Queens Who Were Beyond Weird

Running brothels, LARPing as the poor, and keeping old corpses away from the ladies. Plenty of women throughout history were considered bizarre, but when you're queen, you can let your freak flag fly free.

#Queens #Royals #Royalty

Queen Mary (1867-1953) | 0:00
Empress Elizabeth (1709-1762) | 1:18
Queen Nzinga (1583-1663) | 2:22
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) | 3:07
Catherine the Great (1729-1796) | 4:21
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) | 5:22
Valeria Messalina (17/20 AD-48 AD) | 6:24
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) | 7:14
Joanna 'The Mad' of Castile (1479-1555) | 7:55
Maria Eleonora (1599-1655) | 8:45

Voiceover by: Tim Bensch

[GrungeHQ]

Which of these royal quirks do you think is the most strange?

[kallen]

I love that moment when Queen Elizabeth revealed to Paddington that she always keeps a marmalade sandwich in her purse.😂

[laurabailey]

The Queen’s dresser had the same shoe size as the late Queen so she would wear the shoes to break them in so the Queen didn’t get blisters.

[minecachair]

What's so weird about removing crusts from sandwiches?millions of people do it from small children just getting teeth to older folks having problems with theirs and everyone in between.As for the shoes, Angela Kelly, the Queen's dresser and trusted confidante, was the same shoe size.The Queen was on her feet all day and, at 96, deserved a bit of comfort, so Angela would wear in the new shoes for a couple of days.New shoes can cause blisters to anyone and it was a simple task to perform.

[bohemiansusan]

Much of the criticism of Marie Antoinette goes back to when she as very young. The most excesses are from when she was a teenager. It was a huge shock culturally on every level to be at the French court. So many things weren't done in Austria that was the norm at Versailles.

The little farm, the Petite Trianon was her way of escaping Versailles and coping with the extreme anxiety from her life. It allowed her to develop a deeper bond with her children than what was allowed at Versailles. Most of suffocating court etiquette was dropped at her refuge. Also the time away from Versailles was the only way to bring some normalcy and keep her children from growing haughty as the women of the French royal family.

Think about it.. what was available to her?

[Kate-bj]

I need to correct you. Queen Mary was not Elizabeth's mother. She was her Grandmother. 👍

[edwright]

Marie Antoinette was only 14 when she married which is terribly young. Queen Victoria used marijuana when giving birth to help with the pain.

[bbrown]

Le Petit Trianon already existed; MA did not have it built for herself.

[victorianin]

Queen Victoria's father died when she was a toddler, her husband died in his early 40's and a few of her children and grandchildren died young. I would imagine she would be frightened of her own early death due to everyone dying around her, so she had a death obsession and most likely severe depression.. However, back in the Victorian days life spans were a lot shorter due to wars and due to communicable diseases, which were rampant. There were no lab tests to diagnose, no immunizations and few medications to treat these diseases! I am glad that I was born in the 20th century.
By the way, do not imply that Queen Elizabeth Ii was weird. She was a traditional woman made of pure goodness and was a wonderfully honest Christian woman, who put duty to her country first..

[thefamouspeopleus]

Whether it was Queen Elizabeth's crossdressing parties or Queen Maria Eleonora's disdain for her own child, these anecdotes offer a fascinating glimpse into the unconventional lives led by some of history's most powerful women.

[marigeobrien]

About Queen Victoria's 'widow's weeds' -- in the 19th century, it was normal for a woman to wear black for the rest of her life after her husband died. At least, according to Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With The Wind. There was actually a whole etiquette surrounding death and dress wear, with differing mourning periods for parents, siblings, etc. For men, they only had to wear a black armband.

[vickilindberg]

I agree. Elizabeth II was a very nice lady. There's nothing worth complaining about there.

[johnshepherd]

You left out Elizabeth's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She reputedly drank a quart of gin a day until her death at 106. My source is my best man who is a member of the Bowes-Lyon clan.

[heru-deshet]

Queen Zinga's first name was "Ba".

[vickystevens]

it's very hard to hear some of the dialogue over the loud music.

[aprilbrown]

I love the royal history content Grunge ❤ keep it coming

[jlongino]

The obsession with calves and legs is so outrageous.

[wardarcade]

Mary of Teck (1867-1953), wife of George V who'd live to see her fave granddaughter become Elizabeth II, not only was a klepper but she had a complete phobia about ivy! It wasn't enough for her to rid as many royal buildings, gardens, etc. of it, if she went to a subject's abode and saw it growing, she order the subject to have it pulled down by royal command- regardless of whether the homeowner may have liked having ivy grow! BTW, although she was born to a German [barely]royal dynasty, she'd been born in Kensington Palace- right in very same bed as her future grandmother-in-law Victoria had been born 48 years and two days earlier (and it was no accident on the part of Mary's mother who herself was a cash-poor 1st cousin of Vic).

[JamesMcCown-yfqf]

Whoever produced this video fails to understand the difference between a queen regnant (Elizabeth II) and a queen consort (Mary, wife of George V). It is a crucial difference.

[elsakristina]

Maria Eleonora wasn’t insane. IMO she probably had a combination of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder and she was definitely traumatised.