Who Made the Scottish People... The Normans
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- The Normans in Scotland were a defining influence. The Battle of Hastings and 1066 was past when David I brought Normans to Scotland. Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey, crosses the Channel to bring you the tale from Rouen Abbey to Dunfermline Abbey
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My father's sister traced their paternal line back to a main Pictish area in the far north. Because of the build and colouring of their father, it was thought he was probably at least partly descended from them. Six foot tall, blue eyes and when younger red hair, longer limbs, long angular face.
Some years ago I read that the Picts first came through Iceland. If so they were probably resident there first. I have never searched images of Icelandic people to see if they look a similar phenotype.
After them came the Romans (not in Scotland), The y saac sons, their angels and ju tes, then later their Nor(th)man cousins, and they all intermarried. The Saxons were said to be the most savage of all, which when you look at medieval British tortures gives some idea they were at least as bad as the cruel, also far too powerful druids that the Romans had helped us get rid of. Then if course the druids and y saac sons also came from the Fertile Crescent and brought their particular sinister pagan behaviour to do with worship of Ramphen (see star of Ramphen!), Ba'al etc. Remember Elisabeth II boasted she could trace her lineage back to David (so obviously to Abraham and therefore their protos the Hyksos).
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 I left full time education aged 15. I never went to university.
A few years ago I took a walk map of the world and traced back some of the tribes of ancient Britons via migrations. I finished at huge ancient Sumaria after the last ice age. This includes some written text languages which are no longer spoken and some etymology. All very interesting. Some academics and others who have studied the subject believe that the blue eyed blond, tall Sumarians emanated from Europe into the Fertile Crescent then - well, pretty much all over the world.
I undertook my own research as much as possible because I was aware that even many academics cannot agree where the non black races originated, and I was very suspicious of the out of Africa for all theory. Now I know that considering the differences even between Denisovans, Neanderthals and Cro Magnon some species and races aren't even related, so did originate from different parts of the world and were adapted according to environmental and climate. This is not to mention all the now extinct species and races.
This does not imply one species or race is better than another. Of course, better is relative according to where people live and what they need to do to not only survive but to thrive well and as comfortably as suits them.
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 I am reticent to say any of the Bible contains any of the oldest books in history. The original Bible was put together by the council of nicea, was written in Greek and has been changed umpteent times.
As for the torah, well there is at least the Samaratan version and the later more known version of Babylonia.
Let's not forget more ancient writings from the Fertile Crescent including Egypt and Sumaria, the only difference being no one has turned them into a compendium of books for a re-legion with which to control the peoples of conquered territories. Further, the Zoastrian and Hindu faiths are said to be much older and they had their own texts. Again though, not taken and adapted to form a re-legion for conquest and control.
Jesus, that is, if he existed as more than a gnostic figure upon whom to hang gnostic stories upon. Maybe he did, but he wasn't a 'Jew'. He was a Nazarene Essene, closer in beliefs to the Samaritans and living a very long way from Judah and Judea, where the Babylonian 'Jews' went to.
First of all yo are correct about the Normans invading England under William the conqueror. Yes, Nordman/Norhtman but these Scandinavians were mixed with the Francs, and they did in fact move in to Scotland. So did the Danes and the Bretons. The Stuarts were a Breton (from France) family that migrated to Scotland. Some Welsh migrated there as well and William Wallace is rumored to be Welsh. Also the Danes invaded Ireland as well. Next I have deceased ancestors that were Masons and I promise you that they were all Christians. They don't require you to be a christian, but in the past the vast majority of them were in fact christians. And lastly I have seen the theory that all of these European people are the lost tribes of the Jews. As far as I know none of this has any concrete evidence. I'm not saying that the lost tribes can't still be alive and unknown either. Just saying there's no evidence that I know of.
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 as an ancient free and accepted freemason 30°, I can tell you that the masonic figures refered to in 'blue' freemasons ritual are Solomon king of Judah son of David, Hyram king of Tyre, and the Queen of Sheeba.
Centered around the building of Solomon's Temple on Mount Moriah.
In 'red' freemasonry, or the Holy Royal Arch, Ancient Ark Mariners and Royal & Select Masters are based around other Old Testament potentates and the destruction of the Temple of Solomon by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.
The Royal Order of Scotland, the Heredom of Kilwinning, is the most senior masonic order under the Scottish Constitution, leaves a seat at every meeting for the righful heir as hereditary king of Scots. It's founding legend being that of being an honour to recognise those knights who served King Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.
You may be interested to know that the 'Moderns' Grand Lodge of English freemasons was petitioned to be founded in 1716 the year after the failed 1715 'Jacobite Rebellion', when English masons saught to distance themselves from their former patrons, the Royal House of Stuart.
Bruce Fummey; international man of eduction. This channel really has gone from strength to strenght.
Thanks Euan
Nothing like eduction 😂😂
Missed shot Sir!
Bruce Fummey, International man of history, Double Oh aye, licence to educate.
(Cue Fum, sorry, Bond music.)
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@@OldNavajoTricks Bruce Fummey in "Och Aye Pussy" 😊
International man of history
Brilliant. The more you learn, the more you realise you know nothing. History is truly amazing.
True...
You know nothing Jon Snow
I've been saying that too for as long as I remember. The more I read, the more I realize how little i know. it's an awesome endless quest to discover as much as I can in my time here.
Ok,
"BRILLIANT" is a very good word.
But you Brits need to let that term sit on the bench for awhile.
That word has got to be so fricken tired from all the use and abuse you heap upon this particular word.
I do you do NOT find this comment
BBBRRIAANNNTT.
... now i feel better....
If you assume everything you know is a grain of sand, count yourself lucky if when you die you’ve got a handful. - an anthropology professor I once had.
As a distant descendant of one of the Norman Knights brought up here by David I, its great to see a light shone on Norman influence in Scotland Fantastic & informative content as always, Thank you.
Likewise. Well said
Northman
Those sinclairs have been wreaking havoc since the Middle Ages 🤣
Sinclairs or Tinklers? 😅
Distant descendants I’ve heard it all now don’t make me laugh 😂😂
I also live in Tottenham, close to Bruce Castle, apparently as it was where Robert the Bruce would winter, in fact the area close to Bruce Grove called Seven Sisters is named after the sisters of Robert, and the trees planted in honour of each marriage which became a tradition in the local area. Although I have said this based more on local rumours instead of historical evidence, mostly because people were terrible at making notes back then...
With a norman name myself, this was of great interest. Brilliant story. Would be interested in more stories about the Norman's influence in Scotland
with an anglicized french name in my history, I appreciated learning that DeBrix was anglicized to The Bruce.
I didn't know clan Ramsay was Norman. I'm glad you brought that up. Thanks cousin! :)
@@3qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq10 I think the norman name was de ramsie, strangely there are many spellings of Ramsay all round the area the Norman's influenced. I remember a hotel receptionist in Tunisia having a laugh as she was a ramzy. Small world it seems
@@delramsay916 Holladay/Holliday was once de Holladay. Lots of spelling variations with Holladay as well. One spelling is Hallyday spelled just like the Scots pronounced it.
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 not sure of your point to be honest. The Norman's invaded england and as Bruce's video states moved up to Scotland. On the declaration of arbroath there are many norman names down as signatures.
Thanks
Ah thanks so much
Walking away from the tapestry museum for some more Scottish history is gold.
Another interesting video! Rollo was my 33xGreat Grandfather, and Robert the Bruce was my 21x Great Uncle, both on my father's side. As a side note, the man that Robert killed in Grey Friars church, John Comyn, was my 21x Great Grandfather from my mother's side. I joke that family disfunction goes way back.
As Scots we can always rely on family when their is no one else to fight ;)
Yet talking oot yer arse there
I'm English with Welsh heritage & no Scottish at all but i'm loving Bruce's passion & enthusiasm to educate us in his rich history
Yay
Couldn't care less about the background noise, your content is so compelling I didn't even really notice it.
Fantastic video Bruce much respect always.
Much appreciated
Oh wow you just connected a huge dot for me! As a descendent of a Norman commander in the conqueror's army I had read we were related to the St Clair/Sinclair back to Normandy however did not realize Rollo was Robert Sinclair! Amazing, thank you!
However our surname is so obsecure, magnaville/manneville/mannevilla/de mandeville....which means man of the village...
AWESOME STUFF!!! Watching from Cocoa beach Florida🤙
Get you
I really enjoyed this episode-thank you!
Personal comment of Laura Botten: I'm learning more and more about names in different languages as I research my family tree. My great (x a lot) grandmother was listed as Mary Smith, but her given name was Maria Dorotha Schmidt. The Jost grandfather who came to "Canada" in the 1600s was from Strasbourg that the French took from Germany. The records list his name as Jean Georges, but he signed his name as Johann Georg, indicating the family kept their German identity. My research on the Jost name goes back to Gaelic. You really never know where things will take you and I'm super convince, as Bruce has indicated at times, that we're really a mash up of different cultures and DNA throughout time. When we get down through the Stewarts it's that French influence that gave us the Stueart and Stuart variations.... Mary Stewart (descended through Robert II's son Alexander) married into the Burns clan and eventually lead to ME :D And my brother's middle name of Stuart ;)
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I loved the "1911" slip when you meant to say "911" you didn't even skip a beat... I had to do a double take & rewind to make sure I heard you right. LoL Bruce please keep making videos for a long time because I love your little history lessons... Keep at it...
Another great "Story". I love this channel and I enjoy history and while most who discuss history make you feel like you are drowning in boredom and they are tossing you anchors, you manage to make it fun and interesting.
Ah thanks
The people who made Scotland.
The hell of the chemical workers of Glasgow, Shawfield might be worth your time and interest.
A belated thankyou for opening my eyes to the lot of the Scottish coal miners of old.
I moved to Livingston just as the last mines closed and the last chemical factory at Pumpherston was earmarked to become a golf course.
My own grandfather before WW1 was sold as farm labour to a farmer in West Lothian.
He ran away to Rosyth, to join the light cruiser squadron of the RN as a gunner, just in time for the 1st battle of Heligoland Bite.
Invallided out of the war with damage to his heart and 'shell shock' after being sunk a few times.
Was in Glasgow for the battle of George Square.
I could go on, but just like to say I appreciate your work. I caught a glimpse of a film star on the tv a few nights ago, who looked like he could be your twin.
If you don't mind, I'd like to suggest a topic for one of your future vlogs: the hellish chemical factories of the South Side of Glasgow and their ongoing toxic legacy.
I've read a few articles, stunned by the horrific environment these workers endured.
The chemicals they worked with 7 days a week, burned holes in the flesh all over their body, until their inevitable early demise.
Google:
Shawfield, Lord Overtoun (a right Holy Wullie, wrong yin) production of bichromate of potash, highly carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (Chromium VI), highlighted in the Hollywood movie Erin Brockovich.
Kier Hardie no less, produced a series of pamphlets entitled White Slaves: Chrome, Charity, Crystals and Cant, describing in scathing terms the terrible working conditions and the demands on the workforce at Shawfield works.
Today there's an industrial estate on that site, where eg Greggs of Rutherglen had their main Scottish food production center, until tests showed how highly toxic the ground contamination there and across sites of former works at Rutherglen and Cambuslang, still is.
Many Flemish knights came to Scotland during David's reign also, and they established quite a few clans in the northeast. I'm curious if they'd be considered Normans at this time or differentiated as Flemings. Would love to see a video about these Flemish progenitors of Scottish clans too
From Flanders in the low lands(ie modern Belgium), their language wouldn't of being much different from medieval English(& Scots) at the time!?
Were they invited in as mercenaries or traders?
Gets you thinking about Scotland's involvement with the Hanseatic League of trading ports!?
Brucie any thoughts!?👈😶
I already have in mind to cover them
one of them would have bee
Basically most of the Francophone world of that time was there: Normans, Angevins, Picards etc...
Another great film Bruce, I too have Norman heritage through both of my parents, I'll add Brix to my places to visit the next time we're in France. Many thanks !
Descendent of the MacKenzie Clan, I appreciate your videos 😊
😊 thank you
I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for all the work you do to make them. I’m an American with Scottish ancestry. On my mom’s side I am of the Clan Hay. They originally came to Britain with William of Normandy as de la Hay. Later they moved to Scotland. The clan headquarters is Delgatgie Castle in Aberdeenshire. Robert the Bruce made Gilbert Hay Lord High Constable of Scotland and the clan still holds this title.
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 Caucasian is a race which encompasses all Asians except Mongoloids.
In Icelandic, it is perfectly proper to have viking as a noun (víkingur), and also in Old Norse (víkingr).
Thanks for the knowledge..
All the way from Australia
Dean Bruce Ronald Sinclair.
I'm in Australia now as well!
Another great video as always man! I've been trying to discover my own Bryce lineage, and so far I've found that there's a possible link with St. Bryce, and the St. Brice's Day Massacre! St' Brice is apparently the first of the Brice family to step foot on Britain from Normandy, I'm just gutted it didn't end well for the Vikings lol.
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 some interesting stuff man! It's amusing to me that the McKendrick side of my family are likely norse and the Bryce side are likely norse that settled in France only to fight then mingle 😂 I have a copy of the declaration of Arbroath in the house as well 🤘 reading it instantly makes you a warrior 💪👊💥😂
Thanks for an educational and entertaining start of my Saturday.
Your videos just keep getting better and better. Thank you! ❤️ from a Sinclair
Ah thanks
great video mate, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video Bruce. thank You!
They also raided (and some stayed as cheesemakers) in my hometown on Seville, in southwestern Spain (the only inland port in my country) in 845, several times, until the occupying Moors constructed a heavy (yet today, barely existent) city wall.
If I was a script writer for the Vikings telly show I'd well have taken major "artistic" liberties and had King Rollo teaching wee Robert the Bruce how to wield a sword. Brilliant episode as always gang.
Very interesting and informative and I love the beautiful places you take us, I truly wish i could come and see them, but you make them come alive.
Thank you
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Maybe one day!
As a Jamaican this is interesting lots of Scottish people came to the West Indies. Been to France but not Normandy. My family was de Brionne then became de Clare in UK. The Clare family here in Jamaica are of Norman roots
My ancestry is Viking and Norman including Robert de Bruce . I'm English with Scottish, Irish and Welsh family
Great vid. Great seies
Glad you like them!
Great stuff, England 🇬🇧
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours part Scots 😆 🤣
Love your videos!!!!!
Good to see Dunfermline Abbey.
It's amazing how much the norse vikings influenced and shaped the history of Europe. A group of people from the sparsely populated Scandinavia managed to directly influence all of Britain and it's islands, northern France, Iceland, Greenland, Ukraine, Russia etc. all the way to Byzantium.
I was talking to a taxi driver in Belfast a few years ago. He was born in Iceland of Danish and Icelandic parents. He said "I don't know what yous are fighting about here. We (the Vikings) came to here and took all the best away as slaves, yous are the ones we left behind!!!!"
I told him no, we are the ones you couldn't catch!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Loved this video. Good to learn more about Rollo & where the legacy of Robert the Bruce began. I’m always learning something new from your videos. Thank you so much Bruce!!
My pleasure!
just catching up on your videos tonight! Love your stuff! Very well done.
Thank you Bruce. I love this era of history and how fluid it was, compared with later periods. My ancestors were the Earls of Dunbar and very entwined in this era.
@@historynottaughtatschools9913 I find his work very historically accurate. You have bought into some false narrative of Scottish history. You have a right to believe what you like even if it’s mostly inaccurate.
Fantastic info. Thanks Bruce.
Any time!
Excellent vid,Bruce,and thanks for giving a 'oblique' shout-out for my clan.😁👌
I’m a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce on my father’s side. He’s my grandfather however many generations removed. I just watched the Viking video you did because I have Scandinavian heritage that can be traced back to the 700s from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden on my father side too. I had no idea the Bruce’s were descendants of the Normans. Great series. I’m catching it late, but will definitely go back and watch the ones on the Pocts, Britons and Angles too.
Brilliant as always Bruce. Love your "take" the history of Scotland.
Many thanks
Very enjoyable Bruce, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
The Normans were very awesome
They committed genocide here in Yorkshire and the North of England. This gets glossed over.
@@timhancock6626 actually I'm very well aware of this moment. No one justifies that one event. But the overall culture they have I think is awesome.
If the Normans made Scotland and England what's all the animosity about? The more you understand about the history of Britain since the Romans quit the place the more you find the anti-English attitudes of some Scots and Welsh absurd. If you want to blame anyone, blame the Normans.
Maybe the Scots(Normans) felt that with self government they could keep control of the land and commerce and taxes(money) without being at the capricious whim of London....that will make most medieval tribes get into fighting mode!!⚡😲
In 1091 Count Roger came to Malta (Europe, archipelago in the Mediterranean sea). He left his son, King Roger II, here to govern. And the Normans stayed on until the early 13thc.
Thanks!
Normans were fairly mix by the time a group of them immigrate to Scotland. A mix of Frankish, Gaulish, Breton, Anglo-Saxon and Norse hybridization in blood, and yes in culture. They resemble the original Danes very little.
I wouldn't call the Normans a multiethnic multicultural people, they were all closely related northwest Europeans, but I would say the Normans had a semi diverse origins, Especially the British Normans who amalgamated Picardic, Flemish, Breton, Norman proper, Anjou and other French province regions in the British isles into one common Norman terming group. Who all amalgamated themselves and amalgamated among the native British isles peoples.
This culture has always fascinated me. And I love the Norman identity and culture.
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Rollo is a 33rd great grandfather to me, and about 5 million other people today. 💪
Excellent as usual Bruce.
Thanks again!
Wow what an awesome channel!
While I was doing some genealogy research and digging really far back through the generations, I came across some info about European nobles and kings/queens in my ancestry. I blew it off as a sketchy source but the same names and same stories kept appearing multiple times from multiple sources as I continued my research. I found out that some of my great great (how many greats I don't know I never counted) grandfathers are: William the Conqueror, Malcom II, Duncan, Plantagenets... I want to say the main ond was called "The Fair"? A King Henry I, a story about a sinking ship called the White Ship or something like that that killed many nobles in the English Channel including a young heir to the throne.
I remember a Duke of Anjou. Two Queen Matilda's. Further down I recall a Fitz-arnold I believe was the name and then the noble titled started phasing out and eventually brought about a woman named Hannah Lake who would have been my 10th (or something -also didn't count) grandmother and the first generation of my ancestors to settle in America in the 1600's.
I apologize for my shitty description of all this- I'm not a historian and I am only now learning about the people and events you're talking about in this video.
Off to watch more! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with that glorious Scottish accent you have!
Hope you had a nice time in Caen Bruce, that's my home town though Scotland's been my home for a few decades now. Is it proof that Normans are still making Scotland? I'd say it is ;)
I love it!
My paternal Grandmother was a direct descendant of the Royal Stewart’s. She always wore purple. Proudly.
In 1911 lol almost had me there :P
As a Southerner from the United States with majority Scots-Irish ancestry, we say Scotch-Irish here, this research is so relevant. During the American Civil War, the landed gentry of the Southern propaganda writers painted a picture of the South fighting to maintain the Norman Cavalier way of life. The feudal society, the importance of land ownership, the chivalrous knight on a horse was the Central theme and the Yankees were seen as inferior stock, not as smart. Many of many Scotch-Irish ancestors were not true Southerners. They had peasant ties and they spoke quicker and plainer. They were considered "Crackers" by the gentrification. But they did most of the hard fighting for the people on horseback.
After the war, my war veteran male ancestors were able to break through the glass ceiling of cultural separation and marry daughters of these land rich families. This video may be one of the most important one you have done yet. It addresses my ancestry at its core as a Southerner. My dad is from Alabama and his dna results came back Scottish, English and NW Europe. My mother from Texas came back Scottish with a bit of Norway and very little English at all. But I know our Presbyterian lowland Scots was influenced heavily by the Normans and the willingness to participate in the plantation "project" in Northern Ireland comes from this influence. But some of my independent ancestors on my mother's side participated in the Irish rebellion of 1798 and all of my mother's Presbyterian men fought for the Continental Army in the American revolution. Thank-you Bruce for this history lesson delivered only the way you can.
Google Maps doesn’t know where the village of Brix is. Very surprising!
Bravo M. Fume tres interessant
Je vous en prie
I always thought it was the Bay City Rollers that made Scotland . Nobody wanted to be a Scot until they came around
I know 5 million that would say different
Another brilliant video. Thanks Bruce, I'm a Hunter, another one of those Norman lot... or so I'm told. :-)
In medieval Irish and Scottish legend, Scota or Scotia is the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh and ancestor of the Gaels Scoti.... a wee bit of history.
Covered in more than one of these videos
It's so cool to here about Dumferline!! All that fog at the beginning of the video just made me want to sit like a toad in it lol. We get foggy here in Portland Oregon but it's not on the UK level.
Hya Brucie boy, hopefully Ur good?. I live about 6miles from, what I guess is the Scotisized word for Brix... Briech. It's a small village or crossroads really, south of Bathgate.
Luv Ur video Bruce, keep em coming plz. I learn allot about things in history, that I thought I was already clued up on...so, ta.
Brilliant
Inchgal Castle - The Isle of Strangers - 11th century Norman - sits on the banks of Lochore in Cross-hill in Central Fife - was my childhood playground - was then, and is now a ruin - I climbed all four of the remaining corners - home to 'The Lady of the Blue Room' - whom I could swear I saw on a moonlicht nicht while walkin' hame frae fishin' the Meedies(Meadows/Loch-Ore) a flooded meadow caused by the coal mines which riddled the area and littered it with smoking 'bings'.
Now a bonnie wee park and nae mair bings 🙂eh. Braw ! The Big Mary is right next door.
4:14 Rollo aka Robert “Bobbie” Sinclair… wee Scottish Bear is Happy! 🐻😁
- from Robert dePooh
I looked up my family history and my name goes back to the Norman invasions when a rudolfus rufus was the first to be given the land and name of kinnaird, later changed by English school teachers to kennard
Thanks for the information on "Bobby Sinklur". I've seen many references to St Clair Sur Epte but not how the connection was made.
May not be entirely relevant though. My dad said as Argyll's hire Sinclairs we had no connection with the Johnny Come Lately Norman Sinclairs of Edinburgh and the North.
Plot Twist… my ancestors!! 🏴🐻😁
Bob Sinclar . . . he really rocked that party didn't he
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Oui !!
The family legends (as all families have) indicate we came (immigrated prior to the existence of the U. S.) from Scotland. I have not been able to ascertain exactly when, but it had to have been prior to the American Revolution. We fought as members of the Revolution. The name to this day is considered Scottish. (As a rather silly side note, I very much enjoy the pipes.)
My surname is however from Normandy. My people were first noted living on the Mountain of Goombry. Or perhaps Gumbrus. In the manner of the day and the prevailing language, it became my surname.
Love 1066 (Year of the Three Battles) and the post conquest period. Hastings, like Waterloo, was a close run thing. Without that Norman victory, there's a fair chance I wouldn't be sat here now typing this nonsense!
Also remember Billy Connolly once saying that it must have been terrifying for the people of Britain having all these fellas called 'Norman' roll up on the shores of England!
The Bruce’s if nothing were sticklers for tradition , they liked the name Robert !
I'm not sure the Norman's made the Scottish people, but they most definitely made the Scottish Peerage.
Brix becomes Bruce, St Claire becomes Sinclair. I shouda ken the Scots canna spell their own names to save themselves...my name is Archibald after all. Another great story Bruce. Aroha!
Dam Norman warlords carved up the whole of the British isles and among other things introduced the feudal system,now the class system,from which we have all suffered. Subdued Wales and England by force of arms and Scotland by invitation. Oh that Harold Godwinson had held his ground at Senlac Hill.
Last time we had an English monarch of England! We’ve had Normans, French, Welsh (Tudor), Scots and Germans since 1066 😉.
I'm pretty sure the outcome of England if they didn't get invaded by the Normans would've been far worse down the line!
Had to chuckle. MacBeth so Maligned- probably so except that Shakespeare wrote it for James 1st and VIth a Scot. Oh dear.😅
In was visiting a friend last weekend and he has traced his family back to the Normans on the southern side of the border. Now whether this is accurate or just wishful thinking, I don't know, however he has a good grip on history and our talk wandered north of the border when I mentioned the Bruce. It made for an interesting conversation in the pub.
Aren't they all?😂
Have you done a video on St Kilda, I am asking coz I’ve picked up Tom Steels’ book Life & Death of St Kilda whilst I’m here on Isle of Skye.
I haven’t, but I'd love to
Interestingly enough I read somewhere the Bruce's y- dna was not norse but flemish? or something close to.
It is believed the normans came to the british isles with allies from surrounding areas as well. So as with everything else there was more diversity than first believed. Doesn't really change a whole lot but just makes the history more interesting and complex.
Aye Breton, Flemish, French all ventured in 1066
Grandpa Rollo aka Robert.
A good video. I think you should have emphasised the fact that David I mother was Margaret of Wessex of the English Anglo-Saxon royal family. The marriage of the two royal houses of Canmore and Wessex in 1070 is the most important dynastic marriage in British history. Also, David I wife was Matilda of Huntingdon and made David I the first Scottish king to be simultaneously a Scottish king and English baron. A rather complexed and double loyalty.
I live in brittany now and would love to see a video on the connection with scotland
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Just watched your link very interesting my son learned the bagpipes here and lots of the history of Brittany culture similar to the celtic (not the football team 🤣) cultural history all really interesting something maybe you can look at in the future 🏴🇫🇷
I did not know that Longshanks was a Plantagenet.
What was he if not?
On ancestry DNA I get 19% Irish and 8% Scottish. Can I assume that I have Norman ancestry down the line? Cool video.
Skipped over a few interesting facts, too many to list down without spending all night on my keyboard. Both Wallace, and Andrew Moray (sometimes referred to as de Moray) were of Norman descent. But the actual number of Norman's who moved north of the boarder is not really understood that well. Specifically image a Norman lord arriving on his land granted by King David and introducing himself, "Bonjour je suis votre nouveau seigneur féodal..." (French actually being the language of the Scottish court during David's time due to the Norman influx, but generally "we are your new fuedal Lords, you now serve me"). Naturally this would have been accepted by the typical Scot wholeheartedly, 'Yeah pleased to meet you, looking forward to working with you in the future..." ;) Reality being this would have gone down with the locals like a cup of cold sick. The Norman's were effectively occupiers for generations. They needed to bring a large group of loyal retainers to support them, interbreed with the locals, fight in the ever common squabbles and boarder disputes with neighbouring clans and houses, interbreed with the locals, educate (one way or the other) the Scots on the benefits of Fuedal life, oh and interbreed with the locals. Not 100% sure why a guy on a flash horse with a foreign accent would be so inviting but something similar still happens today.
Ken, but fuck sakes. It’s a big shiny horse ees got, same as the last lot, must be important, richt? Anyhoo, these fields wulna ploo thumselves
@@peepingsid2096 canna beat a big shiny cuddy Sid min Pier gets my vote
*border, not "boarder".....it helps to use proper spelling whilst calling someone out for making the -mistake- of leaving out what YOU think should've been included. Just sayin'.......👍🏻
@@theScottexan Thank you so much for pointing that out. Actually with my dyslexia I'm just glad I only made one mistake🤣
The Normans where gentlemen rulers.
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Normans, Aka Northmen, aka (Excited gasp...)
Vikings! :-D
No mention of the Comyns?
My mother's clan came from moffat
My direct male line Norman ancestor was invited by David the First to Scotland and served as the King's falconer. The Somerville family had quite an interesting history between the English side and Scottish sides being at times on opposite sides of battlefields as history developed. By the time of the Battle of Flodden Field the Scottish Somervilles had married into quite a number of families so I had quite a few ancestors that died in that battle. Scottish Nobles that were my ancestors killed at the Battle of Flodden Field.
September 9, 1513
• John CRAUFURD of Crawford *****
• John HAY, 2nd Lord of Yester & Provost of Dundee *****
• Adam HEPBURN, 2nd Earl of Bothwell *****
• William MAITLAND of Thirlestane & Lethington *****
• George SETON, 3rd Lord Seton *****
• Sir John SOMERVILLE of Quothquan, 1st Lord Cambusnethan*****
• Alexander STEWART, 5th Lord of Garlies *****
• Sir John STEWART of Minto, Provost of Glasgow *****
All names ending by "ville" comme from France.
Is it me or does the parapet of the tower of Dunfermline Abbey spell "King Robert Bruce"?
It's just you😜
Tens of millions of us are descended from Rollo, not just royal houses.
Obviously
@@ScotlandHistoryTours so it's not so surprising royal houses are.
Aye