American Reacts Famous European Crowns

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[UsefulCharts]

Hey... just saw that you reacted to a bunch of my videos. Cool stuff 😜

[boskee]

"I reckon it's worth like 15 million"
*cut*
"Oh, I don't know what happened there, but I reckon it costs like 2 billion"
*narrator reveals it's worth around 2 billions*
"Yeah!"

[stephenglenn]

Ex jeweller here and diamonds are cut the way they are to get the maximum refraction of light within there stone. In essence you are right it makes it sparkle more in layman's terms

[FlorinDaniel]

The Romanian Crown is made from the steel of a cannon captured by the Romanian Army from the Ottomans during its War of Independence. And I think that's badass.

[panther]

Charlemagne died in 814. Otto the Great became King of East Francia/Germany in 936 and was crowned as Emperor in 962. Between them, there were quite a few other "Roman" Emperors, but the entity we know as the HRE wasn't really founded by any one of them or Charlemagne. It was founded by Otto the I. "the Great". If you want to know more about this, watch the video about the family tree of the Holy Roman Emperors by Useful Charts. :)

[あかし中村]

7:51 no there is purpose for that 😐
It's because of the gem's total internal reflation angels.

[nedesp]

The 'proclamation' of the king in Spain, is more or less the same in the Netherlands, the new king or queen is investitured, never crowned, in a joint meeting of the full parliament ('house' and 'senate', which are the 2nd and 1st Chamber in the NLs)

[martingregory]

48cm is the circumference so measure around the crown from the same start and finish point and 48cm is what you will get .

[antoineduchamp]

Connor you always come out with very down to earth comments.... I have got to like listening to your down to earth questions and statements. Your questions are super sensible. I wish I were.

[AndrewwarrenAndrew]

The crown of King John was lost with a lot of his treasure on the east coast of britain.

[panther]

The Western Roman Empire wasn't really dissolved, the western EMPEROR was forced to abdicate. Technically, there had always been only one undivided Roman Empire, just being ruled by two Emperors, one in Constantinople and one in Milan/Ravenna. So in 476, the "eastern" Emperor just became the single ruler again - in theory. In practice, a bunch of germanic tribes took possession of the western provinces and created their own kingdoms there while still technically accepting the Emperor in Constantinople as their overlord. Those tribes were:
- the Franks (in Gaul)
- the Burgundians (in Burgundy and the Provence)
- the Visigoths (in southern Gaul and later in Spain)
- King Odoacer in Italy, who was quickly overthrown by the Ostrogoths
- the Vandals (in North Africa).

Later, Emperor Justinian tried to reconquer the western provinces. Belisarius defeated the Vandals and Ostrogoths, but Constantinople's power was too overstrechted to hold Italy and Africa for long. Northern and central Italy was conquered by the (germanic) Lombards/Langobards and the Franks swallowed up the Burgundians. Egypt, Syria and Africa were conquered by the Muslims in the 700s, who also defeated the Visigoths in Spain, before they were eventually halted by the frankish leader Charles Martell (the grandfather of Charlemagne). Charlemagne himself conquered a number of pagan germanic tribes and eventually defeated the Lombards in Italy. He controlled most of Italy, excluding the future Papal States. When he was crowned as "Roman Emperor", he was seen as THE Roman Emperor, successor of Augustus, Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. (Because at the time, Irene of Athens sat on the throne in Constantinople and the Pope and Charlemagne argued that a woman couldn't be Emperor, so the imperial theone was vacant in their opinion).

Since 476, there was always only ONE Roman Emperor. One Emperor, one Empire. Technically fractured and largely disfunctional, but in the minds of the people, it still existed in some capacity. It was the political point of reference. So there wasn't really a "Holy Roman Emperor" nor a "Byzantine Emperor". They were both THE one and only roman emperor - each of them just thought that they were the REAL one, while the other was an ursupator.

[desiredmanga]

Quite good explained the "procclamation" of the kings of Spain. Nonetheless, say that Spain had jewel crowns too, but sadly were robbed during the napoleonic invassion and since then have been missing. The tradition of "procclamation" comes from medieval ages in Castille, and even before- visigothic kings were chosen not based on lineage-, basically because representation and cities power was so important that kings could barely do anything alone (they needed the taxes and the army on their side), they should "jurar los fueros" ( vow the privileges of the cities) if they wanted a "pacific" government, otherwise he (or she, in Castille women could reign) would be seen as a "tyrant". Usually this system didn't mean to get rid of kings and their succesor if they weren't doing the thing, but more like to obligue them to do the vows (Ferdinand VII, a relatively modern king, didn't wanted to vow for the Constitution, cause he had an ideal of being an absolutist monarch, a funny annecdote tells that a furious priest entered in the king's cabinet with a gun in one hand and the Constitution in other, shouting at him: You will swallow it, or I'll make you swallow it!). Also add usually the custom was to do some kind of thanksgiving mass, so it's not that it isn't a non-religious ceremony all along the history but it's just a secondary question and nowadays it's just a more laic thing.

[jonathangoll]

The Imperial State Crown does indeed contain some historic gemstones. The Black Prince's "Ruby" was worn by Henry V in his battle-helmet at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
There are two videos in which Elizabeth II discusses the Crowns, one at the time of her Coronation, one quite recently. She is of course quite matter-of-fact about them!

[panther]

I think the bohemian crown seen in the picture is actually a replica, so it looks a little bit cheap. The original one is not on display (locked away), so I guess it looks a little bit fancier. Perhaps more like the polish replica crown.
Note: I was wrong, it is the real crown. See the comment below.

[antoineduchamp]

Clever lad! you got the Byzantine place of origin of the crown!! you are getting pretty good!

[TheSkootenbeeten]

Oh I love that edit with the estimation. Brilliant

[mixlllllll]

32:14 Because all normal people use centimeters :D

[MsCheesemonster]

I prefer the older polished stones to the faceted ones, but that’s probably because the former are now more unusual today.

[FUNandGAMEAxelTlexA]

You can also say about the Russian wives of foreign rulers!) The younger sister of Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, wrote in her memoirs: “... the only ruling houses not connected with the Romanovs were the Habsburgs, the Bourbons and the house of Braganza...” Russian grand dukes married foreign princesses, princesses married rulers of other states.
The daughter of Yaroslav the Wise became the French queen, the granddaughter of Catherine II ruled in Weimar and participated in the Congress of Vienna, and the niece of Alexander II was appointed regent in Greece.
Anna Yaroslavna was the daughter of the Kyiv prince Yaroslav the Wise and the Swedish princess Ingigerda, who after baptism became Irina. No information about the princess’s life has been preserved in Russian chronicles, but she is often mentioned in foreign documents. The French historian François de Mézeret wrote that King Henry I “reached the fame of the charms of the princess, namely Anne... and he was fascinated by the story of her perfections.” The monarch asked for the hand of the Russian princess. The wedding took place in May 1051, on Trinity Day. During the ceremony, the bride refused to swear in the Latin Bible and took an oath in the Slavic church manuscript.
Anna Yaroslavna became co-ruler of Henry I. For a woman of that time, she received a good education: she spoke several languages, understood politics and medicine. Many state documents bore the signatures of both spouses or the king’s instructions: “With the consent of my wife Anne, ” “In the presence of Queen Anne.”
In 1052, the monarchs gave birth to an heir - the future ruler of France, Philip I. In 1059, while his father was still alive, the seven-year-old prince was crowned. When Henry died, Count Baudouin of Flanders was appointed regent and guardian of the minor monarch. However, Anna Yaroslavna still participated in government affairs, accompanied her son on trips around the country and signed documents with him. In the 1060s, the queen moved from Paris to the city of Senlis and founded the convent of St. Vincent there. A sculpture of Anna Yaroslavna with a miniature model of the temple in the palm of her hand was installed in the monastery church. On the pedestal of the sculpture there was an inscription: “Anna of Russia, Queen of France, erected this cathedral.”
Anna Petrovna - Duchess of Holstein.
Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter I and Catherine I, was born in 1708.
A groom was chosen for Anna Petrovna when she was only 13 years old. He became Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein, a state on the Baltic coast. He was a relative of the Swedish king Charles XII and had rights to the throne of this state.
Maria Pavlovna - Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
The third of six daughters of Paul I. In 1800, Paul I chose a groom for his daughter - Karl Friedrich, the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Karl Friedrich and Maria Pavlovna got married in August 1804. They spent their honeymoon in Pavlovsk and then went to Weimar. From that time on, Maria Pavlovna bore the title of Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
In Weimar, the Duchess studied German, literature, art history, and philosophy. One of her teachers and close friends was the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
. Maria Pavlovna also communicated with the famous German poet Friedrich Schiller. He dedicated the following lines to her:
"A tree from another country,
Transplanted by us
Grow up, take roots
In this soil, our home."
The Duchess, together with her brother Alexander I, participated in the Congress of Vienna, at which new borders of European states were determined. As a result of the congress, neighboring Saxe-Eisenach joined the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. In 1816, Maria Pavlovna returned to Weimar. There she founded vocational schools, schools for children from poor families, and shelters for street children. In the palace, the Duchess created a library with a free reading room. The summer court theater hosted musical performances for the townspeople. In 1826, Karl Friedrich ascended the throne, and his wife became the reigning duchess. Maria Pavlovna died in her palace in June 1859. She was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Weimar. The road along which the funeral procession walked was strewn with rose petals by the townspeople.
Olga Nikolaevna - Queen of Württemberg.
Olga Nikolaevna was the second daughter of Nicholas I. In 1846, the 23-year-old princess met Charles, the crown prince of the kingdom of Württemberg. Soon he proposed to Olga Nikolaevna. The wedding took place in July 1846, and the newlyweds moved to the capital of Württemberg - the city of Stuttgart. Olga Nikolaevna devoted almost all her time to charity. In Stuttgart, she founded a children's hospital, which was then named after her - Olgashospital, "Olga's Hospital". In 1856, the Princess of Württemberg created a society for the benefit of the blind, then opened a school for girls, which was later renamed the Royal Women's Gymnasium.
In 1871, Charles I, who by that time had already become King of Württemberg, established the Order of Olga in honor of his wife. This award was given for charity, helping the sick and wounded.
Olga Konstantinovna - Queen of Greece.
Her father was the younger brother of Alexander II, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich. She married the Greek King George I. George and Olga Konstantinovna were married in Tsarskoe Selo in October 1867. A few weeks later the newlyweds left for Athens. In Greece, Olga Konstantinovna became involved in charity work. In Piraeus, where the Russian fleet was stationed, she ordered the opening of a hospital for military sailors. The Queen founded medical courses for women and completed them herself.

[paulwillard]

You wouldn’t make a crown or any jewellery out of pure gold because it’s to soft and doesn’t have the same shine ✨