King Arthur Family Tree

Chart & Animation: Matt Baker
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Script & Narration: Jack Rackam
/ @jackrackam
Intro Animation: Syawish Rehman
/ @almuqaddimahyt
Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod
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[@Chowder12345able]

Strange women lying in ponds dispensing out swords is hardly a basis for a system of government

[@Canada1994]

Tis but a scratch.

[@the_chosen_one5642]

Listen if i went around calling myself an emperor cus some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they would put me away.

[@tugadmundo]

@@the_chosen_one5642 yes,but with all due respect,your majesty.

[@PunyGoddess]

If she weighs the same as duck, then she's made out of wood.

[@Canada1994]

@@PunyGoddess What she turned me into a newt.

[@AugustTheStag]

That's a hell of a medieval soap opera you just explained

[@juliusnepos6013]

Lol yeah

[@AugustTheStag]

@@superm530 I've never heard of this!!!

[@phoenixxam5812]

@@superm530 you’re a genius

[@user-yw1fw1qh3m]

Tristan and Isolde ?

[@prezentoappr1171]

@Anonymus X buccaneer is pirate tho?

[@user-ht1vg5we2p]

During the duel, Arthur must've been like: Mordred, I am your father

[@rennor3498]

A father who ordered his sons execution...

[@user-ht1vg5we2p]

@@rennor3498 yes I know, but it was a reference...

[@angrypastabrewing]

@@user-ht1vg5we2p I get the reference

[@mangot589]

😁

[@AnnaBomBanana]

... and your uncle

[@misseli1]

"Arthur is fooled by Guinevere's identical evil sister." That might as well happen, I guess.

[@TVwriter23]

The false Guinevere. More likely everyone was like yeah sure bruh.

[@eldritch1174]

If you notice, he said half sister. How does that even happen

[@TVwriter23]

@@eldritch1174 In the early legends they weren't half him or Morguese either. If Gildas was referring to Arthur disguised as Cuneglasus Gwen's sister did no fooling. Arthur pursued her. A likely story. An affair then when shit hits the fan he's all bu bu but she made me do it. To which no one bought that in his own time nor let him live down

[@meetaverma8372]

in one of the versions, Mordred was the evil brother of Gwen actually, so you might as well make him the shapeshifting sibling she had

[@MK-of7qw]

Zoot?

[@quinhoprimeiro1049]

"In a land of myth, and a time of magic… the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name… Merlin."

[@lebl992]

Loved the show. The ending was sad thou ...

[@TVwriter23]

@@lebl992 Just image if they had Arthur's sons from the Welsh legend. It would have been an even worse tragedy.

[@casxsunshine]

hello my merlin fellas

[@Octopus_Official]

After 10 years, it is still amazing

[@Artur_M.]

"On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. 'Tis a silly place."

[@kingping7979]

I see you everywhere

[@samsignorelli]

"It's only a model."

[@maestroclassico5801]

@@samsignorelli "shhh"

[@kriwe4013]

Polish?

[@zoetropo1]

Nor to Camlann. It is ill-reputed.

[@VictoriaMeerman]

Arthur: “We, the Knights of the Round Table, devoted to Our Lord and Christian Duty in our Search for the Holy Grail...” Merlin: “My King, looks like a boy born tomorrow will be your undoing!” Arthur: “Okay, let’s do a Herod.”

[@V2011F]

NO NO NO We need to pull a Pharaoh.

[@nickdixom543]

ha

[@jlupus8804]

Yooo I was thinking the same. Malory probably knew some Bible. Was he conscious of those parallels he was writing in?

[@zoetropo1]

@@jlupus8804 A monk at Monmouth Priory know some famous Biblical tales? I suppose it's possible.

[@trisha9368]

I love how the narrator's tone is borderline incredulous like he can't believe what he's reading either, especially when he talks about sir gallahad lol

[@dathremo.]

Love that you used pics from the BBC’s Merlin at some points

[@carinamurillo2150]

My thoughts exactly ❤️😍

[@ipercalisse579]

It was fantastic! I loved that adaptation

[@jthomashair]

Same!! That show 🥰😭

[@acg3934]

Merlin was trash. Just a half-arsed attempt to anglofy our mythology.

[@dathremo.]

@@acg3934 okay... congratulations

[@chuck430]

maybe if the knights would allow themselves to be tempted by these women, their swords wouldnt keep getting stuck in stones

[@shugafoo2847]

there is a version where some of them are women

[@naurahdeatrisyagitany8365]

A lot of the stories, especially the original Lancelot, were commissioned by noblewomen and they wanted simps

[@steveholton4130]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 The only way to keep IT down is to CUT It Down!

[@AnneSofieLovesMozart]

Tempt me not, fair lady!

[@AnneSofieLovesMozart]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Then stop flashing me thy ankles, you devil woman!

[@MrJethroha]

TH White's "the Once and Future King" is my favorite rendition of this story. The characters become incredibly human despite the fairytale quality to all the stories.

[@mangot589]

I love that book! I have an old dog eared copy, and I actually just looked the other day for it on audible. It really does bring all the stories together, doesn’t it? Seems like White collected all the different stories and put them into one tome, really.

[@andrewburdge5139]

I absolutely agree. I'm rereading it but this time on audible.

[@Demildiel]

Yes!! I love Merlin's backstory in that and I want more stories about Sir Palamades!

[@nehajoshi7782]

Did anyone notice Arthur just ordered deaths of children born on certain date & Mordred is called the villain in this story 😂

[@alhassani626]

English morality was essentially Satanic till Jesus intervened.

[@meetaverma8372]

Yeah, but that's just one telling, others, including the bbc series mordred isn't a very good guy. One of those stories say that he's gwenevere's brother, and he just steels his thrown, and in the bbc series, he kills Arthur for a girl, whom Arthur had executed. No one's good

[@TVwriter23]

@@meetaverma8372 There's a legend that he was a royal married to Gwen's sister. All I remember is he was pissed about something Gwen either sad or did to her sister. He dragged Gwen off the throne. Family drama. I tell you.

[@meetaverma8372]

@@TVwriter23 that should have been the show tbh

[@TVwriter23]

@@meetaverma8372 I'm weird though one of my faves is how Merlins ex wife died on her wedding days. It was one of those don't look back tropes.

[@lunatickgeo]

King Arthur, possibly the best known fanfiction in the world

[@cristristam9054]

Have you heard about Jesus and Hercules?

[@lunatickgeo]

@@cristristam9054 I'm in a quandary, if I tell the truth and say "yes" I weaken my previous statement, but if I lie ... Nope. Never heard of 'em.

[@cristristam9054]

@@lunatickgeo you a funny dude :))))))))))

[@lunatickgeo]

@@cristristam9054 I try ;)

[@3camman]

Let’s not forget that Hellboy is a descendent of Arthur, and rightful King of England through his mother by Mordred’s line

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Let's also not forget England did not exist when Arthur was supposedly alive

[@lushlover2023]

@@pedanticradiator1491 well technically yes England existed at the time of Arthur.... Probably wasn't called that

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@@lushlover2023 England didnt exist until around the 10th century about 400 years after Arthur was supposedly alive. Yes the place now called England did physically exist but it was the people who later became the English (Anglo-saxons) that Arthur was supposed to have been fighting and he was a leader of the celts or Britons.

[@mabonbran8913]

@Carl the Adopted Yorkshireman Spot on dude! Arthur was never king of England, Excalibur does NOT give the right to rule England which is another popular misconception!

[@fallroster5280]

7 kingdoms period right?

[@jefflanam]

The bit about pulling swords from stones may date from the Bronze Age. Swords at that time were cast from carved stone molds, and working with metal was seen as something magical.

[@peterwindhorst5775]

Caesar’s Sword, called “crocea mors”, meaning “yellow death”, because its blade gleamed brightly in the sun and it was fatal to all it pierced, according to myth, had been the sword of the god Mars, forged by Vulcan [the smith of the gods] and bestowed to the Trojan prince Aeneas by the goddess Venus, his mother. Aeneas saw the sword fall from Heaven as he stood on the future site of Rome and heard the words: “with this, conquer”. The sword was among the relics of the old Roman kingdom but was lost during the period of the Roman Republic and rediscovered by Julius Caesar as a young man who believed that through it the gods had appointed him “King of The World”. The sword is identified with the sword called “Marmyadoyse”, forged by Vulcan, and owned at different times by Hercules, Alexander The Great, and Julius Caesar. It is sometimes wrongly identified with King David’s Sword called “L’Espee as/aus/az Estra[i]ngnes Renges”, which sword apparently was in the possession of the “Lady of The Lake“, the abbess of a religious order of nuns, from whom Arthur was to later acquire it. There is reference made to the sword called “Caledfwlch” in Welsh tradition, which is identified with the sword called “Caladbolg”, “Caladcholg”, “Caladcolc” in Irish tradition, which was owned by several Irish, Scottish, and Welsh kings, which probably maybe identified with King David’s Sword? Caesar lost his sword in Britain in hand-to-hand combat with the British king Nennius, who was mortally wounded in the fighting and the sword was buried with him. The sword remained in his grave throughout the Roman Era in Britain. In post-Roman times the sword was removed from his grave by the British King Vortigern, who, to display the trophy, had the sword hammered into a crack in “an anvil of iron a foot high” which was set atop “a great stone four-square” and displayed to the public in the town-square of London as a war-memorial to commemorate the initial victory of the Britons over the Romans in the battle in which the sword was captured about 500 years earlier; but sometime before London fell to the Saxons the war-memorial was moved to a churchyard at Silchester where the episode of “The Sword in The Stone” took place. The sword was a tempting treasure to possess and inevitably people came along trying to withdraw it but none could, and someone engraved on it just below its hilt the words [in rude Latin]: "...ex cal[ce]liber[ace]…", meaning “[much treasure] to free from stone [of iron]”, hence, the sword came to be called “Excalibur”. GM, in his “HRB”, calls the sword “Caliburnus”. In French Romance it is called “Calibor[e]”, “Escalibor[e]”, etc.

[@hamnchee]

@@peterwindhorst5775 Nice!

[@sticlavoda5632]

@@peterwindhorst5775 ok so , in myth , who previously possesed the sword of king arthur? Who forged it . Explain it in simpler terms

[@peterwindhorst5775]

@@sticlavoda5632 Who forged it - if you go by the history I gave out - it is likely meteorite iron forged in the clump of mud huts that became Rome. Such a sword since it came from heaven would be seen to have "magic" powers unlike the common swords of normal people. A real pity that it ended up tossed into some random lake or something waiting for its owner to come back for it.

[@mabonbran8913]

Aneaus held the sword of Troy, Caledfwich or whatever was taken from the stone and broken, then replaced by Excalibur as a gift from the lady of the lake! None of these swords were a bronze cast!

[@endzordays]

Top points for correctly pointing out that sword in the stone and the sword Excalibur were two completely separate and unique swords. Fun factoid though is that the allegory of each sword is based on a method of teaching the advancements/improvements of metal. The sword in the stone being that of iron where the metal is taken out of the rock. The then tale of Excalibur and the lady of the lake tying in to the advancement to stronger metals like steel with quenching the blade. The Volsunga sagas has Odin thrust a sword into the Barnstokkr tree in the middle of a feast hall. There is no "future king" aspect to the story but nobody can pull the sword except for Sigmund. The sword later is broken and he has it repaired so he can fight (and eventual kill) the dragon Fafnir. The blade being quenched in the blood of the dragon. In this story the tale is more about the burning of wood being used for forging and dragons blood being used to cool the blade rather than water. Either way though Arthur's Sword in the Stone AND Excalibur/Caliburn are pretty much identical to the swords of Sigurd/Siegfried and Sigmund... Gram/Nothung/Balmung... Would wager that both tales have the same root origin and that the names have just been changed to meet the cultural group whom is telling the tale. Sigurd and Uther are the same person and they are the father of Arthur/Siegfried. Also Excalibur/Caliburn/Gram/Nothung/Balmung are all one and the same exact sword, and it wasn't a mythical sword but a tale of their clans/tribes or people discovering how to properly forge iron or steel into weapons.

[@annkelly0072]

Fantastic explanation.

[@TexTheBest]

My favorite Arthurian retelling is The Mists of Avalon. Its amazing how many of these stories the author is able to entertwine in her narrative

[@clauaome25]

I remember it came out in VHS, 2 of them and I watched them with my family as a teenager.

[@technology5979]

Pity she turned out to be a pedophile, a lot of people have fond memories of those books.

[@justrusty]

How about the Baggins family tree?

[@steveholton4130]

The WHO?

[@justrusty]

@@steveholton4130 No, The Who is a rock band. I don't know that there'd be a family tree for them. Though I suppose it could depend for any band, what other bands the members played for.

[@steveholton4130]

@@justrusty Wouldn't the band's tree be the combined trees of the founding band members?

[@justrusty]

@@steveholton4130 Yeah, probably. I was thinking metaphorically. Like the NFL has "coaching trees" of relationships.

[@Totomy2011]

The family tree would be too big also the lord of the rings books have a family tree at the enf

[@cisco95021]

This is one of the best King Arthur stories I have ever heard. This really puts all the stories together.

[@peterwindhorst5775]

The earliest mention of Arthur by name appears in the “Annales Cambriae” [“Welsh Annals”], which is a chronicle of early British History written in Latin by medieval Welsh monks as an on-going record of events from the 5th-century to the 10th-century. The text begins in Year 445 and ends in Year 977, however, the text is back-dated to Year 425 and the last entry in the chronicle was made in 954. There are two entries in the chronicle that refer to Arthur by name: the first is for Year 72 of the Easter Cycle, which may be reckoned to be Year 517 (New Style) (516 Old Style), and reads that Arthur won the Battle of Mount Badon [or Badon Hill, which temporarily halted the Anglo-Saxon advance]; and, the second entry is for Year 93, that is, Year 538 (NS) (537 OS), and reads that Arthur and Medraut (Mordred) fell in the Battle of Camlan.

[@lovefromwonderland]

Bro this is actually so helpful. Trying to wrap your head around Arthurian legend is like trying to jump into the deep end when you know you can't swim

[@lasislasfilipinas114]

False, every one knows Arthur was Artoria and had a redhead wife who cooks good food and likes swords

[@piuscalvinus]

tomboy Mordred

[@MatPost]

Nah, it's the one that have a trusty servant that bangs coconut for him along the road. Get cultured, you weeb.

[@prezentoappr1171]

@@piuscalvinus Moedred*dreadnought which is iron clad starky dred

[@prezentoappr1171]

@@MatPost which one was that? I only know someone who follow walking fish to meet a mystic user...

[@lesterjohnston8888]

Wow just the job

[@PenneyThoughts]

Excalibur (1981) seems to be the most accurate rendition of the Arthur myth. Great movie btw.

[@Totomy2011]

I watched it in class lol

[@damianjblack]

Bernard Cornwell would like a word.

[@DogWalkerBill]

In the TV version of "Merlin" Morgan Le Fay, who is played by actress, Katie McGratch who does a fantastic job of it! Ms. McGrath later does on to portray Leena Luthor in CW's "Supergirl" and she does a fantastic job of that too!

[@MoneyAwake]

Last time I was this early, the sword was still stuck in the Stone

[@rivershelf991]

Are you making a reference to the Excalibur? 😂

[@MoneyAwake]

@@rivershelf991 Last time I was this early, the sword was known as [Insert_some_weird_Gaelic_words].

[@m.s.1067]

Please to a Spencer-Churchill family tree. Between american dollar princesses, Winston Churchill, Lady Di and the illegitimate children of Charles II it's a fascinating family tree

[@lecapetien3223]

for the Spencer, it is very easy: origin in France.

[@Introvertsan]

I want them to follow up on the dollar princesses, that should be interesting

[@Totomy2011]

He already did it

[@m.s.1067]

@@Totomy2011 my comment is from 3 years ago. The video is from 2 years ago.

[@Totomy2011]

@@m.s.1067 fair enough

[@BenPernezny]

I thought we were an autonomous collective...

[@viracocha6093]

“You speak mad shit for someone with such a flammable house, peasant”

[@Ilyathe2nd]

I once had a scimitar lobbed at me by a watery tart, and all I got is an earldom. Is there someone I could complain to about this?

[@ecdudis9557]

It’s anarcho-syndicalist commune

[@eamonlyons8318]

An Anarcho synicalist commune

[@kieroncadwalader6169]

Old Brittonic kings please? Post-Roman era up to the last Welsh rebellion

[@zabaleta66]

Truth!!

[@003mohamud]

Yup it would be interesting to learn about the Welsh royal houses. Maybe something on who would be king of Wales had Wales remained independent?

[@deefakir9335]

Now a hundred people want this.

[@radwald189]

@@003mohamud There'd be tons to choose from. Wales was split into small kingdoms each with their own royal families.

[@sharp52092]

Pretty interesting, thanks! For anyone interested, Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian (Warlord) Trilogy is really amazing too. He made it real. For example, he made Merlin a druid and yeah, a creep as Jack mentioned.

[@steveholton4130]

High

[@marcguidetti3081]

Cornwell's Arthur is by far the best Arthur

[@damianjblack]

​@@marcguidetti3081damn right. The King who never was King, Enemy of God and scourge of the Saxons!

[@mbgal7758]

Arthur wasn’t too smart if he killed all the boys born on a certain day because of a doom prophecy yet leaves alive the one boy who just being a royal and his son would be the most potentially dangerous. 😆

[@robertmiller9735]

Yeah, not only is it a definite Bad Guy move, it never works. I guess he wasn't Genre Savvy.

[@user-ht1vg5we2p]

I think this was taken from Herod ordering all babies under 2 executed, and only baby Jesus surviving, but that's just my opinion

[@mbgal7758]

@@user-ht1vg5we2p I doubt this guy would be such a shoddy researcher that he would make that kind of mistake and it’s all myths anyway since Arthur didn’t exist. Useful Charts is extremely thorough, if that had ever been thought possible he would have mentioned it, he’s done several videos on biblical history. There’s plenty of flood myths throughout different cultures but you can’t say that one copied it from another. Sometimes stories are just similar.

[@robertmiller9735]

@@user-ht1vg5we2p It's a common trope that crops up in many cultures. Not necessarily borrowed.

[@Demildiel]

@@robertmiller9735 Medieval European literature directly lifts many things from the Bible. The religious institutions of the time were basically the only way to learn how to read and write. most people who were literate were associated with the church, or learned to read and write from a religious institution.

[@lecapetien3223]

Funny that the names of Chrétien de Troyes and Robert de Boron are not even mentioned on the sources...

[@Skadi609]

Je m'y attendais également...

[@lecapetien3223]

@@Skadi609 Les anglais ont du mal a accepter que les légendes arthuriennes soient françaises et pas anglaises ;-)

[@rennor3498]

I think that Arthur,Lancelot.Gawain,Mordred and Merlin existed and were simply glorified over the centuries.

[@stoopidphersun7436]

Myrllin

[@meetaverma8372]

Yeah, that fits

[@nickdixom543]

Just Arthur and Merdyn/ Merlin and they lived in two diff centuries. possibility with Lancelot and the Italian knight the rest id say are pure fiction and plot devices for later story telling. There's not even any truth to the Arthurian grail legends, unless you count "spiritual" truth.

[@prezentoappr1171]

also answer for grammatical genders plus the dynamic confusion of the highest ordah in stack exchange funne but true prolly

[@OliveOilFan]

King Arthur my waifu I mean Saber

[@governorb.o.a2222]

Fine taste.

[@Vejitatheouji]

exsuu....CALIBAAAAAAAAAAR!

[@ferrjuan]

A fellow “Man of Culture”

[@Thenazghoul]

I don't know if you take suggestions, but it struck me while searching for visual charts detailing the influences and timeline of art movements or music genres. Absolutely love your work, and I appreciate your continued dedication and hard work to bring something you love alive.

[@DreaOnzagle]

I’m always excited to see an upload from UsefulCharts but I’m especially glad for this one.

[@SJ-fb5zk]

do the Welsh Kings and Queens Family Tree pls

[@mich8050]

This video would be interesting to see. Gwyneth first if you please.

[@georgethompson1460]

Oh do we track the sheep side of the family as well?

[@mich8050]

@@georgethompson1460 let's have humans first, do the sheep video separately later

[@OliveOilFan]

Those names are as long as a paragraph

[@kieroncadwalader6169]

@@mich8050 *Gwynedd

[@emems6620]

so weird to have one of my fave history editors not talk as quick as lighting with funny pics in my fave history charts video

[@ekoi1995]

2:16 Aurelius Ambrosius 2:46 Constanine III of Britain 2:52 Constans was killed by Vortigern. 3:10 Horsa died in Battle 3:42 Uther decided to adopt a new moniker Pendrgon 4:19 Merlin ∟4:44 He was born to a princess and an incubus ∟4:50 going to be the antichrist until he was baptised ∟5:09 shapeshifting powers to transform Uther into Gorlois 5:20 Arthur was conceived 5:26 Uther marries Igraine 5:31 round table created, Uther once again goes to war with the Saxons 5:45 Malory version: Arthur is raised in secret until Merlin arranges a contest to pull the sword from the stone 5:55 Excalibur 7:35 Sir Percival ∟8:03 he takes the 13th seat of the round table, a place that left open for one who be worthy of the grail ∟8:14 Wounded King 8:51 Quest for the Grail - Grail - tied to healing the old man's wounds 9:07 Sir Bors - cousin of Sir Lancelot - but he and his brother Lionel were taken prisoner by Frankish King Claudas ∟9:56 God intervenes and smites Lionel in a pillar of fire ∟10:13 refuses her advances in the name of his vow of chastity 10:32 Galahad ∟10:49 gifted as a knight he's able to defeat Lancelot as a teen 11:03 Sir Gawain ∟11:13 serves the Pope in Rome and led Arthur's forces against the Roman empire ∟12:49 transformed into the immortal Green Knight by Morgan le Fay 13:04 Morgan Le Fay = Gawain's Aunt ∟13:16 in Geoffrey of Monmouth's account, Morgan was the chief of nine magical sisters who ruled over Avalon ∟13:28 she schemes to usurp the throne 13:54 Merlin is in love with Morgan 14:04 Lancelot 14:16 Arthur's Death - Thomas Malory - The Death of Arthur 14:56 White Knight 15:49 Elaine of Astolat ∟16:02 Elaine falls in love with Lancelot ∟16:07 portrayed as a temptress ∟16:50 Elaine dies of a broken heart - her will: placed in a boat and set adrift down the river towards Camelot ∟17:01 castle Camelot is located in Winchester, Wessex 17:25 Galehaut 17:59 Lancelot is persuaded by Galehaut to begin an affair with Guinevere 18:13 Elaine is struck by Lancelot, albeit more by last than love. The lady of corbenic uses magic to trick Lancelot into believing she's Guinevere 18:40 Lancelot Exiled 19:07 After 10 years, Lancelot was found by Percival 19:44 Arthur orders Guinevere to be burned at the stake 19:49 Lancelot killed Gawain's brothers 20:17 Arthur had once an affair with his half-sister Morgause 20:33 From his incestual union was born a son named Mordred. 20:38 Merlin warned Arthur that a child born on that day will be his undoing, so Arthur ordered the death of all sons born on that day, but Mordred survived 22:03 Arthur is brought by the Lady of the Lake and or Morgan Le Fay to the Isle of Avalon

[@mcfcfan1870]

Sticking with the legendary family trees, one on Chú Chualann or Fionn Mccumhail, Irish legendary warriors, would be great. Keep up the great work!

[@eamonlyons8318]

Cú Chùlainn

[@mcfcfan1870]

@@eamonlyons8318 My bad

[@mcostafernando]

"Arthur is mentioned as a war commander fighting alongside the Kings of The Britons in the Battle of Badon" - I heard one of his knights wetted himself during the battle.

[@robertmiller9735]

Is that the same guy who nearly stood up to the Chicken of Bristol?

[@thomasdixon4373]

Nice to see another dive into mythology and folklore, always interesting to see!

[@Mortices]

Thank you for a very helpful and succinct overview of these relationships! I believe the version of Merlin's imprisonment which has him trapped within / turned into a tree is actually post-Malory, though I haven't been able to identify where it originated. The Morte Darthur has Nimue (a Lady of the Lake) trap Merlin beneath a large rock, seemingly killing him. Earlier versions which also derive from the Lancelot-Grail Cycle of prose romances have Vivian (much the same character under a different name, and with different motivations) either fatally seal him within a tomb, or seduce him into semi-voluntary imprisonment within an airy, otherworldly tower accessible only by herself.

[@SuAva]

Seeing the picture of Sir Percival you used from BBC's Merlin, I finally realized I know Tom Hopper from 3 things: Percival in Merlin, Dickon Tarly in GoT and Luther in The Umbrella Academy. Those gigs were so far apart I didn't recognize him from before each time, lol.

[@heathergarnham9555]

Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles is a interesting version of the Arthurian Legend.

[@beth7935]

Yes! Interesting is exactly how I'd describe it.

[@timothymoore6341]

Arthur had another sister besides Morgause and Morgan Le Fay, her name was Elanor. He had a total of three sisters. His family was pretty large. His father had siblings as well as his mother.

[@zoetropo1]

Alan Rufus, who wrested victory from the Saxons in 1066, had six legitimate brothers, four or five illegitimate brothers, an illegitimate sister and an unknown number of legitimate sisters. Of the 11 or 12 we know, all had remarkable lives, especially Alan and his six 'God-given' brothers, according to the encyclopedic historian Orderic Vitalis who said that true details of their careers would make for a very long and satisfying story.

[@Etienne784]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge/investigation results with us Jack ! Regards from one of your French viewers !

[@headphoneheadache7667]

As someone who is taking the Arhtur Legends as the backbone for a story's setting, this was a great video and made me consider a few ways to alter my current set-up for King Arthur. Thanks for the vid.

[@WhoIsCalli]

Nice vid. Thanks for including all the different stories

[@joshuaalilovic3817]

Nice video!! I’ve been waiting for this.

[@TurboZera]

I love Arthurian Legends so much. Sir Galahad is my absolute favorite. Thank you so much for this amazing video! 😁👍

[@CelebrimborCurufinwe]

Mr Rackham! I clicked on this not knowing anything about this channel and was pleasantly surprised to hear your voice! I will definitely be checking the rest of the videos on this channel out!

[@hannahstahl1857]

Also kinda similar to mordred is that one story in the Bible where all the first born sons of Egypt had to be killed.

[@Taskicore]

and Bethlehem.

[@prezentoappr1171]

@@Taskicore also herod and the one in moses time which is pharaoh?

[@hayzyhorses6899]

Haha I learned about this in Prince of Egypt, that’s back in the Old Testament when God was okay with killing lots of people

[@monabohamad2242]

@@hayzyhorses6899 not "was" still is and there's virtually endless proof/evidence/reasons why people outta NEVER bother pissing off god seemingly esp in older times

[@h.donnellgrayiii4276]

THANKS FOR BREAKING THIS DOWN AS BEST AS I CAN FIND ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA

[@tessavanstorm9589]

So great. A lot of fun. Thanks.

[@venessamaxwell8105]

I love the Mists of Avalon Great summer read

[@sayakchakraborty4206]

It's weird to see Jack Rackam narrate something without any funny comments or witty remarks.

[@Lezl0r]

awesome! loved this!

[@shugafoo2847]

now turn him into a cute anime girl

[@OliveOilFan]

She’s my waifu

[@jiroandreigepanaga1551]

@@OliveOilFan OUR WAIFU

[@maestromars8487]

@@jiroandreigepanaga1551 our blyat.

[@JohnSmith-hd2tl]

Shush kiddies

[@bosswomen6315]

Arthur, The Once and Future King. 👑

[@blossomjoseph5541]

The legend is Arthur will return to save Brittiania

[@KateeAngel]

@@blossomjoseph5541 well, Brexit happened, and he hasn't shown up 😆😆😆😆 Will he come when sea levels rise so much that they swallow half of the island?

[@drevenypribor6144]

@@KateeAngel all countries will once leave the EU, it is doomed to fail

[@steveholton4130]

@@blossomjoseph5541 It Isn't in need of saving, yet!!!

[@karenzielke9387]

Thank you!

[@-RONNIE]

Nice video 👍🏻 keep up the good work

[@brookemuzzatti9710]

THIS IS THE TREE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AHHHH

[@FireInTheSoul]

King Arthur was Welsh. He was the King of Glamorgan and Gwent. He came from a long line of Welsh kings. There are many books out there with the true history of King Arthur. Artorius Rex by Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett is a very informative book on this subject.

[@marcguidetti3081]

most Welsh legend states that Arthur is from Dumnonia and not Gwent

[@boaringname203]

I'm apparently a descendant of uther pendragon through Arthur's sister Anna de Briton lady ardette, there's a bunch of Welsh Kings of various places (gwynedd and powys to name a couple) also manx chieftains and Dwxyd Kwxyd Eneid Cerwyd ap King of Druids Croydon if my family tree is true

[@MystianPrincess]

@@boaringname203 I'm a descendant through her as well on my dad's side. Nice to meet you, far distant cousin. :)

[@lesterjohnston8888]

Nice one thank you

[@blossomjoseph5541]

If Arthur (the bear) really existed, he was Briton, likely Cornish or Welsh.

[@KateeAngel]

100% he was. The whole original story is about a Brittonic leader fighting against Saxons, anything else was added later

[@IONATVS]

Mallory calls the Kingdom he rules "Logris" but in practically all original accounts, whether they name his kingdom or not, it is explicitly a Brittonic kingdom in the Modern-day lands of Southern England while the Angles and Saxons still only had some footholds on the Island. So ethnically and linguistically closest to Welsh or Cornish, but geographically English. And basically all early accounts of Arthur credit the tales they based them on as originating in Wales, so there's that too. There is also a King Mark of Cornwall featured in many stories of his knights, particularly those featuring Sir Tristan and his lady love Iseult--basically a slight variation of the Arthur-Guenivere-Lancelot love triangle with a clearer "Hero"--Tristan and Iseult loved each other before Iseult was forced to marry King Mark, King Mark only married her, over both of their objections, to punish Sir Tristan for making him look bad and give him an excuse to exile Tristan and take his valuable lands the instant he hears rumors of their basically inevitable tryst, and King Mark has basically no redeeming qualities, at least in Mallory's account.

[@TVwriter23]

@@KateeAngel According to legend an Arthur killed his son, but his name wasn't Mordred.

[@eamonlyons8318]

There was an Artuir in Scotland. Irish though

[@lesterjohnston8888]

The film. Has Arthur a brit in the roman army until the Romans leave that seems more plausible

[@gaton6116]

This is pretty intriguing. They should make a big budget tv show.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I like how ancient stories has alot of half-siblings in them and yet in modern fiction its untouched upon

[@steveholton4130]

Half-siblings are cool playmates but full-up Incest is the best!!!

[@steveholton4130]

@Anonymus X I have no idea who you are so I can't be sure, but, most likely you are?Do you have a problem with incest? What gender are you?

[@prezentoappr1171]

@@steveholton4130 u weirdo thats meme template unless there're deleted comm oh well

[@steveholton4130]

@@prezentoappr1171 meme is as foreign a language as Marsian.

[@lovefromwonderland]

Arthurian Legend is basically a story you have to string together using a bunch of fanfictions 😂

[@AnnoyingMoose]

"Listen: Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some... farcical aquatic ceremony!"

[@RelativelyBest]

Thanks for reminding me of The Lady of Shalott. It used to be one of my favorite songs but at some point I somehow forgot about it.

[@Gena_Tsidrusni]

Mordred has one grandmother and two grandfathers.

[@carolinegodden4364]

Thanks

[@wanderingrandomer]

I live about 60 miles from Tintagel. It's always nice to hear Cornwall featured, however briefly, in history

[@_Abjuranax_]

Arthur Rex is a great book that highlights a more epic and heroic tale. In the final battle, Lancelot is impaling upwards of 100 knights on his lance, and the rest of the Knights fates are embellished in much the same style.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

I thought Brave Sir Robin also went looking for the Grail. Hehehe...

[@steveholton4130]

At one time or another EVERYONE has looked for The GRAIL but so far No One has found or recognized it !!!

[@rovert881]

But how does Arthur know so much about swallows?

[@robertmiller9735]

You've got to know those things when you're a king, you know.

[@steveholton4130]

He learned it all by watching Sword Swallowers and Lusty Ladies.!

[@suzbone]

thousands at 0:22 "KING O' TH' WHO?!"

[@AnnaBomBanana]

As stories of King Arthur mention Tintagle as his fortress, which is in Cornwall, it’s possible the ‘Pen’ part of the name would mean ‘hill’.

[@levimcglinchey5843]

Always knew Merlin was a stalker, could just tell

[@JasperForge]

I like how Galahad out Mary Sues Lancalot who himself was Mary Sue

[@evelynwitt2529]

I liked this!

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I can't imagine what the parents would be like when they saw the order to kill the babies born in the same day as mordread. I guessing shock. But not as much shock as me with Jack being a guest speaker.

[@sophiawilson8696]

In some version of story Morgana is the half sister of Arthur on their mother side. That the boy they had together is their(Mordred) son. I know why they change this from BBC version. In other version they have same father.

[@gryph01]

An excellent video. The Arthurian legends is simply that. I liked the novels that Bernard Cornwell wrote about Arthur. It seems to be a more realistic version of what Arthur would have been, of he existed at all.

[@JoseGonzalez-hp9uy]

Love it, I wonder can you do an family tree of vlad the impaler family, I know you made one but it was mostly to show how the current queen of britain was related to him and it was pretty short and basic so maybe a more in depth one

[@k8winn]

love how u used pics from Merlin!!

[@CharlesPickerel]

I love your intro

[@marieburton8753]

The sword and the stone is the art of pulling the metal ( sword ) from the stone. Merlin had the knowledge of this technology and some clairvoyance mixed with gnostic knowledge of alchemy that hardened the stone..He also was a brilliant strategists. Oh my mother's maiden name was Ambrosewicz. The origin is southern Lithuania or northern Poland. Depending on which timeline

[@RavensEagle]

Thanks for the info

[@charlesedwardandrewlincoln8181]

Interesting. I’d like another video :)

[@linggao2602]

The story of Elaine of Astolot sounds like Tennyson’s poem Lady of Shalott, probably inspired by the legend then.

[@Jacob-W-5570]

So basically everyone sleeps with everyone, and they hold grudges.

[@monabohamad2242]

who tf's "everyone"?

[@AmigaX]

Good Video

[@christdenguendeng1922]

Dear Usefulcharts, I have ordered 3 of your beautiful usefulcharts on September 2020 and they're not delivered yet. I live in Paris France so may be that is why it took so long (international shipment slowed by Covid19?), I look forward to receiving them. Keep doing the good work! Best regards, Chris.

[@UsefulCharts]

They should definitely have arrived by now. Contact customer service using the website and they will send a new batch.

[@christdenguendeng1922]

@@UsefulCharts Many thanks

[@aamo3960]

Wow this was a hell of a story😂. Didn’t know Galahad was such a champ tho

[@JagerLange]

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MAT- oh wait, you just said. Hi Jack.

[@ferrjuan]

Ever since watching the Fate anime series I think only of King Arthur as a bishoujo blonde girl! Saber!!!

[@dawneabdulal-bari9313]

Interesting! Thank You ;->

[@Armorius2199]

We need a part 2!

[@nelsonbassett5719]

This would make one hell of a TV show.

[@darrinwebber4077]

Hey... You're good at making useful charts. It's why I watch and subscribe. Here's a challenge. A video/chart showing explaining the whole " Pope , Vatican (complex) , Vatican City (nation), Holy See (government? ) , Catholic Church relationship thing. That would be cool. If do it myself, but you clearly have far greater experience and resources for the research and actually making the charts. As well as a channel platform to get the knowledge out. Thanks

[@bogdanmihai7795]

Yes! It has Monty Python’s And the holy grail refrences