Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar

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[seanspindleshanks]

Madagascar is a really interesting country, I wish it was talked about more often

[mathistan]

"Prince Unpronounceable " great save Simon, great save.

[kathyjaneburke]

Wow! She makes Empress Wu look kind & gentle.

[Bubbaist]

I would suggest an episode on Charles II of England. He is remembered as the “Merry Monarch, ” but a closer look at the later part of his reign reveals a paranoid regime in which thousands of Protestant dissenters and others were summarily executed and stripped of their property. He was much bloodier than Bloody Mary.

[ignitionfrn]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - One day my prince will come (down with syphilis)
4:15 - Chapter 2 - Reign in blood
6:05 - Mid roll ads
7:25 - Chapter 3 - Queen of big data
11:40 - Chapter 4 - Away from christianity
15:05 - Chapter 5 - Bloodbath
17:15 - Chapter 6 - 21 Skulls
20:30 - Chapter 7 - Legacy

[setranyzo]

I cannot beleave that I've learned more about the history of my country in this video than my years of malagasy schools, which where we learn more about occidental one. the one that "matters".

[kelvinkhr]

Good day to the team at Biographics. I would like to just say that I think the work you do is just astounding. I absolutely enjoy listening and I often listen while I work during the day. Thank you very much for the brilliant content you put out.

If I may, may I make a suggestion for Lady Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese lady in waiting during the Japanese Heian period who was also a renown poet and writer, and who is thought to have written the first novel, the Tale of Genji?

[joshuaescopete]

Gonna take this opportunity to shout out General Antonio Luna and Dr. Jose Rizal. Would love to see more videos about the Philippines and it’s tumultuous history as a conquered nation and the struggle to find its national identity.

[York]

An unexpected and great video. You should do one on Queen Ranavalona III the last monarch of Madagascar

[willlegok]

As Hank Green once sang:

They call her the mad queen, of Madagascar
She'll sell you into slavery, or she'll boil you in tar
She'll dress you up in bloody animal skins and set dogs on you
A third of her nation died under her rule

If even the reign of a woman was cursed
It was Queen Ranavalona the First
Ranavalona, Ranavalona, Ranavalona the First

[jamesaaron]

At this point I will recommend the Flashman novels to Simon, though I confess I don’t yet see how to turn that into another channel.

Love your work my friend.

[TacgnolSimulacrum]

This is the video that makes me realize that even with a BA in History from a university in the US, I have exactly no knowledge of Madagascar beyond "Lots of biodiversity"

[ashleyhyatt]

Flashman's account of the Queen is quite enlightening.

[MrWillcapone]

From a Malagasy fan, this was unexpected

[Styxswimmer]

One of the women who proved that they can be as vile as any man.

[jamesmartin]

Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history.

[josephkmeyer]

I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.

[shakiMiki]

Great video about someone & a country that is unknown to many of us.

[pawstravel]

Oh man, this episode was a true treasure. I remember watching Biographics some time ago, the subjects seemed all-heard-about already. But I never knew that Madagascar was an independent state with a queen at some time. And what a queen she was...

[manorak]

1861 was the begining of the fall of Madagascar, since then, until now, the country is a mess. History prove her right, and she was our last real sovereign. Thanks for trying to prononce Andrianampoinimerina's name, it means the sovereign in the heart of merinas, and as a proud merina I can tell you that's true. An episode about him would be amazing