The Dutch Vikings: Frisians Full History

[@sarahjane666]

My Pake and Beppe immigrated from Friesland to Canada after WWII, they were a big part of my life and I cherish my Frisian heritage - so thank you for this!

[@heimric2563]

The allies stole a huge part of Europe’s demography after the war, a large share of my family also moved to Canada after the war, because the situation didn’t look quite promising in Europe after being reduced to ruins. Hope you keep your ancestral values alive!

[@1Waarheid]

@@heimric2563 And now you are in Canada because of that.. Btw, I'm from the Netherlands and our country and the rest of Europe was not reduced to ruins. Who told you that nonsense? The reason why some people left, mostly in the fifties, was for work. Many went to Canada and Australia.

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@heimric2563 it was a few cities in a few countries that was in ruins in Europe, that said there was limited products and the economy had to be build up in many places, a lot of North Americans tend to see Europe as one country, there are however about 50 (the number changed a lot after the was in Yugoslavia and it's difficult to keep up, some sources claim 44 countries (American sources) other say 49 or even 55 depending what is counted, Germany never invaded all of Europe and not all the invaded countries ended up being bombed

[@rayvandenbosch2408]

I've not seen anyone else call their grandparents Pake and Beppa. That's what we called outs and now I am a Pake to my granddaughter. My father was born in Sneek.

[@gabihaab5302]

My Beppe and Pake did the same thing!!!!

[@jeltehoogterp3240]

Any other Frisians around?? Beautiful history, still being kept alive by the modern day Frisians!

[@Jürgen_von_Schumacher]

No but I'm Saxon 🙂 As far as I'm aware, our tribes are similar 😂

[@hamstel4540]

Yup Frisian here

[@vedamandala4693]

For sure, 100% Frisian

[@mikeblei6870]

Yup Frisian blood here ;) Cheers

[@jelmarschotanus]

Frisian here! Hail to you!

[@robjorna896]

My Opa was born in Friesland. Our family name of Jorna, from research, shows it is Norwegian and is a short form of Jorunna and derived from the Old Norse name ‘Iórunnr’. I find learning about this fascinating and interested to find out how the name evolved and travelled from Norway.

[@Deckdisz]

My math teacher in high school was a fine specimen of Jorna.

[@bakakaizoku]

The Frisian word for "opa" is "pake" (paa-keh), you should use that if you don't want to trigger any Frisians living today ;)

[@thumbstruck]

During the beginning of the salt fish industry in the Low Countries, there was a great migration from Norway to the Low Countries.

[@richardhale5910]

Frisian descendant here in Tennessee. Thanks to Family Tree DNA I have discovered many things about my origins. This video was very helpful, thanks for all the great information.

[@rspklbb190]

Hey I’m actually Frisian from the province of Friesland. And I really enjoyed this video. You actually said some things I didn’t even know about our history, Although there are some other cool facts about frisia. -we have our own rune’s (futhorc) - we have our own names for the gods Like Weda (Odin) or Thuner (Thor). -we have a badass amulet depicting thuner wearing a helmet (found in Wijnaldum )

[@yourealittlebitfat4344]

Lmao je weet dat vroeger het meeste van noord Europa runes had? en Irimism (haast het zelfde als Asatru en Blotan enz geloofde? Niks speciaals aan

[@renza481]

Je kunt ook alles vinden in het Friesmuseum in Leeuwarden. Veel goeie info en gave objecten.

[@Dorian-wf1iv]

Friesian horses are from that area

[@PageWithOnlyCats]

Ik live in Sexbierum against Wijnaldum

[@thomasennenga6908]

Where can a person find out the meaning of their Frisian last name ? I have a very rare last name and catch a lot of heck for it, I've always wondered the meaning

[@tristar333333]

One of the best viking history channels on KZbin!

[@DanTheZombieGaming]

I found it really interesting thanx brother. Living in south africa having mainly dutch ancestry . I went now and looked at traditional Frisian clothing. Now I see where my south african boer clothing cones from. I saw old family photos in my grandparent's houses when I was a child, and the clothing they wore and there perants is similar if not identical to Frisian clothing. I speak Afrikaans but I can also speak Dutch and im learning myself Norsk now.

[@zahrasmith4101]

Good luck with learning!!

[@DanTheZombieGaming]

@@zahrasmith4101 thanx

[@lindanorris2455]

wow! spekaing all thos elanguages... wow!

[@Greye13]

This is an excellent video. You talked about some things I've not heard about before and I appreciate that. The length of the video is just fine. If you are willing to talk about something, then I am more than willing to listen. Even if your videos are all three hours long, I'll still watch and listen. You have great content and you would make a fantastic historian/teacher. I find your videos to be of high quality and well worth watching. Thank you for all of the time and effort you put in to them. Many blessings and best wishes.

[@RareRootsOfJoyMelbourne]

I get I’m a year late. But thank you so much for this video. I’m Australian but my mother is Dutch and I’m only now getting into learning about Dutch history. Your video is amazing. So informative, thank you 🙏🏼 and it’s given me so many things to look into.

[@iJurre]

Hi brother, I live in Friesland too and really loved your video and history lesson. Keep up the great work. Tusen Takk.

[@ingwiafraujaz3126]

Here is some literature for folks who would like to read some books on Fridians: - Redbad by Willem Schoorstra is about the life of the pagan Frisian king Radboud (Redbad) seen through the eyes of his best friend. - The Descendant of Almar Otten mainly takes place in the Deventer of today (and the Saksenland of today) but is about what happened to the Irminsul after Charlemagne defeated the Saxons. - The Edge of the World by Michael Pye, a very readable history book, which also heavily features the Frisian-Norse ties. I'd recommend that one as well. These writers have done a lot of research for their books and for contemporary Dutch readers the books are a feast of recognition. About Redbad, the feared pagan warlord generally thought to have been the last independent king of Frisia: It was during the year 678 that Wilfrid, the recently deposed and now exiled bishop of York, crossed over the English channel to mainland Europe with the intention of travelling to Rome to seek papal support for his eventual reinstatement as Northumbria's foremost churchman. It wasn't to be this simple however and before long he and his men realised that they had not landed in Francia, but the neighbouring land of Frisia; a harsh and unforgiving realm of sea faring raiders and pagan war lords situated upon the very periphery of the Christian world. Much to their relief, Wilfrid and his men were received kindly by the man alleged to have been the overall king of Frisia at the time, Aldegisel, who may very well have been simply one ruler amongst many. Wilfred and his retinue decided to stay in Frisia and winter with the king, and in doing so managed to convert him to the Christian faith, allegedly along with most of the major chiefs and lords and thousands of their followers. The conversion of the Frisian king was a great success for the church at the time, and would be the first step towards the eventual conversion of all the various Germanic peoples, a task made all the more meaningful by the ever present knowledge of the Germanic origins of the Anglo-Saxon churchmen themselves, who now sought to convert their kinsmen on the continent. Wilfred continued on his journey to Rome, content in the knowledge that he and his followers had begun the conversion of the Frisians. Just two years later however, a new and very different king rose to prominence in Frisia. His name was Redbad, and unlike his predecessor, he was a staunch follower of the ancient customs and religion of his people. He was a warrior king and a lord of war who firmly opposed the Christian missionaries and Frankish territorial expansion into Frisian lands for close to four decades. A fierce and charismatic ruler, Redbad is generally remembered as the last independent king of Frisia. Very little is known of Redbad before his emergence as king in 680. Generally thought to have been the son of the previous king Aldegisel, he fiercely rejected the spiritual reform instigated by his father and almost immediately upon coming to power ejected the various Christian missionaries from Frisia. To the southwest lay the powerful Merovingian kingdom of the Franks, under the strong hand of Pepin of Herstal. For almost two centuries since the time of the first Frankish king, Clovis, the lands of the Franks had gradually expanded, incorporating more and more subject peoples into their realm, and converting the new subjects to Christianity in the process. Redbad resented this Seventh Century imperialism and apparently made it his business to oppose the Franks at every turn, expelling them from his lands time and time again throughout his long reign. He was initially successful as Pepin spent the first potion of his own reign in attempting to consolidate his own realm and quell any internal disputes within his large and disparate kingdom. By 689 however he was ready to devote his full attention to Frisia, and launched a full scale invasion with a large army. At the important mercantile centre of Dorestad, the large and tactically superior force of the Franks inflicted a heavy defeat upon the outnumbered Frisians, pushing Redbad far to the east and winning not only Dorestad but the entirety of West Frisia. Over the next two years the similarly important trade centre of Utrecht fell to Pepin's forces, giving him access to the rich trade routes along the Rhine into the North Sea. Redbad was again forced to retreat to the peripheral areas of his realm for a time, possibly seeking refuge upon the island of Heligoland for a time in 697, and certainly retreating to the northern/eastern part of the modern day Netherlands, still known today as Friesland. By the beginning of the Eighth Century, although the Franks had made significant progress into Frisia, establishing a bishopric as a starting point for more conversions to come, vast tracts of wilderness and cultivated farmland still lay in the hands of Redbad and his warriors, who still inspired terror in the hearts of most residents of Frankia. Pepin was either unable or unwilling to wage further wars with Redbad for the rest of his reign, settling instead upon a diplomatic marriage between Grimoald, the son of the Frisian king, and his own daughter Thiadsvind, in an arrangement aimed at keeping the peace between the two distinct cultures, and hopefully in time bring the Frisians successfully into the Christian faith. Numerous attempts were made throughout this period to convert Redbad himself, who refused time and time again. His mentality is perhaps best exemplified by his alleged conversation with Wulfram, an ex archbishop of Sens who tried to convert him in the early Eighth Century. It is said that Redbad's baptism was very nearly successful, only failing upon his realisation that he would not be able to find any of his ancestors after his death, as he was told they would all be in hell. Redbad responded that he would much rather spend eternity in hell with his pagan ancestors than in heaven with his enemies. This uneasy peace between Redbad and Pepin seems to have lasted for close to two decades, but everything was to change upon the Frankish king's death in 714. Seizing his chance to reclaim the west of Frisia which had been claimed by the Franks close to two decades before, Redbad gathered his warriors together and descended upon his enemies for one last time, causing abject terror in his wake and streams of refugees fleeing westwards. He forced the Frankish appointed bishop Willibrord and his monks to flee out of Frisia and advanced his forces as far as the city of Cologne in modern day Germany, where in 716 he inflicted a severe defeat upon the forces of the young successor to Pepin, Charles Martel, who was still very much staking his claim to the Frankish throne. Unfortunately for Redbad however, Martel was every bit the tactician and strategist that his father had been, and after a short time he was able to raise a new force of men of his own which he used to reverse the Frisian gains in just a few short years, compelling much of the Frisian population to submit to Frankish rule once more, and most importantly, allow their missionaries relatively safe passage again. Martel's successes culminated with the death of Redbad in 719 in unknown circumstances, although his followers would continue to wage war against the Franks wherever and whenever they could for at least three more decades, leading a long insurgency against both the Christian faith and Frankish overlordship of their lands. Frisia continued to be a fiercely independent-minded border region for centuries to come, weathering persistent incursions by Scandinavians whilst developing strong trade links throughout Europe. By the Early Modern Period, Frisia was eventually incorporated into the modern nation state of the Netherlands but still harbours elements of regionalist political thinking today.

[@hopefriese5966]

Thank you for the information. I love the story of Redbad. I've watched the movie that came out- it wasn't that good- but I really wanted to like it.

[@deidrac9382]

Hi Thor, My ancestor is Gottfrid, I am thankful for the information that you are sharing . I have spent 2 years researching my heritage and feel the history you are sharing is assisting me on my journey. Thank you!

[@richardhouben7013]

Mooi stukje nederlandse history,bedankt voor de passie die je in het verhaal stop kan er op deze manier uren naar luister.beter dan de geschiedenis lessen op school👍👊.

[@naninegoossens6615]

Thank you for this information. I'm from the Netherlands and born in Haarlem the north of the Netherlands. But I feel my all life a connection with the Vikings and Scandinavian people. My ancestors also come from Friesland. All the pieces fall together Thank you so much!

[@beefcakeii]

Excellent video, Thor! Thank you for the hard work, putting this one together! 👏👏✌️👊

[@mattvdh]

Makes me proud of my Dutch heritage...great video, thanks man!

[@callumsikone]

My grandfather is West Frisian, he was born and grew up in Leeuwarden (speaking all Frisian dialects, Dutch, German and English). This was during the Second World War and he had a terrible childhood; dodging bombs, enduring winter, sneaking into Nazi camps to steal food that the Dutch cooks would give, doing anything possible for some food, things that most of us couldn’t imagine. He became the head of the family at 12 after his father and elder brothers were taken by the Nazis to dig trenches and his mother was killed by an English Spitfire while visiting them. He then went on to become the second licensed sharpshooter in the Dutch military and got a free ticket overseas and settled in Australia after serving his time. The Frisian spirit remains strong in him till this day.

[@VeronicaHoltskog]

Great reading :) I am Norwegian and married to a Dutch :) Interesting facts is that the oak poles under Amsterdam came from Norway (and Poland) The wood from Norway was shipped from Åsgårdstrand mainly, same area I am from :)

[@MyOrthodoxJourney]

Great this gives me something to watch on my night shift

[@westernnut8407]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have many ancestors from this region and listening to you helps me put some pieces of the puzzle together.

[@janmulcahy1458]

Love your channel. I think I've watched every video on it. Very interesting. Being from Ireland, I'd love if you did a bit on our viking history cause I don't know enough.

[@matimus100]

Jan is in love everyone congratulations Jan

[@PercisePerception]

Fantastic video. Thank you for putting the time and effort into creating this. Keep up the awesome work!

[@ingemariesongbird]

Thank you. I want my German and Norwegian ancestors to have honor and truth. I am a proud Germanic woman. Your videos are truly amazing.

[@aliciamarie9704]

Hello! I don’t get the honor of seeing very many females on this channel. I’m an American with mixed ancestry & I usually say I’m from the North Sea. Most of my ancestors lived in coastal locations. It’s odd since I’m not a huge fan of fish and deep waters scare me!

[@schuurschuurvandewijk226]

Freya goddes of love

[@mwol5473]

Hail Germanic Sister 🍻

[@mwol5473]

​@@aliciamarie9704 Most likely your scared of deep water because genetic memory from our ancestors alot died at sea so we knew the sea is dangerous

[@feldgeist2637]

he called us german Northfrisians, "Danes" we revolted against the Danish Crown throughout the middle ages .....king Abel was slain just a few miles from me ... many times the Frisia of the Sagas is meant to be Nordfriesland and finds suggesting that we also regurlarly hosted Norwegians ......"Danes".....

[@magnafrisia3787]

Excellent video! Great work!

[@tenzin682]

FINALLY!! I've been waiting. I found out around 3 yrs. ago my mother's family is Frisian. We always knew we were Dutch. Then I did a ancestry DNA test and started researching where they were from, Groningen. I found out we're actually Frisian, I had never heard of these people, but now I am so proud!! My mother's maiden name is Swarthout, Zwartwoude in Frisian. I almost have tears in my eyes. Thank you so much!!

[@douwejan]

Groeten uit Groningen!

[@majorbloodnok7141]

My ancestors were from Oostwold, east of Groningen. They were headmen. My family is named, Hemmens and related to the Hemmens Huninga van Oostwold family. We had a castle with a moat in Oostwold.

[@suupkalvers2244]

Groetnis ùt 't Fean! ❤

[@renevanderkooi5473]

You could also translate hout as wood....But ok woude is also related to wood.

[@oshima6451]

Hej, welke site of richting heb je gebruikt? Ik zoek ook mijn roots. In dit geval via mijn achternaam, Sneek

[@stansdad1]

Another badass video. Keep spreading the truth and actual history. 🤘🏻

[@vigortheone3527]

In my opinion, everything Beneath the rivers is more frankisch, everything above the rivers is more Saxon/Frisian. This is culturally still visible. A good example is catholic in the south and Protestant in the north, even though that is not really a very active part today. But it is still visible in certain festivals

[@Mr.MarcusMario]

Come to the Island of Voorne Putten, not Frankish at all. More in the south you see what you mention, Brabant, Limburg, so I agree with you, but to a certain amount. If you indeed look at Zeeland it is also very strict Christian, but Den Briel, on Voorne Putten, is realy a bastion of protastantism and later individual freedom.

[@SlothsInBoxes]

and then theres zeeland which is a mess in both of those ways

[@simdal3088]

The genetic difference is there aswel. The distance between north and south is larger than between some neighbouring countries. This is also why we are hard to define on dna ancestry tests. Mine comes back as half scandi a large chunk german and a tiny bit british isles. My family is from friesland/groningen.

[@Mr.MarcusMario]

@@simdal3088 that for me suggests that you at least have common ancestors with the people who live there. In the Brittish Isles for sure, if you are Frisian/Groninger. I would even dare to suggest that the little Brittish link can directly relate to your ancestors being "Danish" settlers.

[@simdal3088]

@@Mr.MarcusMario Yeah, it makes me think the anglo/saxon repopulation idea holds some truth.

[@erickinch4991]

Thanks man you've taught me alot about my heritage ! Keep on keepin on

[@witchersilversteel3573]

Ah thanks dude, was waiting for this!!

[@Imyourmoose]

I thought maybe some random guy that talks on a video and we must believe it. So I really like the fact that you stated that and link the sources. Good job

[@SirThomasJames]

From a half-Frisian: It's really nice you bring up our unsung heroes and give them the attention they deserve. No one cares for our origins anymore, but honouring our ancestors and the great deeds they did (fight for their freedom to their own lands and beliefs!) should be done much more nowadays. I for one revere them as some of the greatest people that ever lived.

[@joannbaumann4028]

I'm 1/2 Fresian too,but is my whole heart.

[@benjaminzeunen4782]

this is awesome! my grandpa was born in holland, his dad was Norwegian and his mother Swedish...learning cool history like this is just wickedly awesome!

[@estherderksen]

Thank you so much! I learned a lot! It's weird to learn all these things on KZbin while I never heard this at a Dutch school!

[@SuAva]

Great video! Finally someone who actually gets it and is able to explain it well!

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Great to hear the history of the Frisians! Constantly hear that name in the sources!

[@Flippereend]

Hello there my name is Björn and I come from Frisia I moved to Sweden last year and I have always been interested in the stories of my ancestors and in the history of Scandinavia so your videos are perfect and fun to watch, keep up the good work 🤟😂

[@WeserBlitz]

Heisann fra en Tønsbergenser! Very interesting video, there was a lot of information that I wasn't aware of at all. Thanks for bringing this part of germanic history to light, it deserves to be remembered.

[@ezy7670]

A massive thank you for making this. I'm just beginning to learn about the history of the country I was born in and your video has given me so much inspiration to learn everything I can.

[@maud3444]

Belgians (The northern Belgians aka Flemish) speak Dutch, so yes there's a connection/brotherhood with people from the Netherlands. However, Frisians are a different breed. Their language is something between English, Dutch and German. We can understand it when it's written down, but it's hard to understand when spoken. Frisians live in the northern part of the Netherlands and they speak Frisian and Dutch.

[@1BIGREVOLUTION]

The Flemish & the Frisians were neighbours long before "dutch" existed

[@rensvandenbulck]

Do you know the Oera Linda book? Very interesting.

[@tobyjack9608]

Spoken Frisian is music to my ears. I don't know why it sounds so good to me, but it does.

[@Strange-Viking]

Hi I am Frisian, West Friesk to be exact. I always heard stories from my grandparents about that and we got educated about it aswell on school. Me being Frisian also do speak the language. Frisians do really identify as a separate culture away from the dutch. Oure language is very different as is oure culture. Old stories also include Grutte Pier. Now we are just a province. In Germany there are also 2 states and in Denmark a province that still speak the language too although allot less in numbers and it is very different now and days. The Dutch say that Friesland used to be dutch, well hitler actually made Friesland separate again so thats sort of right but I always point out that all of it used to be Frisian (a.k.a. Frisii. The Dutch and Frisians fought eachother for a while later on in history. Frisii/Frisians did stay whilst there was water, we built mounds called terps where theyn lived on

[@peet4921]

''Frisians do really identify as a separate culture away from the Dutch.'' But we still love you, well, i do anyway. (Uit Schiedam)

[@mailthedragon]

Je weet dat West Friesland in Noord Holland ligt toch? In de middeleeuwen door de Hollanders ingepikt.

[@buzzardist1659]

Yes, my grandmother was the great-granddaughter of Dutch (Zuid Holland) immigrants to America. She strongly insisted that Frisians were not Dutch! You've shared the same national boundaries for centuries now, but those tribal identities are still deep for many people.

[@peet4921]

@@buzzardist1659 Were Dutch Frisians ?

[@drengrperuna2737]

The Dutch and Frisians are not different. The Dutch come from the Frisii tribe, and the modern province of Friesland is not the original Frisian identity. Holland is Frisian.

[@brostoevsky22]

Tusen takk for informasjonen! I really enjoy all of your content. I've been on a path of rediscovery or my Scandinavian roots, which are quite deep. I even started learning Norwegian as my 5th foreign language. I'm a crazy language learner and I totally did the whole Romance language buy one get one free cheat, plus Russian. My great grandmother was born in Vestfold, Norway in 1882. Her husband was born to two Danish immigrants in the US. I agree we should rediscover our roots especially the people in North America. Without them we are like a ship without an anchor. Plus, when we love and respect our forefathers and culture, we will respect and greater appreciate other cultures. Ha det bra!

[@Digalog]

Uff da!

[@Holly-ro3yq]

Ty! I greatly appreciate the time & effort you put into your videos.

[@charzakwinn1398]

Thanks for acknowledging this history. So many Dutch people have forgotten their roots!

[@jesse8737]

My opa was from the Netherlands. Was very self conscious as a child being pale with light hair and eyes in Australia. Strange. I know. Now I know my ancestors and proud

[@MrEnaric]

Fryske groetnis út Westergo, Thor! Fantastisk dat'st hjir ek west bist. Frisians and especially the Danes go back so far in history and culture as you showed.( Even from the Bronze Age on.) Great to see you appreciate our ancient bonds and shared history. Verþù heilir, drengr! P. s. Recent archeology shows that there actually was continuity between the Frisii and early medieval Frisians in the province of North Holland. Prehistoric place-and rivernames survived there as well. Think of Heiloo, Diemen, Bakkum (possibly linked to Baduhenna), Koog aan de Zaan etc.

[@Marvinuser]

Heyrði bróðir! og friður til, frá Danmörku!

[@unktzor]

You say it's too long but it felt too short ^^ Man this was such a great video! 10/10

[@yuriklaver4639]

20 kilometers from here in a village called Sint Pancras, many skeletons have been found, Frisian woman, deadly wounded in a fight around the year 1200.

[@rikijett310]

Excellent content!!!!!! 👍👍

[@jamesvandemark2086]

Aha- now the other half of our Dutch & Norwegian family history comes out! Cool. And when visiting the Netherlands, its a wonderful thing to have a Dutch family name......... just amazing. 😎

[@countk1]

VanDemark might be belgian too, but definetely from a dutch speaking origin.

[@janvanaardt3773]

I have a lady ancestor with the surname van Denemarke she was Dutch but must be of Danish ancestry

[@countk1]

VanDeMark means "from the border", So you ancestors might have moved in somewhere from a border area (The Mark). Van Denemarke might mean Denmark but also "that border" or even "your border". Denmark is the most plausible explanation though. That name is given to people coming from Denmark and settling in a dutch speaking area, since the prefix "van" is purely dutch.

[@jamesvandemark2086]

@@countk1 Direct ancestor stepped off a Dutch West India Company ship in 1640, arriving in what became New Jersey. He was a younger son, needless to say. Started the whole North American family. Adventure!

[@countk1]

@@jamesvandemark2086 That was right at the start of what was called New Amsterdam back then :) I am just informing myself about that phase in history. Exciting times. There must be people with my family name there too somewhere, although they might have moved to Canada. We lost a part of our family tree back in the time.

[@susanschaffner4422]

Very good information, presented well. Enjoyed this video.

[@theosolberg]

Being Dutch (having Norwegian ancestors as you may tell from my last name), I live in the south in the province called Limburg. And on the other side of the Dutch/Belgian border there is a region called... Yes, Limburg. We don't consider ourselves Frisians, but definitely share a cultural identity with our Belgian neighbors. Dutch and Belgian Limburg used to be one region but got split in 2 in 1839 ("Treaty of London").

[@Waldtyr1]

We (Limburgians) always had strong anti-central (Holland) sentiments and wanted to be a break-away, self governing nation within the German empire since early 1700. The Buckryders (Bokkerijders) were a pre-revolution semi-revolutionary movement to achieve just this goal. Struggles went on in this region for quite a while and took a heavy toll on most of the folk, being farmers and other rural living people. Limburg has a rich history of being a torn up region, suffering the whims of other nations and being thrown around by various foreign government elements resulting in some very dark times.

[@DunkelblauerMB]

@@Waldtyr1 The Limburg region of The Netherlands was confiscated by Holland for one purpose only. To benefit the port of Rotterdam by disrupting a major trade route later called the Iron Rhine which was a freight railway crossing Limburg and connecting the port of Antwerp (Belgium) with Mönchengladbach (Germany). And with confiscating what's today The Netherlands Limburg this railway needed to cross 2 borders and become partially nonoperational. disrupting and lame a major part of the Belgium/German trade. If the Iron Rhine didn't exist we probably would have been Belgium or Germany today. 😂

[@Phobos1483]

Hallo broer

[@schuurschuurvandewijk226]

Freya op naar de vrijdagmorgen

[@schuurschuurvandewijk226]

@@Phobos1483 Freya goddes of💗💗💗

[@SirBedevereTheWise]

I thought I was subscribed to you but apparently it's on my old KZbin account. Glad you came across my feeds so I could subscribe here. I enjoy listening to you posts. I'm a history buff so I know what our books say, but I'm also smart enough to have a little grasp of human nature and tendencies and listening to you saying a lot of the same things I been knowing separately from the "official" scholastic books is self proving that I'm not the only one thinking these things

[@opperhoofdrampeneer8324]

My dad's entire family is Frisian, and the family is divided in two last names, one of which literally translates to "From Over The Sea". I did a DNA test last year and found that I have a deep rooted Scandinavian heritage. The two things combined make me incredibly proud, and also kinda explain why I have long hair and a full beard at mid thirty,

[@sjefkerolleman2094]

I think that we Dutch have a lot of Frisian and Norse DNA

[@jimcy1319]

Long hair and a full beard, odd for a young woman.😜

[@ColoradoStreaming]

My family on my Moms side is from East Frisia and their surname comes from a nickname for someone who is never sad or never grieves.

[@crystallore5506]

Thanks, danke, tack and tusen takk for your excellent videos about our ancestors. I'm German, Danish, Dutch, French and Italian but I loved hearing about the Frisii hanging the Romans.

[@aidanwasserman4491]

Yes! Thank u for this video!!!💪💪⚔️🏹🗡watching from South Africa🇿🇦we are descendants of The Dutch known as the boers or Afrikaaners 🇳🇱🇿🇦

[@alexschonski3637]

Great breakdown , interesting information .

[@PetervanderPlaat]

Thanks for this beautiful and interesting stories

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

I agree with you about the Dutch girls. 😊 I was with a Dutch girl for a little over five years and out of all my Xs she was my favorite and unlike most of them I really miss her. RIP Mariah.

[@IntegralPeter]

Man as a Frysian and a history lover, i love your video about this history, thank you

[@Martel33]

Very good youtube channel, i like watching your videos and as a Martel i would love to ear you talk more about the franks even if they clearly are not the most loved germanic nation.

[@markhall9007]

You are an awesome historian brother!

[@siske9573]

I'm from the North of Belgium, West-Vlaanderen. My grandmother is Dutch coming from Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. It's very connected. A lot of people in the North of Belgium have family in the Netherlands. We are speaking the same language and at some point in history we where 1 country. The Dutch speaking part of Belgium was one of the Netherlands

[@Weda01]

And the northwestern part of Flanders (roughly the area where Brugge is) was once part of Magna Frisia.

[@violettaangelababetz4427]

Absolutely true and corect, I am happy you explain that

[@olivierfolkersma3900]

Thanks for the video! I'm born and raised in the south of the Netherlands, but my surname is in the frisian language and I know most of my grandparents also come from the northern netherlands. I loved learning in such detail about the people who are probably my ancestors!

[@black4pienus]

Thank you for making this video! We kinda see Belgium as that little brother you love to tease. lol. I used to think only the Fryslan (Friesland) was the part where Vikings lived. But yeah, the Frisian Kingdom was bigger than just Friesland. The maps you showed helped a lot. I'm from the West coast above the Rijn. Roman free. (Ha!)

[@Dorian-wf1iv]

Thank you for this beautiful video

[@MustangX1074]

finally a reality check up for a lot of Dutch people as well...Tak very well insighted...its what i said to a lot that even our west side was way back a part of Frysia!

[@glenntheijssen7368]

Ik wilde precies het zelfde zeggen!

[@Fuzz82]

I don't know if it was just for me but history lessons in school always seem to skip this part of history. Funny enough, my school did teach about Wodan an Donar. But nothing other about the pagan culture of that time.

[@glenntheijssen7368]

@@Fuzz82 sounds like a kickass school.

[@Fuzz82]

@@glenntheijssen7368 Hehe, it was only one story. More about reading than the mythology. But it is a lot better than Bible passages.

[@sebe2255]

@@Fuzz82 Dutch schools basically skip the entire early and high middle ages. So the Frisians and even the Franks barely get connected to the modern day nation. It is a shame

[@DJJinxC2006]

Another cracking vlog, as always you have my gratitude.

[@ole7146]

I’m a Dane from Jutland and had the pleasure of visiting the Netherlands 3 times. Nice people, could just as well be Scandinavians with a strange language although I actually understands some of it, probally because of common germanic language roots and the low german influence on the Scandinavian languages during the middle ages.

[@dpt6849]

Read Dutch slow and pronounce it. Phonetics is the key.

[@Ohjeezno]

For us Dutchies it's possible to read Danish pretty well, too. It's the pronunciation that screws things up ;)

[@Delft1977]

When you visit fishing coastal cities I think they very much sound alike

[@ole7146]

@@Delft1977 actually, heard from a distance, I’ve mistaken Dutch for Danish a couple of times abroad on holidays before I realize it’s not, so yeah, there is a similar soundscape between Dutch and Danish.

[@esmeraldahijkoop3856]

Yea the Dutch part of Belgium yes.

[@doreenbierens]

From North Brabant myself, I live closer to Belgium. Love your content very much.

[@rad7595]

My Grandmother and Grandfather were Frisian. Dykstra, and Soodsma. I live near Friesland Wisconsin. So stoked to see this episode!!

[@countk1]

The suffix -stra or -ma in family names suggests Frisian origin for sure.

[@dicksaucer3231]

My family also settled in Wisconsin but we're Catholic Dutch from Uden and somewhere in Zealand. Spierings and Dewitt and Opsteen surnames, although most Dutch in the area of Wisconsin I'm from are Van-s

[@andreajanota6258]

I’m Chicago Dutch and there are dome Dykstras out there as well.

[@amcreative3784]

Australian borne of Frisian father. I think Dykstra is part of heritage also.

[@PaulSeelenNeiChiaTaijiquan]

Next time youre in Holland visit my hometown Wijk bij Duurstede, former Dorestad. Was a big and first trading place in Holland. Lot of pagan history. Thanks for this great video!

[@TonySlug]

You did some serious research ! As one who has both a Frysian grandmother AND a Danish one I found this very interesting. Frysian language is very closely related to medieval English and would be mutually understandable at the time, at least to a great degree. My Frysian grandmother spoke only Dutch and Frysian, not a word of modern English, she COULD however read and comprehend old English texts. My Danish grandmother was an (indirect) descendant of Haldemar (yes I have a framed family tree to prove it) btw. The slaying of Boniface was still taught in schools when I was kid, but I'm fairly sure no longer. Frysian was still spoken all along the North German coast up to Jutland in Denmark up until about the mid 19th century. But the lower-Saxon dialect (still spoken) which would be nearly incomprehensible to modern Dutch speakers, will be understanble to German and even Danish speakers of that dialect. People in the South of the Netherlands people probably feel more connected to the Flemish on Northern Belgium (dialects are kind of similar and it is closer) than to Northern Dutch. The Holland provinces would probably identify more with Frysians. One part of North-Holland is actually technically Frysian and called West-Friesland. For some time now, the Dutch government do all they can to erase anything resembling a national identity, (especially when it comes to ethnicity) in accordance with the EU's plans to realize a "diverse" pan-European identity in which islam "always had, will continue to have an important place". This is from the horse's mouth, what our politicians say themselves. So they more or less try to obfuscate or rewrite history. Anyway, interesting historical stuff ! Great job, man.

[@johanvandermeulen9696]

Lower-saxon we call it nedersaksisch. Written it is understandable. It does not differ very much from written Dutch. I am a Dutchman from Amsterdam but I often don't understand my compatriots. They speak too quickly and they don't articulate well.

[@JoshuaGraves113]

As a native English speaker, Frisian is very much something I can understand. Written or spoken it seems like just another dialect of English. Had I not studied Danish/Dano-norwegian I probably would still be able to understand it to a degree anyways. It's an interesting language for sure. It's not our closest relative language for no reason I guess.

[@MrOpiumDubs]

Lol you completely lost it, I learned about the Frisians in primary AND high school in holland AND have bought 2 books at train stations on the subject. And I live in the south of the netherlands. Seems they're doing a pretty bad job at erasing identity. Almost like they're not trying. Oh wait... they aren't. Pity to see fascist comments here regarding replacement theory and blatantly lying that dutch history is being erased. Really, it's BS my friend. You're just afraid of muslims. We have muslims in NL because we badly needed a cheap workforce back in the day. They were put into separate areas in cities so no integration took place and had a lack of educational programs. Making up for that decades later is no easy task. Also, we took in the most conservative and low educated people of turkey and marocco from their rural areas. So yes, there are problems. Conspiracy? No.

[@nimmen]

Thanks for this amazing and informative video. Greetings from Fryslân to our Scandinavian brothers up North

[@kobeverhaeghe7058]

I am so happy that you made this i am Belgian and feel me like a viking

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

But Belgians aren't Vikings. And the person in your avatar doesn't look nordic.

[@violettaangelababetz4427]

I Don't know, but I live a lot in Belgium Noord and the author of the video looks exactly like my all ancient belgian neighbours

[@TrimbakkiFonElsass]

Really cool history lesson today

[@lauraperezmacho4265]

Very good video, as always :-) I have always been fascinated by the Scandinavians and their Viking past. In fact, my boyfriend is Danish. As a Spaniard, you can say that my ancestors were diverse: Celts, Romans and, yes, also Germanic. We had invasions of Germanic tribes and a whole dynasty of Visigothic kings during the 5th to 8th centuries. I would love you to make a video about the Viking raids in Hispania.

[@JustLor7777]

Exactly, And French, that's where the Valencian language comes from, it's mixed with Catalan, French, and Italian.

[@ellaparie7624]

Dankjewel daarvoor, i'm Dutch and Pagen. Ofcourse i knew the history of Redbad and the Friezen. Your light on this, is wonderfull to listen to.❤ If you ever come back to Nederland let me know. I'm a voluntier at the prehistorisch dorp (vilage) in Eindhoven. They shot the film Redbad in our longhouse.

[@tummytub1161]

Being a good mix of Dutch(Frisian), Scandinavian (Danish) and German myself. I really enjoyed this video. You made a good point about the women. As it explains why I am fond of these women more easily. As for the names I think Onno (A Dutch boys name originating from Friesland and Groningen) is maybe derived from Unno since there's not that much background on the name's origin. Us Dutch still hold our ancient beliefs of freedom as we did back then and I am very proud of that too. I like that you put some acknowledgement to the Dutch prowess and history in a video. Even though we are a small country and sometimes forgotten we still hold a huge deal in trading traditions and diplomacy from these early days.

[@HighlyCaffein8ed]

Your videos are really the only helpful ones that are helping me understand this area in such detail. Other history videos are still a bit too general no matter how long they are. I'm having the hardest time understanding my exact lineage. My mom's side consists of Swedish, German, Prussian/Pomeranian, and my great great grandpa was born in 1885 assuming Polish as his language is stated in records as Polish speaking, but it was when Poland was annexed by Russia. Due to this, he put he's from Poland/Russia on everything. I can't go any further back on his side currently. I'm having a hard time deserning my mom's side exact history, and trying to sort between nationality and ethnicity.

[@thispostwasmadebypagang8814]

2:30 Whenever people claim that vikings didn't rape, I send them this clip.

[@dimpleza]

I find this all so fascinating. Thank you so very much for this!

[@michaelhoes4851]

The Frisians are still fighter (I'm proud of them, although I'mnot a Frisian, maybe I got some Frysian DNA 🤔). Today they are the leading farmers in the fight against the tyranny of the Dutch government that has lined up with the EU and the WEF.

[@merovekh]

You mean we're misguidedly fighting on behalf of their billionaire livestock feed agricultural lobby overlords. Most of us Frisians respect the rule of law and don't allow us to be controlled and put against each other by multinational companies. We love the EU and the western standards and freedoms we have fought for for more than two thousand years.

[@Zalkard]

I've lived in Fryslân my entire life. This video is a nice surprise.

[@r.r.f.kalkhoven]

Thank you for this video. I live in the eastern part of The Netherlands which is mostly countryside. A lot of the old pagan religion still exists here in the shape of rural tradition. Our roots are indeed the same as yours. Donar is Thor, Wodan is Odin and Freya is...Freya :)

[@creativeowlmedia6865]

Lovely video! Very interesting dude, thanks for this!

[@marcelvaneijk1962]

Read the Oera Linda saga book ,to know the story. Walhalla is a place in the Netherland named Walcheren. It was called Walhalgara then. My family tree has a interesting Viking twist in the surname at my mothers side, namely Ruigrok, which is very close to Ragnar and is infact the same in translation. Also a simularity with Ragnarok is very close.

[@Jack-Hands]

Unfortunately the Oera Linda book was written in the 19th century. So not a credible source. Why it exactly was written is anybodies guess. Nationalism?, a Hoax? Or just a plain old collection of Fairytales? We'll probably never know.

[@kristymoloney3774]

Fascinating video, I’m really enjoying your content

[@BattleBok]

Escaped the great southern slave colony and moved to Nederland last year. My ancestors include Danish and Norwegian Vikings and the Nordic/Germanic folklore has been a massive, driving inspiration for me and helped me through some very intense challenges through life. I had no idea how close I really came (back) to it all, until I watched this. Thank you for the knowledge and wisdom.

[@mika2swaggy]

What js the great southern slave colony

[@BattleBok]

@@mika2swaggy Australia

[@mika2swaggy]

@@BattleBok okay but why do u say you escaped it last year as if it’s a great slave colony now?

[@BattleBok]

@@mika2swaggy I was talking metaphorically, but otherwise making a statement about its current state of politics.

[@mika2swaggy]

@@BattleBok yeah I understood thst after u said australia but I’m not up to date with australian politics so why is it a slave state

[@eelcovenema2052]

i like your video and i am a viking thanks for that

[@PipSchoonen1]

Oh im excited because i am from the Netherlands

[@johnwaite5940]

Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos

[@maartenvandenberg160]

No worries old Frisian names are quite common in Friesland. Some of the names in my family: Tjalle, Douwe, Sjoerd, Sierdje, Gerrit, Antje, Gerrit and many many more Thanks for the video, very nice. Our history got destroyed quite well, the church got to educate generations of my ancestors :(

[@wegfarir1963]

Read the Oera Linda if you haven't already

[@maartenvandenberg160]

@@wegfarir1963 I have ... but its named to be a fraud ... made up ... though of course it has many parts of truth to it ... but who knows... most of history is made up of lies. Thanks !

[@moalleboanne]

My family his original from öst-friesland ( Norderney Isle and Nessmersiel , Harlesiel ) North - Germany and a part are gone to the Dutch province of Groningen where whe live now and speak the dialect's of both province's . I go always back a lot to my dear Öst-friesland 👌🏻👍🏻. Thank you for your great video.

[@wolwaas5956]

West-Frisian grandfather, region around Hoorn (now Noord Holland) stubborn and proud.

[@magnusbane8135]

2:48 the Flanders is like our Little Brother we Hate them but in the meanwhile we Love them 😎

[@noemievandenbloock8434]

Hello, Belgian woman here! This is so nice to watch and learn. I recently learned that my DNA comes from England and Wales; Scandinavian and of East-Europe. Also less than 3 percent Middle-Eastern, which is interesting. Could this be because of the Viking period or after?

[@buzzardist1659]

Middle Eastern is likely from the Roman period, at least 200 or 300 years pre-Viking. Roman soldiers stationed in the Gallia Belgica province were always from other parts of the Roman empire, so there's a lot of mixing with Middle Eastern, North African, Hungarian, Greek, etc.

[@sebe2255]

@@buzzardist1659 “a lot”

[@inigo9000]

I'm no expert in DNA or history so please don't take my view for certain but from the few things i learned from others that are i wouldn't conclude your origins came from Wales or England but maybe. the other way around, DNA ancestry is determined by finding a few key indicator genes in one’s specimen that are known to be common in certain geographic localities of the world today and not proof of having ancesters that came from that region ( even if those tests sell it like it actually is) ,it only shows with varying degrees of statistical probability (depending on the history of a region) that you could have ancestors in one of those places. But if you take the history of the land you live in knowingly that the Celts living there invaded England & Wales ( it's even in the name Wales, Wallonia comes from Walha= Gallic people), but also later the region of Flanders ( Flanelle) was known for it's sheep & woll ( related to this video this was known as Frissian woll) but when the land was getting more urbanised many of the people took their sheep over the water to England and especially Wales. Don't take my word for certain but if you're really intrested in your ancestery i would definitely do some more research and certainly don't take those DNA test as factual ( DNA experts mostly see those as scams adn answers can be very different depending on the company)

[@atuane7003]

Very interesting and insightful, thx

[@grimwulf8547]

You didn't mention that the Frisians were one of the tribes that settle England and southern Scotland along with the Jutes, Angles, Saxons, East Danes etc. Dumfries in Scotland for example was Frisian territory.

[@Fires755]

This history is Great ! Thank you!

[@bingbong6066]

As someone who lived his youth in Heiloo. You have a archaeological center nearby in castricum all about the frisians and romans. The forests and dunes near castricum and egmond are very spiritual, and I have seen people walking there with ravens in clothes from those times. It is certainly there that something has happened. Like that battle.

[@casperklerk5054]

@S. de Vries Heiloo means holy woods and seems to have had role for pagans in the past. Btw long ago a viking tumb has been found during excavations in the village Bergen. It is currently being shown in the local museum.

[@JOSWAY787]

I take it “castricum” was named by the romans? Bc that is pretty amazing it still has the roman name of the town!

[@ACR_BOX]

On the old map Friesia was from North Germany all along the coast down to Belgium. It is older then the Republic of the Nederlandic. The Romans, Crusades', French, Spanish and 40-45 destroyed most of the old heritage.. The dunes/forest between Wijk aan zee and Groet are beautiful, but sadly there is not so much old history left.