The Scandalous Road To French Revolution | Rise & Fall Of Versailles | Real Royalty

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  • When Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette took the helm of France's monarchy, Versailles had been the home to the most powerful family in Europe for over a century. A place of artistic brilliance, lavish entertainment, passionate love affairs and outrageous scandals. But while a lucky few danced, feasted and flirted their days away, the state was ion the brink of collapse. Now Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette would face the biggest challenge in the history of their illustrious family...
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  • @bankerdave888
    @bankerdave888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    "How do you tax the rich?" --------------That is the question then and now!

    • @bawsack69
      @bawsack69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The rich tax us.

    • @jeffreymeehan3116
      @jeffreymeehan3116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Use the Army to collect. Or don't have rich.

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No kidding.

    • @bawsack69
      @bawsack69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@jeffreymeehan3116use armed men to force people to hand over their money? You don't have a problem wit that?

    • @rally1461
      @rally1461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bawsack69 He doesnt understand how taxation works

  • @stevesandwichproductions1043
    @stevesandwichproductions1043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    At 37:47 we hear Louis had a "mechanical mind," and that is a good way to describe him. What Louis XVI loved most was locksmithing - the science and art of making and working with locks. He liked tinkering with locks and keys. Things needed to make logical sense to him. He wasn't heroic or romantic, just a practical person. That is the tragedy of absolute, hereditary monarchy. Louis was a decent man better suited to the profession of locksmith than king.

    • @-KMA-
      @-KMA- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He had no problem spending the country’s money on himself

    • @virginiagobetz9084
      @virginiagobetz9084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Louis supported many charities--among them the American Revolution.

    • @billcox1995
      @billcox1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@-KMA- A ruler who attempts to cause great change which benefits the working class will face great opposition from the nobility and aristocracy. Since the outcome and intentions of the rulers could not be known, the end was horrific.

    • @julioriveragomez6995
      @julioriveragomez6995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@-KMA- well, tbh, he may be not that bad. He was just a weak ruler. Haven’ you even watched the video?

    • @mihirb1
      @mihirb1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@-KMA- I think the gentleman's point was that Louis XVI was a better man than his predecessors. His immediate 2 predecssors were never sensitive towards the problems of the general populace. Also unlike his predecessors he was a lot older when he became king. It makes a big difference if you are told you are king/queen the Monarch of a place when you are 5 compared to 23. He didn't have the drive/strength to do something to change the system. Basically it was an odd combination of a king wanting to be benevolent but didn't have the stomach to take on the system. As far as taking from the people he definitely could have done more. Who knows maybe he wouldn't have faced the guillotine if he had tried harder.

  • @meggoldnight
    @meggoldnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    This brings me such joy- having read about Marie and Louis and how they really were I’m so happy to see them portrayed as they were, young rulers trying to fix things but struggling with the court

    • @paulvoisin7690
      @paulvoisin7690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      53464

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The king and Marie Antoinette were both a tyrant, so they deserved it

    • @meggoldnight
      @meggoldnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 So did you actually watch the video, read actual historical documentation or learn anything about it or just immediately believe the slander and propaganda stirred up by anti-Austria couters who hated a 15 year old for being Austrian?
      Also judging by your profile picture your American, without the French Monarchy's decision to support your war of independence against the British, you still would be a British subject

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@meggoldnight Marie Antoinette was conspiring with the first monarchist coalition to try to overthrow French Revolution and reestablish the absolute monarchy instead of the revolutionary constitutional monarchy… Marie Antoinette had family in Austria, but France and Austria were starting to be enemies since French Revolution… The king on the other hand was surrounded by traitors who gave him bad advices… like the nobles who asked Louis XVI to put his veto against the decrees that would give french constitution of human rights and with same logic abolish slavery… the human rights constitution said also that the privileges of nobles was going to be abolished so Louis XVI refused it to sign it at the beginning… He even imposed his veto against it… but then happened another mass protest who reached to his palace so he finally accepted to sign the human rights constitution

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Marie Antoinette on the other hand pressured and convinced the king to escape to Austria, probably to ask Austria to invade France and reestablish the French absolute monarchy instead… they escaped and then they were captured and accused of treason, which caused their death… the capital punishment for treason was death, and is even applied in nowadays world… so both got gu*llotined for conspiracy and 1 year after their death, the French constitution of human rights could finally be adopted, which is a big symbol… the death of the king gave birth to French human rights constitution

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Great documentary. I have seen so many documentaries about Marie Antoinette but this one seemed to focus more on King Louis XVI. I learned new details which I had not ever heard of before. Very good

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe because it's about the downfall of the monarchy, not just Marie Antoinette.

  • @sammyt3514
    @sammyt3514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Another brilliantly produced and acted docudrama; the actor who played Louis XVI (Gabriel Dufay), in particular, was amazing and captured the complex character of that doomed king perfectly.

  • @nimash6273
    @nimash6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    "May you never forget that it was his weakness that put Charles I of England's head on the block" , very accurate. Unfortunately people revolt in the time of the most benevolent rullers and think they have done something great, whereas the rullers who have no problem shedding blood of their own people almost all die peacefully in beds. The ones who show love and weakness are in more risk to lose their heads by the very people they love and care for. sad.

    • @wazzup223
      @wazzup223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds like King Louis XIV

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah because the death of King Louis XVI happened because he tried to flee to Austria and accused of treason

    • @nimash6273
      @nimash6273 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 It was more sound like an excuse to start a Republic, just like the hoax of "Let them eat cake" made up to Justify the revolution. As Robespierre famously said: " Luis has to be executed, So that the Republic can be born".

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@nimash6273 he mostly said :
      "The king must die for the people to live"....
      The king escaped to Austria with the queen while France was at war with Austria... it is well known that the queen even helped the counterrevolution to overthrow French Revolution and conspire against the revolutionary constitutional monarchy to restore the absolute monarchy... it was even the queen which was Austrian And which family controlled Austria that convinced the king to escape to Austria...
      The maximal punishment for treason is death even today... but they got a sweet death considering the fact that the gu*llotine is considered painless and is even more moral than the electric chair or fire squad that are applied today...

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nimash6273 let’s not forget that the king was surrounded by traitors who gave him bad advices... They were the same traitors who ruled during the absolute monarchy and the old regime and their ministers were elected by nobles which supported the old regime... It was even them that ordered to shoot the protestors during the revolutionary constitutional monarchy... they even convinced the king to put his veto against the decrees that were in favor of the French universal constitution of human rights and of the citizens, which constitution was going to abolish slavery... but the king refused to sign them until a furious mob stormed his palace and forced him to do so...
      But sadly the decrees of French human rights were still under veto...
      Finally the revolutionaries And radicals forced the traitor ministers to resign and were sent to exile... and for the French human rights we had to wait until the treason of the king because one year after the king was executed for treason, the French human rights was finally approved and adopted and slavery was abolished with same logic... That’s where Robespierre said :
      "The king must die for the people to live"
      But before the treason of the king, everyone was basically a constitutional monarchist, even Robespierre and the jacobins... it was only after the treason of the king that the revolutionaries realized that the constitutional
      monarchy wouldn’t work because it was still the mirror of the old regime and the absolute monarchy... it was exactly at that moment that the idea of republic started to come to minds...

  • @jeffreymeehan3116
    @jeffreymeehan3116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Louis hired the right advisors and had the right instincts... but he had no spine. Whenever he came against the intransigence of the Nobility or clergy or whoever, he would fold like a cheap accordion. And then he decided to stand his ground and got his head cut off.

    • @stillfangirlingtoday1468
      @stillfangirlingtoday1468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think there is a high possibility that they would have died either way, by the revolutionaries or by the aristocracy. The only difference is that he could have gone down in history as a hero, as a true champion of the french people, instead, he died as a weak and indecisive man that took too long to stand his ground. And Marie Antoinette, well, nothing new under the sun for women, an unjustified witch hunt.

    • @JustinLaFleur1990
      @JustinLaFleur1990 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yep he was worried about making the mistake of his ancestor Charles I who was too inflexible with his people to the point he decided to go to war against them. Louis VXI was the opposite he was too flexible that his people felt the had to go to war against him.
      This coupled with the fact that the Ancien regime was outdated, corrupt, and terribly inefficient led to the Revolution.
      If he had just stuck with what Turgot had advised and if need be used the military to enforce his will on the nobility and the clergy maybe France would still be a monarchy today.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JustinLaFleur1990 Yes, use the military? What a way. It should be noted that the Clergy and nobility did pay taxes just not enough, the Clergy paid a voluntary amount though. A lot of the opposition also came from the Parlements who were not landed aristocracy and the people actually supported them. I feel like the reductionist takes on the matter miss certain things.

    • @JustinLaFleur1990
      @JustinLaFleur1990 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @John Not Real Name no part if the problem with the Acien regime was that the Nobility and the Clergy were exempt from taxation and the commoners bore ALL the burden of taxes and sometimes had to pay the same taxes repeatedly because tax collectors didn't really log that this person had paid their taxes. If they refused even if they paid they ran the risk of being thrown into prisons like the Bastille.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JustinLaFleur1990 The Nobility were the most taxed in Europe and the Clergy paid a voluntary amount but I am unsure whether they were equivalent to the proposed taxes. This is not to write the amount they payed was that much though, the people definitely were burdened too much. However for the Church's part, they were also basically the welfare system. The Bastille by that time was used to deviant criminals, Nobles, who did not want a trial. The days of peasants staying there were long over.

  • @danremenyi1179
    @danremenyi1179 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    There is no such a thing as an unbiased history presentation.

    • @ktbecstasy
      @ktbecstasy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, it's not possible

    • @napoleonfeanor
      @napoleonfeanor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes there is but they are really dry and lengthy.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@napoleonfeanor
      If it involves humans,
      doing the writing or
      producing there will
      be bias. As short
      documentaries go,
      this one was accurate
      enough. It was also
      well-produced with
      appropriate costumes.
      Neither Louis XVI and
      Marie Antoinette OR
      Tsar Nicholas II and
      Alexandra were the
      demons that the
      political Left (i.e.
      pro-Socialists) paint
      them as being.

  • @BaileyBlurbs
    @BaileyBlurbs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Love what you guys put together for this family. Great to see the root of the problems were parliament. Never knew Louis wanted to tax the rich and was strongly opposed. As always great work from this channel.

    • @ALI-gi7sv
      @ALI-gi7sv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why is it "great to see the root of the problems were parliament"? Are you that desperate for autocrats to love and identify with? Louis was an awful dictator that tried to use the army to destroy the national assembly and fled the country to get the foreign powers to invade France just so he could get back to being an absolute monarch.

    • @cboy0394
      @cboy0394 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Parlement which is different to the parliaments that we know today. The French Parlement during the Ancien Regime was more reminiscent to an appellate court than it was to a legislative body.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Politicians are ALWAYS the
      problem. Back in the day
      "politicians" would have
      been the courtiers (nobles)
      who advised the monarch.

  • @queenjada7856
    @queenjada7856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I love royal history of France, Spain, Britain and Scotland ☺️🥰 my guilty pleasure

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Russian history is interesting to.

    • @queenjada7856
      @queenjada7856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@elizabethmcleod246 yes

    • @Elijah-ri6xo
      @Elijah-ri6xo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leviticus is referring to pedophilia.
      Mathew 19:12 Eunuchs that are born that way are transgender. Eunuchs made that way by others were molested and something inside of them blocks off a certain type of body but it doesn't happen to everyone that is abused. Those that CHOOSE to live like Eunuchs for THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN are bisexual people that choose partners of the same sex-characteristics but opposite in regards to gender. GENDER is determined in the brain and designated at birth and has nothing to do with sex characteristics. Notice, God PREFERS for people to be in LGBT relationships.
      You know rapture occurs right HERE on earth right? Malachi 4:2-3 It is when God's true people shine like the sun with the glory of the Lord right here on earth. Jesus comes back to rule. Some people will live forever. The rapture teaching inside the fake churches is mostly LIES. The new heaven and earth will be made here. Do you get it? The ones taken are NOT good. WW3 will bring down all government institutions and they are ALL corrupt. 1/3 of all people will die at least. I am Elijah of Malachi 4:5-6 and Acts 3:22-23 says it will come to pass that anyone that fails to listen to me will be utterly destroyed from among the people. Anyone that continues to teach the LIE of monetary tithing or sells anything at all using the gospel CHOOSES to DIE with the wicked. It's their choice. Same-sex marriage is NOT a sin. Mathew 19:12 says God PREFERS for people to be in LGBT relationships. Anyone that teaches it is a sin when it is not also CHOOSES to perish with the wicked. WORLD PEACE IS COMING! Asking questions is okay, but anyone that rejects the messages from the messenger of Malachi 3:1 rejects Jesus Christ Himself and that means they will also not be here when Jesus comes back.
      Pretrib rapture is LIES, false teaching...
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    • @Codduct
      @Codduct 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wb romans?😭

  • @misterwatson1487
    @misterwatson1487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Ahh a proper Friday evening program worthy of me watching. Much Love and Prosperity to all who've stumbled upon this comment ♥

  • @toribarron534
    @toribarron534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Boy the way she described the end there really reminds me of today hmmmm

    • @MO-go9oo
      @MO-go9oo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolutely, was thinking the same thing!

    • @KabbalahSherry
      @KabbalahSherry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, America is absolutely in the early stages of decline, and I believe that sometime, within our lifetimes, we'll see total collapse happen. 🤷🏻‍♀️😒 It's just a matter of time. The greed & corruption of those at the top knows NO end.
      And so in the end, that will BE their end.

    • @jackiedelvalle
      @jackiedelvalle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I literally just said as the credits rolled, "Sounds like now".

  • @samsmom400
    @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    In all the memoirs and history that I've read, I've never heard that Louis suffered a mental breakdown and was "seeing things". Nice touch on your part.

    • @MrResearcher122
      @MrResearcher122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I never read that either. His erectile dysfunction is well-known. Maybe, though with liberty, they inferred from that episode in his life that he was a depressive, but attributed to his inability to rule. Freudian, no doubt, but inaccurate probably.

    • @samsmom400
      @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MrResearcher122 I've been reading books (mostly memoirs) written from people who lived through all of it. I think you might be onto something. History is written by the side that won.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrResearcher122 He did not have erectile dysfunction from what I can gather: "Most modern historians agree that Louis had no surgery - for instance, as late as 1777, the Prussian envoy, Baron Goltz, reported that the King of France had definitely declined the operation. Louis was frequently declared to be perfectly capable of sexual intercourse, as confirmed by Joseph II, and during the time he was supposed to have had the operation, he went out hunting almost every day, according to his journal. This would not have been possible if he had undergone a circumcision; at the very least, he would have been unable to ride to the hunt for a few weeks afterwards."

  • @keningall5404
    @keningall5404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    An excellent presentation just goes to show that 3 times Louis had tried to fix the problem but just didn’t have the strength to follow through . Had he followed Turbots advice initially we may still have a French Monarch today . The Aristocracy & the Clergy were the true enemies of France not the King & Queen .

    • @applemauzel
      @applemauzel ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'd argue otherwise, if he followed Turbots advice, he will either be poisoned or replaced by his brother before long, considering the entire population of versailles will then be turned his enemy - and his brother will probably struggle similarly after taking power.

    • @arolemaprarath6615
      @arolemaprarath6615 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Monarchy has no place in this modern world. Glad France became a republic

    • @baldr2510
      @baldr2510 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@arolemaprarath6615 Yes that is what they tell everyone in school. Having been told that doesnt make you any smarter than the people who thought they are a good idea.

    • @michaeljohnangel6359
      @michaeljohnangel6359 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Diderot wrote that Mankind would not be free until the last aristocrat is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

    • @bobhill9845
      @bobhill9845 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If he hadn't bitched out and gave Necker enough reason to resign, this would have also all been avoided.

  • @missyrose2154
    @missyrose2154 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Thing is the family could have gotten away if they had just listened to the advice they were given . They were told to travel inconspicuously. Instead they insisted on traveling in luxury and as such they were ultimately caught . I’ve often wondered what would have happened if they had listened to reason . Would they have gotten out alive ? Would they have eventually retaken the throne ? How would history be different ? It’s an interesting thought

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว

      French people offer them a constitutional monarchy. They pretended to accept it, while asking Marie Antoinette's brother to reinstall them in the absolute monarchy.

    • @alanaadams7440
      @alanaadams7440 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But that's who they were over the top

    • @sunmoonstars3879
      @sunmoonstars3879 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@alanaadams7440not much different from todays wealthy and elite, travelling by private jet, multiple properties, designer/couture clothes, avoiding taxes - perhaps the French peasants had the right idea

    • @vennue9958
      @vennue9958 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@sunmoonstars3879 if they earned their money legit, they can travel and spend however they want...it's the avoiding taxes that is criminal

    • @SNP-1999
      @SNP-1999 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They fled Paris in a socalled "Berliner" coach, the late 18th century equivalent of today's stretch limousine - the flashiest vehicle on four wheels, very inconspicuous indeed ! They just couldn't do without their luxury, if it meant the death of them - which it ultimately did in the end.

  • @axxelloxzi8418
    @axxelloxzi8418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I can only conclude that King Louis was a king that held no dominance over anyone. he was too play-safe and nice, never took risks. he had the right plan that no one agreed upon.

  • @anthonyllido9720
    @anthonyllido9720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Royal history thank you for posting this. For those of us who love royalty , this is so stress relieving.
    Peace and love ❤️ to all of you.

    • @anthonyllido9720
      @anthonyllido9720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @James Hama I'm great. Hope you're doing well 🙂❤️

    • @anthonyllido9720
      @anthonyllido9720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @James Hama no. I'm not. Where are you from?

  • @PLuMUK54
    @PLuMUK54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    It is unfortunate that Turgot read people as badly as Louis did. A more sensible person would have taken things more slowly. It was obvious, even though Louis was keen to make changes, that he was indecisive, and fearful. Turgot should, therefore, have provided Louis with small victories in the taxation issue, building Louis's confidence until he would feel more able to take on the bigger problems.

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The beginning of the revolution, the abolition of the privileges and the constitutional monarchy, brought that. Still he kept making the wrong decision and pushing against the changes. He never wanted deep reforms and wanted to maintain the tyrannical absolute monarchy.

  • @christianmurphy5335
    @christianmurphy5335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Brilliant production, beautifully staged and written, a true masterpiece! Wish we had these kinds of things in the US

    • @jacreiasi5719
      @jacreiasi5719 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't because US was a republic and wasn't governed by Monarchs

    • @Igor-kv1eg
      @Igor-kv1eg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You cant because you dont have a Versailles. Our kleptocracy (thieves) on top are far more refined aesthetically than yours, which is very welcome, otherwise we would have to suffer too from the aesthetic monstrosities the the rich build in the USA.

    • @erinstanger416
      @erinstanger416 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      America was ruled by a monarch until we had our revolution.

    • @admiralcraddock464
      @admiralcraddock464 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You should watch Fall of Eagles_another quality historical drama based on the three monarchies of Gernany, Russia and Austro Hungary. Spread over 14 episodes it charts those monarchies from te mid 19c to their fall at the end of WW1

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very different that the absurd "Marie Antoinette" by Sophia Copplola. Beautifully made but so ridiculous.

  • @hori166
    @hori166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I wonder what happened to all those ministers who opposed the changes proposed by Turgot, Necker, and Calonnes? Did they meet the same fate, or did they flee the country only to return later to continue their self-interests? @ 49:05 A "society that was unfair and corrupt"? Sounds like modern times, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."

    • @erinstanger416
      @erinstanger416 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it seems that modern politicians have failed to learn from Revolutionary history.

  • @jacklyv
    @jacklyv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Great Channel!!!!!! Actual history facts presented with good visuals and well spoken narrators, thank you!!👏

  • @xxisdoll0801
    @xxisdoll0801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Nothing has changed very much, after so many years,.The only difference, no guillotine for the corrupt.

    • @memi4586
      @memi4586 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true. Just had 250 years to brainwash the little guy into accepting that he deserves his one bag of coin to the corrupt person's 500!

    • @emmaponymous
      @emmaponymous 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The guillotine was for anyone and everyone, including children, born into the aristocracy who couldn't get out of the country in time-- and within a generation France was a monarchy again. Rinse and repeat throughout the 19th century. Do not wish for the return of the guillotine. Never has a violent revolution achieved the goals of those that started it.

  • @talmadge1926
    @talmadge1926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I liked the astute comment that Louis XVI attempts to get the Notables to vote on taxing the rich was " like trying to get turkeys to vote for early Christmas"

  • @abrahamdominguez5517
    @abrahamdominguez5517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    It’s easy to blame the King and Queen. Louis’ problem was that he was indecisive. Marie Antoinette although frivolous was unfairly vilified through anti-Austrian propaganda. There were many factors contributing to the Revolution including inflexibility by both the Church and the nobility. As well as coincidental factors such as unseasonably cold weather which led to decreased harvests.
    And as you can see, the Revolutionaries did far worse than the monarchy once in power. They terrorized citizens, murdering them on flimsy charges.

    • @yourmother2739
      @yourmother2739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Starving people when you live off of them in absolute luxury made them angry.

    • @abrahamdominguez5517
      @abrahamdominguez5517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@yourmother2739 really? I didn’t know that. What a fresh new perspective!

    • @jeffreymeehan3116
      @jeffreymeehan3116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      “THERE were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror-that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.”
      ― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    • @virginiagobetz9084
      @virginiagobetz9084 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At last an intelligent response!

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That system was doomed to fail epically, no matter what they did to try to prevent it. At least the aftermath of the revolution wasn't quite as bad as in e.g. Russia.

  • @floraposteschild4184
    @floraposteschild4184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    To an extent, Louis and MA were the scapegoats for the sins of generations of aristocracy. They meant to govern well, but they wanted to be absolute monarchs in a revolutionary age. (Remember how Americans rebelled against a King, who was not in fact absolute?) Let's spare a thought for the many ordinary people who suffered, starved, and died before, during and after the Revolution.

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How can you say they meant well, when you also say that they wanted the absolute monarchy. It's a paradox. You can't mean well when you want to keep a tyrannical regime

    • @floraposteschild4184
      @floraposteschild4184 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@booliev3275 In their view, an alternate form of government was simply not possible; it would lead to anarchy and bloodshed and god knows what. That was how they reared. Not unlike how some people think a socialist or communist government is not possible today (for long). It would be even more difficult for them to comprehend, because other forms since Greece and Rome had not been tried. You could include the English Revolution/Commonwealth period but that didn't go so well. It wasn't just aristos who thought that way, but the vast majority of ordinary people in Europe at that time as well.

    • @eta2380
      @eta2380 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Communist and socialist has been tried and failed every time.

    • @memi4586
      @memi4586 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eta2380 Socialist governments are highly successful. I'm not sure why it's become a dirty word, but I think most people don't understand the difference between socialism and communism.

    • @malopephasha5341
      @malopephasha5341 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@memi4586 not they are not

  • @samsmom400
    @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Louis would not allow anyone to harm the citizens. He never ordered them to shoot anyone.

    • @somyod2u
      @somyod2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As we were reminded more than once , at the back of Louis's mind was the fate of the English King Charles I, who was executed for waging war on his own people.

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He refused to sign the French human rights constitution and imposed his veto against it, so he deserved it

    • @samsmom400
      @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 Beware of anything that says, "human rights", it's usually something nefarious written by people with an agenda. You watch too much alphabet TV.

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samsmom400 but what about the beautiful expansion of Liberty?

    • @samsmom400
      @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 Do you know who Adam Weishaupt is?

  • @1970karenleah
    @1970karenleah ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Once you have wealth, land, homes you're set apart and forget the struggle if you ever struggled prior

  • @jasontempest4233
    @jasontempest4233 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love history and am so glad I found Real Royalty. This is a story that has always intrigued me.

  • @bd3966
    @bd3966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video!

  • @AnimalLover-is2fc
    @AnimalLover-is2fc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Its funny how people help America and America through it in their faces and what the hell is wrong with rich people, pay your damn tax.

  • @2serveand2protect
    @2serveand2protect 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent channel & great videos. Big thanks!

  • @taj8231
    @taj8231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Not much has changed. Everyday people are suffering from being taxed to the hilt and rising prices. New breed of world rulers called Oligarchs. Greed still reins Supreme.

    • @KabbalahSherry
      @KabbalahSherry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep ☝🏼😕💯

    • @eta2380
      @eta2380 ปีที่แล้ว

      And who voted for the world rulers today? The everyday people!
      Biden got 81 million everyday people to vote for him.

    • @pancakes429
      @pancakes429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The problem of yesterday was unfair exploitation of the working class. Today's problem, is our incompetent government who burn trillions of dollars on stupid policies. Even in a perfect world, the rules of math and economics dictate that we all can't be wealthy, and only few will hold that privilege.

  • @amalkardaly1652
    @amalkardaly1652 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Extraordinary documentary 😍the hair, costumes, script just wow

  • @AC-ze1nh
    @AC-ze1nh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    It's interesting that both the Russian and French revolutions have a common root cause, their absolute rulers were in isolation.
    Versailles is a gorgeous palace but too far from the capital. Nicholas and Alexandra of Russia withdrew from their capital at the Alexander palace.
    Neither Louis nor Nicholas could gauge the mood of their people, instead relying on second hand reports. Fatal error.

    • @yourmother2739
      @yourmother2739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Royalty as an institution must be brought down.

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      French king was killed cuz he tried to flee to Austria and he was accused of treason… cuz after French Revolution, it was a constitutional monarchy… but then the king committed treason so it became a republic

    • @terintiaflavius3349
      @terintiaflavius3349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yourmother2739 It is almost completely gone in 2022 and those that remain do not hold enough power to sway world events. Monarchy is no longer worth anything. Now we have elected tryants

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I've always found that the biggest difference between the two is that Nick was a total idiot. At least Louis was trying to fix the problems within the society (which he was actually aware of), but it was obviously too little, too late.

    • @KawaiiStars
      @KawaiiStars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mikitz no nick wasn't an idiot, just like louis xv he was surrounded by yes men, who misguided him and always downplayed tragedies of the public

  • @AprilMartinChartrandMS
    @AprilMartinChartrandMS 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is great history review and the presentation offers an inviting view and willingness to learn. Well done, great acting.

  • @bobl4419
    @bobl4419 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I must have seen thousands of documentaries on the French kings, Versailles, and the French revolution, but, this video is probably the finest of them all. Excellent video and I highly recommend it for everyone. Excellent and fair historical account. Enjoy!

  • @exorsuschreudenschadenfreude
    @exorsuschreudenschadenfreude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this series gave me goosebumps, I love everything about this documentary

  • @musa94
    @musa94 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfully presented

  • @ramthian
    @ramthian 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks again

  • @aaronfire359
    @aaronfire359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The Revolution killed the wrong man. He was blocked by the parliaments and those with vested interests, not the other way around. The Revolution should’ve fought for the King and people against the nobility, instead they killed the King who loved them most.

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The king refused to sign the French human rights constitution and even imposed his veto against it… so he totally deserved the gu*llotine!

    • @aaronfire359
      @aaronfire359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 as King it was his prerogative to do so. And the French Revolution was idealistic, not realistic. I’d rather have the Kings back, sorry.

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aaronfire359 being idealist is better…. Being realist is having Stone Age mentality !

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aaronfire359 the French human rights was going to abolish slavery, but the king refused to sign… so they executed the king ! And that’s how France was freed and slavery was abolished!

    • @revolutionariesoffreedom2374
      @revolutionariesoffreedom2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aaronfire359
      if you don’t support the heroes of liberty, then you support the terrorists and the dictators
      ~President Bush speech during 9/11 attack

  • @rengalafuze8700
    @rengalafuze8700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    No good deed goes unpunished. The king tried to help the people but . . .

    • @pysq8
      @pysq8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sins of the father...

  • @stevengrammer5261
    @stevengrammer5261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.

  • @samsmom400
    @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Turgot was dismissed because they realized that he was on "team revolution".

    • @Elijah-ri6xo
      @Elijah-ri6xo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leviticus is referring to pedophilia.
      Mathew 19:12 Eunuchs that are born that way are transgender. Eunuchs made that way by others were molested and something inside of them blocks off a certain type of body but it doesn't happen to everyone that is abused. Those that CHOOSE to live like Eunuchs for THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN are bisexual people that choose partners of the same sex-characteristics but opposite in regards to gender. GENDER is determined in the brain and designated at birth and has nothing to do with sex characteristics. Notice, God PREFERS for people to be in LGBT relationships.
      You know rapture occurs right HERE on earth right? Malachi 4:2-3 It is when God's true people shine like the sun with the glory of the Lord right here on earth. Jesus comes back to rule. Some people will live forever. The rapture teaching inside the fake churches is mostly LIES. The new heaven and earth will be made here. Do you get it? The ones taken are NOT good. WW3 will bring down all government institutions and they are ALL corrupt. 1/3 of all people will die at least. I am Elijah of Malachi 4:5-6 and Acts 3:22-23 says it will come to pass that anyone that fails to listen to me will be utterly destroyed from among the people. Anyone that continues to teach the LIE of monetary tithing or sells anything at all using the gospel CHOOSES to DIE with the wicked. It's their choice. Same-sex marriage is NOT a sin. Mathew 19:12 says God PREFERS for people to be in LGBT relationships. Anyone that teaches it is a sin when it is not also CHOOSES to perish with the wicked. WORLD PEACE IS COMING! Asking questions is okay, but anyone that rejects the messages from the messenger of Malachi 3:1 rejects Jesus Christ Himself and that means they will also not be here when Jesus comes back.
      Pretrib rapture is LIES, false teaching...
      ***....
      Anytime someone deletes the messages from the messenger of Malachi 3:1they reject Jesus Christ Himself and that means they will not make it to heaven. Its your choice.*

  • @veronicaroach3667
    @veronicaroach3667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Looking at the number of chateaux still there in France & the obvious huge wealth that was needed to build them & keep them going, it fits in very well with this story of how off-kilter the balance of powers was then, and now we see this happening again - any guillotines still in working use I wonder - the West in general is now suffering from this same trend towards the haves & have-nots, and humans appear not to have learned the lessons of this time ! Admittedly the lush life these upper class people enjoyed is almost beyond comprehension, and it looks quite ridiculous to normal people now, when those with money appear to have lost all sense of proportion & reality, so watch out people - we are right on the cusp of this happening again - in the US especially !

    • @sarrhodes8277
      @sarrhodes8277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Chateaux were practically superfluous to requirement - because most of the nobility was concentrated in the Court and had been since the time Versailles was built. This had been decided by Louis Quatorze to prevent the nobility plotting behind his back in their homes. The outcome was that everyone had to be at the Court and they were all vying for favour; with each man standing on the hands of the man below him on the ladder leading up to the King. This also meant they had to spend a lot of money to be seen to outdo one another - whereas living at home (and I reckon many of those chateaux were skeleton-staffed or mothballed most of the time) would have been much less costly than having to constantly buy new clothes and jewels and make impressive entertainments to attract the attention of the King and Queen. It was Louis Quatorze that put into place this dreadful structure that led directly to the revolution. Another point of course, is that had the nobility been living all around the country concentrating on their estates, the King would have probably had less pressure from them as they would have been scattered, not united. Instead, they could have just got the message telling them to pay up whatever they were supposed to.

    • @heidimiller642
      @heidimiller642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The rebells that started the French revolution and killed Marie Antoinette were caught and put to death by the French police.

    • @outlawJosieFox
      @outlawJosieFox 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Box fresh trainers are pretty absurd too though so I guess it is all a matter of context.

    • @rh8152
      @rh8152 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree. The common people do not ask for much. To be able to work and provide for our families. To have hope for a brighter future. But in today's world we are finding the rich getting richer, while the poor get poorer. All while they sit in their ivory towers, eating caviar, and we find it almost impossible to afford basics like food and housing.

    • @Africa-ky1bg
      @Africa-ky1bg 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You took the worlds right out of my mouth. It has been moving in this sad direction for the past 50 years.

  • @BackBruck
    @BackBruck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This delights me🤩 however, another documentary told me that there was all sort of waste matter all over the palace😒

    • @samsmom400
      @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back then people didn't take baths. It was considered to be "unhealthy". It smelled really bad and yes, it was dirty. You know how men are, they just peed and spit wherever and whenever they felt the need.

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good

  • @carrickrichards2457
    @carrickrichards2457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Louis XVI had some understanding of the needs of his people and the implications of the enlightenment: The infrastructure and agriculture in France were considerations. The inertia, habits and odd 'traditions' of his court were overwhelming for a weak King, the character of his court lackeys and ambitious ministers. The habit of extravagance from Louis XIV/ XV's days were a problem. Circumcision (the treatment for phimosis) is only painful for 3-7 days and would not impact hunting after that.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was hunting while the treatment was supposed to happen though. Extravagance can help the speculators but if it fails...you are @~?£ed.

  • @clinteastwood7832
    @clinteastwood7832 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @fabricehaubois2442
    @fabricehaubois2442 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thank you… as a French person, I have to resort to foreign, objective post mortem analysis; it is impossible in France, where the revolutionary root causes, and it’s consequences have still not been digested. we still fail to recognize the great catastrophe that this was, we are still paying the price 250 years hence, the failure to peacefully, methodically reform the state as the needs of the changing world demand… so we keep electing temporary kings (more evolved than cutting their heads) and voting them out, but nothing changes, because reforms can’t be implemented.. the inevitable end is a failed state and the likely emergence of a dictatorial regime to move on… which is a shameful outcome, completely at odds with the ideals of.. the revolution

    • @Rowlph8888
      @Rowlph8888 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's an arrogant Western European evaluation. Ultimately, due to this debacle pretty much ruining what would haave been total dominance for the foreseeable future in world history for the Brits and the French, all these other nationstates began to rise, e.g. USA and Germany and now we see in the world that decisions are going to be made for you by other nations that are out of Europe's controlE.g. China, Brazil, Russia and India. It won''t be anything to do with choices made in France

  • @sailingtoatlantisandliveab2455
    @sailingtoatlantisandliveab2455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Outstandingly good film and many parallels to modern times when England is governed by hereditary aristocracy and wife of chancellor pays no tax on income of millions.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 ปีที่แล้ว

      England is not governed by a hereditary aristocracy and the wife of the now Prime-Minister may not but then again millionares pay the most.

    • @WolfRoseQUEEN
      @WolfRoseQUEEN 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They will tear each other into pieces Geeze Louis this will be fun
      (Da 20x or something) **Maniacal laughing**

  • @samsmom400
    @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Marie Antoinette had been popular and loved, but propaganda was churning out against her which caused people to hate her.

    • @-KMA-
      @-KMA- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Reminds me of Mary, Queen of Scots

  • @joejacquesschulz8514
    @joejacquesschulz8514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brought down by his own family. Now I feel like a king.

  • @mellow5123
    @mellow5123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big budget production. Good job.

  • @SergioBecerraII
    @SergioBecerraII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love it.

  • @sankhadipmandal1401
    @sankhadipmandal1401 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The presentation of the documentary is outstanding but one thing is evident that no matter how King Louis XVI was interested in bettering the lives of his subjects by taking advice from such brilliant advisors ultimately those advice became a flop due to the lack of liberalism and excess of conservatism among the aristocratic and clerical elite!

  • @excellentcomment
    @excellentcomment ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job! Could you do a feature on Madame de Sevigne? The 16th c member of nobility whose daily letters to her daughter have been studied by people who love history for 400 years.

  • @danielblue4460
    @danielblue4460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Fun Facts:
    The number of aristocratic families in France was reduced to about 15 percent after the Revolution.
    Radical leaders of the Revolution died gruesome deaths.
    The Republic made by peasants led to the ascension of Napoleon the Great.

    • @brucemarsico6
      @brucemarsico6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No need to weep...what is it today? (2022 One hundred families own the majority of the wealth of France? So much for revolution.....

    • @garyeugene
      @garyeugene 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes... the Republic made by the peasants brought on Napoleion the Great and the same illogical thinking of those who had obtain privileges also as the past estates of the nobility and the clergy led France into the Napoleonic Wars and corruption and final defeat and collapse. The USA, in the 21st Century, is similarly set to follow with the rich privileged class, no matter the political party, not paying taxes and not sympathetic and empathetic to the heavily taxed majority of its citizens!!!!!!!!!!

    • @garyeugene
      @garyeugene 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh and also this film rendition is a marvelous and great clarification of the original film Marie Antoinette of 2006, written and directed by Sofia Coppola, for anyone who has seen that film...

    • @mesogeia3403
      @mesogeia3403 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      15 percent is interesting

  • @QueenMarie1283
    @QueenMarie1283 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    " Artist briefs, lavish entertainment and passionate love affairs "
    The direct definition
    of ROYAL LIFE ♥👑

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @ 26.35
    The first example of Modern Monetary Theory ! Spend , spend , spend ! ! What can possibly go wrong...?

    • @el_aleman
      @el_aleman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I immediately thought of the Reagen years

  • @johnnytorres5944
    @johnnytorres5944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Well it may happen here in the good ole USA! I pray and hope it doesn't but the division we have here currently might become too much to deal with which may lead to a 2nd civil war with nukes instead of just canons!! May the Heavenly Father have mercy on us all!!!

  • @doubledownnow
    @doubledownnow ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please consider English dubbing over other languages. I’m a truck driver and I listen to documentaries while driving, and I get so confused when there’s two minute long portions of a different language and I don’t know what’s going on and they vaguely allude to it when they come back in English but they don’t actually explain what they just said.
    Thank you!

  • @amalkardaly1652
    @amalkardaly1652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love how the doc is in french!

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No the documentary is English. But it uses a French movie and interviews some French historians.

  • @thepinkpantha8620
    @thepinkpantha8620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did no-one spot the cars parked in the background out if the carriage window @7.46 lol Continuity, hello:) Madame´s Lande Rovere?

  • @BomJimmy
    @BomJimmy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Shame that Ameriacan History heros betrayed Luis and never looked backed to help him a dime.

    • @gvjudd1289
      @gvjudd1289 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      that is america always latest toy is ukraine

    • @douggieharrison6913
      @douggieharrison6913 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn't say they betrayed him. They had nearly nothing to offer, nor did France help the US for the good of US citizens. They did it to spite Britain. No need to get in the middle of an ancient battle between two nations that will only bring harm to your brand new nation.

    • @Kodousinx
      @Kodousinx ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How stupid would America look after kicking monarchy, just to support another.

    • @anishaganguly1440
      @anishaganguly1440 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​​@@Kodousinx Yet they still supported the monarchy they fought, that's way more stupid

    • @Kodousinx
      @Kodousinx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Anisha Ganguly ugh number one America was no where near as powerful when the French revolution . 😑 number 2 France was fucked anyways

  • @ryokolago
    @ryokolago ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's the name of the movie showed in the video?

  • @cmsz_
    @cmsz_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay but can i have the soundtrack list please!

  • @ijunkie
    @ijunkie ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mother of Louis XV was a descendant of Charles I of England. Tenuous connection but basically all western European monarchs were related somehow.

    • @Africa-ky1bg
      @Africa-ky1bg 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That was all I intentional. They are all related to one another...all cousins of one another.

  • @ladyfirebreatha5209
    @ladyfirebreatha5209 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Actually they fled Versailles in the night disguised as commoners. They attempted to go to Austria to Marie's family, but on the way were caught because someone recognized Louis. They were imprisoned and on trial for about a year before execution. Their children were imprisoned for about a decade and weren't informed that their parents were dead. The son (Louis the 17th) was beat and tortured and never seen again. The daughter got out eventually and because her brother's death was never confirmed, she many young men come to her claiming they were her brother Louis the 17th. This haunted her forever. But, I bet they may not have been executed if they hadn't tried to escape. Unfortunately, were far too young to rule a country and literally had no idea what they were doing. It's like Louis the 14th did everything he could to prevent people overthrowing him, which ironically ended up happening anyway. Maybe not to him directly, but his future kin paid the price. Such an interesting time in history.

  • @stenbak88
    @stenbak88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Lisa Hilton

  • @Albukhshi
    @Albukhshi ปีที่แล้ว

    @ 2:50
    This calls to mind one of the writing tips that my High-school Arabic teacher gave. He told us all to write the following:
    "Write in the style of _______"
    He then told us to put our names in the blank. The point was that we can never really hope to ape' the style of some writer or other, but we can, with effort, find our own way of expressing ourselves--to find our own style.
    It occurs to me that perhaps Louis XVI should have attempted to simply rule in his own style-, and never mind his grandfather and ancestors.

  • @Tark75ifty
    @Tark75ifty 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a French person I appreciated this documentary on our history. Perhaps, with the benefit of history, the King and Queen did not deserve to die, but there is no revolution without violence and the terror established by Robespierre was terrible. All the same, In 1789, France lived under a feudal regime which had not progressed since the Middle Ages, just like Russia in 1917. It was so much that it changed. The French Republic has had a very eventful history in the 250 years following the revolution. Today we live under the Fifth Republic but as a Frenchman, I am proud that it has been lived until now. It carries universal values such as human and citizen rights. its motto is:
    LIBERTÉ,ÉGALITÉ,FRATERNITÉ and always inspires people around the world.
    Vive la France ! 😀 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵

    • @napoleonfeanor
      @napoleonfeanor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But are those mottos followed? Monsieur Jupiter certainly likes things with him in the center and is no fan of liberty of the people. Prettty much the same in all other republics,too. The Americans have a saying about the tree of liberty

  • @ijunkie
    @ijunkie ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Specifically the nobility were except from the Taille direct land tax, and nominally also the Vingtieme (which they could buy an exception from). Unfortunately for Louis 16 the absolute monarchy of 17th century France had turned into an oligarchy due to increasing resistance from the parliaments to Louis XV, and his grandson LXVI was powerless by the time he came to the throne to enact reforms.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 ปีที่แล้ว

      The nobility were still the most taxed in Europe though.

  • @somyod2u
    @somyod2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    " Marie Antoinette could never have said "Let them eat cake " "says the aristocrat, Lady Antonia .

    • @idontgiveafaboutyou
      @idontgiveafaboutyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She actually didn’t say though

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Today some of the richest people are completely disconnected with the daily life of ordinary people despite internet, television, radio... But also extremely arrogant. So why somebody who lived in a cocoon wouldn't have been. During the pandemic Ivanka Trump said, if you don't like your job find something else. After all daddy always paid for whatever she wanted to do. She seems to believe it is that easy for everybody else.

    • @eta2380
      @eta2380 ปีที่แล้ว

      So what is the better advice? If you don’t like your job, stay at it and be miserable?

  • @JackHernandezGentlemanJack
    @JackHernandezGentlemanJack ปีที่แล้ว

    WHERE IS EPISODE 2?

  • @lillianmcgrew217
    @lillianmcgrew217 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    History ❤❤

  • @dipanwitadasgupta5221
    @dipanwitadasgupta5221 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    From Louis the philanthropist to Louis the headless and nationless 👀

  • @h.barkas1571
    @h.barkas1571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I pity all those people who were not intrinsically evil but negligent to the hardships of their fellow humans. If this really warrants death we'd probably all land on the guillotine.

    • @JohnThomas-li2vi
      @JohnThomas-li2vi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is intrinsically evil to ignore the needs of the people, people like these in power should be removed by any means neccessary, even killed if necessary. And there are good hearted, kind natured people who love there fellow human beings and if in power will try to do what is right by the people. So no, not all human beings can be painted as selfish, greedy, heartless and cruel as if that's the human nature of all people.

    • @virginiagobetz9084
      @virginiagobetz9084 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnThomas-li2vi I cannot support regicide.(the murder of a king)or anyone else.

    • @JohnThomas-li2vi
      @JohnThomas-li2vi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@virginiagobetz9084 it's easy to talk like that when your not at the end of a slave whip, watching your people enslaved, raped, beat to death or worked to within an inch of thier lives while those in power live in heavenly luxury off of the blood, sweat and tears of others. Its easy to be complacent while sitting in a nice warm, cozy comfort, safe environment not having to worry were your next meal is coming from, while being consciously aware that one false move can be your last or even worse, to spend years of your life in prison for trying to survive in am environment that's not meant for you to survive in. Dont get me wrong I understand what your saying, but do you understand my point?

    • @richardschulman8821
      @richardschulman8821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A monarch who loses power can be hunted. A monarch who relinquishes power must be protected, but by whom?
      Until the French Revolution starting in 1789, almost 90% of the Army recruits came from the peasantry, one third of the non commissioned officers came from the petty bourgeois (commoners). Many noblemen in the officer corps sided with the bourgeoisie in the struggle against the class prerogatives of the high nobility. If Louis knew the composition of his military, he could've met with officers and sargeants k the army seize the nobles' estates if they didn't agree to being taxed. Nationalize their businesses, while increasing the pay of the most skilled workers while employing the rest. What if Army has divided loyalties, or Generals decide to keep the Nobles estates and nor pay taxes.
      Could he have done this without a civil war?
      He should have Army seize a few Nobles estates within 2 days to coerce the others into paying taxes. Then meet with commoners and agree to recognize a new Natonal Assembly where they dominate because they represent 26 out of 27 million people.
      The commoner majority wanted to create a constitution, and he might've had to create an elective monarch, abolish a hereditary monarchy, or abolish the monarchy all together. If he agrees to an elective monarch, will the new monarch turn on him.
      (In retrospect, it looks like the only way to save his life and the lives of his family would've been to voluntarily abolish the monarchy. That's counter intuitive, an affront to his ancestors and a blow to his marriage.)
      If he voluntarily abdicated, would he be granted some estate? Would he have been killed? The king and queen were manipulated by the nobility and there was no guarantee the commoners wouldn't have turned on him .
      If they had to flee, would the Austrian emperor take them in, as Louis' value to them was as a monarch.

    • @theuniverseisme432
      @theuniverseisme432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When you are in a position of power you have a greater responsibility to use that power to help the people under you.

  • @jean6872
    @jean6872 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When a government presides over an unequal society where the manual and lower middle classes are krpt without hope while those wit money pay little or no tax, it is on borrowed time.

    • @Rowlph8888
      @Rowlph8888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only when you don't have nuclear warheads, ballistic missiles, Class 5 or 6 fighter jets, all sorts of other badass military equipment and of course semiautomatic and automatic weaponry.
      *The people have no hope of rising up in the 21st-centurry, especially in 1st world countries

    • @jean6872
      @jean6872 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rowlph8888 You have a point.

  • @misomercy
    @misomercy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Madame Deficit. She thought Versailles was old fashioned.

  • @victoriasanchez1111
    @victoriasanchez1111 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I may be wrong but It seems as though both Louis XVI and Nicholas II were about on turn their nations into much better places for those that they ruled. It's such a shame, wish that they both had lived long enough to peacefully turn things in the right direction.

  • @annamaedevlin1713
    @annamaedevlin1713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sound familiar!

  • @ericjones8290
    @ericjones8290 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    34:57 is the best part 😏

  • @thomasreghi7052
    @thomasreghi7052 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have seen too many versions of this episode in world history which makes it hard to figure. Only seems that Queen Marie Antoinette became one of the ultimate victims of the era transversing the era between the Renaissance and the modern emerging state of the world.

  • @zenmaster9195
    @zenmaster9195 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hahaha the common folk pay all the taxes while the rich don't? Sometimes times don't change...I'm hopeful one day this will change. BTW, I love this channel. I'm American, so our history isn't as immense as Europe's. So interesting learning about all of it!

    • @eta2380
      @eta2380 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except the rich do pay, at least in the U.S. The top 2% pay almost 50% of the taxes to the federal government. Look it up if you don’t believe me.

  • @posbus4105
    @posbus4105 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    where to watch the movie...

    • @booliev3275
      @booliev3275 ปีที่แล้ว

      Search for the Rise and fall of Versailles. 3 movies telling the Rise of the absolute monarchy with Louis XIV, the decadence of Louis XV and the fall of the absolute monarchy with Louis XVI

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This documentary is exquisitely well done . French I think ?
    Far superior to the BBC ! ( et je suis Anglais !!)

    • @jamesmay1164
      @jamesmay1164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      British actually, but not BBC

  • @AltairEgo1
    @AltairEgo1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As is usually the case, the nobility that surrounds the king and queen are the most despicable ones. Because it's not as if they're in the spotlight when all hell breaks loose. Naturally the king and queen suffer the brunt of public scrutiny. They figure that they can always escape the worst of it. This has been the case time and time again. Leaders try and enact positive reform, and the nobility surrounding them, who enjoy all the riches and power, have little to no sense of patriotism for the country, and no regard for the common man.
    Not saying these two didn't have a hand in it. They made many mistakes, but to be fair they were quite young and naive. They were quite literally too young to reign.
    The older nobility did know better, they just refused to change, and figured it wouldn't be their problem once shit hit the fan.

  • @NovaPola
    @NovaPola ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg these documentaries 😂 Let me go to bed lol

  • @russchadwell
    @russchadwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nobility: "land owners".
    We have that here too. Today it can be thought of as those who, made rich by various means, are privileged enough to challenge tax laws.
    Some argue it is through corruption that they are allowed or spared equal taxation; their not sharing equal, fair tax burden with everyone else.
    Others herald the feat of their establishing jobs, careers, perhaps even infrastructure itself, as penance enough. Be rewarded for breathing life where there really was none before.

  • @heileopold6122
    @heileopold6122 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The lack of funds for pursuing a powerful foreign policy has haunted France up until now. This is the reason why France agreed to the European Union. In theory France could have made its expensive foreign policy with the money from German exports. However, as we can see today, it is not so easy anyway.

  • @MrResearcher122
    @MrResearcher122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The King is my relative. He was my ancestor's liege Lord, and my ancestor too, a Master of slaves, ended up on the guillotine. I still, strangely, carry the aristocratic 'de' in my name though as poor as an Oliver Twist.

    • @Codduct
      @Codduct 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait whatttt😭how

    • @MrResearcher122
      @MrResearcher122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Codduct Family ties with French noble families.

    • @julief634
      @julief634 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you explain what really happen to the kings children?

    • @HassanZargari
      @HassanZargari ปีที่แล้ว

      Jack, I happen to know a very distant relative of yours. 😄

  • @callmethecommentcountess9329
    @callmethecommentcountess9329 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Right

  • @Chuck0856
    @Chuck0856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I've heard it all -- EZVERYTHING is now referred to Diana, Princess of Wales.

  • @jacquesrenou2850
    @jacquesrenou2850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Very sad to see.My family,some barely got out alive,while many were guillotine.I have mixed feelings about this period,since my family was at both ends of this tragedy.It could have played out so differently, except for the treachery of the nobility and the church who filed the fire and it backfired on them.

    • @loreleislomba8171
      @loreleislomba8171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marie Antoinette is my ancestor

    • @jacquesrenou2850
      @jacquesrenou2850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The church helped fan the flames. This is why Marie Antoinette would not take communion or talk to her preist on her cart ride to the gallows!

    • @Tboy439
      @Tboy439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jacquesrenou2850 ...ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME!!!!

    • @MariposaV
      @MariposaV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@loreleislomba8171 you may be distantly related to her, but directly no.
      Marie Antoinette's only living child died herself without having children.

    • @julief634
      @julief634 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MariposaV That's what I am wondering. Weren't they all imprisoned and died there? All except for the son who died in the hands of a peasant.

  • @shuffleaccount1985
    @shuffleaccount1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    as King he could have passed the laws that could have saved his people from starving and in turn, his life, but he had no courage

    • @samsmom400
      @samsmom400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's not true. You need to quit watching TV and get books written from that time period by people who lived through it or visited France. It's completely different story.

    • @vietcongwarlord6931
      @vietcongwarlord6931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samsmom400 What do you mean?

  • @lilabraun6919
    @lilabraun6919 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lenin studied "la Revolution"". and he learned from it

  • @jenipugh8811
    @jenipugh8811 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Win a wonderful ya team love 💕🥰 taxes for the story thanks again for the king 👑. love ❤

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Refusing to meet the representatives of the Third Estate was Loius' death sentence, politically and literally - although he couldn't have realised it at the time. What a wasted opportunity, the whole history of Europe could have been changed had Loius decided otherwise, but we will never know.

  • @thepatrioarchy
    @thepatrioarchy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why wasn't it inconceivable that Marie said that!

  • @ROBOTKO555
    @ROBOTKO555 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it little difficult to understand why would Marie Antoinette have to follow in stepps of Habsburg empress, considering different situation in France and Austro-Hungarian empire, especially due to different social structure, serfdom system and the constant threat from south wheter it was Ottomans or revolting teritories. The sudden change in environment such as Versailles which was well known for burgeoise display and similar behavior would over the years most likely affect her character, especially due to drastic view of her persona. In Austro-Hungarian empire she would be seen as a ruler, but in Franc she was enemy from the beggining. In the end the hatred towards her escalated and there were displays of animosity within noble circles as well. Considering this, loss of a child and issues of her husband could affect her character much more severly than the upbringing in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Also lets not forget tendency of nobles to spoil their child have effect on her world view. These tendencies were well present within Austro-Hungarian empire as well, thus the filantrophy and generosity of her parents could distance her from the social problems of the subjects to the extent in which we could say, she could loose touch with reality. Or simply option number two, her words could have been taken out of context for spread of popular idea of cruel foreign empress that cast shadow over the kingdom of France through the king himself.