I always found it interesting that many of William's allies were from Brittany, which was made up of the direct descendants of the Romano-Celts, who felt they were regaining the land taken from them by the Germanic tribes that conquered them in the 4th and 5th century's..
True. Seems to be a "come around" if you will. The Normans took England from Harold who had only just defeated a Viking army days before. The Normans were Viking descendant's so England did fall into Viking hands eventually. The irony.
I am a descendantant of a Henry de Feriers (Farers, Ferris, or in my case Ferris. The family owned and operated a large ironworks that produced weaponry for centuries in St. Hilaire. The Norman name it is said is derived from ferrum, meaning iron or horseshoe. Henry and his brother William followed William into battle at Hastings. A band of men followed each man into battle. William fell during the battle, and Henry was awarded his brothers share of spoils. The Norman conquest was a bloody part of England's history. I know he is a distant anscestor, I have always been interested with the history of Britian. I am older now and I always wanted to tour your beautiful country. The correct spelling of my last name should be Ferris.
Ιn a sense all battles in the Middle Ages were kind of crusades. I mean most soldiers believed they were fighting for God and asked God for help to defeat their enemies -even if they shared the same dogma with the enemy. Some historians claim that England adopted her current flag while they were fighting the french -even though they were both roman catholic back then. Also practically this channel have done non crusade videos before. I mean gender and marriage are not directly connected with crusades in any way.
William the Conqueror put my granddad William Mallet in charge of the kings body. Its historical fact. William Mallet is one the few documented companions to William the Conqueror.
The saddest day in English history. If I were to compile a list of England's ten worst rulers, William the Bastard would come second, right after John.
@@jaywilliams9294 I'd say that was true until Henry Bolingbroke, at that point an English identity was taking shape and we could no longer consider the kings of England French in the same way the previous kings and nobility such as Richard the Lionheart, The Black Prince etc had been.
Too much evidence points to the Battle of Hastings was not fought on Senlac Ridge. And we still don't know exactly where it was fought. One day we will find the Norman graves who buried their dead with care. The Saxon dead were probably thrown in a trench. The proof is in the pudding. take care rwmccoy
john TeaParty; Back in the '90's I lived in Norfolk, England and knew one of the local landlords. It's a long story, so I won't go in to it. In one conversation I described him as English and he corrected me, saying that he was Norman, his family came over with William and were Normans, just like most landlords.
My family come from a mixture of highland clans and lowland nobility, we recently had a DNA test done and my aunt was 20% French and only 10% Gaelic. I thought it was all very funny especially considering both sides of the family are Scottish. I was 50% English with a strong connection to the Dutch being nearly as Frisian as English and 20% Gaelic but I was also 10% Scandinavian ( a mix of Swedish Danish and Norwegian but mostly Norwegian ) and similarly French, it was also determined that the first man in my Line was Danish and the first women French with a Celtic leaning probably Breton or Occitan.
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I always found it interesting that many of William's allies were from Brittany, which was made up of the direct descendants of the Romano-Celts, who felt they were regaining the land taken from them by the Germanic tribes that conquered them in the 4th and 5th century's..
True. Seems to be a "come around" if you will. The Normans took England from Harold who had only just defeated a Viking army days before. The Normans were Viking descendant's so England did fall into Viking hands eventually. The irony.
I am a descendantant of a Henry de Feriers (Farers, Ferris, or in my case Ferris. The family owned and operated a large ironworks that produced weaponry for centuries in St. Hilaire. The Norman name it is said is derived from ferrum, meaning iron or horseshoe. Henry and his brother William followed William into battle at Hastings. A band of men followed each man into battle. William fell during the battle, and Henry was awarded his brothers share of spoils. The Norman conquest was a bloody part of England's history. I know he is a distant anscestor, I have always been interested with the history of Britian. I am older now and I always wanted to tour your beautiful country. The correct spelling of my last name should be Ferris.
James Farris this is very interesting..by the way Farris is an Arabic name means Knight☺just similarity in spelling and sound😅
Very informative, keep up the great work
thank you!
According to some sources, we had family members that participated in this battle. Would love to find some verification one way or the other.
Good video!
Ascalon Crusader thanks Eric! I decided to change things up a bit and do a non crusades video.
Real Crusades History a good choice! It’s still like slightly relevant since it’s within several decades of the first crusade :)
Ιn a sense all battles in the Middle Ages were kind of crusades. I mean most soldiers believed they were fighting for God and asked God for help to defeat their enemies -even if they shared the same dogma with the enemy. Some historians claim that England adopted her current flag while they were fighting the french -even though they were both roman catholic back then. Also practically this channel have done non crusade videos before. I mean gender and marriage are not directly connected with crusades in any way.
William the Conqueror put my granddad William Mallet in charge of the kings body. Its historical fact. William Mallet is one the few documented companions to William the Conqueror.
My surname leads me to believe I might have been related to this. I've never quite got my head round it though.
The saddest day in English history. If I were to compile a list of England's ten worst rulers, William the Bastard would come second, right after John.
William Cooke he was basically hated by the English people during his rule.
Long live the house of Wessex and Anglo Saxon England!
John is way overrated William is worse
But yes saddest day in English History we haven't had an English king since
@@jaywilliams9294 I'd say that was true until Henry Bolingbroke, at that point an English identity was taking shape and we could no longer consider the kings of England French in the same way the previous kings and nobility such as Richard the Lionheart, The Black Prince etc had been.
At last.
Then there was the 100 Years War. Karma is a ....
He will always be the Bastard of Falaise to me.
Too much evidence points to the Battle of Hastings was not fought on Senlac Ridge. And we still don't know exactly where it was fought. One day we will find the Norman graves who buried their dead with care.
The Saxon dead were probably thrown in a trench.
The proof is in the pudding.
take care
rwmccoy
Interesting. Thanks for the contribution.
The nobles of England are descendants to this day. Looking like norsemen with long faces and yellow hair. They still rule England.
@Kang of Wakanda hahahaha
john TeaParty; Back in the '90's I lived in Norfolk, England and knew one of the local landlords. It's a long story, so I won't go in to it. In one conversation I described him as English and he corrected me, saying that he was Norman, his family came over with William and were Normans, just like most landlords.
My family come from a mixture of highland clans and lowland nobility, we recently had a DNA test done and my aunt was 20% French and only 10% Gaelic. I thought it was all very funny especially considering both sides of the family are Scottish. I was 50% English with a strong connection to the Dutch being nearly as Frisian as English and 20% Gaelic but I was also 10% Scandinavian ( a mix of Swedish Danish and Norwegian but mostly Norwegian ) and similarly French, it was also determined that the first man in my Line was Danish and the first women French with a Celtic leaning probably Breton or Occitan.
not at all
Except the Windsors who are German Saxe Coburg...name changed because of World Wars...
hahaha cry english! have a taste of frankish cavalry
Not Frankish, Norman.
Hon hon hon!