Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar

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[@Biographics]

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[@nomdeplume7537]

Here's a question that just struck me ... if you believe she was an unhinged despotic tyrant ... does that make you a misogynist?

[@PleiadianDreams]

Biographics big fan of you (O_0)

[@AIArtist-o4j]

Now I've got something which every American tries not to look at that's there crimes. Past: 1) Selling weapons to both the Allies and Central/Axis power in both WW. And when they found their interest in danger they joined the allies just in the name of saving the so called humanity. 2) Throwing not once but twice nuclear weapons on Japan. It's unnecessary because by the time they fired those bloody missiles Nazi Germany had already surrendered and Imperial Japan also couldn't have last for long cause it couldn't fight longer because of their economic and military conditions and also the other Axis powers had already lost. The attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have caused casualties over 199000 in total and many have become lame and are still suffering both physically and mentally because of the radiational diseases which spread. The Japanese suffered a lot from this but USA never openly apologized to Japan. 3) During the Cold wars these American brutes tried to overthrow many communist regimes like China and Cuba and wanted to establish capitalist states. I'm not against capitalism nor I blindly follow communism, but this's American Imperialism. On the Soviets part though, they never actually tried to overthrow any anti communist regimes and this interference of America just in the name of the so called 'peace keeping' makes them look as tyrant and bloody imperialist. 4) Just like in Cuba as the Soviets had placed their nukes, the Americans had also placed their nukes in Turkey. Now if u know the history of Cuban Missile crisis you know how Americans felt when they discovered this, but they had also done the same thing by placing their nukes in Turkey. Really selfish.

[@AIArtist-o4j]

Some more 5) Their involvement in Korean War and Vietnam War where the Soviets only provided arms to the communist regimes, the Americans not only provided their arms but also sent their men to the anti communist regimes which were their supporter. In Korea a cease fire was announced, while in Vietnam they left the South Vietnam on its own after fighting with and for it for decades. And then the South fell to North Vietnam with an unified communist Vietnam. Really they pokes their nose everywhere and after that they may also leave you. Just fight for their own profit. Really selfish. 6) They are the creator of terrorists. The biggest terrorist sponsoring country is USA. When USSR invaded Afghanistan the Americans in return funded the rebels with arms and ammunition in Afghanistan so that they could create a problem for USSR and later when these rebels started killing the innocents in the name of religion, this gave birth to terrorist and terrorism, and the mother was USA. They also paid the price in the infamous 9/11 attacks by Osama Bin Laden. And later when these terrorists in Afghanistan became a problem to them they sent their men in Afghanistan and they stayed there for approximately 20 yrs and suddenly the year earlier they left Afghanistan to these Talibani terrorists after spending more than a trillion dollars. They also helped terrorists or so called rebels to overthrow Gaddafi's rule in Libya, I'm not justifying Gaddafi's regime but I'm trying to prove American Imperialism, the reason why they overthrow Gaddafi was that Gaddafi wanted to establish a Pan Arab and Pan African Union of gold currency, this would make the Arabs less reliant on West and thus America overthrew him. They wanted Middle East to be depended upon them (America) and also the Americans had(and still has) monopoly on oil trade in the middle east which could have been affected. 7) In the Indo-Pak war or Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 they supported Pakistan even after knowing about Pakistan's Bangladeshi genocide and not supporting the independence of Bangladesh and India who was helping them for their liberation. They instead sent their Naval fleet in Bay of Bengal to stop India and if they didn't, you know what they could have done, but thankfully Soviet Russia came up and they sent their navy too which resulted America to return. 8) The Iraq war. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq blaming Saddam Hussein that he's making weapons of mass destruction. But they never found anything such like this instead it resulted death of millions of Iraqis and War Veterans. The reason they attacked Iraq was that Saddam Hussein wanted to sell Iraq's oil not in Dollars harming USA a lot. Thus they attacked and left the country in shatters. I'm also not justifying Saddam's regime as it's horrific.

[@AIArtist-o4j]

And yeah they believed the divine right to rule the whole continent and yeah so they stretched their borders until it became as same as it's today and in between causing casualties and lots of deaths during their expansion.

[@Bubbaist]

I would suggest an episode on Charles II of England. He is remembered as the “Merry Monarch,” but a closer look at the later part of his reign reveals a paranoid regime in which thousands of Protestant dissenters and others were summarily executed and stripped of their property. He was much bloodier than Bloody Mary.

[@duncancurtis1758]

His regime mirrored Richelieu in France with his paranoid attacks on the Jews and Hugenots as highlighted in Ken Loach The Devils 1971 with Oliver Reed.

[@starlittardis2049]

Ok, but he also starred on Horrible Histories, so that's an upside.

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

No wonder the Cavaliers lost-

[@RR-ri4vn]

Don’t care this is about the queen of Madagascar 🇲🇬

[@JJaqn05]

@@RR-ri4vn Relax, your country is only known because of the movie

[@seanspindleshanks2529]

Madagascar is a really interesting country, I wish it was talked about more often

[@littlemy1773]

There is a french actress (most famous for Lila dit ça an excellent film) her name is vahina geocante . Vahina is said more like vyna and it’s Malagasy ( Madagascan) for welcome . Random bit of trivia

[@SaiyanGamer95]

When most people hear Madagascar: "I like to move it, move it!"

[@ulester3092]

@@SaiyanGamer95 “I’m paralysed from the neck down and cannot move it move it”

[@jonirojonironin5353]

Madagascar, the homeland of the magnificent Pachypodiums

[@aaronlaing4244]

All hail king Julian

[@kelvinkhr]

Good day to the team at Biographics. I would like to just say that I think the work you do is just astounding. I absolutely enjoy listening and I often listen while I work during the day. Thank you very much for the brilliant content you put out. If I may, may I make a suggestion for Lady Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese lady in waiting during the Japanese Heian period who was also a renown poet and writer, and who is thought to have written the first novel, the Tale of Genji?

[@York22]

An unexpected and great video. You should do one on Queen Ranavalona III the last monarch of Madagascar

[@manorak9781]

That b*** gave up to the french with out a figth, and finished her days on a holliday trip as her people got enslaved.

[@manorak9781]

1861 was the begining of the fall of Madagascar, since then, until now, the country is a mess. History prove her right, and she was our last real sovereign. Thanks for trying to prononce Andrianampoinimerina's name, it means the sovereign in the heart of merinas, and as a proud merina I can tell you that's true. An episode about him would be amazing

[@thatissoquebecishh2134]

She might have been ruthless but she was an excellent queen and i argue she was the greatest rulers of madagascar and africa in general, her descendants completely botched everything she had worked tirelssly to preserve

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Please do one about William of Orange

[@neganandlucille1304]

Just wondering can you ever do a biographics about Frank Hamer

[@alpharius212]

Thank you, this is amazing, never knew Madagascar had a mad queen 😂

[@187nata]

She did this ban because missionaries were coming as spy's and trying to erase her African culture traditions and religion* Mad comes from Madagascar and she was. Queen" not because she was crazy* the French had surrounding islands and wanted the main island*Madagascar so much about this story makes her look bad but it's the French and British in competition on stealing her land to colonize on*

[@hongnequivonra]

She was mostly Austronesian, being a descendant of the first settlers who arrived from Indonesia. Her army was of the Merinas. The African traditions and culture were already destroyed by the nature of the slave trades, just like it has been in other countries. The Merinas managed to unite the whole country even before the establishment of the French colony in the 1890s. She did what she did to solely protect her royal authority.

[@reza3624]

More African History plz

[@mocat1]

Prince unpronounceable. 😂🤣👍🏼

[@YeeSoest]

Came here for the funny attempts at pronouncing madagascan names, wasn't disappointed

[@ohayopoko2278]

*Malagasy

[@YeeSoest]

@@ohayopoko2278 thanks, almost disrespectful on my end not to check...

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

Simon, although I know you don't believe in it, a psychic would tell you there is some significance to the number 1828 or 1928 for you 😂. This is the 2nd video I've seen where you are talking about the date 1828 as 1928 but you nail all the other years and dates in succession.

[@bagsmohess]

Let's see if Simon is going to deify another murderous woman due to her gender.

[@mariakelly1059]

Oh shut up.

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

@@mariakelly1059 Feminazi.

[@bkbj8282]

your accent is a cartoon. "she nevahhh bore him a royaaaahhh chihhhd"

[@mathistan2504]

"Prince Unpronounceable " great save Simon, great save.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - One day my prince will come (down with syphilis) 4:15 - Chapter 2 - Reign in blood 6:05 - Mid roll ads 7:25 - Chapter 3 - Queen of big data 11:40 - Chapter 4 - Away from christianity 15:05 - Chapter 5 - Bloodbath 17:15 - Chapter 6 - 21 Skulls 20:30 - Chapter 7 - Legacy

[@setranyzo8825]

I cannot beleave that I've learned more about the history of my country in this video than my years of malagasy schools, which where we learn more about occidental one. the one that "matters".

[@Styxswimmer]

One of the women who proved that they can be as vile as any man.

[@ThePoopsmith-12345]

Equality for all!!!

[@kathyjaneburke2798]

Wow! She makes Empress Wu look kind & gentle.

[@joshuaescopete]

Gonna take this opportunity to shout out General Antonio Luna and Dr. Jose Rizal. Would love to see more videos about the Philippines and it’s tumultuous history as a conquered nation and the struggle to find its national identity.

[@paulrichardson9105]

have you seen the puppet history episode on Rizal? pretty good

[@GritchigoXxX]

"Prince Unpronounceable" hahahahaha

[@TacgnolSimulacrum]

This is the video that makes me realize that even with a BA in History from a university in the US, I have exactly no knowledge of Madagascar beyond "Lots of biodiversity"

[@josephkmeyer5178]

I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.

[@hawkeyeten2450]

What's bizarre is how many African Americans in Alabama voted for him in the early 80s IIRC. Why would you vote for the man who had oppressed your people so badly the last time he was in power? Absolutely inexplicable.

[@josephkmeyer5178]

@@hawkeyeten2450 exactly, he was a terrible person, but a master populist, especially in Alabama. But these is a such a lack of biographies on the man, even more so on KZbin.

[@willlegok9]

As Hank Green once sang: They call her the mad queen, of Madagascar She'll sell you into slavery, or she'll boil you in tar She'll dress you up in bloody animal skins and set dogs on you A third of her nation died under her rule If even the reign of a woman was cursed It was Queen Ranavalona the First Ranavalona, Ranavalona, Ranavalona the First

[@Bexahlia5933]

As soon as I saw the title of this video I heard the song in my head

[@Humasexuality]

I came here to comment about his song that’s the only reason I know about her

[@TheProtagonistDies]

She's actually a nice gal tho

[@ThePoopsmith-12345]

@@TheProtagonistDies Umm no.

[@Humasexuality]

@@TheProtagonistDies genocide Denier?

[@MrWillcapone]

From a Malagasy fan, this was unexpected

[@Lockified23]

Do Malaysian freedom fighters or their mythical heroes! There's alot of them within the 13 states. Also with love from Malaysia 🇲🇾🥰

[@jamesaaron7211]

At this point I will recommend the Flashman novels to Simon, though I confess I don’t yet see how to turn that into another channel. Love your work my friend.

[@WaddedBliss]

The Flashman novels are brilliant.

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

I sympathize with the queen in wanting to stave off colonial European powers but it seems she did so not for the benefit of her people but rather to secure her complete authority and power and she'd take any steps necessary to ensure this, even at the detriment of her subjects. Not even emperors like Nero or Commodus were as cruel or tyrannical, and that's saying something.

[@drunaisis9797]

Are you sure she was so cruel? Maybe just the history of the winners portaraiting her like that?

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

Flashman's account of the Queen is quite enlightening.

[@rjddurhamnc]

That's fiction

[@twocvbloke]

Seems she did what most dictators do, start off seemingly a decent person set on changing things for the good of the people, and then descending into power-mad insanity and just going nuts attacking people just cos she could... :\

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Humbly requesting George Carlin. A comedian and satirist who oftentimes hit the nail more than just on the head; and whose bits were infinitely more than just satire. The guy was a comedian, satirist, begrudged philosopher, and even the narrative voice of Thomas the Train.

[@rosscarr6817]

I've seen this same suggestion on so many vids and am 1000% behind it

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@rosscarr6817 I’m suggesting it on as many of Simon’s vids as I can. Carlin was a ginormous figure, so I want Factboi to cover him in great detail. Spread the word my friend!

[@garykubodera9528]

A great suggestion!! I would really like to hear what he would say over the last 7yrs... I'm sure it would have been a memorable.. How I miss his observations of life!!😃

[@GreenEyedGerudo]

Let’s not forget the “seven things you can’t say on television” monologue: something that went all the way to the US Supreme Court 😂

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

Catholicism WOW!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Honestly the truth is likely far more complicated than is traditionally believed.

[@kadabragugihj665]

She is not bad at all....she kept foreigners at check and had a progressive attitude ....Lady Ranavalona did good after all

[@ThePoopsmith-12345]

Pay no mind to all the murder.

[@bakthihapuarachchi3447]

Progressive while reestablishing slavery 😂😂

[@drunaisis9797]

It smells to me that probably Madagascar was prosper in that time and her madness and brutality was made up by colonialists, till today they are naming mad dictator any leader of any world nation refusing to accept colonialist dictating. She was probably not more brutal than any king to remain king and probably not more than majority of missionaries, to whome she gave a chance insted of brutally killing them, one of the stories which doesn't hold the water. It would be interesting to research the sources and local stories from Madagascar.

[@jamesmartin6050]

Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history.

[@alexysq2660]

*@James Martin* Although sadly, he *also* certainly let the women of Ireland down - to say the least - whence he did come to power: despite the rather major part Irish women played in the struggle for independence, he barely gave them so much as a nod of recognition, much less anything in the least significant or meaningful....

[@LordDim1]

Once more urge you to make a video on King Zog of Albania, one of the most fascinating and colourful rulers of the 20th century

[@llort42]

Population before Ranavalona: 5Million. Population after Ranavalona: 2.5Million.

[@diversejoe617]

Finally, my request was answered, thanks sm for posting🙏🏾, next time post Abraham Lincoln

[@belae5811]

Hey Simon! Great video as always. Could you guys do a video on Theodoros Kolokotronis? He was a Greek General in the Greek Revolutionary War of 1821 and his life would make for a great video in my opinion!

[@jessrosefawkes2721]

I’ve never heard of him, so I would be interested in watching a bio on him. Fingers crossed Simon reads this comment belae58 lol x

[@Kaiserboo1871]

I’ve heard him called the Greek George Washington. Is there any truth to this claim?

[@fluffycommander]

commenting early enough to get my own Biographic one day

[@coitze8704]

Since we're on the topic of incredibly iconic Monarchs, you should definitley make a video about Dom Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil. That man was a legend.

[@thomaszaccone3960]

Hard to tell from an old picture but she looks like she was a hottie!!

[@187nata]

The Christian religion was a cover up to what the French and British really wanted* but the visionary queen wasn't haveing it

[@darrenquiah9813]

Cover up or not she’s still a wicked ruler.She killed Christian’s becuase they preached that slaves and rulers are equal.Then she threw in her religion as a means to justify her wickedness.She’s not for the liberation of the people because she enslaved and killed and exploited off her own.

[@UCSPanther20]

Ranavalona I made Mary I of England look like a benevolent ruler in comparison.

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

Who is your favorite queen in African history?

[@RR-ri4vn]

Queen of Madagascar

[@josephgriffin2388]

For all intensive purposes... a female Stalin.

[@darkchocolate1083]

How about one on General Norman Schwarzkopf?(led collation forces during the First Gulf War)

[@duncancurtis1758]

Lovingly lampooned in Spitting Image you'll napalm my house!

[@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814]

what happened to the descendants?

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Woman with the highest body count.

[@pawstravel]

Oh man, this episode was a true treasure. I remember watching Biographics some time ago, the subjects seemed all-heard-about already. But I never knew that Madagascar was an independent state with a queen at some time. And what a queen she was...

[@thatissoquebecishh2134]

brutal but saved and developped madagascar for 3 decades without her the french would have taken madagascar easily

[@GrievousReborn]

In reality she was probably in between the two

[@multiyapples]

Rest In Peace to those that passed away.

[@alexmackay9685]

How about a Biographics on Æthelflæd, the Lady of Mercia. Has everything, midevil politics, war, dynasty, Vikings!

[@seanmessick9330]

Why dis i read the title as queen ravioli?

[@davemikita3419]

So between this and the Yi Concubine, do we get a Harry Flashman Video next?

[@TheMightyDevilLuis]

would love a biography of Sasaki Kojiro, i think it would be interesting

[@dominicwaghorn6459]

This is old video right? There’s no way I would know about the buffalo hunt without Mr. Whistler

[@nataliekennedy4646]

I wonder what modern madagascan people think of her

[@flavmendrikaja3784]

As a Malagasy, when I first learned the history of Madagascar at primary school, I used to think of her as a bad and cruel queen. But as the teacher explain more about the history in high school, I changed my perspective and now I think of her as a nationalist, though I know what she did was not the best thing.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@matsiknee8095]

Good to know that Eldians had at least one queen who ruled for more than 13 years

[@dustrose8101]

I see what you did there

[@matsiknee8095]

@@dustrose8101 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@smileyface3956]

You should do an episode about Ante Pavelić that man was brutal

[@chickenlampbrent]

Thank you Simon! I was about to do another petition soon but saw you had got around to her. May your beard grow ever more impressive! In answer to your query at the end, I think it's quite clear that she was both.

[@octaviopla5506]

Make a video of Gloria Guinness

[@hollycj7985]

Looking for this video is how I found you years ago!

[@multiyapples]

If possible can you please cover Joseph Merrick.

[@akiraasmr3002]

Can you do a video on King Phillip IV of France who persecuted the Knights Templar?

[@ciceromanhique6281]

Please do a biography on Fela Kuti and James Baldwin

[@amtraklover]

Fela Kuti for sure. His influence on music in Africa and the world is truly understated

[@CristinaMarshal]

This is the sixth video of yours today, I've been binging watching, the only time that I do, without any guilt, so don't think I'm stopping there, at old lucky six.

[@soetkinjehaes5040]

Please do an episode on Artemisia I of Caria! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SamSung-nf6tr]

PS love your videos. I normally speed youtube videos upto 1.25. Not you.

[@BigGahmBoss]

Did I reach the end of my watch later list? Not anymore. New biographics and geographics just uploaded!

[@briandoss9232]

Never learned anything about Madagascar...

[@BossUpDMG]

She had to match up with them so I could see how and why...

[@slygoatmeat808]

Proud of our bald guy

[@duncancurtis1758]

He's a magnetic beard and hair toy.

[@adrianopandolfo]

I seemed to have missed this part of the DreamWorks films

[@yasinnabi]

This is the best vidoe I watched today! subbed and liked ! you are wonderful. a fellow creator

[@shakiMiki]

Great video about someone & a country that is unknown to many of us.

[@atheistmom3591]

Damn, I was trying to be first comment.

[@susanlucia1670]

I'd like to see a video about Simo Hayha.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@fauxpinkytoo]

And I second the request for a bio on George Carlin. For many of us Americans of a certain age, he was a guiding light.

[@bigsmoothmusicchannel4611]

Can you do a video about Malcolm X?

[@dhritidutta6231]

She is the REAL EVIL Queen... 😖😖

[@spudgunn8695]

Oi, @Simon Whistler, I pay for YT Premium so I can watch videos without adverts. Could you please stick to putting the adverts for your sponsors at the beginning or end of the video? As soon as I hear the words "more from them later" I turn your videos off, as I PAY for videos uninterrupted by ads.

[@ubermikesocal]

04:08 Reign in Blood! From a lacerated sky! Bleeding its horror Creating my structure, Now I shall Reign in Blood

[@chuckjohnson8717]

Simon,Duke Kahanamoko , multi Olympic medalist, father of modern surfing

[@Dustbinlid1]

Saw that title and thought "Wait, isn't free in Flashmans Lady" yes, yes she is,

[@187nata]

She is a Model of Determination

[@Anglocel]

How about Sir John Monash - the Australian German-Jewish General who distinguished himself on the Western Front in WW1 and arguably (and ironically) invented blitzkrieg?

[@dominicwaghorn6459]

Yo! I have a Times Atlas from 1896!! It shows the French had indeed successfully invaded

[@nes999]

Fun fact: I named a showChinchilla after Queen Ranavolana. Hank Green, of NerdFighteria fame, is to blame. I doubt he feels any remorse for that song being stuck in my head on and off for the past decade. Esit: Just checked, that video is now 14 years old. I'm getting old.

[@adhvithnambiar3743]

You guys are so good at what you do. Why don't you ever do any famous/notable/infamous/impressive/terrible people from India? Other than Gandhi why have y'all never done any rulers, dynasties, noble folk, Empires, happenings & histories from India?

[@NRNF1776]

Here's an amazing inventor who's far too less known, and deserves a Biographics episode : Joseph Marie Jacquard. He invented a sort of computerized weaving machine in *1803*... I know i'd like to know more about this guy..

[@ima1sthumanonearth8]

i knew JESUS wasnt real

[@mustardwizard]

she liked to move it move it

[@cebosityata8457]

Can you please make a video on John Langalibele Dube and Charlotte Manya Makgomo Maxeke 🙏🥺?

[@jacobprice2579]

Sad you overlooked Sergeant-General Harry Flashman, but oh well.

[@andrewedwards2211]

I have a curve ball request, and a hawaiin hero. Can u please do an episode on Eddie Aikau, hawaiin surf hero, modest honest to god man, and true hawaiin