The Weirdest Rules of Royal French Etiquette

[@starwarzchik112]

My dog also relieves herself in public, scratches at the door when she wants in, and watches me sleep and eat. And she’s a French breed. 😳IS SHE NOBILITY?!

[@satansjihad6353]

Mine is english breed (beagle), but yeah, I was thinking the sane lol

[@starlightanddreams1317]

Absolutely! I address my dog as "Sir" all the time. I know he understands by his head tilt. ❤

[@amterasutenma2547]

I address my dog as princess or diva. And she's knows it.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic.

[@Valz_Marie]

Yes she is lol

[@MotivationClubXX]

For me, scratching on the door seems WAY more unsettling than a knock

[@nicorn5804]

I thought the same thing. My spine tingled thinking it would sound like a feral rodent.

[@nycstar1]

With all the noise how did they hear the scratching at the door !!!

[@Rosedawn321]

Louis XIV actually created this expensive circus to force his nobles to give up their private armies. He made it too difficult to maintain both a standing militia and a “proper wardrobe”. By forcing them to compete to be seen he kept them from going home to their estates and scheming up any meaningful rebellion.

[@Nocturne22]

He didn't account for literally everyone else in the population being their own army.

[@ginaluciano9933]

Sounds like capitalism

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@ginaluciano9933 you win one internet point , call it progenitor capitalism after all ,corp structure is like a feodal kingdom you got the cap stone that 'owns' it all trying to keep the pay so small no one underneath them have time to question it.. well , until as the french revolution demonstrated you reach the point of ''everyone is their own army.. only way to hinder that is to make them starve yet if you do that well.. you look mighty fat to chew on yourself sooooo'' XD

[@funnatopia704]

@ginaluciano9933 I know what you’re thinking, and no communism isn’t any better and is in fact worse.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@funnatopia704 wait , you hear someone mention capitalism with the slightest critic and you presume it means others supports communism ? XD stereotype american or what ? ^^

[@laurenyuckert5670]

I think what happened to Louis XIV as a kid played a big role into making everything regimented. If you keep the nobles around you at all times and busy and standing they are probably too tired to plot against you.

[@Strawberrypocky911]

ooh! that’s a really interesting idea, makes a lot of sense compared to the War of the Roses in England 👀 so many plots everywhere

[@jessjess23brooks89]

That is exactly why he did it. He wanted to keep the nobles busy with ridiculous etiquette where he could keep an eye on them so they couldn't plot and squabble in their own territories. It was a bit of genius. If completely short-sighted. What wasn't genius was bankrupting the country to build (an admittedly gorgeous) palace to fit every noble inside.

[@btetschner]

I can see why the French Revolution happened. I don't think I could have endured such a strange lifestyle as a royal.

[@dawnchute7449]

That was many years later. Louis the XVI.

[@btetschner]

@@dawnchute7449 Wasn't he a French Royal?

[@jennylacomb]

Today the common person has a more luxurious lifestyle than medieval royals. 😂

[@dawnchute7449]

@@jennylacomb true story!!!

[@growingstrong1009]

Versailles became increasingly an isolated and alien world to the rest of France , which didn't do the French royals any favours in the eyes of their people.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

I've got to admit there's a certain degree of satisfaction in knowing that people who were genuinely once perceived as being "superior" are going to be best remembered in the annals of history for politicking over chairs, sh*tting on the floor and getting publically beheaded by the neglected subjects they ruled over.

[@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ]

Versailles is such a weird, strange thing to me. If I were a royal, I'd have a palace, but particularly small, probably more sturdy and way more somber. The main function would be to rule, not party. Living in Versailles must have been insane, they came across as completely detached from reality, living in their own world of play-pretend. It just looks so vapid and empty. Must have been like a gilded cage. The worst thing is that I've gone to "rich only" places before and even now, they have the same vibe. Almost as if they were trying to feel divine. Divine as in trying to pretend they're gods and are seperate from the rest of the world. Truly insane.

[@pdcdesign9632]

@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ These inbred royals were totally delusional and kept their scam going for hundreds of years at the expense of uneducated dumb tax payers who saw them as demi gods. It's still going on to a certain degree in the UK. Pathetic.

[@Strawberrypocky911]

Yep, they thought they were literally ‘untouchable’ because of their Royal blood that was ‘chosen by God’ so they felt that they were practically Gods themselves.

[@frankygmanentertainment5835]

@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ Honestly it’s crazy you pay a lot of money to go to a nice place then you have to pretend to be a type of person that doesn’t actually exist just to still get looked down on by the people that work at the place you just paid a lot of money to go to. I like good food but I’d rather be able to just sit their comfortably in a golf shirt or t shirt rather than worry about getting my veil marsala all over an expensive dress shirt and blazer. 😂

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Louis XIV also never bathed. It was said he smelled like a wild animal

[@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem]

your information on "corsets" is wrong. they wore stays, which were NOT worn tight. they were a foundation garment that helped the lines of the dress and to support the weight of it. the stays would have a hook to help hold the skirts and petticoats up. the wide hip portion of the robe was supported by a garment called "panniers". the only time in history that corsets were worn tight was by SOME women during a PORTION of the victorian period, as a fashion statement. it was by no means the norm to tight lace. also, louis xiv and charles ii were not brothers. but they were probably distant cousins.

[@merryEngland]

Charles II was the son of Henrietta Maria, the sister of Louis XIII and Charles I of England.

[@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem]

@@merryEngland thanks. i looked at the fathers, not the mothers. so first cousins but not brothers.

[@qienna6677]

I wonder if they consistently get 'corsets' wrong in their videos so people comment on it and increase user engagement.

[@Lilnaomi3]

They even showed a set of stays during the incorrect information. Hopefully people will see this and question what they are hearing in the video.

[@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ]

Bernadette and the Polish KZbinr would burn him alive for saying so 😂

[@EducatedPsycho95]

“My blood is so pure because my family only breeds with other members of my family”. Lmfao

[@dannygolp7667]

That's crazy because they really did think that, then the kids of their kids ended up looking worse and worse due to inbreeding

[@ankhpom9296]

It is called incest.

[@ankhpom9296]

And the genetics?

[@ankhpom9296]

Like the Hapsburg which inbred itself into oblivion.

[@Baddawg_313]

It's like Arkansas. Keep it in the family

[@bengheinrich7500]

That is a clever way too keep the nobles under control. By keeping the nobles arguing over who gets too hand the King his napkin they are prevented from revolting or raising armies which they were doing during the Frondes at the beginning of the Reign of Louis XIV.

[@jbshiva865]

Yes, but it meant that the bureaucratic work that the nobles used to do had to be done by SOMEONE. This is what led to the rise of what Karl Marx dubbed 'the bourgeoise', these were the 'middling sort', the lawyers and merchants who were hired by Louis XIV and XV to do all the government work that the nobles were being kept from doing, but the nobles had all the wealth and privilege, but this new class became more and more powerful until they decided enough was enough and decided to get rid of a redundant piece of government infrastructure, the noble and royal class. Things that seem clever in the beginning can bite you in the ass later down the road.

[@youthoughtaboutit6946]

@@jbshiva865 history seldom repeats but often rhymes, as they say.

[@bengheinrich7500]

@@jbshiva865 I think it was beneficial at the time of Louis XIV but by the decades leading up too the French Revolution it was time to phase it out. If Louis XVI had a backbone and ended the court rituals he would have kept his palace, crown and head. Monarchies need too adapt

[@traciewalker8506]

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[@jasondashney]

@@jbshiva865 Interesting point. Cutting out the middleman is indeed the capitalist way. I think it's a good thing, but you're right that you better make damn sure you keep yourself necessary.

[@ivyrose779]

Correctly fitting corsets are not uncomfortable at all. And they not only provide support for your back but also provide support to hold up all of those heavy fabrics in the dresses.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

He wasn't saying "corsets are uncomfortable"; he was saying the corsets that women were forced to wear were uncomfortable, notably because of how they were made and how tight they had to be.

[@Nocturne22]

@@nomoretwitterhandles They weren't forced to wear it, corsets held up the clothes and boobs. A properly made corset is fitted to the wearer's body and weren't super tight any more than a modern bra is, and rich Versailles women absolutely had properly made corsets.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

@@nomoretwitterhandles women were not forced to wear it. corsets are not uncomfortable. on the contrary. corsets are not restricting in any way. women wearing corsets can do just as much as women not wearing them. as has been demonstrated by modern day clothes historians who are professional period actors. you can ride horse, jump fences, do household and farm chores and even do rock climbing while wearing corset. So kindly stop repeating debunked silly myths.

[@jilllogan1288]

Agreed most corsets were not tight laced but did provide support.

[@blenderpain8249]

Corsets existed back then? I thought corsets were Victorian. Before that, people wore "stays". As such, there was no such thing as "tight-lacing" because the fabric of the stays would simply rip. The ability to "tight-lace" only began to be possible after the invention of metal-eyes and when whale bones (or maybe another type of synthetic boning) was used to replace the old reed boning which strengthened the corset tremendously.

[@cindyellis765]

If you do a little extra research, starting with Louis the 14th, he invented most of those rules that all the courtiers, etc. had to be present at all times and help him dress and all of those; meaningless rituals. The reason is the aristocracy was full of people trying to get ahead and I’m anything under the sun to get there. So in order to keep them under his thumb and in his eyes he made all these rules so that they were always there in his sight and he could keep an eye on them. I’ve re-search this extensively and that is what I found out. He wasn’t just a crazy man. he was very very smart and very very aware of what is aristocracy was up to

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

If he was so smart, maybe he wouldn't have caused the French Revolution...

[@Blackfoxxblackfox]

Also he wouldn't of let an entire country blame his wife for all of the country's problems. What a dick.

[@Theodre_Verany]

@@nomoretwitterhandles Wrong Louis man😂

[@meeeka]

The etiquette for Versailles was created and codified by his brother, the Duc d'Orleans.

[@ginnakang3827]

@@nomoretwitterhandles I heard he knew but didn't care ....

[@lexigrimhaive]

VIDEO CORRECTIONS: The residents of Versailles relieved themselves wherever because there was no other option. There were no public bathrooms; there weren’t even chamber pots in the common areas, and only a few of the highest residents had anything resembling a bathroom in their private rooms. They specifically grew out their *pinkies* for scratching at the door. Charles II *of England* was NOT the brother of Louis XIV *of France*. Louis' brother was Philippe of Orléans. Yes, Louis & Charles were cousins, but not brothers. The photo shown when discussing Louis XV & elaborate dinners is a still of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette from Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” movie. No one HAD to follow the extreme etiquette rules. But if they didn’t, they would not be able to see the king, advance at court, or even attend Versailles. So if you wanted to climb the ladder, you had to follow the rules. And those who followed them “the best”, btw, were the ones who got private audiences with the king, had his ear, etc.

[@Down_the_Wind]

Why not make your own videos on this subject? You seem to be quite knowledgeable, if not a bit passionate about historical accuracy.

[@Kelly-ml5tl]

I thought she was the world's biggest bish female royalty till now. I feel better now knowing this lady didn't get away with this.

[@misterhat5823]

Wait... So... In order to see the King, I have to drop a deuce in the hallway?

[@Down_the_Wind]

@@misterhat5823 so it would seem lol

[@Kyle906-Q8]

The best lmao. What a shitty history! We should have invaded paris for this garbage culture. Still interesting to see.

[@questfortruth665]

"It's GOOD to be the King!" Except for that head-lopping deal at the end.

[@timmmahhhh]

So when the French Taunter in The Holy Grail uses the insult "you silly wipers of other people's bottoms", at that time it was more of a prestigious position than an insult.

[@carolime13]

calling them courtisans, as the cast were in that role

[@nedludd7622]

Ancient Chinese rulers also had elaborate rules. Maybe do a report on them.

[@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ]

Give examples, please.

[@nedludd7622]

@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ It is not my channel. You could read some history and classic Chinese novels.

[@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ]

@@nedludd7622 I know it's not your channel, silly. But since you commented about it and I've heard that court was an absolute debauchery den, I thought you'd have pertinent examples.

[@kevinmathis1278]

I would love to hear your take on the founding of St. Augustine and tell us about the Castillo de San Marcos. America's oldest city and one of the only forts in the world that was NEVER defeated. Also your take on Juan Ponce de Leon, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, etc. You are truly an artist in the way you put your spin on history and make it both memorable and enjoyable. I thoroughly enjoy your channel and recommend it to a lot of people.

[@amyrat151]

Louis XIV's brother was Phillipe I, Duke of Orleans, not Charles II.

[@carolinian2009]

Brother-in-law, at best, but they were also first cousins.

[@cjdfv]

Nerds

[@sydwashere8659]

Corsets were not highly uncomfortable. Well, maybe the ones worn in the French court, but that is a general misconception. Remember every woman wore a corset every day, from the working women to the queen that didn’t change till after the First World War.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

thank you for debunking the silly myth that corsets are uncomfortable. this myth is very hard to root out. some even claim it to be an item of women oppression ... lol

[@nivanteng5282]

I'm sorry, but with all these rules and people getting killed. The fact that it was dirty and smelly at all times, it's like kids playing dress up

[@Shawna_Show]

Imagine what the future will say about us lol

[@sagemorgan983]

Don’t be sorry.. it’s true.. they had a lot of nerve to pretend like they were better than everyone

[@hicknopunk]

Your kids kill people, while playing dress up? 🤔 You might want to correct that behavior.

[@SamanthaBellerson]

That is the human race in a nutshell!

[@youthoughtaboutit6946]

Tbf, indoor plumbing and all that in the form we would recognize it wasn’t really much of a thing at the time Versailles was built. Judging the past by present day standards is one of the worst mistakes we can making when looking at history.

[@ivareskesner2019]

Looking at the history of the palace of Versailles, I can only surmise what was considered bad etiquette. Let me try. 1. When, upon exiting your room while visiting his and her grace from abroad, you happen to come by a resident peeing on a curtain in the hall, do not be alarmed. 2. Keep walking through and over the pig shit, over the vomit in the hallway. 3. Proceed to the staircase where the maid is getting jolly rogered by the cook on step no 18. 4. You may now open the front door to the palace, only to realise that the funky miasma (aka, it stinks) protrudes even deeper than the stench of the palace. 5. You move to the country, raise cows, chickens and goats, and thank whatever deity you wish for the fresh air.

[@gabrielladiaz6933]

Lmfaooo getting jolly rogered

[@Judymotto742]

Lol

[@ivareskesner2019]

@@gabrielladiaz6933 Yep. I've already received a cease and desist from the Oxford Dictionary people.

[@oscarlpf1]

Despite the fresh air, the horrible stench could be smelled from 5 miles away. People approaching Versailles for decades reported so

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. Kindly stop peddling ridiculous debunked myths!

[@odysseusrex5908]

6:25 Whoa, what the heck? Louis XIV and Charles II were *not* brothers. They weren't even particularly closely related as royals go. Where the heck did you get that idea?

[@ivyrose779]

I think they were first cousins.

[@ScarlettHarlett]

Thank you, I'm glad someone else picked up on that

[@erikaamerica4546]

Excellent informative video, like the touch of humour. They actually don’t seem too far removed from our current elite.

[@MegaMaxiepad]

The elites of that time pooped all over the floor. Today's elites want to poop all over everyone. Just ask Klaus Schwab and his mentor, Henry Kissinger.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

not very informative as most things he said were silly myths that have already been debunked.

[@foxxyinu]

Please talk about The Affair of the Poisons! French history is kinda my thing ❤

[@ruthanneseven]

I have an old paperback book on that topic. Fascinating!

[@victoriabarclay3556]

Yes!! That is an incredible story

[@ruthanneseven]

@@victoriabarclay3556 ikr?

[@victoriabarclay3556]

Please please please!

[@mistybenjamin9009]

It's amazing how nice and clean Versailles became AFTER the French Revolution. 😂

[@MegaMaxiepad]

Less stank for sure.

[@mistybenjamin9009]

@@TheFrenchmanCooks it was nice and clean when I visited. But, that was 22 years ago.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. Kindly stop peddling ridiculous debunked myths!

[@pcbassoon3892]

Corsets didnt exist yet. They had stays, which could not be tightened like Victorian corsets because they were laced in a spiral. The discomfort would have been from the fact that they were wearing like 40 pounds of fabric.

[@brownjersey69]

Wait, wait, wait.........At 6:23 the narrator states 'Charles II, his brother (Louis XIV)'. Now, don't you think it would be impossible for two brothers (siblings) to be descended from two different royal houses/families, i.e., Stuart and Capet/Bourbon, and simultaneously monarchs? Anyway, the analogy is incorrect. Charles II and Louis XIV were not siblings but first cousins. Charles II's mother and Louis XIV's father were siblings. However, I know of one instance in history where this did happen, Greece, Norway and Denmark had 3 siblings (brothers) occupying the throne. Furthermore, Greece and Norway invited these princes (brothers) to become their monarchs. Whereas Denmark was an established royal house and the Danish king inherited his throne via his father.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Very eye-opening seeing through the veneer of culture of the Royal French. It is so silly that they would even be so narcissistic as to have a ceremony for everyday things like putting on their boots. That chair hierarchy is hilarious.

[@TerribleBear695]

My cat scratches my doors everyday, giving me this kingly treatment 😂

[@1vonehrenkrook]

Loved the building, especially the theatre, but life at Versailles really sounds unpleasant!!!

[@cyndlehick9777]

Women weren’t forced to wear corsets. They weren’t uncomfortable. They were bras.

[@ankhpom9296]

Bras did not exist during that time.

[@sherrypatovirta2325]

I would only like to say that the way you describe stuff , with the little jokes in between makes watching your videos interesting and hilarious even the not so pleasant history 😂 thank you

[@Merrypaws]

I recall hearing of the waking up and going to bed ceremonies. Apparently at least some kings didn't even sleep in the same room where the rituals took place, but switched to their actual bedchamber after the ceremony was over and everyone had left.

[@sunheart_aquarelle]

first of all, the "corsets" you're showing aren't corsets, but stays. Secondly, they are mmuch more comfortable that bras are in modern day.

[@620n1]

As a Historical Actor at Events, the corset thing bugs me bad. Only the tight laced ones in the 1900's ish were. Most weren't uncomfortable, if you did it right.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

and even then ..... most photos of wasp waists were "photoshopped" (painted in) to make it look like wasp waist. Tight lacing did happen. but very rarely and usually by women of ill repute.

[@kflo8634]

Louis XIV and Charles II of England were not brothers. Thats a really big error. 😳 Remember the audience, we are history lovers.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

most of the things sayd in this vid are errors. it is just a repeating of silly myths that have already been debunked.

[@solveigelisabethhenne1739]

"...like a rat`s ghost." Somehow that is even creepier than a live rat.

[@skyden24195]

I feel it necessary to point out that I don't watch this channel for "strange" history, when I watch this channel, I expect only "weird" history. 😄😉😁 (j/k of course.)

[@MikeB071]

I also remember reading somewhere that royal etiquette permitted you to use a comb to scratch on the door; I guess if you didn't want to grow long, creepy fingernails...

[@4Jjigsore]

Funny how this time period in history, is very reminiscent of the current times and how people act today.

[@youtubecensors5419]

People are always the same.

[@flicka25]

Charles II of England used to say that his cousin couldn't take a leak without someone holding the chamberpot for him....dang I would have had a problem, I've a shy bladder lmao. That princess who peed anywhere...well considering the enormity of the Palace getting back to your apartment (they were really small and uncomfortable, only the royal family had the best rooms in the house) was a real hike so no wonder if the urge was urgent they just let go lol Anyone can tell you, that is anyone who's been to Versailles, the place is a maze.

[@pcbassoon3892]

Didn't they have chamber pots? That was the practice in England at the same time. Just have a maid bring you one and then take it away after.

[@evelynegrasset3265]

​@@pcbassoon3892they had, and there was also men whose task was holding pots, one for liquid the other for solid.... so not everybody was behaving like pigs... before Louis XIV, nobles used to piss in the open fires in Louvres to the displeasure of kings and queens.

[@ankhpom9296]

Versailles had no toilets.

[@SantaWillNicholas]

Request: what hygiene was like in the 1860s

[@philippebrehier7386]

The weirdest rule is that we keep the guillotine if our ruler is too much. And we are currently dusting it.The guillotine, not Macron. He "dusts" himself his own nose, but not with diet coke.

[@philippebrehier7386]

Advices from France. Good luck with your own strikes and take care of each other to be able to hold longer. But if you want to be noticed you can do a "casserolade", it's an old french "recipe" to make some noise. I don't talk about cuisine, I talk about an "old" way to protest in the street to make noise and/or music with a pan or a saucepan and spoons made of wood. It's quite festive. ;-)

[@TheReZisTLust]

​@@TheFrenchmanCooks comparing alcohol to coke 💀

[@MichielBLKorte]

OK, to add some nuance: -It was not normal for courtiers to poop and piss everywhere. Chamberpots were used and regularly emptied. Saint-Simon only wrote about the Princesse d'Harcourt's incontinence because it was not normal. If everyone did it, why would he ridicule her for peeing in the chambers. What he also did not know, was that the Princesse d'Harcourt became incontinent after numerous miscarriages and stillbirths. -The whale-bone corset shown in this fragment is a 19th century corset. Women did not yet tightlace at this time. Stays and corsets were used to support the breasts and achieve a cilindrical shape. -It is true that the lever and the coucher were big ceremonies invented by Louis XIV. His courtiers were so occupied with serving him menial tasks and getting his attention that they wouldn't go back to Paris to plot against him. However, these ceremonies did not always happen by the time of Louis XV and Louis XVI who wanted more privacy. -The same goes for the Grand Couvert. Louis XIV adored this practice of having courtiers watch him eat. Louis XV would often dine with 20 to 30 court and family members, and Louis XVI did the Grand Couvert as little as possible. He would sometimes eat in Grand Trianon, or with his sister and her ladies in Meudon and once a week dinner was served to Louis XVI en famille in the apartments of his daughter, Madame Royale.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

thank you for debunking some of the ridiculous myths in this vid.

[@flicka25]

Charles and Louis were cousins not brothers.....and Louis XIV built Versailles to keep an eye on the nobles....if they were at Versailles they couldn't plot against him. Thing is, unlike the English aristocracy, who spent alot of time on their estates and got to know the locals the French upper crust ended up distancing themselves and this didn't help their cause when the Revolution came about. The lever and coucher thing was a real pain cos let's say the highest ranking individul in the room is a count and he's the one that hands the clothes to the King (not kidding one piece of clothing was passed from one noble to the next util it reached the King) and then a Duke walks in....(Dukes were usually top of the chain after the king) the whole thing had to repeat itself. On one occasion people kept coming in and the King was feeling cold and at this point very irritated so he lost it and told them to get on with it lol

[@renferal5290]

The series Versailles was excellent. I will be travelling there in a couple of months.

[@Lurker1979]

So the French had Reality TV before there was even TV. lol

[@chocowaff]

Not ‘long heel red bottoms’ at the court of Versailles 😂😂

[@sallykohorst8803]

Thanks for rhis interesting story.

[@yesvelas4]

French history is fascinating

[@Sarafimm2]

It's the fault of the King and his architects for not ensuring the build had a much better hygiene plan in place--even if they were some sort of Mel Brooks' "History of the World" movie "Piss Boy" with bucket in hand all over the place to add to the few privies and latrines. Whalebone corsets, if fitted correctly, were actually pretty comfortable. It's when they're not updated for weight, age, or handed down from person to person of different sizes that they become uncomfortable. It sounds like nearly all of the nobles of Versailles would have been able to afford corsets as needed. It's the weight of the cloth and many layers of that weight combined with high heels and inability to sit down that caused a lot of discomfort and probably most of the complaints.

[@victoriawhite9441]

i love the narrator’s voice

[@briannaaaron6804]

I guess I can partly see why the French Revolution eventually happened. Also, I bet that place was one of the most foul-smelling places on earth. 😂

[@georgiafrye2815]

People say even today it has an odor of urine!

[@jasondashney]

@@TheFrenchmanCooks I have a hard time believing historical accounts of people throwing their chamber pots out the window to the street below. Did people not have noses back then? Those accounts must've been the exception to the rule. If not, then I love living in the 21st century. Then again, when I grow up, you were allowed to smoke absolutely everywhere. That is revoltingly disgusting yet that's what we did.

[@youtubecensors5419]

Come to Seattle and check out Pike between 3rd and 4th Avenues! 😩

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. Kindly stop peddling ridiculous debunked myths!

[@hibiscus752]

I love y’all’s sarcasm and irony so much 😂

[@kate2create738]

For how likely potent Versailles was, it sort of is a tragedy that Marie Antoinette was most remembered for a slip of communication saying “Let them eat cake vs bread” and not for introducing and establishing a clean and sterile habit by bathing often. Might sound ridiculous but it was a game changer in that time era to have influence that contributed to understanding the practices of sterilization.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

she never said that. it is a myth that has already been debunked countless times. the "let them eat cake" phrase was invented by anti royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. aswell as the myth that the nobles were just peeing in the corridors.

[@KH11307]

She never said that it was more than likely one p the Mesdames.

[@michaelmontagu3979]

Actually it was first recorded before Marie Antoinette or any of the then Royal Family were born. It was accorded to just 'a great lady.' It's sometimes thought to have been either the second wife of Louis XIV or his mistress, the Marquise de Montespan. Additionally the word was brioche not cake.

[@pattycake8272]

With my mouth I'm sure I would have been in trouble calling some of this stuff out. "Is that normal to do people?" 😮 my cat used to scratch at the door when she wanted into the room, and peed on the floor as she got to be an old lady.

[@origami83]

Seems your cat would have fit in quite nicely with the bunch in this video :)

[@MelissaK_Dr.Petty_]

I believe I've heard a few times that every noble living or visiting Versailles used the bathroom in whatever corner or area remotely private bc they only had 2 or 3 "chamber pot closets"(not sure exact #) they said eventually (especially in hit weather) that you could smell the place way before even getting close to nearing the entrance. Also some women just let their whisker biscuit monthly necessary just drip freely. Eeww, down them and leave a red trail behind them everywhere. They for sure would lose at hide-and-seek doing that! Just follow the sort of map they leave behind! Oh, n ppl used to fight for the seats closest to the king in his bed chambers. Where he sat you was directly what he thought of you and that's why there's a chair or two then cushion square stools then after those are gone the others stand behind the gate/fence that was a few feet in front of his bed. Lol, I just imagine them throwing punches or wrestling and skipping in someone's pee or poop since they went anywhere😂

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. People had chamberstools in their rooms. basically a chair with a hole in it under which you can place a chamber pot. and for situations outside ones private rooms you would notify your servant.... you retreat yourself behind a chamber screen or in some descrete nook, then you do your business in the chamberpot and the servant would carry it away. ANd women did not let their monthly business anywhere. thats insane. do you really think they would risk staining their insanely expensive garments, let alone the fortune costing carpets? women used pads and tampon like contraptions.

[@Ginevra-kl7mn]

love your videos but corsets and stays were not painful nor uncomfortable! it’s a myth perpetuated in modern times, but literally everyone was using them. they were supporting your bust, especially if you wanted to wear all that! skirts were heavy, so people needed weight support. also, corsets were made just for you, ( at least for the middle class and nobles ) so everything we know about “ corsets being horrible and painful “ is totally false! even poor women used them, they basically were like nowadays bras. you could breathe, work and even play sports in them.

[@Myriako]

Thank you for this video! 😀🌹

[@guymorris6596]

Versailles:the most expensive, expansive and luxurious restroom on the planet.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. Kindly stop peddling ridiculous debunked myths!

[@gastonrrognn8716]

Charles II of England was absolutely not the brother of Louis XIV, it was Philippe d'Orléans

[@PaiviProject]

Wow. I am glad I wasn't living back then. I would like to taste all those foods they were eating :))

[@carolynsnodgrass3752]

Weren’t the kings cousins instead of brothers? At 6:24

[@landonpotts6815]

Great job on this video.

[@user-fw6xs5ko6g]

FALSE INFORMATION people in VERSAILLES did NOT relieve themselves in the middle of the castle. i find it quite tiring that the myth of people pooping and peeing in the palace of versailles is not mentioned as a myth in a "historical information" video. First of all, they had so called "chamber pots" and they where emptied frequently by the servants. In fact, by the early and mid 1700s they had (flushing toilets) and until 1789 Versailles had 9 flushing toilets meanwhile servants had to use the latrine. There are some records of servants relieving themselves on the walls of the palace but it was always seen as unusual or offensive. Also, during the french revolution in 1789 many "revolutionary writer" started making up slander and lies about the nobility who lived on the court of versailles since they where very angry. Also, if this would have been true, the british would have never stayed silent about it (since they where frances enemy). I recommend this video which also mentions sources and explains the myth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omWxl594dsimgJY&ab_channel=KazRowe at minute 17:45.

[@hdn4nd]

I’m pretty sure that Louis XIV was not the brother of Charles II of England. His brother was Philippe I, dukes of Orleans.

[@MegaMaxiepad]

Versailles was supposedly extremely cold in the winter (they could not figure out how to set up space heaters) and sometimes soup would freeze before it could be consumed by the King, because of all the idiotic, time-consuming protocols. And, remember, the French became experts in "parfumerie" for a reason.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

its a myth. accounts of loggers and household books proof that versailles was well heated the state appartments and private appartments used a tremendous amount of wood. And ofcourse it is insane to think that hot soup would freeze indoors before it could be consumed. Rooms were heated and they have been using braziers since the roman era. so it is not rocket science to keep an expensive soup from turning into a lump of ice. And french nobles and royals did NOT pee in the corridors and salons. It is a silly myth that has already been debunked countless times. this myth started with anti-royalist communist revolutionaries as a propaganda tactic. Kindly stop peddling ridiculous debunked myths!

[@stevet1326]

Now I understand why the guillotine was invented.

[@protocetid]

Did you know welth inequality is as bad now as it was during the time and country the video is about? Maybe we need to pull out that invention again.

[@mitchtheronin1469]

I heard the toilet problem was due to lack of enough bathrooms in such a large palace

[@DeltaDemon1]

The skirts were broader than 3.6 meters, which is roughly 10 feet! I doubt that very much. The paintings from the time shows they were maybe 3.5 feet but not meters. That would show up as much wider than high.

[@MindofUhuru]

Great video

[@jBurNaa]

Everybody was sick and had lice

[@Garbeaux.]

King Louis XIV was not the brother of Charles II of England. Two separate countries but related by blood. The Duke of Orleans Philippe I was Louis’ younger brother who married Charles II’s princess sister. Both Louis and Charles shared the same parents; that means Charles, Louis and his sister means they were half siblings. The easy and simple hurts the channel as a whole.

[@YoYo-gt5iq]

You got me laughing out loud at rats ghost

[@sunlightpictures8367]

Louis XIV was a cousin to Charles II, not his brother.

[@ericjudd9603]

Thanks man!

[@elizabethhughes5371]

Good Sunday morning from Middle Tennessee its a typical day for April rainy but on the way out ⛈️🌤 luckily for me Weird History has new content my favorite Sunday thing!!!! Thank you Weird History I appreciate the knowledge truly!! I have 1 day off a week so ALL the new stuff from the week in between I finally have time ⏰️ to catch up on my Weird History 😊till next week yall ❤

[@AskMiko]

Y’all misspelled Versailles- missing an “S”

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! ⚜ #WeirdHistory #France #Etiquette

[@jilltagmorris]

So Louboutin heels would have been acceptable?

[@madame_weeb]

4:54 And that armchair is called a "Fauteuil," I discovered this reading "the man in the iron mask." (Chapter 54: M.Fouquet's Friends)

[@zach7193]

Well, that was something. The French didn't have good etiquette while entertaining at Versailles.

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

Thanks.

[@FunFilmFare]

And I thought the "Mean Girls" Plastics' rules were weird😆

[@chiroquacker2580]

I have mad respect for Louis XIV. He knew how to put the nobles in their place and had them kissing his ass so much that he never had to worry about them trying to kill or overthrow him. The way he handled them was genius. He never let them forget that he was THE KING and they were nothing without them.

[@jimfair633]

Isnt a british "ell" 45 inches? Also 3.6 meters is 12' so how could a person even fit in a doorway, let alone a room, with a 12' "broad" dress.... I think I am missing or misinterpreting something. Anyone see the angle that I don't?

[@JNeil1975]

I'm glad I'm living in modern times!

[@protocetid]

welth inequality has gotten as bad as it was back then in France

[@CourtneyPielok]

1:25 wrong. She was the Countess of Harcourt. Not Princess, DON'T copy the bullsh1t on Wikipedia.

[@guymorris6596]

I like the History Of The World Part 1 version of the French Revolution. It's freaking funnier.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

This is interesting

[@autumnissleepy]

This is the best 3am content i could ask for thankyou weird history

[@talmadge1926]

The Coucher was symbolic. The courtiers left when the bed curtains of the bed in the state bedroom were drawn. (The kings had a second private bedroom.) Then they got up and either went to the private appartments or left the palace disguised for a bit of fun.

[@theimpossiblemary]

Well, having meetings sat the bed doesn't sound that bad. Why can't we still do it today? 🤣

[@scottroache2797]

I want to see the Weird History of Weird History.

[@patricialong5767]

I've read that the court had to watch the king do things thru his day. This was to control the courtiers and to control them> It's what I heard about in another video of Versaille. Oh, those heels! LOL

[@feresmourali5783]

Please make a video about Emma Goldman!

[@depressed_weighted_B1anket]

I'm gonna say this since you said made a comment about something weird.. Damn, that's attractive(hot) that the Narrator can pronounce foreign and difficult words so effortlessly with his dry humor. ❤❤❤ That's amazing (;

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!

[@i.p.956]

The scratching made me laugh. How long did they did it before they were heard?! I imagine people queuing up needing to speak to the king and scratching the door for hours before tke king heard them

[@airisujurietto]

Actually, Louis XVI could not have seen corsets during his lifetime. Corsets were not a thing until 1875. Long before King Louis XVI death in 1793. What they did use were stays. Picture 2. Picture 1 is a corset, but did not exist until late Victorian Era. Also, stays were conical, so the only thing that pushes down were the breats; which are mainly fat anyway. Tight lacing also wasn't a thing until the 19th century, so no. Stays weren't tight, and they would have been wearing them their whole lives, and not over the skin. There is undergarment separating the stays from the skin; since stays are difficult to wash. Washing those weren't an option.

[@zabrinna6554]

Those puns 😂