rubyk4760]

Xiomara Maybe 😳

[@simplysavyyy]

Hope your doing better!

[@coreykuefler-terweeme7268]

How did it go? 😂

[@kamishy_Art]

A history lover and also a gay: this is my tea, my niche, my home...

[@gabriellebraswell6169]

This perfectly describes me lol I love history and I'm bisexual

[@mariahzeh9405]

Same I’m a lesbian

[@kamishy_Art]

Where are my bees at???

[@alizeica519]

@@gabriellebraswell6169 ayyyeeeeee same!

[@bomethia7412]

I relate

[@NathanVierke]

As a gay guy myself and a huge fan of history, I find these videos very interesting! keep up the good work :)

[@mangot589]

Nathan Vierke She does a good job. The naysayers are just trolls.🙄

[@imeagles]

Yea me too

[@annegrey3780]

$20 bucks says Philip's second wife was also not straight, giving how happy she seemed to be to keep things platonic as soon as they had a kid (which in court was pretty well a minimum requirement of them) and how willing she was to marry him despite (because of?) his reputation for not being into his wives.

[@Werevampiwolf]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too

[@synhegola]

@@Werevampiwolf The marriage would have been canceled if there wasn't a child. Often even there was no male child. There was something at stake and she wasn't in love with her cousin anyway. No reason to assume she was homosexual, too ;)

[@Violetbunnyfish]

Some people don't like sex, particularly some women. It doesn't mean they're lesbian. Sheesh.

[@annegrey3780]

@@Violetbunnyfish when did I say lesbian? I said "also not straight", that could mean a lot of things, including not being sexual.

[@synhegola]

@Anya Catherine Braginski That seems a bit farfetched (although possible). There was nothing at stake for the way she was living- She could have continued to live at the german court. It might have however cast a bad light on the political circumstances...

[@juno2670]

Parents: You are not gay, you are just following the new trend Me: TELL THAT TO PHILIPPE AND HORTENSE Parents: Are those your friends? Me: *sighs* unfortunately no, i have to hang out with peasants.

[@livalmesiglen9740]

Mood😒

[@nimishamathew157]

Lmaooo

[@gamercarmen3957]

If the time machine gets invented, we going back in time to have some good friends.

[@faithinhumanity0.017]

Lol

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

Neither one actually was both were bisexual

[@camillaknudsen2103]

Her pronunciation of anything non English is absolutely atrocious but very entertaining 🥰

[@ellen314]

l'm brazilian and when she said the name of the Imperor and his daughter I gasped lololol (but i can't judge, it's ok)

[@TheRisskee]

I was cringing the whole time. LOL! She did a good job historically but I'd see a name come up and knew she'd butcher it. I was trying to decide if I should say anything or not because she did work hard on everything else. 😅

[@kirstieoconnor1054]

Her pronunciation of English places, titles and names is pretty hilarious too 😂

[@asemporcodio1722]

whenever she said mancini i died a lil

[@jollyolly34]

Oh stop it. How's your pronunciation?

[@zuperdooperejay]

Royal children were normally dressed up with female dresses and a certain age they can wear the male robes. Not because they are gay, they consider that gender-fluid for young children.

[@SuperLn1991]

yes but phillippe was dressed as a girl much longer to make him "weak" so he wound't fight his brother for the throne. They even gave him a friend dressed as a girl too so he woudn't feel lonely... later, as an adult he did it by choice sometimes (for provocation first and then because he liked it).

[@nonoticarly8778]

They were dressed in dresses because those are harder to outgrow in terms of height than pants

[@susan7775]

Not just royals. Many boys in previous centuries wore dresses till they were four or five.

[@synhegola]

Exactly. Children were not thought to have a gender until some age.

[@Ace_of_hearts_.]

Wait actually that’s...ok then

[@yellowmysterybox]

He opened his palace for all LGBTQ2 people of his kingdom. This man has by now saved thousands of civilians lives. Countless lifes saved: deserves Nobel Prize. Pulitzer Prize. Inspirational hero. UN ambassadorship worthy. Humanity award recipient deserving. Legendary unforgettable human beingship.

[@raycope754]

That's a lot of responsibilities.

[@anastasiapedersen1]

*Nobody ever in the history of man:* *Armand de Gramont:* kk ;) u up tho? hast thou goth kik?

[@darkred1438]

we have no choice but to stan you 💅

[@cnemborong385]

69 likes

[@BentleyS6336]

HAST THOU GOTH KIK--

[@legomybanana9325]

lmaooo

[@devinaghose9318]

HAHAHAHA IKR I WAS WAITING FOR A COMMENT ON ARMAND LMFAOOO, dude was legit like: manth, womanth don't careth, my cHamBers ArE foReVeR OpENth,

[@gyu_love]

No one: Literally no one: KZbin: *So here's some gay royals of the world*

[@tsunami9544]

Your account name is hilarious 😂

[@soda_crackerr]

But i don't regret it tho- 😳

[@Moka.fr1004]

Its cus u watched all them jikook videos

[@nanouklezaf4273]

How many gay royals could we have? French Royal Court : oui.

[@gamercarmen3957]

Napoleon: *Laughs in 2 wife's*

[@ggukie7912]

pls I wheezed

[@greatvalue_ethelcain]

*we*

[@bigpharma310]

Dude, that last guy was awesome and I’m super glad he’s out and happy now. What an icon

[@janehonda4073]

15:28 "...on Louis's deathbed she married her longtime love Liliana... Louisa died 11 hours after the wedding..." It's hard to imagine how much Louisa's children were mad at both of them, after they figured out that they lost a huge part of the estate worth an estimated 47 million euro.

[@PongoXBongo]

Too bad it's a done deal. The fact that they're fighting it is kind of sad, expected, but sad. Respect her wishes.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

It’s not like Liliana was some Johnny come lately gold digger- they’d been together for 30 years! The only reason they hadn’t married 30 years earlier is due to the law not allowing it yet. So think of Liliana as her wife of 30 years. Does that make the kids fighting the will a bit of a different story now?

[@autumnhomer9786]

🌸Brilliant as always. But I can’t stop thinking of the cruelty of the Duchess Manicini’s husband. Knocking out the front teeth of all of the servants. For fear of them attracting others 😨.🌸

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

I would've done the same thing if I were a King lol

[@sandra-jones]

MISOGYNY at its finest!

[@jrd3523]

Not true. Just a legend.

[@cathiiannii]

Probably trying to make them unattractive to his wife!

[@lordfarquaad380]

“to travel to England to attempt to seduce Charles II.” EXCUSE ME WHAT

[@astrid8607]

Fascinating the thing Isabella was afraid of her whole life was what killed her. Almost like she always knew.

[@si1bueno]

Why haven’t anyone made a Netflix series about this!

[@karensmith1521]

Yaaa

[@gracietrujillo3344]

You can see Philippe duke of Orleans’s relationships on show Versailles on Netflix

[@nunyabusiness6450]

Ugh I love Versailles on Netflix

[@Meem0moo]

That would be so cool honestly

[@megkenny3073]

i love how it goes from all of these arranged marriages and stuff going on between royals to meeting some flight attendant at a ski resort

[@ArcaneThingOfBeauty]

Thanks for the bisexual erasure. Some of these people CLEARLY went BOTH WAYS, but thanks. 👌🏾😑

[@ellen314]

and for calling lesbians "gays", like, the word exists so use it also her videos should be titled LGBT+ royals

[@redacted5078]

@@ellen314 Thanks for throwing some sense into this video

[@JupiterJinx]

@@ellen314 well some lesbains don't mind to be called gay or use the term gay instead of lesbain.

[@jasmim9194]

@@JupiterJinx some don't, but some do. it's easier and safer to just use lesbian, the L in lgbtq+ is there for a reason

[@JupiterJinx]

@@jasmim9194 I know some don't but the more masculine-ish side of the lesbain community, likes to be called gay sometimes.

[@BirdOnATypwriter]

Late 17th century court live sounds like a soap opera.

[@violetduncan3712]

"a collection of cheeses, rather than a wedding cake." That strikes me as both very royal and pretty damn gay! and good for them!

[@malepatternbaldness.]

Historians be like: well we cant be suuure, they were probably just very close friends

[@yuyiiscool2350]

My passion is hating on historians while studying history 😎👌🏽

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

True, lack of intimate correspondence will do that though.

[@brachiator1]

@@michaelmckinnon1591 Sometimes letters were destroyed by surviving families. And sometimes historians decided to be "discreet," uh, I mean lie. There was some 19th century author who kept a diary where he recorded his visits to brothels. But most biographies, even some recent ones, wrote about the guy as though the only thing he did was get married and write poems.

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

@@brachiator1 correspondence wasn't typically destroyed by surviving family members back then because once the person was dead, they figured it couldn't do any damage to the person's reputation

[@brachiator1]

@@michaelmckinnon1591 Odd. I was just looking at an old NY Times article from 1971 claiming that Queen Victoria's son had many of her private letters burned. I have read variations of this in many biographies.

[@harrysam6100]

Thank you for doing this! I'd love to learn more about East Asian gay royals from china, Japan or Korea

[@yoonmikim5663]

Gongmin was said to be gay or bi. I kinda suspect that he might have been demisexual too. Korea, Goryeo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongmin_of_Goryeo He was deeply in love with his queen Queen Noguk, but it took a while. It's said after her death, he refused all women, and only had affairs with men. King Mokjong (980-1009), also Korea. King Hyegong, might also have been gay or trans. Unclear. Side note that Hwarang, part of the nobility of Shilla (the sons of) are often speculated to be gay. Also Wonhwa, daughters that proceeded the Hwarang, have a story of how they were dissolved because there were factions and two girls reportedly fell in love with each other, which caused a falling out. (It's in the samguk yusa) And then Bong Sunbin, in the Joseon era was also said to be a lesbian. She had an affair with her servant, So-ssang. That ended quite bloody. I want a Korean drama focusing on it, but I don't think it'll happen any time soon. Also, often the court maids were from the nobility, and there was a special term within the palace for women that "shared quarters" together which roughly translates to "sharing meals" (Joseon). So it was allowed, though hushed and only allowed with other court maids (probably who had similar ranks in society--so not Jung-in, or middle class with someone from upper.), not nobility. This is only Korea from the top of my head. China and Japan I'm not sure of. Though, there is a rumor that the ooku was started because the first shogun was feared to be gay by his mother, so she thought she could "cure" him by surrounding him with beautiful women. This is more rumor than fact, though. Edit: Looking it up... Togugawa Iemitsu (surname first) was said to have "homosexual preferences" and ended killing his lover in a bath after a falling out. Here is an article on Japanese samurai and practices and homosexuality. www.tofugu.com/japan/gay-samurai/ Emperor Ai of Han. Duke Xian of Jin. Duke Ling of Wei Emperor Cheng of Han was bi. "dui shi" is interesting to also look at. Emperor Fu Jian was said to be bi/pan Emperor Jian Wen of Liang was gay? Zhengde Emperor of Ming had an affair with a Muslim leader, but was most likely bi.

[@maeam]

Yoonmi Kim everyone is demisexual...

[@yoonmikim5663]

@@maeam Not true. Prove your statement rather than trolling and then we'll talk.

[@fubbington705]

@@yoonmikim5663 how would you even know that a historical figure was demisexual.. like what are you basing this statement on

[@yoonmikim5663]

@@fubbington705 Prove you know what demisexual is and back that thesis. Then we'll talk. Or you can stop trolling and read the rest of the list.

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

A tiered collection of cheeses instead of a wedding cake!? Sounds like my kind of shindig!! Fabulous!

[@Crosshill]

call me a conservative bigot but you dont just mess with tradition when it comes to cake

[@fruitygarlic3601]

@@Crosshill Why would you be pressed about people not having a wedding cake? It's seriously the most petty thing to treat like an "unshakable" tradition -- and a lot of things are treated as such.

[@Crosshill]

@@fruitygarlic3601 i wrote that comment just for kicks

[@trainerkai1313]

For real!

[@edpoolwilson9522]

Honestly, it's the most British thing I've ever heard in my life 😂

[@Carols989]

7:07 the raw gay energy of this picture

[@atis9061]

It’s HOT

[@thatgaycousin9129]

Me while listening to the first guy: *We love a queen*

[@jayjay8119]

"Inherited his father's sexual preferences" Hold up-

[@grenduckjay7875]

I love that we never get taught any of this. Cause OnLy HeTeRo’S eXiSt In HiStOrY.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

GrenBoy J probably because the majority were straight

[@honeymax9847]

@@idontgiveafaboutyou We should be inclusive, that's what they r trying to say

[@dahliam77]

@Parvika Singh thabk you for bringing this up. Everyone goes off on how stuff wasn't taught in schools but do you know how much time we had to learn history in svhool?! Very little. If you didn't start a war or finish a war I have no idea who you are and often time those people were men and in Europe and American often white men. That is my psa. I'm not saying it shouldn't be but some stuff just isn't because we are trying to teach the kids how to add not about obscure European monarchs.

[@germantennesseean8438]

Are you American ? I got taught about these. Smh that is what is wrong with the American education system

[@hillary96renteria82]

@@germantennesseean8438 I am American and didn't get taught about any of these because it is British history. The only monarchs we were taught about are the ones relevant to the American colonies colonies or the world wars.

[@historianwomen458]

You are all accepted in the LGBT+ clubs your highnesses

[@satorigailunas816]

And the historians are still telling us that all the lover were just their best friend.

[@burrochapadogrl]

the indian guy did good and helped others and im glad he is helping those who need protection.

[@owlman_]

You mentioned Archduke Ludwig's brother, Emperor Max of Mexico. It's rumored that he was bisexual himself. While he and his wife were a very loving couple, there are some (admittedly dodgy) sources that claimed he had a few male lovers in Mexico who he'd go visit in secret whenever he had a chance to step out of the castle.

[@creativeusername3650]

I know his dosen’t count but- John Lauren’s: Never showed interest in girls Had an arranged marriage and never loved his wife Called a alexander hamilton what his dad would call his wife Wrote sexual stuff with the Alex Had Alex say he loved him and said it back Henry Laurens: T h e y w e r e t h e b e s t o f f r i e n d s.

[@chloespruce1324]

I’m John Lauren’s in the place to be. Two pints of Sam Adams but I’m working on three

[@Cat-yi5mz]

Ah yes. Totally friends

[@solakathomas7257]

😂😂

[@peachtea7269]

Hmm yes, friends

[@GKMc-gx5xh]

He was in a relationship with a man named Francis Kinloch, then they broke up because of their political views or something like that.

[@COVID--kf3tx]

"You can have the peas, I don't like them" what a legend

[@Madnisity]

Can I just say that Isabella's self portrait is way better than any other portrait of her. Look at it it's so good!

[@plasticfrog4533]

This channel is so underrated 💕

[@carry0nhomestucktrash994]

Anyone laughing aloud every time they say ‘preferred the company’ like THATS GAY and I love it Edit: the last one was so heart warming 🥐🕺🔫

[@BlazerT48]

The one where the duchess had fencing matches in night gown with her lover is straight out of romance story. I'd love a movie adaptation of their relationship

[@letnjiznoj]

Honestly, relationship goals

[@GUAlliance]

"Covered himself with glory several times" teeehee

[@mariaharu]

I'm currently reading a book about the letters Elizabeth Charlotte, the second wife of Philippe of Orleans, wrote to her relatives in Germany. Her life at the court of Versailles was actually quite sad and miserable. Her husband and mostly his lovers treated her utterly bad, mocked her, scared her ladies-in-waiting away as soon as she befriended them and took every chance away from her to get friends. She was not "happy" to make room for Philippe's lovers, she just didn't have a choice. If she didn't agree with a decision her husband made, like making one of his lovers the educator/tutor of her son, the treatment got even worse. So no, I wouldn't call their marriage "agreeable".

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

Maria Haru what’s the book called? Sounds interesting

[@alisha1.2.7.]

"celeb gossip is boring these days.." also me after hearing philippe corrupted the prince: OH HMHMMHHHMHMH

[@m8nchi]

YO I NEVER KNEW ISABELLA DE PARMA WAS INTO GIRLS?? when i learned about her in history i already thought of her as cool but now she's even cooler

[@johnross5098]

The origins of “Yas Queen”

[@alizeica519]

HOW TF? LITERALLY NOT 3 HOURS AGO I WAS JUST WATCHING 6 THE MUSICAL AND WONDERING ABOUT HENRY THE 8TH'S MARRIAGES, AND I TEXTED MY FRIEND AND SAID "yo what if king Henry was gay, that's why his marriages failed" AND THAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT GAY ROYALTY AND HOLY CRAP

[@calajohnson]

Trouble with the wife? We have a convent for that.

[@meeewlove3181]

are we not gonna talk about the fact he REMOVED their teeth-

[@alexaquintana8751]

"You are welcome to gobble the peas, I don't like them." I'm sorry what, she lowkey destroyed him 😂

[@jasmim9194]

6:11 i'm trippin or did actually they painted her w a nipslip??

[@andreasanchez606]

jasmim nipple I think 🤣

[@katherinemorelle7115]

It was very common to paint some women that way, boobs out, at that time. They also liked to paint women completely nude. Go walk around an art museum- nipples galore!

[@Rinwtf]

Neartmhor nips, dicks and scenery pics. That pretty much sums up my local art museum.

[@Alexandra-xk3gu]

A very forced one lmfao, the nipple’s so high up.

[@stormobrien6089]

“Transvestism” come on its 2019 and doesn’t mean someone is gay

[@FaunaturaleOG]

Most likely just reciting the Wiki notes on him.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

the video should be titles "LGBTQ+ Royals of the world" is what your saying, i agree but i do not think the maker of the video have any ill intent

[@stormobrien6089]

Stevonnie Jenkins I agree and I’m not mad I just think that they should be more selective with their words

[@TheRisskee]

Hmmm... I did hear a difference between 'transvestitism' and 'gay'. She clearly made the difference obvious or she would have only said one or the other. He was just a gay man who happened to cross dress. There were plenty of straight men during the time who favoured 'female' styles. I didn't take it as derogatory or defamatory when she said it.

[@stormobrien6089]

TheRisskee that’s your opinion and I get that, but transvestism isn’t the proper term. And I feel like there was an implication that because he cross dresses, means he’s gay

[@kenzle5949]

The last guy sounds like he is doing some amazing things 👌

[@mermaidreviews4693]

That’s last guy is helping others in his predicament that’s beautiful 💕

[@buddhidev7877]

.............. Ancient Greeks: hold my beer.

[@trustissues9284]

Who else watches these knowing fully well you ain't gonna remember anything? Just me okay

[@halleys.comett]

"you can gobble the peas,i dont like them" ICONIC

[@thezedena3378]

no one: gays royal in ancient time: period, love!

[@TheSonWhoCums6669]

“Full-stop my dearest love!”

[@seezyup3329]

When she said "you're welcome to gobble the peas, I don't like them" I came straight to the comments

[@MissRedrum]

Although she wasn’t a royal, she was and still is one of the most influential characters in Mexican history: Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz She had a particularly close “friendship” with one of the princess’s of Spain. Sor Juana wrote multiple poems describing her love for the princess. There’s a series talking about her life on Netflix it’s called Juana Ines. I really recommend it, it’s shows how gay her life really was.

[@alexbear4431]

is this the third gay video on here oh and i would love for you to do French and German monarchs

[@coreykuefler-terweeme7268]

I met the last prince Mavendra in India. He was really nice. I have a lot of respect for him.

[@Cerulean0987]

King James I is quite a famous gay man. Ironically he was responsible for the King James version of the Bible.

[@jemimahkendall6579]

Ironically there isn't as much gay bashing in the Bible as people think, it's one verse in the entire book, and it says sodamites not gays

[@Isafoodie]

@@jemimahkendall6579 and ironically people tend to constantly misinterpret it and use that verse to shame lgbtq+ individuals.

[@SamanthaCBrick]

No shit especially the KJV only Independent Baptists

[@jg2783]

@@jemimahkendall6579 Every person has the right to reject or accept what the Bible says about homosexual relationships, but stating there is only one verse about it is incorrect.

[@i.cs.z]

@@jg2783 Sorry 2 verse..

[@isabellahaz]

I’m sorry but every time I looked at a painting from so long ago I forget to enjoy the masterful painting and instead can’t bother but thinking about how ugly everyone was.

[@robertalbano3826]

Lol!!!!

[@chiara5607]

I love this video and i hate society for hiding lgbt+ history because it's literally one of the most intersting parts of it. I'm here for the drama ya'll. The Indian man who literally risked everything to be who he is and opened his doors for homeless lgbt members warmed my heart and i probably laughed way too hard because of the guy who just slept with BOTH the king AND the queen.

[@therobertmmartin]

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[@tekiuroti8455]

"You are welcome to gobble the peas, I dont want them" Ouch

[@BatgirlStan]

Sees 20 minutes of this Now this... Puts a smile on my face

[@rubycrim9028]

I like that Lord Ivar’s wife walked him down the isle, that detail was just really kinda sweet.

[@fernandagoncalves9221]

I love that you talked about the same amount of men and women, most videos like these only talk about homosexuality in men, as if gay women were non existent in history

[@musicalnerds101]

Thanks for making these types of videos!! It’s so cool to learn about this history that people have tried to hide or slander for so long.

[@Babyduzzit]

The first one is a show on netflix called Versailles, i love that show 😍 i was like why is this so familiar.

[@snowgirl9094]

Back then, in fact into the early 20th Century, little boys also wore dresses or smocks. It was fashion and nothing to do with their sexuality. The fact that it openly continued into adult life is perhaps a little more unusual for those times, but of course not all transvestites are gay or even bi.

[@LordDessik]

The last Indian Prince was so amazing! Seven though being gay in India is still very much a taboo he uses his resources to help promote acceptance and even houses vulnerable people omg he’s a treasure

[@ccruiz8245]

Whew chiiiiiiiile...SCANDALOUS. "Hang a rosary around his private parts?!?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sdb_official7078]

" And cover himself in glory several times..."

[@vampirepunk2279]

I'm a simple person, I see Philippe, I click.

[@itsclaystation]

*Cough* Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens *Cough*

[@sekhmet17]

Thank you so much for this series! ♥