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Date of upload: Aug 6, 2023 ^^
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Fun Fact: While Edgar Æthling was the last male heir of the House of Wessex, he had a daughter, Edith, later renamed Matilda, who married William the Conqueror's youngest son, Henry I, whose grandson was Henry II, the first of the Plantagenet kings. Thus, the blood of Wessex was joined with that of Normandy and Anjou, and is part of the Royal House to this day.
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You didn't mention it -- as it is not the subject of this video -- but everytime I watch a video such as this, I am compelled to bring it up: Everyone seems to forget the Witenagemot, or else, they ignore it completely. The English King -- in this case Edward the Confessor -- COULD NOT "name" his successor. The King could only NOMINATE a successor. The Witenagemot ELECTED the next King, though they would take into consideration the prior King's nomination, BUT THAT'S ALL.
Harold KNEW this, and therefore could not -- AND WOULD NOT -- "promise" the throne to William. He could ONLY put William up as a "candidate" for the throne -- and Edward could only nominate him for the position. Like all "Conquerors," William had his "minions" do a little "rewriting" of events to justify his conquest. William -- the Norman -- had no regard for "English law."
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People tend to forget the long history of conflicts between France and England was actually started by nobles that all considered themselves part of the same group, speaking the same language, and often living on the continent while their territories were overseas. The anglos defend their interests in France because from their point of view, they were French themselves and had just come to colonize the island.
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If you haven’t made one already, I’d love to see a video like this about what happened to the Roman people after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire! Especially those in the Roman provinces like Gaul and Hispania, and how they interacted with their new Germanic “Barbarian” overlords and influenced the development of Feudalism.
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There's a good book on this, The Bastard King by Jean Plaidy, it's essentially a fictionalized biography of William the Conqueror starting with the story of his parents then covering his birth, conquest and entire reign, the complex history easier to follow because you're seeing it unfold gradually from his perspective and there's even two sequels so you can explore the whole history of Norman monarchy and their struggle ruling England. Great stuff.
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