THE STUARTS IN 7 MINUTES PRESENTED BY COMEDIAN DAVID MITCHELL HD

[@Sabrowsky]

I would love to hear Mitchell just telling me things the whole day

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Catch "the Unbelievable Truth". 30 seasons now, each about 3 hours total. That's a whole lotta David Mitchell telling you things. :)

[@littlewinch]

There is Unruly - a book on English history he's written which covers up until the era of this video basically - super interesting - and he narrates it on Audible

[@19MAD95]

@@littlewinch it is worth getting the audiobook version

[@NotoriousEKB]

Cept, he's just so ignorant about a lot of things and has a weird fixation on erasing Scottish history. Check out his video on how Gaelic isn't a necessary language, despite it still being spoken, if you think I'm wrong.

[@Frogface91]

​@@NotoriousEKB Oh no, that's disappointing 😔

[@frippp66]

I like this style of animation very much

[@johngellard1187]

Monty python

[@terrylong8894]

@@johngellard1187 Yes, very Pythonesque, but without the comedy.

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

From the credits, it looks like Ross Casswell adapted the illustrations. Not sure if that means he set up the animations, but it's likely.

[@jcortese3300]

This and Mitchell's "Unruly" book are the best 101-level starter guides for the history of Britain for anyone from the US, where our knowledge of the monarchy starts with George III. David and Victoria Coren Mitchell top the list for the people I'd most like to have over for dinner and drinks on weekends.

[@davidlittle7182]

mad that he missed out that the Stewarts started to rule in 1371

[@LonKirk]

The book "Unruly" is truely great.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

David and Victoria is my favourite fantasty threesome

[@ennayanne]

​@@LonKirkYeah I just finished listening to the audiobook and it's fantastic

[@johannebaker9730]

❤❤

[@LevWobegon]

A really bizarre period. - A Scottish king became king of England and Ireland, after years of uncertainty about Elizabeth's heir. - James I's son, Charles I, was beheaded. - The monarchy was restored with Charles I's son, Charles II, who had a million illegitimate children, but no heir. - Charles II's Catholic brother, James II, became king. - He was overthrown by his own daughter and her husband, who both died within six years. - James II's other daughter became queen, and died without an heir!

[@helenamcginty4920]

And Princess Diana was descended from Nell Gwynn. Charles' ll best knowm mistress. For some reason I cannot fathom Nell was always a heoine in my memory of school.

[@suegha]

Queen May 2 died after 6 years but William 3 ruled for another 8 years, he died in 1702 which brought Anne to the throne.

[@3107548119]

...although she gave birth to about 17 children...

[@jiripodivin7139]

All because Henry couldn't control his codpiece.

[@junkscience6397]

@@helenamcginty4920 Because she was the Protestant, not Catholic, Whore. Duh.

[@TheDavidfallon]

David Mitchell has written the sort of book that Mark Corrigan could really sink his teeth into, while secretly not reading most it, only watching this version.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Not only was William III King James II's son-in-law, he was also his nephew. William and Mary were not just husband and wife, they were first cousins too.

[@maxq-]

Great work! this should definitely be a recurring series on this channel.

[@williamjones7163]

As you mentioned the Cavalier and the Round Heads, the image of Horrible Histories skit about those two factions fighting it out, came to mind.

[@michaelarrowood4315]

Now that's the way to learn complicated history! Thank you, Mr. Mitchell.

[@Fizzbuzz994]

Thanks Historyworks, the Universities of Cambridge, Exeter, Nottingham and Oxford, the Historical Association, the Ashmolean Museum, the Bodleian Library, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. I don't mean to be dismissive of David's great narration but a whole lot of people put hard work and effort into this project. ;)

[@NotoriousEKB]

​@@Fizzbuzz994 And still managed to ignore Scotland.

[@hongkongbeat2164]

One of the most complicated periods of British history - and that’s saying something - nicely summarised into a foundation for further exploration. Nice work.

[@JJONNYREPP]

THE STUARTS IN 7 MINUTES PRESENTED BY COMEDIAN DAVID MITCHELL HD 1658pm 15.7.24 i doubt you can be too tolerant. i think it's a case of how you bow out. you could become more ruthless and tyrranical but that would mean they, the mob, have more fodder and ammo to throw at you as to why you should eff off. or you could be liberal and usher yourself out without too much hassle and/or fuss.... still, it's down to how they grab your attention or how malleable your purview is - as a spectator/pleb/maker of history - in reference to the royal houses in flux or the print makers dishing out their literal facts and wood cuts.

[@Samwell-L]

Love the delivery of “James was a king of peace. Charles, had other ideas”

[@LordofAssassins43]

Beautiful artwork!

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

what a bloody history, lurching from one tragic act to another.

[@Nastyswimmer]

This is only the Stuarts in England though - a century and a bit. Stuart monarchs ruled Scotland for three times as long.

[@davidlittle7182]

they can't stop themselves rewriting history

[@PNETriffid]

'Stewarts' in Scotland.

[@robertclive491]

@@davidlittle7182 Scotland doesn't matter.

[@davidsullivan7743]

​@davidlittle7182 oh for heaven's sake, they haven't rewritten anything, just simply focused on one part of the Stewart/Stuart history

[@davidlittle7182]

@@davidsullivan7743 they missed it by assuming it wasn't important. It's not hard to understand as we're used to their arrogance

[@saxb100]

Great narrative and historical arch thank you, more pls 🙏

[@PraveenKumar-kj8rq]

This video is great. Hats off!!!!

[@helenamcginty4920]

I thought so but looked it up to check. Mitchell studied history at Cambridge. Ive seen one of two other things that made me assume he had. One of my favourite comic actors.

[@hubedoo2]

Beautifully done!

[@UncleFester-zz5jj]

Very good, but a Scottish prequel wouldn't go amiss. The early Stewarts and their quasi-divine pretensions explain a lot about Charles I and his spawn.

[@johannebaker9730]

Yes please

[@yes_head]

Or a Hanoverian postscript.

[@welshpete12]

Very well done !

[@ahorrell]

I would like to see more of these

[@scarymonsterer]

Great illustrations!

[@lynnblack6493]

Well done.

[@SheilaEnglish2]

Brilliant animation

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

This is great!! More, more, more! PS i loved Unruly too!

[@deniswilliams2212]

Very interesting and informative and the Terry Gilliam style of animation is a good giggle!

[@CountessKitten]

Oh, i love this!

[@JDHGaming]

"One walk a day, the rest of your time is your own, this afternoon im going to the museum then, big lunch a snooze"

[@RamblinRick_]

In the US, we have William and Mary to thank for the second oldest college in the States, College of William and Mary, established by them by letters in 1693.

[@vjc2270]

I approve their no-nonsense approach to naming things.

[@junkscience6397]

@@vjc2270 Well, then, you'll really love the name for the state in which the college is located. The Virgin Queen's ....Virginia.

[@thomasbarker2888]

James Vi/I. Totally underrated.

[@fredbarker9201]

Thomas Barker agreed

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

Oh yeah definitely

[@blrbrazil1718]

Yes, he understood the terms of the Union. But his son wanted to be a traditional Scottish monarch and lost his head. Ushering in the direst period of British history, when fun was banned as religiously unacceptable. Charles II restored joy to the country and the scandalized Puritans crossed the Atlantic to eventually found the USA's Bible Belt. Sadly, another Stuart son failed to comprehend the principles of the Union and was deposed by his own children. Nobody wanted Puritanism or Catholicism in this independent nation. The Union was formalised and the building of the modern Constitutional Monarchy was begun. PS: avoid the grotesque farce of "The Favourite", which completely distorts history in trying to portray one of the most important periods of British history as an invented lesbian relationship amid a crowd of symbolic rabbits that also didn't exist. Even worse than the falsified history of "Braveheart"!

[@DavidWalls-sr1pg]

​@blrbrazil1718 Germans also contributed to the American Bible belt. During the 1800s, groups would immigrate and found "utopias."

[@jpsartstudio346]

That was a great video. Lovely

[@butcherboy2008]

"Smoke 'em if you've got 'em" - Duke Of Marlborough

[@vjc2270]

😂😂😂

[@junkscience6397]

That's Marlboro. Learn how to spell, at least! LOL

[@DSQueenie]

The first Stuart... of England.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

Yes...I was hoping to hear about the Early (Stuart's) Stewart's (Steward) of Scotland....but I still enjoyed this! ~ Bonnie Steward Moerdyk

[@disavowalf3351]

I love that when Mary Queen of Scots went to France to marry the Dauphin, her Valois relatives were so disgusted by her ‘vulgar’ Scottish accent and mannerisms they gave her a French makeover, which included changing “Stewart” to “Stuart”, as they considered it a much more elegant spelling…❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ PS @DSQueenie…quite!

[@davidlittle7182]

@@disavowalf3351 why do you love that?

[@disavowalf3351]

@@davidlittle7182 …er…as a “vulgar” (with a sense of humour) Scot I find it v funny…thought that was fairly obvious, dude!!!

[@Wavygravydressedinnavy]

Why, at 5:33, does it say “Anne 1702 - 1707” when her reign ended in 1714? I know I’m being pedantic but I’m channeling my inner David Mitchell!

[@Tevildo]

Until 1707, she was Queen of England and Queen of Scots (two separate kingdoms). After 1707, she was Queen of Great Britain (one kingdom).

[@junkscience6397]

@@Tevildo So clearly, 1707 was NOT the end of her reign, then, right? I guess the Great Britain part of her reign was not worth mentioning? LOL

[@Tevildo]

@@junkscience6397 1707 was the end of her reign _as Queen of England,_ which takes her out of the scope of the video. It doesn't cover the reign of James VI when Elizabeth was Queen of England, either.

[@sibaramsahu953]

Thanks for this vedio to help me understand that period. Great job to understand history with fun..

[@alhassannasser6696]

What us the music at the end? It is very beautiful Anyone?

[@xnsxxnsx]

Found it on Shazam: Wheatleies Wheat-Sheafe, Passamezzo

[@brettjohnson536]

I would legit listen to David Mitchell describing the entire history of the English monarchy from Egbert to Charles 3, and I don't even support the monarchy 😂

[@donnachaomalley6052]

Oliver Cromwell had successful campaigns in Ireland did he?

[@blrbrazil1718]

Something the English and Irish have in common is that we both hate Cromwell.

[@martha8517]

@@blrbrazil1718 Why is there a statue to him outside Westminster if the English hate him?

[@Retroscoop]

What is the name of the piece of music at the end ?

[@xnsxxnsx]

Wheatleies Wheat-Sheafe, Passamezzo

[@jansmith286]

Good, but I prefer the Unruly book. Are you planning a second volume?

[@django3422]

I really recommend Mitchell's book on the history of British monarchs, Unruly. While Mitchell doesn't come out as a clear republican, he certainly doesn't hold back in examining just how bonkers our monarchs have been.

[@blrbrazil1718]

It's an updating of "1066 And All That" for anti-monarchists.

[@alaeelmazzouji]

Me watching these after one day of my British Culture exam

[@MaskedManatee]

I'm related to these guys you know!

[@Yasmin-bv9gl]

Masked Manatee I am too. A lot of people are, it's nothing special, no offense

[@evaannavonbehne8605]

So am I. So what?

[@autumnbottoms5743]

Family reunion anyone? 😂👑

[@maggiecole9896]

Same. 🙄

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

Same, we are a truly great people

[@BerangBerangTV]

Cool!

[@Musical_Kook]

I LOVE unruly, i bought it as a gift for somebody, yet as it was so interesting i ended up reading it, and keeping it and bought the gift recipient a lynx set and a box of after eights instead😂 if you cant see the sheer comedy in that, i dunno what to tell ya. Buy or borrow this book its absolutely fascinating and one of the best reads in modern times that relays historically accurate facts with the appeal that this foccused snippet with animation does. :)

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

It's actually the Stewarts, Stuart is a frenchified version of the name, beside all Stewarts are related regardless of the mineut differences in the spelling of the name

[@joekerr9197]

It's Stuarts after Mary I because she married a guy from the branch that "frenchified" their name due to the fact they had titles and land in France. So it's basically two different dynasties. Plus she grew up in France herself. The Stewarts that ruled until Mary I were main line Stewarts, after Mary I you have Stuarts, a junior branch of main Stewarts via Stewarts of Bonkyll who separated even before Stewarts became monarchs of Scotland.

[@LogBarc]

@@joekerr9197 Mary was a Stewart, she just chose the name Stuart while in France, but her descendants still used Stewart

[@joekerr9197]

@@LogBarc They didn't. Descendants of Mary and Henry used the French variant of the name even in Scotland and Britain in general.

[@LogBarc]

@@joekerr9197 Most old UK documents about the monarch that use there dynastic name say Stewart

[@LogBarc]

@@joekerr9197 Stuart STARTED to become adopted in the late 16th century due to the absence of the letter w in the french alphabet, however BOTH variants were used for long after

[@michaelwright2986]

Catholic vs Protestant (vs hyper-Protestant) is one way of telling it; but there is also a debate between political government, in England the power of Parliament, and royal absolutism. The two tend to overlap. The (male) Stuarts were always prone to absolutism.

[@junkscience6397]

Unlike, say...every prior dynasty in English history? LOL

[@michaelwright2986]

@@junkscience6397 Yes, unlike previous (and subsequent) dynasties, who tended to accept that the political class (barons, first, but increasingly the rich merchants also) expected to be consulted. Or else there would be trouble, up to civil war, deposition, and death in detention under mysterious circumstances (Edward II, Richard II). The Stuarts never really learned that.

[@CatherineCumper]

Cromwell was successful in Ireland. Well I suppose that depends on which side you were on!

[@oswaldlorenz8410]

So.. what are the stuarts?

[@juanaltredo2974]

a ham,. definitely

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

My bloodline

[@professorspf]

I thought Anne ruled till 1714

[@aliciarichards6634]

Simon F yep they got it wrong.

[@Munchausen45]

Technically yes. But I think the years they put are her being a Queen of England vs Britain

[@Midget-ef3sz]

Dude fr explained 100 years in 7 minutes 💀

[@andiilham6227]

Anne was the most successful monarch from all the Stuarts

[@davidlittle7182]

no, that would be James IV

[@blrbrazil1718]

She began the building of the modern Constitutional Monarchy.

[@hobbitomm]

It's not really 'The Stuarts', is it? It's "the Stuarts from where they took over England too"

[@blrbrazil1718]

Not really. They were invited to assume the combined throne, but in the role of an English parliamentary monarch, not a Scottish absolutist one. James 1, Charles II, Mary and Anne understood what that meant. But Charles I and James II didn't.

[@hobbitomm]

@blrbrazil1718 yes. But the House of Stuart started quite a long time before 1603

[@phil4893]

Into the Georgian rule, Officers in the Scots regiments of the British army when making a toast to the King, would first place a cup or glass of water on the table, and swing their glass over the water when making their toast, “To the King”, as their Stuart King (Bonnie Prince Charlie) was “O’er the water” in France.

[@msmrepo3271]

The base of a constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution was not from an act of Parliament, it was the Declaration of rights which was written into statute later on and as the authority of those representing us, along with Act 1 and 2. Also there was no transfer of power from the monarchy to Parliament, ie the Devine rights of kings.

[@IsabelAud]

The Royal Society was founded in 1660?

[@Salvador84164]

My Grand father Teodoro Santillan (Guggenheim) was Salomon Guggenheim's son. And Salomon`s daugther get married with Arthur Steward Earl Of Scotland

[@davidlittle7182]

there is no such person as 'Arthur Steward Earl of Scotland'

[@HughSheehy]

As so often the case with British history tellers....."Let's just skip over all the nastiness in Ireland, eh!"

[@Hilts931]

The nastiness in Ireland was happening in England, Wales and Scotland too.

[@blrbrazil1718]

That's not a nice way to talk about the Irish.

[@Misterz3r0]

This history provides context to the America's founding fathers support of separation of church and state. This history along with Jefferson's own experiences in Virginia.

[@cambs0181]

Oh thank God that theres an American to remind us that there is an America. We cannot have any historical videos on here without any relevance to the USA.

[@AndyClayton-f5x]

Didn't mention the Glencoe massacre in William's reign. The start of serious Scottish repression.

[@obrienct]

but can you do it drunk? RIP drunk history

[@aliciarichards6634]

Queen Anne reigned 1702-1714, you've got 1702-1707. Just saying.

[@gergoturan4033]

She reigned as Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland until 1707 and as Queen of Great Britain from the acts of union until her death in 1714.

[@mcswordfish]

"The reign of the first Stuart had begun", except for the 300-years' worth of Stuarts who had already been Kings and Queens...

[@davidlittle7182]

they're just so lazy at history in England

[@granthurlburt4062]

Gosh! What can explain it? Maybe bec. it's about England?

[@ExBruinsFan]

But - what happened to Lucentio?

[@thomasarth2458]

So, was Anne, then, the last Queen of England?

[@jamesstuart3346]

My family thanks you for your interest 😅

[@fliedaway]

I bet they still laughed at farts.

[@Brusselpicker]

Queen Anne, had more intestinal fortitude than any of the male Stuarts. Charles I makes King John look like a half decent monarch.

[@blrbrazil1718]

But not in her womb, sadly.

[@Slydeil]

The "English Civil War" was the actually The War of the Three Kingdoms as it started in Scotland with a rebellion against James 1st and spread to England and Ireland.

[@CitroenDS23]

I now know. Thanks. The Queen people forget but forged the status quo.

[@importantname]

scandal at court - what? when?

[@aymaanabdullah2655]

isnt it supposed to be James First instead of James sixth of scotland?

[@Tasha9315]

It was James the sixth of Scotland and James the first of England. England and Scotland were still separate monarchies with the same king.

[@davidlittle7182]

no

[@hisbigal]

Where are the rest of the Stuart monarchs, from James I to Mary Stuart?

[@LogBarc]

He's doing the Stuarts not the Stewarts, which was the name prior to Mary, Queen of Scots even though Stewart was still the official name until 1714

[@davidlittle7182]

@@LogBarc no, he's ignoring Scotland because he's English. Sophistry about their name spelling is a cop-out

[@datgrrl_official]

Oi, fucknucle, Mitchell has a Scottish father, a Welsh mother, and Irish grandparents...he also has a Cambridge education... ye cannae get out ye mum's basement...get tae feck twatwaffle...

[@datgrrl_official]

Oi, roomba boi, Mitchell's father is Scottish, his mother is Welsh and his grandparents are Irish... he's not english...grow up and redistribute your ire somewhere else where it can do some good...cor...

[@Nick.Martin.]

@@davidlittle7182 Mitchell’s father (Ian Douglas Mitchell) was from a Scottish family. His mother was Welsh. He says he considers himself British, not English. So unless he went out of his way to dis his own family history, I think you might be looking for something that really isn’t there.

[@johnpurkis8428]

Anne plunged England into a punishing war with France? The War of Spanish Succession was undisputably an English victory. The French and Dutch fleets were vanquished as were the French and Dutch treasuries. England got preferential treatment because they signed a seperate peace with France. Louis XIV's France was set to take over Europe before the war and after the war their armies were broken and they were feared by no one. England united with Scotland to form the country of Great Britain. This would have been impossible without the victories of the Duke of Marlborough during the war. Therefore the war was hardly 'punishing'. It is extremely rare for a country to do as well as England did during the war of Spanish Succession. The protestant succession was recognized by France, they got territorial concessions in the Americas as well as receiving Gibraltar from Spain. England went from a minor power to a great one and in the 50 years following the war English exports doubled.

[@MateusVIII]

I believe you can say a war is a victory and a success and at the same time punishing as it is being fought. I would say both world wars are examples of complete victories by the victors, but both are certainly punishing.

[@Mark.Andrew.Pardoe]

Whato all Great Britain is not a country, it actually is an island but in this context it could be thought as a kingdom. England, Wales and Scotland, which make up the island of Great Britain, are still countries in their own right.

[@davidlittle7182]

England coerced Scotland into union, yes. Had nothing to do with Marlborough

[@blrbrazil1718]

​@@davidlittle7182: The Union had existed since James I assumed the throne, but was formalized under Anne. And since Scotland was an old ally of France, it's probably fair to say that demonstration of power under Marlborough could have swung the decision in the UK's favour.

[@tighabhinn]

It sounds as if he's reading out directly from a school History book. It's simply a list of events.

[@TP1988]

This is so good, such a shame the channel is dormant

[@MrTohawk]

What about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the other pretenders?

[@Original_Dalvik]

Tohawk Pretenders? So you love being under German rule aye?

[@fredbarker9201]

Dalvìk tbf britian flourished under the reigns of the Georgian kings.

[@HSMiyamoto]

Bonnie Charlie came to Scotland in 1745, long after Queen Anne.

[@blrbrazil1718]

Pretenders aren't real.

[@terrywhite7190]

A horseBACK ride?

[@barbara1904]

William of Orange was not the royal. It was Mary, so she should have been queen. He should have stayed Prince.

[@oenrn]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jure_uxoris

[@annietrinity1833]

Not bad, but isn't it a little misleading to promote the video as presented by a comedian if the video isn't funny?

[@mockturtlesuppe]

Annie Trinity Yeah, it is kind of misleading. Maybe they thought people would confuse him with the author, in which case they needed some kind of qualifier. Comedian is really the only one appropriate.

[@whiskeyfarbrorn]

But nonetheless, if you click a video narrated by David Mitchell you probably expect to hear a joke or two.

[@davidlittle7182]

or that it's about the Stewart monarchs, when they missed out about 7 of them

[@BRADSPIG]

Sir David Mitchell just sounds right doesn't it.

[@hughmcaloon6506]

And then Tony Blair allowed Scotland to reform its Parliament...

[@urthtvbyjess]

What has my country become... First we have a Scottish king who allowed a man who he is not related to invade his most intimate life. Then we had a king who did some stupid things and lost his head Then we have Cromwell... Then we had a monarch who was so busy with his mistresses that he didn't produce an heir Then we had a Catholic king who didn't abide by the rules of the Church of England Then we had two monarchs at the same time Then we had Anne, I don't know what she did wrong I'm Catholic so don't mistake me for my grand nephew, Edward VI

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

How did he allow a man to invade his intimate life?

[@nomvuselelomasuku5761]

Aren't u Catholic

[@urthtvbyjess]

@@nomvuselelomasuku5761 yeah, when _the monarchy was_

[@blrbrazil1718]

The English objection to Catholicism was based on refusal to be ruled from the Vatican by Popes who constantly meddled in European political affairs, even deciding who should marry who. That had already involved us in ruinous crusades and we'd also seen the horrors of the Inquisition.

[@metacarple]

He wasn't the FIRST Stuart, he was the SIXTH - only an English comedian could be so myopic.

[@janpearce1457]

Only a scotsman could be so terminally miserable.

[@davidlittle7182]

@@janpearce1457 only an Englishman would say objection to rewriting of our history is (yet again) not being able to take a joke

[@daniellamcgee4251]

David Mitchell just read the script. Don't shoot the messenger!

[@davidlittle7182]

@@daniellamcgee4251 David knew what he was reading

[@janpearce1457]

@@davidlittle7182 he hasn't rewritten history you halfwit. He's just presented an edited version for a specific audience on a specific subject. None of the facts presented are incorrect. Methinks Jimmy has a wee deep fried Mars bar on his shoulder!

[@jackhenderson3161]

Wow this is ridiculously Anglo-centric.

[@md-sl1io]

id celebrate fireworks day if guy fawks was successful

[@mrbottler9627]

Barely anything would have changed

[@tystuart4544]

He did miss that the Stuart's were a highlandish clan

[@davidlittle7182]

some of them were

[@wiscochic861plutochic5]

Stuart’s ruled england and Scotland many monarchs had land in Scotland and England even in the 1500s.

[@wiscochic861plutochic5]

I am a descendant of James Earl of Moray son of James V and his Royal mistress Magaret Erskine.

[@James-oi6pe]

Basically history a-level

[@davidlittle7182]

basic history A-Level appears to ignore Scotland exists at all

[@Chestershire]

You forgot the great plague

[@MartinJames389]

Not the first Stewart at all. They'd been ruling Scotland since 1370, the first of them being Robert II, son-in-law of Robert Bruce.

[@carloseduardoferreira3581]

Bem que poderia ter legenda em português!

[@davidhull1481]

Thanks, but you kinda bury the lede about William and Mary, in that she was the daughter of King James.

[@LynchtheFinch]

WhO'S WaTcHiNg In 1625

[@malahammer]

It's nearly 1620 at the moment, I'll hang on another 5 minutes.

[@rickintexas1584]

Nice summary. This is so confusing for us Americans to relate to.

[@philipritson8821]

Rick in Texas Why? Your constitution is the product of the Parliament's struggle with the Stuarts. Your war of Independence was essentially a sequal to our Civil War.

[@fredbarker9201]

philip ritson but their war of independence occurred when the Hannover family was on the British Throne. Hannovers come after the Stuarts.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

@@philipritson8821 We're so brought up on freedom of religion. (Even though we're currently in a cultural war of freedom OF religion vs freedom FROM religion) We're largely taught that our rebellion was about taxes and representation. Monarch changes and beheadings due to religious differences are just not part of our history. Except the bit where most of the Founding Fathers were of British ancestry as well as citizenship.

[@cambs0181]

The 17th century was a dark time in English history. We had the civil war, black death, great fire, revolution, religious intolerances and to top it off we invented Americans!

[@rickintexas1584]

@@cambs0181 We thank you for that last one!!!

[@EuphemiaGrubb]

Ever since to be known as 'England' LOL!

[@leopoldbloom4296]

Did David and whoever was in charge of the visuals on this one ever do one on the Tudor period?

[@datgrrl_official]

...if you go to the top of the yt page, there is a search bar, mayhaps typing some letters into the search bar will yield an answer to your query...or mayhaps a visit to this channel's home page search bar...or, mayhaps the search bar on your favourite search engine...

[@shane4018]

Extremely Anglo-centric view of history

[@blrbrazil1718]

Of British history. You might like to know Cromwell's religious fanatics were so appalled by the restoration of fun under Charles II that they crossed the Atlantic, conducted witch hunts in New England and eventually founded the Bible Belt.

[@markherron1407]

The House 🏠 of Stuart ARE BLACK 🖤 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

[@Squidgy55]

From what I can tell, the Stuart name is not exclusive to skin colour. It's pretty cool tbh.

[@Mark.Andrew.Pardoe]

Whato all Charles II was known as the "Black Boy" because of his dark complexion and black wig; probably one derivation of the pub name "Black Boy"

[@Arateenteras]

Good video for children 👏🏻I would add that…Missed the chance to have a Republic 😂Now still have a King Charles, quite spoiled and very expensive.

[@granthurlburt4062]

A very good man who was concerned about the environment long before any other royal. The others mostly partied. He took initiatives to restore good architecture, created programs to benefit inner city youth, and took environmental initiatives. Anything but spoiled. Learn about his desolate childhood. Too bad about the homeopathy advocacy but its harmless. No more expensive than anyone else.