Who was Charlemagne?

[@mk553]

I don't know why so many people are dissing Charlemagne on here. He was a great leader, and a man very much of his times.

[@Anthony82M]

Dr. Reeves, thank you for posting such elegant summaries! I can only imagine how many hours of your life were required for this 30 minute distillation. Your videos are a gold mine!

[@XXTheMoleXX]

Fantastic video. It's amazing how hard it is to find an informative video of decent length on Charlemagne.

[@christinakcover]

This was a really thorough look at Charlemagne's rule - really helpful as I study for my history final. Thank you!

[@timgentner6910]

Thank you for this video. There are too many videos that try to portray a "story", and it is great to find a video with pure knowledge. Well done, these are hard to find (especially without a dry boring voice!)!

[@fload46d]

Thank you , Dr. Reeves. I have visited Aachen and have had the privilege of seeing the museum and the Dom. A most fascinating historical person was Charlemagne or rather Karl der Gros. A friend of mine used to like to tease French friends by telling them Charles was a German Kaiser.

[@verruckterverkehr5980]

euh he didn't conquer "the germans" but parts of them, as well as the franks who themselves were germans had conquered gaul what would be modern france. also, he spoke old high german.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

So interesting how these comments look like Charlemagne's family reunion.

[@lucaantonini2872]

Great video Ryan, thank you! Just two small factual corrections: 1) The ancient roman circus below the Vatican was NOT the Circus Maximus, but was called Circus of Nero. The Circus Maximus is about two miles away and you can still visit what's left of it (not much to be honest, it's a grassy field mostly used as a music/concert venue). 2) You said Northumbria is in the nothern part of Brittany... I am sure you meant to say Britain. Brittany is the north-western region of France.

[@Medraut00]

a note about Saddles and the Stirrup. while the Romans, Celts, and other cultures did not have a stirrup. they had a saddle that would be sat in rather then on. the saddle would be designed with four 'horns' allowing the rider to be placed in it not on it. this allowed for stability. even Caesar was able to use cavalry who rode with such saddles to great use.

[@censorduck]

This was a fascinating thing to listen to. And while I am an atheist I recognise the important role that the Catholic church played in making our world what it was today.

[@Davidmoire96]

Thank you for this Video, i am addicted to history and i can't get enough of these lectures.

[@santana898989]

Thank you Mr. Reeves for this video. I found it very informative and enjoyable. I look forward to watching more of you work.

[@athenassigil5820]

Wow, this is great stuff! I'm not a Christian, however, I'm a deep admirer of its history and culture. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching!

[@Tarantio1983]

First off, thanks for an awesome video. However, York is in the middle of England. Not Brittany, Brittany is Nort-Western France. Britannia is the province in which York is located! Also, you can't refer to Britain as if it was a united thing. Even England wasn't united at this time!

[@vanceroshler6343]

Dr. Reeves, thanks for putting all this great content online. I think it's important for anyone studying the Bible to learn Biblical context, as well as the history of the church -- and you're providing a great way to do it. A possible verbal typo... you said old St. Peter's was built on top of Circus Maximus, and that Circus Maximus was near the Vatican... I think you meant the Circus of Nero. (The image in the video actually does show the Circus of Nero.)

[@RyanReevesM]

Vance Roshler // Thanks, Vance. Good catch on the issue of the circus. I do mean the Circus of Nero, not the Circus Maximus. The lectures are a live take on the mic and no one is perfect, but I have a list of these typos and will eventually remaster the videos and clean these mental blips up. :)

[@kevinkeely1731]

I felt a bit like Charlemagne himself who had the works of Augustine read to him while in his hot spring bath. Ironically, I had Dr. Reeves reading to me, about Charlemagne, as I was taking a hot shower. As you can tell, I find these videos highly entertaining and educational... to the point of not wanting to stop no matter what I'm doing! Keep up the good work!

[@Argentarius11]

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Great!!!

[@matheus.bueno47]

Any book recomendations to further my knowledge on Charlemagne and the Carolingians?

[@flyingmantis-u9u]

Great quality video. Very good selection and presentation of information.

[@annlong1426]

Very interesting. You are my new history teacher!

[@pantslizard]

Very good presentation. Concise & to the point. Delivers a lot of information.

[@Zanfrea]

ive always heard Charlamagnes name being thrown around and now I can actually get that info im so ever craving!! ive already watched the samirillion part 1 & 2 youve earned another subscriber my friend.

[@jorghelmes8195]

Hmm, don't like to be the nitpicking kind of guy, but the statement at the end "Otto was the first germanic prince/king on the scene in the middle ages" is simply false. What do you think the franks where? They were germanic, not german in the modern sense, but definitely a germanic tribe. So all the princes and kings of the frankish line where germanic. Otto was the first to unite the former east-frankish realms under a german or maybe better deutsch or teutsch identity, as opposed to the west frankish, who after mixing with the celtic/roman inhabitants of their land and adopting their romance language came to identifying themselves as french. I know, the destinction between german and germanic can be a bit messy nowadays, but it is nevertheless important. And also, you english speaking guys brought that on yourself, when you insisted on calling the people of the netherlands dutch, what clearly comes from deutsch and the people who actually refer to themselves as deutsch german. Now please deal with it.

[@DreamstateAwake]

A great and interesting view of history. Thank you for the videos.

[@MrPipvampire]

Brilliant documentary; history lesson on Charlemagne.I had this topic at high school when I was a youngster and I didn't get it. Imagine! I'm 63 yo and to this day I thought that Burgundians were in Austria!!!!!!!!!! No map!! Thank you very much for the educational enjoyment. You've corrected and increased my knowledge on Charlemagne.

[@TheJennick13]

Very interesting, I haven't really done any study on history this far back but I'm getting into pre-1066 history & I've always heard that Charlemagne was very important but had no idea why. now I need to go further back to get it all straight!:)

[@vista_clinic]

Excellent lecture. I would love to know more about those dark age Irish monasteries who developed Christianity in the British Isles. Any thoughts Ryan?

[@bklynbroker]

Wow, how is it that I am just now discovering your channel. Amazing work! Thank you for these great videos.

[@sgcollins]

i think 'millenia' is plural of 'millenium'. call me crazy. anyway i like these movies.

[@thaamazingaj]

Can you recommend good resources on Byzantine history during this time period (middle ages)? I'd like to learn more about the Byzantine side of things.

[@RyanReevesM]

John Julius Norwich has a 'Short History of Byzantium' which is great. I would start there. He also has a massive multi-volume edition where he covers it in more depth. Gotta love it when an author gives you the long and the short versions! :) Norwich is a great writer, too.

[@AzoiatheCobra]

im sorry for my lack of knowledge, both about the matter in hand (im portuguese, so between the fall of roman empire and holly conquest of iberian peninsula i know nothing because its, our teachers believe, a non-important subject) and geographic knowledge. i always heard about charlemagne, but never went deep into searching about it. I only started to feel a couriosity need to know about it after the season of vikings where they sack paris. So here is my question. if louis the german (or pious) was the "king of germany", how could he have his capital in paris? isnt paris in center of france? was the bourder of "germany" and "france" much more different that it is now a days? or its only fiction, and louis wasnt in paris at all? or did i get something wrong in the end of the video? im loving your videos. a good replacement of history channel used to be

[@The33unicorns]

One of my favorite times in history. Very Nice

[@faceinaspoon]

Hi Ryan, I am currently an undergraduate history major and I am writing a term paper on Charlemagne. I am trying to find out what ancient writings and manuscripts specifically were in the archival tower at the Aachen...I'm having a hard time locating any of this information on the web, could you point me in the right direction? Thanks!

[@RyanReevesM]

faceinaspoon // Yeah there's not a great deal that would be accessible in English--as in there are no specific books that have studied lists of the texts and their eventual migration. Part of the problem is wars, rise and fall of nations, etc., over the years has drastically changed what we have access to. Some have been *cough stolen *cough by other nations and moved to their libraries. Others were destroyed in general. The best spots to look would be on the Stadtarchiv in the city of Aachen (which will provide English translations of their sites; or Google will power it for you on the site). Also in the city of Aachen there is the official Charlemagne archives and archaeological center: www.route-charlemagne.eu/Startseite/index.html Happy hunting! :)

[@faceinaspoon]

Ryan Reeves Awesome! Thanks so much for your advice, I will most certainly heed it. I think I read somewhere that a lot of the manuscripts are now in the Vatican's archives...but I can't remember where or when I read that...maybe it was a dream...

[@RyanReevesM]

faceinaspoon // No that's right. Despite the Dan Brown conspiracy theories about the Vatican Library, actually they have provided us a permanent place for these texts so they are not lost.

[@kristiefoellphd4501]

I am a fan, sir! I am using a few of your videos to supplement my rather dry German history textbook; thank you for saving me a lot of work!

[@RyanReevesM]

+Kristie Foell // Thanks, Kristie! That's awesome. I started putting my course videos on KZbin really for teachers and students who wanted another angle for learning. Any time I can collaborate with teachers I feel blessed. :)

[@dafuqmr13]

omg i just found out today that i am decendant of Charlemagne 's chef who cooked him a baguette that morning on the church

[@dafuqmr13]

nope.

[@klartlompoktheorc5511]

Black people now try to claim this man was black all the dark ages Europeans were black. The vikings. Romans. Greeks. Anglo saxons. Russians. Japanese. Samurai. Aztec olmecs. Indians. Blacks claim this man was black like every other European histroy

[@TheLeakTv]

Tom Gavin show me where all blacks make this claim?

[@jmcman1130]

Best history videos I've seen yet!!! Way better than the crap the History Channel makes. I've been searching all over the internet and iTunes for medieval history lectures and these videos utterly destroy all of the Harvard and Yale lectures I've been listening to in iTunes. Cheers!!

[@RyanReevesM]

Thanks McLovn. Appreciate it. :)

[@1974Asha]

Thank you 4 posting this, have bin looking 4 history vids on Charlemagne on here 4 months!

[@CloverPickingHarp]

Definitely not a wealth of them on KZbin.

[@soulaymane3058]

Wish you were my professor, you teach really well.

[@Johnrap]

The church only took 10%. Our contemporary governments, when you add together city, state, federal, sales, tariffs, required insurance, etc. the government takes well over 50%. This needs to end in a controlled way before it unravels in an uncontrolled way.

[@laurencedixon5307]

All is not as it seems. With one hand we condemn the monsters of the old world and the other praise the heroes. Charlemagne is a Hero and Genghis Khan is a Monster. However both had there counters. Charlemagne is noted for the Saxon Blood Courts and Ghengis Khan is noted for reinforcing the Silk roads and forming a system of communication. To simply say one is a monster and the other is a saint is to dismiss what good they did and what horrors they committed. Lets go with two examples. Berbers have historically suffered mistreatment from the Muslim leaders in North Africa. Anglo-saxons often persecuted the Britons (Effectively they are the Welsh)

[@marysylvie2012]

Excellent presentation! Thank you 1000 times!

[@petemiller9865]

Mr Reeves thank you ministry. You have a wealth of knowledge thank you for shareing it.

[@andrewheimann683]

Thank you very much for sharing your expertise and years of study.

[@mpaulm]

He's a lot like Peter the Great for Russia in what he did for his nation.

[@JasonSpenc]

Awesome lecture series. It is a pleasure listening. One small thing I noticed in the Charlemagne lecture is you accidentally said "Constantine" when referring to Charlemagne's death at approx. 26 minutes, 30 seconds into the lecture.

[@RyanReevesM]

Good catch. Can you tell I did those audio lectures back to back?? Ha! :) The lecture is always a live take on the mic, over which I add the rest to make the video. Must have been sleep to miss that one! :)

[@tylercruz8935]

bruh quit these gay vids my history teacher makes me watch this bs

[@RyanReevesM]

Sorry. I'm sure teachers are always just the worst in your book. :)

[@magilmart]

Father of Europe

[@Depipro]

12:28 Where is this St. Justinian Church?

[@aichujohnson8444]

I believe that there is a slight omission in this explanation. The Eastern part of Francia does not only split into Germany, but into Germany and the Hapsburg Empire of Austria-Hungary. I believe this is important since Hapsburgs were emperors for a great part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Eastern Francia, and later Holy Roman Empire, included Czechs, Slovaks, other Slavic peoples, and Hungarians, and being part of the Holy Roman Empire was their identity as well. Also, was is it not Napoleon who "liberated" Germany from the Holy Roman Empire, thereby causing the Holy Roman Empire's demise? To mention only Germany without Austria-Hungary (and the post-World War I states, into which it itself divided) seems to leave out a great bit of detail. Wasn’t it the Prussian state, which initially developed independently from the Holy Romany Empire that eventually unified Germany? It seems that Austria-Hungary is more of a descendant of Eastern Francia and Holy Roman Empire than Germany. Please correct me if I err. Thank you!

[@warlord1051]

I have greatly enjoyed your podcast Mr. Reeves. I have also learned a lot from them. So much so when I talked to friends I sound almost like a scholar. In this podcast you mention that the Aachen Cathedral held 7000 manuscripts. Is it true that Western Europe had to rely on the Islamic world for access to the classics? Thank You for your work.

[@RyanReevesM]

+ptoleme D // Hey there. Glad you like them. It's not true. That is a fact in part related to Aristotle that is often expanded beyond the truth. Essentially Boethius is the translator of Aristotle into Latin. The problem is he only translated the Logic portions of his writings before his execution, so much of the Latin world only knew a portion of Aristotle, once they forgot Greek. In Islamic areas (former Greek-speaking areas) these texts were preserved (in Greek and Arabic) and so in later centuries there was a rediscovery of Aristotle's poetics and other works from either Islamic sources or from Christians fleeing from Islamic lands. So the story is close to what you have heard, but a bit different. :)

[@warlord1051]

thank you.

[@KohanKilletz]

Why no mention of the verdict of Verdun?

[@richardmammel8066]

I have thought for about 50 years that the "Chansons de Roland" were written after Karl Martel .."the Hammer" had invaded Spain.?? As for Karl der Grosse's "inability" to write...as I understood it contextually, he was suggesting instead his penmanship was very faulty!! I enjoyed this presentation. Thanks for sharing!!

[@sillyname6808]

How can such an intelligent video have such a stupid comment section?

[@truthseeker7242]

Silly Name - Simply because much of humanity is gullible, biased and intellectually challenged. As we say here in Yorkshire, 'Thar's nowt queerer {odder] than folk'.

[@christophermoran2943]

really true

[@6StimuL84]

Look at the Prussian model schools for the answer to that.

[@jimgillin8015]

Wait don't tell me,,, you're stupid?

[@acolytes777]

It's called "the internet"

[@mikeoyler2983]

Nice video. It's a shame that you only had a picture of the Cathedral. Right behind it is the town hall which was Charlesmagne's residence. It was modernized at some point in the 15th century, so it doesn't look exactly the same.

[@la187357]

Treaty of Verdooon?

[@Funktastic_Ed]

Franks like many other people, had their own fashion style, they didn't have beards, and they didn't have long hair, they had long mustaches it was a way to mark their difference with other Germanic people such as Saxons, who usually had long hair and beards. Charlemagne also didn't have beard, and his hair was short, many of the well known paintings showing him with long hair and beard, are from the XVI to XIX century.

[@berthayellowfinch6178]

+Funkster Doodz Charlemagne was very tall, large but not obese, and red headed. He also had a distinctive voice.

[@Funktastic_Ed]

Bertha Yellowfinch Thanks for the precision, i was just talking about Franks fashion and traditional hairstyle at the time of Charlemagne. Having a beard was considered like being a barbarian by the Romans and so the Franks did adopted Roman lifestyle, and shared the same view about facial hair. . In France the actual word for "Beard" is "Barbe" i'm sure you notice some clew here.

[@berthayellowfinch6178]

Funkster Doodz LOL! Yes, I noticed.

[@mauherkan]

+Funkster Doodz Thanks for the info, were did you get it from?

[@Funktastic_Ed]

mauherkan In History lessons, in books, in archeological documentaries. Traditiojnally, the Franks were half shaving their heads except the front, if you wanna have an idea of what they looked like, they looked exactly like those Vikings from the History Channel TV Show. Notice the Vikings in that show does absolutly not look like real Vikings, they never whore tight close and never shaved thir heads, if you know were they lived it's easy to understand why.

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

Can someone here explain why you (as every historian out there :-) call him Charlemagne? It's seems to be the french name for him? Why not use the english name? Charles the great? you don't seem to use "Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας" for Alexander The Great for example? or "Haraldr "harðráði" Sigurðarson" for Harald Hardrada. So why use the french name on a frankish (germanic born) king? when there are countless examples of others where you use the english name variant of the kings name. Just wondering about that...

[@RyanReevesM]

As Tevye sings in Fiddler on the Roof......Tradition!....Tradition! :) Meaning this is how they are taught it in school and it carries on. Frankish kings influence both Germanic and later French dynasties, so I assume the French pronunciation comes to dominate later.

[@TheTerhun]

Or why not his real Frankish name Karl, which he most certainly was known as when he lived.

[@garychynne1377]

CHARLEY IS THAT YOU.

[@Carliks]

Carolus Magnus was the latinised name, the French as we know Charlemagne and the English kept the name of their beloved old friends, French! To be honest I think his real name was completely different. As an Emperor Carolus Magnus, Charlemagne, Karl Grosse (German), Carlos Magno (Portuguese), Carlomagno or Carlos I Sacro-Imperio (Spanish), Carlo Magno (Italian)... Who cares, in History you have to get to used to different names, same person, and if you study old Egypt, Mesopotamia, Vedic culture etc, chaos of names... hehehe

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

Gip Terhun Yes, that name would easily pass... and would probably be the most correct one... but then again... I do understand why some one in there own language use that language name... what I don't understand is why some language use another language's name for some person... and it has no rule... it's just some do and some don't... that why I'm asking...

[@joshuasimka1604]

Absolutely excellent. This is very valuable.

[@ProfoundConfusion]

Thank You for creating & sharing all of your excellent videos. Your channel is truly one of the greatest treasures on KZbin.

[@joshjeggs]

Where do the poses come from? I cant find any documents that explain when they came or what their Authority allows...

[@ErikBramsen]

Very interesting. Thanks for uploading.

[@TRu3DAnK]

absolutely great video

[@lizarivera1047]

Thank you!!! Very clear and complete!!!! Great job!!!!

[@TheKoderius]

hi what would u recommend seeing as your first video?(which one is dating back the furthest ?) also would u consider the first pope jewish?

[@RyanReevesM]

+TheKoderius // Hey there. You can navigate to the Playlists on my channel and I have them arranged according to classes. So the earliest ones in church history would be under the 'Ancient and Medieval' playlist. There are several others, but there you can find the actual ordering for the class these videos are used in. :) I would not consider the first pope Jewish per se, but a lot dependson who we consider the first pope. The Catholic church says that it was Peter, in which case he was Jewish. I see the development of the papacy out of the bishop of Rome as being a bit more gradual, so by the time I would use the word 'papacy' I mean a much later date when they were non-Jewish men.

[@TheKoderius]

hi ,firstly thanks for your lengthy replay.") your videos re a true gem. im looking to find more info on the earliest form of the established "church" just when it started to shift from judaism . if u have some recommendation from the top of your head it would be nice .thanks

[@janglestick]

you have a typo in your descriptor, "kinds" should probably read "kings"

[@andrewbenner6349]

I hear this part of history and tremble overwhelmed with the realization of how close we were to losing order. Order will evolve but ALL are the benefactors of "The Patriarchy" so scorned today. Thank you Charlemagne.

[@iambic-kilometer]

The language purists are probably cringing at the use of the word "coronate" used as a verb in place of "crown."

[@RyanReevesM]

Yes but I think you mean the language Puritan zealots. Borderline terrorists. :)

[@sinkrust1]

Wonderful presentation. Given your knowledge on this era, what is your take on the Phantom Time Hypothesis? Many of the people point to documents from this era that appear to be forgeries. In fact, I have even heard some say that Charlemagne himself never even existed. Are theses people just crazy, or might they be on to something after all?

[@bearofthunder]

What did Charlemagne do to provoke the anger of the Vikings?

[@alicjakrumpi8060]

Karl der Große!

[@fightfannerd2078]

great videos I learned a lot

[@rubenmedinajr8599]

How was the spanish introduced to this?

[@jamesp960]

Thanks for the post

[@lblmer]

Were the manuscripts at Aachen in scroll form?

[@evelynesimon5758]

He got the elephant from Bagdad,

[@vladescu3g]

must be lots of elephants walking aroudn in baghdad :P

[@roboparks]

I think you should have mentioned the Copy's Mills in Ireland . Almost 400 years before Karl. Which is were King Karl mostly got the Idea to copy material to preserve them. The Insular Church also was into educating even peasants So peasants would know the law about land ,money , trade ,taxes etc.....If you want to control the Plebs in peace they have to know the Law. That tradition was then carried to the Anglo-Saxons. And then to the Franks.

[@RyanReevesM]

Very helpful point. I do hope to make a video at some point on Insular copying and church life. Just too many videos and no ability yet to clone myself to have more time! :)

[@solferite4285]

Wow. Great history of an old ancestor. Thanks dude!

[@stardustdreams234]

Solferite Damn seems like we are all.distant, distant distant relatives 😂😂 Pretty cool.

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

ALL people of European ancestry are direct descendants of Charlemagne. I'm sorry if that made you feel special, I'm sure you have other great qualities. He is the father of Europe, literally. It's basically a math thing, but you can Google if you don't believe me. There weren't that many people alive in that era who left descendants continuing to today, so those folks are the ancestors of all of us alive now. Weird, huh?

[@sverrearnes7769]

Charlemagne was a brutal king in a brutal time. Weird how modern people (like John Farlio) bother to talk shit about a political genius that maybe saved the western civilisation. And 'murderer'? What was he, compared to modern times Hitler, Stalin, Mao, og Pol-Pot?

[@lunarmodule9915]

Interesting information on the Carolingian Reformation and the manuscripts. Thanks for all your great videos.

[@ThomasShue]

great video, I am researching Charlemagne becuase I just found that I am a direct descendant.

[@bobsaturday4273]

you're his great grand daughter ?

[@davidarthurwest254]

BSM :So...are YOU?

[@emilemchew]

I don't think you know what direct descendant means

[@ohevshalomel]

You, me, and about two million plus other people. I did a very rough calculation about ten or fifteen plus years ago. It might be more like three to five million today. That's still a kind of small group compared with six or seven billion, though.

[@stardustdreams234]

Thomas Shue So am I. I'm a a mixed breed tho. lol

[@mrknoch]

Hi Ryan, Love the videos. Do you have one about the Aryan religion you refer to in this and the Merovingian dynasty? Thanks.

[@Alexander-mg4pr]

Amazing video! Thank you!!!

[@davidrivera6599]

good documentary well done!

[@chesterhiggs5537]

2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

[@CAP198462]

Charlemagne = Karl der Grosse (Deutsch) Charles Martel commonly known as Charles the Hammer

[@macrinaellis1667]

LOVED THIS! Thank you for your research, and detailed account of Charlemage.

[@petercahill6696]

Great video, however, if I had to nitpick, you were wrong about the stirrup not being around during the time of the Frankish Empire. The first versions were made in India during the 5th to 3rd centuries BC and were very popular among the nomadic tribes of the Steppes. It did take the stirrup a while to become popular in Western Europe, but you get my point.

[@williambrown5245]

"Get along, get along, Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne," -Steely Dan

[@v.p.anderson4952]

Finally I have found videos about the Merovingian's and Charlemagne. You should go further into Charlemagne's heirs.

[@RyanReevesM]

+V.P. Anderson // Yeah I'd like to at some point. I'm completing the modern portion of my history courses and then I have time to start fleshing out these type of things. :)

[@v.p.anderson4952]

Okay, thanks.

[@chavrons1]

+V.P. Anderson Chris Pyne.

[@thenorseofnassau8250]

GREAT VIDEO

[@StewartMiles1]

You were Great!!

[@RyanReevesM]

Thanks, Tuan!

[@mk553]

I think Richard Winston's book does a better presentation of Charlemagne. Although the book is somewhat hard to find nowadays, the audiobook is available.

[@geoffreyrobinson4083]

Have you done anything on the development of the papacy and its claims over time?

[@feiner69]

I find all this fascinating. Charlemagne is my 35th great grandfather. I wish i could go back in time. To meet all my ancestors!!!

[@maybecole]

Mine as well! Through Baldwin I's wife Judith, her father Charles II, then Louis the Pious, then Charlemagne.

[@tomeboaventura9054]

+feiner69 How the hell do you know this.

[@maybecole]

+Luiz Rodriguez Through ancestry.com I got to about 1100, and then searching through google for general mayernal/paternal. If you've got royalty in your tree it is tremendously easier to find at least the persons father/mother. Hope that helped!

[@feiner69]

I used geni.com. I put a lot of my family history on the site. After you go back so far it can help you. I have been doing my family tree for 20+ years. I have found out so many awesome things.

[@maybecole]

+feiner69 that's where I went! Well for relatives past 1000, such a great feeling.

[@JPMitchell31721]

Is it true that he shed the blood of the Saxon men? He shed the blood of the Saxon men? He shed the blood of the Saxon men? He shed the blood of the Saxon men? He shed the blood of the Saxon men? He shed the blood of the Saxon men? He shed the blood of 4,000 Saxon men?

[@TheRealSlobo]

I know our history where Charlemagne went to Rome and ask the Pope to kneel Oh and thanks for the video

[@fredriks5090]

Bet you didn't know Ragnar Lothbroks grandfather (momsdad) was named Gandalf, which actually translates to wand-elf, or more pleasing to the ears; Elvenwand. (Not so surprising the moviestar with the same name has that name eh?) Gandalfs father was named Alfgeir Alfheim, Alfheim coming from the place he lived, which is located just south of the current southernmost border between Norway and Sweden. (Basically in the heart of Scandinavia). My point being; *Ragnar Lothbrok Sigurdson Elvenheim* could be one of his legitimate English names. He's basically Legolas, and Gandalf is his granddad.

[@fredriks5090]

LOTR suddenly gained a new twist.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Very informative, thank you.

[@weltgeist2604]

Holy shit that was interesting as fuck, well done.

[@CalmWolf-Swe]

nice to see my relative, "Charlemagne is your 35th great grandfather." :) but almost all europeans are maybe ;)

[@curtisking5138]

Jonas Fridolph :I doubt that there are any Greeks,Italians, Welsh, Scottish,Irish, or Slavs, who count him as their ancestor. His realm was Central Europe: Ostrogoth, Visigoth, Lombard, and Frank territories.