Brief History of the Royal Family
The Royal Family from 1066 until today. Discuss this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey/comments/3k7i9m/brief_history_of_the_royal_family/ Research help from: Dr. Carolyn Harris,...
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1066! The start of the royal family on these fair isles. Well, there were kings and minicountries before that and druids before that, and Pangaea before that, but we have to startsomewhere and a millennia ago is plenty far -- if that leaves out Æthelred the Unready,so it goes.William the Conqueror, conquered in the 'Norman Conquest' -- Norman here being code for *French*.Because it's the olden days, people had lots of kids, but to keep things simple this familytree is going to leave out many of them on each branch because not every child matters.So William had three kids we care about: William II, Henry I and Adela.If you've seen the video about royal succession -- click here if you haven't -- you'll knowthat formal rules for p...
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1066! The start of the royal family on these fair isles. Well, there were kings and minicountries before that and druids before that, and Pangaea before that, but we have to startsomewhere and a millennia ago is plenty far -- if that leaves out Æthelred the Unready,so it goes.William the Conqueror, conquered in the 'Norman Conquest' -- Norman here being code for *French*.Because it's the olden days, people had lots of kids, but to keep things simple this familytree is going to leave out many of them on each branch because not every child matters.So William had three kids we care about: William II, Henry I and Adela.If you've seen the video about royal succession -- click here if you haven't -- you'll knowthat formal rules for p...
