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The Empire he ruled from Prague expanded, and his subjects lived in peace and prosperity. When he died, the whole Empire mourned. More than 7,000 people accompanied him on his last procession. The heir to the throne of the flourishing Empire was Charles' son, Wenceslas IV, whose father had prepared him for this moment all his life. But Wenceslas did not take after his father. He neglected affairs of state for more frivolous pursuits. He even failed to turn up for his own coronation as Emperor, which did little to endear him to the Pope. Wenceslas "the Idle" did not impress the Imperial nobility either. His difficulties mounted until the nobles, exasperated by the inaction of their ruler, turned for help to his half-brother, King Sigismund of Hungary. Sigismund decided on a radical solution. He kidnapped the King to force him to abdicate, then took advantage of the ensuing disorder to gain greater power for himself. He invaded Bohemia with a massive army and began pillaging the territories of the King's allies.
Fun Fact 1: Ottokar's son Wenceslaus II. was on the brink of creating an even larger powerhouse by becoming the King of Poland and then acquiring the crown of Hungary for his son. Imagine a union of these three kingdoms... He got a 'little' help by the discovery of silver in Kuttenberg in Central Bohemia which made Bohemia the largest producer of silver in Europe at that time. He unfortunately passed away of tuberculosis only 34 years old... Fun fact 2: If you are a King of Bohemia and you must go to war, don't do battle on August 26th. Ottokar II. died on that day and exactly 70 years later John the Blind died fighting the English at Crecy.
August 26th 1346 and one of the battles marking the end of the heavy Calvary(Mounted Knight's even French Knight) dominance the other being Agincourt October 25th 1415
Ottokar was a formidable and shrewd ruler. Very impressive career. This video was a first rate lesson in grand political strategy. This Rudolph of Hassburg was clearly no slouch either.
Czech checks HistoryMarches new upload, and cheers after seeing that there is another piece of Czech history, well done sire. I just wandered the area and ruined castles where prince Ottokar and his father Wenceslaus I. fought each other, what a neat addition this video is.
@L4zySh4ky Ottokar as a prince rebelled against his father in 1248, supported by part of the Bohemian nobility (Wenceslaus was deeply hit by the sudden death of his older son n 1247, and began to mismanage the country, which sparked the rebellion), which crowned him as the new king in Prague the same year. Part of the nobility stood with Wenceslaus, and Boresch of Riesenburg was able to surprise Ottokar when he was besieging the city of Most in late 1248, and defeated him. The fighting continued until August 1249, when a truce was settled, and Wenceslaus regained the throne. The fighting took place mainly in north-western Bohemia, where Wenceslaus had his base of support, amd Ottokar unsuccesfuly tried to eliminate it. The country around Most and Chomutov is full with beautiful castle ruins from that time.
@@SakiniCZ Cool. Where did you get those informationa ? When I'll visit Most, I will think about those events. I wonder if Ottokar came close to defeating his father or if it was never a close call.
@L4zySh4ky This early history is not written so often about, and can mostly be found locally mentioned on historical sites. The confrontation at Most is mentioned at the ruins of Perštejn Castle, south-west of Chomutov, which was founded by Boresch of Riesenburg, one of the loyal suporters of Wenceslaus, who defeated Ottokar (and Ottokar, after becoming a king, didn´t forget this humiliation and imprisoned Boresch for some time). This war was mostly fought by two factions of lesser lords, Ottokar had more of them on his side, but Wenceslaus had enough of the stronger ones and concetrated in one well defendable area, so the conflict just fizzled out. Ottokar´s supporters mainly wanted a strong and capable king, and after some time when Wenceslaus showed that he really isn´t weak, and the war became a bit too expensive, they simply made peace and acknowledged him as king again.
Note that Ottakar was originally the younger brother, probably destined for a church career. This was a fairly common case of ambitious and successful medieval monarchs who came to the throne unexpectedly as second sons, as a replacement for a suddenly deceased crown prince (think Henry VIII of England and his brother Arthur)
I will always remember, how my medieval history teacher at university compared Ottokar II. and Rudolf I. by using a mafia terminology. He said, that Ottokar was like a mafia don who expected to be treated with respect and obeyed, but when others recognized his authority, he had no intention to humiliate them or to closely interfere in their affairs. He respected some general rules and was chivalrous. On the other hand, Rudolf was just like a gangster. At the beginning, he started with almost no property and that was why he wanted to have absolute control over everyone and everything and had no problem to get his hands dirty, when he gained the throne. Later, many nobles were frustrated by that and thought that Ottokar would have been a better choice, but it was already too late…
Historically, it was a major inflection point , and likely a huge tragedy for entire Europe; with its ramifications reaching into the modern age: Here, the noble and highly competent ruler. There, the Littlefinger dynasty, who started to bring nearly the entire continent under their control; for many centuries to come. Resulting in tragedies like the 30-years war (reformation, one could argue, was partly a result of overburding corruption and abuse of power in the Empire) , up to WW1 , followed by WW2.
That last statement is such a classic ending to so much of history. People who try to pull the strings in the background end up regretting it in the end.
Learning about the struggles of Ottokar, Rudolf and the Hungarians is always so fascinating to me, because most of it happened in the area where most of my extended family lives. Marchegg, Kressenbrunn (today Groißenbrunn), Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen are just ordinary villages I pass through when driving the car to visit family. The battle of the Marchfeld is still remembered annualy, with Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen organising a big Medieval Faire every summer. There's music, tumblers, jousting, the reconstruction of a small crusader camp including a field chapel, and most years a reenactment of the battle. When you drive down the road connecting the two towns and look up on the hills to the west, you can see a huge stone monument depicting a charging knight at the spot where Ulrich von Kapellen crested the ridge with his flanking maneuvre.
@@jakubpluhar4914 What's really awesome is the algorithms. Although I hardly use English, TH-cam suggested this channel to me. Algorithm did an excellent job.
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I've watched hundreds of these types of videos in my life. And by far this has been one of my favorite, most informative and cinematic videos yet. It really put so many things into perspective for me on this time period.
One of my favourite videos from you so far. Even though I knew the outcome of that battle, it was really tense to watch. Awesome job you did! Just one side note at that flanking maneuver done by Rudolph. At that time such move was seen as unchivalric -- battles were and should have been fought "head on" and may the strongest player wins. In fact, many knights and nobles at Rudolphs side refused to be part in that said attack, becasuse in theirs POW it was breaking of chivalric code of honor and they did not want to be part of it. So we can say, that Habsburgs were cheating...kind of :)
@@e.l.b6435 it’s so complex that many people stay away from it . I worked at a project where I had to make sense out of these all changing alliances and political boundaries. Lots of drama in many of these stories which would make for great content
@ Yeah it’s confusing for many Minds (including Mine, I‘m Reading Christopher Clarks Book about the 1848 Revolutions for example and my Mind is exploiding because of how Widespread the Political Spectrum was)
Some murican told me that Czechia is just another Russia.. Really wonder how history classes in US looks like.. wouldnt be surprised to see asian Charles IV in movie bc someones grandma said he was.
Great job! As Czech I am really proud. A great show of how dynamic were changes in central Europe. Bohemians were a formidable force in Central Europe and it took Habsburgs next 350 years and luck to finally rule Bohemia.
An interesting point - in Bohemia in our chools we are taught that Otakar only lost his last battle because he was betrayed by his nobles. I mean in Bohemia only the most knowledgeable historians will argue that Otakar lost because he had a weaker army and weaker strategy. It feels like a nation-wide lie meant to mask that even the Iron King (here his alias is actually "Iron and Golden King") could be defeated by an outsider from Austria.
Well yes, the instability among the nobles surely didn't help. And maybe that bit of support would've helped him prevail. But that would be speculation. The fact is that Ottokar had a lot of clout throughout Europe and could muster a lot of allies to his side, as he did. But, as you said, Rudolf managed the situation better than Ottokar when it comes to rallying support for the cause.
Not really, we were taught at school that he lost battle, that's it. Quite even chances. And he actually had to deal with insurrection of his nobles, so that part is a fact. Also he was very likely not killed fighting in a battle, but murdered after being captured, which was the real crime.
I am constantly fascinated by the complicated and bloody history of Medieval Europe. I had heard of Ottokar of Bohemia, but I did not realize the importance of his rise nor the even more consequential result of his failure. Thank you for this excellent video.
Excellent video as always! With a nice touch at 8:46 and quote: "Jdi do prdele!" meaning "Screw you!" which is good message to Hungary at that time(and many times over). Truly a Christmas gift for our nation of Czech Republic. Can we politely ask for another part about our greatest ruler, Czech King and Emperor of Holy Roman Empire - Charles IV, please? It would be amazing. Cheers.
@ It is actually very polite version of that original saying. It was basically meant for someone you really hate and despise, for example someone doing terrible things such as releasing a raiding parties of freaking Hungary mercenaries on your territory and them bullying your subjects!🧐🤨
"Czech king" of house Luxembourg. And there was no Czechia back then, it was Bohemia, a name Germans gave to your country after conquering you. You were practically ruled by the Germans, as even Ottokar had a German mother, and his male ancestors had German mothers as well. Ottokar is also a German name and he spoke German. Though his dynasty was Czech and he was surrounded by Czechs growing up, so at least there's that. But even this didn't last for long as just 28 years after his death the first Habsburg became a king of Bohemia...
@@Novgorod_Republic Charles IV originaly named Venceslav(Václav), was born in Prague and he could speak fluently 5 languages as his native language was also Czech language .The thing is he is the first(called by historians) Czech King as he established Bohemia and Moravia lands as so called Czech Crown and he managed to create special status and independence for Czech Crown and those mentioned lands. It was more complicated than to say he was simply German. Also he was half Luxembourg dynasty and half Přemysl dynasty.
Positively superb video. Hopefully Frederick II Hohenstaufen and Henry II of England will get series someday. Arguably, Ottokar and all the other claimants to the imperial crown during the Great Interregnum were manifestly grasping at some measure of the imperial grandeur and brilliance of Frederick II and the vast Hohenstaufen empire.
This goes to show just how influential and prosperous Bohemia, moravia and silesia has been throughout history. It was the border to the west and to the east, Prague being more or less the heart of Europe where a lot of commerce happened and we had many silver mines and even created the dollar because our currency was called "tolar" and we made so many of these coins that nearly everyone across Europe decided to just use it as the official currencies instead of the dozens of other coins that were minted from all over. The downfall of Czechia came when we offered the throne to a tiny little Austrian family called "Habsburg" that we catapulted into power and Emperor status and they eventually managed to become one of the most powerful across Europe, leading many different kingdoms. And of course they have zero shame so after a few generations they started to supress and opress the Czechs big time. They almost even wiped the Czech culture completely were it not for a couple of famous people that brought about a resurgence. Germans have always been kind of an issue in Czechia, they tended to be higher status very often and so Czechs was relegated to the country side more or less. And then a man with an ugly moustache decided that the Czech Germans should actually be Germany's even though we invited them centuries ago to populate the mountainous borderlands. Of course the fact that in the "sudetenland" was the vast majority of industry and massive fortification lines totally has nothing to do with why the mustache man wanted that land. And then we got betrayed by our own allies at Munich. We were forced to accept to give that land to Germany, we weren't at the conference and we were threatened by the Allies not to defend ourselves, we'd be seen as the "Agressor" and bad guy if we dared to defend our well fortified mountainous borders, with the 1.2M conscripts that appeared out of nowhere when the government started "mobilization". It's hotly debated just how much would change if we weren't forced into letting ourselves get conquered and occupied. And what would have happened if the Allies actually even helped in our war with Germany, it's definitely possible that there would be no WW2, Germany was afterall much much weaker than the Allies thought and our forts and military technology were nothing to scoff at. anyways I ranted when talking about ourselves again....... I'm still pissed at the Habsburgs, allies and especially Soviets which took us from a modern, prosperous republic down into shithole territory that's 50 years behind Germany or even Denmark. The absolute worst part of WW2 was Soviet occupation, what I find horrible is that not a single Axis country had to face Soviet occupation, instead the USA groomed them into regional powers while giving up on the entirety of the East who suffers this sort of shit every single century.
Germany was devastated,torn and half occupied after WW2. Germans living east of the river Oder were either cleansed or deported. German/Prussian national pride and culture was destroyed and Berlin was annihilated along with many German centres like Dresden,Konigsberg etc. Germany suffered way more than Czechia did
@@hopeundertheblacksun Yeah Czechia suffered less from the war itself. But the unfair thing is that the primary cause of all the trouble aka. Germany was occupied by the USA and coddled like a little baby back into being a major power. Meanwhile Czechs and many more were just thrown to the wayside where Soviets took over and actively worsened the entire state in every single metric. Germany despite all the genocide is today way better off than anyone from the Iron curtain. The first republic era of Czechia is still idealized as a dream of the perfect country that was competetive with all the big and powerful people despite being comparably tiny. Today Czechia is essentially a shit hole compared to it's first republic and despite what we went through we had to draw the short end of the stick and are now a 100 years behind everyone else because of the damned Soviets. I'd much rather my country be turned into dust and be rebuilt from the ground up by a power like the USA than let a Soviet or communist anywhere near even a modicum of power or control over it. And you can see that clearly genocide is A-ok as long as you get occupied by a western power and they'll build you back up no matter what you've done.
Man… That surprise attack was perfectly executed; both during the historical battle AND your retelling. I was honestly shocked, especially since I had never heard of the battle before. Great video!
And corretly called as "deceipt". As at the time the chivalry style of battle was mainly frontal clash of heavy cavalry that often resembled rather war games or brutal sport with strict rules than a real battle. Thus, even the Kumans' style of attack was seemed as unfair (especially from the emperor-to-be, expected to exactly express the spirit of chivalry), not talking about hidden reserve to attack the wing.
It is amazing how a shrewed military leader like Ottokar didn`t have any cavalry reserve to counterattack at the surprise Rudolf charge from the side. In so many battles, the best way to fight off an adversary flanking maneuvre was to let is happen until the enemy is fully commited, and then flank the flankers (!) with your own reserve forces, saved especially for such an occurance. I presume Ottokar knew that, but his plans were unfolded by his heavy cavalry falling for the Cumans`s trap of luring the WHOLE Bohemian/Polish force in the attack. Clever steppe warriors tactics kept winning them so many battles against stronger European armies from the time of Attila on. Turks used this rouse at Nicopolis, Magyars at Pressberg, Mongols at Liegnitz (Legnica) and so on...
Astonishing work! Could you create a video about Charles the IV. or Jan Žižka. I would be very interested in your take on the subjects! Thank you for the video man
I appreciate you so much. Unrelated, but the other day my 15 month old found a hidden paintbrush and proceeded to poke my 3 year old in the eye during a diaper change. I exclaimed, "Hey Basil, knock it off! He's not Bulgarian!" My mother, the history major, almost died laughing. All that to say, the tiny little tidbits I get here and there are stored in my brain forever. Who knows how this snippet will manifest itself. Keep up the most exceptional work, sir! Also, no children were harmed in the retelling of this story (the 15 month old is rather uncoordinated hahaha).
As a Czech.... You are absolutely an awesome human being. Thank you so much for shining a light on "poor, little crappy Czechia" as people see it. It's clear that the modern age has been a gigantic misservice for us Czechs, with our history greatly overshadowing today. There's 2 very good reasons for why. #1 Catapulting the little Habsburg family into power, leading to opression. #2 The betrayal of the Allies in Munich #3 Soviet occupation. Were it not for these 3 things Czechia would likely be just as good as Germany, France and etc. and honestly it's possible we'd have a lot of great things that Germany doesn't have. We'd be basically a southern Nordic country lol. A little paradise on earth
@enlightenedterrestrial I mean it mainly from the USA perspectives. No one hears or talks about it and it's considered a little side country that is insignificant even compared to austria, switzerland and poland
czechia is as good as modern Germany or Austria. you guys only have to catch up from Communism, and you are catching up fast. U are catching up way faster than the german east, with way less support.
As a Czech I am mindblown how well made and researched this video is. I feel like Eastern/Slavic history isn't that well known in the west, so this made me happy 😄. Thank you!
I like to think that if Ottakar had won that battle, we will be more advanced in civilization wise because this guy was giving reforms to the regular people that might of seem insane to those neighboring him and perhaps that’s why some join the alliance. Very advanced for its time.
@@pbh9195 It used to be Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. There were also Lusetia and Egerland. Those were the lands of Czech Kingdom. To call it only Bohemia would be offensive to other parts of kingdom while the best part about Czech kingdoms were reformations supporting very modern ideas of freedom. Like everybody can become his own master and own his land and taxes should be the same for everyone etc. while slavery was a big no no (so some war prisoners and criminals for export only). In my opinion, Europe would reach enlighted era much earlier if Ottokar was elected.
Bohemia was a significant power house in most of its history until it became the part of the Habsburg realm, at least I think so. As a czech this video makes me wonder what could have been if Ottakar won his battle for the Empire. That is the beauty of history, no one ever knows for certain what could have been... Love this content
I guess it's safe to assume that the Přemyslid dynasty would have become an even bigger player in European politics, similar to how the Habsburgs had turned out. I don't think they would have changed the HRE much though as it was already declining at the time.
The King of Bohemia was independent of the King of the Holy Roman Empire, which was confirmed by the Golden Bull of Sicily in 1212 and the Golden Bull of Charles IV in 1356 - the King of Bohemia was the first elector of the King of Rome among secular voters, but at the same time the King of Rome could not collect taxes, recruit troops, apply his laws and interfere in the election of the King of Bohemia on the territory of the Bohemian Crown.
It's said that before the Habsburg flanking maneuver, the commander apologized to his knights for what they were about to do, as it was considered highly unchivalrous to perform a hidden flanking attack.
Otakar name was Premysl (with soft r), but because it was difficult for foreigners to pronounce, Otokar was added. Hungarian king's name is not pronounced /beela/, but /behla/. The Premysl's wife name was Kunhuta. The Czech history teaches that Premysl's army was outnumbered, some army units did not arrive on time. The use of non Christian Kumans was criticized by the pope. Rudolf's army moved after the battle to Bohemia, but was stopped by the army mobilized by the Czech nobility.
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it is correct-Czech kingdom ,land of the Czech crown.Czechia is no name
Medieval Czech history is underrated, Especially Charles IV King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
The Empire he ruled from Prague expanded, and his subjects lived in peace and prosperity.
When he died, the whole Empire mourned. More than 7,000 people accompanied him on his last procession.
The heir to the throne of the flourishing Empire was Charles' son, Wenceslas IV, whose father had prepared him for this moment all his life. But Wenceslas did not take after his father. He neglected affairs of state for more frivolous pursuits. He even failed to turn up for his own coronation as Emperor, which did little to endear him to the Pope. Wenceslas "the Idle" did not impress the Imperial nobility either.
His difficulties mounted until the nobles, exasperated by the inaction of their ruler, turned for help to his half-brother, King Sigismund of Hungary. Sigismund decided on a radical solution. He kidnapped the King to force him to abdicate, then took advantage of the ensuing disorder to gain greater power for himself. He invaded Bohemia with a massive army and began pillaging the territories of the King's allies.
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@@bilbobaggins8794 No, it's very important history
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Karel IV is especially overrated Bohemian monarch.
Fun Fact 1: Ottokar's son Wenceslaus II. was on the brink of creating an even larger powerhouse by becoming the King of Poland and then acquiring the crown of Hungary for his son. Imagine a union of these three kingdoms... He got a 'little' help by the discovery of silver in Kuttenberg in Central Bohemia which made Bohemia the largest producer of silver in Europe at that time. He unfortunately passed away of tuberculosis only 34 years old...
Fun fact 2: If you are a King of Bohemia and you must go to war, don't do battle on August 26th. Ottokar II. died on that day and exactly 70 years later John the Blind died fighting the English at Crecy.
John the Blind did die as a badass tho, so it could've been worse
He should have seen that coming.
I just like his Christmas album personally
@@unionsquaregrassman I mean... it's in the name
August 26th 1346 and one of the battles marking the end of the heavy Calvary(Mounted Knight's even French Knight) dominance the other being Agincourt October 25th 1415
Ottokar was a formidable and shrewd ruler. Very impressive career. This video was a first rate lesson in grand political strategy. This Rudolph of Hassburg was clearly no slouch either.
Baz Battles did videos many years ago covering Ottokar, and I am glad HM is following in his colleague's footsteps now.
@@SolidAvenger1290Can’t tell if that a dis or not.
@@SolidAvenger1290 oh yeah, I thought I remembered watching the Battle of Marchfeld before somewhere.
True Ottokar was awesome, Rudolph was just a lucky beggar with 2000 of his own troops... Actualy the Hungarians won the battle for him.
Thanks for your good work. My favourite King from Bohemia, the economic ingenuity.
Wow, thanks so much for the support Mark. Truly generous of you!
hes my favorite czech king too, one of the reasons is that he founded my city
@@ryangoslingofficialfrwhich city?
@@neznaboh uherske hradiste
8:45 As Czech I appreciate that
Yeah lol 🇨🇿
No ty vole, jo
Really authentic :D
that was so funny
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Czech checks HistoryMarches new upload, and cheers after seeing that there is another piece of Czech history, well done sire. I just wandered the area and ruined castles where prince Ottokar and his father Wenceslaus I. fought each other, what a neat addition this video is.
They fought each other where ?
@L4zySh4ky Ottokar as a prince rebelled against his father in 1248, supported by part of the Bohemian nobility (Wenceslaus was deeply hit by the sudden death of his older son n 1247, and began to mismanage the country, which sparked the rebellion), which crowned him as the new king in Prague the same year. Part of the nobility stood with Wenceslaus, and Boresch of Riesenburg was able to surprise Ottokar when he was besieging the city of Most in late 1248, and defeated him. The fighting continued until August 1249, when a truce was settled, and Wenceslaus regained the throne. The fighting took place mainly in north-western Bohemia, where Wenceslaus had his base of support, amd Ottokar unsuccesfuly tried to eliminate it. The country around Most and Chomutov is full with beautiful castle ruins from that time.
@@SakiniCZ Cool. Where did you get those informationa ? When I'll visit Most, I will think about those events. I wonder if Ottokar came close to defeating his father or if it was never a close call.
@L4zySh4ky This early history is not written so often about, and can mostly be found locally mentioned on historical sites. The confrontation at Most is mentioned at the ruins of Perštejn Castle, south-west of Chomutov, which was founded by Boresch of Riesenburg, one of the loyal suporters of Wenceslaus, who defeated Ottokar (and Ottokar, after becoming a king, didn´t forget this humiliation and imprisoned Boresch for some time). This war was mostly fought by two factions of lesser lords, Ottokar had more of them on his side, but Wenceslaus had enough of the stronger ones and concetrated in one well defendable area, so the conflict just fizzled out. Ottokar´s supporters mainly wanted a strong and capable king, and after some time when Wenceslaus showed that he really isn´t weak, and the war became a bit too expensive, they simply made peace and acknowledged him as king again.
Note that Ottakar was originally the younger brother, probably destined for a church career. This was a fairly common case of ambitious and successful medieval monarchs who came to the throne unexpectedly as second sons, as a replacement for a suddenly deceased crown prince (think Henry VIII of England and his brother Arthur)
Here leaving a comment as a sacrifice for the algorithm but in reality because I love your videos.
Thanks so much for the support man! Much appreciated.
I will always remember, how my medieval history teacher at university compared Ottokar II. and Rudolf I. by using a mafia terminology. He said, that Ottokar was like a mafia don who expected to be treated with respect and obeyed, but when others recognized his authority, he had no intention to humiliate them or to closely interfere in their affairs. He respected some general rules and was chivalrous. On the other hand, Rudolf was just like a gangster. At the beginning, he started with almost no property and that was why he wanted to have absolute control over everyone and everything and had no problem to get his hands dirty, when he gained the throne. Later, many nobles were frustrated by that and thought that Ottokar would have been a better choice, but it was already too late…
Historically, it was a major inflection point , and likely a huge tragedy for entire Europe; with its ramifications reaching into the modern age: Here, the noble and highly competent ruler. There, the Littlefinger dynasty, who started to bring nearly the entire continent under their control; for many centuries to come. Resulting in tragedies like the 30-years war (reformation, one could argue, was partly a result of overburding corruption and abuse of power in the Empire) , up to WW1 , followed by WW2.
Clearly Czech university, lol
@@JayzsMrit doesn't make it less true tho. It was actually a very good analysis.
That last statement is such a classic ending to so much of history. People who try to pull the strings in the background end up regretting it in the end.
@@bukelos2804 not at all
This guy founded my city, so it's really cool seeing his career in a video like this. Thank you for your hard work
What city ?
@L4zySh4kyNew York
Learning about the struggles of Ottokar, Rudolf and the Hungarians is always so fascinating to me, because most of it happened in the area where most of my extended family lives. Marchegg, Kressenbrunn (today Groißenbrunn), Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen are just ordinary villages I pass through when driving the car to visit family.
The battle of the Marchfeld is still remembered annualy, with Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen organising a big Medieval Faire every summer. There's music, tumblers, jousting, the reconstruction of a small crusader camp including a field chapel, and most years a reenactment of the battle.
When you drive down the road connecting the two towns and look up on the hills to the west, you can see a huge stone monument depicting a charging knight at the spot where Ulrich von Kapellen crested the ridge with his flanking maneuvre.
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A Japanese person watching European history videos? That's awesome.
@@jakubpluhar4914 What's really awesome is the algorithms. Although I hardly use English, TH-cam suggested this channel to me. Algorithm did an excellent job.
@@jakubpluhar4914have you seen some anime? Its full of european history.
A truly great video, Thank You
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not only some of the highest quality content on TH-cam but also some of the most prolific, this channel uploads so often and without the quality suffering because of it. I enjoy the range of content as well. Lots of different theaters of history on display
Thank you so much for the kind words! It's been a lot of fun working on this one and I'm glad you enjoy it.
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I've watched hundreds of these types of videos in my life. And by far this has been one of my favorite, most informative and cinematic videos yet. It really put so many things into perspective for me on this time period.
One of my favourite videos from you so far. Even though I knew the outcome of that battle, it was really tense to watch. Awesome job you did!
Just one side note at that flanking maneuver done by Rudolph. At that time such move was seen as unchivalric -- battles were and should have been fought "head on" and may the strongest player wins. In fact, many knights and nobles at Rudolphs side refused to be part in that said attack, becasuse in theirs POW it was breaking of chivalric code of honor and they did not want to be part of it. So we can say, that Habsburgs were cheating...kind of :)
Thank you for the video. Greetings from Slovakia!
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I watch a ton of history videos, but the maps you have shown for 1200s Europe are something I have never seen before. Amazing work.
Glad you liked them!
You are so good with your words describing a scene and how the men may have felt and thought. Amazing stuff.
Czech/Polish/Ruthenian/Hungarian history is often as interesting and well documented as "Western", but doesn't get that much love.
It’s Austrian history as well , basically the beginning of the Habsburg state
The history of the HRE is underrated as well
@@e.l.b6435 it’s so complex that many people stay away from it . I worked at a project where I had to make sense out of these all changing alliances and political boundaries. Lots of drama in many of these stories which would make for great content
@ Yeah it’s confusing for many Minds (including Mine, I‘m Reading Christopher Clarks Book about the 1848 Revolutions for example and my Mind is exploiding because of how Widespread the Political Spectrum was)
Some murican told me that Czechia is just another Russia.. Really wonder how history classes in US looks like.. wouldnt be surprised to see asian Charles IV in movie bc someones grandma said he was.
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Thank you. Always a pleasure. Enjoy the holidays!
Great job! As Czech I am really proud. A great show of how dynamic were changes in central Europe. Bohemians were a formidable force in Central Europe and it took Habsburgs next 350 years and luck to finally rule Bohemia.
An interesting point - in Bohemia in our chools we are taught that Otakar only lost his last battle because he was betrayed by his nobles. I mean in Bohemia only the most knowledgeable historians will argue that Otakar lost because he had a weaker army and weaker strategy. It feels like a nation-wide lie meant to mask that even the Iron King (here his alias is actually "Iron and Golden King") could be defeated by an outsider from Austria.
Well yes, the instability among the nobles surely didn't help. And maybe that bit of support would've helped him prevail. But that would be speculation.
The fact is that Ottokar had a lot of clout throughout Europe and could muster a lot of allies to his side, as he did.
But, as you said, Rudolf managed the situation better than Ottokar when it comes to rallying support for the cause.
Com certeza houve traidores internos pois isso existe até os dias de hoje em todos os países do mundo...
Logically, nobles usually do not love a strong king.
After what I saw, I would not say that Ottokar had a worst army but just a worst tactic.
Not really, we were taught at school that he lost battle, that's it. Quite even chances. And he actually had to deal with insurrection of his nobles, so that part is a fact. Also he was very likely not killed fighting in a battle, but murdered after being captured, which was the real crime.
I have recently fallen in love with medieval HRE history, so this is RIGHT ON TIME. Good job to the HistoryMarche crew for making my Saturday!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great video greetings from Moravia
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the video guys
Thanks for watching!
You know what? 5:22 I really appreciate that you've shown correct borders of hre, without Silesia which would be part of hre since 1346 only.
LOVE YOUR CONTENT! Dani here
Nice one, shedding light on lesser known history.
Wow, HistoryMarche is on Fire with this one!! GG for making this content truly spectacular !
I am constantly fascinated by the complicated and bloody history of Medieval Europe. I had heard of Ottokar of Bohemia, but I did not realize the importance of his rise nor the even more consequential result of his failure. Thank you for this excellent video.
Excellent video as always! With a nice touch at 8:46 and quote: "Jdi do prdele!" meaning "Screw you!" which is good message to Hungary at that time(and many times over). Truly a Christmas gift for our nation of Czech Republic. Can we politely ask for another part about our greatest ruler, Czech King and Emperor of Holy Roman Empire - Charles IV, please? It would be amazing. Cheers.
Thanks for the translation! 👍
@ It is actually very polite version of that original saying. It was basically meant for someone you really hate and despise, for example someone doing terrible things such as releasing a raiding parties of freaking Hungary mercenaries on your territory and them bullying your subjects!🧐🤨
I agree, excellent again. History Marche is for me the best!!! Here my sacrifice to the algorithm.
"Czech king" of house Luxembourg. And there was no Czechia back then, it was Bohemia, a name Germans gave to your country after conquering you. You were practically ruled by the Germans, as even Ottokar had a German mother, and his male ancestors had German mothers as well. Ottokar is also a German name and he spoke German. Though his dynasty was Czech and he was surrounded by Czechs growing up, so at least there's that. But even this didn't last for long as just 28 years after his death the first Habsburg became a king of Bohemia...
@@Novgorod_Republic Charles IV originaly named Venceslav(Václav), was born in Prague and he could speak fluently 5 languages as his native language was also Czech language .The thing is he is the first(called by historians) Czech King as he established Bohemia and Moravia lands as so called Czech Crown and he managed to create special status and independence for Czech Crown and those mentioned lands. It was more complicated than to say he was simply German. Also he was half Luxembourg dynasty and half Přemysl dynasty.
Czechia is just underrated and too unknown for what a major role we played in history and even now
Austrian and Czech History is something that’s so great.
Please more of that.
Especially the History of the Babenberger.
Fantastic video as always 👍
Thanks for the visit
Thank you so much for doing this, our history is often being overlooked, but it's very interesting too, so thank you again❤
great history video!!
The quality of your videos is amazing!
Surely noone can defeat Ottokar, hes too powerfull! *Sees the habsburg surname* OH SHIT RUN! great video as always historymarche!
See the word Habsburg and see the word Duke of Austria and all one could do is despair knowing what will inevitably happen.
He didn’t run he died?
@@stehfreejesseah7893 he fought and died, and he lost only becouse he was betrayed by the nobility
Positively superb video. Hopefully Frederick II Hohenstaufen and Henry II of England will get series someday. Arguably, Ottokar and all the other claimants to the imperial crown during the Great Interregnum were manifestly grasping at some measure of the imperial grandeur and brilliance of Frederick II and the vast Hohenstaufen empire.
Those figures certainly deserve their time in the spotlight. I'll see if I can conjure something up. Thanks so much for the support, much appreciated.
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Another great video ❤
Thank you 🤗
This goes to show just how influential and prosperous Bohemia, moravia and silesia has been throughout history. It was the border to the west and to the east, Prague being more or less the heart of Europe where a lot of commerce happened and we had many silver mines and even created the dollar because our currency was called "tolar" and we made so many of these coins that nearly everyone across Europe decided to just use it as the official currencies instead of the dozens of other coins that were minted from all over.
The downfall of Czechia came when we offered the throne to a tiny little Austrian family called "Habsburg" that we catapulted into power and Emperor status and they eventually managed to become one of the most powerful across Europe, leading many different kingdoms. And of course they have zero shame so after a few generations they started to supress and opress the Czechs big time. They almost even wiped the Czech culture completely were it not for a couple of famous people that brought about a resurgence.
Germans have always been kind of an issue in Czechia, they tended to be higher status very often and so Czechs was relegated to the country side more or less.
And then a man with an ugly moustache decided that the Czech Germans should actually be Germany's even though we invited them centuries ago to populate the mountainous borderlands. Of course the fact that in the "sudetenland" was the vast majority of industry and massive fortification lines totally has nothing to do with why the mustache man wanted that land.
And then we got betrayed by our own allies at Munich. We were forced to accept to give that land to Germany, we weren't at the conference and we were threatened by the Allies not to defend ourselves, we'd be seen as the "Agressor" and bad guy if we dared to defend our well fortified mountainous borders, with the 1.2M conscripts that appeared out of nowhere when the government started "mobilization". It's hotly debated just how much would change if we weren't forced into letting ourselves get conquered and occupied. And what would have happened if the Allies actually even helped in our war with Germany, it's definitely possible that there would be no WW2, Germany was afterall much much weaker than the Allies thought and our forts and military technology were nothing to scoff at.
anyways I ranted when talking about ourselves again.......
I'm still pissed at the Habsburgs, allies and especially Soviets which took us from a modern, prosperous republic down into shithole territory that's 50 years behind Germany or even Denmark. The absolute worst part of WW2 was Soviet occupation, what I find horrible is that not a single Axis country had to face Soviet occupation, instead the USA groomed them into regional powers while giving up on the entirety of the East who suffers this sort of shit every single century.
Germany was devastated,torn and half occupied after WW2. Germans living east of the river Oder were either cleansed or deported. German/Prussian national pride and culture was destroyed and Berlin was annihilated along with many German centres like Dresden,Konigsberg etc. Germany suffered way more than Czechia did
@@hopeundertheblacksun Yeah Czechia suffered less from the war itself. But the unfair thing is that the primary cause of all the trouble aka. Germany was occupied by the USA and coddled like a little baby back into being a major power.
Meanwhile Czechs and many more were just thrown to the wayside where Soviets took over and actively worsened the entire state in every single metric.
Germany despite all the genocide is today way better off than anyone from the Iron curtain. The first republic era of Czechia is still idealized as a dream of the perfect country that was competetive with all the big and powerful people despite being comparably tiny.
Today Czechia is essentially a shit hole compared to it's first republic and despite what we went through we had to draw the short end of the stick and are now a 100 years behind everyone else because of the damned Soviets.
I'd much rather my country be turned into dust and be rebuilt from the ground up by a power like the USA than let a Soviet or communist anywhere near even a modicum of power or control over it. And you can see that clearly genocide is A-ok as long as you get occupied by a western power and they'll build you back up no matter what you've done.
I love the small comedic bits you leave sprinkled behind the history. Yeah I did catch the "Jdi do Prdele". Keep up the work!!!
Google translate ftw 😅
Thanks for a nother great video #1 history Channel on TH-cam
Thank you very much!
as a czech i really enjoyed this video, really reminded me of the history of our interesting history.👍
Great video, I'am Czech and I have not know many thing there.
Another wonderful episode! 🎉
Incredibly entertaining and great educational video as allways.Keep up the amazing work!
What a well produced an exciting video. Thank you for this.
Great to see video about my history here in this channel
Im so mad youtube didnt pop this video up on my homepage. Ive watched every one of your videos, wtf youtube. Great video as always HistoryMarche!
This is one of your best videos sir, thanks! A long time (silent) viewer
Much appreciated!
HistoryMarche does a superb job of these stories where history pivots on a knife's edge! ⚔🛡🏹
Man… That surprise attack was perfectly executed; both during the historical battle AND your retelling. I was honestly shocked, especially since I had never heard of the battle before. Great video!
And corretly called as "deceipt". As at the time the chivalry style of battle was mainly frontal clash of heavy cavalry that often resembled rather war games or brutal sport with strict rules than a real battle.
Thus, even the Kumans' style of attack was seemed as unfair (especially from the emperor-to-be, expected to exactly express the spirit of chivalry), not talking about hidden reserve to attack the wing.
It is amazing how a shrewed military leader like Ottokar didn`t have any cavalry reserve to counterattack at the surprise Rudolf charge from the side. In so many battles, the best way to fight off an adversary flanking maneuvre was to let is happen until the enemy is fully commited, and then flank the flankers (!) with your own reserve forces, saved especially for such an occurance.
I presume Ottokar knew that, but his plans were unfolded by his heavy cavalry falling for the Cumans`s trap of luring the WHOLE Bohemian/Polish force in the attack.
Clever steppe warriors tactics kept winning them so many battles against stronger European armies from the time of Attila on. Turks used this rouse at Nicopolis, Magyars at Pressberg, Mongols at Liegnitz (Legnica) and so on...
@@chris894r Yes, I agree, as I see it he was either "too fair" (see his previous battle) or maybe better political leader than a general.
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Thanks so much for the support Knight Runner! Much appreciated!
You make great videos.
Always great to see more vids from HM! for the algorithm!
Absolutely amazing!
Another triumph! Thanks!
Phenomenal video about a phenomenal king
Nice job
4:28 almost spit my drink
Me too
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Astonishing work! Could you create a video about Charles the IV. or Jan Žižka. I would be very interested in your take on the subjects! Thank you for the video man
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Amazing video
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Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video!
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Love your content keep up the good work
Really informative and very detailed💕💕.
Love tour detailed videos❤❤
Thank you so much 😊
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Great series thank you.
Wonderful introduction and informative historical coverage episode. Shared by an amazing ( history Marche) channel . Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
love your videos
I appreciate you so much. Unrelated, but the other day my 15 month old found a hidden paintbrush and proceeded to poke my 3 year old in the eye during a diaper change. I exclaimed, "Hey Basil, knock it off! He's not Bulgarian!" My mother, the history major, almost died laughing. All that to say, the tiny little tidbits I get here and there are stored in my brain forever. Who knows how this snippet will manifest itself. Keep up the most exceptional work, sir! Also, no children were harmed in the retelling of this story (the 15 month old is rather uncoordinated hahaha).
I hope History Marche will give us a video when KCD comes🤞🏾🤞🏾
TH-cam needs to recommend you to me more often!
Isn't there a button that does that?
Please make similer video about Georgian Golden age and female King Tamar the great her reign is so underrated and intresting
As a Czech.... You are absolutely an awesome human being. Thank you so much for shining a light on "poor, little crappy Czechia" as people see it.
It's clear that the modern age has been a gigantic misservice for us Czechs, with our history greatly overshadowing today.
There's 2 very good reasons for why.
#1 Catapulting the little Habsburg family into power, leading to opression.
#2 The betrayal of the Allies in Munich
#3 Soviet occupation. Were it not for these 3 things Czechia would likely be just as good as Germany, France and etc. and honestly it's possible we'd have a lot of great things that Germany doesn't have. We'd be basically a southern Nordic country lol. A little paradise on earth
No one thinks Czechia is poor, little and crappy, only Czechs themselves.
@enlightenedterrestrial I mean it mainly from the USA perspectives. No one hears or talks about it and it's considered a little side country that is insignificant even compared to austria, switzerland and poland
The Czechs were done at the battle of The White Mountain. The whole elite either emigrated or were executed.
czechia is as good as modern Germany or Austria. you guys only have to catch up from Communism, and you are catching up fast. U are catching up way faster than the german east, with way less support.
Very nice!
I think that the right title is The iron and golden king. Impressive job. 👍
As a Czech I am mindblown how well made and researched this video is. I feel like Eastern/Slavic history isn't that well known in the west, so this made me happy 😄. Thank you!
Awesome! These are the kinds of videos I come to HistoryMarche for. Eastern-European history videos are always highly appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ottokar being nice to consoldate lands for the future Emperor of the HRE, what a guy. :)
He had a vision.😅
I like to think that if Ottakar had won that battle, we will be more advanced in civilization wise because this guy was giving reforms to the regular people that might of seem insane to those neighboring him and perhaps that’s why some join the alliance. Very advanced for its time.
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If only Czech republic still called Bohemia
I am curious why we don't call it bohemia today
@@pbh9195 It used to be Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. There were also Lusetia and Egerland. Those were the lands of Czech Kingdom. To call it only Bohemia would be offensive to other parts of kingdom while the best part about Czech kingdoms were reformations supporting very modern ideas of freedom. Like everybody can become his own master and own his land and taxes should be the same for everyone etc. while slavery was a big no no (so some war prisoners and criminals for export only). In my opinion, Europe would reach enlighted era much earlier if Ottokar was elected.
it is obvious why, but still there is the specialty "Bohemistics"
@@brankokryze9179 My point exactly
Another Great video!! Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas*
Merry Christmas!
Bohemia was a significant power house in most of its history until it became the part of the Habsburg realm, at least I think so. As a czech this video makes me wonder what could have been if Ottakar won his battle for the Empire. That is the beauty of history, no one ever knows for certain what could have been... Love this content
I guess it's safe to assume that the Přemyslid dynasty would have become an even bigger player in European politics, similar to how the Habsburgs had turned out.
I don't think they would have changed the HRE much though as it was already declining at the time.
"It is a moment in which history itself holds its breath." BEST LINE EVER
Awesome!
The King of Bohemia was independent of the King of the Holy Roman Empire, which was confirmed by the Golden Bull of Sicily in 1212 and the Golden Bull of Charles IV in 1356 - the King of Bohemia was the first elector of the King of Rome among secular voters, but at the same time the King of Rome could not collect taxes, recruit troops, apply his laws and interfere in the election of the King of Bohemia on the territory of the Bohemian Crown.
Sir, I just hit part 19 on the Hannibal series. We’re gonna need to finish that okay.
It's said that before the Habsburg flanking maneuver, the commander apologized to his knights for what they were about to do, as it was considered highly unchivalrous to perform a hidden flanking attack.
Great video. Well done, thank you for your marvellous vids.😊
Otakar name was Premysl (with soft r), but because it was difficult for foreigners to pronounce, Otokar was added. Hungarian king's name is not pronounced /beela/, but /behla/. The Premysl's wife name was Kunhuta. The Czech history teaches that Premysl's army was outnumbered, some army units did not arrive on time. The use of non Christian Kumans was criticized by the pope. Rudolf's army moved after the battle to Bohemia, but was stopped by the army mobilized by the Czech nobility.
Awesome!!
Excellent!
Thanks for this... as a czech, ive learned about it at school but it wasnt half as much interesting and entertaining🙂
Glad to hear that!