Opening The Coffin Of The Medieval Kings and Queens - Full History Documentary

Throughout History, there have been many different Kings and Queens who had their coffins opened and broken into. Inside of Westminster Abbey there was even one Queen who was left unburied for 400 years and her remains were subjected to terrible treatment. But some of the coffins and tombs of the Kings and Queens have uncovered shocking stories about their deaths and burials.

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[bahy]

Wow!!!! Thank you!!!! I’ll be watching this while cooking tonight!!!

[glengrieve]

A great history lesson they should teach this in all high schools I'm 62 and I certainly learned a thing or two Australia 🎉❤🎉

[pilijones]

Extra entertaining and interesting. Loved it. Thank you !

[justinneill]

There was a further interesting incident in those final moments before Richard’s last stand; after skewering William Brandon with his lance, he used the broken end to knock John Cheyne off his horse. John Cheyne was Henry’s personal guard, a jousting champion, and was known to be a giant of a man; when they opened his grave centuries later they found a thigh bone, the length of which puts his height at 6’8” (a colossal stature for those times.) More recently a study was done using a man of similar stature to Richard who had an almost identical case of scoliosis; they taught him to ride and how to use a lance, and were able to determine that Richard (trained in combat from childhood, as was the norm for those of his social standing) most certainly would have had the skill, balance and coordination to deliver the necessary impact.

[Daisy-tllh]

many Kings and Queens were buried at night by candle light with little ceremony and as a result many were lost then forgotten. Women by custom did not attended funerals in Britain until relatively recently. Jane Austin's sister Cassandra had to watch her beloved Jane be taken away for burial by her brothers. At the time of her death Jane was not famous and it is therefore remarkable she was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

[moniquedavison]

My family on my mother's side are direct descendants of Henry Tudor....the family tree including various coats of arms and the names of my direct relatives, my children and even their Father are there. I have to say its quite overwhelming and a little bizarre when I look at it properly.
Getting to the point, I am an actual descendant, and I have been learning from this history lesson and I'm only 10 minutes in. A very fascinating essay, thankyou.

[martinisherwood]

We do not have a constitution written or otherwise the late Queen in 1991 gave a speech to both houses of Congress in America she went on to say your contract is in your constitution ours is custom and will so we have custom and will.

[martinisherwood]

Henry VIII's coffin was opened. King Charles I a coffin, suspected to be stillborn from Queen Anne and Jane Seymour not disturbed; King Richard II's coffin opened, at the moment, it's all I can remember.

[burrellbikes]

I have NEVER heard King Henry Bolingbroke was viewed as one of the worst kings.

[michaeltowler]

It does make you wonder about the DNA of the boys, The late queen must have thought it was them. The whole line in succession is questionable anyway because somewhere far back didn't one of the King's have a wife who gave birth after a 11month pregnancy because he was absent for that amount of time from England on crusade !!

[pioneercynthia]

I actually took notes to verify facts and drive further inquiry. ❤

[martinisherwood]

Henry VIII coffin was opened King Charles I and Richard II, I can remember at this point a still born and Jane Seymour there coffins were not opened

[brendadion]

Topically interesting but phrasing and pronunciation could use improvement

[ShannaNL]

So you are blablablabla about the history of Englands kings. But nothing on topic eh. Clickbait.

[morrisfelton]

Please do not use that rather silly non-verb, "to coronate"

[Willow-fsdq]

Why do this? It’s disgusting to disturb their coffins not to mention disrespectful for what? Because science is nosey and could care less that they were breathing, living human beings. Leave them at rest. It’s the right thing to do.

[malo]

I don't understand this morbid fascination w digging up old royal bodies. Is this a Christian thing to do? There is nothing necessary to learn about these poor people. They had their time in the sun, now let them lie in peace. Trying to couch this in terms of learning and history is barbaric and insulting. Simply voyeurism.

[carolinejohnson]

WHY? Just leave them alone. It's disgusting.
When royalty died far away their bodies were dismembered and the flesh boiled off. Carrying a rotting corpse for hundreds of miles, taking months was not viable so they took the bones back to the burial place.

[martinisherwood]

You are wrong the sovereign has never been covered by the law which is why King Charles I execution was murder as he was above the law the monarch can NOT commit treason, it would leave the crown open to prosecution which is not possible as they can't be tried in there own court the monarch can do no wrong the Tudors were quick at getting rid of it. Crown immunity is only supposed to be for the Crown Ministers Crown. It is pretty well known the monarch is above the law; the only country majorly changed by the Magna Carta is America as it was used to form their written constitution. We don't have one.