The Angevins-English Monarchs-Henry II-Richard the Lionheart-John-Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine

The real faces of the Angevin Kings of England. The Angevins were a royal house of French origin that ruled England, and half of France, in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Its monarchs were Henry II, Richard I the Lionheart and John.
Also for the very first time we look at the face of Eleanor of Aquitaine the Queen of England, the wife of Henry II and the mother of Richard and John. Eleanor was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe, who ruled the even larger territory to the south of France called Aquitaine.
Showing attention to detail, the faces of Richard and John were given a more realistic touch ignoring all popular beliefs and misconceptions regarding their psychical appearance.
Some scenes taken from the movies: Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and Robin Hood (2010).

[@archiev1976]

I wish some streaming service would do a high budget show about Eleanor of Aquitane just like the Crown. She had some much happening in her life that there would be material for several seasons worth

[@garysandiego]

We get a little taste of it in “The Lion in Winter”. Fiction but some sense of it.

[@michelehoffman1308]

Me too! Eleanor is my girl crush.

[@dianaprince3176]

I think a series about the whole royal house would bd great!

[@christinegatto7426]

Great idea! She was a real feminist.

[@CommonSwindler]

It should be a series about Eleanor AND Henry II, if its to be worth a damn at all. Henry was the one who built everything the Angevins had; what he built (Common Law) has stood the test of eight centuries and directly impacts a full third of the modern world.

[@balajinathan6713]

I really don't understand why we have not gotten a proper show, movie or documentary that covers the stories and legacy of the Plantagenets

[@sailorstarfairy1]

There was a show that had the Plantaganets: it's called the Hollow Crown and it has Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch

[@thomaswillingham4084]

It would have to be about Eleanor unless that Transgendered Or Richard or John. Or made them all black etc. Aka trash

[@user-ym3co7hg5c]

The Lion In The Winter is a wonderful movie. Two versions were made and both are worth watching.

[@user-ym3co7hg5c]

A fearless woman who had her marriage to the king of France annulled after only producing daughters. Then marrying Henry. She held the rights to Aquitaine. An incredibly fertile area. Henry ended up locking her up for raising an army against him. Ironically she gave Henry five sons.

[@user-ym3co7hg5c]

Old paintings are so bad. My granddaughter’s grade six class draws better.

[@bettyminch7033]

I wish people would concentrate on Richard's kingship and not his skill as a warrior. He nearly bankrupted England, spent only six months of his 10 year reign in England and left no heir except for a nephew who was a child.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Well yes if you think about it kings named Richard were quite terrible at ruling. Although ordinary common people were extraordinary.

[@shirley43]

Almost, but not quite. Uncle Richard has his faults, but he did indeed leave a child....a daughter.....my direct ancestor.

[@strangementalitypaperYT]

Gay af too

[@messrsandersonco5985]

Of course, it was all for nothing because by 1461, Henry VI had lost all of France except Calais while continuing to bankrupt the country!

[@davekirby6580]

I'm currently reading a book about Richard I: "Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England", by W.B. Bartlett. An excellent read, which, while it does devote a great deal of time on the Third Crusade and Richard's imprisonment by Henry VI, also devotes a fair amount of time on his rule (extortionate as it was) over England, including the fact that he was particularly keen to keep close tabs on the politics and intrigues in England while he was trying to regain his lands lost to Philip during his imprisonment. An excellent biography and recommended.

[@tibsky1396]

Note that Eleanor of Aquitaine's native language was Occitan. The language that was spoken in regions of Southern France, and of which each region had its habits and custom. She had developed a real court for artists and troubadours in the Occitan language (perhaps the first language of love). And she had also raised Richard in this culture. Richard held the love of poems and songs in chivalric style through his mother.

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

Courtly love and its poetic traditions originated in Eleanor of Aquitaine's court.

[@aureliengdt5932]

Alienor it s her name

[@LanguedocProvenceGascogneMIDI]

Occitan was the native language of Richard too...

[@Tugela60]

​@@LanguedocProvenceGascogneMIDINo, he would have spoken Norman.

[@domitiusafer]

Correct, Eleonore spoke as in Aquitaine and the south of present-day France, Occitan even if destined to marry the heir of the kingdom of France , she had learned as future queen of France Latin and the language of the island of France from which the current French derives . It should be noted that his favorite son Richard, who became king of England from 1189 to 1199, could not speak the English language (unlike his brother King John) and stayed in England for only six months during his coronation in London. He is buried with his father Henri II, his sister Jeanne and his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine at the abbey of Fontevraud in France. King Richard’s heart is in the cathedral of Rouen while his bowels are buried in Châlus-Chabrol in the Limousin where he was killed by an enemy archer.

[@trudymaenza9672]

I watched years ago the movie "The Lion in Winter" the story about King Henry and Eleanor of Aquitane, Richard the Lion Heart, and Prince John and Siblings! Good Movie!

[@jaimequimaime-autrementnon2500]

Excellent film, excellents acteurs ,😊

[@marciareis4762]

I saw this movie

[@patriciaaturner289]

Anthony Hopkins played Prince John in that.

[@pbcoop62]

Anthony Hopkins played Richard and Timothy Dalton played Phillip Augustus the King of France.@@patriciaaturner289

[@jeandoten1510]

​@@patriciaaturner289 Sorry, but Anthony Hopkins played. Richard, not John. A great movie, I've seen it several times. A younger Peter O'Tool played a younger King Henry in the movie Becket--with the also great Richard Burton as The Archbishop of Canterbury. Not very historically accurate, but great drama, and they did get some of most important parts correct.

[@shirley43]

Eleanor of Aquitaine is my 28th great-grandmother 3 times with King Henry II & 2 times with King Louis VII of France. King John is my great-grandfather 2 times with Isabella of Angouleme & 2 times with other ladies. I love how you portrayed them. Thanks!

[@James-ll3jb]

Uh-huh. And you're Maid Marion😅

[@feliperea3271]

Yeah. Just a little to much, next time you lie chose something more believable . There’s only one descendant alive of the angevins. That’s not you

[@franl2043]

​@@feliperea3271Hi. King Henry II and Eleanor of A are also my great great etc. grandparents. I wouldn't be surprised if you are related to them, too. Why are you saying that there is only one descendant? I did my homework. I'm Mexican.I traced my ancestors to Spain. To my surprise, a lot of them were kings. I traced their lines, which led me to this King in the video.

[@franl2043]

​@@James-ll3jbMost people are related to kings, so don't be surprised if you are, too

[@kunderwo33]

⁠@@feliperea3271Thats not true, the Angevins have had tons of direct descendants (through John).

[@erinesque1889]

I’d be interested in seeing the faces of Empress Matilda, her brother William, their father Henry, William the Conquerer, and kings from prior to the Norman invasion too.

[@dennisswaney644]

Also King Stephen, & Matilda's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester.

[@AppalachiaRRlover]

More so Steven with his crossed eye portraits

[@adventussaxonum448]

Or the Empress Matilda's several times great grandfather Aelfred the Great.

[@erinesque1889]

@@adventussaxonum448 yes!!! A million times yes!!!

[@chrisgibson4140]

Alfred the great

[@MaiMai-eo7zk]

I don’t know how you’re able to do any of this, but I’m glad you are!

[@mariehulton5184]

Very informative and interesting. It makes it easier to remember the historical information when itis presented in this way. Great work 😊

[@Paul_Om]

I too loved the way this was presented. I plan to watch more videos from this channel. Great work indeed!

[@hifibrony]

Henry II has long been one of my favorite kings of England. His legal reforms laid the foundations of Anglo -American law that exist to this day. Richard was a bad king of England and John was truly horrible. Excellent work as usual, sir!

[@ChalcedonXXX]

John was vicious and cruel.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

England has had monarchs who were clever and wicked; they have had monarchs who were stupid and good; they have had monarchs who were clever and good. John was the only one who was both stupid and wicked.

[@John-hj7sv]

@@brucealanwilson4121 Edward II was both, surely?

[@NathanDudani]

lAiD tHe FoUnDaTiOnS

[@hifibrony]

@@John-hj7sv Edward II was an awful king who never learned a thing from his huge mistakes. He kept repeating them.

[@mrsmucha]

That was really good. The music that played along was excellent. It's like going back in time watching you videos.

[@williamstone1536]

Very awesome, but the effigy used here for Richard is a later creation made for his heart. The effigy that lies at the feet of his father at the Abbey in Fontevraud is probably closer to what he looked like, since the sculpt has similar cheek bones to his father. Also, compared with the effigy of John all the way in England, and you see the family similarities. Still a very impressive rendering in this video though.

[@justinmcgowan]

Love these! Thanks for posting!

[@niccoarcadia4179]

King Athelstan (my fave ruler of medieval times) and King Edmund Ironside would be nice to see. We don't have much to go on but use your imagination a bit.

[@reallyruby247]

This was brilliant thank you

[@marisapaola9010]

John, the bucktooth rabbit hilarious. Wonderful job, I really enjoyed this.

[@jenrutherford6690]

Thank you for this fascinating history

[@beth3471]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[@gjh997]

Excellent. Loved it. Thanks.

[@laurenharris4591]

Brilliant, thank you!

[@Occitanie.PaysdOc]

Great job! well done.

[@alisonridout]

Fantastic as always

[@lovelandfrog5692]

Someone: “Congrats, you’re the king of England.” Richard: “ew”

[@globalheart]

I love how one can see the familial likenesses in the sons, from both their parents. BEYOND ARTISTRY!!! Another absolutely INCREDIBLE job!! Thank you so very much, truly fantastic. Funny... I always wondered what Henry ii actually looked like, and have wished I could see him in person. I'm sure this must be amazingly close, if not acutely accurate!! 💖

[@janicem9225]

It's most likely very close to how they looked, since the faces on their tomb effigies were usually taken from their death masks.

[@nancydemoss608]

He looked just like Peter O'Toole.!🤭

[@mism847]

It’s probably him close up, not from a distance. And I’d expect the hair to be different.

[@jessicamilestone4026]

So interesting. Thank you so much

[@withgoddess7164]

I remember seeing these tombs in England in Westminster Abbey as a 10 yr old. 62 yrs ago. I most vividly remember that of Eleanor of Aquitane's.

[@superdavidss]

Richard the Lionheart enters: (plays World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor theme) Awesome work!

[@mytobytobster]

Absolutely brilliant

[@aesezille]

Merci pour ce formidable travail. Je suis originaire de Poitiers et contente d'avoir pu retracer une petite partie de son histoire. Actuellement, il reste le palais des ducs d'Aquitaine, devenu le palais de justice. C'est dans son ancienne salle de réception, appelée "la salle des pas perdus" aujourd'hui qu'a été jugée Jeanne d'Arc.

[@crazykitten440]

Merci my friend for this information .😊

[@nickduf]

"L'Examen" de Poitiers devant les ecclésiastiques pour les convaincre quelle n'est pas l'envoyée du diable, le procès et le jugement et la condamnation au bucher, c'est plus tard et plus au nord !

[@garysandiego]

The history was a great touch.

[@MrBlackbriar69]

beautiful background music 👍

[@carolynwoodman1734]

This is so clever. Some of these as are many others, very handsome and beautiful to see.

[@kashfiaislam9995]

King Richard I and King John I looked exactly like this but their skin was much paler. King Richard I and King John I were both extremely pale redheads with light blue eyes. 🎭🩰🎨

[@graceskerp]

I like that you had Richard favor Eleanor in appearance. He was her favorite child.

[@michelbencini3991]

Magnificent!

[@gooseware4937]

Wow I have been waiting for this, I knew they had tempers and I thought they were the Plantagenets, thank you, this is brilliant, now I am waiting for your next video, cant get enough of them.

[@julilla1]

They are Plantagenets. Henry is considered the first Plantagenet king. He came from a cadet branch of the Angevins.

[@adventussaxonum448]

Descended, through Matilda, from the House of Wessex.

[@gailkuzyszyn1879]

Great work as always but you did not mention what Henry II is infamous for - the unintentional murder of Thomas Becket.

[@CommonSwindler]

Since it had very little real affect on Henry II’s de facto power, I’d say it’s permissible to skip over the insufferably intransigent Becket. He shouldn’t be remembered with any fondness or reverence today.

[@annemary9680]

@@CommonSwindler Of course, in a modern world that expects people to worship the state without question, Becket not allowing his personal friendship with Henry to get in the way of doing the correct thing and not be a puppet of the king is a thing to be forgotten and airbrushed out of history.

[@CommonSwindler]

@@annemary9680 “the Correct Thing”?! You are aware of what that truly means regarding the Criminous Clerks issue, which is what the controversy stemmed from? Clerks, ie Clergy, are above the law. Henry II made Becket in every way, and Becket had no qualms serving Henry when there was profit to be made as Chancellor from 1155-1162. Calling Becket what he is isn’t state worshipping; that’s, laughable frankly. Setting him (Becket) up on a pedestal as a martyr is equally laughable. Let’s consider Becket’s stance shall we? Criminalist clerks should “not” face punishment by a secular authority. Frame that in a modern light: Priests who molest children should “not” face secular justice. Madness, no? Henry’s legal position was and is the legal position of the entirety of the Western world. A majority of the English church at the time even recognized this, since the ever intransigent Becket was not well-liked, as well as the Papacy itself and were unwilling to fight Henry tooth and nail on this point. Imagine a trusted friend, a man whom you raised from nothing, betraying you on obscure principles he hadn’t held previously and doing so in full knowledge of the damage he was doing. Henry can be forgiven his frustration, even if it did boil over into indirect murder. “Whatever the practice in the immediate past, Henry II was able to look back to a time when the clergy in England had, despite their claims to immunity, been amenable to secular jurisdiction at least for serious crimes. It is possible that a distinction had been drawn between trial and punishment: clerks being tried in the church courts but handed over to the secular authorities for punishment - even the high claim of the Leges Henrici Primi does not preclude that. (W.L. Warren, Henry II, 463-464) Henry’s push to codify practice stemmed from a practical need as well, sought by all concerned, cleric and layman: “The inadequacy of ecclesiastical discipline was the burden of many complaints reaching the king when he returned to England in 1163. He was told that since his coronation more than a hundred murders had been committed by clerks, as well as innumerable cases of theft and of robbery with violence which had escaped the rigours of secular justice.” (W.L. Warren, Henry II, 464-465) Warren adds a telling side note: “It is noticeable that neither Becket nor his partisans ever claimed that the clause on criminous clerks in the Constitutions of Clarendon, or indeed any of the other clauses, were contrary to the ancient custom of the realm.” (W.L. Warren, Henry II, 463) Furthermore, I’d add that it is significant that Henry II was able to maintain, in some ways unofficially, many of the teeth of the Constitutions even after the fallout of Becket’s murder and the subsequent Compromise at Avranches in 1172. Henry II could still intervene in ecclesiastical affairs ‘per voluntatem’ and did so successful, consider the famous case of the election of his clerk Richard of Ilchester to the Bishopric of Winchester. Indeed with this in mind it is difficult to see what Henry II really lost in the way of jurisdiction, since the majority of cases were of “little concern to the king” (Mayr-Harting, Henry II and the Papacy 1170-1189). That the Church was willing to compromise on the Constitutions themselves and that Henry was able to play an incredibly shrewd game of negotiation with Alexander III and his legates, stretching meanings and successfully extracting as much as possible from wordings indicate that Henry II’s position was legally tenable and, if glossed correctly and unofficially, was acceptable to the Church in order that harmonious relations could be restored and prove beneficial to all. The proof of this pudding is in the eating. That this was done after Becket’s murder indicates what a thoroughly exasperating and uncompromising man was Thomas Becket. History has proven rightly unkind to his position (consider again whether or not own “criminous clerks” should be exempt from secular justice after molesting children.) Becket’s intransigence stemmed not from his own sense of the legal steadfastness of his own position but from a deep insecurity of his status: he had been clearly the king’s man who had been raised and appointed by Henry to navigate the Church alongside royal policy, as Becket had done devotedly in the secular realm on Henry’s behalf for years. Becket then sought to pick an existential fight at every turn, which his fellow clerics had more political sense than to do. The success of the Church in England was that it worked within the bounds and did not seek to make an outright challenge to royal power. Better experienced bishops like Gilbert Foliot or even Alexander III understood this as a balancing act requiring tact. Becket, ever the intractably insufferable zealot, manifestly and demonstrably did not. Zealots are often so because they are insecure and have only a rudimentary grasp on the subtleties of the game.

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

Yeah... let's see Becket!

[@ronaran8420]

@@CommonSwindler Thank you for your extremely interesting analysis and a brand new vision on both characters as far as I am concerned. I have always been led to consider Becket as a figure of integrity, supported by the image of the bare-footed King in shirt in a symbolical gesture of amendment.

[@ahmedsenussi8232]

You make history interesting 👍👍👍👍👍

[@victoriar4637]

I just discovered your channel, and it's so cool! I love seeing what these people looked like in real life! Awesome work 🤓🤓😎

[@alexandrastafford2299]

Henry II had an illegitimate son, William de Longespee, who served his brothers, would be interesting to view a likeness of him as well as William the Marshall.

[@WaltzRitzi]

Jon Snow

[@dinkyman8591]

If Johns nickname was "Lackland" because he was not expected to inherit much land. Makes one wonder why William de Longespee was called "Longespee?

[@shirley43]

William Marshal & William Loncahamps are are both my great-grandparents & it would indeed be very interesting to see a likeness of them, as well as my Grandma Empress Matilda, & Grandpa Geoffrey V 'the Fair" Count of Anjou.

[@user-kb7vt3nh4u]

This just amazing thanks

[@GabbyMcGabberson]

This is awesome!!!

[@nenisguevaragomez8122]

All I can say is...wow!!!! You keep me coming back to your channel!!! Superb work of yours!!! Hats off!!

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thx mate!😉

[@susannawolfe8743]

Your work never ceases to amaze me! I've been well aware of the history behind these individuals but never so clear on their appearances as I am now. Your work is very believable given you're using the most accurate source, an effigy crafted by a contemporary.

[@gothicwestern]

Excellent !! Richard, eh? Very cute!

[@juliedurden9479]

Yes, they all have such noble faces !!!

[@raytaaffe6588]

That's what his BOYFRIENDS thought as he was a homosexual, apart from being a terrible King of England.

[@JimBrinkley]

Thank you for your hard and creative work, in opening a window into our past.

[@Aethgeir]

I've got to admit. Part of the reason I watch these is for the music.

[@ThalesGMota]

It’s one amazing job.

[@luminyam6145]

Fascinating.

[@chromingscanner5719]

Richard was really handsome

[@annjohnson6193]

So good!

[@jsa-z1722]

Thank you for your wonderful work bringing these people to life. Just wondering though, what their teeth would really have looked like.

[@ken3boy]

Very interesting thank you

[@jameshhenderson8243]

Great job

[@ceciliastepaniak9759]

Amazing!

[@izauraalmeida2357]

Que trabalho magnífico! Encantanda aqui e treinando o Inglês. Parabéns!

[@CallToArmsFromAustralia]

What a novel approach. I was impressed by the artistic recreation of their tomb effigy. Although I note King John's had long curly hair however his artistic impression had him with short straight hair. I know he wasn't popular but he's still an ancestor who many of us must respect else we'd not be alive ourselves. Fantastic job otherwise.

[@Prospro8]

They all look too benign and friendly!

[@technicoloryaya549]

Are they supposed to look like Jabba the Hut? They were people. 😂😂😂

[@Prospro8]

​@@technicoloryaya549They weren't just people, they were 'the world writ big'. Henry II was ruthless, Richard I a mass murderer, John a narcissist. These fellas look like undergrads at a pool party. No criticism intended of the creator, but how do you capture 'mood' as in a portrait? Anyhow, the Fontrevault sculptures are sort of stylised to start with.

[@Aztec73]

Great video.❤ Richard the lion heart resembles john bon jovi. 13:24

[@janicem9225]

Finally! Henry, Eleanor, Richard and John....The first Plantagenet rulers of England! I've waited so long for someone to do their faces in life, from their tomb effigies, since those were usually done with their actual death masks, which showed what they really would have looked like. There are other people online, who don't often look at the effigies, paintings, or anything else, when they supposedly are creating the actual looks, and they always turn them into movie stars with no flaws, which is ridiculous.... They didn't have airbrushing or color matching makeup, OR hair color back then. Lol You followed the true foundation from their tomb effigies, and gave us such lifelike faces from them, that I'll wager this is very close to their actual faces. And the dramatizations you added, were wonderful! Thank you for this.... I've been waiting for someone to do this, and to do it right, for a very long time. ☺️

[@davidbyster9249]

Richard was a Redhead, with a neatly trimmed beard.

[@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra]

I am a redhead (capitalization not required), and my beard is sometimes neatly trimmed and sometimes quite scraggly. Not having lived in his proximity, I don't see how you could know that his beard was always neatly trimmed, or even that he always had a beard.

[@specialunit0428]

Could you do the Saxon kings of England? Or atleast the kings just before William the Conqueror?

[@barbaramaue-knutson8171]

Appreciate all your work and history. You breathe life into marble and make it real.

[@ChalcedonXXX]

As always, an excellent glimpse into history. Thank you.

[@AnnDroid877]

Thanks for a superb job. I commented a few months ago that I supposed it would be impossible to recreate the image of Eleanor of Aquitaine since so few portraits of her exist. Now I need to read more about the Crusades.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Eleanor was recreated by using the basic face shape from her effigy, and as for the hair colour just using logic, as her children had blonde or red hair. The crusades was a big part of my country's history as it was a kingdom of the Lusignans for many years.

[@joshuagreenslade3445]

@@panagiotisconstantinou why don't you do the Saxon kings of England like Harold Godwinson and Alfred the Great) etc

[@shirley43]

Eleanor of Aquitaine is my 28th great-grandmother & there are a handful of sketches done of her along with 1 remaining actual painting & descriptions of her in personal family papers & diaries. Eleanor's hair was waist length, thick and reddish auburn brown. Mine is the same, but a bit shorter. Looking in a mirrow is as if she is looking back at me. I inherited her looks & smarts, but Grandpa Henry's temper & restlesness.....owhat and odd combination of the two, but that was my inheritance form them.

[@Archaeolassgmailcom]

Thanks!

[@didier.gerost.07]

impressive , but diffikult for me to understaend everything greetings from Switzerland Gstaad

[@smithryansmith]

the song is called "France 1183"

[@mamoutraore229]

Richard Lion Heart wasnt killed by an enemy though, the boy was one of his aide-de-camp, he accidently hit him with an arrow, Richard laughed it off and he eventually got infected, he died soon after

[@thomasmacnamara6850]

Please have Margaret of Anjou, her husband Henry and her son.

[@alexeygrankin8203]

Surely great ever!!😊👍

[@zenontremol8571]

Super !

[@mikkiduf]

Brilliant!!!!! Please tell me the name of the music you used!!

[@havingalook2]

That was simply brilliant. Well done. Should be shown in all schools.

[@Aine197]

Wow - Lionheart was quite handsome!

[@magdalenaespinosacerbon3517]

bravo¡¡¡¡ Más de estas biografías¡¡ Son maravillosas¡¡¡ Gracias 💜👏👏

[@sharongostkowski3631]

Like the music.

[@michellehughes576]

We you could also do an age progression/regression app ?

[@janiemccaskill8996]

I thought that was Eleanor when you gave your preview.

[@johannesdegarlandia]

I found it a bit strange that you would use Le Tourdion (a 16th-century song) as background music for the 13th-century Angevins.

[@dqz3921]

Very educational.

[@StormyPeak]

At around 6:15 King Richard, I think the image bares some resemblance to the actor Nikolaj Waldau Coster (Jaime in Game of Thrones). Their eyes are similar in color and shape and both have lumpy noses that are kind of blunt at the tips, and both have similar lip shapes.

[@agushll74]

82 years live the second one at that time. Wow!

[@canoeman621]

This is interesting, but how much do we know about the accuracy of tomb effigies? Could they be stylized or designed to flatter?

[@jessicajefferson4501]

Richard I the Lionheart was a very handsome man! He has always been one of my most favorite kings of England. His piety and holiness as a Christian man and how well he ruled England adds to his appeal for me. I know he was a Catholic, but they are similar to us Eastern Orthodox Christians :)

[@kashfiaislam9995]

King Richard I and King John I looked exactly like this but their skin was much paler. King Richard I and King John I were both extremely pale redheads with light blue eyes. 🎭🩰🎨

[@annhenriques3520]

How well Richard I ruled England? 😅😂🤣

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@@annhenriques3520 King Richard I and King John I looked exactly like this but their skin was much paler. King Richard I and King John I were both extremely pale redheads with light blue eyes. 🎭🩰🎨

[@geoffreylee5199]

The titles are too quick to read …

[@jacobbchapman1459]

I think it's cool that people can do this. I saw facial reconstructions of neanderthals and people who lived in the Neolithic period.

[@STScott-qo4pw]

these reconstructions are sometimes eeie./ still i overwhelmingly think they got it right.

[@rickycassidy]

Can you do willam wallace or robert the bruce or Andrew moray

[@user-tl6vs3so4p]

That music is from The Dansery Tielman Susato.

[@tyanite1]

The fade in from Henry II's effigy was profound. What an amazing job.

[@TinaFivesten]

Well done and originally made 🙏. If state powers of today wanted to Reclaim and reconquer their land (after 1 000 years of trying), they could do it now!

[@miladyblue5077]

Wow, King John was an even bigger mess than the Robin Hood legends would have you believe! Any chance of a Robin Hood video?

[@andrewhaywood3853]

As his skill is recreating faces from effigies, I don’t think there’s any chance of a Robin Hood video! There isn’t an effigy to go from.....

[@hifibrony]

@@andrewhaywood3853 And in any case nearly all of us modern people think of Errol Flynn when we think of Robin Hood.😉

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@andrewhaywood3853 Well,there's the statue in Nottingham.Which loses its arrow on a regular basis!Or there's Robyn of Sherwood?!!?LOL

[@elwolf8536]

Realy easy to see Richard lion hart been a skilled warrior

[@MrEwanc]

This is interesting, but I'm not so sure how accurate the photo images can be as they are based on the original image they're taken from. For instance, the best available image of Henry II is the sculpture on his tomb, but how accurate is that? It looks rather like an impression than an attempt at a true likeness of the king. It's all still quite fascinating though.

[@user-qh8nh7oe6d]

The tomb facial features, were often stylised according to the period of history. But in the later years of the 15th century, there were attempts at times to convey a more realistic portraiture.

[@markwardel6751]

Fabulous and I love that way back then the Kings used to wear mascara ...amazing video, really brings them to life.

[@danielcole5526]

What film were the battle clips of Richard the Lion heart from?

[@harild1965]

Excelente trabajo. Me los imaginaba diferentes.

[@paulbutterworthbillericay]

Fascinating, it's so interesting for me as I research and visit the lands they owned in Essex

[@Sperry411]

These were good looking kings and I'm in love 🥰!

[@raytaaffe6588]

The computer images are of course mainly guesswork, especially Eleanor whose deathmask is very vague. Oh, and the continual blinking of the images made me a bit queazy somehow.

[@raymonddonahue7282]

Great