The Family that Dethroned the Habsburgs - The Wittelsbachs.

The Wittelsbach Kings and Emperors were influential during the 30 years war, the war of Austrian succession - and shaped how we see modern Europe. Today they lie mostly forgotten, despite their outsized impact on history.

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[adl]

Bro I really thought it was a video with like 400k view but 1.8k ? Seriously ? Underrated af bro. You deserve way more recognition

[historyofnetworktv]

Just binge watched all of your videos. Keep it up big bro.

[comicsheaven]

Your channel is criminally underrated bro ! Hope you get the recognition you deserve

[MorgenthauMusic]

Interesting! In Bavaria they are not forgotten in the least :) They also had two Holy Roman emperors (Ludwig IV. and Karl VII.) and a King of Germany (Ruprecht) who didn't become emperor.

The Battle of Mühldorf (1322), in which Ludwig IV. (Louis the Bavarian) of Wittelsbach defeated Friedrich (Frederick the fair) of the House of Habsburg, is considered one of the last classical medieval battles without any firearms, at least in Germany and Western Europe.

[unlocatd]

dude. wtf. 700 subs? are you serious. keep doing this man, this video was very entertaining

[lye-kfho]

I have a classmate who has Wittelsbach as her surname and when many people first meet her they think she is royal (she can't trace back to any nobility though, so it's not confirmed)

[emperorofpluto]

Bravo. Excellent video. Fascinating subject, awesome narration.

[paonippobemduro]

Pretty interesting. Surprising that the video is underrated.

[theholyinquisition]

The House of Wittelsbach has also not lost all of their land holdings and castles in Bavaria, unlike the House of Habsburg in Austria. They also remain very influential in the cultural scene in Bavaria and often take on representative functions in an inofficial way.

[julianaylor]

Some of my A level History syllabus, back in 1979, in this video. 😁

[theasiancow]

This is fascinating especially when looking at it through the lens of the rise of Prussia and later imperial germany.

[davidmckown]

I first heard about this House from the Age of Empires 3 DLC Knights of the Mediterranean.

[teppo]

Fact certain group lost their defining war doesn´t mean they were as bad as the people who won that war want people to think. When you look into antics of the people who won that war you will find all kinds of deception and genocidal activities.. some of which they directly accused the losing group of having committed (Khatyn forest massacre).

[wiel]

they almost got spain, when charles II of spain(the inbred mostrous guy) was in his last years, he chose the son of Maximilian II the wittelsbach elector of bavaria to be his heir, he managed to do that because Maximilian II was maried to Maria Antonia of Austria, thus a habsburg and elegible to the throne, the young boy Joseph Ferdinand was supported to be the heir of the spanish empire by england and the dutch for not being a habsburg neither a bourbon, however the boy died at the age of 6 before the spanish king, after that Carlos II would die too, and with him, the habsburg spain would end and war would ensure

[jackd]

As soon as the bad guys won WW2 (now bombing Palestine) and took over Europe, the royal families are "placed in the dustbin." Maybe there's something to be explored here? Why is Europe's royalty placed in the dustbin whilst foreign invaders and anti-Whites are given the keys to their castles? Paris, London, Munich, Vienna, are all being turned into brown slums that look like Detroit. All that patronage for the arts will be wasted if things don't change.

Perhaps their view on Hitler has changed? I can imagine one's perspective must change when you go from dynasty to "dustbin." But only if your eyes are open.