Ranking the Spanish Kings

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  • @maishchaitoff9684
    @maishchaitoff9684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    Hi. Shout-out? It'd be cool

    • @spectrum1140
      @spectrum1140  3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      there ya go

    • @TzarTsar
      @TzarTsar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Attention seeker.

    • @NotMarchy
      @NotMarchy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@TzarTsar cope

    • @TzarTsar
      @TzarTsar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@NotMarchy nope

    • @justwex-mapper
      @justwex-mapper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not cool. Like you deserve a shout out.Your channel are crappy game-play videos. (No offence)

  • @EmiTo3
    @EmiTo3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    Spaniards can be quite sarcastic/funny when they are giving titles to their monarcs E.G. "the handsome", "Joseph bottle", "the impotent"

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Look at the polish ones

    • @adge5182
      @adge5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      It's better in Spanish "Pepe botella"

    • @aleksandersokal5279
      @aleksandersokal5279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@imperiumbrasiliae Yeah, especially from the Piast era.

    • @rukathehamsteratwork8896
      @rukathehamsteratwork8896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I was shocked when I heard about “Charles le Chauve (Charles The Bald)” for the first time in history class in high school.

    • @VicāriusHispāniārum
      @VicāriusHispāniārum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Juan Carlos I is known as "el Campechano" which is a very spanish word that means that he did not follow the formalities of the crown in the positive ways of it, he was kinda "close" to the people I guess. And our current king, Felipe VI is called "el preparao" which translates to "the prepared", as he received lots of formation during the reign of his father. In fact, Felipe is te first spanish royal with a degree.

  • @Billy_Annizarry
    @Billy_Annizarry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1042

    "Mommy says it's a strong chin for a strong boy!".
    - Emperor Karl V

    • @hsarver13
      @hsarver13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Oversimplified reference :D

    • @scorpionfiresome3834
      @scorpionfiresome3834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@hsarver13 Mediocre humor, fitting for oversimplified’s videos

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      His mother pretty much left him in a different country so no.

    • @PASTRAMIKick
      @PASTRAMIKick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Carlos*

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@PASTRAMIKick carlos in spain charles in england carolus in poshlatinland and karl in Germany

  • @enriquematorrasmunoz9753
    @enriquematorrasmunoz9753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    The fun thing about our worst ruler Fernando VII is that he was titled "The Beloved" cause in our war of independence (Peninsula war), everybody from the political spectrum except the french loyalists fought so he could come back to Spain just to fuck up the country in hundreds of ways

    • @imperiumgrim4717
      @imperiumgrim4717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wait hold up? You telling me that the whole colonies from southern Latin America's wanted him back on the throne but later on it didn't worked well enough so "we" (my brown people) revolt and this is why Mexico could've been great under a empire 😒.

    • @j.f1963
      @j.f1963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imperiumgrim4717 Básicamente, ese tipo fue un idiota en todos los aspectos.

    • @theodosiusii408
      @theodosiusii408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fernando VII "the beloved"
      Sounds like Charles VI

    • @ihl0700677525
      @ihl0700677525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@imperiumgrim4717 I don't know how you even came to that conclusion. He didn't even mention Mexico or other Spanish colonies of that time.
      The "people from all political spectrum" part refers to different factions in *Spain* (the royalist, the Catholics, the liberals, etc).

    • @imperiumgrim4717
      @imperiumgrim4717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ihl0700677525 conservative* aswell bruh

  • @Zeldaytal
    @Zeldaytal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    You can tell he had that conversation about Ferdinand VII being the worst with a spaniard. While most international people know about the memes of the bewitched kingz, spaniards know reality is even darker. And its not even for America or Napoleon, which adds, but all the constitutional issues and coups that came after.
    Really good job.

    • @michaelsinger4638
      @michaelsinger4638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Also Charles II was deeply mentally and physically disabled.
      Ferdinand VII was just an incompetent A-hole.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@michaelsinger4638 His administration was not terrible it was okay. He had fairly competent ministers, Charles II.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I hate him for even causing the Carlist uprisings, the stupidest thing ever. Unnecessary change of the succession laws.

    • @thewekender2701
      @thewekender2701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like that guy Ferdinand's incompetence gave my nation emancipation so... yeah, I like him

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thewekender2701 Even worse.

  • @igorgdlt8744
    @igorgdlt8744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    As a spanish i can tell you that Charles II wasn't as bad as is told, he made great reforms and tbh the empire was in bankrupt so he couldn't do that much, he tried at least, Felipe IV was defenetly worse than him. And Felipe III was a great monarch, I think you were wrong there, he made the Pax Hispanica and stopped spending money in wars.

    • @lalitthapa101
      @lalitthapa101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What's your thoughts on the present king and Juan Carlos?

    • @javierortega4409
      @javierortega4409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@lalitthapa101 first I agree with my fellow spanish
      second Juan Carlos is a traitor, and Felipe VI is just useless he has no power

    • @nikiardo
      @nikiardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@javierortega4409 Well to be fair not even the queen of England holds any power so it isn't just him. Most of the monarchies that are still left in Europe are there just because of tradition and status.

    • @theroguecharlie
      @theroguecharlie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh, thanks for detail. Greetings from Russia!

    • @igorgdlt8744
      @igorgdlt8744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lalitthapa101 Juan Carlos was a corrupt King that spend the money of the country on womans and petromonarchies. Anyway I think Felipe is "ok", is kind of useless but he centralize the country in a certain way and without him the emancipation of Catalunya or the Basque Country would be more likely yo happen, also he is like a symbolic barrier for the presidente (so he doesnt hace all the power, and like the decitions go through more people it helps). With all this said, I think the King right now helps more than make problems, but I also would be ok with a III República cause we never know if the next King Will be great, i undersand both positions. OMG i just wrote the bible, so sorry lol

  • @DwRockett
    @DwRockett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    “Anglo-supervillain Philip II” is how I’m going to refer to Philip II from now on

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's an awesome name! More inventive than me- I just call Henry VIII "Bloody Henry" cos he deserves it way more than his daughter Mary- Philip's 2nd wife, ofc, who got the Black Legend treatment in England too. The British comedy troupe I love had Philip as a fabulous villain- hilarious, charismatic, evil & sexy- in their very silly film about Shakespeare, "Bill". He's still a villain, but you don't cast the stupidly handsome Ben Willbond & get him shirtless if you want people to hate a character... :D

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Anglo-Dutch supervillain even and maybe also for the French. No but serious, here in the Netherlands Phillip is the biggest villian after Hitler in our history

    • @andrezagal5937
      @andrezagal5937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Raadpensionaris I thought the most hated was the duke of Alba

    • @nikiardo
      @nikiardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Raadpensionaris In Spain is the opposite, among those who like history he is quite liked and cosidered one of the best if not the best king we ever had.

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@andrezagal5937 Yeah, both are heavily disliked. I think they are on the same level

  • @joshuacarre06
    @joshuacarre06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +746

    Eventually he will do all of Europe lol

    • @The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage
      @The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Empires take time to grow. He's been studying past mistakes so that his takeover of the world goes as smoothly as possible.

    • @Arcaryon
      @Arcaryon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And then Africa, all of Asia & Oceania and America.

    • @corinelson355
      @corinelson355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that’s the goal!

    • @stain4128
      @stain4128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hope he does ottomans too

    • @JBGARINGAN
      @JBGARINGAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      England:
      Chad Richard the Lionheart
      -Equal/Bro of Saladin another chad
      -Bankrupts entire English treasury waging glorious war crusading in the Holy Land and France
      -Crusader
      -Living embodiment of honour and chivalry
      -Died in battle
      -Forgave the boy who killed him and gave him 100 shillings for being a good shot
      -Is immortalized as a fair, honest, righteous good ruler in the Robinhood folktales
      Virgin John I
      -In general a looser medieval King, not a brave warrior he was very cowardly but also not a wise scholar either he ruled ineffectively and even counterproductively
      -Literally mocked lackland by noble vassals and peasants alike because he got a small demense(dick)
      -Somehow got excommunicated by the pope
      -Managed to loose almost all of English territory in France to the Capetians even though he was in superior position.
      -Ruled so shit the barons rose up against him
      -The barons won and forced him to yield to the Magna Carta surrendering royal power
      -Tried to undo Magna Carta and retake the royal prerogatives, failed again only to be saved by the very same pope who he was excommunicated by when he ordered the barons to make peace with their fellow christians
      -Died in a swamp
      -Will forever be villainized as unrighteous, deceitful, cruel, unfair, despicable ruler in the Robinhood folktales and even gets outsmarted and beat by a ragtag bunch of peasants in that aswell.

  • @numbskull4899
    @numbskull4899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    >philip II defaulted on his debts 5 times
    absolute sigma male grindset

    • @versenelol5083
      @versenelol5083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      This is actually a very shallow interpretation of what happened. Recent research reveals those 5 defaults were actually just crises in Spain’s capacity to shoulder its short-term debt that was quickly resolved by adjusting long-term debt. For context, England could only do that by the 1730s. The fact that investors still invested 4 more times after the first default should be telling you why: because Castilian finance was so OP that investors *still gained profit* even when Spain defaulted. It was the Habsburgs that cursed Spain to destitution with wars when it could have been so OP.

    • @jameshaddock4553
      @jameshaddock4553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Pro eu4 gamer.

    • @ab9840
      @ab9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Now I know were Argentina learned how to default on debt. Since independence nine times.

    • @VRichardsn
      @VRichardsn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      "Si le debes 100 reales al banco, tienes un problema. Si le debes 1,000,000 de reales al banco, el banco tiene un problema."
      Felipe II, probablemente.
      "If you owe the bank 100 _reales_ , you have a problem. If you owe the bank 1,000,000 _reales_ , the bank has a problem."
      Phillip II, probably.

  • @thattimestampguy
    @thattimestampguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    *Pain and Sadness for Spain* 1665-1931
    0:37 Ferdinand VII - The Lost Empire
    1:25 Charles II - The Ill, The Disabled, The Depressed
    2:19 Charles IV - Replaced by Napoleon
    2:42 Alfonso XIII - The Unpopular Peace Prize
    3:02 Isabella II - The Chaotic Domestic
    *Strange Circumstances* 1504-1555, 1870-1873
    3:24 Philip I - The Duke of Burgundy, The One Who Dropped Dead
    3:54 Johanna I - The Mother of The Son Ruler, Rope Punishment
    5:07 Amadeo I - The Coronation & The Abdication, Unstable Politics
    5:53 Joseph I Bonaparte - Brother of Napoleon, The Despised
    *Insignificant* 1598-1621
    7:04 Philip III - The Regular King
    7:57 Phillip IV - The Fractured Land King,
    *Ok*
    9:25 Alfonso XII - The Short Reign, The Economic Recovery
    9:51 Ferdinand VI - Commerce King, War of Austrian Succession, Wife Died and Lost His Mind
    10:36 Philip V, The Bourbon - The French King of Spain, Recovered Economy
    *The Best* 1474-1516, 1556-1598, 1759-1788
    11:26 Charles I - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, Too Overstretched, The Exhausted, The Expander
    12:59 Philip II - The Conqueror, Defender of Catholic Europe, Silver Bullion Inflation, Debt, The Spanish Armada Catastrophe
    14:03 Charles III - The Well Prepared, The Experienced, The Modernizer, The Spanish Nation Maker
    15:11 The Catholic Monarchs, The Founding Marriage,
    Ferdinand I and Isabella II - Equal Partners, Global Empire Builders w/Christopher Columbus,
    16:03 Capable, Imprinted Into Spanish Historical-Culture

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      @axa5559 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Charles III is one of the most underrated kings in history imo.
    Ferdinand and Isabella, yeah easy choice there.
    Charles V at least got to live out his final years in peace.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah in Yuste. Charles III was good but made a stupid mistake regarding the Jesuits and the Royalist policy. However his military reforms did some good.

    • @artoy6575
      @artoy6575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@johnnotrealname8168 It also made some changes in colonial policy that would make the butterfly effect worse in the future.
      There was also the attempt at ethnic cleansing that he tried but regretted after a while.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@artoy6575 Whoa ethnic cleansing? His Colonial Policy was @~?£ in that he tried to transfer land to the Portuguese by destroying the Jesuit missions there, a War was fought over them, and later he was like my bad. Also also the Bourbon regime was marked by suppression of native books written under the Habsburgs, I think of Peru. It is really weird. Also also also the idiot suppressed the Jesuits who were a huge economic and educational boon, for example in Mindanao regarding Philology. This from someone who hates the Jesuits, at least modern ones, the replacement secular clergy were poorly educated and thus bad at serving the faithful, @~?£!!!

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@johnnotrealname8168 I can confirm that destroying the Jesuitic missions was an immense fuck up. Living in a city founded by my Portuguese ancestor, that guided the last survivors to here, I have studied in depth their history since I was a child. They were the best thing that happened in the American continent. And then they were gone.
      F

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@riograndedosulball248 If you have any sources on them and the Indians they served I would be grateful, also any information on the Dominicans there as I want to be one in the future.

  • @adriab1925
    @adriab1925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    As a Spanish, I agree with your list, although I would say that Charles III is not really known despite his prosperous reign. And even though the reign of Philip IV was a time of decline, the arts in the country continued to prosper a lot and it is known as the "Golden Century" in Spain, with such figures as Velázquez, Quevedo or Zurbarán.

    • @adriancampos8640
      @adriancampos8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@night6724 Except when he wasn't (Rif war and all).

  • @tomascilio6119
    @tomascilio6119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Apart from rope, "cuerda" means mentally sane in spanish. So, in this case, Juana's mother was refered as "la cuerda" in oposition of Juana (Joanna) being "la loca" (mad).

  • @victormeunier9075
    @victormeunier9075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thanks for recognizing that Charles the II. deserves pity, not mockery. Poor guy.

  • @MartyBones
    @MartyBones 3 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    "They completed the Reconquista, established the Spanish inquisition, founded Christopher Columbus voyage and stablished Spain as a major European power."
    Jesus Christ, these guys truly deserve to be top 1, what a Chad and Chadette lol

    • @machtvonhre8979
      @machtvonhre8979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      imagine if the romans lived past 1453, what wonderful thing they will create

    • @Britishdarnlib
      @Britishdarnlib 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Chadette lol

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Yep Isabel is a Saint.

    • @kamilhernandez2543
      @kamilhernandez2543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      they also created the first human rights act called "Leyes de Indias" (Laws of Indias), which basically considered all native americans as spanish citizens, granting their rights and basic liberties.

    • @_MrMoney
      @_MrMoney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I wouldn't call the Inquisition a positive, though...

  • @pablosanchezcasares9878
    @pablosanchezcasares9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Gracias hermano por traer este top un saludo desde España

    • @kaliyuga1476
      @kaliyuga1476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jajaja

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      flipa tio vos chaval guay hostia liar

    • @alextato3
      @alextato3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      para mi el peor de todos es felipe vi y ddespues el 16 isabel ii, madre mia menyudo duo padre hija q trajo la ruina para españá

  • @anarion43
    @anarion43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    A note of Joanna I's mother being called "La Cuerda", It doesn't mean "The rope", it means "The Sane" which plays into her being the one capable and her daughter being the mad one

  • @Saeiyu
    @Saeiyu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Isabel I on her own is a complete absolute bamf and Ferdinand recognized his wife was a bamf and was a military and political beast. He even managed Spain for Juana while Charles was still underage and raised Ferdinand I HRE. I love their motto "Tanto Monta" Because there they recognize the equal power of each other and their kingdoms. You should see TVE's Isabel. They show all the battles, maneuvers and political savvy of Isabel and Ferdinand, there is a movie about Juana and there is also a sequel series about Charles which details all the conflicts and political intrigue in their lives as well. One of the best historical series I have ever seen a lot of the scenes and seem like out of the pages of history and paintings while using actual historical spots. One of the scenes I was shaken by the most is the one where Juana is crying over Philip which looks just like the painting.
    Just a fan.

    • @versenelol5083
      @versenelol5083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The TV series doesn’t really capture everything, which is exactly why the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella was utterly phenomenal. They were scheming and coming from all sides lmao that historians keep unearthing all the Catholic Monarchs’ political tactics and strategy.

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wth is a Bamf

  • @wannabecinnabon
    @wannabecinnabon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I feel like Ferdinand II deserved his own ranking apart from his status as one of the Catholic Monarchs, due to reigning as King of Aragon in his own right and effectively controlling Castile for 12 years following his wife's death. It was *him* and not Philip the Handsome who had declared Joana insane, and it was *him* who governed Castile in her name for nearly the entire time between Isabella's death and his own. Philip's time as king lasted for less than a year, and Charles only took over following Ferdinand's death.

    • @albertoperruca9852
      @albertoperruca9852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He was one if the examples to Machiavelli in "The Prince", so I would say it means a lot about him.

  • @stevenhemingway1211
    @stevenhemingway1211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Never clicked on a video faster, do French kings next

  • @NartNeyut01
    @NartNeyut01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Fun fact: Charles I/V famous phrase which will become Spanish motto “Plus Ultra” or “Further Beyond.” You also may noticed this phrase from the famous shounen genre of anime called My Hero Academia.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn they love children too

    • @d.esanchez3351
      @d.esanchez3351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I heard All Might was inspired by him (thats a joke but it should)

  • @Edmonton-of2ec
    @Edmonton-of2ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Funny enough, Charles II was not actually that terrible of a King. He was mentally sound enough to leave multiple wills and partake in the running of government… and Spain fought essentially no wars during his reign, the country didn’t descend into anarchy. By Spanish standards that seems pretty good

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      War of Devolution and nine years war. And Charles II gave his opponent’s grandson his crown in that will he wrote

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ChevyChase301 Okay, the War of Devolution *barely lasted a year*. And Spain came out of the 9 Years War pretty well. And given that Philip of Anjou ending up gaining the Spanish Crown anyway, Charles attempting to leave it to him isn’t stupid. And enemy? Philip was his grandnephew for Christ sake

  • @alexgm8970
    @alexgm8970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Really nice list, but in my 30 years as a spaniard who happens to be a fan of history never have I heard "Philip IV the great", nobody calls him that (and with good reasons XD). You really hit the nail on the head with Ferdinand VII though.

  • @aitoriri1
    @aitoriri1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a fun fact about Carlos IV you can see in the painting portaying him and the Royal family he is not centered, the center of the painting is completly empty and the colsest person to the center is not even him, but the queen. Is just *chef kiss*

  • @cathakjordi
    @cathakjordi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Wow, you really got the worst king right, I was fearing you would put poor Charles II as the worst, but Ferdinand VII was incredibly damaging. The son of a bitch got us a 40 years delay in history.

  • @rachelschock8574
    @rachelschock8574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “Who is the worst Spanish monarch?”
    Spectrum: The inbred guy!
    Spaniards: ARE YOU AWARE HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN!

    • @i_likemen5614
      @i_likemen5614 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The inbred guy with the big chin

    • @theforbiddenpotato8032
      @theforbiddenpotato8032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      More like the
      "The inbred guy WAS ONE OF OUR BEST MONARCHS"

  • @Mossiport
    @Mossiport 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In ranking order:
    19 - 0:38 *Ferdinand VII* (1808; 1813-1833)
    18 - 1:25 *Charles II* (1665-1700)
    17 - 2:19 *Charles IV* (1788-1808)
    16 - 2:43 *Alfonso XIII* (1885-1931)
    15 - 3:02 *Isabella II* (1833-1868)
    14 - 3:18 *Louis I* (1724)
    13 - 3:24 *Philip I* (1506)
    12 - 3:53 *Joanna I* (1504-1555)
    11 - 5:07 *Amadeo I* (1870-1873)
    10- 5:53 *Joseph I* (1808-1813)
    9 - 7:05 *Philip III* (1598-1621)
    8 - 7:57 *Philip IV* (1621-1665)
    7 - 9:26 *Alfonso XII* (1874-1885)
    6 - 9:51 *Ferdinand VI* (1746-1759)
    5 - 10:36 *Philip V* (1724-1746)
    4 - 11:27 *Charles I* (1516-1556)
    3 - 13:01 *Philip II* (1556-1598)
    2 - 14:04 *Charles III* (1759-1788)
    1 - 15:09 *Isabella I & Ferdinand II* (1474-1504 & 1475-1516)
    In chronological order:
    *House of Trastámara*
    15:09 Isabella I & Ferdinand II (1474-1504 & 1475-1516)
    3:53 Joanna I (1504-1555)
    3:24 Philip I (1506)
    *House of Habsburg*
    11:27 Charles I (1516-1556)
    13:01 Philip II (1556-1598)
    7:05 Philip III (1598-1621)
    7:57 Philip IV (1621-1665)
    1:25 Charles II (1665-1700)
    *House of Bourbon*
    10:36 Philip V (1700-1724)
    3:18 Louis I (1724)
    10:36 Philip V (1724-1746)
    9:51 Ferdinand VI (1746-1759)
    14:04 Charles III (1759-1788)
    2:19 Charles IV (1788-1808)
    0:38 Ferdinand VII (1808)
    *House of Bonaparte*
    5:53 Joseph I (1808-1813)
    *House of Bourbon*
    0:38 Ferdinand VII (1813-1833)
    3:02 Isabella II (1833-1868)
    *Provisional Government*
    Francisco Serrano (1868-1871)
    *House of Savoy*
    5:07 Amadeo I (1870-1873)
    *Spanish Republic*
    Estanislao Figueras (1873)
    Francesc Pi i Margall (1873)
    Nicolás Salmerón (1873)
    Emilio Castelar (1874)
    Francisco Serrano (1874)
    *House of Bourbon*
    9:26 Alfonso XII (1874-1885)
    2:43 Alfonso XIII (1885-1931)

  • @mooseears9849
    @mooseears9849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I said I was never gonna timeline the Western or Eastern Roman Emperors? Well, nobody said anything about Spanish monarchs. So...
    Ferdinand II and Isabella I 15:08
    Joanna I 3:54
    Phillip I 3:24
    Charles I 11:27
    Phillip II 13:00
    Phillip III 7:05
    Phillip IV 7:57
    Charles II 1:26
    Phillip V 10:36
    Louis 3:18
    Ferdinand VII 9:52
    Charles III 14:04
    Charles IV 2:20
    Ferdinand VII 0:39
    Joseph 5:53
    Isabella II 3:03
    Amadeo I 5:07
    Alfonso XII 9:26
    Alfonso XIII 2:44

  • @WaltuhGaming1
    @WaltuhGaming1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Oh boy this one is going to be a banger I can feel it.

  • @ozgurceltikci9106
    @ozgurceltikci9106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I can feel it...
    French Kings. Ottoman Sultans and Russian Czars waiting anxiously for their turn.
    Suleyman the Magnificent and Catherine the Great delving into Readers Digest while Louis XIV trying his best to out on his high heels before the big moment...

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Forget the ottomans remember 1453 he said he won't do it

    • @stain4128
      @stain4128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@imperiumbrasiliae I really hope he does they were too influential to leave out

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stain4128if he does mehmed II will be a bitter choice and i think if he did the list by heart mehmed would be in position 36th

    • @stain4128
      @stain4128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imperiumbrasiliaealthough painful you have to give respect to the conqueror

    • @thrallfan1056
      @thrallfan1056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stain4128 What respect? He took Constantinople after his predecessors did all the work of reducing it to a city state. He had all the advantage he needed and yet it still took several days and massive losses. The only person deserving of respect is the last Byzantine emperor not Mehmed the mediocre.

  • @waltuh11121
    @waltuh11121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    To be fair about Phillip II's failure in "La Armada invencible" weather was responsible, but he also repelled the british in the "counter Armada". Even if I'm from Spain, I'm kinda sad I forget sometimes some of the Bourbon kings lol
    Also, if anyone wants to visit Spain, you will be welcomed everywhere! If you like history I recommend Toledo, Granada or Madrid (just a few examples)

    • @chickenperson7568
      @chickenperson7568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right for most of this but the British armada also fell to weather, not the Spanish.

    • @Alejandro-er5mx
      @Alejandro-er5mx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@chickenperson7568 No, in Spain we have an enviable time. Your army failed because our defenses, both in the Canary Islands, A Coruña, Lisbon and other places repelled your attacks. Does Maria Pita sound familiar to you ;)?

    • @Nebulasecura
      @Nebulasecura 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      May have repelled the counter attack, but history tends to remember him failing to dethrone Elizabeth pretty badly.

    • @novachrono1341
      @novachrono1341 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      España fue un placer en visitar y conocer. Quisiera visitar otra vez y ir a otras cuidades como Toledo, y Málaga o ver mas partes de adonde yo fui como Granada o Sevilla. Saludos hermano

  • @warremarien364
    @warremarien364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    In Flanders, we get thaught that Charles V is one of the greatest people to have ever lived en Phillips II to be an absolute devil. Of course, this video is about Spain.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He was born there and his son did not understand them.

    • @davidlopez6703
      @davidlopez6703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Netherlands propaganda against Phillip II was strong because of their rebellion against him. Both were pretty similar as father and son.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@night6724 He was born and raised there.

    • @andreascovano7742
      @andreascovano7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@night6724 He was basically flemish, spoke mainly flemish and lived mostly in flanders

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@davidlopez6703 Not really. Charles V since he was a native to the Low Countries had a far greater understanding of our people. Phillip was a real Spaniard and tried to govern the Low Countries without really understanding them. During the rebellion his actions are not far from delusional. He many times dismissed the advice of his experienced generals and expected to win because God was on his side. This isn't propaganda, you can read this stuff in the letters he send

  • @mileslong3904
    @mileslong3904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "I'm tired" - Charles V

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He straight up pulled a Diocletian lol.

  • @ricardoruiz2157
    @ricardoruiz2157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Amadeo I: The Spanish people are ungovernable
    Spectrum: The Spanish are ungovernable
    Me (Someone how is Spanish): Yeah, I think your right

  • @pavelmarinov8361
    @pavelmarinov8361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Can you do the same for Bulgarian kings. I know its not as mainstream as ranking English or French kings, but it would be very very interesting, as the Bulgarian empira has had many dramatic moments.

  • @Duck-wc9de
    @Duck-wc9de 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:31 "every moment of my life is Spain"
    that's devotion to the nation!

  • @Frendlu
    @Frendlu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Good tier. More o less the first ones are the same people that I had in mind, maybe, for me, Charles I can have a better position, because between Chales and Phlip, Charles did the things a bit better. Anyway, great monarhs both of them.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah Charles was better because his regent was good.

    • @leonzoful
      @leonzoful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@johnnotrealname8168 yeah, his wife was great, and his daughter as well. Plus, he had great Viceroys ruling the other territories. One could say he was lucky to have so many competent people surrounding him.

  • @Pabloski483
    @Pabloski483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Puts Ferdinand VII as the worst one, i press like.
    All my homies hate Ferdinand VII

  • @alvaroayalafernandez560
    @alvaroayalafernandez560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    I didn't know Philip IV was called "the great", i've always thought of him as an incompetent ruler who accelerated the decline of the Spanish Empire. He left the matters of state to his corrupt nobles, provocated revolts everywhere, lost two major wars, lost Portugal and the Netherlands (and even Catalonia for some time) i'd have rank him 17th.

    • @andreascovano7742
      @andreascovano7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well he didnt really lose the netherlands, he got a poor situation and managed to hold on to them.

    • @kaliyuga1476
      @kaliyuga1476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      El rey planeta

    • @rhrabadan
      @rhrabadan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      El grande? A Felipe IV se le llamaba el Rey Planeta

    • @rhrabadan
      @rhrabadan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kaliyuga1476 exacto

  • @CBZ-vk9bz
    @CBZ-vk9bz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My personal favourites for each dinasty are Carlos II and Carlos III as both modernized the country and recovered it economically. Also, both were described to be kind, warm-hearted and empathic.

  • @versenelol5083
    @versenelol5083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Other queens: i wAS a WoMAn iN A mAnS WoRLd sO HaRd
    Isabella of Castile: I inherited a literal bankrupt, crime-ridden, second-rate kingdom that was being invaded by Portugal while also going through a succession civil war
    Other queens: We made reforms!! We are so important!!
    Isabella of Castile: I fused my kingdom with Aragon, Granada and Naples, fought the medieval superpower France to a standstill, triggered colonialism, I signed the most famous and remembered treaty from high school (Treaty of Tordesillas), the queen in chess becomes the most powerful piece because of me, established the first global currency in the piece-of-eight that becomes the literal basis of modern US dollars and Chinese yuan, and also you want some chocolate? tobacco? popcorn? Columbian Exchange y’all, or maybe you want to hear the joke that nobody expects haha just give me thirty years with my husband who i love and respect

    • @adriancampos8640
      @adriancampos8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You missed the part where the Hermandad de las Marismas (Lit. Brotherhood of the Marshes) was effectively ''a Hanseatic League'' fifty years before the Hanseatic League became a thing, which run the trade between Castile and Flanders and had beneficial treaties with France and England. This made Castle a major naval power, if not the major naval power, in the Atlantic for two hundred years before the discovery of America.

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also avocados and guacamole.

    • @Nebulae-KUN
      @Nebulae-KUN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      based isabel of castile

    • @ericlurio246
      @ericlurio246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      she's a usurper who stole her niece's throne. She also killed her younger brother.

    • @ramonribascasasayas7877
      @ramonribascasasayas7877 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She did not fused it. It was a dinastic union. Afterwards, same person could be king of Castile, Navarre, Aragon, Valencia, Naples and count of Barcelona.
      Each territory had different courts and codes of laws.

  • @lorenzomosca5655
    @lorenzomosca5655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    as a neapolitan charles III ( In Naples is Carlo VII or VIII ) we love charles , it would be interessing to do a list of the kings of naples and two sicilies as had a vast spectrum between bad and good rulers

  • @aurenkleige
    @aurenkleige 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    If it wasn't for the unified requirement, I'd bet Alfonso X of Castille would dominate this list.

  • @elliottcanuel2196
    @elliottcanuel2196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:11 He was also generally a terrible person. In 1818 his second wive, Maria Isabel of Braganza was going into labor and she stopped breathing before she could deliver. Her sister and many others saw the signs that the Queen was still alive, but Ferdinand told them to cut her open and get the baby inside out of her. She let out a scream during the surgery and died for real.

  • @ferni8956
    @ferni8956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would place Alfonso XIII higher on the list because he is thought to be one of the first investor and promoter of erotic movies in Spain, and though it isn't that much, It is way more than most of the Spanish monarchs have done throughout our history. Jokes aside, I have just watched two of your videos and I think they are arresting given how fun and thorough they are. Nice job!

  • @JamesTobiasStewart
    @JamesTobiasStewart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I came for your Rome stuff, but these are fun as well I must say.
    An easy video for the future could be Mexican Emperors, since IIRC there were only 2 of them 😉

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      American monarchs then would include the brazilian and hatian emperors and the king of haiti

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@imperiumbrasiliae Emperor Pedro II, easy first place.

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@johnnotrealname8168 definitely no good came after the coup

    • @Xanderex98
      @Xanderex98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In my opinion the 3 monarchs of Haiti were mostly despots. The first one Jean Jacques dessalines (Jacques I) and the founder of Haiti. Brilliant general. But as emperor many people were unhappy with his reign and he was assassinated just two years after he became emperor. Henri Christophe I'd say was one of haiti's best kings/rulers. He traded with Britain, hired tutors and created his own noble order. And is well remembered for building like the Citadel Laffaree one of the largest fortress in the America's and San souci Palaces which are popular tourist destinations in Haiti. Sadly he committed suicide after getting a stroke

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Xanderex98 Despotism is fine within moral bounds.

  • @JAC-W.1756
    @JAC-W.1756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    15:08 the catholic monarchs
    3:53 Juana I
    3:24 Felipe I
    11:25 Carlos I
    13:00 Felipe II
    7:04 Felipe III
    7:56 Felipe IV
    1:25 Carlos II
    10:35 Felipe V
    3:17 Luis I
    9:50 Fernando VI
    14:04 Carlos III
    2:19 Carlos IV
    5:51 Jose I
    0:38 Fernando VII
    3:02 Isabel II
    5:06 Amadeo I
    9:25 Alfonso XII
    2:43 Alfonso XIII

  • @Alex-ms9em
    @Alex-ms9em 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You should rank the kings of France!

  • @txoricin
    @txoricin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:30 "la cuerda" in this contexts means actually "the sane". Estar "cuerdo/a" means "To be sane"
    Juana was called "Juana la Loca" "Joanne the Crazy/Mad" so in contrast her mother was called "la cuerda" "the sane", not "the rope"
    ;)

  • @akechijubeimitsuhide
    @akechijubeimitsuhide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Philip II gets bonus points for being one of, if not THE, best role for a bass in operatic history

  • @AdmiraHax
    @AdmiraHax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isabella II near the bottom of the list really warms my Carlist heart.

  • @gguyllago
    @gguyllago 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You know Spain had some good monarch when napoleon's puppet hits top 10

  • @anarion43
    @anarion43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I agree heavily on Charles I and Phillip II not being #1 and #2 respectively because even though they were probably the best ever happened to all of their realms all at once, I agree Charles III and Ferdinand and Isabella even though weren't as great of monarchs as Charles I and Phillip II, they were better to Spain alone.
    Hats off to that unbiased ranking, were it be ranking them as monarchs instead of spanish monarchs, the top 4 would have been different

  • @bruceismay5440
    @bruceismay5440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another amazing video as always. Love watching this channel grow

  • @andymorgade7137
    @andymorgade7137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Important data about Amadeo
    He asked to meet Cervantes at his castle. Cervantes was dead...like more than 100 years ago. He was quite dumb.
    One history teacher said once "He returned to his island to have kids, which was what he was good at"
    Edit: Alfonso XII is also famous because his first wife Mercedes - which he apparently loved, although some sources differ - died very young. He became extremely sad and there was a song that said this.
    "Donde vas Alfonso XII, donde vas, triste de ti
    Voy en busca de Mercedes, que hace tiempo no la vi
    Ya Mercedes, Ya Mercedes, muerta está, que yo la vi
    Cuatro nobles la llevaban por las calles de Madrid"
    Which basically said
    "Where are you going Alfonso XII, where are you going sad of you/sad man
    I'm going to search for Mercedes, as there has been a lot of time since I saw her
    She is already dead, Mercedes is already dead, I saw her
    Four noblemen moved her around Madrid streets"
    Yep, depressing, I even read once that kids sing this horrible song on the streets...but I hope it's just a rumour
    Edit 2: Fernando VII had a gigantic d****. No, I'm not joking, he had gigantism in that specific area and he had to have sex with a...cushion that look like a doughnut to not hurt their wives.
    Edit 3: Also, Philip V had some serious mental issues and he was also addicted to sex. He even had sex with her wife only two days before her death, when she was also dead.

  • @NDTexan
    @NDTexan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wouldn't mind seeing a list of monarchs before the unification of Spain all the way back to the kingdom of Asturias

  • @lucho7629
    @lucho7629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    *la cuerda * means something like *the mentally healthy *, juana was known as *la loca * literally the opposite
    Yes, the same word but you need a little context to translate it

    • @ab9840
      @ab9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Off-Topic - Reminds me of this song - th-cam.com/video/BEIQZaX4_0s/w-d-xo.html

    • @lucho7629
      @lucho7629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ab9840 temaiken

  • @amirkhonyusupov7718
    @amirkhonyusupov7718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ranking rulers of England, Russia, France, Ottoman and Sassanid would all be top tier vids.

  • @matiasvivanco6017
    @matiasvivanco6017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am from Spain, well done. Nevertheless I would put Charles II higher, he was a good monarch. The economic increased and he was loved by people.

  • @ishehaxor
    @ishehaxor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don’t comment much but I really enjoy your way of presentation. Great video

  • @perfectblue8443
    @perfectblue8443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is brilliant! If you could do this for the kings of France my life would be complete

  • @Yrkr785
    @Yrkr785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Please do all Armenian kings ranked from Urartu to Cilician Armenia

    • @Thomas-u8q
      @Thomas-u8q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sources are lacking

    • @Yrkr785
      @Yrkr785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Thomas-u8q sorta not every kings' deed is fully captured but the Urartu kings are exceptionally well detailed considering that Urartu was around 800-500 bc.

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish we knew more about the Armenian kings during early Hellenistic era and diadochi wars

  • @Flavius_Theodosius
    @Flavius_Theodosius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Could you rank Polish monarchs at some point?
    Some of them are less known than their French or Prussian counterparts so you could shed more light on them!

  • @jes2512
    @jes2512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Im Spanish and I never heard someone calling Filipe iv "the great" indeed we r taught that it's reign was only good in a cultural perspective

    • @davidlopez6703
      @davidlopez6703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Felipe IV era conocido como el Rey-Planeta

    • @jes2512
      @jes2512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidlopez6703 Una cosa no quita la otra.

    • @vonbismarck7781
      @vonbismarck7781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No fue tan mal monarca, bastante mejor que Felipe III tanto el como sus respectivos validos (Olivares y Lerma). Le tocó aguantar las condiciones más adversas, contra una Francia bastante más poderosa que la que tuvieron que afrontar sus antecesores. Eso, más todas las rebeliones que se dieron por casi todos los territorios de la Monarquía, solo teniendo éxito la portuguesa

    • @davidlopez6703
      @davidlopez6703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jes2512 Y cuando he dicho yo lo contrario? Solo he dicho que Felipe IV era conocido como el Rey Planeta.

    • @lusosaylor
      @lusosaylor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Un rey que pierde durante su reinado mirad de los territorios que heredó, es un rey fallido... perdiendo el imperio portugués por pura incompetencia, no lo deja bien en la historia universal

  • @gastongarraza7391
    @gastongarraza7391 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:31 A correction "La cuerda": "The sane one". Cuerda also means rope, but not in that context

  • @arkcliref
    @arkcliref 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    so, you can say that Charles II's life is Spain without the S.

  • @prettysalty8447
    @prettysalty8447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoying these videos. Cant wait for more of these!

  • @Daniel-pb5ue
    @Daniel-pb5ue ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "The inbreed guy" was actually a good king, or at least he was surrounded with competent people

  • @Maesterful
    @Maesterful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video by the way, do Scottish kings next please!

  • @laughsatchungus1461
    @laughsatchungus1461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    English monarchs next? The only country other than rome where I know a significant portion of the ruling monarchs lol.
    But fr im fine with anything u make. Shits fire

  • @tuko4082
    @tuko4082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Do a ranking of every single monarch of the three major pre-islamic iranian powers (Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid empires)

    • @greattower1650
      @greattower1650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cyrus would be first, heck, even in a top of all monarchs around the world cyrus would be pretty much in the first ten. Ancient Iran/Persia is underrated

  • @colter2320
    @colter2320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video! I've got an idea for a video: Top Castillian Kings (Hope to see Alfonso The Wise on top)

  • @DarkAngel459
    @DarkAngel459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's such a shame that Philip IV's eldest legitimate son Balthazar Charles died when he was 16, especially coming two years after his mother's death. That seems to have had a huge impact on Philip's ability to be King, as he was naturally devastated.

  • @lillith3159
    @lillith3159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A funny fact about Amadeo: people used to make fun of him constantly in his face because of his accent

  • @CT-sf8wd
    @CT-sf8wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Strange, Spectrum uses Juan and Alfonso but then also Charles and Philip.

    • @GarfieldRex
      @GarfieldRex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Espanglish

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GarfieldRex Ugh, that's what I end up doing & I hate it! I draw family trees & end up with some Felipes & some Philips :D I _think_ I should use the correct variants of names instead of the Anglicised ones, & there are a few like Juana of Castile that are stuck in my head in their native form- I _cannot_ call her Joanna- but things written in English generally use Anglicised names so it's hard to change & remember.

  • @AlfredoPuente8
    @AlfredoPuente8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:27 Can you count Drunken Joseph as a King if he was never in control?

  • @brendenwright7957
    @brendenwright7957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would suggest trying to do videos on the separate kingdoms before they United into Spain... but that may be a little difficult seeing as how some of the kings, there's very little records of... they call it the dark ages for a reason...

  • @ElJaztins
    @ElJaztins 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The story about Joanna being tortured by her mother is an English mistranslation of a letter from Cardinal Cisneros. Cardinal Cisneros wrote 'dar cuerda' which in Spanish means 'to wound up' for talking.
    The culprit of this mistranslation was Bergenroth. Spanish scholars that read the original document argue that he is wrong.

  • @xabierhoyossetien7053
    @xabierhoyossetien7053 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am a Basque histoy student and I have to say that it is a really good ranking. The biggest mistake for me it's to have put Joanna I, but as you have remarked that she did not have any effective power it is not a big issue. Perhaps, from a Spanish perspective it is difficult to place Phillip IV so high as during its reign the Hispanic Monarchy officially lost its European hegemony in favor of France because of the Peace of Wesphalia.

  • @Brochagorda23
    @Brochagorda23 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is known here in Spain that in his lasts years Philip the V was jumping around the palace like a frog

  • @andresperedo1275
    @andresperedo1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As Spaniard, 100% agree with the list (particularly with the top4)

    • @andresperedo1275
      @andresperedo1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      By the way, funny note about the German candidate that wasn't chosen (in favour of Amadeo). His house was teh Hozernhollen-Sigmariten, quite hard to pronounce for the locals, so the Spanish people called him instead "OleOle-SiMeEligen" ("Ole ole - If I get chosen)

  • @menaseven9093
    @menaseven9093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Nice list of the best Spanish Kings, The Spanish and British monarchies still exist today, the Portuguese monarchy no longer exists. Nice to learn after the unification of Spain it still felt that Spain was divided into kingdoms. There is an ancient Peruvian painting that shows the Inca kings and the Spanish kings that show Carlos Quinto aka Charles V as a Black man, King Phillip II is shown as a Mulato.

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sad "Deus Pátria Rei" playing in the background
      F for the Portuguese monarchs, they are missed

    • @lucasribeiro7534
      @lucasribeiro7534 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@riograndedosulball248 Unbeknownst to everyone D. Duarte Pio is preparing a comeback. Hahaha

  • @johndurham6172
    @johndurham6172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The very underrated movie History of the World Pt.1, "the peasants are revolting". Louis, "your telling me".

  • @Vendoseatibiza2007
    @Vendoseatibiza2007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An interesting thing is that Felipe IV was very interesed in art and promoted it in all the kingdom. He was a huge fan of Velazquez and Rubens.
    Pd:the war of the invencible armada was actually won by the spanish

  • @josephagnetti8921
    @josephagnetti8921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    U should rank the Plantagenets

  • @thesebastanian567
    @thesebastanian567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Idea: do the Holy Roman Emperors or just the Habsburg rulers of Austria next

  • @The-Plaguefellow
    @The-Plaguefellow 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel like many of the Spanish Monarchs' lives could be made into melodramatic telenovelas, and you wouldn't even know that those are real lives led by real people.

  • @wa6280
    @wa6280 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The painting of little charles must be the most scary thing I have ever seen.

  • @iwatchDVDsonXbox360
    @iwatchDVDsonXbox360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:07 at the same time, people who lived during his reign are probably the most bias. For example, almost all we know about Peter III comes from his enemies, but when we look at his policies they look pretty good. Some people attribute those policies to his ministers, because of his image, but i don't feel like "bad emperor who approves good policies, because he is dumb" is realistic.

  • @xSTTS
    @xSTTS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow i just realized that I actually learned all of this in school, also, the guy who just gave up is so mee

  • @ah_hispanvs
    @ah_hispanvs ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Actually Charles II reign was one of regeneration, military reformation and economic recuperation. He surrounded himself with excellent advisors. He was a great and competent king.

  • @AlfredoPuente8
    @AlfredoPuente8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:06 You can thank Franco for that.

  • @Frikiman_H
    @Frikiman_H 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The fact that it took so long to get to the chaos that was Isabella II says a lot. I wholeheartedly agree, though.

  • @theultimategamer8537
    @theultimategamer8537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man can’t wait for a Spanish Inquisition joke

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, it won't happen if you're expecting it!
      (Sorry, I had to :D)

    • @madvillain285
      @madvillain285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nobody will expect it

  • @suedetree970
    @suedetree970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how the Spanish Empire and Roman Empire both began with mostly strong and competent rulers.

  • @MandoDaras
    @MandoDaras 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please can you do ranking the French kings in the future

  • @steffhess3627
    @steffhess3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you do the danish monarcs cause we have a lot of them and some insane too

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oldenburg denmark is Bourbon france with more variation

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christian Frederick ×10 and you get denmark

    • @steffhess3627
      @steffhess3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dont forget our 2 queens with the same name

    • @imperiumbrasiliae
      @imperiumbrasiliae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@steffhess3627 also the 6 canutes

    • @steffhess3627
      @steffhess3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imperiumbrasiliae and then there is gorm the old XD

  • @ab9840
    @ab9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A video on the royal dynasties of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans would be nice.

  • @ethancash8870
    @ethancash8870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should do more ranking of monarchs around the world

  • @shellsHD
    @shellsHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad I found this Channel. I’m always looking for these educational entertaining videos