Who Would Be Monarchs of Germany? Part 2: Grand Dukes & Dukes

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CREDITS:
Chart by Eric Gery
Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz

[cooper]

It’s crazy to see how many monarchs can trace their lines to a common ancestor, just goes to show how influential some of these family trees were.

[untruelie]

Fun Fact: The founder of the House of Mecklenburg (aka the Obodrites) was Niklot, a slavic ruler. His son was subjugated by the Holy Roman Empire in 1167, but managed to retain his territory. His descendants ruled Mecklenburg for over 700 years as one of the few slavic dynasties in the HRE, and they are the only one that still exists in the male line today (with Borwin and his sons).

[pattyfarghaly]

My goodness. My Grandmother was a Brandenburg. Some still live in the castle there. They have a very interesting history and can be traced back around 1006 . This is very interesting. Thank you.

[jlibra]

I would appreciate if you make a video about the five regent houses of Japan. I came across it when studying Japanese history and found it very interesting

[BertieBallinger]

Hesse 3:08
Baden 5:46
Oldenburg 7:08
Mechlenburg-Schwerin/ Mechlenburg-Strelitz 9:33
Saxe-Wirmar-Eisenach 11:26
Brunswick 13:41
Anhalt 16:10
Saxe-Meiningen 17:53
Saxe-Altenburg 18:18
Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 19:06

[noahjackson]

i can't wait to see part 3 of this, the principalities, city states, and imperial territory

[HunterZeGreat]

Whenever you upload I always get a different perspective on people I thought I knew throughout history!

[Edmonton-ofec]

8:23 For anyone wondering, the last member of the Swedish branch of Holstein-Gottorp was Carola of Vasa, who was the last Queen of Saxony (d. 1907), and the last undisputed member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov was Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, a great-great-granddaughter of Nicholas I who died in 2007. She is also notably the grandmother of actor Sebastian Arcelus

[revinhatol]

9:29
Oooh, I smell a Part 3 over the horizon!

[runrunrune]

i swear this video is my dream come true (a neat family tree explaining it) became obsessed with the topic during lockdown and it never left, thank you

[rudenvincentt.caguitla]

I hope you will discuss in your next vidoes the House of Bourbon in France, Bourbon-Anjou in Spain, Bourbon-Parma in Parma in Italy and Bourbon-Two Sicilies in Italy too. Also the House of Bourbon-Braganza. Thanks.

[patriciavicari]

Wow I didn’t know that there were so many kingdoms or places ruled by kings, dukes, counts, etc. that is so cool thank you I am a person that has been a really old fan I been watching you for a long time

[grantorino]

Interesting—even fascinating—direction that this channel is now exploring, Mr. Baker.


Would you consider similar videos on the extant dukedoms of Austria, France, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, and (non-royal) UK?


I don't recommend one about those of Spain, however, since that country currently has more than 120 dukes—not unless you're really up for making another multiple-part video.

[ltyrell]

Amazing video, can't wait for the principalities, landgraves, margraves, electorates, and palatinates.

[charlieduke]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS MATT

[hule]

Very informative and well presented as ever.

[YahyaDustagheer]

Nice and I found this to be really interesting

[LightgreenLP]

Fun fact, the Habsburgs are related to the nobles of Saxe-Meiningen, ever since the crown prince Otto von Habsburg married Regina von Sachsen-Meiningen. This happened some time in the 60s if I remember correctly, and to be honest the Habsburgs and this house were probably already related in some way, it's just more direct now.

[lukasrentz]

I really hoped you'll do a second Part. Thank you

[dorderre]

At 11:25 you actually managed to pronounce the german "ch"-sound perfectly, congratulations :) (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
Note that this letter combination is being pronounced in two different ways, depending on if the preceding vowel is an E/I or an A/O/U.
For example the "ch" in Licht (light) and Lachen (laughter) is different.
And you, dear native english speaker, did it exactly right :)