Empress Matilda - Matriarch of the Plantagenets Documentary

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[pandawan]

I love how you add subtle humour in a serious tone. "In the end, Henry V resolved this problem by DYING prematurely"

[ibrahimzayaan]

The fact that this historical aspect gave us the story of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. Absolutely love Empress Matilda

[juanzulu]

This voice is so well fitting to a story teller, especially if it is a medieval story 🙂👍

[mamadawn]

I first came across the Empress Matilda because of a book called When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. She wrote historical fiction based on fact. I was completely captivated by Matilda. A strong willed woman, intelligent, and by most accounts of the time, beautiful. She would have been a good and capable queen.❤

[mareniquevanniekerk]

A very well and throughly research documentary for a very important strong lady and matriach. Thank you People Profiles, I throughly enjoyed! A individual very deserving of your excellent coverage.

I honestly never heard the story of her pretending to be a corpse, it was very interesting!

[ASillyHistoryBuff]

The Anarchy doesn't get nearly enough coverage in media as it should-such a pivotal moment in English history. Its one of the reasons I enjoy watching the tv series Cadfael, set during the Anarchy in the town of Shrewsbury.

Excellent video as always!

[stephenVocalist]

Lady of The English is good-enough, for me.
Empress Matilda is one of my long-ago Grandmothers.
I am a Plantagenet from Henry-II to Edward-III. Then, Thomas of Woodstock / Anne (Duchess) of Gloucester / Humphrey Stafford (also Duke of Buckingham) and his daughter Joan Lady Beaumont & her Husband (after annulment from Viscount Beaumont) to Henry Knyvett Sir Knight, etc.
Nobody needs-to believe Any of this. But, I do.
I learned a lot from this Vidéo !!
Merci !

[mareniquevanniekerk]

To answer the question at the end, I believe Empress Matilda would have made one of the greatest Queens if she was allowed and given a chance to rule by the English nobility and King Stephen.

[lindamckenzie]

You are a wonderful commentator ...l love listening to your voice..which is clear and well modulated...Matilda made much of her 65 yrs here on earth...l think she could have been quite formidable...certainly knew what she wanted..😊

[cploss]

She remains a fascinating figure, becoming well educated, learning how to govern, and perservering against incredible odds at a time when women faced innumerable obstacles. Based on all I've read, however, it would be more accurate to say that Stephen of Blois was responsible for the years of civil war. Her perserverance, and certainty that her father knew she was capable of leading the country and chose her to do so, led to her son eventually taking the throne. She was an impressive role model for women at a time when they were rarely celebrated, much less acknowledged.

[Chadswonderfulwalkingtours]

Watching from Mackinac Island Michigan

[davea]

The first time I heard about the conflict between Empress Matilda and King Steven was watching the Cadfael, mystery television series that was set in that time period.

[artlein]

Thank you. Your documentary has given me a better understanding. I have always admired Empress Matilda and I believe she would have been a truly great Queen had she been given support and friendship.

[elvenkind]

You have described two great, historical Norwegians, both Gange Rolf (Rollo) and Harald Hardråde, but I'd very much like to hear you describe Leiv Erikson who was the first European to explore and settle the continent of America and the son of Erik Raude (The Red) who in turn was the first European to both discover and colonize Greenland (and likely gave it the name, something that have confused later generations, as some kind of advertisement campaign, fooling people to think it was green and hospitable). A video like that could have pushed a whole lot of Norse history into it.

[Bisconaut]

I'm a recent subscriber and so happy i did!
This is truly exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you so much!

[RobertMitchison]

Hi. This clip was a fairly good and interesting video clip. I've heard on a DVD by another historian that in 1142 when her eldest son Henry, (5.3.1133 - 6.7.1189) joined his mother in England in the fight against his cousin Stephen of England. I don't know much about her life at all, unfortunately. Apparently, when she thought her son Henry was next in line to the English throne, it was seized by Stephen the King's nephew which absolutely infuriated her, so she vowed to settle the family faued by force. But I think she gave up the fight in the end and went back to live in France.

She was quite a very particular and determined empress who was tricky to please. It's tricky to know and decide what she had in her mind exactly. I'd say she was coming to the conclusion that she was trying to defend her oldest son's claim to the throne one day. She fought fiercely to the end until she exhausted herself. The fight between the family was known as the age of the antichrist at the time as well.

She was known to be quite a formidable and bossy lady, as she thought the time for her son Henry to succeed to the throne had come, and Stephen had the throne and crown first. She had very ambitious plans to dethrone Stephen and put her oldest son on it instead. But she'd have none of it and constantly persisted in getting the monarch's chair, which Henry did get hold of at long last with his mum's help in the end eventually. She didn't stop.

Although the clip is interesting, I am still waiting to see and hear the stories of Queen Anne, George I, George II, George IV, and William IV too. I hope it won't be long before the story of Anne will soon be up. They're the only monarchs that are missing from the history list. When will they be up for me to see and listen to there? Once they're up and the stories have been told, the list of history monarchs will be at long last complete fully. I'd like to know what will and has to be said all about them.

Hope to hear from you shortly.

Robert 27.5.24

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[Daniii.S]

Amazing and informative as always. Thank you for another wonderful video.

[nishbrown]

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Imagine knowing, your whole life, that your most successful possible route is entirely dependent on the right people dying.

[Evyenne]

I very much enjoyed listening to this. Thank you so much.