El Cid - Spain's Greatest Knight Documentary
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Well told story and very enjoyable!
Not just the greatest Spanish knight but probably the greatest knight ever
Well said 🙂
“To conquer without risk to triumph without glory”
El Cid
Spoken like a true, caring hero!
This shows how important punctuation can be
@@tosehoed123 That's why I'm always early, as my grannie always said, the early bird gets the werrum.
The history of medieval Spain is fascinating. I hope you tell us more the Iberia peninsula and it’s queens and kings. Excellent video!
good, but learn a little more on my comments above. There´s no SPAIN at that time. ..
@@tratante There Was. HISPANIA was a province of the Roman Empire. HISPANIA. 800 years of history.
El Cid was my 24th Great Grandfather through Alphonso VIII King of Leon and Eleanor of England 🇬🇧 Love all this incredible History
I’m supposedly related through Sancha de Ayala. It’s a fun idea, but considering how prolific rape was, I don’t believe it’s true.
If you are related to cid you should have undoudbtely african blood
Do you mind me asking, who was your 23rd Great Grandfather?
I'm related to my father
With that many generations back, literally half of men in Spain were your Grandfathers.
Long live the Hispanic man long live the motherland Spain long live Hispanic America from Mexico to Argentina.Que viva LA Hispanidad que viva el lenguaje espanol
El Cid was an accomplished badass and opportunistic warrior. He did the best he could in that time and environment. The moors, Barbers, almoravids, and Spanish nobility were all sharks, in a twisted land with difficult political constant upheaval. El Cid was the real deal!
That was the Moops, not the moors.
He followed his heart and virtues, rather than the calls of the many twisted princes, sultans and knights around him. Thus, he served God, not men, and their sharkish ways, which is why he made such a deep impression, along with his military genius. Long live the Cid!
sharks how?
@@misteryolo7248 Corruptible, greedy, two-face lying backstabbers, and creeps! Rather akin to modern politicians and businessmen. Come back El Cid, we need you to set ablaze an example for all the sharks and skunks!!!!
@@nialloneill5097 they stood with the muslims because they were known as just and honor their word and because they were being mistreated by the christian ruler.
Everybody knows he was actually Charlton Heston.
Lol, lol, lol
Lol
Hell yeah, just like George C. Scott led the 3rd Army to relieve the 101st Airborne before they were torn to pieces at Bastogne!
hi James Purefoy
@@forickgrimaldus8301 hello
If you need something done, best do it yourself. -El Cid (probably)
- logan 9 fingers
A idea forged by the mediocrity and mistrust of other leaders and knights, due to their ability to prostitute themselves, for lands and riches.
@@rockyporterjr4215 Are you from iceland or faroe islands?
One of the historical figures and I love to hear much about him.
Thank you people profile for always being with us.
Thanks El Cid.
From Indonesia
just learned about him last year and he's already amongst my favourites
El Cid was not just the greatest knight of Spain, but of all Iberians. Portugal remember and is proud of it.,
"To conquer without risk is to triumph witout Glory".
Avé
My favorite book in mid school Spanish class!
El Cid era un gran tipo
que al sarraceno quitaba el hipo
y como guerrero y señor
nadie lo hacia mejor
Era de estirpe castellana
gente siempre muy galana
Gentil y muy cristiano
con Arturo se daba la mano
Y hasta en la traidora muerte
a sus caballeros les dio buena suerte
El Cid was an interesting character! Thanks for the video!
El CID was such a badass
A algunas señoras les gusta así.
El cid is my favorite general! Bad ass dude.
This narrator used to work on history Marche. He was my favorite narrator. Happy to see you got him on.
My Sephardic ancestor was a warrior who helped the CID.
Yes, afcourse he did.....
@@jgappy5643 yea I was there and saw him
Thank you once again for your excellent work! It highlights the weekend to have a documentary work watching from people who know how to make them!
in 1492 who took Granada were Isabelle I of Castilla and Ferdinand II of Aragon in the video you said it backward
You keep saying Arab as synonymous with Moor but I think you'll find the Almoravid and Almohad Caliphates that stretched across North Africa and into the Iberian peninsula were predominantly Amazigh (or Berber as you called them) from North Africa. You did mention Berbers as allies and there certainly was some Arabization of the Amazigh people but you will find that the "Moors" - name has the same root as Morocco and Mauretania - were substantially Berber. Mauretania was one of their kingdoms contemporaneous with the Roman empire. And it seems to be very well proven that it was the same people all along, cross the straits of Gibraltar into North Africa.
Nonetheless the Caliphate was ruled by a levantine arab elite, arabic was the lingua franca of the Muslims, not until the first and second Taifa periods and Almohad and Almoravid will see Amazigh political elite.
@@XxLIVRAxX Nah you're not that familiar with the details I can see but like the EARLER caliphates I mentioned above were major Amazigh caliphates and those firmly established them on the peninsula early on. Arabic was widely spoken as a result of Islam encouraging Arabic language and it's true that many Berbers took Arabic names. But frankly to the occidental European they couldn't much distinguish between the 2 groups so they basically equated Muslim with being Arabic. it's much like the average American who goes to a prominent Japanese restaurant in the city and is blissfully unaware that it's owned and run by Chinese people. But actually you can trace the Y DNA of the Morisco migrations and you will find it to be overwhelmingly the Berber haplogroup, which is quite unique to them. I will concede that it was culturally a mix though.
He reminds me of King David: loyal to king Saul, but when Saul forced him out of the country through no fault of David's, David found work in the service of a Philistine king. Later David would become a king himself.
In case you didn't know Charlton Heston absolutely hated and despised Sophia Loren and refused to ever work with her again.
They made up years later, Look at the footage from 1994 when Sophia Loren was given the Hollywood walk of fame star.
As Portuguese from the north, I consider him my ancestor
Thanks so much for the content!! Love it!!
An old time classic... El Cid great story thank you for sharing Gill;Dx
BOTH MEN CHARLTON HESTON (R.I.P. ) PUT THE STORY ON THE MAP !!!! HOWEVER, THE REAL RODIGUES WAS JUST AS GOOD INDEED !!! THANKS ! FROM U.K. (2023).
I don't agree with the narrative of El CID being a kind of Mercenary, he was far more than that, he was a great Christian warrior, this is a modern sanitised version of what really happened, look at 'real crusades history' for a more accurate account
So El Cid is one of the most lauded and celebrated men of all time that was forced to be a mercenary on both sides of a conflict before deciding to go solo. Very nice documentary that greatly increased my knowledge of this military genius.
We must distinguish between the literary Cid and the historical Cid. Of the literary there is little to discuss, since it is based on a few written poems. That is the Cid that I prefer, because he chisels the prototype of the Castilian, of the frontiersman, accustomed to fighting for his land, oblivious to the ancient honor of the Asturians and Leonese, always faithful to his word and defender of the weak, rebellious and courteous to the other, stoic and tough, long-suffering and ascetic, unyielding and courageous.
The reciters passed through the villages of Castile in the Middle Ages and recited the verses of the Poem. In school, we learned those lines by heart. Thus was born Castile, land of my father and soul of Spain.
Yours is an overly romanticised view.
@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703 My romantic vision is very similar to that of the English with King Arthur or that of the French with Roland. The difference is that King Arthur is only a medieval legend and there is very little historical news about Roland. El Cid is so real that there are even documents signed by him. The Castilian epic is the most realistic in Europe.
@@joserumbado317 Your spirit captures and intuits the truth in this matter very, very well, and perhaps in former lives you fought by his side? I know some of my past lives, and I was there with him, and what you have encapsulated in your description of him is true, and why, besides his many victories on the battlefield, he was and is a greatly esteemed and highly distinguished knight. It is an irony, knowing of greater details of his further lives, that his history is also entwined with that of the real King Arthur, who is not an earthly King, but connected to the one true King of Creation, Who is at the same time, is the Holy Spirit and the Holy Grail, who passes on energy to maintain Creation, unless you are indigenous to the lands of the US, whereby He is called the Great Spirit. He is actually thereby the Will of the Almighty God. El Cid was initiated in service to Him long ago, in the beyond on much higher spiritual planes, and holds a title in the beyond, as a real Knight, and he has reincarnated in many prominent lives, either as a highly reputable leader, or servant to a King, or other leader. Think of King Leonidas, William Champion, William Wallace, Hector of Troy, Hannibal, and many other prominent war leaders, including Tecumseh and Crazy Horse, and thus you have El Cid, the same spirit and character who returned time again to arouse the courage and strength of his fellow-man through his heroic deeds, which were aimed at the destruction of the greed, oppression and corruption of the darkness. And the spirit, through the intuition, is connected to higher virtues, and unyielding courage, along with a strong desire for genuine truth and justice. All those men then were the same man, his actual name is the White Knight, and he serves as a link to the real King of Creation, Who as the Son of Man, came to the earth twice to help men in the salvation of their spirits, yet who heard his call, certainly not the Church, but then they do not represent God anyway. I could elaborate on El Cid, but simply know that you are right in your provisional deductions of his higher virtues, for although a human spirit, he is the most developed human spirit who remains upon this earth at this time, and he is here one last time to lead any worthy spirit onto victory in the holy war between light and dark. And his final task is to help complete the work of the one true King whom he serves, and who he always longed to serve, hence why he struggled so much amongst the many cut-throat liars and traitors at the courts he served, for many a prince disgusted and betrayed him. And this deepest longing for truth and honour are signs of a mature and highly developed spirit, who has surrendered his soul to the Almighty. Thus, he was chosen as the White Knight, whereby he is part of the connecting link with the Grail King on high, the Holy Spirit, Who from high now commandeers the karma of men throughout the coming Apocalypse, when darkness destroys darkness, for as the legends told, man have ignored the voice of the spirit, and thereby produced much karma, whilst cutting off the absorption of spiritual radiations from on high. Thus, parts of Creation have been dying and decaying! For the most fundamental law of Creation is you reap what you sow, and this is a perfect magnetic process, so if a man has a strong desire to serve truth, and humble himself to this, as a true knight would, whilst protecting the weak and innocent, then he will attract higher radiations by which he becomes part of a mighty pulsebeat of Creation, so balance and good health are maintained, as the virtuous person eventually ascends into Paradise, man's true home, for the earth is a temporal place, simply for the awakening and development of his spirit. If men choose mere earthly desires though, they make no connection with these higher virtues, and so become distrustful, earth-bound materialists, who speak of the few virtuous ones as idealists, dismissing them as being unrealistic in their visions and desires for life and mankind. Whatever your beliefs then, continue to pursue such chivalrous ways, and your remaining days will pass with much less pain than these materialists, for soon we enter this Apocalypse from 2028 through a nuclear holocaust, and particularly in 2033, when WW3 breaks out. Always remember that our main goal as a man amidst all this insanity is to be a true warrior of the light, immersed in virtuous and valiant qualities, so that when you meet with either kindred spirits or foes, they can say to you, 'your quality will be known among your enemies, before ever you meet them'. Then, without seeking adulation and attention to yourself, you can a t least know that through your selfless, courageous service, you have made an impression, and a difference, in these, the last acts of battle between, not christians and muslims, nor easterners or westerners, or black and white races, but between the light, and the darkness. For soon, after darkness has destroyed darkness, the light will rule o'er these earthly planes, at long last and men will finally come to know of God, and His Kingdom, albeit in later incarnations, which must nevertheless be earned through good deeds. For we reap as we sow, and thus we must sow good, to receive of the blessings of Creation, which we can do in absolute service and joy, if we have the humility and dedication to truly serve, be it God, or your people! God's speed and strength in your further wanderings upon these earthly spheres, dear sir, and yes, be inspired, and likewise, inspire, for then you will forge a path with your spiritual sword to wondrous heights of luminous planes, for yourself, and all those attracted to similar ideals. Amen!
@@nialloneill5097 damn
@@tosehoed123 🤣
God was with him to win land for God. He was a hero
Amazing, my maternal ancestor Visigoth Pelagius Rey de Asturias 711AD 29x great grandfather. My paternal ancestor Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar aka El Cid 21x great grandfather. It explains my 78% Iberian blood.
Liar
I"m playing the El Cid campaign in Age of Empires 2. Odd that this should be in my recommended videos
Played that game decades ago when it first came out and loved it, the only thing I didn't like about the Spanish campaign was the anachronistic Spanish special troops composed of mounted riflemen. It was fun, but it pretty much spoiled the game since a squad of riflemen on horseback could easily wipe out a slower moving band of melee troops twice their number at a distance.
That was how I first heard of El Cid along with several other historical figures and events, but the game portrays things in the campaigns very differently than they actually occurred. It’s still a great game, just not the best way to get accurate accounts of history.
another good one..
How to be sure to wreak civil war in your country : fragmentate it among your sons. Ferdinand I didn't pay much attention to his history lessons
He will be a bad Ck3 player haha
Good information delivered by a caricature of a narrator!
We need a new tremendous, great movie about El Cid! No stupid shit anymore.
My 29x great grandfather, greatest knight and warrior of Europe ahead of William Marshal of Pembroke.
The People Profiles narrator has been impressive in each of these segments, even though when listening I cannot help but to be reminded of that Royal Canadian Mounty, Dudley Do-Right. Rocky and Bullwinkle fans may agree?
Another ancestor of mine! Great bio!
Oh my goodness wow that's so cool
@@lindaarrington9397 Anybody who is descended from the Castila Royal lines of Spain will find him in the tree
@@michaelrochester48 we have been looking for you ma lord to rule the stable
Yeah, sure. You’re ten a penny anyway.
EL CID....((OTHERWISE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
KNOW HAS EL DID ...
HE DID ALOT!!)).....
AN EXTRAORDINARY
MAN, SOLDIER,AND
GENERAL......
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Campeador means Champion btw. (i speak the language)
I don’t know what lenguaje do you speak, not Spanish.
I remember that guy in Age of Empire 2 campaign.
That was one of my favorite campaigns in that game.
What a nice surprise. One of my favourite historical figures. I like to pretend he was my ancestor :)
He was a direct ancestor of Edward III. Prove you are descended from Edward III then he would be.
@@avpmobi Edward III of England
?
I think hes handsome
maybe he was i was born in the city of york uk and my ancestors were the vikings
Great presentation format. Very easy to follow and understand. Btw. The narrator seems like he enjoys the occasional Scotch aperitif; for some reason.
I loooooooooooooooove this channel ❤❤❤❤👏👏👏
A video on Mansa Musa please.🙏
Nice video...about Abirian peninsula hero's personality and his working for publishing union's processes in Abirian peninsula 👍👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏼🙏🏼
Europe needs new Reconquista!
SUPER GREAT DOCUMENTARY. HOWEVER, EL CID ---- OOOPS !!! ( R.I.P. CHARLTON HESTON ) ACTOR COMES TO MIND ! FROM U.K (2022).
I watched another video about him saying that he always had an allegiance to king Alphonso. When he joined the Muslim king he fought against other Muslims and the Muslim kingdom he joined was allied to Alphonso or something like that. I could be remembering incorrectly but is this true?
do a video on Roger Casement
The Spanish version of William the Marshall, the Greatest Knight in History!
This man sounds like Lucien Sanchez (Todd Rivers) [played by Matt Berry] from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace... I like it.
PS
Everybody, watch every episode of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Ferdinand I was not King of Castille. The first King of Castille was Sancho II, Ferdinand's son.
Yes, Middle Age again 🎉🎉🎉
I think I mentioned before, I hope you steer away from wildly popular historical figures. There is so many amazing figures from history that sadly get little recognition. Fantastic job though. So , did a saint really lead the charge during the reconquista? It was during the major battle that threw islam out of Iberia. Even muslim chronicals mention something odd happened. And they do not sugar coat their defeats.
Totally different to the film portrayal.
He died in his bed, not strapped to his horse already dead from his wounds in Battle.
I wonder where that come from?
just recently discovered this is my great grandfather. still can't believe it , thank you for creating this
@Mr Storni yeah, 18 generations
The truth is that the Muslims that conquered Spain were the Vandals whom were previously push south into Northern Africa by the VisiGoth from Spain. They Vandals converted to Islam. When they came back into Spain they call soutvern Spain by their name Vandaluz or the city of the Vandals in Arabic Al Andaluz. Today aka Andalucia.
Very good point, the name the muslims gave south of Spain is too much of a coincidence. A lot of vandals did stay in North Africa after they lost their kingdom to the Byzantines. Very informative comment.
True You make a good point
Lope De Agguire video pl - even though you’d have to find documents, as there is nothing on him to fill an hr lmao
This is peak YT.
Corneille's "Le Cid" was mandatory reading at school, and it was a bit boring. This is much more interesting.
He was my 29th Great Grandfather.
Sure he was, the fourth person that claims that, you are dreaming.
To have this many victories you must possess a decisive weapon and i know they
don't necessarily have to be tangible. He probably banned siestas then beat
seven barrels out of his enemies when they were trying to have a kip.
Who is here after the Amazon original series?
I am!
Hero of the Reconquista ;)
No he was the gallery slave in Ben Hur! ❤
Hero
Interesting name
“Only my mother calls me Sydney” El Cid circa 1059
What about Lancelot du Lac?
He's not real.
I am proud to be mostly of Iberian descent! The only grudge I bear against my ancestors is that they never accepted Protestantism! However, there was a Protestantism only because there was a Catholicism before it, so this hero is one of my favorite historical personages, having assisted so much to effect the Reconquista!
Could you do a bio on Gustavus Adolphus the "Lion of the North", king of Sweden??? That is another interesting life!!! Thanks!!!
Really? lol... I would think that the only grudge is because spain, and it's later empire fell due to their own corruption and incompetence, not to mencion the million civil wars
El Cid was German.
Why Protestantism?
Being a descendant of Spanish Nobility around 1290, and a marriage with Aragon a noblewoman also names Urraca, even though there were much intermingled bloodlines especially with the Franks, as is mine, our Family name had only changed 3 times in the last 720 years and blood lines going back to the 5 th century were a little hazy still pointed to Frankish warlords in Gaul.
(el cid) as it is pronunciation excatly is an arabic word means (the master)
Moops! It's Moops!
I have difficulty with this voice.
Do one on anne Frank please
I heard " L Sate " what did you guys hear? 0:30
So...he was a "...peerless warrior and astute politician who navigated a turbulent era with extensive fighting between the christers from the various principalities of the entire Iberian peninsula...against the islamistic Moors and Arabs from all over north Africa and the area we call southern Spain today! Having said that...groups from both sides swapped alliegences according to short-term expediency and military/socio-political gain of the moment. It was volatile unpredictable and interspersed with many significant battles of armies comprising tens to many thousands of men." - In other words please read that as..."El Cid was a violent treacherous lying fanatical religious extremist who would have thought nothing of exterminating every single muslim in the whole of the Iberian peninsula. He came close to achieving exactly this goal too although he died in battle before the "Reconquista" of the peninsula was accomplished in total...but the influence of the Moors in Spain exists to this day in several significant and permanent ways."...! Right I see I see I see! So THAT'S how it is! Super...!!
📺🤔💲♓ℹ✝✝✝⚔⚔⚔🗡🩸☪💣💥❗🤔😯😨😣😫🤔⚖⚖⚖💉🧬🧱🏹🛡🗡🧮📚📚📚📜📖💰💰💰❗🤔😣👎🎶🌵🎶🎶😆👍🤔😯😢🤔💊💊💊🍸🍸🍸😃🤨🌵💉💉💉💉💉💉💉😧🤢😮😐😑😪🥱❗😆👍🥱🥴❗😂🤣🤣😲🤮🤤🧻😃❗Bunch of fanatical religious extremists! Grrrrr!! Just see how it turned out...! Obviously it IS much more complicated than that (i.e. a war of religious imperialism on both sides) but apart from the local political wranglings not massively so...and...well...here we are!
Each and every nation needs a hero, more or less a real hero....In fact Rodrigo Diaz was nothing more than a noble military chief who fought for his senior ...and for himself...
Still collective memory shaped him as a hero of Spanish requenquista.....so, his name will remain as it is El Cid ....
711??????????? Sound like a restaurant
No tuvo. Lo maniataron.
Long live free Europe! ⛪️ !
AOE2 brought me here.
still nothing on vlad tepesh?
Generally well done, but please, is there any way for these productions to be edited of their cringe-worthy mispronunciation of non-English terms? Spanish pronunciation, especially, is not that hard to learn, and editing for this would really boost the overall quality of the videos.
el cid is mount& blade warband
……his horse was named Babieca, & his swords, Tizona, & Colada………
Hi cousins!
El CID is Spanish David Son of Jesse
But , he burned the mayor of Valencia " Alghafe" in 1094 ! Where is the dignity on thet
Al Saaid
Age of Empire brought me here
Thank you for this. I always thought he was a man of Principle with a cause. Turns out, he was just a Merc
these people swap sides more than they change their clothes
is he the national hero of spain
Well, he is a hero, have no doubt.
You can easily say that he was an opportunist but let's not forget one thing: he was making enemies everywhere he went and because of that, he was forced to change sides. He took advantage of the political situation but that didn't last alot everywhere he went.
@الظلام علي I wish I knew the answer.
@الظلام علي That is a question I can't answer because I don't know the answer. Maybe someone that has studied him can answer you that.
@الظلام علي No problem.
I still prefer the movie...!
there was no such thing as a muslim spain just as there was no such thing as a christian al-andalus. Spain was Christian by definition and Al-Andalus was Muslim.
Definitely a pragmatic opportunist. Pure mercenary.
No. A faithful vassal; a soldier of fortune (mercenary in nowadays words, but not the exactly the same then); and a honorable warlord . All of them. Read a couple of books about him and u will see.
@@Firentis why not both?
@@Firentis but yes, I should def read kore.