Why did the Holy Roman Empire have no colonies?

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[@luciusjuniustavianus7540]

if I hear Voltaire's quote one more time I will jump from the nearest balcony.

[@Leo-ip3yx]

Fuck, me too!

[@lars1228]

"The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire" - Voltaire

[@lxi9648]

@@Leo-ip3yx Remove that comma and it'll mean something different entirely

[@brotlowskyrgseg1018]

*inhales* Yeah, I'm tired of it too.

[@brotlowskyrgseg1018]

Although I do appreciate that the good old Bohemian tradition of defenestration hasn't entirely lost it's modern appeal, even if people have to do it all by themselves.

[@bapo224]

Imagine surviving 2 years of horrors being lost in the jungle only to find out your country has been usurped and you are marked for death. Absolutely brutal.

[@gamingthisera6339]

Happened to us by the Japanese Empire, thankfully the British fought the Japanese and the US ended the war

[@Alexander79080]

GamingThisEra The US fought the Japanese, Britain didn’t do shit

[@bapo224]

@@Alexander79080 British repelled the Japanese from India and fought them in Malaysia, Indonesia and Indochina. Though when I say "British" I mean soldiers bearing the British flag, as most of them were actually colonial troops from India and Australia.

[@Alexander79080]

Baponator With the help of the Indians and Chinese, America turn the tides of both fronts and put way more effort into it. In fact, if the US didn’t supply Britain after Germany invaded France, then Britain probably would have fell

[@gamingthisera6339]

@@Alexander79080 the British protected us the locals, you dumbass

[@rozky-ul3zx]

I save you 15minutes of time! Answer is: They were too busy fighting eachother

[@legoleviathan6411]

Don’t worry, I already knew, just here to see the comments

[@replicantMK2]

Thank you

[@alexanderweigand6758]

What else?

[@stefterbraak5074]

Cool..

[@markqualec]

My dog

[@sleros8646]

* reads title * * opens EU4 and selects Brandenburg * Time to change history

[@nachopouso8770]

A man of culture I see

[@nachopouso8770]

*Discipline 150%*

[@erkan-9255]

Space marines

[@imperiumCirca41]

@@nachopouso8770 French Revolutionaries: *Im About to end this Mans Whole Career*

[@nachopouso8770]

@@imperiumCirca41 Same with coalitions

[@minakat369]

As king of Spain, Charles the 1st ruled over much of the New World. But as Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, those lands where separate from his Empire. After decades of fighting wars, he realized that in totality that was too much area for one man to rule over. His brother was elected Holy Roman Emperor and his son Philip inherited the Spanish Empire, and with it, all her colonies in the Americas.

[@mightyelf2660]

haha Kingdom Come: Deliverance reference?

[@mariussanchez3849]

Spain didn't have colonies atleast in America.

[@jdheryos4910]

The Spanish Tercios often fought side by side with the German Tercios at sea and on land. Empire definitions includes military. In the Spanish speaking world Charles whether 1or 5 has always been accorded and accepted as Emperor of the Roman Empire. The misnomer that was created by the phenomenon of the Black Legend which was created by humanist and protestant intellectuals to delegitimize Charles and the Empire then and ever since.

[@mariussanchez3849]

@taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty jesus christ, using Wikipedia fully of black legend from hre propaganda. Viceroy is an extension of territory of castile. It is castile itself, all the America, pls stop talking shit. Would be great if you stop making more false statements.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

and of course, the Philippines ruled in his name

[@Cyricist001]

England, and France: we rule the world with all our resources, manpower and overseas markets! Germany: I don't have any of that and can still take on you two combined.

[@nohandsajkula5842]

@Simon Turpin yeah, surely. Like ussr and usa didn't helped you

[@NinjaArmyGaming]

@@nohandsajkula5842 fair point 😂😂😂

[@howardthealien2606]

Cyricist001 Germany had a colonial Empire... in Africa and Asia .....

[@Cyricist001]

@@howardthealien2606 Smaller than the two, not developed, Germany had to start from scratch with infrastructure. And it didn't last very long.

[@howardthealien2606]

Cyricist001 I know

[@rogerwilco2]

Are we a joke to you? - The Dutch Republic.

[@davestylehenry]

Ya really

[@edgarratsep3631]

Swamp germans were by themselves when they acquired colonies

[@lxi9648]

@@edgarratsep3631 They weren't even part of Germany anymore after 1648

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

@Edgar Rätsep The Dutch had proper colonies in the Americas before Spain recognized their independence (treaty of Westphalia). But The Netherlands is kind of an oddball in the colonization game as most of their international territories were more like trade posts; a means to an end, instead of "proper" colonies countries like England, Spain and France are known for. The colonization of South-Africa (apart from the Cape) wasn't even condoned by the state.

[@vincent5880]

@@edgarratsep3631 shut the fuck up Nazi bitch

[@bam1860]

Because it wasnt a unified state

[@immerweiter9005]

Of course it was a "unified state". It was an Feudal Empire The Empire of East Franconia developed to the Roman-German-Empire in 10th century. At the beginning it was much more centralized as some centuries later. But to deny that the HRE was an empire is absurd, cause all the reforms who gave the dukes more might was leigitmate by the institution of the empire "Reichstag". The Roman-German-Empire would never be able to conquer territories of northern italy, defending themself against the turks or french, when it was not an empire. Even the Emperor was able in the early era of HRE to take away the lands from a duke, if he broke his oath. Best example was Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa who disempower Heinrich the lion, who was duke of saxony and bavaria. he refused to follow the Emperor to mailand to crush the rebellion of the italians. i dont deny that the past development was later the death sign of the HRE but to call it an "early european union" is ridicules.

[@bam1860]

@@immerweiter9005 i was nowhere near a unified state during the age of exploration/colonialism

[@immerweiter9005]

@@bam1860 i guess the meaning of your statement is right, but your formulation is quite inappropriate. The HRE was until 1806 an empire but it was from the 16th century not able to do offensive warfare and territorial expansion. But it was still an unified empire cause of the fact, that the law of this empire was used for the legal protection and peacekeeping and for defence of the empire against foreign enemies. sure the 30 years war or the german dualism showed clearly that the feudalsystem of the HRE couldnt guarantee domestic stability in every case, but it was not completely useless. for example the defence of the territory of the HRE was able in the turkwars or the Palatinate War of Succession cause of an united army und the banner of the HRE.

[@immerweiter9005]

@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki the only ridicules thing here is that you wannabe historian denies the recognized historical research. the reason why the HRE got those domestic crisis you mentioned is that the german dukes got strong hegemony during the centuries. indiffernt of your absurd conclusions the HRE was an empire and existed from 10th century until 1806. this is the consensus of recognized historical research. potter seriously with the state affairs of the HRE and stop outting yourself as a historical revisionist.

[@immerweiter9005]

@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki you mention wikipedialinks ? a website were anyone can change facts? the german version of this wikipedialink says, and thats what serious historical works proof: " war die offizielle Bezeichnung für den Herrschaftsbereich der römisch-deutschen Kaiser" "was the official description of the dominion of the roman-german emperors" you only mention domestic crisis of the HRE but you ignore the fact that the HRE was an feudal empire with a constitution, an army and also the emperor who was able to take away the titles and lands from single german dukes if the broke their oath. even in the 30 years war there was an imperial army who fought for the will of the emperor. at this time the german dukes had far more hegemony then the early centuries. so what are you talking? you a wannabe historian who ridicously read wikipedialinks and think that this are serious sources. read: "Die deutschen Cäsaren" "www.uni-muenster.de/FNZ-Online/recht/reich/unterpunkte/nation.htm" and here are serious sources, unfortunately you are unable to understand german, so you are not able to potter with those sources like: "Samuel Pufendorf, Die Verfassung des deutschen Reiches. Erstausgabe 1667." "The constitution of the german empire 1667" potter with authentic sources or play somewhere else the wikipedia historian. vicarious embarassment.

[@gunterke]

There was a short lived Ostend Company, similar to the English, Dutch or French East India companies. The Southern Netherlands (more or less Belgium) was held by Austria and local merchants found a company to trade with "the east". They traded with ports in India, China (tea), Yemen (coffee) among others. They didn't hold colonial territory but did own several manufactories in various ports.They were pretty succesful, especially in the tea trade. And that succes basically killed them. Rival trading companies (Dutch and English) as well as nations (Prussia) didn't like Austria getting a lot of influence over international trade and they created treaties to abolish it. Much of the money behind the company became invested in the Danish East India Company who became equally succesful at trading in tea.

[@phillip_iv_planetking6354]

There was also a company literally called Austria East India Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_East_India_Company But the first one Austria had even before Ostend Company was the Imperial Privileged Oriental Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Privileged_Oriental_Company

[@micahistory]

The Holy Roman Empire's division was always its main issue

[@calebtimes453]

Imagine what it could have achieved if it was a united country

[@micahistory]

@@calebtimes453 indeed

[@crkcrk702]

@@calebtimes453 it would be France

[@constantinosvarsos9402]

The relationship between a German and the seas is equivalent to the relationship between a fish and a bicycle.

[@tylerperkinson1677]

Hansa?

[@CivilizedWasteland]

torpedoes you

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

The second german empire was the 3rd biggest colonial empire in the 19th century

[@arthurdewith7608]

Germany is dependent on the Netherlands and Poland for sea access hence the start of ww1 and ww2 to conquer these countries

[@almirante_kiko]

@@arthurdewith7608 FACT

[@kloppite1967]

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[@erikkr.r.m7380]

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[@TheDrumstickEmpire]

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[@Uhbaddydom]

Thanks

[@nicxe1204]

God bless you

[@anasevi9456]

The holy roman empire reminds me a lot of the Spring and Autumn-Warring states of china. Like the HRE it was basically a dis-unified mess of an 'empire'; where the only major accomplishments for 500+ years were of religious thought, and warfare technology. Only to have it finally unify by a powerful fringe state whose origins were fighting barbarians on the periphery [Qin for china and former Teutonic order Prussia for the HRE]. That being said HRE's biggest existential threat was outside empires such as France, Austria, Sweden and Russia, while the Zhou were thrashed and whittled down to nothing by 'vassals.'

[@imperiumCirca41]

It wasn't even an Empire it was literally a Jigsaw Puzzle

[@thekaiser6842]

Austria wasn’t an “outside empire” it WAS the Holy Roman Empire.

[@darak1455]

I mean your mostly right except Austria was part of the holy roman empire and ruled it all the way tell the end of reign of the HRE when napoleon dissolved it

[@imperiumCirca41]

@@thekaiser6842 wait no no no your Thinking of the Wrong timeline Thats in the 1800s

[@allangibson8494]

As the quote goes, it was neither Holy, nor Roman or an Empire.

[@stevenquest]

Pretty sure your local prince who owned the 5 nearby villages and The port couldn't make colonies..

[@perfectlyfine1675]

Because every state in the Holy Roman empire was just a few yards.

[@fyaycr]

Say that to Dutch

[@bertchintus4103]

I mean, he could, nothing would stop him lol, he just needs the financial means and some manpower lol. Now, being able to hold on them long-term, that's a different story lol

[@ottocooper4256]

That's his job though isn't it?

[@andrzej8144]

I believe Austria could have some colonies. They were the emperor and actually had quite massive land. Idk if they tried and failed though.

[@kaloarepo288]

German colonisation,from the early Middle Ages onwards was toward the east but not via sea -Germans settled in the eastern Baltic,in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,in Rumania etc.German armies like those of the Tuetonic knights fought the Slavic nations in what is now Kaliningrad (East Prussia).Under the German born empress Catherine the Great a great many Germans migrated to the Russian empire -descendants of many were to return to Germany post the collapse of the Soviet Union.During the time that many of the Portuguese colonies like Brazil were under the control of the Dutch many Germans were active in the Dutch empire.In the reigns of the Holy Roman rulers Charles VI and his daughter Maria Theresa there was an attempt to create an Austrian East India company operating largely from Ostend in the Austrian Netherlands(Belgium) but the vigilant British persuaded them to stop it fearing competition.

[@kaloarepo288]

@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki That would apply to the Germans who migrated to the Russian empire but in other areas of the eastern Baltic and eastern Europe generally there were states set up that were ruled by Germans like areas ruled by Teutonic knights(east Prussia) or by Baltic Germans like Courland(Present day Latvia) or by trading cities set up by the Hanseatic League.The areas around Berlin itself (The March of Brandenburg and extensive areas of eastern Germany were originally regions controlled by Slavic tribes like the Wends and Lusatians until these were dispossessed or germanised by invading German monarchs.Many German cities in this area like Dresden and Leipzig have names that are of Slavic origin.

[@kaloarepo288]

@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Your argument is easily debunked -I know the Hansa was not a state but the cities associated with the League had their own German origin law and effective extra-territoriality even if they were situated in non-German kingdoms like Poland.Just look at the history of Gdansk or Danzig -now in Poland but long associated with Germans and ruled by German Law -it was conquered by the Teutonic Knights and native population obliterated.The same situation applied to many other eastern Baltic cities like Riga in Latvia and Reval(Talinn) in Estonia.The Baltic German ruling classes were effectively colonial masters in most of this area down to the time of Russian annexation.Just examine the duchy of Courland(now Latvia) it was ruled by a German dynasty and itself had colonies in West Africa and in the Caribbean(Tobago)You have also ignored my comment about the tenth century and onwards expansion eastwards of the Holy Roman Empire(ie Germany) at the expense of the largely Slavic original inhabitants and the establishment of Marches(borderlands) in places like Berlin (Brandenburg) and Saxony(The Marca Geronis or Saxon March.Even Pomerania and Mecklenburg were originally Slavic with the Slavic Obotrites nation being dislodged from these areas early in the Middle Ages.Of course there was economic migration as well -promoted by Hungarian and Czeck kings because the skills brought by Germans were highly valued -that is the origin of the Saxon settlements in Transylvania ()now in Rumania)

[@KonradofKrakow]

In the middle ages many Germans moved to Poland in search of new opportunities, but to call them economic refugees would be an exaggeration. However, to call them colonial masters would also be an exaggeration. They were migrants. They were often welcomed for their various skills, so moving to Poland was simply a chance for a better life for them - and that it often was. Nevertheless, they still had to follow local rules and customs, and with time many assimilated into majority Polish culture (as it happened with Germans in Kraków) or strongly associated with Poland (as it was with Germans in Toruń or Gdańsk - for example Johannes Hevelius was a close friend of Polish King Jan III Sobieski) . Even though they were called colonists, it had very little to do with New World colonialism. They were called colonists only because they often arrived en-masse (but only after the implementation of treaties, such as Magdeburg law) and they settled areas emptied after the disastrous Mongol invasions. And while they did become a dominant force in many Polish towns and cities, with time they often fully assimilated into majority Polish culture, and their descendants have lived here since.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@KonradofKrakow In other words,keeping to the theme of this video"Why the German Holy Roman Empire had no colonies" it was because the Germans had other outlets for their energies and oppurtunities for their surplus populations -to eastern Europe and not across the seas to the Americas,Africa,India etc like Dutch,British,French et al.

[@inajumagazin1743]

Video: "Why did the Holy Roman Empire have no colonies?" Teutonic Order: "Am i a joke to you?"

[@andrzej8144]

Yeah teutonic order wasn't in the empire

[@zacharyyan4898]

Scotland even had a colony at some point around modern Panama. It was called the Darien plan.

[@carlosmarcial6201]

But they couldn't hold the tropical weather, and the diseases; also they tried to do the mirror trade trick to trade mirror for gold to the natives. By the end, Scottish colony was forced to leave.

[@abdullahowaisqureshi8541]

It failed and was the reason the UK exists today

[@2007CamryToyota]

@@carlosmarcial6201 Caaarloooooos!!!

[@Astropeleki]

That colony was the reason why eventually they went bankrupt and signed the Act of Union with England, birthing the United Kingdom

[@brun4775]

@@Astropeleki Birthing the Kingdom of Great Britain. The United Kingdom came about around 100 years later.

[@abeddani992]

'Not holy, neither Roman, nor empire' I can swear on all what I feel sacred that I thought of this at teenage years, first time I knew that Voltaire said this too.

[@JoaoAraujo-mv9en]

The age of exploration did not begin with Colombo's vaoyage. It was started many years prior by the portuguese.

[@imperiumCirca41]

Correction:It began with the Vikings,But they just never Documented It so Europe did not find out about that Discovery and also why is Vinland Is a Thing

[@minakat369]

@@imperiumCirca41 I would say that without the documentation, the discovery is irrelevant. It's all well and good to be the "first people" to plant your feet uncharted territory, but unless the discovery is chronicled & disseminated, in the scheme of history it's rather pointless. Ancient Egyptians and/or Phoenicians perhaps made the first real trips across the Atlantic, but no legitimate account survives, so we do not ascribe discovery to them. The Portuguese began the age of exploration, the Spaniards the age of discovery of the Americas (w/ considerable help from Italians), and the French, the British & the Dutch settlers made it an age of European exploration of the entire world.

[@ViriatoII]

Hehe, actually the Phoenicians and Carthaginians are the big forefathers of the discoveries, they went as far as central west Africa and documented it. But yeah, in the Medieval age the Portuguese were the first to document explorations.

[@gonzalo20000]

ViriatoII and what about the greeks?

[@Britishwolf89]

@@minakat369 The fact that there is evidence of a Viking settlement dating back to the dark ages on the coast of Canada is proof enough. That's what the 13th century texts called Vinland Sagas is all about. The Vikings were the first real explorers in history and it's thanks to them that many of these voyages later in history were possible.

[@durandal1909]

The reason why the HRE did not have colonies in the New World, was because of the revolts started by Martin Luther in the 1520's, which razed everything in the territory down, and later fragmented the entire Empire by a zillion yard-long principalities, thus weakening it irreparably. Factual truth is that Martin Luther's reforms succeeded, not because of its moral superiority over the Catholic church, but because these reforms were supported by german prince electors (Saxony and Hesse for instance) in order to break up from the authority of Emperor Charles V. German prince electors had never been in a situation whereby they actually would have to obey the Emperor. As this video points out, the HRE was more a fancy title on a piece of paper rather than an actual empire. However all this changed when Charles V was crowned in 1519. Charles the V was no puppet, neither would be manipulated in any form by any prince elector because his power DID NOT reside within the HRE, but principally came from his vast Kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula, Italian peninsula, as well as from the Viceroyalties in America (NO COLONIES BUT VICEROYALTIES - THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE). Charles V visualized a unified Christian Europe to counteract the influence and stop the expansion of Islam. Ironically, his rivals in England, Netherlands and France were simultaneously sealing secret pacts with Europe's greatest threat - Ottoman Empire led by "Suleiman the Magnificent" to attack Charles V's kingdoms. Charles V did support the idea of giving permission to German conquistadors to explore the New World until the Religious Wars commenced, then the Emperor concluded that this was too much of a risk, as it could transplant the conflict and chaos to the new World. 12:00 "... It never achieved the grand overseas empire such as the British and the French held" My respects to the British and French, but frankly the Spanish did way better in that sense. Just take a look at infrastructure built in Hispanic Viceroyalties vs. French or English - The Spanish built magnificent roads, aqueducts, bridges, universities, hospitals, forts, castles, etc. For instance, Mexico City had public sewage and drainage before Paris or London. German explorer Von Humboldt wrote in his notes that the richest cities in the continent were Lima in today's Peru and Mexico City. All the wealth fled the Viceroyalties as soon as the so-called "Independence wars" begun, but not before. Great vid!

[@erikachan7014]

SO TRUE!!!!

[@zedantXiang]

Any reform because of Moral superiority, just isnt a thing, there is always some kind of profit/loss involved.

[@ReinoldFZ]

Your comment has many inexactitudes. In Peru we understand those viceroyalties as colonies. What you call territories were already populated by us, well, our ancestors. Peruvians were not free to trade except with Spain, which then would use our resources and products to trade with Europe which in the end would produce inflation there. The rulers had to be Spaniards, Peruvians born from Spanish families had a bit less privileges, and so subsequently according to how indigenous it was a person, in the way of taxes. The richest cities that you mention were quite richer before Spaniards arrived. The leader of Lima had thousand of merchant ships and was precisely chosen by Spaniards for its wealth and ubication in relation to the sea. The infrastructure built is not comparable to the one we had, even Spanish chronists mention that the Qhapaq ñan, or imperial highway, is a work which only has comparation to the main roads of the Roman empire. We had our systems of sewage but Spaniards didn't understand them and destroyed them, so they replaces the infraestructure that allowed cities like Qosqo (Cusco) or Tenochtitlan to have 200 000 habitants for lesser infrastructure that allowed, like in Europe of that time, 20 000 at most. But the worst things was to leave a system rooted in corruption, which when independence wars (yes, they existed) were won, stopped to be Spanish heritage to be, sadly, our own heritage. I say this as an observation, not as blaming or so, that countries with strong influx of German or Italian population like Argentina, Uruguay or Chile developed better than Peru, Bolivia or Ecuador.

[@dudimen1525]

Basically the HRE never had colonies because of: civil war, a civil war and another fucking civil war.

[@mdtrw]

"King of the Romans" Rex Romani was the title HRE Emperors would gain before they are crowned Emperor. NOT "King of the Germans"

[@lxi9648]

Also rex teutonicorum

[@SchmulKrieger]

Es gab das sogenannte Reichsitalien und das Reich der Deutschen. Rex Romanorum et Teutonicorum. Rex Romani ergibt keinen Sinn, da Romani hier des Römers heißt. Also Rex Romani einfach König des Römers bedeutet.

[@mikesatthehelm5115]

Rex Romanorum, not Rex Romani

[@AVKnecht]

@@SchmulKrieger Romanes eunt domus!

[@SchmulKrieger]

@@AVKnecht Romani ite domum!

[@bapo224]

I think you should have used a different map of the HRE, as this image constantly contradicts what you're saying since it includes the Netherlands as part of the HRE.

[@Pizza7478]

I mean, it WAS part of the HRE for a bit. Just as some parts of France were. It's just that they broke off before the Hazburgs, what most people think of when they think "HRE" came into power

[@bapo224]

@@Pizza7478 It wasn't part of the HRE in the time period he's talking about is my point. That was several centuries earlier.

[@dream-67]

Absolutely! Makes no sense at all to include the United Provinces of the Netherlands in this map considering the timeframe and the subject of empire of this video, such glaring errors!

[@TheErnestCline]

Also confusing charlamgne's 'holy roman empire' with the austro-hungarian "holy roman empire". The habsburgs got the title through forged documents, no other reason and they didn't run states in what is now germany like the maps show. And what a lack of detail about what colonisation actually entailed. It failed cos the natives attacked them (wonder why), they ran out of money (and resources after usually stripping the land of anything they could), and tropical diseases (speak for themselves bringing so much illness and death to the new world). Nevermind the trickery, massacres, forced displacement, slavery, internment... etc! How one could make a video about failed colonial projects without mentioning their genocidal reality is a bit ridiculous

[@elseggs6504]

@@TheErnestCline My brother in Christ: Did it ever occur to you that colonization is pretty damn broad when talking about dozens of different states? Like Scandinavians and Rus' colonizing the North of Europe? You claim they stripped the lands out of every ressources they could while it couldnt be even further from the truth. Its quite like setting up a moonbase would be for us: Sure, maybe Egypt could launch a few Rockets, but they'd be bankrupt before they get anything out of it. And tropical diseases? Dude, the only place where that was a legitimate hindrance was Africa and even that changed in the 1800s. That still didnt keep anyone from settling the coasts such as Portugal. You are listing the consequences of successful colonization as reasons for why it failed. Even then, Spanish colonies did keep the Natives alive. The Nahuatl are still around for instance. So yes, I suggest sticking to facts regarding the topic at hand instead of going full "White Guilt"

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

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[@CoffeeSuccubus]

Short Answer: it wasn't United. Long answer: only Brandenburg but that's it.

[@dilbyjones]

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[@micahistory]

I had no idea there was colony in the Guyanas very interesting

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[@TheDangerbreed]

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[@Grace-cx9zu]

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[@ieuanhunt552]

Because it was such a fuster cluck internally that it could never unify to the point where it could project its power overseas.

[@wilhelmii6221]

Brandenburg and Prussia had colonies in the time of the HRE.

[@alexwenzel6270]

Brandenburg and Prussia were basically the same state as far as the age of colonialism is concerned, and the original Prussia was never part of the HRE.

[@wilhelmii6221]

@@alexwenzel6270 Not all of prussia was in the HRE, yes and the two states merged in times of the HRE

[@elseggs6504]

@@alexwenzel6270 Not at all. Prussia was ruled by Poles at that time

[@user-wp4oh3zn5e]

Many explorers were italian, Columbus was Born in Genoa not in Madrid. John Cabot was actually named Giovanni Caboto Born in Gaeta, south Italy. Gianni da Verrazzano, italian too. Americo Vespucci gave his name to the whole continent. Italy had no colony in America.

[@gengis737]

After the first wave of Conquistador, colonies were mostly settled by merchants, who had to make the over-expensive travel profitable. Dutch were the western trade nation of Holy Roman Empire. They built such a colonial empire that they could get independent from the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. Their empire, grounded on free market at low price, was destroyed by England, which imposed protectionist market at high price under the paid "protection" of Royal Navy. The other trade power of Germany, the Hansa, had already a much more profitable market : Eastern Europe. While Hansa cities specialised in manufacturing and trade, serfdom became massive in Eastern Europe (contrary to Western Europe, were it decreased), to provide local landlords agricultural goods to sell. So Hansa did not need to bother to invest heavily in lenghty and perilous travels, fortified harbours, slaves, when the magnats and boyards provided cheap labour and goods just next door.

[@victorb.gonzalez6817]

It turns out that Emperor Charles V tried to make a unified state of the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire in the image of what his grandmother Queen Elizabeth had done in Spain, but many of the nobles rebelled against him for that reason, using the excuse of the new Lutheran religion, which also allowed them to enrich themselves (even further) by expropriating the possessions of the Catholic Church in their territories. By the way, Columbus was not Italian at that time, since Italy did not exist then, just as Germany did not exist either. In any case, it would be Genoese (not sure), nationalized Spanish and signed his name as "Pedro", not "Pietro", because Cristofer Columbus was not his real name.

[@adrian7856]

What a pity, a unified Germanic-Spanish Empire would have been amazing.

[@durandal1909]

So delighted that finally someone is shedding some true light into this controversial subject. Greetings from Canada!

[@humblelad]

man reads a history book and decides he has figured it all out, just because some labels are anachronistic doesn't make them inaccurate

[@nomennescio8862]

He did speak Italian and Italy was already recognised as geographical real region of Europe You re argument is invalid Without a random italian , the spanish wouldnt have had their little empire ;)

[@KILLRAPEDIE]

My understanding is that he was not trying to do that and chose not to further that goal at any opportunity. Also the last part is just pure cope, Columbus was Italian 😂

[@countdown4725]

They didn't have large cities near the coast or large harbors. Their largest were like Lübeck and Bremerhaven

[@lxi9648]

Ever heard of the German Hansa? There are probably more coastal cities in Germany than in most of Europe. Kalen, Brügge, Middelburg, Rotterdam, Harlem, Dordrecht, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Gröningen, Stade, Bremen, Lübeck, Hamburg, Kiel, Schleswig, Rostock, Greifswald, Cöslin, Stolp, Danzig, Königsberg, Riga

[@stasiugaska2838]

Tanya von Degurechaff Listing dutch cities is kind of missing the point. Dutch were either the subject of Spain (colonial empire) or ruled as their own sovereigns (Netherlands, also a colonial empire), the fact that de iure these lands were supposed to be the part of HRE is unimportant since de facto these lands were under control of different state. Let’s just say that at this point, during colonial age, no one cared about feudalism anymore. Riga and Danzig were not even part of HRE. Yes, their inhabitants were predominantly Germans but it doesn’t mean that the city was located in Germany.

[@lxi9648]

@@stasiugaska2838 Entirely wrong, the Netherlands were part of the HRE untill 1648 and even under direct imperial control until 1556. Riga was a free imperial city until 1581. Danzig and part of the western Teutonic trade cities also were part of the HRE, because it was a requirement for joining the Hansa.

[@stasiugaska2838]

Tanya von Degurechaff You are right in case of Riga, my bad. In 1549 Charles V issued an pragmatic sanction saying that 17 provinces situated in Dutch lowlands were to be treated as one undivided administrative unit and also inherited by the senior line of house of Habsburg, which in this case was the line of Spanish monarchs. This means that at the moment when Philippe II accented to the throne Netherlands were no longer part of HRE, since Philippe was not an emperor but Spanish king. Also 1648 is only a date when the Netherlands were recognized as an independent country, but at this point it was and independent state for almost a century. Speaking about Danzig, I’m not sure you are right either. To begin with, since 1466 Danzig was part of kingdom of Poland and an event which could be marked as a start of age of colonization is discovery of Americas, which have happened in 1492. So at this point listing Danzig among large German seaports, capable of potential colonization just seems out of place. Also I do not think that you are entirely right saying that in order for a city to be a part of Hanseatic League, it had to be part of HRE. Cracow (don’t ask me why, but I was) was also part of Hansa for a short time and at the same time it served as a capital of polish kingdom. Other example is Bergen in Norway. Perhaps you meant German/Hanseatic quarters in these cities, these quarters were known for following German law system and being to some degree independent from the legislature of the whole state. You could perhaps bring some sources, maybe again either me or you have missed something.

[@Char444]

Lol also don't forget the French and English presence around German seas.. It was nearly impossible to pass around the English

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

The channel releases videos regularly, with an easy to understand and interesting historical recap. Hope the channel produces more interesting historical videos☺☺

[@MCorpReview]

Interesting. Didn't realize the connection between venice and venezuela 😀😎great vdo

[@m.a.8335]

Wie wäre wohl die Entwicklung der Welt verlaufen, wäre das Heilige Römische Reich eine Zentralmacht gewesen wie England und Frankreich?

[@zacharybrandt8345]

Ich habe keine Antwort darauf, aber es ist eine interessante Idee.

[@aaa-to3kb]

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[@godzzilacarioca8580]

What he say

[@Nico-cq4ic]

Um Nein?

[@TomAndersonn]

@@godzzilacarioca8580 for you to learn German.. or how to use Google translate

[@SciFi2285]

The HRE was never in charge of any expedition due to religious and factional infighting. But German settlers and mercenaries were present in a number of early colonial ventures. Usually Protestants working for the Dutch or British. Colonies with a strong German presence from the very beginning include New Amsterdam (1624), Cape Town (1652) and Pennsylvania (1681).

[@smartcat7901]

Amazing! Very interesting!

[@cavendermary3954]

I like this. It helps to simplify this history by telling the WHY behind it!!❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@princeofarabia7715]

Simple answer: Geography

[@almirante_kiko]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@almirante_kiko]

@@davidkener3754 Partially Dominated European Trade (or what has left of it after the fall of Rome) ,but look Europe had ben invaded South by Arabs, north by vikings,East by Mongols Slavic... SO There was not many people to do the trade at that point

[@balabanasireti]

@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki He's not really wrong. It's just that both of you are right.

[@alexanderweigand6758]

@@davidkener3754 With some of the hanseatic Ports startet the Dutch there own Empire after Independent from HolyEmpire in 1648. With Wood from the black forest. So this should also be possible before 1648. But nothing like this happens.

[@Daniell379]

@@almirante_kiko poop

[@aaron-n]

Aw I thought this was going to be Vlad Part 2 I just watched the first one and subscribed lol.

[@Knowledgia]

It's coming! Thanks for watching!

[@anubisd613]

@@Knowledgia 🇷🇴😍❤️

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

I have wondered about this, interesting video.

[@micahistory]

The main reason was because it wasn't even a country

[@imperiumCirca41]

Well actually it kinda was Because do to it was Fragmented It still had a King Ownership connected to One throne giving A Bit of Legitimacy As a Country

[@csfelfoldi]

@@imperiumCirca41 It was basically the same as the EU just with less electors and a monarch on the top instead of a parliament. For outsiders both look fragmented and united at the same time. Both have/had common military and trade policies while having ethnic divisions and feuding countries inside.

[@TheLocalLt]

Micahistory 2 yes it was it was a united realm with an elective monarchy from before it was called the HRE until it’s dissolution. It was severely weakened after the 30 years war and Prussia later broke away but that doesn’t discount everything before that! Bad comment

[@ChrisDynamo]

3 minutes in and the narrator is still wasting time, not even close to the point, talk about dragging a topic out for ad money. Disgraceful.

[@imperiumCirca41]

@@csfelfoldi Yes

[@immad9706]

Why Ottomans didnt have colonies in America?

[@bbdeking162]

Too busy dying

[@faithlesshound5621]

There may have been Turkish settlers in the South of what became the USA: ancestors of the Melungeons?

[@andres6868]

Because to reach America they have to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, controlled by the Spaniards since 1492. Same reason Italy or any Mediterranean power couldn't have any colonies in America

[@botchamaniajeezus]

no need to do so, and doing so would cut in to their existing profits. kinda like the same way kodak went away, to change would have meant the collapse of the already working model

[@AtmaureanNoble7]

The Ottoman had dominion in America as part of the Ottoman/Moorish empire. Selim III was a signator of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship at Tunis. I mean even the 1795 Treaty with Algiers(now Minnesota) was originally written in the Turkish, not the Arabic.

[@allangibson8494]

Germany did have overseas colonies prior to the first world war - Nambia and Papua being examples. Earlier the Prussians were busy colonising Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

[@biliminsrlar5752]

HRE was dead when Germany was formed.

[@allangibson8494]

@@biliminsrlar5752 Prussian adventures in the east dated to the 1100's.

[@A.K.sensationalplan]

Awesome very nice informative and athletic video ❤❤❤❤❤

[@hvermout4248]

Klein-Venedig: that was a clever trick that Charles V pulled on that German!

[@swamidude2214]

You could say the Dutch were the port of Germany. Many goods from the new world and east were traded up the Rhine river and to the east sea towards the Hansa cities. Also the Dutch got most of their mercenaries from German states and a lot of colonists and voc recruits came from neighbouring German states. Yes the Netherlands was no longer a part of the holy roman empire at that point, but especially in western Germany the Dutch golden age also had its influence. The Netherlands was rich, but lacked in manpower, which was often drafted in the German states bordering. I ones read that the voc actively recruited shipcrews there since they needed people the man the ships. Basically like a true multinational would do. I dont know the exact numbers on it, maybe its not that much with colonizing.

[@hazzmati]

swami dude interesting. I didn’t know the dutch republic had recruited so many men from neighbouring german countries. That would have given them the manpower needed to fight the spanish

[@swamidude2214]

@@hazzmati I dont know the exact numbers on it. But in several battles in the Netherlands they are mentioned, for example in the battle for Mookerheyde en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mookerheyde I cant seem to find any source with real numbers, so dont know if it was significant. Maybe I read it somewhere in a book or heard of it in a documentary or museum. At least as far as I know especially in the early days during the Spanish war Willem of orange even fled to Germany for a while to raise German support. Might be interesting to look into, but in the Dutch golden age many people migrated to the Netherlands from all over Europe, freethinkers, artists, scholars and merchants, since the Dutch enlightment meant many could live there free of some of the oppression that catholic monarchies still had.

[@saxtonhalegaming]

"You actually think that the Holy Roman Empire was Holy, Roman, and an Empire instead of repeating the same brainless quote from Voltaire?" Yes Also "I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know - namely, that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog - just like a brute. That is his reward!" -Mozart

[@dakota6050]

The emperor was crowned by the pope (holy) ruled by an emperor (empire) and claimed to be romes successor (like every other political entity at that time)

[@tishireimiriam4056]

Дуже радий цьому каналу,дуже цікаве викладення)

[@davidjones535]

New game every time he says Holy Roman Empire take a shot you'll be drunk in the first tree minutes and wasted by the end .

[@tf2664]

Technically the Spanish Habsburgs had control of the Spanish Empire

[@noriv6480]

Alemán por fuera Español por dentro odio ser principe de esas tierras Felipe de Hamburgo

[@biggy06605]

Wow this is so interesting. Didn’t know venezuela started off like that

[@micha2909]

That's even what its name means. Venezuela = Little Venice.

[@Peristerygr]

Actually they were blocked by powers with greater access to the ocean and also those powers had better navies.

[@davestylehenry]

I've always wondered this

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

The Weslers are said to be the descent of the famous Byzantine General: Flavius Belisarius , 1000 years ago

[@BughunterX]

Actually the family name was Welser, not Wesler!

[@MooShaka89]

Knowledgia has a habit of mispronouncing words it's baffling.

[@Santeria78]

Yes, Welser

[@AlphaSections]

Soo....Albert Wesker didn't colonize Venezuela?

[@2007CamryToyota]

@@AlphaSections You mean Klein-Venedig

[@InTeCredo]

Gee, never thought of that question!

[@ulrichrudhardt6549]

They are called wellser not wessler but u did a good job keep it up.

[@BASTYK14710]

If only they kept Venezuela, today there'd be oil rich independent German state in South America instead of Venezuela. It would probably go independent after WW1 or WW2 :)

[@marianoslender9897]

The germans were never interested in the creations of permanents colonies, thet just wanted quick gold and leave (el Dorado), they did not get along with the natives nor the spanish/criollos in Coro (they almost Allied forces against the germans). Just like the HRE is not the powerfull Germany of XIX century, the german influence, especially at that time, do not guarantee the future of a country Greetings from Venezuela :)

[@joeblow5178]

@@marianoslender9897 hopefully one day all of South America will again be reunited as one large country. Large countries are able to withstand outside pressure. ** Then North & South America could unite.Hahaha

[@XxLIVRAxX]

Rather doubtful, chances are that a plantation and hacienda economy would have remain the primary economic model, not a society based on commerce. Suriname's Dutch past or Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago british legacy have not made those countries first world nations.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

@@joeblow5178 That's actually and old aspiration, a commercial, monetary and custom union of sorts could bring foward the largest economy on the planet.

[@diegoflores9237]

We can play the if game all day long. What if the muslims werent stopped by the french at the pyrenees? We would have an islamic europe today

[@Michael-wn4jj]

After 30-years war the HRE was nothing else than a paper tiger and being its emperor nothing else than a prestige title no other in western Europe got. If the today Netherland would have kept into HRE, may be NY would still speak dutch.

[@allangibson8494]

It also wouldn't be New York. New Amsterdam more likely. The rest of the Boroughs are still carrying mostly Dutch names.

[@zedantXiang]

USA would have likely invaded it during its expanding stages. It was not afraid of war and would have probably just attacked NYC because its a strategic place.

[@alltnorromOrustarNorrland]

Could u please say “ The Holy Roman Empire” a little more often?

[@shmeck4994]

The Netherlands, "Am i a joke to you?"

[@markhollis5850]

So… the Dutch were not part of the Holy Roman Empire? They colonized what is now New York City, naming it New Amsterdam and had colonies in the West Indies. The map you show for the Holy Roman Empire includes the Netherlands.

[@Comred1]

Well, after 1568, they weren't a part of it anymore. Not in the eyes of the Dutch anyway.

[@carlosmarcial6201]

The person who made this video is an ignorant. What would you expect?

[@rager1969]

Yesterday, I learned on Jeopardy that Venezuela means little Venice. Today, this video taught that it was originally called Klein-Vendig, which means the same thing in German. I also didn't know the name Klein meant small, so double learning bonus.

[@patrickwilding7619]

Who is author of background music in the beginning of video?

[@_o..o_1871]

“Why did the Holy Roman Empire have no colonies?” Because it is indeed “holy” 😅

[@thetedmang]

2 minutes in and not a single fact was given beyond the title name

[@thecakeisalie6392]

HRE couldn't even dream of exists as an united, single nation...

[@frapiment6239]

Portugal literally start the era of the discovery's and discover half of the world. The trade maritime trade route to India was discovered by Vasco da Gama.

[@wktorzjawinski2052]

No Vikings?? 🌊🌊🌊

[@frapiment6239]

@@dogchamp7924 I am not speaking about isolated sailors but the era of the discoveries.

[@kafon6368]

But they did. It's called England, France, Lombardy, Vandal Kingdom, and Asturias ;)

[@Mekalor]

They were Iron Age colonizers! :D

[@Iosef-if5dc]

That's not how it works

[@ratatosk8935]

Also East Germany...

[@rydyly1734]

4:16 Monumental? More like Continental! Well actually 2 continental discoveries.

[@kitchenchicken8850]

8:37 the starks VS the martels

[@anjribird4086]

Klein-Venedig: Am I a joke to you?

[@petersteenkamp]

No across-ocean colonies, but in the late medieval era, the Holy Roman Empire did have a large colony in the Baltic area called Terra Mariana.

[@kacodemonio]

Welser not Wesler!

[@Blue-jd8jf]

👑Charles V, I speak: 🇪🇸Spanish to God † 🇮🇹Italian to women💃 🇫🇷French to men 👨 🇩🇪German to my horse 🐴

[@carlosmarcial6201]

I don't know if that's true. You know, Charles V had so many enemies - Francis I of France even allied with Turks; protestant deformers and Henry VIII of England hated him so much and spread fake news and fake stories. Holy-Roman-German Empier could have saved and reconquered Constantinople, reconquered Palestine, reconquer North of Africa (including Egypt). But the crybabies screwed up everything.

[@Sam-wt1cx]

@@carlosmarcial6201 conquerering Constantinople??😂 Lol at the time of Charles V,,Ottomans were the most superior army on the ground,,Habsburgs avoided confrontations with them in the reign of Suleiman I since they saw what happened to the last army(Hungarians) that faced Ottomans in the open battlefield.Charles even recognized Suleiman as the "True Caeser" and Charles himself was only acknowledged as the "King of Spain" and his brother Ferdinand used to pay yearly tribute to Ottoman Empire

[@nicholasthorn1539]

Because only a horse would've understood his German?

[@nncapela]

Astonishingly this documentary managed to go through the discoveries topic virtually obliterating Portugal from the whole story. Wow!

[@fakeskyler2305]

(Clicks on video about the HRE) "So Voltaire once said . . ." (Clicks off video)

[@beanlordjoe1060]

Is it just me or does this guy speak really bizarrely, he’ll speak really normally and with no errors but then either miss out words like ‘the’ which would make it make sense, or will have a really weird and noticeable pause at random intervals. I feel like I’m going just slightly mad listening to it.

[@hazzmati]

no it's not just you. The grammar is really off and the narrator just sucks just like you said. It's all garbage.

[@goganii]

I think he uses a text to speech, because if you watch older videos, you'll realise ge has a foreign accent

[@lightarrow1684]

English is not his mother tongue...

[@crazzywasp]

I love how these monarchs gave incredibly huge chunks of unexplored land to repay some debts... Similar to the Alaska Purchase to pay for the Tsar's son's wedding.

[@stefangrobbink7760]

Talks about the colonial powers, and includes the Netherlands. Also shows the Netherlands as part of the HRE. That really grinds my gears. The Netherlands was part of the HRE, and was ruled over by the spanish king, until it got its independance after the 80 years war. It is only after that that the Netherlands began its colonial empire, more than 100 years after the spanish. So technically, there was a colonial empire in the HRE, and it was the part that had access to the atlantic ocean. They just weren't part of the HRE when they were a colonial power.

[@sandycheeks6748]

I think that next to geographical position, indeed the facts that 1) the reformation caused major upheaval for decades in the HRM, as well as 2) that the 30-years-war weakened the area for a century at least, cannot be overstated as the major reasons that even the Netherlands (part of the HRM, actually until 1648), did more than the rest of today's German and Austrian areas on those colonial efforts. Looking back, perhaps for the better, actually.

[@thepunadude]

BECAUSE THE POPE HAD EVERY KING/QUEEN BY THE SHORT AND CURLIES ... THEY DID THE POPES WORK!

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I am become protestant Cunt of worlds

[@rogerwilco2]

Yeah right. - The Dutch Republic. We follow no pope's orders.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I want to divorce my wife.

[@kaiserkatze5428]

Wait, I thought the Netherlands is part of the Holy Roman Empire, right? So if the Netherlands have colonies, the Holy Roman Empire has colonies.

[@bastiann93]

Before the Netherlands had colonies, it went for indepence in 1581 so technically not really

[@truenorth7754]

House Saxe Coburg - Gotha might be something you want to look into.

[@UmVtCg]

You mention the Netherlands rightfully as a global empire and then you show The Holy Roman Empire including the Netherlands

[@conradhansen6180]

Wasn't briefly Venezuela part of the HRE due to Augsburg owning it?

[@perfectlyfine1675]

Yes, "Little Venice" it was called. That's where Venezuela has it's name, Venice.

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

The Netherlands (which then included the territory of Belgium) became an independent state at the end of the Thirty-Years'-war in 1648. The Netherlands founded colonies overseas in Indonesia, Guayana and - until 1664 - Manhatten ("Nieuw Amsterdam" which later became New York). The other German territories belonging to the Holy Roman Empire were either situated in the hinterland without access to the North Sea coast, or the port cities being souvereign republics, like Hamburg or Bemen, were to small to found colonies. Apart from the port cities mentioned, the German territories were rural until the 19th century and had no seafaring and maritime tradition. There was no involvement in overseas trade.

[@mrworldwide3846]

think like this, if your home is just kept together and alot of people in that house hate eachother, so, do you 1 try to unite the diffrent people to be more cohesive or do you 2 start a new terretoty whilst you have problems in ur own home and leave the other people in that house to be killed by the french and ottomans?

[@antonioarcano7989]

A simplification? it's true what he said it was neither of those three.....

[@sorinzagorschi5049]

Why Ottomans didn’t have colonies 🤔

[@GTAandApplechannel]

Sorin Zgr because they don’t think the new world is that important

[@sorinzagorschi5049]

Maybe

[@heavenhate7800]

@Theo Lionheart peri ries map they had the whole americas mapped out but was not important

[@Wiktorino1984]

They have to control conquered countries like Russia.

[@MussNdSchmeckeMussWirkeKollege]

Im not sure but they saved north africa (magreb) from the french

[@bosnianbeast1669]

4:07 Italian Explorer Christopher Columbus hahaahhahaha omg

[@quickrat3348]

Examples like these show how relevant the Spanish Empire was. Many European powers tried but just left with empty hands after some years. Spaniards were there for almost 4 centuries.

[@theamericanguy1969]

The Netherlands was not part of this “empire” nor was Denmark

[@perfectlyfine1675]

The Netherlands was part of this empire since before its creation until 1648, that's 700 years.

[@bastian8763]

@@perfectlyfine1675 1588* not 1648