The Dutch Vikings: Frisians Full History

[@jeltehoogterp3240]

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

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

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

[@hamstel4540]

Yup Frisian here

[@vedamandala4693]

For sure, 100% Frisian

[@mikeblei6870]

Yup Frisian blood here ;) Cheers

[@jelmarschotanus]

Frisian here! Hail to you!

[@sarahjane666]

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

[@heimricvanleeuwen2563]

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

[@1Waarheid]

@@heimricvanleeuwen2563 And now you are in Canada because of that.. Btw, I'm from the Netherlands and our country and the rest of Europe was not reduced to ruins. Who told you that nonsense? The reason why some people left, mostly in the fifties, was for work. Many went to Canada and Australia.

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@heimricvanleeuwen2563 it was a few cities in a few countries that was in ruins in Europe, that said there was limited products and the economy had to be build up in many places, a lot of North Americans tend to see Europe as one country, there are however about 50 (the number changed a lot after the was in Yugoslavia and it's difficult to keep up, some sources claim 44 countries (American sources) other say 49 or even 55 depending what is counted, Germany never invaded all of Europe and not all the invaded countries ended up being bombed

[@rayvandenbosch2408]

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

[@tristar333333]

One of the best viking history channels on KZbin!

[@JJReal-m7x]

I am a Friese. I just discovered all of this yesterday and I’m trying to learn as much as possible. I had no idea I had so much history. Thanks

[@RareRootsOfJoyMelbourne]

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

[@vigortheone3527]

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

[@Mr.MarcusMario]

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

[@SlothsInBoxes]

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

[@simdal3088]

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

[@Mr.MarcusMario]

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

[@simdal3088]

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

[@Greye13]

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

[@SirThomasJames]

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

[@joannbaumann4028]

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

[@richardhouben7013]

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

[@mattvdh]

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

[@michaelhoes4851]

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

[@richardhale5910]

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

[@VeronicaHoltskog]

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

[@callumsikone]

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

[@theronraam23]

North Frisian American here. The rebellious spirit lives on.

[@Nonejustpbfm]

Great this gives me something to watch on my night shift

[@siske9573]

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

[@Weda01]

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

[@naninegoossens6615]

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

[@robjorna896]

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

[@Deckdisz]

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

[@bakakaizoku]

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

[@thumbstruck]

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

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

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

[@jamesvandemark2086]

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

[@countk1]

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

[@janvanaardt3773]

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

[@countk1]

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

[@jamesvandemark2086]

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

[@countk1]

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

[@deidrac9382]

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

[@caprikoziol4150]

Bringing back more historical European names is a beautiful and wholesome idea

[@thispostwasmadebypagang8814]

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

[@Imyourmoose]

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

[@MrEnaric]

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

[@Marvinuser]

Heyrði bróðir! og friður til, frá Danmörku!

[@olivierfolkersma3900]

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

[@beefcakeii]

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

[@rad7595]

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

[@countk1]

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

[@dicksaucer3231]

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

[@andreajanota6258]

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

[@amcreative3784]

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

[@MustangX1074]

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

[@glenntheijssen7368]

Ik wilde precies het zelfde zeggen!

[@Fuzz82]

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

[@glenntheijssen7368]

@@Fuzz82 sounds like a kickass school.

[@Fuzz82]

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

[@sebe2255]

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

[@magnusbane8135]

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

[@TonySlug]

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

[@johanvandermeulen9696]

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

[@JoshuaGraves113]

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

[@MrOpiumDubs]

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

[@SuAva]

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

[@erickinch4991]

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

[@maartenvandenberg160]

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

[@wegfarir1963]

Read the Oera Linda if you haven't already

[@maartenvandenberg160]

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

[@sloppyprogrammer4373]

This is probably why I always feel more connected to Scandinavia than most of my "Hollandisch" peers. I'm slowly getting to this point where I'm going to move out of the Netherlands.

[@BattleBok]

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

[@mika2swaggy]

What js the great southern slave colony

[@BattleBok]

@@mika2swaggy Australia

[@mika2swaggy]

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

[@BattleBok]

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

[@mika2swaggy]

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

[@Flippereend]

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

[@stansdad1]

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

[@crystallore5506]

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

[@WeserBlitz]

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

[@j.spottedhorse8939]

Well I’m Native American Indian but long ago and far away on my Maternal side my Ancestors were from Frisia. So thank you. 🪶 this is very enlightening to my DNA memory.

[@benjaminzeunen4782]

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

[@iJurre]

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

[@randallbruursema7553]

I am a FRISIAN , from Holland Mich, lived in FRisland 6 years looking for roots, thanks for the info the people in FRISLAND are taller than regular people 7 feet is not unusual we are part Viking , great talk you presented ,thanks

[@christiano2444]

The Dutch are the tallest people in the world. Not only Frisians but the Dutch as a whole.

[@AntiQris]

Nice highlight on the “FR” do you view that meaning “free” or “first” Icelanders? Or is there a Celtic third meaning and it’s all three?

[@fosho332]

People from Friesland for sure are the tallest of The Netherlands. ​@@christiano2444

[@aidanwasserman4491]

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

[@lauraperezmacho4265]

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

[@JustLor7777]

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

[@yuriklaver4639]

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

[@bingbong6066]

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

[@casperklerk5054]

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

[@JOSWAY787]

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

[@ACR_BOX]

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

[@charzakwinn1398]

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

[@grimwulf8547]

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

[@marilynaderson6568]

Thanks for the enlightenment, one side of my family is totally Scandinavian arriving at Ellis Island in 1897 and my Native American roots - My Great-grandfathers' mother was a welsh prisoner taken by the Comanches - he was sent to white schools he thrived under all the tyranny. (He also participated on many a warpath as a teenager). I think he would have loved to know all this. Thank you for this channel.

[@ole7146]

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

[@dpt6849]

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

[@Ohjeezno]

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

[@Delft1977]

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

[@ole7146]

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

[@esmeraldahijkoop3856]

Yea the Dutch part of Belgium yes.

[@DucoSminia]

My ancestors were Frisian Grietmannen, in charge of the court of law in peacetime, and in charge of organizing the militia and the distribution of helmets, scabbards and swords in wartime.

[@Holly-ro3yq]

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

[@witchersilversteel3573]

Ah thanks dude, was waiting for this!!

[@marcelvaneijk1962]

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

[@Jack-Hands]

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

[@PieterStaaks]

I live 5km away from Dorestad (Wijk bij Duurstede). Good video!

[@CyberTribalism]

Coastal Flanders is a originally mixture of Franks and Frisians. With some Saxon influence and Danes also, you have basically the modern Dutch. Even the Frisians of today are half Franks genetically because of the countless Imperial wars of with Rome collaborating Franks. But according to some sources the Franks also come originally out of the old Frisians in pre historic times.. in that version of history (not the Roman Catholic version of history we've all been spoonfed) the old Frisians are the mother tribe of all Germanic people.. and yes, many Flemings still consider themselves Southern Dutch above anything else.

[@IntegralPeter]

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

[@arthurhagen3826]

Dutch are essentially a Frankish Frisian Saxon mix. More Frankish to the south (Limburg, Belgium), more Frisian to the north and along the coast, more Saxon to the east.

[@PercisePerception]

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

[@noemievandenbloock8434]

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

[@buzzardist1659]

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

[@sebe2255]

@@buzzardist1659 “a lot”

[@rikijett310]

Excellent content!!!!!! 👍👍

[@Hispandinavian]

I've been been in the Friesland province of The Netherlands many times and know people there. The Friesian language is really nice to hear. However my hands are full with just regular Dutch. The Netherlands is kinda like my home away from home. I also like the Flemish side of Belgium.

[@Fires755]

This history is Great ! Thank you!

[@SamanthaP48]

Wow this is a wonderful to know. In a DNA test I came back 1% northern Italian/Rome and it was very unexpected. 99% Germanic. I wonder what the likelihood of having a direct connection with this tribe are.

[@MaartenAnna]

Thanks mate, super informative. Most of this I didn’t know; we were never taught this in school (being Dutch). Slight note, one of Radbad’s descendants, Radboud, aided in Christianising the Friezen some 50 years later.

[@Martel33]

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

[@Zalkard]

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

[@ronaldderooij1774]

My mother's family was of noble descent and was traced back to a rich trader coming to Dorestad from Birka. He also wanted to have his possessions taken from Birka to Dorestad, but the Danish King raided his fleet of three ships full of belongings and tradeware. For fun, my mother's family wrote a letter to the Danish King to ask for 3 billion guilders (some 1.2 billion Euro) compensation. We laughed a lot and never expected an answer. But we got an answer stating that "it was too long ago to be of any juridical relevance". So we had a good laugh about that letter as well. I have to disagree partly on your assessment of the returning of the Frisians in the early middle ages. There is simply no proof for that, while the proof that it were Jutes and Saxons is quite overwhelming (pottery, language, and indirect evidence from Denmark and Saxony). What I think you understate a little is the role the Frisians played in the viking age. New archelogical evidence (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) shows that the "Dutch" frisians were full blown integrated into the viking realm. So also Frisians traded and raided themselves. It must have been the fashion of the day to do that.

[@moalleboanne]

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

[@classesanytime]

The very first Frisii might go back till the Neolithic period as far as 6500 BC and at that time Doggerland was still dry land between the Netherlands and the British Isles! Quite recently they've fished up spearpoints, mammoth and Lion remains on the Doggerbank which suggest that there was a rich vegetation and rivers! The Frisii, although a seafaring people, might just have walked to the british Isles in those days! Any which way, thank you for your time to research and this very informative upload 👍

[@mound1921]

As someone who could be classed predominantly Scottish ethnically, my family directly deriving too from a noble house in the north, I was already quite proud and intrigued finding out about their Flemish origin. However recent research linked them to the noble Counts of Egmont in Holland, who claimed to be descendants of Redbad and later Counts of Frisia, so it's given me something to be even more proud of as a pagan! I love being able to combine Celticisms from my recent ancestors, with the Germanic beliefs of my most ancient direct lineage. Even the area where my family settled in Scotland is a very Dutch-Esque landscape, flat coastal lands with dozens of streams, two big rivers, and a sea loch that once reigned as one of the largest in Scotland during the Medieval era before it was drained. Even our surname relates to the landscape and how our ancestral settlements were often made to be inland islands due to their constant flooding. Perhaps our experience fighting the untiring waves of the Dutch coastline was part of the reason we'd been given that land in the first place, yet a big part was the Knightly warrior nature of our progenitor, the descendant of Redbad. :D

[@philtoonen6338]

The Egmont house was in it's time probably the most powerful after the royal house. In Scotland they used the world Flemming or of Flemmish descent for almost all of the Netherlands and Belgium which means that you won't necessarily stem from Flanders but much rather the whole of the lowlands/

[@mound1921]

@@philtoonen6338 Yeah that's something I've come to realise recently. Flemish seems to have become a catch-all word in the same sense as the word "Saxon". Restricting research into the modern Belgian region is what caused a lot of confusion for not just me, but a lot of people reading into the families lineage. But clear connections can be seen when looking further North into modern Netherlands. Netherlands and Flanders in general both tend to not get the recognition they deserve in their part of forging Scotland, yet for the past 800 years there's been massive and continuous cultural exchange, really interesting stuff to get into.

[@atuane7003]

Very interesting and insightful, thx

[@jenskunze4384]

A very much unknown thing that was so nicely talked about. Viking and such are worldwide known to be in England, Sweden, Norwegian and Denmark, but not the Netherlands. Thank you for bringing light into these most forgotten chapter! I am a German who moved/migrated to the East of the Netherlands. Here were the Saxons till they were fought and pushed back by the Frank's. My fiancee and me plan 2024 to marry in the old ways and therefore we started some history studies of the past and our roots. You said that there were even Pagan's and Viking inland more?! Is it possible to get the sources for this from you? Anyone else is also welcome. All we found was that Here (Province Overijssel/Area of Enschede) was the Tubanten/Tuihanti, a germanic saxon tribe who fought against the Roman's with their paigan brothers the Usipetes and the Marser or Marsi. Where I am from (the Area of Dortmund) is Westfalia or 'Westfalai' homelands of Saxons. Thank you again for this great video!

[@HighlyCaffein8ed]

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

[@Lemmelleni]

I hope you make one also specifically for Belgium, since they have a great underrated history. Im mostly Danish, but my mother is from Belgian decent, Ive researched alot about Belgium and it seems like its overlooked way too much. Would love to see it.

[@lars6870]

Most of them were celts

[@sebe2255]

@@lars6870 Genetically sure, but the culture and genetics in Flanders are Frankish and Germanic. And of course Wallonia is more Celtic and Gallo-Roman

[@wingslider]

Well maby it’s overseen because either France owned them or the Dutch or Spanish or Germans

[@sebe2255]

@@wingslider Because Belgium is a strange country that only exists because of some very specific decisions. You mostly don’t see two completely different ethnic groups form a country like Belgium. So Belgian history before their unification is a mix of local, Dutch, French and German history. Which causes it to be a bit hard to focus on

[@kattmazi1934]

Belgians went Catholic. They could be covered in Roman history

[@SirBedevereTheWise]

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

[@tummytub1161]

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

[@DunkelblauerMB]

I'm from the southern outback Dutch mountains the area called Limburg... I guess it's a linguistic thing that I kinda feel more related to and familiar with the Dutch Southern areas under the rivers and the Plat Deutsch and the Flemish Limburg. A little more than a century ago Limburg was a Dutchy that stretched over 3 different countries that yet didn't exist in that time period. It stretched from the Dutch Gelder border down into Belgium/Liege in the south and into Germany/Cologne in the east. We all especially the older generations still basically speak the same Dietsch dialect. For example, I can visit Cologne and don't need to speak Hoch Deutsch I simply speak our regional dialect and everybody understands me clearly and vice versa. The same goes for the Northern Dutch, Northern Germans and the Scandinavians... All though we all speak Western Germanic the dialects spoken and words used shift regionally towards each other and are more related... A funny analogy is the Old Southwest German (Pfälzisch) word "Schwetzen" which literally means "talking". In Dutch, we also have the word "Zwetsen" which means "Talking gibberish". The Scandinavian word "Snakker' means 'Talking' in the Dutch Groninger dialect 'Snakker' means 'Talking gibberish'. 😂 The Dutch varieties and their meaning came to be a long time ago from human interaction from different areas speaking a similar dialect but still did not always quite understand each other. In modern standard Dutch 'Snakken' is a verb meaning gasping for air or longing for something with the same gesture. In English and in German, a Snack is a bite, something to eat/put in your mouth. (Norse - Matbit) Actually, a beautiful relationship between different languages with the same linguistic roots. Basically, the same word and it means something different but still, it all comes back to the mouth in all of them. All though I basically do understand Frisian, that is more because I'm polyglot and interested in languages. But still, it's a tad hard sometimes to figure out what they are saying on the get-go.

[@fredericverstappen7742]

Or the Swedish word 'pratar' means 'praten' in Dutch. However it is funny when you say in Swedish 'Vad talar du för språk?' what translates in 'welke taal spreek jij?' Talar = spreken Språk = taal

[@DunkelblauerMB]

@@fredericverstappen7742 It is not only funny but also has very interesting roots. Talar in Old Norse-Telja, Old Frisian-Tella, Old Saxon(Low German)-Tellan, Old English-Tellan and Old High German Zalon. Still used in modern English as 'To Tell'. The Teller telling the story. It's a summary or account of what happened or what needs to happen etc. given in a speech. Since a summary or account always includes numbers it can still be traced back today to how it is used in modern Dutch and German with 'Vertellen'(Dutch) and "Erzählen"(German) which means 'To Tell' and "Tellen'(Dutch) and 'Zählen'(German) which means 'To Count' In English Tell Time = Tell Numbers. In earlier times an accountant also was named a Teller in English. Sprák in German is Sprache in Dutch it is Spraak and means language. All though, the word 'Prátar' or as the Dutch use it 'Praten' is of a somewhat uncertain origin there are few traces to find in history where it came from. It's suspected that it came to the northwest and stayed there with the Old Norse/Rus Vikings trade route from the eastern Slavic languages where we still find 'bradāt' today in Lituania. The closest Germanic relative we can find is still used today in German 'Pfattern" and 'Papperlapap' in the Slavic languages and in German this means 'Talking Gibberish'. Also in the modern Dutch language a 'Prater or Praatjesmaker' doesn't have a positive connotation. Remarkable how words travel, stay and change and isolate again in use or meaning.

[@fredericverstappen7742]

@@DunkelblauerMB very interesting, thanks for this thorough explanation

[@sirosewoudt]

Fryslan, Boppe! Greetings from Rokkefean. Cool video about a cool people. Thnx!

[@MrAmeerga]

As a Frisian, i approve this video

[@StofStuiver]

Interesting m8. Learned a few historical facts from you ;] Im dutch, from dutch flanders. Searching for roots and things to destabilize our destabilizing societies, i developed quite an interest in the 80ies. Wasnt all that much to go on though. As i was studying philosophy, also religion, i found it rather odd that we are so hung up on christianity. Even though i called myself an atheist, i later found that christianity is rooted deeply in our societies, also in me. Not the church, bc i oppose vatican and so on, but the example of JC himself. Still, it is odd that we embrace this religion coming from the middle east, and know so little about our own 'native' religion(s), culture and so. Ofcourse there are remnants of that all over, once you start to look. Ive always been positive about exploring these roots. Roots matter. The people are formed by the lands and climate. Seeing how our societies and peoples are and have been destroyed, it hurts me. You make me smile. Im getting rather old and well, considering the times coming, i probably wont live through it. Its people like you that will have to unite us again, get the focus of people and the return to our cultures and traditions and so. A bit modernized of course ;] As things are now it looks quite grim, but who knows. I made a game character some 14 years ago, named Menaap. Was derived from 'Menapi', the people that once lived in this region, some 2000 years ago, untill the Romans came and killed most. Of course i dont know if i originate from those. Probably mixed germanic, keltic, gaul, tribes. There is some revival going on, it seems. Has been since our societies were undermined by several processes, since the 80ies, id say. More people searching for roots, having affinity with 'paganism', or better, our original cultures and religion. Considering every action has a reaction at some point, it may swing hugely towards that. Away from individualism, to social groups again. Ive always been like that and ive always felt, since the 80ies (not in the 60ies and 70ies) that all that was ours was increasingly taken away. People used to know eachother, protect eachother. You felt safe. I havent felt safe in a long time. It was also honorable. In the 90ies i noticed how public condemnation of liars, had turned to admiration. Thats not a good thing. I talk politics a lot and a few years ago we all said no more brotherwars, meaning a war in Europe, brother on brother. Look at it now... They did it again. Its always the same peopele on top that make this shit happen. Keep up the good work! And thank you for this video ;]

[@starwreck]

There is also a nordfriesland in northern germany

[@Macaframa1]

Yes I have ancestors from this region, but my ancestors are ethnically Danish not Frisian as far as I know.

[@aw9680]

This was very informative and easy to follow. Thanks.

[@wicortelkamp2255]

When Scandinavian professional football players make a transfer to our football teams they learn the language insanely fast. Most of them are doing the press interviews in fluent Dutch just after a year or so. It’s also cool to see that the players who stay here for a couple of years almost speak without a foreign accent. You can barely notice or can’t even notice they aren’t Dutch.

[@caryvanvalkenburgh1849]

Very interesting . My last is Van Valkenburgh , I'm Dutch /German on my father's side , and Scot/Irish on my mother's side . My father's family were blacksmiths and were given a large track of land to settled in the Great Lake area around the 1590's in America .

[@doreenbierens]

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

[@susanschaffner4422]

Very good information, presented well. Enjoyed this video.

[@thomastoadie9006]

Informative. Thank you. I’ve heard the correct pronounciation of Frisii is actually “Frisi-i”.

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

In 536 AD the Krakatua exploded. This is important, because this caused the movemend of the northern tribes southwards and into England. Please explore this, it is on youtube ❤

[@LadywithMS]

Frisian here as well! I migrated to the Southern part of the Netherlands because of Love, now living close to the Belgian border. Tho we do share same things, for me, being Frisian does make me feel a bit 'seperate', but not in a bad way. I love my heritage and am a proud Frisian, but do 'mingle' well with where I live. I've been a Pagan for the better part of my life as well. Although I was raised a Christian, Paganism has always had a bigger pull on me, so you can imagine how that played out when I still lived with my parents :)

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

Are the Dutch, Frisians, and Saxons still a similar people? I'm a Saxon (and very proud of my ancestry and my tribe) and I've found a lot of linguistic similarities between dutch and Plattdeutsch

[@ANota-og2yp]

Yes, there are similarities, in the east of the Netherlands quite a lot of people speak Low Saxon. Low Saxon or West Low German (German: Niedersächsisch) is an officially recognized language in the Netherlands and Germany and consists of a group of non-standardized Low German dialects.[2] East Low German is very related but according to the definition does not belong to Low Saxon. Low German, on the other hand, can be regarded as an umbrella term, although West Low German and East Low German are also referred to as Low Saxon together. The Low German dialects are mainly spoken in the northern part of Germany and in the northern and eastern parts of the Netherlands (the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, the Gelderland regions of Veluwe and Achterhoek, in Utrecht east of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, on Urk in Flevoland and in the Stellingwerf and around Kollumerpomp in Friesland). In addition to Limburgish and Frisian, Low Saxon is one of the three official regional languages ​​in the Netherlands. Unlike Frisian, Low Saxon does not have a normative, overarching unit language. Therefore, unlike Frisian, it does not have the status of a 'second national language'. As with Limburgish, there are a large number of local variants of Low Saxon. The lack of a unitary Low Saxon language also leads to divergent spellings of the different dialects, despite attempts to arrive at an overarching unity spelling. Low Saxon Low Saxon, Low Saxon Spoken in Netherlands, Germany, Denmark speakers 2.2-5 million[1] (Germany) and 1.6 million speakers at home in the Netherlands (2.15 million in total) Language area including East Low German. Both areas together are sometimes referred to as Low Saxon. Since 1998, the Netherlands has recognized Low Saxon as a language, under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The Low Saxon Covenant came into effect in 2018, whereby the regional governments in the Low Saxon-speaking part of the Netherlands indicate that they are committed to preserving and promoting Low Saxon; however, this is not legally enforceable. Since 1998, Germany has also recognized Low Saxon (Niederdeutsch or Plattdeutsch), under the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. In the European Union, Low Saxon is an officially recognized regional language. The language code (ISO 639-2) of Low Saxon is nds.

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@@ANota-og2yp Cool, thank you :3 Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to learn Low Saxon one day 😂

[@dpt6849]

Most likely you're not politically correct and should be banned. Yes. Modern politics are stupid. Be yourself 👍

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@@dpt6849 What? I was asking about my people in comparison to the Frisians and the Dutch. This has nothing to do with politics

[@dpt6849]

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 Being proud of ancestory is almost a crime lately so. So. I don't know to be honest..

[@erickladegard2344]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Half Friesian myself and I’m surrounded by modern day warriors today and I’m a women. It all makes sense.

[@klaassiersma4892]

Loved the video brother, proud Frisian pagan here. An other Frisian hero was called Pier gerlofs Donia ( grutte Pier) Do you know of him? He was actually family long ago as his wife had my exact surname ( Pier was not the biggest fan of the holy roman empire too). I believe there is a lot of truth in what Nietzsche said about the Germanic people and Christianity ( as it would not stick too long)

[@JustLor7777]

I'm Dutch from The Netherlands🌱🇳🇱, im 57 years, and my third surname is Henriëtte what is also a Germanic and Scandinaviën name. I live in Belgium🇧🇪 near to Boom Tomorrowland, im very happy to hear, that you partied ur ass off!🎉💃🕺🎊🎊💮🎊🔥🔥🌻🔥🔥🔥🔥🏵️🔥 🔥🔥🔥🖤🔥🔥🔥 Zondag 19-November-2023

[@gilianstaelen3087]

2:40 As a Flemish from Flanders (dutch speaking region of Belgium), I consider myself part of the larger Dutch people and related to the Frisians. But do not consider myself related to them as the modern dutch do (since they intermingled more with them).

[@DJJinxC2006]

Another cracking vlog, as always you have my gratitude.

[@rubynibs]

"Poortjes" = porches! When you look at the languages from Friesland and Holland and that area, and from Scandinavia and England, you see how closely related they all are -- much more so than German. If you speak a Scandinavian language and English, go read some Frisian -- you'll be able to figure it out pretty well, pretty quickly, still, after they pretty well diverged 1,000 or more years ago. It'll give you a jolt of connection to various people groups who were once one people.

[@fredericverstappen7742]

In Flemmish 'poortjes' means small gates (plural) and 'portiek' would be porches.

[@rubynibs]

@@fredericverstappen7742 Yes, but the word "poortjes" is similar to the English word, "porch," both in pronunciation and in usage It comes from the Latin, "portico." It's meaning is related to _gates_ .