The Most Dangerous & Feared Knights of the Middle Ages...

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  • @medievalmadnesss
    @medievalmadnesss  ปีที่แล้ว +25

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    • @ittybittyrampagingcommittee
      @ittybittyrampagingcommittee ปีที่แล้ว

      Just so y’all know, Wladyslaw III narration doesn’t have any background music. Didn’t bother me at all but just in case it was a mistake and is fixable, there ya go.

    • @zafferung4440
      @zafferung4440 ปีที่แล้ว

      Learn to pronounce 'Lieutenant' correctly.

    • @valiantredneck
      @valiantredneck ปีที่แล้ว

      Very sad.
      Very pathetic.
      No one’s interested in this piss.

  • @benupc
    @benupc ปีที่แล้ว +160

    And Godfroid de Bouillon?? The leader of the first and only crusade that was a real success. He was offered to be king of Jerusalem but only wanted the title Protector of the Holy Grave.

    • @alexanderb5726
      @alexanderb5726 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I agree about his inclusion, though I wouldn't call the First Crusade *the only* successful one.

    • @Th3Chuzzl3r
      @Th3Chuzzl3r 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@alexanderb5726 it was successful until it wasnt

    • @alexanderb5726
      @alexanderb5726 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Th3Chuzzl3r As with all things ever. But the Crusades in the Levant were successful for two centuries.

    • @milkmonster2310
      @milkmonster2310 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@alexanderb5726 You mustn’t know history, but it’s unsurprising as Sweden didn’t participate in those crusades. The 1st and 6th crusades were the only successes, the rest were losses or draws.

    • @alexanderb5726
      @alexanderb5726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@milkmonster2310 Oh look at you which such a clever quip as "you live in Sweden so you can't know about the crusades". I suppose that means if you're not Swedish you have no possible way of knowing anything about the viking age. Cracking good logic there mate. And for the record, there was the Norwegian crusade which included soldiers from all over Scandinavia. A campaign with uninterrupted success that founded the Lordship of Sidon and the first ever European king (Sigurd the Crusader) to personally lead his forces in crusade.
      The Second Crusade had more theaters than the Holy Land, and it was a victory in Iberia and Anatolia. The failure to reach the objectives in Israel was due to internal strife among Crusaders rather than defeat by the Muslims, as for example the Crusaders even besieged and could've taken Damascus in 1148, but withdrew due to too much disagreement on who'd recieve the city when it fell.
      The Third Crusade was a victory as well. The Lionheart defeated Saladin in every single battle and the whole Levantine coast with its cities remained in Christian hands. He only left Jerusalem because he did not have the support of the other kings who wanted to invade Egypt instead and because he had pressing concerns home with his brother and the jealous french king plotting against his Angevin empire. Muslim morale was fully broken after their army's squashing at Jaffa and the Christians could've well faced surrender from Jerusalem had they marched unified on the city. This result is far from a draw. Saladin had to swear by a treaty to leave the coast alone and not assail it.
      I've studied history at university mate. I've read it for fun most of my life. So yes I do know history. Make sure you actually know what you speak of yourself before trying to criticise.

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. ปีที่แล้ว +107

    On one hand I'm kinda happy that a Polish king made it into this list, on the other hand I think that the famous Polish knight Zawisza the Black of Garbów would be a much better choice.

    • @Your_President_Kanye_East
      @Your_President_Kanye_East ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Absolutely. After the tournament in Perpignan in 1415, no-one wanted to joust against Zawisza. All of Christian Europe acknowledged he was the most skilled warrior of his time. Also, he was a highly educated and intelligent man, who represented the Kingdom of Poland as a diplomat on many occasions. Finally, he died like a true knight, when he refused to abandon the Polish men-at-arms under his command, whom king Sigismund left to protect the retreat at Golubac in 1428.

    • @karldehaut
      @karldehaut ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed, however do they know that Zawisza existed?

    • @Your_President_Kanye_East
      @Your_President_Kanye_East ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@karldehaut I'm sure they don't. Overall, the choices in the video feel completely random. It seems to me that they didn't do a solid research before making it.

    • @zrikizrikic9126
      @zrikizrikic9126 ปีที่แล้ว

      Завиша...strane name for polish dude...dont tell me he come with winged cavalry

    • @Your_President_Kanye_East
      @Your_President_Kanye_East ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@zrikizrikic9126 Zawisza the Black? No, he lived at the times when in Poland knights and men-at-arms were still the backbone of the military. He preceded the winged hussars by about 150 years.

  • @andreweden9405
    @andreweden9405 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    There were also at least five different historical knights who were also composers, AND we can still hear their music to this very day because it was written down, and survives! They are: Walter von der Vogelweide (1170-1230), Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361), Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376-1445), Gilles Binchois (1400-1460), and Hayne van Ghiseghem (1445-1497). For many of them, we even know which leaders they fought under, and which battles they participated in, let alone the gorgeous music that we can still perform and listen to! My degree is in the Historical Performance of Music, but I also love HEMA and HEMA weapons, hence the weirdness.😁

    • @Nosferatuラララララ
      @Nosferatuラララララ ปีที่แล้ว +8

      These guys actually made their own boss music

    • @andreweden9405
      @andreweden9405 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Nosferatuラララララ , It's really some beautiful stuff if you ever get the chance to look some of it up, especially Binchois.

    • @jacebeleren9682
      @jacebeleren9682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      hey Philippe de Vitry is mentioned in A Knights tale

    • @andreweden9405
      @andreweden9405 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jacebeleren9682 , Is he?! I've watched it, but don't remember hearing that. It's also a little surprising just considering that that movie, shall we say, does NOT rely on period-correct music for its soundtrack! You're more likely to hear pop music from 2002 than you are classical music from 1302!😁

    • @jacebeleren9682
      @jacebeleren9682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@andreweden9405 yeah the bad guy count ademar I think is supposed to be a descendent of him. The guy who announced him before one of his matches said the name. Pretty cool

  • @zarinsonja3546
    @zarinsonja3546 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Being German I absolutely fell in love with how you pronounce "Götz von Berlichingen" 😍

    • @LukasSchratz
      @LukasSchratz ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Gods of Bur'lishigen. Sounds like a new MMORPG-title.

    • @Mikesman1000
      @Mikesman1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@LukasSchratzI died 😂😅🤣

    • @flonkplonk1649
      @flonkplonk1649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      11:12 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @s.williamc.
      @s.williamc. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      “Lech mein grossen schwantz” is what I heard he said.

  • @schaffelaer1902
    @schaffelaer1902 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    A painting with Götz von Berlichingen, captioned with his famous quote, hang in my parents bathroom for years. I always thought it was a joke, but after forty years I find out the guy and his quote are real! Thanks! 🙏

    • @DaroriDerEinzige
      @DaroriDerEinzige 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The phrase is wrong though and only later on added by Goethe. "[...] Sag deinem Hauptmann: Vonr Ihro Kaiserliche Majestät hab ich, wie immer, schuldigen Respekt. Er aber, sag's ihm, er kann mich im Arsche lecken." - Say your Captain, I've respect for my Emperor but he, he can lick me in the ass.
      Because, you know, Götz got into a fight with a Buddy of the Emperor himself. Götz himself wrote he would have said; "Er soldt mich hinden leckhenn" (Yeah, at his time , everybody kinda wrote like he felt) - Means, "He should lick me behind.". Same meaning, yet completly different sound in german.

    • @flonkplonk1649
      @flonkplonk1649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was the giga chad of knights!

    • @BreadGood_21
      @BreadGood_21 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      0:10
      Hear me out…

  • @pincermovement72
    @pincermovement72 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    William Marshall the most complete knight .

  • @fernandoroza6061
    @fernandoroza6061 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    You missed "El Cid" and Engerrand de Coucy, 2 "perfect" Knights...

    • @s.williamc.
      @s.williamc. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And Edward of Woodstock, the flower of English chivalry at least according to my Black Prince book from the Canterbury gift shop.

    • @WilliamStreiff
      @WilliamStreiff 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Sir Lancelot 😂😂😂😂I'm kidding 😊

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    A fractious nobility is a major reason the courts of English kings toured the land- a noble was beggared trying to entertain a king, his retinue, and many poxy camp followers. After that plague of locusts in human form, a noble's coffers were empty of gold, his lands stripped of game, his peasants of their crops- their daughters infected with all manner of STDs. Hard to finance a revolt or siege after that.
    Compare this policy with that of the Three Unifiers of Japan: they commanded each daimyo to keep a residence in the capitol in which their wives and daughters were confined as virtual hostages against the lord's good behavior. Moreover, traveling to and from the capitol in appropriate style was an expensive process.
    In combination, these customs were tactics designed to keep the great lords too broke to revolt.

    • @cecileroy557
      @cecileroy557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well - it didn't work. In both Japan and Britain nobles revolted quite often. 😉

    • @shwtmDLX1
      @shwtmDLX1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whoa, the king’s retinue violated his vassal’s own daughters? That seems likely to foment revolt just by itself

    • @eddiemoney1093
      @eddiemoney1093 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A sound strategy

    • @piggypoo
      @piggypoo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "that plague of locusts in human form"
      LOL, I like your writing!

  • @halldorherm
    @halldorherm ปีที่แล้ว +38

    You're doing a great job with this channel, quality content

    • @Mr.WestcottX
      @Mr.WestcottX ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For real. Interesting history TH-cam channel

  • @mickaelvalette6885
    @mickaelvalette6885 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I will have a word for Sir Pierre Terrail de Bayard (1476-1524) "Le Chevalier sans peurs et sans reproches".
    One of the finest French Knight of the Realm. Anyway thanks for the video.

  • @icarovieira5016
    @icarovieira5016 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    El Cid mate, this list is just for Northern Europe

  • @CAROLUSPRIMA
    @CAROLUSPRIMA ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This could be a longer list. Sirs Chandos and Manny were pretty tough customers.

  • @nugylicious9872
    @nugylicious9872 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @DJGuatemala83
    @DJGuatemala83 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Black Douglass was the highlight of the movie Outlaw King, for me. Legendary

  • @gyozop
    @gyozop ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saint László the Hungarian knight king who lead many armies personally and never lost a battle was so iconic in the middle ages that his legend became Sir Lancelot in Western literature. (Not the same as king Władysław III here)

  • @seantynan1
    @seantynan1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a time to be alive :( Brilliant channel, keep it up!

  • @theodoresmith5272
    @theodoresmith5272 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    No el Cid? Seems pretty British isle/ northern europe bias. Roger of Sicily?

    • @rebeccakinney619
      @rebeccakinney619 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      He’s explained over and over medieval is a vague term but mostly applies to the time period he covers and focusing on Britain

    • @BriarRouge
      @BriarRouge ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I demand a part two!

    • @jonnywatts2970
      @jonnywatts2970 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spain sux 😂

    • @Lord_Machiavelli
      @Lord_Machiavelli ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Perhaps they are simply better than the Italian and Spanish knights.

    • @Billions_and_billions
      @Billions_and_billions ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@Lord_Machiavelli🤬🤌

  • @David-ns4ym
    @David-ns4ym 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Teutonic knights were probably the most feared knight for awhile. The Danes feared them enough to convert to Christianity since the king knew that they would ally instead of annihilate the pagan Vikings. The Germanic knights were merciless. That warrior culture ended essentially because of the fear they instilled.
    Hands down one though the sword and buckler man was the most feared fighter of the end of the Middle Ages. Spanish did it best. Doubt it? When a few hundred men can destroy the Inca etc. I would put them up against any warrior and they would win.
    An Italian or Spanish master was the best hand to hand combatant of the day. So much so they were rented out everywhere in kings courts etc.
    Only when European counties industrialized and banned the sword was when they sadly disappeared. There are no masters of western martial arts. Only books which some are trying to revive but… it isn’t the same.

  • @I_am_ka
    @I_am_ka ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Knight St. Maurice of lower Saxony was most renowned & undefeated. Keeping Germany sovereign and unspoiled

  • @gyozop
    @gyozop ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saint László the Hungarian knight king who lead many armies personally and never lost a battle was as iconic in the middle ages that his legend became Sir Lancelot in Western literature.

    • @flonkplonk1649
      @flonkplonk1649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      László is stil a very common name in Hungary

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wish there was a helmet like the one in the thumbnail in Dark Souls. It looks like a knight that would ruin your day.

    • @Whiteboykun
      @Whiteboykun ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *tumbleweed rolls by*

    • @boi5375
      @boi5375 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Whiteboykunthere's one in elden ring called bloodhound knight armor

  • @ronaldreaganrimjobs9327
    @ronaldreaganrimjobs9327 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this channel. Each video is so well made and informative. Great narration as well. 🐦‍🔥

  • @Rinksiderips
    @Rinksiderips ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Guts of the Iron Hand"? Where my Berserk people at?!!

    • @flonkplonk1649
      @flonkplonk1649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He just can't pronounce the "ö" in Götz..

  • @WhiteErFox
    @WhiteErFox ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who else thought of Army of Darkness and Ashes prosthetic hand when they saw that picture near the end?
    *proceeds to crush a tin cup with his iron hand* "Groovie"

    • @oceanberserker
      @oceanberserker ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Better still. Ever read 'Berserk'?

  • @hotmilo
    @hotmilo ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I LOVE your videos!

  • @SidwSace
    @SidwSace ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like that short outro is becoming a thing among quality. Well done 👍

  • @kroatos606
    @kroatos606 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tancred (Prince of Galilee) is probably still one of the most underrated knights, considering his accomplishments during the first crusade.

  • @montyparata3507
    @montyparata3507 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lancut is pronounced winesooth in English. I learnt this in 'Poland' by James Michener. I definitely recommend picking this one up!

  • @Old52Guy
    @Old52Guy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an incredible vid. Thank you. I've subscribed.

  • @lostinpa-dadenduro7555
    @lostinpa-dadenduro7555 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:52 Did the king unalive his portrait artist?

    • @yianniassimakis2285
      @yianniassimakis2285 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @eleanormaxwell721
    @eleanormaxwell721 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All I can say is they must have been massive. When I went to the UK they showed us a recovered claymore as well as a broadsword. I could not even pick it up with both hands. Those guys must have been buffed.

  • @bennydcreatives9369
    @bennydcreatives9369 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:45 lol thanks for that sudden comforting image of the Shroud 🤣 i mean who really needs sleep anyway?

  • @MATTHEWESCOBEDO-g2l
    @MATTHEWESCOBEDO-g2l ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Much respect for the Black Douglas!

  • @biblesnbarcodes
    @biblesnbarcodes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please do El Cid. I freaking LOVE this channel - by the way

  • @justinspicyrhino3075
    @justinspicyrhino3075 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:36 Ive seen this guy on here before. He must work a lot.

  • @iga279
    @iga279 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wladyslaw the 3rd? Can a king be a knight as well? Zawisza the Black was the best Polish knight and it seems the best in Europe while he was alive.

    • @MrDerKnofi
      @MrDerKnofi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is there a source in English or German about him? I only know him from "The Crusaders" by Henryk Scienkewic (or so, butchered it) which is hardly a reliable source. Quite the contrary.

  • @julianspaghi4592
    @julianspaghi4592 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i love the video, however, i don't understand how Wladislaw gets a spot as a green experienced KING (all be it courageous), while Jhon hunyadi (Hungarian chad), seasoned veteran and brilliant tactician of many wars, only gets a mention, to me it should be the other way around.

  • @801oap
    @801oap ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How do your disguise you troops as oxen?

    • @adamsmith7058
      @adamsmith7058 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorcery, of course.

    • @stephenlitten1789
      @stephenlitten1789 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamsmith7058 Watch "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." No coconuts

    • @BlueSkyCountry
      @BlueSkyCountry 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Easy. Have everybody identify themselves as oxen. Problem solved. And if the other side tried to point it out, accuse them of being bigots.

  • @taybak8446
    @taybak8446 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting compilation.

  • @Knightstruth
    @Knightstruth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No Mention of Pierre Terrail or Bertrand De Gusclan?

  • @mszalans4817
    @mszalans4817 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Władysław III Warneńczyk is not considered either dangerous or feared. In fact, he is one of the worst kings in polish history and almost nobody respects him. He is considered by many as a stupid youngster, a shameful episode in polish monarchy history. His presence in this video is surprising for me.

    • @SK371
      @SK371 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didnt hear anything about him before this video but I had to laugh at the end of that segment. He just got his troops into an unwinnable war and got his head lobbed off in a hurry.

    • @mszalans4817
      @mszalans4817 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SK371The war was winnable. But he messed it up with one move. This was an opportunity to end Ottoman power early. He messed it up not only for Poland, but for Hungary and balkan states as well. Maybe even for Constantinople.

  • @LucienSabre
    @LucienSabre ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It’s more likely that it was William Marshall to be inspired in his knightly ways by the Arthurian legends’ Lancelot ((or whatever the character was called before Geoffrey of Monmouth, de Troyes and all the others put their medieval _noblesse oblige_ spin on the legends)) than “viceversa” - Arthurian myths and lore had already been around for at least a few centuries by the time William was born and lived. 🤔😊🥰

  • @Lark88
    @Lark88 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Did Sir Götz also have something that was too big to be called a sword? Because it was massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough? Perhaps it was a heap of raw iron? I also need to know if his iron hand had a small cannon.

    • @flonkplonk1649
      @flonkplonk1649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was the chad of the chads in the knight business

    • @NecromancyForKids
      @NecromancyForKids 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was one of the main inspirations for Guts

    • @Lark88
      @Lark88 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NecromancyForKids In an interview, Kentaro Miura said Guts wasn't based on this guy. It was just an interesting coincidence.

    • @NecromancyForKids
      @NecromancyForKids 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I see. I looked into it, and looks like I had the wrong info. Thanks for correcting me. @@Lark88

  • @mimovres9300
    @mimovres9300 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gnome here, studying the best of the best our foes have to offer

  • @stefanvella9807
    @stefanvella9807 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    William Marshall? yes, he was most dangerous and feared but there were other worthier, most feared and dangerous knights far better than the rest of the list. King Richard the Lionheart, GM Gerard de Ridefort, Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, Count Roger of Sicily and his Brother Duke Robert Guiscard, El Cid, King and Saint Ferdinand III, Knight Beyard and many more.

    • @Bannermann
      @Bannermann ปีที่แล้ว

      Gerard de Ridfort was actually probably the most incompetent Templar Grandmaster in the History of the Order. I would definitely mot include that guy on such a list.

    • @WesternReloader
      @WesternReloader 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Marshall survived and thrived through 5 English kings, that in and of itself is a testament to his value

    • @silmaril17
      @silmaril17 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mention Richard the Lionheart as a better example, but William has bested the Lionheart in combat, believed to be the only man to ever unhorse him. Richard begged for his life and William could have killed him but didn’t, even though Richard had at that time sided with the French king. William was a better man and knight than Richard the Lionheart.

    • @SicSemperTyrannis-333
      @SicSemperTyrannis-333 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      James Douglas is the most kick ass out of all of these names. He killed every other knight he fought

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot ปีที่แล้ว +6

    William Marshall the real life Lancelot.

    • @Daughterofminerva
      @Daughterofminerva ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lancelot had an adulterous affair with his king's wife , with no qualms about it. I would be more willing to compare William Marshal to Gawain: a knight who was not perfect , who made mistakes, but at heart he was a good loyal man,ready to get beheaded to respect an oath ( although afraid of this possibility)

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot ปีที่แล้ว

      @mariarosariatrametta116 Actually, William Marshall was accused of having an affair with Henry's The Young King's wife. He, of course, denies it, but he does distance himself from the royal family for a while

    • @Daughterofminerva
      @Daughterofminerva ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@grapeshot True. Nice to find another connausseur of the Marshal 's life. Surely you know that his affair with queen Marguerite was very likely a rumour spread to damage him . A bit difficult to have an affair with a queen under her husband's roof ,since she would never be alone ( although not impossible, Katherine Howard docet ). However, I like to compare him with Gawain because he was quite easygoing . In his biography ,written on the basis of the memories of his family and his household, he was comfortable in confessing that when he was young he was very fond of sleeping and eating , and in general he looks like a simple,honest man . Ofc the biography and his character was not safe from embellishment , but considering that it was also written for his family , to remember him , it cannot contain gross lies because it would make no sense : it was meant to be read by people who knew him very well ,so they would have recognized frank lies.

    • @marshalwiley3124
      @marshalwiley3124 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@Daughterofminervathis^^^ not to mention William was known to have lots of enemies in court who went after him politically quite frequently.

  • @rubenmundaca5405
    @rubenmundaca5405 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🤔 In the middle ages you have EL CID and Alphonse the Batteler, both spanish. Also, the great Skanderberg of Albania.

    • @zrikizrikic9126
      @zrikizrikic9126 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was no Albania back there and he wasnt knight more like general

    • @rubenmundaca5405
      @rubenmundaca5405 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zrikizrikic9126 😏 Yeah, and there was no Spain in the times of EL CID and Alphonse The Battler, either. But that help people to realize from were are them.
      Great warriors and generals. But maybe the greatest as individual knight was the spanish Diego Garcia de Paredes, althoug he belong to another time (Spain alleady existed). A true legend, and all his works was witnessed and testified by reputated men with no exagerations. 😏

    • @zrikizrikic9126
      @zrikizrikic9126 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rubenmundaca5405 ha..not same but ok..Djuradj Castriotti later called by ottomans Skenderbeg cause Skadar was serbian province/castle .. actualy he doesnt have anything with Albania ..just tzst his feud was Part in that area modern time .

  • @charlesfinnigan3904
    @charlesfinnigan3904 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No offense but the most dangerous and feared Knights of the middle ages were just about any knight that went on the first crusade. Those guys rocked!

  • @rinki9025
    @rinki9025 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What picture is used for the thumbnail?

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Yeah it seems to me that a lot of people what they know about Knights strictly comes from Hollywood because a lot of them appear to be nothing more than thugs.

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed. Armed knights were indeed thugs whose lives were spent protecting privilege.

    • @LordoftheOzarks
      @LordoftheOzarks ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thats SIR Thug to you, serf. You dare speak to a lord in that manner??

    • @trolltalwar
      @trolltalwar ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Knights werent thugs at all. Sure, some knights were bad people, but theres good and bad people in all walks of life.
      I know medieval madness is generally incorrect about a lot of the info he presents, but this video seemed pretty good and i dont know how "thugs" was your take away after watching this

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot ปีที่แล้ว

      @trolltalwar yes they were. Many of their behavior was terrible they had no problem deleting peasants. The often tore through the countryside destroying all types of property, the knight of shining armor is largely a product of Hollywood. I just read a book about the Jewish massacre in York England that Massacre was spearheaded by nights who owned the Jews interest money. Plus, they were ignored by anti-semitic propaganda because this was the start of the Third Crusade.

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trolltalwar and how did I come with the takeaway of Thug while I've read medieval history.

  • @geovanl
    @geovanl 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hops on chivalry immediately to go fw these knights

  • @pandovas2060
    @pandovas2060 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the music used, especially that for Geoffroi de Charny. What is the name of the music?

  • @drewcover2864
    @drewcover2864 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thought this would be about Norman Knights in general and not individuals... still nicely done

  • @yianniassimakis2285
    @yianniassimakis2285 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    2:55 what was up with his eye?

  • @antonironstag5085
    @antonironstag5085 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You CANNOT tell me that William Marshall was the inspiration behind Ser Barristan Selmy

  • @nedmccarroll8462
    @nedmccarroll8462 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great history 10/10

  • @brianherndon9524
    @brianherndon9524 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about Jamie Lannister or Arthur Dane? Did barristan selmy make the list? Robert baratheon...geez some list

  • @phillipstewart2031
    @phillipstewart2031 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd be gutted if that was my portrait, cross eyed for life

  • @baronwarborn9107
    @baronwarborn9107 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bravo. If you do more. A couple of very hardcore mofos: Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette. A couple of she wolves like Marguerite d’Anjou or Nicolaa de la Haye who both held knight equivalent titles. Sadly Jeanne d'arc didnt. The leper king Baldwin Iv was quite the badass.

  • @E-RaY-zor
    @E-RaY-zor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Williams father: "Well that remark did not age quite well".

  • @chilibeer3912
    @chilibeer3912 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was disappointed not to see Phinneas von Birdpocket on this list. Epic life.

  • @LiamGale2701
    @LiamGale2701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wladislav, surely the Knight in that story is John Hunyadi? A great commander and Knight most remembered because he didn't commit suicide by Ottoman through sheer stupidity.

  • @-LKE-
    @-LKE- 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    bro where is this knight from man, ngl that movie look kinda fire

  • @charlesandrews2360
    @charlesandrews2360 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think de Charney was probably commended by the Pope, not "condemned"? 8:05

  • @frankcastel5294
    @frankcastel5294 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about Pierre Terrail de Bayard ?

  • @AA-wd2or
    @AA-wd2or ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maximilian I Roman emperior ... also extreme skilled knight

  • @PowermadNavigator
    @PowermadNavigator 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vladislav III was also honored by Bulgarians who allocated him the pseudonym (sort of) of Varnenchik, in honor of his attempt to help Bulgaria and because of his fate in the battle of Varna from which said pseudonym stems.

  • @moskie325
    @moskie325 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    King Steven has his eye on the prize. And the other eye is on William.

  • @LeHulululuhu
    @LeHulululuhu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's a shame Du Guesclin is not mentionned...

  • @Poisonedblade
    @Poisonedblade 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, looks like BERSERK's Guts was partially inspired by Gotz von Berlichingen!

  • @spookythetober
    @spookythetober ปีที่แล้ว

    0:07 IGNORE THIS

  • @BurgermeisterKongen
    @BurgermeisterKongen 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    SKANDERBEG outclasses them all

  • @The_Captainn
    @The_Captainn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After watching a bunch of knight kino this Thanksgiving, this is the perfect video

  • @Kulayyu
    @Kulayyu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do a biography of the other famous Percy. Lord Percy Percy of Northumberland.

  • @vinicius_coletta
    @vinicius_coletta ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where's Chevalier Bayard? The man fought 200 Spanish knights while defending a bridge and lived!

  • @liberatedlady4689
    @liberatedlady4689 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard interesting stories from England, Poland, Scotland, France, and Germany.
    Someone is obviously trolling. 😪

  • @ERRATAS0707
    @ERRATAS0707 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some cowboy with double 6 shooter: that's a funny tin man.

  • @LeonardCraigKendricknz
    @LeonardCraigKendricknz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I laughed way to hard at the anvil/hammer line if i was that knight i would have given the kid back just for that brilliant. 😂

  • @geronimo8159
    @geronimo8159 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    King Steven seems quite... focused 😅

  • @peterplotts1238
    @peterplotts1238 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My youngest son named his dog "Guts von Baerlichen".

  • @marioc9168
    @marioc9168 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro king steven has some crazy eyes

  • @SicSemperTyrannis-333
    @SicSemperTyrannis-333 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    James the Black was easily the coolest one on here and you barely covered him

  • @marystone860
    @marystone860 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw the thumbnail, and I was like:' Those look just like the Bloodhound Knights from Elden RIng! Even down to the helmets, a trademark of theirs! Looks like they were based from REAL knights, cool!

    • @wilky1189
      @wilky1189 ปีที่แล้ว

      You like those helmets, check out Warhammer 40'000

  • @mrtecsom6951
    @mrtecsom6951 ปีที่แล้ว

    What !!!! No brave Sir Robin who so bravely ran away?

  • @isthattrue1083
    @isthattrue1083 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm related to Black Douglas.

  • @QuartuvLarry
    @QuartuvLarry ปีที่แล้ว

    Groovy

  • @kylesargert3336
    @kylesargert3336 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, honestly I wouldn't want to screw with any knight.

  • @YeahYeahb-tch
    @YeahYeahb-tch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    William Marshall. Godfrey Of Builloin for sure

  • @hicknopunk
    @hicknopunk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is going on with the eyes of every painting? Was everyone derpy?

    • @Sassymouse88
      @Sassymouse88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Possibly AI generated?
      Cross-eyed King Stephen caught me off-guard 🤣🤣🤣

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. Everyone was derpy. For hundreds of years, then they -learned to paint more realistically- inexplicably stopped being derpy. Very mysterious. /jk

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sassymouse88 That painting isn't AI, I'm afraid- every time I see it, I wonder what the hell Stephen did to the artist to deserve that monstrosity. (In reality, nothing, cos ofc it's not a contemporary portrait, but hey).

    • @Sassymouse88
      @Sassymouse88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@beth7935 when I saw the video I was eating breakfast & I almost snorted cereal through my nose 🤣🤣🤣

  • @tabularasa7350
    @tabularasa7350 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fighting those snails 🐌 must have been very hard.

  • @whiteknightcat
    @whiteknightcat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    William Marshall - the best knight ... of his day.
    (I'll see myself out now.)

  • @pauloldfield6968
    @pauloldfield6968 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Cid

  • @WilliamStreiff
    @WilliamStreiff 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The most feared knight of the middle ages is hands down the giant Snail 🐌😊

  • @alexanderb5726
    @alexanderb5726 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You've omitted some key knights here, many of which far eclipse some on the list. Your inclusions are fair enough and these are indeed very famous knights. William Marshal most of all. but the list ought to have been expanded because it is somewhat of an insult to see many here left out. Rodrigo Díaz De Vivar or "El Cid" for instance who absolutely wrecked all opponents be they Moors or hostile Christian kings in medieval Spain, who was hired by Moorish emirs to protect them and who led Muslims and Christian armies alike in war. We also have Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the massively successful first Crusade and first over the walls of Jerusalem, Bohemond Hauteville, a legend in his day and described as an absolute unit of a man physically and militarily by the Byzantine Empress, Tancred Hauteville and all the Hautevilles really. Richard Lionheart, won every single battle in the Third Crusade and once fought off a horde of Saracens in battle while covered head to toe in arrows blanketing his armour, earning such respect that the Muslims simply stopped attacking as all who did went down before his battle axe. King Baldouin IV the Leper, who defeated Saladin in battle 3 times despite his illness and despite being *16* years of age during one of these battles and also upheld a prosperous kingdom as well as instilling such respect among his vassals to remain king even as he was deteriorating so heavily from leprosy. Edward Longshanks the Hammer of the Scots who put down rebellions by the scores and who single handledly killed an Arab assassin who tried to murder him in his bedchambers, Roger Guiscard the Fox, as successful in political maneuvers as in the field of battle, Hugues de Payens founder of the Knights Templar and all his knight companions (we only know the names of a few of them), Jan Žižka the famously skilled Hussite, or King John III Sobieski of Poland who led the Polish Hussar charge in 1683 decimating an Ottoman army of over 100,000 inspiring the Rohirric charge in Lotr itself.
    To sum it up: There are many, many more than these listed worthy of mention.

  • @h2m1ify
    @h2m1ify ปีที่แล้ว

    absolutely interesting and gripping! only the German pronunciation has room of improvement. 😉

  • @karldehaut
    @karldehaut ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why am I not surprised by the ignorance of people of English-speaking culture? By omitting some small regions like Spain, Italy, the Balkans and focusing on what they think of what supreme chivalry was in Europe... Out of 6 knights 3 are English. 1 is Polish, 1 is French, 1 is German. The Mediterraneans? What is the Mediterranean?

    • @Usergsjdhdgd
      @Usergsjdhdgd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mediterranean Knights = Sissies

    • @karldehaut
      @karldehaut 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Usergsjdhdgd Uh a troll

    • @Contessa6363
      @Contessa6363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Usergsjdhdgd Hardly Sicily actually had Vikings. And no not all the Vikings are Scandinavian!

    • @BSdetected
      @BSdetected 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      El Sid of Spain …. Theres the pre eminent one.

    • @Leon-bc8hm
      @Leon-bc8hm หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The English don't like losing the 100 years war or being conquered by the French (yes its on the tapastery the Normans called themselves French) in 1066.

  • @jasmineg_63
    @jasmineg_63 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:59 My husband 🥰

  • @18pablo88
    @18pablo88 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's James Douglas the good as he is known in Scotland

  • @richjones859
    @richjones859 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Henry of Skalitz?