Unusual Facts You Never Knew About Queen Victoria

Just as the Victorian era is incorrectly portrayed as a period of demureness, misconceptions about the British monarchy - specifically, Queen Victoria - are equally persistent. In reality, crazy stories about the royal family abound from Victoria's court, the most well-known of which typically have to do with the standards Victoria set for Victorian mourning customs. However, despite accounts of her puritanical tendencies, Victoria was actually quite fond of sex and had a deep appreciation for the naked human form. Even the contents of her grave - the things she wanted to be interred with for eternity - had some highly sexual overtones that spoke to the question of what sex was like during the Victorian era.
#QueenVictoria #VictorianEra #WeirdHistory

[@sasshole8121]

The two things that Queen Victoria asked for upon reacing the age of majority were an hour of complete solitude and her own bedroom. I can totally relate on a couple different levels.

[@lauratude5132]

Overprotected children feel this

[@shrinkwrap1770]

That's because she had to share a bedroom with her mother.

[@jennyrose9454]

She also loved to eat I read her parents didn't let her eat as much as she liked hence her later corpulence

[@elizabethcompton738]

All I ever wanted was to be left alone in my bedroom, especially when the relatives barged in. I hated their visits, because all they did was make nasty remarks and put me down all the time.

[@bonnieburton8252]

I don’t know what it was a confusing time interesting history I’m closer to the 21st century

[@telechubby2310]

She also had a mold of his hand made so that she could hold it as she slept. What torture it must've been

[@SolidDragonUK]

That hurts to read :(

[@scottyd2262]

That's so sad..... really really sad..

[@pofromteletubbies1243]

Awe :(

[@maverickslurpiee6186]

was she holding with her hand though?

[@dolphineachonga555]

@@maverickslurpiee6186 Hahaha, just as I thought.

[@pamelamays4186]

Victorian Era: Up tight and prudish. Queen Victoria: Gives naughty paintings to her husband.

[@thunderbird1921]

This video left off another big detail about Victoria: Her diplomatic efforts with France were so progressive they nearly caused uproar in Britain. She invited Emperor Napoleon III (the original Napoleon's nephew) to come to London and Windsor for a state visit, and when it went well, bestowed on this Bonaparte the Order of the Garter. The older Brits were shocked and barely stomached it, but she and a few govt folks saw the long term picture (that French support would be useful for the nation in the decades ahead). Queen Victoria had a crucial role in ending the Anglo-French feud and building the alliance we know today.

[@tiffanye9403]

Like a nude text of the day

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@thunderbird1921 I’m 40 and English and didn’t know that , thank you 🙏 every day is a school day lol

[@isabellind1292]

Her daughter had no right to destroy the most intimate writings Queen Victoria wrote. If the Queen wanted to keep her thoughts private, she wouldn't have written them out. It wasn't her daughter's place to decide what she thought was too racy or not...it was very disrespectful!

[@mimiya1814]

@@isabellind1292 I don't think.it.is a foregone conclusion that just because something is written down, the intent was that it should be made public!!; Where does that kind of thinking come from?! it would be Dangerous if people can assert their peeping tom nature as the norm and presume to know and decide for a departed one what their privacy wishes are!! Even today, you would be committing a crime if you Made public someone's written letters!;;people write letters. because they choose to tell a specific person something. It is certainly not a green light to say privacy laws do not apply! The rights reside certainly not with outsiders. A daughter has more rights to their mothers personal, non-state letters than you, don't you think?

[@delreybaby]

elizabeth I: “i am the longest ruling monarch in british history!” victoria: “ha! amateur” elizabeth II: “bitches, please” RIP HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

[@m.janski]

Louis XIV of France: Silly English types.

[@delreybaby]

@@m.janski muahaha

[@delreybaby]

actually victoria had a close bond with her indian servant, and even gave him a lot of power at court. i really think that meghan should have more respect for the institution she’s married into in general, bitch was no one before i mean who the fuck watched suits

[@Silvercloud-cg7gs]

@Abraham Tavarez Ugh not them two attention seeking spoiled brat liars.

[@Silvercloud-cg7gs]

@Abraham Tavarez Why would Prince Harry call the Queen racist? This is how dangerous it is when liars are given a platform and people believe them.

[@123blakes8]

Fun fact during the First World War the king of England the emperor of Germany and the tsar of Russia were all cousins....

[@titobear13]

More like shallow gene pool

[@123blakes8]

@@titobear13 queen Victoria’s plan was to rule Europe by marriage but caused a war after her death

[@mikitz]

A nice little family feud that turned out to be.

[@h.borter5367]

Yes. And Prince Edward of England looked just like his cousin, Czar Nickolas.

[@mats7492]

They even looked the same..

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I now want a video on the surprising facts about Prince Albert. I read somewhere years back 2007 or 2008 that he was very faithful to Victoria. Very rare for the time where royal men weren't known for known for being like that.

[@thunderbird1921]

Well, there actually were a few of them. Prussia had at least two in that era: King Frederick William IV (although sadly he and his wife were never able to have children) and his nephew Frederick III (who was the husband of Victoria's eldest daughter). Part of the reason the Prussians got to be so powerful is because they got INSANELY lucky with their kings (I think they had only one truly bad one skills-wise in 190 years).

[@JohnSmith-kj2od]

Tbf if a woman like Victoria genuinely loved a man, he would be a pretty solid dude

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@JohnSmith-kj2od her comment in this video about being a husband's slave when married is ironic. Whenever they'd have a spat, she'd always pull the "I'M YOUR QUEEN" card on him lol.

[@cklg88]

There are plenty already. Prince Albert was an amazing man who finally ran the Monarchy and the Britain would not have the wonderful buildings it has today without him.

[@cklg88]

@@areiaaphrodite Yes, he really stood up to her and demanded respect as her husband not that he was her Consort. But, he won her over in the end and made London fabulous.

[@heavenlyraven8200]

She also outlived three of her son-in-laws and some of her grandchildrens

[@nadinepartridge6602]

she also had another son named johnny that died at a young age, around 13 or so

[@heavenlyraven8200]

@@nadinepartridge6602 no queen Victoria had only four sons, all of them survived to Adulthood

[@areiaaphrodite]

*Grandchildren. ("Children" is already plural. No 's' needed.)

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@nadinepartridge6602 You're thinking of Prince John but he was the son of George V and Mary of Teck

[@peonyrose3541]

Loving someone so much that you isolate yourself for three years, then wear black for the rest of your life. That's understandable. My great grandpa died, my great grandma got rid of all of his possessions, and all his pictures, and couldn't even talk about him (and wouldn't allow anyone else to mention him in front of her) for ten years.

[@Hallows4]

The film Mrs. Brown (starring Judi Dench as Victoria) really delves into that period of her life. She removed herself from the public and political spheres for so that long that Parliament considered establishing a constitutional monarchy. The "Mrs. Brown" moniker was a mockery from the press due to what was perceived as an inappropriately close relationship with her Scottish groundskeeper John Brown. Pretty brutal.

[@BamBamBigelow..]

That hemophilia would end up changing Russian history and than world history.....

[@drei5852]

no more magic man

[@jr2904]

"don't fuck your cousins for multiple generations" what the royals finally figured out lol

[@dan_38]

ud think they've got the message when seeing both France and Spain fall apart like they did back in the day, but no, they just kept going till nearly every empire fell apart

[@theroyals1153]

and spanish monarchy

[@googleblockedme5543]

I think that Albert and Victoria really loved each other, which was uncommon for royalty in the day

[@annac.4639]

I knew pretty much everything apart of why she has chosen white as a colour of her wedding dress. I can watch/listen historic programs about royals never being bored. Could you do a video about Richard III, how he came to the throne and about princes in the tower? We would probably never know for sure what happened to them.

[@nahidsharmin]

I second this

[@MrHBK2012]

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[@CountessKitten]

I can, and do, watch all the Royal Programs as well.... And without getting tired of them or bored. Especially anything about The French King Louis the XIV aka The Sun King

[@annac.4639]

@@CountessKitten you are my tribe 😁👑

[@annac.4639]

@@MrHBK2012 thank you

[@joshyaks]

As somebody with Crohn's disease (I almost died from it at the age of 23 and have had 2 bowel resection surgeries), I sure wasn't expecting that to make an appearance!

[@patriciahill4492]

Oh no! So sorry to hear that. I can totally relate. I have ulcerative colitis 52yrs and diverticulitis 3yrs and now a new disease they call SCADS. Not sure about that one as I was just diagnosed during a surgery I just had 3 weeks ago. Still recovering from all that after having had the longest flare-up I've ever had of 18 months at 60 years old. I wanted to die. I went through so much pain. I'll spare you the ugly details. So if Albert died of that 🤔 how awful it must of been after 2 years of suffering. Then she suffered without the love 💘 of her life 💔 for the rest of hers. Very sad. 😥

[@LionWithTheLamb]

Chrohn's is awful, I've lived with it now twenty-seven years with my first bowel resection at age fifteen.

[@rainbowlack]

Crohn's gang 👉😎👉

[@francissquire9910]

The reason why life expectancy was so low was that many died as babies or young children. If you survived childhood it wasn't unusual to live to be eighty or older.

[@NewMessage]

Aww.. I was hoping to find out she was a secret steampunk superheroine by night.

[@88WhiteRhino]

Victoria wasn't? I just thought...

[@paulherman5822]

The documents about this are still classified.

[@nahidsharmin]

More like a nymphomaniac by night xD

[@tendousatori8582]

There’s still a chance

[@bee9026]

If we know, it wouldn't be a secret no more mate

[@6ixConfessions]

Clearly, Queen Victoria had a lot of emotional issues that needed addressing. Pity, she couldn't get the help she needed back then.

[@whenitsraining861]

To a history nerd, these facts are known but still rather unusual to all. I was always confused about certain things. Nice video, however.

[@marybeth1644]

She was christened Alexandrina Victoria. She chose to rule as Victoria.

[@timallardyce1216]

That is not true. She was baptised Alexandrina Victoria

[@mangot589]

No, that was her name.

[@tiffanye9403]

Sorry that was her first name at birth Victoria was her middle name then she reigned as queen Victoria

[@marybeth1644]

@@tiffanye9403 No worries! When I read that she chose to reign as Victoria I was curious as that was her mother’s first name. And we know she did not like her mother!

[@erinsheridan4593]

Fun fact: Elizabeth II and her late husband Philip are both great-grandchildren of Victoria, and both 2nd and 3rd cousins.

[@quincybwalya2116]

They really kept it in the family damn

[@AllHailTheMagicConch]

some incestral ties

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I hope Queen Victoria is burning in Hell with her dad, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and her great great grandson Prince Philip. 👗👠👑💍

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@@quincybwalya2116 I hope Queen Victoria is burning in Hell with her dad, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and her great great grandson Prince Philip. 👗👠👑💍

[@worldofwords3905]

She lived so long that her first Grandson, Wilhelm became the Kaiser before her own son became the king of Britain

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I hope Queen Victoria is burning in Hell with her dad, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and her great great grandson Prince Philip. 👗👠👑💍

[@jgallardo7344]

I think nudity is a beautiful form of art. Glad to know she thought the same too

[@zeusathena26]

My grandmother lived till 98. She outlived 3 children, 2 of their spouses, a grandchild, & her spouse. It's a sad last few years.

[@BrBetim]

Just in time for a possible Victoria III announcement!

[@halfghaniteevee3559]

Not in our lifetime 🤣🤣🤣

[@aniawo5119]

Yup 😄

[@jgallardo7344]

Right 😂😂

[@asiblingproduction]

Lol better believe it lads

[@007Julie]

We need it ASAP

[@K3nn_]

I had a really shitty day so this makes it a LOT better

[@curiodyssey3867]

Dude I hope it gets better for you, for real. Stay up, G

[@graciadanielle1966]

Head up fellow youtuber! 😘

[@christiancardenas2975]

@@stacheoperator Cool, how was it?

[@graciadanielle1966]

@@stacheoperator wow! Totally adventurous dude, you got any pics? A souvenir or anything cool like that?

[@jgallardo7344]

Same! I just finished a bunch of errands and got to eat some food while listening to this video

[@bratisme121]

I am loving the Queen Victoria videos! We need more!

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

As Queen Victoria would say: "I'm not amused!" Actually, I am. Edited: "We are not amused."

[@areiaaphrodite]

No, she'd say "we". She used the Royal "We".

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

@@areiaaphrodite thanks for the correction.

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@whiterabbit-wo7hw no problem!

[@zach7193]

Man, this is something else. Hemophilia has been a common disorder among European royalty for centuries. Czar Nicholas II's son Alexei had it in his lifetime. Boy, this was something. Weird History is the best.

[@saikeenra]

George III did not have hemophilia. He had some unspecified "madness" that is speculated to have been porphyria, arsenic poisoning from cosmetics or medicines, or even bipolar disorder complicated by some physical malady.

[@zach7193]

@@saikeenra my bad.

[@patriciahill4492]

It's a birth defect caused by inbreeding. This is why you shouldn't kiss your cousins.

[@rhondablevins4466]

Nicholas II’s wife was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a carrier of hemophilia.

[@amymeyers9682]

The queen’s family is the first royal family to publicly admit the disease but it had been in existence long before that. The first published article about the disease was in 1803 about a case that was traced back to an ancestor in the 1720s…..so not strictly a royal disease.

[@24justinhunter]

One of the most fascinating time periods in my opinion!

[@jujubees5855]

I am glad she was powerful enough to be able to mourn her husband as she felt like. I am 6, going on 7 years a widow and certain people get butthurt if I even mention Sam's name. Eff them. Love is eternal.

[@chocolanny]

Im sorry for your loss, love is eternal indeed 🤍🙏

[@maxcovfefe]

Reading and hearing about Victoria and Albert sparks the romantic in me.

[@bee2022]

Thank you for mentioning the white fabric as a way to show wealth! It was way to show off. Most clothing even for wealthy people had to be able to be worn again and even be able to change with the a changing figure or changing fashion trends. It was hard to make cloth, turn it into clothes, and keep it clean even for the cheapest of clothing for the poorest of people. Wedding dresses were the best dress you had and you'd wear it again most of the time. A white dress would have been completely impractical! And it still is. We usually don't wear our wedding dresses multiple times.

[@vanessaissa3577]

The fact that she put out his clothes every day 😭

[@sozbdulrhmanli3300]

👁️👄👁️so

[@Hallows4]

There are also passages from Victoria's journals where she lovingly describes watching Albert shave, and when he puts on her stockings for her.

[@FloresFatKat]

I love the weird history channel!

[@lynnleigha580]

She really did love him. Makes you feel it when she stayed in mourning for years.

[@graciadanielle1966]

Another great video, thank you guys! Pretty embarrassed to say, I have watched everyone of your videos so I eagerly wait for new uploads 😜

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I knew most of them, but I was surprised you didn't mention John Brown, her 'personal attendant'. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge!

[@N30NR10Tx]

Stephen Colbert and your voice are so amazingly similar. Even the inflections... I cant help but imagine him telling me these stories when i hear you. :)

[@olbradley]

Odd that they release a video about Queen Victoria the same day Victoria III gets leaked.

[@ScottGreenMusic]

Let's hope that EU4's QA team wasn't involved.

[@olbradley]

@@ScottGreenMusic oh god...

[@Abraxium]

@@ScottGreenMusic What happened there? Leviathan?

[@ScottGreenMusic]

@@Abraxium The Leviathan patch was borderline unplayable, Johan threw out some BS responses, etc.

[@ddoyle11]

How lucky she was to have found true love.

[@catsberry4858]

Twice

[@Kaboomboo]

Not going to talk about the Prince Albert piercing, huh?

[@hertzyscowicz7066]

I suspect Prince Albert would warrant a whole video of his own.

[@timallardyce1216]

Because it isn't true! Ha ha

[@archangel5627]

He was obsessed with piercing his shlong. He was such a huge advocate of this that he recommended it to every man he knew. It became so popular during his time period that people just started calling it the Prince Albert and the rest is history! Or at least that’s how it was told to me. 🤣

[@areiaaphrodite]

That is falsely attributed to him.

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@archangel5627 untrue.

[@RajKumar-li7id]

I'm from Fiji and we have an mountain named after her... Our highest point... Mt Victoria

[@remigiuscaesar8307]

Cool!

[@mintooji1100]

Change the name immediately and name it in your Fiji language. They ruled us for years don't take their shit anymore.🙏🏽❤️🇮🇳

[@robertthomson1587]

As are two of the states of Australia: Victoria and Queensland.

[@seekertosecrets]

I once suffered through depression for a 10th of what she went through. Can't even imagine being stuck like that for that long.

[@tiffanye9403]

She probably had anxiety attacks at night alone in her room

[@isaiahbowers3712]

I have really bad tinnitus and it took me a second to catch that he didnt say "horny" white fabric and in face said "ornate" white fabric which made 1000x more sense

[@FelisThis]

Queen Victoria was a bad ass and yes you have to admire her honesty.

[@daphne4983]

And narcissistic

[@angeloalcantar5401]

She was an evil colonizer LOL

[@YAH-1]

@@angeloalcantar5401 Exactly 💯

[@tasi4372]

You mean a coloniser and racist?

[@robertisham5279]

@@tasi4372 no everyone was a racist

[@hgodvilla00]

I like the quotations from The Kinks song 'Victoria' at the beginning. Well played.

[@georgeevans2662]

For some reason, years ago, I read at least two rather thick books concerning Victoria. Loved them. Odd, because I had read and loved all of Louis A'mour's western novels. Also, had read A.J. Cronin novels...Thomas Hardy's books...all of the writings of the three Bronte´ sisters....(Am still wondering if servant John Brown and Queen Victoria "messed up the bed-sheets" or not....What a wicked thought on my part!)

[@patriciahill4492]

Aww yes your imagination has run wild. Maybe reading 📚 into some stories a bit much. You sound like Brick off of "The Middle" family sitcom, lol 😆

[@kara431]

Thank you for your hard work :)

[@Skyebooo]

I met a home schooling family that still believes in the kingsonten method. The son was not allowed to play with other children and couldn't be more than 15 feet from his father often tethered to him. They were pretty messed up. I wonder what happened to that boy.

[@mimiya1814]

Surely you are pulling our legs??? If this was true, I am certain you or your parents!(?) Would have notified the authorities!!! Tethered!!!? You mean like a dog and you did nothing!?

[@Skyebooo]

@@mimiya1814 No joke. Tethered.

[@mimiya1814]

@@Skyebooo please, in that case, help him!!!it is never too late!! Everyday he must prayed for help!

[@Cam-bc3oo]

Hi, just wanted to say that your animations on your chanel are exellent. Good day sir

[@AnnM.Nabitosi]

Lake Victoria in east Africa was given an English name in her honor. There's also a lake Albert.

[@jesusdiscipledon1499]

I didn’t know I had usual facts I knew about her in the first place, thanks!

[@wtcd5264]

Can you make a video about Franklins lost expedition? It was one of my favorite events to learn about this year and so many people have never heard of it. And it’s shocking considering how wrong it really went

[@lowkeyusa]

Keep uploading I'll keep watching

[@Iona729]

The dresses were so pretty and elegant.

[@kit_callie]

When it comes to the queen's views on marriage & children, I wonder how much was influenced by women's rights at the time. I believe women were not allowed to deny consent to their spouse nor divorce due to unfaithfulness. Yet women were not allowed to be unfaithful themselves... Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@thunderbird1921]

Interestingly, Victoria was progressive on some issues, but HATED the feminist movement.

[@kit_callie]

@@thunderbird1921 interesting indeed! Looking at how the movement is today, I don't know that I'd blame her.

[@catsberry4858]

V was one of those women who didn’t believe women should have the right to vote, lol

[@cradlingbrokenglass]

Love the video, but Victoria’s Alice isn’t Phillips mother. I believe she was his great grandmother.

[@tcjacobs9159]

That is correct

[@mimiya1814]

Do you mean Victoria, or Alice bring his great grandmother? I thought Victoria was his ggm, just like she is Q.E2?..

[@tkqueen992]

I think i would have liked queen Victoria if I lived back in those times

[@YAH-1]

I wouldn't 😒

[@mr16325]

@@YAH-1 why

[@nosveratu7140]

@@mr16325 probably because she has a bad memory in her childhood that act up again after prince Albert died as a result she's cold hearted towards her children,even though she favored her youngest daughter the most Beatrice,but still...

[@catsberry4858]

You don’t know much, I guess. She was a very abusive irrational person

[@stephielulu9096]

She was cruel to her children and liked to smoke a joint for period pain

[@patriciahill4492]

I know right, what a trip.

[@envy2069]

LOL

[@jordy13xoxo17]

Queenie and me have something in common 🥳

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I hope Queen Victoria is burning in Hell with her dad, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and her great great grandson Prince Philip. 👗👠👑💍

[@vtwintora]

Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (known as "Eddy" to his friends) is one of the most famous suspects in the Jack the Ripper case

[@catsberry4858]

That was debunked

[@katelopez6168]

Make more videos like these please...I love them!!

[@saranonimus9211]

I'd like to know about the hidden talents of the royals, especially if they were legit experts. Thanks!

[@MultiLEYoU]

I love this video, but there is a little mistake. In 7:45 should be Philippa of Hainault, but the picture shows empress Elisabeth of Austria. 😁

[@geraldinegranado3386]

My fav is her dolls she dressed up. Yes, i collected dolls until 14. Really enjoying these in particular videos. Thx. 😊👍

[@Zeldarw104]

I would say the one about her beautiful sweet dolls -- they all had personalities of their own dressed in many wonderful fancy clothes. 🙂🤔

[@TheLastProzacNation]

Will people ever understand that life expectancy doesn’t mean most people lived till that age only? Life expectancy is a mean of all life expectancies, and the main reason for life expectancy being that low in the past is because of rampant infant and child deaths. If one person dies at 3 and another at 70, the life expectancy for my “cohort” will be 36 years old. If both survive childhood and die at 65 then life expectancy will be 65. People had 5 and more children in order to ensure that at least one or two will survive past childhood. On the other hand, if one survived infancy and childhood they had a “normal” life expectancy and people living till their 60s/70s/80s wasn’t at all uncommon.

[@sjk6101983]

I feel bad 😢 for this poor woman: she went through so much in her life

[@theburrowrises8549]

The picture of "Queen Phillipa" is actually a much later style than Victoria's.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! A real mind-bending video, very fascinating! I can understand why people are so interested in her life.

[@melvinmuddfuckle4263]

Queen Victoria, The secret queen of kinky swing! Who knew?

[@patriciahill4492]

Oh yeah. In some other videos I've seen she was incredibly sexual. 💋 Must have rough after Albert died. No sex for 40 years! 😬 I don't think I could hang with that. 🤔 Ahh------ no.

[@areiaaphrodite]

A lot of people who read history books

[@timallardyce1216]

You've got some facts and titles wrong, partly due to same repeated names Princess Vicky wasn't Princess of Lenningen (that's what your caption says), that was the Queen's mother, also called Victoria. Vicky was Crown Princess of Prussia & later Empress of Germany Princess Beatrice didn't marry into the royal family, her daughter Victoria Eugenia did Princess Alice wasn't prince Philip's mother. That was her granddaughter, she was also called Alice Also. Your picture of Queen Phillipa of Hainault is actually Empress Elizabeth of Austria. There are no pictures of her given that she was the wife of Edward III back in the 14th century. Do please, please check your facts. Otherwise I enjoyed this video

[@catsberry4858]

[@FailingArtist]

I’m 41 and I STILL play with my barbies 🤓😝 there are a ton of us in our community of adult collectors, men and women 😏 Me on the ol’ Vicksberg woulda been doll besties. We’d have epic sleepovers

[@howardshulman6147]

Princess Victoria (Vicky) was not the Princess of Leiningen, she was briefly the Empress of Prussia. Princess Alice was not the mother of Prince Philip, she was his great-grandmother. Princess Beatrice did not marry into the Spanish royal family, but her daughter did. While Victoria was pissed off that Beatrice married, she didn't speak to her months when Beatrice wanted to become engaged. They got on fine after the wedding.

[@carahowell4260]

This feels redundant. I still love weird history!!

[@kellykellybumbum]

I actually have more respect for Victoria now than ever before, after watching this.

[@catsberry4858]

She was actually a really horribly messed up person, if u want to study more. Idk how Albert could stand being married to her

[@marishkaaaa-r0p]

@@catsberry4858 ur exaggerating she was a cool woman and loving wife yes may be a sucky mother but still

[@aiza701]

Love your videos! Please make one about the hygiene of the Mughal Empire

[@aiza701]

@Niso Stannard yes probably but it would be nice to fact check! 😁

[@nayyararahman8274]

@Niso Stannard Cleanliness is 50% of Muslim faith. Muslims can't pray, touch the Quran or engage in any other acts if they are unclean. Sexual discipline and purity is heavily emphasised. Expulsion of bodily fluids breaks the mandatory Muslim Fast and the Salat. And much much more.

[@catsberry4858]

I learned a lot about Albert and Vic so this won’t be weird for me. Glad you mentioned right off the bat how hot she was for Albert’s bod LOL. Not surprising!

[@rabbit251]

I had heard reported that after her death they found a room in the castle covered with pictures of dead people. Any one heard this? Any truth to it?

[@zeusathena26]

My grandmother outlived 4 of her 8 children. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[@davidcross701]

She also inspired the Christmas seasons that we have to day.. the retail revolution!

[@catsberry4858]

No - that was Prince Albert :) German Christians trees :)

[@MomCatMeows]

That was fascinating. 🙌 She was certainly aware she lived in a gilded cage, wasn't she?

[@lexigrimhaive]

The picture you used of Queen Philippa is actually Elisabeth of Bavaria, the Empress of Austria-Hungary as wife to Emperor Franz-Joseph.

[@chibicthulhu4382]

It’s good to know that even monarchs are sad and lonely people like everyone else. I have so much respect for this woman

[@jgallardo7344]

I couldn’t imagine how much pain she suffered. I can’t blame her for not getting over her husband’s death

[@areiaaphrodite]

Ok, quick correction to this video. Queen Victoria's daughter, Alice, wasn't Prince Philip's mother. Victoria's daughter was Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse by Rhine. Prince Philip's mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg (aka Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark); who, herself, was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. I knew those dates/familial titles were off. If Philip had only been a grandson of Victoria, that would mean that he was over 300 years old when he died this year 😂😅

[@catsberry4858]

Lmao! Old vampire. I’m surprised yours is the first I’m seeing of the Alice correction! Great job :)

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@catsberry4858 Thank you!

[@dianaperpignan1231]

Quick correction. Not 300 years old! :) Queen Victoria herself was born in 1819, merely 203 years ago.

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@dianaperpignan1231 Thank you

[@curgan69]

Hey weird history I love you❤️

[@pewterturquoise9651]

Princess Victoria, the monarchs eldest daughter, was never called Princess of Leiningen. That title was a different part of the monarchs half-siblings’ family. Also, the queens mothers name was Victoria. Not sure you can argue that she chose her name to display her independence. It was her middle name. After her mother. And finally, the queens daughter Alice was not the mother of prince Philip. The queens daughter Alice was the mother of the last tsarina of Russia, among others, and Alices son Ernst did not die as a child nor pass anything on to his mother. You got your branches and generations all mixed up. That’s just what I caught before I couldn’t stand it anymore.

[@DawnReiFaun]

Thank you. Pisses me off.

[@msc8663]

I cant wait for the new episodes of Victoria!

[@New_Jax_City]

Yo? @weirdhistory what happend to the 1990’s videos??? Its been 2 weeks!!! Ur killing me

[@Hannah-lf4dg]

I watched the beginning infront of my family when you said sne found of it

[@themadatheist1976]

Welcome to the interwebs! Lol

[@littlewing7813]

Best narrator ever!

[@hehehehehehe4560]

When he said “riskA” 😭

[@maryaltshuller885]

Would like to hear a video about Empress Catherine, Autocrat of the Russians. Why was she separated from her husband, to start with? Didn't the folks at court like him? Was she viewed as a better leader (militarily) than her husband? And what about their children?

[@whenitsraining861]

You must be talking about Catherine the Great, who was German by blood, and Prussian by nationality (more like citizen) by the way. To answer your questions, you must be told about her husband first. Her first husband, Peter III, was not of the best mentalities. I wouldn't say it was his fault. He was more anti-Russian and supported its then-enemy, Prussia. Catherine, who got this name only after being baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church, disliked his "child-like" likings and his love for alcohol, among others. The marriage was incompatible. He was not the previous Russian emperor (empress, to be exact)'s child. Although most of his personal reputation is shaped by those against him, it was likely that anytime the Russian nobles would prefer their ruler to be stronger, and less fond-of-Prussia. However, he did have ambitions to be a great military leader. He tried to modernize the Russian army and abolished a secret service which was causing violence. The comparison is unclear, but Catherine was anything but unsuccessful in her military leadership. Her troops were very skilled, and she is remembered for modernizing Russia, after all. And about their only legitimate child, among the 4 living children Catherine had (3 of them being illegitimate), Paul, who was most likely fathered by Catherine's lover and not Peter (mentioned by Catherine in her memoir), became the next emperor, although he was assassinated 5 years later, and thus died childless. Weird History actually made a video about her, and if you want to learn more, then I would suggest Lindsay Holliday's videos on her. But if you are talking about Catherine I of Russia, the wife of Peter the Great, then first it is to be known that, she was first appointed a mistress to the Tsar, and their first child, named Peter, was born out of wedlock. They married secretly, and Peter the Great's son from his first marriage was not made Tsar. The couple (Peter the Great and Catherine I) had 12 children, but only 2 daughters survived, one of them being Elizabeth of Russia, who was the successor of Catherine the Great's husband, Peter III. Although the marriage was going steadily, in 1723 (or 1722), the couple separated because of her support of her secretary, Willem Mons, who, with his sister, were part of a corruption scheme, and were later exiled by Peter the Great. This made Catherine unhappy, and so they separated. Her military policies were effective at reducing the military expenses, and she was considered a fair ruler. However, Peter the Great may be considered more effective in the case of military leadership and ruling. The nobles were always trying to butter up to the royals, so it is not entirely clear of that question, but some rebellions among the common folks rose up against him because of his beliefs, which were actually good, but rather the obligation, which, for some reason, angered the people. He was also rebelled against for his tax demands. I hope these answers fulfill your question. I don't know enough about Catherine I, however.

[@tiffanye9403]

About dang time for a new video your voice is like sweet white chocolate I want more of it

[@hastii36]

Really interesting!! Thank you!!👍

[@margaretreefer1145]

Happy May 2-4 weekend Canada! 🇨🇦

[@dewittbourchier7169]

Albert was the prudish one and she became more prudish and uptight as a way of expressing her deep mourning for her husband and this expanded to the rest of society, but I was astonished to see there were actually books - and not illegal just very discouraged - about how to pleasure your lover in sex for respectable rungs of victorian society with one drawing showing a cavalry officer surreptitiously giving oral sex to a high born lady at a very nice party as an example. The Victorians were not 'modern' about sex at all but I think we overestimate how anti-sex they were and more just that they were far more about thinking that sex was an INTENSELY PRIVATE thing kept between one man and one woman and whatever happened stayed between those two.

[@TheAndyDish]

Right in time for the Victoria 3 announcement!

[@lientran932]

Why did this just get recommended right after I took a Social Studies Georgia Milestone?

[@maxwellkafka]

KZbin makes you sensor nudity in classical paintings?

[@nancydavies6446]

I just love Queen Victoria... Pure drama queen pardon the pun always strong in her opinions and mourning her love painfully.... Plus loved a shag 👌👌👌

[@Wisteriawood]

Please do a video on what life was like as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

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[@kennylong7281]

Victoria was quite proud of her German roots, and often visited Ehrenburg Castle in Germany, the seat of her German nobility. There she met with the Emperor of Austria, Franz Josef. During these visits, she vehemently promoted the idea of German National Unity, insisting that the Austrian Hapsburg and the Prussian Hohenzollern leaders, come together to form a united Germany. In 1914, the two powers finally did come together, and together they lost The Great War. Germany has had nothing but problems ever since.