The Iron King - When Czechia dominated Europe

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[@NoobMasterr33]

Hello can we have some videos about asiatique empires ?

[@tehreemabbas2433]

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[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Medieval Czech history is underrated, Especially Charles IV King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

The Empire he ruled from Prague expanded, and his subjects lived in peace and prosperity. When he died, the whole Empire mourned. More than 7,000 people accompanied him on his last procession. The heir to the throne of the flourishing Empire was Charles' son, Wenceslas IV, whose father had prepared him for this moment all his life. But Wenceslas did not take after his father. He neglected affairs of state for more frivolous pursuits. He even failed to turn up for his own coronation as Emperor, which did little to endear him to the Pope. Wenceslas "the Idle" did not impress the Imperial nobility either. His difficulties mounted until the nobles, exasperated by the inaction of their ruler, turned for help to his half-brother, King Sigismund of Hungary. Sigismund decided on a radical solution. He kidnapped the King to force him to abdicate, then took advantage of the ensuing disorder to gain greater power for himself. He invaded Bohemia with a massive army and began pillaging the territories of the King's allies.

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[@TihetrisWeathersby]

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[@stzawadzki]

@@bilbobaggins8794 I;m getting hungry

[@Vladimír-Ráth]

Karel IV is especially overrated Bohemian monarch.

[@TheStrategos392]

Ottokar was a formidable and shrewd ruler. Very impressive career. This video was a first rate lesson in grand political strategy. This Rudolph of Hassburg was clearly no slouch either.

[@SolidAvenger1290]

Baz Battles did videos many years ago covering Ottokar, and I am glad HM is following in his colleague's footsteps now.

[@stehfreejesseah7893]

@@SolidAvenger1290Can’t tell if that a dis or not.

[@JohnnyFilip]

Excellent video as always! With a nice touch at 8:46 and quote: "Jdi do prdele!" meaning "Screw you!" which is good message to Hungary at that time(and many times over). Truly a Christmas gift for our nation of Czech Republic. Can we politely ask for another part about our greatest ruler, Czech King and Emperor of Holy Roman Empire - Charles IV, please? It would be amazing. Cheers.

[@schroedingersdog7965]

Thanks for the translation! 👍

[@JohnnyFilip]

@ It is actually very polite version of that original saying. It was basically meant for someone you really hate and despise, for example someone doing terrible things such as releasing a raiding parties of freaking Hungary mercenaries on your territory and them bullying your subjects!🧐🤨

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[@Novgorod_Republic]

"Czech king" of house Luxembourg. And there was no Czechia back then, it was Bohemia, a name Germans gave to your country after conquering you. You were practically ruled by the Germans, as even Ottokar had a German mother, and his male ancestors had German mothers as well. Ottokar is also a German name and he spoke German. Though his dynasty was Czech and he was surrounded by Czechs growing up, so at least there's that. But even this didn't last for long as just 28 years after his death the first Habsburg became a king of Bohemia...

[@JaromirHorak-lu2nx]

Note that Ottakar was originally the younger brother, probably destined for a church career. This was a fairly common case of ambitious and successful medieval monarchs who came to the throne unexpectedly as second sons, as a replacement for a suddenly deceased crown prince (think Henry VIII of England and his brother Arthur)

[@Royce16727]

Man… That surprise attack was perfectly executed; both during the historical battle AND your retelling. I was honestly shocked, especially since I had never heard of the battle before. Great video!

[@zlatanclovecic1944]

And corretly called as "deceipt". As at the time the chivalry style of battle was mainly frontal clash of heavy cavalry that often resembled rather war games or brutal sport with strict rules than a real battle. Thus, even the Kumans' style of attack was seemed as unfair (especially from the emperor-to-be, expected to exactly express the spirit of chivalry), not talking about hidden reserve to attack the wing.

[@McDragoneer]

Surely noone can defeat Ottokar, hes too powerfull! *Sees the habsburg surname* OH SHIT RUN! great video as always historymarche!

[@MattGraves121]

See the word Habsburg and see the word Duke of Austria and all one could do is despair knowing what will inevitably happen.

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Here leaving a comment as a sacrifice for the algorithm but in reality because I love your videos.

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks so much for the support man! Much appreciated.

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Not only some of the highest quality content on KZbin but also some of the most prolific, this channel uploads so often and without the quality suffering because of it. I enjoy the range of content as well. Lots of different theaters of history on display

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much for the kind words! It's been a lot of fun working on this one and I'm glad you enjoy it.

[@SakiniCZ]

Czech checks HistoryMarches new upload, and cheers after seeing that there is another piece of Czech history, well done sire. I just wandered the area and ruined castles where prince Ottokar and his father Wenceslaus I. fought each other, what a neat addition this video is.

[@IronWarrior86]

Nice one, shedding light on lesser known history.

[@bradleyroissetter6796]

You are so good with your words describing a scene and how the men may have felt and thought. Amazing stuff.

[@marekpogany9926]

Thanks for your good work. My favourite King from Bohemia, the economic ingenuity.

[@HistoryMarche]

Wow, thanks so much for the support Mark. Truly generous of you!

[@CattibalBarca]

With each day i lose hope we will ever see next part let alone end of Hannibal series.

[@HistoryMarche]

It's coming.

[@CattibalBarca]

@@HistoryMarche looking forward to it ❤

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What's up with the Hannnibal series ? It isn't even fun, he loses the Battle of Zama and then it's over. The best part will allways be the battle of Cannae.

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⁠@@danxdanx8877 while series has peaked at Cannae there are still plenty interesting events before Zama such as siege of Syracuse and Scipio’s campaign in Iberia and Africa with its multiple battles.

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@CattibalBarca and don’t forget the battle of upper baetis where Hannibal’s brothers Hasdrubal and mago killed the father of Scipo africanus.

[@DrKarmo]

Thanks for the video guys

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks for watching!

[@wanggaard]

I watch a ton of history videos, but the maps you have shown for 1200s Europe are something I have never seen before. Amazing work.

[@HistoryMarche]

Glad you liked them!

[@JakubKordik]

I will always remember, how my medieval history teacher at university compared Ottokar II. and Rudolf I. by using a mafia terminology. He said, that Ottokar was like a mafia don who expected to be treated with respect and obeyed, but when others recognized his authority, he had no intention to humiliate them or to closely interfere in their affairs. He respected some general rules and was chivalrous. On the other hand, Rudolf was just like a gangster. At the beginning, he started with almost no property and that was why he wanted to have absolute control over everyone and everything and had no problem to get his hands dirty, when he gained the throne. Later, many nobles were frustrated by that and thought that Ottokar would have been a better choice, but it was already too late…

[@Badbentham]

Historically, it was a major inflection point , and likely a huge tragedy for entire Europe; with its ramifications reaching into the modern age: Here, the noble and highly competent ruler. There, the Littlefinger dynasty, who started to bring nearly the entire continent under their control; for many centuries to come. Resulting in tragedies like the 30-years war (reformation, one could argue, was partly a result of overburding corruption and abuse of power in the Empire) , up to WW1 , followed by WW2.

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[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you very much!

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I have recently fallen in love with medieval HRE history, so this is RIGHT ON TIME. Good job to the HistoryMarche crew for making my Saturday!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Chronicler-z9c]

Another great video ❤

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you 🤗

[@cobraz430]

Fantastic video as always 👍

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks for the visit

[@AliAli-w7o7h]

What a battlefield crazy attacks and counter-attacks. And excellent presentation from historyMarch

[@brokenbridge6316]

The final battle talked about in this video is proof positive that sometimes your better off outsmarting your enemy rather than outfighting them. Which is what Rudolf did to Ottokar.

[@stickyyummy1377]

This is one of your best videos sir, thanks! A long time (silent) viewer

[@HistoryMarche]

Much appreciated!

[@ThutUPB]

Fun Fact 1: Ottokar's son Wenceslaus II. was on the brink of creating an even larger powerhouse by becoming the King of Poland and then acquiring the crown of Hungary for his son. Imagine a union of these three kingdoms... He got a 'little' help by the discovery of silver in Kuttenberg in Central Bohemia which made Bohemia the largest producer of silver in Europe at that time. He unfortunately passed away of tuberculosis only 34 years old... Fun fact 2: If you are a King of Bohemia and you must go to war, don't do battle on August 26th. Ottokar II. died on that day and exactly 70 years later John the Blind died fighting the English at Crecy.

[@stzawadzki]

Czech/Polish/Ruthenian/Hungarian history is often as interesting and well documented as "Western", but doesn't get that much love.

[@jdgoesham5381]

"The Iron King" is a great book(from the Accursed Kings Series)...The one by the French novelist Maurice Druon ...I got it a really long time ago when I heard GRRM was inspired by the books for his A Song of Ice and Fire novels and it doesn't disappoint.

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Incredibly entertaining and great educational video as allways.Keep up the amazing work!

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[@KHK001]

Always great to see more vids from HM! for the algorithm!

[@pandavikingguy6193]

I love the small comedic bits you leave sprinkled behind the history. Yeah I did catch the "Jdi do Prdele". Keep up the work!!!

[@HistoryMarche]

Google translate ftw 😅

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You make great videos.

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Awesome!

[@radored7750]

Great video, I'am Czech and I have not know many thing there.

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based on all the deals made and broken in these tales, im amazed anyone person trusted anyone else

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Awesome!!

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[@HistoryMarche]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Another Great video!! Merry Christmas!!!

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Please make similer video about Georgian Golden age and female King Tamar the great her reign is so underrated and intresting

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[@HistoryMarche]

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[@Motorov]

Phew. I really like your content, and applaud your commitment to some rather "niche" topics. Czech history? Awesome, rarely mentioned in such detail. That said: what the heck happened to your subtitles? "King Beer", "Syria", etc.? Did you "outsource" the making of subtitles to some text-to-speech-AI from the 2010's? 😮

[@HistoryMarche]

Uhm, no idea. KZbin is introducing some new engine for subtitles and it seems it's bugging out. I have the English transcript and then I use KZbin to translate to other languages, but since the new engine was introduced a few weeks ago it's been a bit buggy. Certainly out of my control.

[@CommonSwindler]

Positively superb video. Hopefully Frederick II Hohenstaufen and Henry II of England will get series someday. Arguably, Ottokar and all the other claimants to the imperial crown during the Great Interregnum were manifestly grasping at some measure of the imperial grandeur and brilliance of Frederick II and the vast Hohenstaufen empire.

[@HistoryMarche]

Those figures certainly deserve their time in the spotlight. I'll see if I can conjure something up. Thanks so much for the support, much appreciated.

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Czech Iron spirit broke Catholic totality during hussites revolution as well.

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[@ramtin5152]

Still patiently waiting in the dark for Historymarche to make a video about the underrated battle of Anglon 543 AD

[@HistoryMarche]

Preparing for it.

[@EdgarFriendly17]

8:45 As Czech I appreciate that

[@nyekorare]

If only Czech republic still called Bohemia

[@collintrytsman3353]

excellent

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8 seconds is wild ❤

[@knightvisiongoggles7934]

Little Henry at this time: Mother! Im feeling quite hungry!

[@anisaadiba-l9o]

I like your way of mapping, but it would be much better if you draw the vassals or tributary states in light colour of their overlords instead of diagonal zigzag lines

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Wow, very interesting

[@HistoryMarche]

Glad you think so!

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From prisoner to coast owner, based.

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What a gift

[@psychedexplorer163]

Very nice love the Czech history

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THIS is the moment > was waiting for!! Classic :)

[@davexorus9836]

This is great to hear histories which is unknown to wide audience. Please do videos about about Georgia so much to cover David 4, queen Tamara, Georg 5, Pharsman 2, giorgi saakadze, Colchis. Would be great videos about other Caucasian nations especially about Armenians. So many great and interesting stories in region

[@geoffreypotter836]

This Czechs out.

[@psychedexplorer163]

Do more of Persian battles please specially Sassanids and Parthian and also what about the rest of Nader Shah videos ❤🎉❤🎉

[@Zombie1Boy]

Ottokar being nice to consoldate lands for the future Emperor of the HRE, what a guy. :)

[@HistoryMarche]

He had a vision.😅

[@MavisKwafo]

I need more videos 🎉love you

[@khronostheavenger8923]

It's said that before the Habsburg flanking maneuver, the commander apologized to his knights for what they were about to do, as it was considered highly unchivalrous to perform a hidden flanking attack.

[@TheVlp3r]

4:28 almost spit my drink

[@lulakacontreras3520]

Me too

[@HistoryMarche]

😅

[@Hercilles]

Ottakar II took one for the team

[@GAarcher]

*Margaret Babenberg made it harder for me to eat while seeing that portrayal*

[@HistoryMarche]

😅

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Hey man, keep up the amazing work, years later, you still are without a doubt my favourite history and mapping channel, keep it up and thanks for theese epic videos!! Love from Serbia ❤

[@trixus4768]

Bela IV: "Can I have..." Ottokar II: "Oh hell no you don't!!!"😂😂😂

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My brother, I hope you put Arabic dubbing on, your videos are really excellent

[@neutralfellow9736]

solide stuffue

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Historymarche I can't wait in the next video that there are some unfinished episodes such as: Rise of Caesar Augustus #6 Prince Eugene of Savoy #5 Hannibal #20 The Anarchy #4 The Lost Eagles Part 2

[@juansanchez5001]

This could become a movie

[@тайлер-р4к]

0:37, it's fanny, for Russian subtitle, at this moment wrote: "conflict with a king Beer 4, a long-standing dispute between two men will be resolved" 😂

[@TheIronChancellor]

Can you please do a video on the Roman Isaurian dynasty

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FOR THE ALGORITHM ❤❤❤❤❤

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"I like cougars" is wild

[@HistoryMarche]

😅

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I see no Hannibal here.

[@JJSUXJK]

ONLY 3 VIEWS RIGHT NOW?! IM SO EARLY!

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Epic

[@johndough1703]

@17:38 There goes the Kingdom 🤦🤦‍♂🤦‍♀

[@GoldenGecko]

damn, I was cheering for Ottokar II

[@HistoryMarche]

Me too, honestly. The guy is a beast.

[@ijh867zter6]

"For the first time a Habsburg stood uncontested as the Holy Roman Ermperor" Rudolf was never emperor, he tried in vain until his death to get elected but never was. He was merely king.