Monarchs with the Most Monogamous Marriages

[@emilybarclay8831]

Imagine marrying a stranger twice your age as a teenager, saying goodbye to your family and then dying immediately after giving birth to a baby you didn’t want. What a sad waste of life

[@PawelSorinsky]

That was the fate back then.

[@SA-bc6jw]

The United States is listening.

[@alicerivierre]

Yikes, if that were me, I'd say, "Nope! Nope!"

[@Cnichal]

Except they were not a stranger, they were family already 🤢

[@jazminelee5166]

​@@SA-bc6jw Why do you guys make EVERYTHING about the US?

[@sophie9419]

I totally thought this was a list of monarchs who were most faithful to their spouses, not who had the most marriages! 😂😆

[@V_4_Versace]

Lol I literally stopped talking watching it because I was like wait 😳 I came for happy stories haha will have to find a happier one and return to this another time when I can handle beheadings and such 🫣

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Me too. My romantic daydreaming is probably to blame. But when I saw multiple brides, I knew I was in for a bizarre but interesting video! XD

[@Peachsnowcone]

Same 😅 I thought it was gonna tell us about “love stories” of the royals

[@Laramaria2]

Same 🤣 That would be a good video, by the way 🤔

[@cryptid479]

HAHAHA ME TOO, I WAS SOOOOO CONFUSED

[@mikedomar2465]

The story of María Isabel is horrifying, she was literally murdered

[@FantabulousFail]

Well it was either get murdered or die in childbirth like everyone else.

[@welcometotheinternet574]

The story is a little more complicated than the video tells-you see, it’s not that King Ferdinand just saw her unconcious and was like “y’know what? Open her up”. The thing is, when Ferdinand came back from exile in France, there were a lot of Spanish noblemen and people who had been loyal to the French Dynasty (King Joseph). A lot of these were liberals, so when Ferdinand came back to the throne they were persecuted. Everyone who was thought of being liberal was either killed (including War heroes like Mariana Pineda) or had to flee. This included a lot of good doctors, and only a couple not-very-good ones were left. When María Isabel started giving birth, she fainted. The doctors and the king mistakenly (yes, they were THAT dumb) thought she had died, so in an effort to save the plausible heir, the Caesarea was performed. One of the most gruesome details is that some speculate she didn’t just cry out in pain then fainted, but rather she screamed “¡Qué estoy viva! ¡Qué estoy viva!” Which means “I’m alive, I’m alive” then fainted again. The French ambassador says that afterthis the doctors, “tried to salvage the Queen” and that soon enough “it became a carnage”

[@afrahf9010]

As Im aware, the same case was for Jane Seymour. The physicians asked Henry the 8th whether to save the mother or save the child, and he chose the latter because his sole purpose of marrying was to have an heir.

[@Roguestatus33]

@@afrahf9010 she didn’t die until 10 days after she gave birth

[@mikedomar2465]

@@welcometotheinternet574 That just makes it even more tragic😭😂

[@SomePerson_Online]

It’s crazy that two of men on this list who were record holders for having a lot of wives during their reign were both alive during the same century, and about 2-3 countries away

[@emilybarclay8831]

At the time Hapsburg inbreeding was so bad that a lot of royal houses had immense fertility issues so it’s not that surprising

[@annavafeiadou4420]

Imagine being Elisabeth and after having to deal with the moods and several marriages and your mother's and other wives treatment of your father plus the abuse from Thomas Seymour, having this weird Tsar who treated women just like your father did wanting to marry your cousin 😵😵😬😱😱😱😳😳😳😳 no no NO

[@markthesapphicdumpsterfire1745]

@@annavafeiadou4420 no surprise she declined, now that’s a good relative.

[@arirenzi-surprenant3493]

I feel bad for Ivan’s first wife. If she hadn’t been murdered then history probably would have looked very different.

[@laurenmungaray3912]

*bad

[@diannaherrera3768]

Yeah I feel like he was truly happy and in love with her and she loved him too. But he really didn't think well enough about protecting his wife. That always bothered me. Like, he has enemies after him right? So of course he's gonna have his guard up around him. But he never thought "Oh I need to protect my loving wife too" its crazy

[@tosinakin2508]

The same can be said about Catherine of Aragon's unfortunate pregnancies. If any of her sons had actually survived into adulthood, hundreds of lives could have potentially been saved. It's really sad the way that history plays out sometimes.

[@janeyrevanescence12]

in regards to Ivan failing to protect Anastasia…I think she convinced Ivan that he had more allies than enemies. She was said to have a calming influence on Ivan and talked him out of some pretty heinous acts (although not all). However, when she died under mysterious circumstances (scientists in the 90’s examined her remains and found higher than normal levels of mercury), Ivan’s long-seated paranoia and mistrust didn’t have a tempering influence to counteract it.

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

​@tosinakin2508 Especially her son, Henry Duke of Cornwall, as it was after HIS death specifically that pushed Henry viii over the edge(probably cause he was the only boy to live...for a little while atleast)

[@milliemino8424]

Sometimes, I like to think “living back then would’ve been so cool.” Then you look at some of these women’s lives... yeah, I stand corrected. Fascinating, but tragic. Amazing video as always!!

[@michaelt.5672]

It's always dependant on circumstance. Plenty of places to live today are absolute hellholes, and a few generations into the future, they might think of our time as "how did they even survive back then?".

[@beartrapcat]

As Simon Whistler always says, "The past was the worst." Lol

[@TheMeloettaful]

What I think more than anything when dealing with the far off past is that I really like the fashion of royals past. Or even really what the common people would have worn then. But I most definitely wouldn't want to have lived in a time where women were considered for the most part property and baby making machines 😥. Your lifespan would undoubtedly be cut short and probably considered an old hag/spinster by 30 years old lol 😅.

[@arat1869]

I always remember that the aesthetic was cool the society was not. I love 1920s clothing and music and the vibe but I'd last give or take 2 months there with societies standards. The past is interesting but ancient :/

[@rosieglows]

I can honestly say I have never, ever thought, "It would be so cool to live back when people died so young, had to work hard labour, barely bathed and child birth was a highly possible death sentence. How wonderful to live then!"

[@Lauren.E.O]

Based on the title, I thought this was a video about monarchs who were known to be faithful to one person…still a very interesting video.

[@m4ckt4yl0r]

They are likely few to none lol

[@moodylittleowl]

that would be a very short video 😂

[@_c-yq4xo]

the only ones that come to mind are king henry vii of england and king carlos iii of spain

[@jolanda.c]

I think Beatrix and Claus of the Netherlands were faithfull to each other. There are no rumours to believe otherways.

[@nmv33]

Apparently monogamy refers, in those times, to one wife at the time. Jaja

[@hannahmoran3660]

Between your videos and “SIX The Musical”, I know more about Henry VIII’s wives than I ever thought I would. I loved learning about more “multiple monogamists” across Europe!

[@ryanostone22]

While six the musical is correct is some areas, it is still wildly inaccurate in the portrayals of some of the queens. They definitely found one aspect of the queen and made it her whole personality. However, I am saying this as a fan of the musical and I love the songs and the costumes.

[@disaintyopot]

Oh my gosh i found my peeps

[@glamgalve6742]

I loved Six!! Maybe not total accurate but it’s a great musical and I barely stopped laughing the entire show.

[@ernapalomar8267]

Looks more Like a Pattern

[@BritishMotherfucker]

Four five more minutes we’re SIX

[@piotrcz7871]

Fun fact: Because Władysław II Jagiełło didn’t have son untill like 70 ,he made his daughter, princess Hedvig an official heiress to Poland ,and made nobility to pledge loyalty to her

[@janeyrevanescence12]

Just like his first wife, Jadwiga (who was actually King, on the technicality that the King didn’t have to be a male)

[@ankabarczak3114]

Lindsay, you're pronunciation of Wladyslaw II Jagiello name was on spot! I was listening your voice but jumped when I heard so familiar name😀 Well done! Greetings from Poland

[@Luboman411]

Yay! She finally got the pronunciation of a foreign name right! At long last! Now she needs to do the same with French and Spanish names. ;)

[@Sonderborg75]

@@Luboman411 And Danish… 😂

[@selinapersaud7629]

He’s my favorite Monarch on this list, and one of my favorites in history.

[@missfleming5465]

Lindsay did better than me, my ex-husband is Polish he has tried over the time we were together to pronounce Polish names. The only name I could pronounce correctly is his name Rafał, it's the accents on some of the letters on the Polish alphabet that get me tongue tied.

[@ankabarczak3114]

@@missfleming5465 It is the exact reason why Polish people are very happy if someone tries to speak Polish-we do appreciate the effort💪🏻

[@nevercatchwind]

Gosh, the story of Maria Isabelle is just so sad, and horrid, and Ferdinand treated her with cruelty, just like an object to have a child, that turned out to be a stillborn. Happy to see two polish kings among this not always honourable bunch of many times married royals

[@nicholasbarber3644]

well Wladyslaw didn't have a son until he was 70 thought he needed to marry

[@nevercatchwind]

@@nicholasbarber3644 obviously. And Casimir probably really didn't want his crown and kingdom to go to his nephew

[@nicholasbarber3644]

@@nevercatchwind the poland kings were justified for all their marriages

[@jackbharucha1475]

Poland Stronk! And from what I hear of him Ferdinand treated his people about as well as his wives.

[@putalaweamala7191]

Francis I of Austria also had 4 wives, two of whom died of childbirth related causes. It saddens me to think that these princesses were only seen as machines to make heirs.

[@michaelt.5672]

Plenty of people are only seen as valuable via accomplishments. In those days, regardless of position in society, having children was essential for a woman. They were basically her social security in old age. And for a noble woman, being the mother to the heir of a kingdom or other realm put her in an immensely influential position, as several queen mothers across history demonstrated. So this wasn't nessecarily something that was forced on them, but rather the only logical path they had as far as circumstances were concerned. And many of them, as incomprehensable as that might appear to us, were probably on board with this system, in which having children was your first step to political influence and power for a woman.

[@waluigisim]

@@michaelt.5672 they literally had no other options since the system was set up to only allow women to be wives/mothers to secure a living. Depending on a woman’s class, the other options were to make a meager living as a spinster under their a male relative or become a prostitute. So yes, being a wife/mother was systematically forced onto most women whether they agreed to it or not. Meanwhile, men had multiple options to make a living that didn’t involve using their reproductive organs

[@tereziamarkova2822]

To be fair, Francis was actually a pretty good husband to all of his wives, even Caroline of Bavaria, who was several decades younger (he was definitely an improvement over her first husband, I can tell you that). Like whatever you think about the dude (and my opinion of him is generally pretty low) his family life was actually pretty okay?

[@jolanda.c]

@@waluigisim they had an option to become member of imperial abbeys in places like Thorn and Essen. Those abbeys were lead by women and to become a member you had to be from royal bloodlines. And no they were not nuns. A lot of royal ladies got education overthere and royal men send staff to check out for wives. But a vew never married and rule the abbey like a king would do with the same privileges as a kingdom or prince would have in the holy roman empire. The abts were very keen in keeping contact with there former pupils, familymembers to hold up bonds and connections. The history of those imperial abbeys is very interesting as it gives an eye in womenimporement of forgotten princesses as they didn't marry to an important man. History is written by man but that doesn't always tell all.

[@sd-ch2cq]

@@jolanda.c Monastic life was a common choice for medieval men and women who had little hope of marriage (because they were ugly or old or gay or autistic or...). It was also normal to take temporary vows if you were f.i. a widow who wasn't interested in re-marriage just yet.

[@heatherjones2701]

Again, I strongly suggest Queen Desideria of Sweeden, or Desiree Clarey as she was born. Former fiance of Napoleon, her sister Julie married Napoleon's brother Joseph, and she married John Baptiste Bernadotte who became King of Sweden. Her life was very interesting.

[@911nmg]

Most of these kings had severe syphilis (Henry VII particulary). Most pregnancies where the mother is infected with it end in either miscarriage, stillborn babies or babies with severe congenital defects that make them die not long after the delivery. It's also been proven that it reduces the number of sperm that carry a Y chromosome because the genetic material is less dense that in the X chromosome. So yep, being a cheat is one of the reasons why Herny's wives suffered so much in pregnancy

[@truefairytale164]

Please could you make a video about warrior Queens of India like Rani lakshmi bai of Jhansi and Rajiya sultan of Delhi. I think that everyone would love to know their tragic and inspiring stories .....

[@Shubhamkumar-cg1ze]

It's a tragedy itself that nobody really knows about such wonderful women

[@s-core8087]

Please please please.

[@imawormbeforeiamman6052]

No one care

[@s-core8087]

@@imawormbeforeiamman6052 considering three people have said it then at least three people care, worm.

[@maceymooo]

yes i’d love that !! admittedly i haven’t done a deep dive through the info that’s available but i wish i knew more about them :) such cool ladies

[@Kerriangel]

Jeez, you would think that after the third wife; some of these guys would have figured out that maybe marriage wasn’t for them.

[@emilybarclay8831]

They didn’t marry because they wanted to. They married because they had to. Not having an heir was inviting a civil war

[@communitymidwife7991]

Unfortunately if there's no sons these guys carry on

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Well, some people today have several marriages, some once a year or every other year if you can believe it. 😅

[@epcotethan9557]

Jadwiga’s story has always been fascinating to me, but I did not know about his other wives. Thank you!

[@jiro_bb8569]

great video! In school we always learned that Jadwiga- Władysław's first wife- was a King not a Queen, just to keep him from getting the title for himself

[@chrissiek8706]

Sooo, legally speaking, that was first same sex marriage in Poland 😁

[@abbyrock5684]

Mary I of England had uterine cancer which can mimic pregnancy. I really wish historians and others would stop making her sound like a crazy person. Even today before a uterine cancer diagnosis, depending on her age, a woman might think she was pregnant.

[@ginadelfina5887]

When I first saw the title, I thought this video would be about royals who had the happiest & most faithful marriages! I think that would be an interesting topic for a future video, but I liked this video, too. I liked learning more about William the Silent; I was interested to learn that there was still a pagan ruler in Europe as late as the 1300s; and I thought Ferdinand VII of Spain was a real jerk. Lots of interesting information!

[@Laramaria2]

Sometimes I wonder if Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn difficulty having children was because of the sweating sickness, as they were the two who had the hardest time delivering Henry's kids and they both had this sickness. .. Or maybe it was just a sad coincidence... 🤔 Anyway, another amazing video!!!

[@communitymidwife7991]

I think I once read Catherine's issue was that she fasted too much even in pregnancy and this meant she had a lot of miscarriages and stillbirths.

[@moodylittleowl]

@@communitymidwife7991 I've read about it too - and after her first husbands death she developed something we would call an eating disorder (fasting -ie starving - for days)

[@rhaenyratargaryen4394]

I think that Anne had rh negative blood, which back then made subsequent pregnancies unviable.

[@Orphen42O]

@@moodylittleowl It may have been the fanatical use of a religious practice rather than an eating disorder.

[@evanrigel954]

@@Orphen42O regardless of the psychological cause, it still presented as an eating disorder

[@yourmammu]

Ivan the Terrible really considered marrying Elizabeth I, i was shookt

[@agatha6999]

He considered her COUSIN not Elizabeth herself

[@elizabeth1stofenglandirela901]

Ew not it was my cousin he considered, he was gross asf

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@elizabeth1stofenglandirela901 You are not Elizabeth.

[@mambowumbo]

@@savagedarksider5934 come on, they're roleplaying. just take the joke.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@mambowumbo I know. I just teasing.

[@fabulouschild2005]

"There's always divorce or murder" shows a picture of Anne Boleyn's execution I like what you did there

[@anandaa6980]

Can Please do the most Faithful Monarchs? I know how monogamous and unfaithful monarchs were, and it seems most of them were (because most of them were political unions) but I wonder if there are any historical monarchs or couples that were genuinely faithful?

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I would love to see that. It would be a nice change to the many monarchs who probably had many mistresses. 😊

[@klo5126]

Maria Isabel’s short lived life was said! She lost a 4-month old baby plus was forced to do Caesarean and died. Ferdinand was horrible to her. She was so young.

[@PrincessZayla]

7:04 Some additional information. Philip William did inherit the title of Prince of Orange, but didn't become stadholder because his loyalty to Spain. William of Orange was succeeded as stadholder by Maurits and later his third surviving son, who is called Frederick Henry not just Henry

[@occorner2502]

I live in Lithuania, but only now learned Jogaila married after Jadwyga again. I guess he was now considered polish, not Lithuanian so our history lessons focused on his cousin Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler at a time

[@aleksanderkorecki7887]

Generally, many Lithuanian nationalists also consider him a traitor, so I'm not surprised. Still, his son ruled Grand Duchy for many years.

[@thareelhelloagain]

Nice! My brother is from Lithuania (he's my eldest brother's friend and all of our friend, but he's so close that we call him brother).

[@scottibrown3274]

I think the official term for Philip II and Mary I is first cousins once removed. Philip’s father was Charles V, who was the son of Joanna of Castile. Which means that Catherine of Aragon, the younger sister to Joanna, was Philip’s great aunt.

[@deepjeetsen7228]

That's correct! Philip II and Mary I were 1st cousins once removed. Also, Anna of Austria was the niece of her husband Philip II, and they were 1st cousins once removed as well through her father, not 1st cousins.

[@twilight-princess240]

(Possible Spoilers) oh God, the death of Maria Isabel of Portugal is identical to that of Aemma Arryn, the mother of Rhaenyra Targaryen for all the ASOIAF and House of the Dragon fans, although Maria Isabel's child was a stillborn daughter and Aemma's child was a son who only lived a few hours

[@Pam1_2]

Great video I also read a book on Anna of saxony. She was quite an interesting person. She was very troubled. I love all these royalty uploads you do. I’m always learning more

[@ferrjuan]

Lindsay, you forgot Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise he was married four times as a way to produce a legitimate heir to the throne. Leo VI caused a major scandal with his numerous marriages at the time marrying more than two times was considered a sin in the Orthodox Church faith. He incurred the opposition of the patriarch that Leo had to replace the patriarch in order to get his fourth marriage recognized by the church (albeit with a long penance attached, and with an assurance that Leo would outlaw all future fourth marriages).

[@bethanbaker7066]

She also missed Joana Queen of Naples. Who had 4 husband's and outlived them all.

[@frog4287]

William the Silent didn't seem too bad out of all of them lol. I wonder what would've happened if Ivan The Terribile's first wife, Anastasia, never died.

[@MissRiny]

The paintings of Ivan the terribles wifes are stunning even by todays beauty standards!

[@RVChua-js2dw]

Philip II was first cousin once removed of Mary I. Catherine of Aragon was Philip II's great aunt, the sister of his grandmother Joanna of Castile.

[@DawnOldham]

I’m so glad I was born when and where I was! Videos like these out things into perspective really fast!

[@Midnightsstan521]

Thank you so much for including my idea about William the Silent of Orange!!!

[@thecalicocat6657]

Weird how whenever the royal families want suns they always get daughters

[@TheEireika]

Elisabeth of Pilica did have political connections, being one of the richest woman in the kingdom. The problem was that she -was a noble, not from the ruling class -nor descended from the previous dynasty -was past child bearing age -had an undeserved opinion of femme fatale (her husband kidnapped her, second killed him and married her forcefully) -her mother was Jagiełło's godmother (big veto from the church) -everybody bascially turned their becks on her overnight after their wedding because it was such a scandal So he basically bet his already shaky position the the lovematch. Wonder why it didn't become a staple of culture? probably because they were "too old".

[@jakubkuzminski5670]

Great episode, thank you that Kazimierz III the Great and Władysław Jagiełło, my favorite Polish rulers, appear in this episode. There I noticed that the photo of the wife of Kazimierz III the Great, Jadwiga Żagańska, is probably a portrait of St. Jadwiga of Silesia, and the portrait of the daughter of Kazimierz the Great, Kunegund, should be a portrait of St. Kinga, but the rest is great.

[@Ultraviolencemode]

That's a lot of monarchs, I have to say that the topics you choose are very very interesting keep up the stunning work😍👏

[@Brusselpicker]

I would really like a video on the most faithfull monarchs, i have read of, although their names escape me, of a couple of Kings of England that were entirely faithful to their Queens.

[@briannab.1712]

You should do a video on kings with the largest harems. That would be both interesting and slightly disturbing.

[@taylor6311]

For some reason, Elizabeth I and Ivan the Terrible being alive at the same time just doesn't sound right to me.

[@rhaenyratargaryen4394]

When I got to that part, I had to pause the video and go straight to to google. Why did I think this man lived in the 1300s?

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Is it because Ivan IV is like Queen Elizabeth I's father King Henry VIII?

[@libiusperseus]

Why ? 🤔 I just fail to see anything weird about this.

[@katedavis6145]

A video on morganatic marriages would be interesting!

[@АртурЧугай]

About Charlemagne. While its true that he had lots of children, only a single son outlived him, so after he died the empire stayed united. His son Louis the Pious, however, had three sons who outlived him, and they were the ones who devided the empire.

[@misslawless6021]

I would love to see a video about the most faithful and loyal kings and queens were. i can only think of two, Queen Victoria and Edward 1 and Eleanor of Castile

[@emilybarclay8831]

Edward I remarried after Eleanor’s death which you could say was politically motivated but still. Also there’s some scant evidence that he had an illegitimate son, and even if that boy wasn’t his son, the fact that people believed he was shows that Edward was known to have at least one mistress

[@tracymcardle7395]

Whatabout Elizabeth and Philip

[@melinoess]

it's not fair that so many of these men lived so much longer than the literal children they married

[@jocelynw6405]

Ready for today's history lesson Ms. Holiday! Hapsburg royal: If I were any more inbred, I'd be a sandwich. 🥪💀

[@Allylonng1416]

What the Anne Boylynn was not a commoner her family was noble and rich. Her father and uncle was also part of court before Anne ever became king

[@MinThNat]

If one isn't of royal blood one is called a commoner. One could be noble, but many times it wasn't enough for a royal marriage. One of the Polish kings married a noble woman from one of the richest and influencial families in Lituania, yet because she didn't belong to royalty the Polish nobles opposed this marriage and were furious to have such queen.

[@jamellfoster6029]

*Mary I was actually the 1st cousin once removed of Phillip II as she was the 1st cousin of his Dad, Emperor Charles V. Also his niece/wife, Anne of Austria was also his 1st cousin once removed as her Dad was also Phillip's 1st cousin & brother in law...

[@diannaherrera3768]

3:28 This guy didn't even try with the children's names... Also I haaaaaaate when they accuse the women of not conceiving a child. Like sure, people didn't had the proper education back then but did it ever occur to them that hey, maybe it's not the wives' fault but it's actually their crappy impotent husbands???

[@desertrose0027]

I cringed when you described a C section performed on a living woman with no anesthesia. And then she bled to death. That's horrible. Also being invaded by Teutonic knights to forcibly convert your country to Christianity? Yeah, no. Not cool.

[@KellyfromMemphis]

I don’t think they are equivalent

[@desertrose0027]

@@KellyfromMemphis No, but I was making two separate comments.

[@KellyfromMemphis]

@@desertrose0027 save your “outrage” energy….you won’t make it in the REALITY of life. #Advice

[@desertrose0027]

@@KellyfromMemphis LOL Why the overdramatic response to my comment? Way to take a small comment way overboard. I'm well aware of reality, thank you. You know nothing about my life. Stick to your own.

[@Farrah300]

Ivan the Terrible was indeed, terrible. But given the horror he went through, one can understand why.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

2:44 I love that portrait of Elizabeth I, It is basically the Tudor version of Tik Toks'... "Say you've made Spain your bitch without saying you've made Spain your bitch." 🤣 So many symbolisms in one picture.

[@Midnightsstan521]

Wadyslaw and Sophia were basically the Jon and Lysa Arryn of their day- An old man desperate for a son, and a scheming young wife who’d do anything to see her children gain power

[@aleksanderkorecki7887]

Nothing suggests that Sophia was mentally deranged. Also, evidence suggests that Jadwiga always had poor health, so her illness and death weren't that surprising. While Jadwiga had hereditary claim to Poland, her mother's poor reputation and betrothal to Frederick of Brandenburg made her a less desirable choice (Jadwiga of Anjou's sister Maria was prevented from becoming the king of Poland in her sister's place, in a large part because of her marriage to Sigismund of Luxembourg, the future emperor, nobility disliked him because he was German and a severe ruler). Sophia was also a young woman ,sorrounded by hostile and foreign court, who didn't learn Polish (she only spoke Ruthenian to the end of her life) and after Władysław's death she was prevented from becoming a regent, so it's questionable if she would be able to poison her step-daughter.

[@Midnightsstan521]

@@aleksanderkorecki7887 it’s a paralel not an exact comparison I’m making

[@juandalepringle97]

0:27 I like how most of those pictures are just Henry VIII

[@jackmason5278]

Yes. Three of Henry VIII's children did become monarchs. There was, however, another queen between them, Queen Jane.

[@ChibiProwl]

Yet, people argue whether Jane was Queen at all, given that she was on the throne for little over a week. 🤔However, given she was crowned I agree with you, and say she was Queen.😌

[@gregoryjones9546]

@@ChibiProwl Yes,Lady Jane Grey Was QUEEN Of England,Albeit For A Very Short Time!!!

[@colormetakenaback]

Catherine Parr also held Elizabeth while her creepy, skeevy man could accost Elizabeth too. AND she laughed about it!

[@albertgeorgestorace1312]

Some details are wrong. Queen Mary Tudor was not her husband Philip II of Spain's first cousin but his father's first cousin. Henry VIII's 4th wife Anne of Cleves was from a family of Dukes not of Electors.

[@hmizou125]

It would be awesome if you can do a video about queens deposing their king (husband or son), such as Catherine İI of russia, isabel of France, Kosem sultan... There are so many interesting stories

[@doreensika837]

Imagine your family being angry with you that walled you up. Damn.

[@M1cheLLe98]

Have you ever thought about making a video about the four Lennox Sisters? I think it would be pretty interesting

[@frojo9]

Ooops, thought this meant most as in "very" not most as in "number". As soon as the animation started multiplying the women I was like "Wa.. wait... oh"

[@michaelt.5672]

Yup, same thing happened here.

[@piotrcz7871]

20:28 actually It’s not picture of Casimir’s wife, it’s Saint Hedvig , duchess of Silesia

[@jakubkuzminski5670]

That is correct, it is Saint Jadwiga of Silesia, the wife of Henry I the Bearded, the prince of Wrocław, the mother of Henry II the Pious, not Jadwiga Żagańska, and another mistake is with the daughter of Kazimierz III, this is not Kunegunda, Saint Kinga, the daughter of the King of Hungary Bela IV and Maria Laskarina, the wife of the Polish of the ruler, Bolesław V the Shy

[@avaglennon9873]

A 70-year-old married a 17-year-old?! Jesus Christ

[@bifa5414]

I mean now it's proofed that he was a little big younger than everyone previously thought. Most likely he was born 10 years earlier. But that's still a 60-year-old married a 17-year-old

[@lilat1332]

Could you do a video about Monarchs of Europe or just England who were loyal to their wives?

[@justinleecw]

Joanna I of Naples also married four times - I’d love to see her in a video.

[@bifa5414]

19:50 Fun fact: Aldona of Lithuania was aunt of Wladyslaw Jagiello (sister of his father) - it's funny because both Kazimierz and Wladyslaw appear on this list. And both Kazimierz and Wladyslaw had wifes and later daughters named Jadwiga (Kazimierz had also a mother and sister with the same name). Also they both had wifes with name Anna and both daugthers with name Elizabeth.

[@theroyallibrary]

Died of exhaustion? And my husband keeps telling me that's not a real thing 🙎

[@rebeccarous2360]

The Philippines was name after him (Philip II) a Spain king who defeated by a queen of England (Elizabeth I) who was a female, and for us Pilipinos Philippines was a personification name of our mother land. We don't associate the name of our country to him.

[@shirleytrenche7852]

I legit was waiting for a new video because I’ve rewatched so many. I love this!

[@geowynleda4641]

You really should get an award for pronouncing all those names, you do it so well.

[@frankiebelle]

Learning about peoples lives is so interesting so I'm really digging these videos when I'm oil painting. Thanks so much!

[@mjarmes]

I absolutely loved this video, so so interesting!

[@Replicaate]

Poor Maria Isabel, that was horriifying!

[@olyamereacre3326]

Yes

[@olyamereacre3326]

❤

[@sablewright8053]

Henry VIII didn't deserve any of his wives. The way he treated them was monstrous. Even when Catherine of Aragon was dying in a cold damp castle that Henry placed her in she still loved him. She even forgave him for all the hell he put her through. That man like I said didn't deserve the women in his life.

[@soobindoll9561]

Ivan the terrible #1 is not surprising 😭

[@Luboman411]

At 3:52. That is one good looking prince. Meeeeooooow! Usually princes and monarchs look inbred and weird, even in their grandiose propaganda paintings. But this one could be a male model. Never knew that William of Orange could get it. LOL...

[@michelnowe7783]

There is also Leo VI the Wise (866-912) a Byzantine Emperor he married 4 times although according to the orthodox religion it was illegal to mary more than twice. wikipedia : Leo VI caused a major scandal with his numerous marriages which failed to produce a legitimate heir to the throne.[33] His first wife Theophano, whom Basil had forced him to marry on account of her family connections to the Martinakioi, and whom Leo hated,[34] died in 897, and Leo married Zoe Zaoutzaina, the daughter of his adviser Stylianos Zaoutzes, though she died as well in 899.[35] Upon this marriage Leo created the title of basileopatōr ("father of the emperor") for his father-in-law.[36] After Zoe's death a third marriage was technically illegal,[37] but he married again, only to have his third wife Eudokia Baïana die in 901.[29] Instead of marrying a fourth time, which would have been an even greater sin than a third marriage (according to the Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos)[38] Leo took as mistress Zoe Karbonopsina.[39] He married her only after she had given birth to a son in 905,[37] but incurred the opposition of the patriarch. Replacing Nicholas Mystikos with Euthymios,[17] Leo got his marriage recognized by the church (albeit with a long penance attached, and with an assurance that Leo would outlaw all future fourth marriages)

[@tylishaqueenoceanriver1676]

Could you cover the empires of Egyptian and also Chinese next please I would love that and also could you cover the empires of the Indian monarchy and also Japan to I know it’s a lot but I enjoy your videos so much Ms holiday

[@nicholasharvey7039]

8:52 Imagine your husband cares more about a child and decides to force the doctor to cut you open without any pain killers

[@dime3838]

Part 2 of the history abt my family. Belle moved to Germany in 1979. She was working on visiting the world but wanted to reside in Germany,she visited the country often and loved it. She knew German fluently,alongside Greek,English and French. She knew Greek bc her father was Greek,her father also taught her English,and she lived in france. And she learnt german when she was in Germany 1979,Age 22. She explored the world,and in 1981 she met a Turkish and Kazhak man in Germany who she grew fond of,his name was Ayden. They made it official a few months after they met,and 1 thing led to another and she was pregannat by the end of the year. Her father was angry and ashamed at her,she felt bad as his wife aka her step mom passed thar same year and her little sister was born that year,named Eliana. Aylin nor Belle wanted to have kids,belles dream were coming to a quick end as she wasn't ready to give up her life to kids. She knew how miserable it made her mother,and her step mother. She wasn't sure if she should neep it,but Aylin thought it would be good. She had a baby girl named Tanya. they raised Tanya,but fertility is very bad in this family. Belle got sick and had to be hospitalised for around 3 weeks. Aydin had to raise Tanya himself,and it was tough work but he got there. When Belle got bak,she had to rest even more and raising Tanya was rlly difficult. They couldn't just move out of Germany and they didn't know know to do,they didn't want a babysitter but were unsure. They already had a break from work,so life was tough. Family visited and helped them,and everything went well. They got engaged in the end of 1982,and were married halfway though 1983. They weren't sure if they should have another kid,and originally they decided against it. In 1985,they changed their minds and tried to have a baby,but it was very difficult. Eventually Belle did get pregnant but had miscarriages,3 in total. Finally in 1986,when Tanya was 4 they had a baby boy named Adam. When she was 7 months she was advised to not go through with a baby,there was a chance it would unalive her. She decided to have it,and go through with the pregnancy. She still had Adam but one of her kidneys stopped working. Her cousin and best friend gave the kidney to her,but the surgery didn't go well and she passed away,Age 29. Aydin was devastated and never remarried,and kept his family close. They went between Turkey and France,where Aydin and Belle's family were. Belle's father never really liked Aydin and blamed him for her passing. One of the main reasons was that he was Turkish and he was Greek. George and Aydij never rlly spoke,but Aydin loved George's kids,grandkids and the rest of his family basically. George was 64 when Belle passed,and Belle's kids and Belle's sister Eliana never got to rlly know Belle sadly,but Aydin wanted to remind them abt Belle. As Tanya grew old,she wanted to know more abt her family history and history in general

[@Nikky170194]

I love to hear about Willem van Oranje! To hear something about my own countries history, my compliments for you articulation of the dutch words!!!

[@joannakuczynska2022]

I love your films! And it is so exiting to see so much of polish history here 😅 I had no idea about Kazimierz Wielki ;) that’s very interesting! I would love more interesting films about Poland:) take care!:)

[@RvP6384]

I wished I had you as my history teacher... I would be so delighted

[@klarahlouskova1800]

I understand that you have to choose wisely, because those videos would be very long, but I think it is a pitty that you missed my favourites - Charles IV. (King of Bohemia and emperor) - 4 wives, And Francis I. (I think last Holy Roman emperor) - 4 wives, 3 of them related. There are So many cool things about them. But I understand that you are not intending to make movies, but I am still sad. Otherwise, I love your videos! Keep going please!

[@shivalishankersharma1562]

The queen on whom the c section was performed is horrifying.

[@GoingGreenMom]

Annulled on the grounds of incest? How many of these people are related to begin with anyway?!?

[@BamitzSam711]

My mom discovered whilst doing our family tree (she's been working on it for years) that we are related to Charlemagne through her dads side of the family. I'm not sure through which of his children, but I do know he was like the 5th great grandson of Rollo Lothbrok, brother to the almost mythical figure Ragnar Lothbrok, father of Ivar the Boneless and the like which I thought was pretty dang cool.

[@thenewgeneration2378]

Damn 11? Her parents couldn't wait to get rid of her huh🤭 I couldn't have been alive at this time, forced to marry guys three times my age while I'm still a child

[@AmiStidhamMyHealingJourney]

Another amazing video. Thank you!!

[@gregoryjones9546]

Ferdinand VII'S Fourth Wife Was Also His NIECE,No Wonder Queen Isabella II Was Described As Neither Ugly Nor Beautiful!!! 🤯🤯🤯🥴🥴🥴😒😒😒😒😒

[@mikeor-]

Ivan the Terrible DID have eight wives, and of his many children, only three survived infancy. Ivan Ivanovich (son of his third wife, killed by his father in a rage) Feodor Ivanovich (son of his third wife, later Feodor I) Dmitri Ivanovich (son of his fifth or seventh wife, died in Uglich)

[@ThomasHarding1990]

7:26 Ferdinand was *NEVER EVER* styled ''Crown Prince''

[@mediocremaiden8883]

I'm pretty sure the drawing of the Queen @20:18 is that of Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England...However, You would know more than I on this subject but it looks very familiar to the drawing if Anne of Bohemia from your English Queen Consorts series of videos 🤔

[@chrisrubin6445]

"Niece and First Cousin" oOf! Atleast we dont have a "Son, Grandson, and First Cousin" in the line of succesion. (Glances at CKIII)

[@DimaRakesah]

These poor women. I think I would rather be banished to a convent than marry these crazy kings.

[@raymondmeyers8983]

I saw the title of this video and thought this might be a short one

[@daughteroftheking2001]

Again very well researched.

[@mizfrenchtwist]

hello , what a refreshing switch.........i think . thank you , for sharing.........