I can't believe its only Oscar nomination was, albeit very deservedly, for Cate Blanchett's performance. But the cinematography was stunning, it deserved a nomination for that.
@@danjones9704 Yes. It is. Which is what ruins the movie, because when you've researched this stuff you're cringing at it. For such a movie, it's a shame they couldn't at least write it so it was f**king accurate.
@@NGCS-ej4lz Many films have done a good job at portraying the past accurately. This film was accurate, then inaccurate, then accurate, then inaccurate, if you're going to make movie like that then just make it in a fictional reality to save people the time for being wrong in any conversations.
@Boleyns Spain defeated England in the 2nd Armada which was initiated by England. No ships were outright sunk by England in this one. In the 2nd Armada Spain devastated several of England's ships
@@GranSinderesis this is where everything went downhill for every thing spanish.. and the rise of the English! now you jumping border to english America help
My brother went to sea (US Navy, USS Barney) in the early 1980's and came home with many stories of how beautifully majestic the ocean could be, and how terrible it often was. Waves tossing your ship like a toy, men sick in their beds because the decks often seemed more vertical than not, cold food because the weather was too rough. Not often, but enough for you to both love and fear the sea. As for myself, I have stood upon the beach near Seaside, Oregon, and felt through the very earth beneath me, the thunder of the waves hammering the cliffs half a mile down the beach. I have watched the sky turn green, and then black, and felt the force of wind as it pushed the waves and rain ever onward, unstoppable, unyielding. It makes you feel small, when you look upon something so relentless, so timeless, so majestically awesome (in the true meaning of that word) that it swallows the earth, and hammers the stones to dust. You truly know the answer to the question, "which lasts longer, the Mountain or the Sea?"
I just noticed-the horse jumping from ship is without harness and this one which is swimming is with harness. I like to interpret it as both horses surviving.
The little girl is the king's daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia. Her father appointed her governor-regent over the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium), so she also became a ruling woman when she became an adult!
Yes I know my fellow countrymen don't really think like this either. But I know how important this was and the fact that america is basically built because it wants more and more religious freedom that the protestants started. America couldn't be what it is today if something like Spain and catholicism had us.
@@breannaWard-dw6xj Spain liberated the USA from England, with the help of Galvez, the Spanish royal roads, weapons and the blockade of the Mississippi. In addition, during those years, Mexico was much more relevant on an economic level and much more advanced, the same as Peru, the Spanish viceroyalties were rich until the 19th century, the USA won due to the disorder within Mexico and the history of America changed in 1848, Mexico was so powerful that the USA preferred to expand towards British Canada in the war of 1812 than go through Mexico.
Spain sent 5 more invasion fleets to the British Isles, all stopped by storms: 1596, 1597, 1718, 1779-82 (naval blockade by the United Kingdom) and 1805. Too many turning points in history. It is easier to think that the United Kingdom was an island (and that prevents land invasion by the great empires), and it had many storms. Philip II arrived in England in 1554 with a fleet led by the Duke of Alba (the best general of the 16th century). If Mary Tudor (half-Spanish and Catholic queen of England) had had a son... We must remember that Spain discovered America, and that the USA was born because it became independent from the United Kingdom, with the help of Spain.
@@breannaWard-dw6xjThe American British wanted to push west and commit more genocide and expand while the British had treaties with the natives and restricted expansion
In that battle yes. But: In 1588 Spain was invading Germany. That is why the Palatinate and southern Germany are Catholic today In 1589 Spain destroys Drake's invincible fleet, sinking 60-80 ships, without any help from storms. Elisabeth condemns Drake to be a lighthouse keeper at the port. When she pardons Drake, he loses 5 battles in the Spanish Caribbean and dies In 1590 Spain invades Paris. That is why France accepts the Catholic religion.
The storm was so violent that Spanish ships were driven north around the tip of Scotland and west of Ireland with ships being destroyed along the way. It is said some Spanish were washed up on the coast of Ireland, rescued by the Irish villagers and ended up intermarrying with Irish women. This is supposed to be where the "Black Irish" originated. Even in the 20th century people with light skin, blue eyes and black hair were saud to have Irish coloring.
It's a dumb theory since the true Irish originated in the Spanish peninsula anyways. Those with red hair are the descendants of the Vikings that conquered Ireland in the Roman times.
After the fiasco of the Invincible Armada, Elizabeth I wanted to take advantage of Spain's weakness to destroy its power. England, however, suffered its greatest catastrophe on the sea. The Counter Armada: this was the greatest Spanish naval victory over England that almost nobody counts. Of the 180 ships that had sailed to take Spain, 102 returned with many of their men infected by the plague suffered at sea and which they spread when they went ashore. Of the 27,667 men who had embarked, only 3,722 survived. This expedition - whose losses were double those of the Invincible Armada - made it the greatest naval catastrophe in the history of England.
@Lavender Raine No it's true, england had more armed merchant vessels and Warships than spain. England had the direct backing of the dutch too. The victory isn't nearly as impressive as people seem to think It is.
@Lavender Raine 1, the weather destroyed the fleet although not the entirety of it since it was sailing to the netherlands not england, 2 the English counter attack was a lot bigger and got utterly destroyed by the spanish instead of weather, 3 had the spanish won england would still be speaking english since spain never cared over replacing the regional languages of its empire, that was a thing that occurred once the bourbon dynasty of french origin got the throne
It’s true the English had more ships but the armada consisted on much bigger heavily armed ships… armadas firepower overwhelmed the English by far! but tactics and a ferocious wind that blew the armada northwards gave the English the win and that’s the truth.
@@crazyclown4782 win? Stalemate amigo. English armada a year later in Spain led by Francis drake the pirate was a real battle and YES ,the kingdom of Spain won.
@@crazyclown4782 The English had purpose built warships known as race built gallons! They also had shorter gun carriages for faster loading than the Spanish ships! Henry VIII's "MARY ROSE " was two generations a head of Philip's ships
Yes, the Protestants apparently gained the favor of the Christian god that day... Both countries were probably devote Christians... But more accurately it was simply the weather and Spanish Arrogance that defeated the Spanish fleet ..
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood England did the same the following year 1589 and that was a real battle. The aftermath...the Spanish empire defeated England and kept ruling the overseas.
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood I agree with you but the Spanish kept ruling the overseas fir 3 centuries and we do not forget that Nelson was defeated at Tenerife by general Gutierrez and this Spanish heroe forgive the Nelson life
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood the Spanish armada was not defeated by english but the English armada 1589 was by a woman MARIA PITA y francus drake the pirate run off with the tale between legs.
It is true, and thanks to that battle England was not occupied. But Spain never believed that the English defeated us. We always thought there was a little Royal Navy action, but it was the storms. In 1588, Spain was invading Germany, forcing the south and Palatinate to retain the Catholic religion. In 1589 we destroyed Drake's invincible fleet, sinking 80 ships. Elisabeth was so angry that she condemned Drake to be a lighthouse keeper. In 1590 Spain invades Paris, forcing the king of France to accept the Catholic religion. In 1595-96, Drake loses 5 battles in the Spanish Caribbean and dies. In 1596 and 1597 Spain sent two more fleets of more than 130 ships to invade the British Isles. Both were stopped due to storms. Still another fleet in 1718 was stopped by storms. And 1779-82, we sent another invasion fleet to England. But we were only able to make a naval blockade of England, capturing two British fleets of 24 and 55 ships (among them 39 war frigates), which sank the London stock exchange, and allowed Spain to give the Spanish dollar to the USA, and the independence. But the invasion was not possible. Amphibious invasions are always complicated. Philip II of Spain had already been king of England in 1554-58, when he married Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. If they had had a son, if there had not been 4 great storms... Spain invaded southern England in 1377, 1380-81 and 1411, with small ships. There are many factors. The Royal Navy did what it could, but they only knew of the movements of the Spanish fleet in 1588 and 1805 (before Trafalgar) not the other 8 invasion attempts.
They still do nowadays theres a great quote from Cromwell about everyone saying God is on their side do they ever stop to think if God wonders who is on his.
My high school was named spanish point secondary school because most of the fleet sank off west coast of Ireland not England we still find cannons off there ships
It's said that Spanish sailors and soldiers cast shore from sunken ships just remained there in Ireland and married, giving rise to "Black Irish" people of partly Spanish descent
The Spanish fleet was still drunk from the Battle of Lepanto. They thought they can make another miracle in England just like what they did to the Ottoman empire. The Spanish Armada failed big time. The odds was in favor for Queen Elizabeth.
1588 is a myth. Spain always had a powerful fleet, and a land army that invaded almost all of Western Europe. The Spanish fleet invaded the Azores in 1582, destroying the combined fleet of France and Portugal In 1585, Spain destroyed 100 Dutch ships in one night, raiding the ships. In 1588, Spain was invading Germany. The Palatinate and southern Germany are Catholic today. If England were not an island we would not even be talking about this In 1589 Spain destroyed Drake's invincible fleet, without storms, sinking 60-80 English ships and some Dutch ones In 1590 Spain invaded Paris. That is why France accepted the Catholic religion as its official religion. If England were not an island... In 1591 3 Spanish ships defeat 23 English ships in the Bay of Biscay 1595-96 5 defeat of Drake in the Caribe. In 1613 Spain defeats the Venetian fleet 1617 Victory against the Turkish fleet 1618 Invasion of Germany 1625 Destruction of the Dutch fleet in Brazil, Puerto Rico and the Philippines 1625 Destruction of the French fleet in the Mediterranean. Invasion of Genoa 1625 Destruction of 62 ships of the combined English and Dutch fleet in Cadiz 1625 Victory against England, Holland and Denmark in Breda, Holland 1629 Victory against the combined fleet of England and France in the Caribbean... 1739-48. Spain captures 400 British ships, and we win the War of Jenkins' Ear. 100 Spanish ships captured... 1741. 50 British ships sunk in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 1779-82. Spanish blockade of the United Kingdom. Capture of 2 British fleets of 24 and 55 ships (39 war frigates) The Spanish fleet was still drunk from the Battle of Lepanto...
Hahahaha, cool ! But... Barely a year later, Elizabeth sent an even larger Armada under Francis Drake command to take advantage of this spanish failure (thanks to a storm and not to any english strategy), destroy the remains of the Felicisima Armada, to seize the Azores and Portugal... And they got their assess handed spectaculary. The English royal treasure got drained and Elizabeth had to plead for peace. Impressive scene, I admit.
If Henry were alive today, I can picture him living in a trailer park, yelling at his wife while drunk(he probably would run a still). All his friends would probably call him "BUBBA"
Except it didn’t really happen? Phillip II never abdicated the Spanish throne at all and his son Phillip III succeeded him on his death? Pretty lame that the people who created a film based on history just threw actual history out the window in such a really haphazard way.
The score in this scene is some of the best music I have ever heard in a movie. And it is in a movie that I did not like, and hardly remember since I haven't seen it since 2007.
The Contra Armada, the Spanish revenge that England hid the greatest disaster of the English Armada, greater than that of the Invincible Armada, is an unknown episode. in 1589, a year after the disaster of the Great Armada of Felipe II, England assembled a fleet even larger than the Spanish one and that was defeated in the Spanish ports. It is known as the Contra Armada and it was disastrous for English interests. But England managed to hide the shameful retreat, in which 20,000 men died, for centuries. However, the story that has remained and permeated in the popular cultural heritage is that after the Invincible Armada the fall of the Spanish Empire began, nothing is further from reality.
Imagine a movie where that same Philip II invades Germany in 1588, and Paris in 1590 (which makes one think that Elisabeth was an island) Imagine that Philip II arrives in England with a fleet commanded by the Duke of Alba, and becomes king of England (1554-58), upon marrying Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. And in the same movie you can include that Spain destroyed 80 ships of Drake's invincible fleet in 1589. You can also include that the English burned dozens of thousands of people at the stake as well, and that hundreds of thousands of people with other religions ( Catholics, Calvinists, Puritans...) had to flee to the 13 colonies, because they could not practice their religion. You can also add that women from England could not be actresses, while Spanish women were actresses and often theater entrepreneurs, as well as governors, admirals and the first women in Europe who went to university and were university professors. You can also include that the golden century of Spanish culture, leader in art, science, psychology, music and literature, was born thanks to Philip II of Spain. I know that film wouldn't win a Bafta award, but it's more real than this British film. I don't want to say that Philip II was an angel, but he was no worse than other kings of Europe.
@@leguan1 results Enhland defeat ..1589 the counter armada and Francis drake the pirate running away with the tale between legs. Nelson defeated. Battle of tenerife. The invasion of america by norris expedition the most humiliating defeat at Cartagena of indias COLOMBIA. English still looking for drake corpse. Man has you already taken your pill?.jahaja.
Elizabeth looked like a Pagan witch when she watched the fleet of the Spanish Inquidition go down... marvelous. The little girl is the king's daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia. Her father appointed her governor-regent over the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium), so she also became a ruling woman when she became an adult!
Imagine defeating the Spanish thanks to a storm, leaving them unprotected and then taking advantage of the opportunity to attack Lisbon with your counter-armada and being defeated and finally lose the war but 450 years later you're the one making a movie about it
@Boleyns no one cares about britain your kingdom has been losing influence for +100 years Spain and the UK are countries that had their golden ages at different points in history and that does not imply that one "won" the british empire expanded more, the Spanish empire lasted twice as long Today there are more Catholics and native Spanish speakers than Anglicans and native English speakers, but English is a better known language (thanks to the USA) and if you were talking about that particular war, then no. Britain did not win. had to sign a peace treaty that forced her to withdraw from the 80-year war
@Boleyns jajahaja. ⁰your country is a protectorate of USA. You are a USA colony England was part of the Spanish empire and Ireland by Felipe II. The English armada was destroyed in 1589 attacking La coruña . Nelson was defeated by general Gutierrez at the battle of tenerife,etc,etc. Soanish empire on which the sun never set. You got the Spanish leftover. Have a lovely day. Stop saying bollocks.
That image of queen Elizabeth is just soo majestic, i always rewind that part more than 10 times, i become soo intimidated by her glory untill i tear up. I believe queen Elizabeth I looked exactly like Cate blanchet
Charles V had a mental breakdown after dealing with the realm he had. Spain, HRE, Italy, Burgundy, Americas. None of them connected, and many more strong enemies such as the French and Ottomans. A defeat like this would probably have killed him or drive him mad like his mother.
@@wizardofoz9803 Charles V had very good mental health. In 1556 he ruled Germany. His son Philip was king of England, married to Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. At the same time they defeated the king of France, and they dominated Italy and the Netherlands. No one had that power, not even Rome. If this happens to Churchill or Queen Victoria, they would go crazy with glory, asking for a statue and a column of Nelson to the moon. However, Charles quietly retired to the hotel-monastery, knowing that Philip was going to invade Germany in 1588 (converting southern Germany and the Palatinate to Catholicism). He knew that Philip was going to destroy Drake's invincible fleet in 1589, destroying 60-80 ships, and he also knew that Philip was going to invade Paris in 1590 (converting France to catholicism)
The english armada 1589 was defeated by the kingdom of Spain and francis drake humiliated by a woman MARIA PITA. Spain won the battle and kept ruling the overseas fir 3 centuries. Isabel of Castilla was the best queen. Spanish empire ruled England and Ireland with Maria I tudor's family
@Boleyns España descubrio el continente anericano. Whay did England go to America? Read a bit of history my pirate. Spain was even bigger than England a discover all you can imagine. English came after.
@@GranSinderesis Spanish Armada: Sent to depose Elizabeth, probably risking Civil War in England. If successful it would have crippled England for a whole century. English Armada: Sent to support anti-Habsburg Portuguese nobles, totally dependent on them. If successful, Spain would still exist, albeit without Portugal. The English won in the end, by the time of Trafalgar Spain could only face them with French aid.
@@wizardofoz9803 They were defeat in the time of James and Charles I so they were defeat... After Hasburg the new dinasty make a complete change in the policy of the whole Kingdom also they didn't fight for the other territories like Naples, Sicily, Milan, Rosellon, Burgundy... Portugal. What were they doing? Phillip II haved to make law that avoid having new dinasty better an Austrian than a French. Charles VI than Phillip V.
The ships didnt sink nowhere near the British coast. Also not all the ships sunk. Spain still won the war after this and then England sent an even bigger fleet that got crushed by Spain but they won't tell you that.
Interesting to see all of this theather. It would be good if any of you guys do a bit of research and find out what happened during and after this event, in real life. For any spaniard this sounds like a comedy, to be honest
The TRUTH is the Spanish didn't really want to take England. The Spanish just wanted to install Huevos Revueltos on English breakfast tables instead of Kippers and Scones. This fight was about gastronomy.
Completely. Spain invaded Germany in 1588, and Paris in 1590, forcing those countries to accept Catholicism as their official religion, and they continued drinking stout and croissant for breakfast. British breakfast is untouchable!
That guy couldn't handle a female sitting on the throne. His male ego couldn't handle it. That is why they started a war. Just a pissing contest. Egos, egos, egos. What to do with an inflated ego.
Actually, despite the misogyny of the age, it's that Phillip wanted HIS female on the English throne so he and the Pope could rule through a puppet. Phillip and the Pope didn't have to worry about Catholicism in England while his wife Mary Tudor, Elizabeth's elder sister, remained on the throne. But with Mary's death and Edward and Elizabeth's accessions, Protestantism was on the rise. Elizabeth refused Phillip's offer of marriage, so he and the Pope had to find another way to take England back for Catholicism. Hence the Papal Bull declaring Elizabeth illegitimate, the threats of assassination, the attack of the Armada and the plan to put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. She had a claim to the British throne and wouid be much more malleable than Elizabeth. What a lot of people are forgetting is that Phillip and the Pope ultimately failed in their goals. The English held back the invasion, the assassination attempts failed, Mary Queen of Scots lost her head, and England did not return to the Catholic column. Elizabeth became Elizabeth Gloriana and ruled until her death in 1603. Her religious compromise between the Protestants and Catholics quelled religious wars in England and largely stands as the basis of the Anglican Church today. Elizabeth lost some battles. But she won the war.
Say what you will about the story, but one thing's for sure: visually, this movie looked even more beautiful than the first film.
I can't believe its only Oscar nomination was, albeit very deservedly, for Cate Blanchett's performance. But the cinematography was stunning, it deserved a nomination for that.
there is a first film?
@@itsstans75 yes, Elizabeth (1998), the young Elizabeth was played by Cate, too
First Film?
Agreed, the framing and use of colour is superb.
She did warn them... "I, too, can command the wind, Sir!"
And with grace, she's 1st
It was the devil who commanded the wind for her.
and that's why the current British royal family names themselves the House the Windsor!
@@andrec78Don't Lie
@@andrec78you do realize God can summon the great wind, even in Biblical times? The devil can't even control the weather as much as God does!
To think people complain about the weather constantly when it was the weather that was partly responsible in fending off the attack from Spain.
Fine, we'll never complain again
"partly"
I'll never ever complain ever again.
Until I really want to.
this are the lawyers like king philip trying to destroy Elizabeth look what happened God protect!
This whole scene is so unbelievably majestic.
It’s also entirely historically inaccurate. Philip was succeeded by his son after his death. He did not abdicate the throne.
@@danjones9704 Yes. It is. Which is what ruins the movie, because when you've researched this stuff you're cringing at it. For such a movie, it's a shame they couldn't at least write it so it was f**king accurate.
@@sospIs It's almost like...these are Films or something.
@@NGCS-ej4lz Many films have done a good job at portraying the past accurately. This film was accurate, then inaccurate, then accurate, then inaccurate, if you're going to make movie like that then just make it in a fictional reality to save people the time for being wrong in any conversations.
The movie never Said nor implied that Philip abdicated...
England's greatest weapon throughout history: English weather.
I DIED AT THIS 🤣😂
@Boleyns Just lucky bad weather... remember contrarmada and Cartagena de Indias biggest defeat on naval history of the world.
@Boleyns Spain defeated England in the 2nd Armada which was initiated by England. No ships were outright sunk by England in this one.
In the 2nd Armada Spain devastated several of England's ships
@@GranSinderesis this is where everything went downhill for every thing spanish.. and the rise of the English! now you jumping border to english America help
@@dab0331 falsoooo
0:35 “in place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn!”
Treacherous as the sea. Good point.
@@pacerrecap6386 And now she's gonna be Lilith the Siren. As in Borderlands.
Stronger than the foundations of the earth.
“All shall love me and this bear…”
oh wait, wrong movie meme 😂
My brother went to sea (US Navy, USS Barney) in the early 1980's and came home with many stories of how beautifully majestic the ocean could be, and how terrible it often was. Waves tossing your ship like a toy, men sick in their beds because the decks often seemed more vertical than not, cold food because the weather was too rough. Not often, but enough for you to both love and fear the sea.
As for myself, I have stood upon the beach near Seaside, Oregon, and felt through the very earth beneath me, the thunder of the waves hammering the cliffs half a mile down the beach. I have watched the sky turn green, and then black, and felt the force of wind as it pushed the waves and rain ever onward, unstoppable, unyielding. It makes you feel small, when you look upon something so relentless, so timeless, so majestically awesome (in the true meaning of that word) that it swallows the earth, and hammers the stones to dust. You truly know the answer to the question, "which lasts longer, the Mountain or the Sea?"
You’re an incredible writer. Thank you for this splendid comment.
My god. That was magnificent.
You are a poet❤
The swimming horse always gets me.
I just noticed-the horse jumping from ship is without harness and this one which is swimming is with harness. I like to interpret it as both horses surviving.
It was the English kamikaze.
That horse is like, "Nope I'm not a part of this war."
“Get me out of here!”
Love how the little girl has an Elizabeth doll.
😅😅😅😮
The little girl is the king's daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia. Her father appointed her governor-regent over the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium), so she also became a ruling woman when she became an adult!
Her father (the King of Spain) was going to make her the Queen of England.
"I, too can command the wind, sir!"
Let's See...
America has no idea how a loss on Englands side would have shaped its history. Truly one of the most important historical turning points of all time.
Yes I know my fellow countrymen don't really think like this either. But I know how important this was and the fact that america is basically built because it wants more and more religious freedom that the protestants started. America couldn't be what it is today if something like Spain and catholicism had us.
@@breannaWard-dw6xj Spain liberated the USA from England, with the help of Galvez, the Spanish royal roads, weapons and the blockade of the Mississippi. In addition, during those years, Mexico was much more relevant on an economic level and much more advanced, the same as Peru, the Spanish viceroyalties were rich until the 19th century, the USA won due to the disorder within Mexico and the history of America changed in 1848, Mexico was so powerful that the USA preferred to expand towards British Canada in the war of 1812 than go through Mexico.
no it wasnt. as spain won that war.
Spain sent 5 more invasion fleets to the British Isles, all stopped by storms: 1596, 1597, 1718, 1779-82 (naval blockade by the United Kingdom) and 1805.
Too many turning points in history. It is easier to think that the United Kingdom was an island (and that prevents land invasion by the great empires), and it had many storms.
Philip II arrived in England in 1554 with a fleet led by the Duke of Alba (the best general of the 16th century). If Mary Tudor (half-Spanish and Catholic queen of England) had had a son...
We must remember that Spain discovered America, and that the USA was born because it became independent from the United Kingdom, with the help of Spain.
@@breannaWard-dw6xjThe American British wanted to push west and commit more genocide and expand while the British had treaties with the natives and restricted expansion
"I too can command the wind, sir! I have a hurricane in me that will strip Spain bare if you dare to try me!"
She was right.
In that battle yes. But:
In 1588 Spain was invading Germany. That is why the Palatinate and southern Germany are Catholic today
In 1589 Spain destroys Drake's invincible fleet, sinking 60-80 ships, without any help from storms. Elisabeth condemns Drake to be a lighthouse keeper at the port. When she pardons Drake, he loses 5 battles in the Spanish Caribbean and dies
In 1590 Spain invades Paris. That is why France accepts the Catholic religion.
Yeah... In the battle
And then rings of power ripped off that quote with that infamous tempest moment.
I guess she did command the wind after all.
The storm was so violent that Spanish ships were driven north around the tip of Scotland and west of Ireland with ships being destroyed along the way. It is said some Spanish were washed up on the coast of Ireland, rescued by the Irish villagers and ended up intermarrying with Irish women. This is supposed to be where the "Black Irish" originated. Even in the 20th century people with light skin, blue eyes and black hair were saud to have Irish coloring.
It's a dumb theory since the true Irish originated in the Spanish peninsula anyways. Those with red hair are the descendants of the Vikings that conquered Ireland in the Roman times.
After the fiasco of the Invincible Armada, Elizabeth I wanted to take advantage of Spain's weakness to destroy its power. England, however, suffered its greatest catastrophe on the sea.
The Counter Armada: this was the greatest Spanish naval victory over England that almost nobody counts.
Of the 180 ships that had sailed to take Spain, 102 returned with many of their men infected by the plague suffered at sea and which they spread when they went ashore. Of the 27,667 men who had embarked, only 3,722 survived.
This expedition - whose losses were double those of the Invincible Armada - made it the greatest naval catastrophe in the history of England.
Eso nunca paso
Jajajajaja
@@felipedeanjou1804ue sabras tu pardillo que ni un documento te has dignado a leer😂
@@starkiler13 no llores
@@felipedeanjou1804 no llores tú anda
@@starkiler13 no llores
this scene gives me so much goosebumps, love it
Japanese typhoon destroyed the Mongol fleet . Same thing happened to Persia fleet
Amen
Historically speaking, the English fleet was actually larger, with faster more maneuverable ships.
@Lavender Raine No it's true, england had more armed merchant vessels and Warships than spain. England had the direct backing of the dutch too. The victory isn't nearly as impressive as people seem to think It is.
@Lavender Raine 1, the weather destroyed the fleet although not the entirety of it since it was sailing to the netherlands not england, 2 the English counter attack was a lot bigger and got utterly destroyed by the spanish instead of weather, 3 had the spanish won england would still be speaking english since spain never cared over replacing the regional languages of its empire, that was a thing that occurred once the bourbon dynasty of french origin got the throne
It’s true the English had more ships but the armada consisted on much bigger heavily armed ships… armadas firepower overwhelmed the English by far! but tactics and a ferocious wind that blew the armada northwards gave the English the win and that’s the truth.
@@crazyclown4782 win?
Stalemate amigo.
English armada a year later in Spain led by Francis drake the pirate was a real battle and YES ,the kingdom of Spain won.
@@crazyclown4782 The English had purpose built warships known as race built gallons! They also had shorter gun carriages for faster loading than the Spanish ships! Henry VIII's "MARY ROSE " was two generations a head of Philip's ships
Geography in England´s history is everything.
One of the greatest armadas in history shattered by the wrath of the almighty.
Yes, the Protestants apparently gained the favor of the Christian god that day... Both countries were probably devote Christians... But more accurately it was simply the weather and Spanish Arrogance that defeated the Spanish fleet ..
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood England did the same the following year 1589 and that was a real battle.
The aftermath...the Spanish empire defeated England and kept ruling the overseas.
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood I agree with you but the Spanish kept ruling the overseas fir 3 centuries and we do not forget that Nelson was defeated at Tenerife by general Gutierrez and this Spanish heroe forgive the Nelson life
@@juanmorales5133 THe spanish ruled the atlantic only until the beginning of the 18th century
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood the Spanish armada was not defeated by english but the English armada 1589 was by a woman MARIA PITA y francus drake the pirate run off with the tale between legs.
The two greatest monarchs in England’s history are named ELIZABETH!
Boudicca, Elizabeth I, Victoria, Elizabeth II - Four British queens whose reigns shaped ancient, Ye Olde, and modern Britain, and the world.
@@MercurialRed9 lo siento, pero la mejor Reina fue Isabel de Castilla
Longshanks 😎
@@MercurialRed9 this.
@@MercurialRed9 not many people remember boudicca.
They were a maverick Protestant power that nobody expected could defeat the the might of the Spanish Empire.
It is true, and thanks to that battle England was not occupied. But Spain never believed that the English defeated us. We always thought there was a little Royal Navy action, but it was the storms. In 1588, Spain was invading Germany, forcing the south and Palatinate to retain the Catholic religion. In 1589 we destroyed Drake's invincible fleet, sinking 80 ships. Elisabeth was so angry that she condemned Drake to be a lighthouse keeper. In 1590 Spain invades Paris, forcing the king of France to accept the Catholic religion. In 1595-96, Drake loses 5 battles in the Spanish Caribbean and dies. In 1596 and 1597 Spain sent two more fleets of more than 130 ships to invade the British Isles. Both were stopped due to storms. Still another fleet in 1718 was stopped by storms. And 1779-82, we sent another invasion fleet to England. But we were only able to make a naval blockade of England, capturing two British fleets of 24 and 55 ships (among them 39 war frigates), which sank the London stock exchange, and allowed Spain to give the Spanish dollar to the USA, and the independence. But the invasion was not possible. Amphibious invasions are always complicated. Philip II of Spain had already been king of England in 1554-58, when he married Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. If they had had a son, if there had not been 4 great storms... Spain invaded southern England in 1377, 1380-81 and 1411, with small ships. There are many factors. The Royal Navy did what it could, but they only knew of the movements of the Spanish fleet in 1588 and 1805 (before Trafalgar) not the other 8 invasion attempts.
Spain won that war
they didnt.
@@cittiavaticano Yes, Spain won the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604).
@@vicentezahonero6777 i meant the main comment on defeating the spanish with any 'might'
It is funny to me how, back in this time, everyone thought god is on their side.
In one tempestuous moment, God truly was the God of England
@@chinopisces oh yes,
He blew and they were scattered!
God is on everyone’s side. He showed the Spanish the wrong of their ways.
They still do nowadays theres a great quote from Cromwell about everyone saying God is on their side do they ever stop to think if God wonders who is on his.
That’s what Cromwell said
Retracting Spanish ships went around Scotland and Ireland. That why you get many Irish people today with jet black hair and blue eyes.
That's not true lol all the Spanish wether returned to Spain and those who stayed in Ireland were like 50/100
My high school was named spanish point secondary school because most of the fleet sank off west coast of Ireland not England we still find cannons off there ships
It's said that Spanish sailors and soldiers cast shore from sunken ships just remained there in Ireland and married, giving rise to "Black Irish" people of partly Spanish descent
This song makes me think of the man of steel trailer god that was a good year I miss 2013
Spot on mate haha
The Spanish fleet was still drunk from the Battle of Lepanto. They thought they can make another miracle in England just like what they did to the Ottoman empire. The Spanish Armada failed big time. The odds was in favor for Queen Elizabeth.
1588 is a myth. Spain always had a powerful fleet, and a land army that invaded almost all of Western Europe.
The Spanish fleet invaded the Azores in 1582, destroying the combined fleet of France and Portugal
In 1585, Spain destroyed 100 Dutch ships in one night, raiding the ships.
In 1588, Spain was invading Germany. The Palatinate and southern Germany are Catholic today. If England were not an island we would not even be talking about this
In 1589 Spain destroyed Drake's invincible fleet, without storms, sinking 60-80 English ships and some Dutch ones
In 1590 Spain invaded Paris. That is why France accepted the Catholic religion as its official religion. If England were not an island...
In 1591 3 Spanish ships defeat 23 English ships in the Bay of Biscay
1595-96 5 defeat of Drake in the Caribe.
In 1613 Spain defeats the Venetian fleet
1617 Victory against the Turkish fleet
1618 Invasion of Germany
1625 Destruction of the Dutch fleet in Brazil, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
1625 Destruction of the French fleet in the Mediterranean. Invasion of Genoa
1625 Destruction of 62 ships of the combined English and Dutch fleet in Cadiz
1625 Victory against England, Holland and Denmark in Breda, Holland
1629 Victory against the combined fleet of England and France in the Caribbean...
1739-48. Spain captures 400 British ships, and we win the War of Jenkins' Ear. 100 Spanish ships captured...
1741. 50 British ships sunk in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
1779-82. Spanish blockade of the United Kingdom. Capture of 2 British fleets of 24 and 55 ships (39 war frigates)
The Spanish fleet was still drunk from the Battle of Lepanto...
Hahahaha, cool ! But...
Barely a year later, Elizabeth sent an even larger Armada under Francis Drake command to take advantage of this spanish failure (thanks to a storm and not to any english strategy), destroy the remains of the Felicisima Armada, to seize the Azores and Portugal... And they got their assess handed spectaculary. The English royal treasure got drained and Elizabeth had to plead for peace.
Impressive scene, I admit.
If Henry were alive today, I can picture him living in a trailer park, yelling at his wife while drunk(he probably would run a still). All his friends would probably call him "BUBBA"
People don't realize the significance this has as an important point in history
Except it didn’t really happen? Phillip II never abdicated the Spanish throne at all and his son Phillip III succeeded him on his death? Pretty lame that the people who created a film based on history just threw actual history out the window in such a really haphazard way.
@@danjones9704Cry more Spanish boy, God was on Englands side that day.
@@ChrisCrossClash God sunk english ships afterwards, God always laughs with supreme strength
@@eziolua11 😂😂Clown, England wasn't trying to invade Spain though were they, Every time Spain tried to invade they got god's smiting hand. Glorious.
I love her Gown. ❤❤❤
It’s just weather.
Tying natural weather to being ‘English’ is a reach and I won’t have it 🤣
Love the scene though.
The score in this scene is some of the best music I have ever heard in a movie. And it is in a movie that I did not like, and hardly remember since I haven't seen it since 2007.
Thanks soooooo much!! 1:05
The Contra Armada, the Spanish revenge that England hid the greatest disaster of the English Armada, greater than that of the Invincible Armada, is an unknown episode.
in 1589, a year after the disaster of the Great Armada of Felipe II, England assembled a fleet even larger than the Spanish one and that was defeated in the Spanish ports. It is known as the Contra Armada and it was disastrous for English interests. But England managed to hide the shameful retreat, in which 20,000 men died, for centuries. However, the story that has remained and permeated in the popular cultural heritage is that after the Invincible Armada the fall of the Spanish Empire began, nothing is further from reality.
This battle actually happened closer to the French coast off Calais. This movie makes it look like it happened off the English coast.
Do you realise how stupid that sounds.
@@system3008 wut u no dodo
The Island is sacred. It always has been.
And the heavens opened up and proclaimed hereth be Englands one true righteous queen
2:35 her costume is much brighter than my future 😂
A windy cliff shot always slays
Elizabeth I Action Figure comes with everything you see here, including wearable shower curtain…Sir Walter Raleigh sold separately…
Imagine a movie where that same Philip II invades Germany in 1588, and Paris in 1590 (which makes one think that Elisabeth was an island)
Imagine that Philip II arrives in England with a fleet commanded by the Duke of Alba, and becomes king of England (1554-58), upon marrying Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. And in the same movie you can include that Spain destroyed 80 ships of Drake's invincible fleet in 1589. You can also include that the English burned dozens of thousands of people at the stake as well, and that hundreds of thousands of people with other religions ( Catholics, Calvinists, Puritans...) had to flee to the 13 colonies, because they could not practice their religion. You can also add that women from England could not be actresses, while Spanish women were actresses and often theater entrepreneurs, as well as governors, admirals and the first women in Europe who went to university and were university professors. You can also include that the golden century of Spanish culture, leader in art, science, psychology, music and literature, was born thanks to Philip II of Spain.
I know that film wouldn't win a Bafta award, but it's more real than this British film. I don't want to say that Philip II was an angel, but he was no worse than other kings of Europe.
Wow greatest trailer ever
Don't fight against galadriel
When you checkmate your opponent when they got more material than you
I want to see a movie about the English Armada. That would be good.
@@leguan1 to each their own
@@leguan1 results
Enhland defeat ..1589 the counter armada and Francis drake the pirate running away with the tale between legs.
Nelson defeated. Battle of tenerife.
The invasion of america by norris expedition the most humiliating defeat at Cartagena of indias COLOMBIA. English still looking for drake corpse.
Man has you already taken your pill?.jahaja.
@@juanmorales5133 I think the biggest insult for you is that we actually forgot our wars with you, most people think of the french at Trafalgar.
@@kartoffel4870 YOU do not think...ESPAÑA think about.
@@kartoffel4870 you mean...forgot your disastrous battles .
Do not waste my time
If that actually happened, Elizabeth had to feel like a god at that point
i saw thisin cinema .... IT WAS EPIC
Watching the blaze, Cate must’ve been kicking herself for not bringing some prawns to the barbie.
Elizabeth looked like a Pagan witch when she watched the fleet of the Spanish Inquidition go down... marvelous.
The little girl is the king's daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia. Her father appointed her governor-regent over the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium), so she also became a ruling woman when she became an adult!
Few things have made me shiver in history like English courage.
Yes, few things make one shiver like an army made of pirates and criminals.
@@petette4442No war was fought by saints
Imagine defeating the Spanish thanks to a storm, leaving them unprotected and then taking advantage of the opportunity to attack Lisbon with your counter-armada and being defeated
and finally lose the war
but 450 years later you're the one making a movie about it
Que puedes esperar de los piratas.
@Boleyns no one cares about britain
your kingdom has been losing influence for +100 years
Spain and the UK are countries that had their golden ages at different points in history and that does not imply that one "won"
the british empire expanded more,
the Spanish empire lasted twice as long
Today there are more Catholics and native Spanish speakers than Anglicans and native English speakers, but English is a better known language (thanks to the USA)
and if you were talking about that particular war, then no. Britain did not win. had to sign a peace treaty that forced her to withdraw from the 80-year war
@Boleyns jajahaja.
⁰your country is a protectorate of USA.
You are a USA colony
England was part of the Spanish empire and Ireland by Felipe II.
The English armada was destroyed in 1589 attacking La coruña .
Nelson was defeated by general Gutierrez at the battle of tenerife,etc,etc.
Soanish empire on which the sun never set.
You got the Spanish leftover.
Have a lovely day.
Stop saying bollocks.
@@felipeii7466 i don’t think Spaniards have any say in England loosing relevance, Spain and its unnecessary monarchy speaks for itself.
@@system3008 what has Britain achieved in the last 100 years (other than stupidly losing its entire empire without even fighting to keep it)?
When Daenerys showed up with dragon's and Harry Potter and his friends was epic
I hope the horse made it to land.
Epic scene
A port in the storm ❤❤❤
The weather….. 🎉🎉🎉
That image of queen Elizabeth is just soo majestic, i always rewind that part more than 10 times, i become soo intimidated by her glory untill i tear up.
I believe queen Elizabeth I looked exactly like Cate blanchet
Philip was her dead sister’s husband; they were in-laws to each other. Philip’s father Charles was his wife’s mother’s nephew.
Portal…. a safe passage through the storm …. ❤❤❤
A poor grasp of history but glorious cinematography.
Now we know this was an Asari spaceship that caused this weather effect.
King Philip actor is so hot
Who's the little girl supposed to be??
phillip's daughter
Phillip's daughter, Isabella Clara Eugenia
Princess of Spain
They should show also how the counter armada was destroyed just a year after, same caliber or worst.
God helped Elizabeth.
Yes AND after that he failed to her when she wants to take advantage of the spanish weak. 😂😂😂😂
Come to think of it, both England and Japan were saved by heavenly winds, from absolute continental powers
I bet if Charles v were still alive in Spanish armada failure he would be shock over Elizabeth
Charles V had a mental breakdown after dealing with the realm he had. Spain, HRE, Italy, Burgundy, Americas. None of them connected, and many more strong enemies such as the French and Ottomans. A defeat like this would probably have killed him or drive him mad like his mother.
@@wizardofoz9803 Charles V had very good mental health. In 1556 he ruled Germany. His son Philip was king of England, married to Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England. At the same time they defeated the king of France, and they dominated Italy and the Netherlands. No one had that power, not even Rome. If this happens to Churchill or Queen Victoria, they would go crazy with glory, asking for a statue and a column of Nelson to the moon. However, Charles quietly retired to the hotel-monastery, knowing that Philip was going to invade Germany in 1588 (converting southern Germany and the Palatinate to Catholicism). He knew that Philip was going to destroy Drake's invincible fleet in 1589, destroying 60-80 ships, and he also knew that Philip was going to invade Paris in 1590 (converting France to catholicism)
The english armada 1589 was defeated by the kingdom of Spain and francis drake humiliated by a woman MARIA PITA.
Spain won the battle and kept ruling the overseas fir 3 centuries.
Isabel of Castilla was the best queen.
Spanish empire ruled England and Ireland with Maria I tudor's family
Sure it did.
I guess spain wins everything right?
@Boleyns España descubrio el continente anericano.
Whay did England go to America?
Read a bit of history my pirate.
Spain was even bigger than England a discover all you can imagine.
English came after.
Juan Morales seems to be hallucinating their own version of 'history'. The Spanish Empire was defeated and Spaniards never ruled England.
@@juanmorales5133 Go and talk to your therapist, Juan.
2:35
The Gloriana Virgin Queen of England
Philippe cries like the Hispanists in the comment box
Visually perfect
great ending
The time when England rules the waves
Both movies awesome
2:35 when you conquer a country and become a #1 trading power in eu4
Dr John Dee and the Angels pulled a blinder that time.
Who is the little girl? What roll does she play in history?
She's Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain. Phillips daughter. In 1588 she actually would have been about 20
What's the name of the little girl holding a doll
Russia's two greatest generals: gen. January and Gen. February.
Based Divine Intervention.
1589 english ships in Spain... Holy Divide Intervention.
@@GranSinderesis Spanish Armada: Sent to depose Elizabeth, probably risking Civil War in England. If successful it would have crippled England for a whole century.
English Armada: Sent to support anti-Habsburg Portuguese nobles, totally dependent on them. If successful, Spain would still exist, albeit without Portugal.
The English won in the end, by the time of Trafalgar Spain could only face them with French aid.
@@wizardofoz9803 They were defeat in the time of James and Charles I so they were defeat... After Hasburg the new dinasty make a complete change in the policy of the whole Kingdom also they didn't fight for the other territories like Naples, Sicily, Milan, Rosellon, Burgundy... Portugal.
What were they doing? Phillip II haved to make law that avoid having new dinasty better an Austrian than a French. Charles VI than Phillip V.
IT'S 1 Good Scene Of The Golden Age
Looking back, this has Cersei Lannister AND Daenerys Targaryan vibes all over it.
Same in the war of 1812 in DC
I love her ❤
Whats the name of this soundtrack i cant find it anywhere
The horse was swimming-
The ships didnt sink nowhere near the British coast. Also not all the ships sunk.
Spain still won the war after this and then England sent an even bigger fleet that got crushed by Spain but they won't tell you that.
Interesting to see all of this theather. It would be good if any of you guys do a bit of research and find out what happened during and after this event, in real life. For any spaniard this sounds like a comedy, to be honest
Swimming Horses were invented in New Jersey, back in '47, AFTER the war. You're welcome... 😮😅😅😅
anyone knows the name of the soundtrack?
The day the witch won.
The TRUTH is the Spanish didn't really want to take England. The Spanish just wanted to install Huevos Revueltos on English breakfast tables instead of Kippers and Scones.
This fight was about gastronomy.
Completely. Spain invaded Germany in 1588, and Paris in 1590, forcing those countries to accept Catholicism as their official religion, and they continued drinking stout and croissant for breakfast. British breakfast is untouchable!
Your majesty, your GF broke up with you and blocked you. We have all to get her back, but she has concluded she is done.
*ME: **1:58*
Don’t humiliate yourself for someone who doesn’t love you.
That guy couldn't handle a female sitting on the throne. His male ego couldn't handle it. That is why they started a war. Just a pissing contest. Egos, egos, egos. What to do with an inflated ego.
Actually, despite the misogyny of the age, it's that Phillip wanted HIS female on the English throne so he and the Pope could rule through a puppet.
Phillip and the Pope didn't have to worry about Catholicism in England while his wife Mary Tudor, Elizabeth's elder sister, remained on the throne. But with Mary's death and Edward and Elizabeth's accessions, Protestantism was on the rise. Elizabeth refused Phillip's offer of marriage, so he and the Pope had to find another way to take England back for Catholicism. Hence the Papal Bull declaring Elizabeth illegitimate, the threats of assassination, the attack of the Armada and the plan to put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. She had a claim to the British throne and wouid be much more malleable than Elizabeth.
What a lot of people are forgetting is that Phillip and the Pope ultimately failed in their goals. The English held back the invasion, the assassination attempts failed, Mary Queen of Scots lost her head, and England did not return to the Catholic column. Elizabeth became Elizabeth Gloriana and ruled until her death in 1603. Her religious compromise between the Protestants and Catholics quelled religious wars in England and largely stands as the basis of the Anglican Church today.
Elizabeth lost some battles. But she won the war.
That is what you get from fighting about religion…
Religion is like a political ideology back then. Nowadays we still fight due to ideology, nothing changed.
It was certainly not the will of any god, but the will and courage of English men and a lucky wind.
Lucky wind
Heaven sent gales as in the case of mongol invasion of Japan
The ultimate Femimist woman
No matter how big and strong u might think you are the all mighty god's wrath is worse then anyone has ever witnessed
🤬😡 BAD DEFEAT SPAIN !!