Metternich: A dandy, womanizer, pompous fop and great diplomat
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Can we take a moment to appreciate that Metternich helped get his country involved in a war that it lost in humiliating fashion, and he got promoted? That is called failing upward, and we can all learn from him.
"Learn"? Please. EMULATE? Ohhhhh, yes. In the words of Madge the Beautician, we're soaking in it!
Its pretty easy actually: always claim victories as your own and deflect failure on someone else
Ma boi Talleyrand deserves his own episode. He was such a snake and master of politics that Napoleon once called him “shit in silk stockings... his only loyalty is to Brie cheese”
An apt description, but in truth, the man actually served France not whoever held the throne or the Government at any particular time. Something that today is a given among Western Democracies in our Diplomats and political leaders.
Now I'm intrigued.
Talleyrand went to the 1815 negotiations as the defeated Foreign Minister of France but left the proceedings with every advantage that post- Bonaparte France required ----and some said whatever France wanted.
Talleyrand, the crippled younger son of an ancien regime noble family, was put into the Church for his career, in the Church he became a libertine. He was called to sit in the États-Générale, which became the Revolutionary National Assembly. After running from the Terror, he returned to work for France under Old Boney and then, post- Bonaparte France.
He married a mistress because Bonaparte the Prude insisted, then, once married , he never had anything to do with her again. Only Talleyrand.
Don't forget Joseph Fouche.
Napoleon talking about loyalty is rich.
I’m loving how you are doing so many bios about European people of influence during the mid-19th Century. They’re all overlapping and painting a more detailed picture of that time, 👍🏻
Indeed. Aggregate understanding.
@@leeroberts4850 What?
@@leeroberts4850 history from below isn't really all that interesting
The Crash Course channel is currently running a series called European History. After learning about Metternich there, I came to learn more about him here. Great job! For me, these two series provide some cross-fertilization. Thank you again for this fantastic channel!
The pieces are falling together, and painting a vivid picture! It’s fascinating to learn about these people that impacted history so much.
“A comically pompous fop” is now my new favorite insult.
I would imagine "fop" to be a verb.
Wtheck do I know
I had to laugh at that. 😂 I still am in stitches, and I don't think I'm going to stop anytime soon.
I love that
"Fop"? Wth is a Fop?
I'm an American you gotta go slow: is it like a fap?
@@gensaikawakami341 it's like a person who likes to show themselves off basically like a peacock I think Google it though
Damn, I had no clue who this guy was, but the title was enough for me to click at this video. Besides, it was like always informative and fun.
It was probably too much but we are trying out some things today.
I think it was great
If you take Western Civ II or Modern History of Europe, you'll find him. Congress of Vienna (1814) is a BIIIIIGGG deal.
You must not be European then, everyone here learns about him in basic education ;-)
The Congress of Vienna is the biggest diplomatic achievement ever. It was a template for the League of Nations and the United Nations, the concept of peace through trade was later again the foundation of the European Union. In other words, it pretty much was the origin of modern western global politics.
@@MaxiTB, I am from Germany and I am not unfamiliar with history, I just didn't catch up with this and I didn't have that topic in school yet.
“A master strategist to some, a vain buffoon to others” this man must be related to Boris Johnson
The way Johnson keeps getting boxed in by the House of Commons and the Courts, I'd say he isn't much of a tactician, just a bully who loses it when stood up to.
He's intelligent, but he is no master strategist.
No one has confused Alexander Johnson as a master strategist. An opportunist, a self promoter, yes.
Boris Johnson is the greatest leader our country has seen in the last hundred years. Thank God we have such a strong and professional leader to protect us.
Talleyrand and Francis I of France deserve their own episodes. They historically lived fascinating lives.
Talleyrand had a crew of babes, called the Tally-Hoes.
Metternich's system had effects on America too. A lot of Germans emigrated to America after the '48 revolutions. There are people speaking German in Texas in because of Metternich's system.
Interesting
One term I heard used to describe them was "Latin Farmers", because a lot of them were university students, fluent in Latin, or even ancient Greek, and now were making a living farming and other menial pursuits.
Lots emigrated to the Midwest too
Very true - some of them even served with the Union in the Civil War, like Carl Schurz
Pity Metternich's cowboy hat didn't arrive in time!
Simon Whistler and everyone else who works at both top tens and bio graphics. I would like to thank you for putting as much hard work and dedication into what you guys do.
Hard work? As the British and RUSSIANS at Waterloo? Or do you mean Austerlitz in FRANCE?
Fun fact: Mocking Metternich's lack of height, he was given the nickname "Millimetternich". (For those of you who mainly use inches and feet, a millimeter is about the width of a fruitfly.😇)
He must have been furious over it
Fruitflies are pfat. A pfruitphly ran for the bantamweight championshiop in 1948, but he chickened out. Missed it by THAT much.
First I was like: "Yeah, a video about Metternich! He was born in my hometown it'll probably get mentioned! And then you hit us with " one of the tiny states on the westbank of the rhine" I mean c'mon Biographics give my hometown "Koblenz" some credit haha
Bachs absolutism, Ban Jelačić haha
Atleast we have your comment at the top to give us that knoledge
Ебаты немце😂😂😂
@The Infidel Infidel!
@@maximilianrenner3195 racist
That was a good one. I'd heard if Metternich, but never knew much about him, nor about that period in European history.
Kudos to you for choosing a more obscure person for this episode.
The fun part is learning about these relatively unknown historical figures and also the fact checks for the occasional mistakes in the comments. Love this channel.
Austerlitz was fought in Moravia, part of the Austrian Empire (currently in the Czech Republic), not in France.
Correct
Arnt you a clever chap
David Thompson I’ve been there on several occasions.
@@gew1898 When it was foggy? That's when it's best time to visit.
@@davidthompson6834 He is an educated chap.
Could you make a video about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland and the sixth president of Finland?
YES!
Yes
The ads in the middle of the video didn't cut him off midsentence, as so many do - thumbs up for that. As well as for the variety of portraits of Metternich at different stages in life, and the great overall content and analysis.
It's been like 4 videos per week now keep em coming loved this one as well!
The description of the Congress of Vienna #2 made me wish for a time machine.
Yeah, some dude who's name I cant remember said that the Congress is not doing anything it's dancing.
My daily dose of knowledge... Wonderful!
Since Talleyrand was such resourcefull and adaptable man i think that he desereves his own video
Now you have to make a video about Talleyrand one day.
Edit: Didn't you actually make one already? Was it removed for some reason?
Came to the comments to say this. Tallyrand, please!
same here. *REALLY* wanna know more about this bloke now
Read my mind
he already did tallyrand
A very enigmatic figure who goes unreported a lot. Make it happen.
This story should be made into a movie.
There is so much that happened during this time. I love how you don't only talk about a single person but their cause and effect and others who played a big part in that. You're channel is awesome!
I love how these videos reveal the true stories of the people being discussed, never sugarcoating the negative details, and even calling several of them out while also managing to be pretty funny.
Another excellent(and humorously witty! Love it!) daily dose of history, Professor Whistler!
Love your videos! Could you please do a video on King Ludwig II, the Mad King of Bavaria?
Good video. I had totally forgotten about Metternich (and the Metternich System) from my European History class 25 years ago.
I’ve been waiting for this one thank you so much!!!!!!
I remember suggesting this. Thank you so much Simon
And thank you your video about metternich is amazing
Well that was a.... different title
Yes.. it's amazing what may be accomplished when one has a colorful, brilliant vocabulary. The world should take note.
Love the title! Definitely caught my eye.
Good. We are trying something new.
Ok, it was like my Modern Europe classes but in 20 minutes. Nice video.
Thank you I really enjoy your show! Always wanted to know this story
Fun bio to watch. Thank you for the great content.
Great video bro👍 sorry about your cancer I hope you get better
You guys should do some kind of timeline video with all the events that are intertwined with all the individuals you talk about
And bring down the Internet.
Can you make a video on Zhang Xueliang or Chiang Kai-Shiek
The first one is considered noble by many Chinese and even some Taiwanese.
King Breloom 👍
Chiang Kai-Shrek*
This was a good one. Thanks, guys.
Thank you for this highly informative video. I'm studying a course on the development of international relations and I'm doing a paper on Metternich. This video has helped me a lot :)
Your videos are amazing.
Very helpful clip thank you!
Wow, thank for doing videos on lessee knows like Metternich. I love hearing about the guys behind the scenes. What the advisors or ministers thought about decisions their Kings, Presidents, Sultuns etc made.
Hi Biographics, really great work. Since you mentioned Talleyrand, can we do him next please?
Nice vid keep it up🙌🏻🙌🏻
Good summary. Good pix of the principals. Thank you.
Do a video on the man who opposed Metternich and toppled the Ottomans, the Father of Greek Independence, Alexander Ypsilantis, or his greatest ally in Russian court and first head of the modern Greek State, Ioannis Kapodistrias.
there is a town here in Michigan, U.S., named Ypsilanti. Until you posted your comment, I had no idea it was a Greek name. it turns out that it was named after your homeboy's brother.
"The name was later changed to Ypsilanti in 1829 in honor of Demetrius Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti was a hero in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire."
I love your videos. Please can you do more characters from the medieval period and earlier?
Thank you for the lecture. Can you make a video for Charles M. Talleyrand-Périgord appreciated !
This show did Metternich, now it should do Talleyrand. Two phenomenal diplomats who established an order that endured for 100 years, alive at the same time.
Hey simon great videos , can you do one on Nostradamus or Archimedes please
Love the videos Simon!! Keep up the great work
I love your channel.
Can you do a video on all of those diplomats at the Congress of Vienna
These all seem interesting
My OCR history paper was on his impact on German revolution few weeks too late...
If anyone else did that paper, the interpretation is being reviewed for having been too difficult
Another vid I didn't know I needed to see !!!
GREAT SHOWS!!!
Very interesting..! Thank you..! Continued success…!
Excellent, as always.
another great bio on someone I never knew existed before today. thank you :)
There is a fair argument to be made that Metternichs system was set up for failiure as well.
He didn't allow the people to govern themselves, and as 1848 showed, the people needed some way to vent their anger from time to time.
The monarchs in the late 19th century were less about opressing their peoples, but making the others the enemy, so that they could have internal stability.
The most prominent example of this was the animosity between Germany and France, which lasted from the Franco-Prussian war until after WW2.
And in Germany, we will always remember him as the man who made sure we didn't get a democracy when we asked for it.
Instead, we got a militaristic monarchy a few decades later, and everyone knows where that ended.
I loved this video, I learned a lot about European history in the 19th century! Very well explained and I really learned somethings which I had been taught many years ago. But being a older person might have helped me learn better now!
Thank You. An excellent video that covers both the man and the events that are totally ignored by American schools (They mention Napoleon at best in regards to the Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812, which were sideshows at best to what leads to the Treaty, and almost never cover the treaty and what follows as they get too self focused).
Fortunately for Simon, and the entire team including ourselves, there 's more history to ignore all the time and American schools are aggressively ignoring it.
Awwww ☺️ the pronunciations may be off but it sounds sooo cute 🌟🤩🌟 it’s adorable! You should do the thing Screen Junkies used to to where people write words/names from different countries/in different languages in the comments and you say them at the end of the video
Thank you! I'll be Metternich in a MUN session and this is so helpful1
Thanks for the video very helpful for someone who wants to be a diplomat
You, Mr. Biographics, are doing good work and you are a gift. thank you, Professor.
Isn't it ironic that Bismarck was the spiritual successor of Metternich? Both men sought to preserve European order by keeping historical adversaries reliably strong.
Hannah Miyamoto hi Hannah
@@damiand7000 Hi, Charles!
who would be Talleyrand's spiritual successor?
I don't know how you do it......But you have the rite stuff in getting the History across in a big way...To the point.....Thanks so very much.....!!!!!
Please do Terence McKenna. He was one of the greatest psychedelic thinkers of any time, including ours. His call for an archaic revival and his warning about succumbing to culture is exactly what is needed in these troubled times.
I wonder if Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein
is related to Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Furst Von Metternich Winneburg-Beilstein.....hmm.
Hm - and who was Fürst Clemens Wenceslaus Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein?
Gangstas ve multiple names
If memory serves, the same person.
wait his name is Lothar, he must be from Azeroth!
@@marloyorkrodriguez9975 There simply aren't enough people named Nepomuk.
Really liked this video. I tend to gi for people who I know only a little about.
How about a video on the explorer Alexander Humboldt
Today I found out on TopTenz... "IT'S TOO BAD REALLY."" 😂😂😂
I love this channel so much. And I know the guy who makes these probably won't see this but if he made a story for Bob Ross I would have new found appreciation for this channel.
You should do a biographic on Simo Hayha, confirmed 505 sniper kills against the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Great job on your lyudmila pavlichenko bio!
Haha the funny thing is I am from Vienna and I live in Metternich Street
Did you know the origin before now?
Of course I did. He is kinda a big personality here in Austria
Awesome as always
I really enjoyed this video, but can you one on Talleyrand, Ambassador Genet, and Castlereigh as well? It's only fair. Also John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Gage.
I've watched many of your videos and love them alllllll!! I did have have to laugh at myself though I was waiting for you to bring up 1848 I was saying to myself here comes 1848🤣🤣
Metternich and Capodistria's animosity is better love story than Twilight.
Where's your "SW" (for Simon Whistler) neon light in the background? It's a must have for your videos.
Simon, great job with the German names this time! In news reporting and documentaries, I think it's best that the narrator find the closest equivalents of the sounds of other languages in the language they are speaking (pronouncing a German "w" as an English "v", for example), without attempting to sound like a native speaker of that other language for just a few words at a time. Thanks for making the effort and for the balanced approach. Also, this was a particularly interesting and enjoyable episode of Biographics!
This man along with Bismarck and Napoleon were the most influential men of 19th century Europe. It's a shame that people who don't know in depth European history are not aware of his influence.
0:15 you know, he's technically not wrong about Europe going through a huge transition in 1945 but... methinks Simon got the wrong century
Well done!
Oh my stars I do not even HEAR these after about the first two minutes as I am so taken with Simon's truly powerful and brilliantly coifed chest hair. Truly a male to behold (or BE held...)
Please Do a video on Robert "Bob" Denard, alias Gilbert Bourgeaud and Saïd Mustapha Mhadjou,was a French soldier and mercenary.
Having served with the French Navy in the Algerian War, the ardently anti-communist Denard took part in the Katanga secession effort in the 1960s and subsequently operated in many African countries including Congo, Angola, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), and Gabon. Between 1975 and 1995, he participated in four coup attempts in the Comoro Islands. It is widely believed that his adventures had the implicit support of the French state, even after the 1981 election of the French Socialist Party candidate, François Mitterrand, despite moderate changes in France's policy in Africa
Around 4:30 it sounds like your talking about a mimic. Also you guys should do Gary Gygax.
Post WW1 Europe could have done with a Metternich
I think someone at Versailles thought about that but the public and some reps there were so against Germany and so determined with their animosity that it didn't happen. This is a danger when the public/mob/popular will has sway over diplomacy. Metternich didn't have to deal with this. If you read Jane Austen, you can hardly tell these wars exist when they might have. The scale of warfare (so popular input) was different.
Or an Otto von Bismarck
@@lisakaz35 It would be interesting for somebody to do a video comparing the (relative) success of Vienna with the absolute failure of Versailles, considering that even today we are living with the effects of the ill-considered Sykes-Picault agreement.
Maybe re-arranging the map on a global scale was just too monumental a task.
@@shelbynamels973 Good point. Seems a lot of map drawing hasn't moved much since WWII. I think.
@@lisakaz35 Damnit, lost my post. To summarize in brief, there was a lot of movement not just in Germany and Austria, but also in the Middle East, Africa, and not to forget, Vietnam.
Wished I could go into detail, but I gotta run. Sorry.
Very interesting man. I had never heard about him until now. Thankyou.
Simon I want to know your coffee or caffeine routine, you are always on it and crank these out with the quickness of a ninja!
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Any chance of Michael Collins, padraig Pearce or Eamon de Valera, the men who changed Irish history, and inspired future rebellions in India, Spain, Germany and Italy
Not a part of history I knew much about. Thanks for the education!!
You should do a video on Olof Palme!
Please make a video on Talleyrand as well
I would like if you made a biography about Talleyrand.
Have you ever thought about doing a biography of Talleyrand? It would make a good counter to this one
That motherfuckin son of a snake.😂😂😂😂😂
Castlereagh is one I'd like to know more about.
Loving the Great European Statesmen of the 19th Century series. Do Tsar Alexander II next!
In March 1814 Napoloeon was still just about in power. His return from Elba was March 1815.