What Nobody Gets About William the Conqueror

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

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[@sleepinggiant1484]

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[@eriktheviking927]

For those that don't know: In Norse culture, there was a belief that when a woman was pregnant with the true heir of a ruling king, she would always have a dream about the Tree of Life, and her son being a sprout at the top of the tree. This was traditionally thought to signify the birth of a future king of true noble birth. A great man and great ruler. Seems this tradition was still active in Normandie at the time of William's birth ;)

[@BradleyGearhart]

Erik TheViking Did not know this! Thanks!

[@sitrakamatthieu]

Meh I don't think so just politics u know

[@zoetropo1]

Herleva’s name isn’t Norse, but she would have known the custom.

[@eriktheviking927]

@@zoetropo1 Yes

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I'm a huge fan of your channel, and I would love to see a video about the oaths and ceremonies medieval knight's took part in.

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Thirded

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@robertbluestein7800]

I was fortunate enough to have Dr. Sally Vaughn for three different Medieval History courses and studied in England as well. I wanted to say that you do a most excellent job of bringing primary source information into your videos and you make these videos historically sound. You are careful to let the people of the day tell their story and I cannot tell you how excellent a purveyor of knowledge you are. I am in process of working with Dr. Butler on my first book, called 'Covet thy Crown'' and subtitled ''The Four Kings of 1066'' . I would like very much to send you the forward and the first chapter and get your feedback. There is one thing I wanted to address regarding this video. I have gone back and forth on whether the Battle of Hastings was really a Viking Civil War. After enough research, mainly through the Westminster Archives, I have come to the conclusion that this statement is quite a reach. The Vikings that landed in Normandy in 792 very quickly adapted to life amongst the people. 200 years is an enormously long time and by the year 1000, the Normans had adopted a new language, a new way of life, and a religion that all but did away with Norse gods. The Vikings who traded with the Normans in the 900s-1000s had great difficulty in communicating with the Normans. Furthermore, the Norse (Norwegian) Vikings that plundered England through the early middle ages had been given a nice piece of England in Northumbria to maintain the peace as per Alfred the Great. They too became adapted and assimilated into an Anglo-Saxon culture and while their language was a little closer to the Norse Vikings of Harald Hardrada - it was still quite different. In fact, the Northumbrian settlers did a great deal of intermarriage and cultural assimilation themselves. We know that the backlash of the St. Brice's Day massacre did much to set this assimilation reeling, but the arrival of King Cnut and others was not greeted universally as a good thing amongst the Northumbrian settlers. I always have found it interesting that assimilation works in both directions. What are we to make of the very names of the Godwinsson clan? Harold of Wessex, Tostig, Sweyn, Leofwine - the four brothers - all are Saxon, and yet bear Viking names. I always thought that was fascinating! Your video on Stephen de Blois seemed to imply a couple of things that perhaps I see differently - (1) Adela was a well educated woman of her times - but that is not because she was a Norman, but because she benefitted from being so involved in both political and religious causes. (2) the crusades helped to lead women into the 12th century renaissance (something Dr. Vaughn certainly believed to be the case) With so many capable men away and fighting for the Holy Land, a power vacuum was bound to occur in Europe. It wasn't just Adela we see, but Eleanor, and Heloise as well. Anyway, I sincerely enjoy your hard work and your helping kids to understand a very complex topic by being so easy to follow and I encourage you to make many more videos!

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

Have to chuckle at the shenanigans of the later gentry, claiming all sorts of nonsense about William. Fact is, he was one of the foremost nobles of his time and recognized as such by the Normans, who conquered far and wide. All the Kingship lines were established by some outstanding warlord, and later on hired scribes who today would be most accurately described as press agents, to show their noble origins as something other than the best ax wielder of their time. Closely read the Anglo/Saxon Chronicles, with an awareness of who Bede owed allegiance to, will reveal a good deal of this going on. It goes all the way back to ancient Egypt and Sumeria. Bottom line, William won and knew how to exploit his victory. All else is smoke and mirrors.

[@BradleyGearhart]

Well said!

[@-haclong2366]

This has always been the problem of later interpreters, they view history through a lens of their own time, with time the Normans became less Scandinavian and more Western-European, you shouldn't judge your ancestors on how you see the world today, the earliest converts probably mixed Christianity with the Germanic religion, only their descendants would drop Thor and Odin for a more pure Christianity and would lose the culture of their ancestors becoming fully French.

[@tauceti8341]

I know of Bede but I don't know of any allegiance going back to ancient Egypt and Sumeria?

[@DedicatedSpartan]

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

[@daya820]

Great topic, loved this video. Thanks

[@demongod1889]

What nobody ever knew is he is one of my ancestors

[@jamesosullivan8343]

Ramsey Bolton would have loved this.

[@pieceofschmidtgames6389]

Thank you for making such great content.

[@egialknight1667]

Really enjoying this work. +

[@zoetropo1]

Herleva may have been Breton: (1) Norman dukes often had children by Breton women; (2) the administrators and merchants of Normandy were frequently Bretons; (3) her second husband was Herluin of Conteville, a Breton holy site; (4) her daughter Muriel had a Breton name.

[@antoinelambert938]

Taking context (and not using modern standards ) while speaking of x aspect of y historical figure, this conclusion seams familiar.

[@lkayh]

Interesting. I do seem to recall reading somewhere (years ago) that William was taunted at some point about having the tanner’s stink about him (reference to Herleva’s father’s alleged profession). Also, I think one reason Matilda was reluctant to accept his suit (apart from the fact that she favored another man) was because he was illegitimate.

[@JamesRDavenport]

Legend in my family say we are descendants of one of Duke William's closest Knights and we came to England from Normandy with him. For all I know we could have more kin with Harald Godwinson, but it's still interesting.

[@timgeisinger8479]

I do not believe the masses cared about his "lagetimacy". They cared that he was a good leader.

[@adventussaxonum448]

Depends which masses you are talking about. I bet the folk of Yorkshire and Northumberland didn't rate him that highly...... the ones who survived, that is.

[@Nexus-ub4hs]

Tim Geisinger it depends if they wanted power themselves and had backing. We don’t live in utopia.

[@AK-jt7kh]

What made him a good ruler? That’s not really the impression I got of his reign.

[@DedicatedSpartan]

Was there a reason Robert could not marry Herleva.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

As I understand it, historians aren't certain as to why their status remained as it did. But David Bates points out that it was not uncommon during this early period for Norman nobles to simply keep their woman as a concubine rather than to marry her according to the laws of the Church.

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Well done.

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[@fridericusrex1153]

What is the painting in 2:27min called? Who is that women?

[@fratersol]

Direct descendant of william the conqueror through Judith Ivye. Many people share the same ancestry

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

At least 90 percent of all individuals with any English ancestry descent from William the Conqueror, most of them through Edward III, according to the Most Recent Common Ancestor Theory. The trick is proving the same.

[@pamelahomeyer748]

William the Conqueror is my cousin he is a Homeyer

[@wyattphipps4674]

Nobody ever talks about the norman phipps cavalry that fought with William at the battle of hastings

[@f-aparadis9281]

Guillaume le conquérant..

[@dyingearth]

William's enemies have taunt his heritages quite a bit. He did made them pay for the insolence.

[@zoetropo1]

His friends teased him about it, too. He couldn’t do much about that because they led his armies.

[@dyingearth]

@@zoetropo1 His mother was the daughter of a tanner. Those enemies that taunted him get their hide removed after he beheads them.

[@algeborusas1883]

Rattle anyone's closet and a skeleton will fall out.

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

William had the right to rule because he did.

[@cynthiaejiogu8442]

First up! Love him no matter what!

[@Jenifer_G]

My mother's maiden name is DeBourge LATER CHANGED to Bourke in Dublin Ireland. The name Robert is in her family line. THIS NAME GOES back to the half brother of William THE Conquerer and his brother Doo. I hope to follow up LATER the background of her family.

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

The eternal Anglo