Battle of Lechfeld ⚔️ Otto's Greatest Triumph and the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire
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🚩 Otto the Great is remembered for uniting Germany and Italy into the Holy Roman Empire. He finally defeated the Magyars, putting an end into their incursions into Western Europe. This video details Otto's rise to power, his struggles to centralize power, and his victory in the Battle of Lechfeld, which made him the most powerful ruler in Europe.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
📝 Research by Damien Peters
📝 Writing by Damien Peters & HistoryMarche
📚 Sources:
Clifford R. Backman - The Worlds of Medieval Europe.
Charles R. Bowlus - The Battle of Lechfield and its Aftermath, August 955 AD.
Gerhard of Augsburg - Vita Sancti Uodalrici (Life of Saint Ulrich).
Tom Holland - The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West.
Peter Heather - The Restoration of Rome.
William Weir - 50 Battles that Changed the World.
Widukind of Corvey - Res Gestae Saxonicae Sive Annalium Libri Tres (Deeds of the Saxons, the Three Books of Annals).
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🚩 Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: storyblocks.com/historymarche 🚩 Otto the Great is remembered for uniting Germany and Italy into the Holy Roman Empire. He finally defeated the Magyars, putting an end into their incursions into Western Europe. This video details Otto's rise to power, his struggles to centralize power, and his victory in the Battle of Lechfeld, which made him the most powerful ruler in Europe.
Love your content man! Thanks For this!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
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Any record of what happened to the 500 men who went to Otto's aid? Did they all fall in battle or make it back to their town?
Great video. Hope you do more video's like this. It's always good to know about lesser known battles.
Learned of this history when I was stationed in Augsburg. A beautiful city. My son was born there, whom we named Otto.
As always Historymarche provides us with extremely well sourced and high quality historical content. Few deserve the nickname "The Great" as much as Otto did. Glad to see more coverage of the early medieval period of central Europe. More Magyar content in the future would be sweet.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm very glad you enjoyed watching.
@@HistoryMarche "Rebell-yus", "brill-yance", you want patreon money yet completely ignore your audience when they ask you to sort your narrator out. The letter 'i' exists, it's not a 'y'. Tell him that. 'William' is not pronounced 'Will-yum', 'rebellion' is not pronounced 'rebell-yun', 'Italian' is not pronounced 'Ital-yun', he's incredibly annoying.
@chrisdynamo Bro your being rude show some respect
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@@ChrisDynamo It's called an accent. get over it. Don't like it? It's the same old story. DON'T WATCH THE VIDEO!
Otto is definitely deserving of his epithat and was one of the Greatest HRE to ever live! One of my favorites alongside Maximilian the Last Knight!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I didn't know a whole lot about him until today, but based on this video his masterful chess moves on that day were as brilliant as anything Napoléon or Alexander ever did.
My people raided all over Europe for 200 + years. The Germans who we brutalized got wise to our tactics. The irony is that we became the strongest bulwark for Christianity after Catholicism became our new belief system. From pagan terrorizers to major players in the crusades.
BUT...The misnamed Holy Roman Empire certainly did not last more than 800 years. Because the incorrectly named Holy Roman Empire died shortly after birth! But the Holy Roman Realm (HRR) is erroneously called the Holy Roman Empire and I will explain in more detail below why Holy Roman Empire is a misnomer and in fact Holy Roman Realm is the correct term, but in fact also this term is misleading as this was neither a realm nor an empire. However the Holy Roman Realm was also not an empire in the sense of a very powerful state, not only because of the wrong translation. In fact, it was only an empire in the sense of a very powerful state when Otto I was alive for a short time. Only he was actually a real emperor (Kaiser) in the history of the Holy Roman Realm. After his death, it actually fell apart. Only in this time it deserves the designation empire. And so this empire itself was only a fiction after Otto I died. Because as an empire it only really existed during the 37 years of Otto I's reign. He was the only one who lived up to the title of Emperor because he was the undisputed ruler. After his death the empire fell apart in various German small states. Hardly any of Otto's successors, who called themselves emperors, were the undisputed rulers of all Germans. If anyone really managed to assert themselves, then he was the exception. Because in reality they were wannabe emperors who only had power in their own dominions. Like the Habsburgs, for example. In the Wiki link "House of Habsburg" one can clearly see the dominions of the Habsburgs, who called themselves emperors. The areas outside of their dominions are correctly referred to as various de facto sovereign states. All alleged emperors after Otto I were disputed and in danger of being overthrown. All had to wage wars against insurgents. In fact, there were constant wars against German small states who were actually independent and who did not recognize the alleged emperors. More often there were 2 alleged emperors who then fought each other. This then led to the fact that there was actually a 1000-year civil war among the Germans. After the death of Otto I, there was no more unity among the Germans. This non-existent empire actually consisted of hundreds of smaller sub-units of principalities, bailiwicks, margraviates, lordships, free cities, baronies, duchies and even simple counties and bishoprics and other territories. This shows that this former empire has fallen apart into a complete mess of different domains. An empire must be a united States with a central government and such a unified German state did not exist with a central government. These were actually states and territories without central authority! There was no common currency too. Therefore the name empire is absurd, because that was not an empire! The Kaiser title was only status without real political meaning! There was no central authority! That was also complete delusions of grandeur to call it roman, as if it had allegedly been a successor to the roman empire! The Roman Empire was really an empire in contrast to this patchwork of independent states that was definitely not an empire. In fact, the German small states were actually permanently at war with each other, so that a unified could not arise! 1000 years they killed each other in wars. One of the highlights was the Thirty Years' War. But they also fought each other before and after Thirty Years' War. Like in the Battle of Sievershausen 1553 when German Electorate of Saxony and Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel fought against German Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. By the way, this were really small German states! But German small states fought also alone against non German enemies. For Example in the Battle of Herbsthause when 1645 France fought against German Bavaria! Only Bavaria against France. That was just Bavaria without the support of the alleged empire against the French. ALONE! Or the German small states fought with non German allies from outside against the other German small states like in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 when German small states Prussia, Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Homburg allied with England and the Dutch Republic fought against the German small states Bavarians allied with France. On Wiki this nonsensical structure is called patchwork of territories, which isn't really true because even the term patchwork suggests a certain connection. At most, one could call the HRR a military alliance. But even that is actually wrong, because within a military alliance the allies do not fight each other all the time! Because in this military alliance all HRR states were never united. The various German small states also founded alliances, although at least in theory the HRR still existed. For example the Rheinische Allianz or the Welfenallianz or the Hildesheimer Allianz or the Kurrheinian alliance. There was also for a time a coalition of Protestant German states called the Protestant Union and a confederation of German Catholic states called the Catholic League fighting each other. It is interesting that these alliances could also include non-members of the HRE. For example was Sweden member of the Rheinische Allianz and France too! This shows the confusion in the HRR and the absurdity of the HRR! A completely ridiculous and stupid nation that was in a civil war for 1000 years and only managed to found a united German state in 1871. It was only in 1871 that the first permanent unified German state emerged. That is why the Germans are also known as the late nation. Because the first unified German state was only founded in 1871! But one has to say unfortunately the Germans succeeded in founding this state! It would have been better for the European nations if they had continued this civil war and failed to found this damn state. Because without this unified German state, neither World War I nor World War II would have happened. This united nation would not have had the opportunity to commit various genocides. If unified Germany had not existed, then there would not have been also almost 50 years of communist oppression for half of the European nations. The 2nd World War also started through united Germany and as a result of the 2nd World War, the communists could occupy half of Europe and force the nations there to embrace communism. So without this United German State: NO world wars, NO genocides, NO immeasurable destruction and NO strong communism. Without this united German state, all these catastrophes and crimes would not have happened. There were also enough possibilities to prevent this united German state, but unfortunately the European nations did not do that, because nobody could have guessed what kind of monster arose. Now I explain why the English term Holy Roman Empire is based on the wrong translation of the German term Heiliges Römisches Reich! The English term "Holy Roman Empire" is based on an incorrect translation and is actually wrong. The German term "Heiliges Römisches Reich" was incorrectly translated into English as "Holy Roman Empire" and since then this wrong translation has been used incorrectly again and again. "Imperium" is empire in German not "Reich"! The term "Reich" is correctly explained in this German wikipedia link on the subject "Reich"(Territorium)! Quote from this German Wikipeia link translated: "Reich denotes the territory of a ruler, a state or, more generally, a politically organized community" For "Reich" is the correct translation "realm". English and German are also related languages, which is why "realm" and "Reich" are similar and both words have the same meaning. In German every kingdom can be called a "Reich" even if it is not an empire at all. The German word "Königreich" for kingdom actually contains the word Reich! König-Reich. Realm of Kings! So the correct translation is "Holy Romen Realm" and not "Holy Roman Empire"! Despite it still, ignorant fools use the wrong term Holy Roman Empire and not the correct term Holy Roman Realm. The term "Reich" (realm) is also wrong for another reason, because it wasn't a "Reich", because it wasn't a state, and therefore the term "Reich" (realm) is wrong too. The German word "Königreich" (kingdom) also containing this term "Reich" and so this proves that the meaning cannot also be empire. The king's "Reich" is clearly the meaning of the king's realm and not empire. Because not every kingdom is an "empire". But the fact is that every kingdom is a "realm". In German is also spoken about Reich der Ameisen (Realm of the Ants) in animal reports. It is absurd to claim that Ants empire should be meant. No Ants realm is the correct translation. Here is a video titled: "Realm of the A
Funny "HistoryMarche" commented on my comment. But when I click on the comment the comment disappears. What bad things did they write that the censors deleted? These are the people who made the video. They were censored? Astonishing!
Funny "HistoryMarche" commented on my comment. But when I click on the comment the comment disappears. These are the people who made the video. They were censored? Astonishing!!!!!
What a brave manouver! Considering the conventions of the time, the faint retreat could have lead to a mass rout of the infantry. 👏
Had Byzantines studied Otto's Lechfeld. They would have avoided Manzikert.
Fortunately the frontline is a highly loyal and trained soldier
@@Sotsky My thoughts exactly, Romanos was so stupidly impatient.
it was more than a thousand years ago do you seriously think that anyone has an idea about what happened?
@@barsnack7999 Yes, that is literally what the entire scientific field of history is about: reconstruction of past events
One of the first to counter feigned retreats. Might seem minor, but it is an impressive feat. Keeping an army in formation and knowing when and how to engage enemies on horseback is far more difficult than one would think.
Yeah, in battles like hastings we see that even when kings know what tricks will be used soldiers tend to disobey if they feel they are winning.
BUT...The misnamed Holy Roman Empire certainly did not last more than 800 years. Because the incorrectly named Holy Roman Empire died shortly after birth! But the Holy Roman Realm (HRR) is erroneously called the Holy Roman Empire and I will explain in more detail below why Holy Roman Empire is a misnomer and in fact Holy Roman Realm is the correct term, but in fact also this term is misleading as this was neither a realm nor an empire. However the Holy Roman Realm was also not an empire in the sense of a very powerful state, not only because of the wrong translation. In fact, it was only an empire in the sense of a very powerful state when Otto I was alive for a short time. Only he was actually a real emperor (Kaiser) in the history of the Holy Roman Realm. After his death, it actually fell apart. Only in this time it deserves the designation empire. And so this empire itself was only a fiction after Otto I died. Because as an empire it only really existed during the 37 years of Otto I's reign. He was the only one who lived up to the title of Emperor because he was the undisputed ruler. After his death the empire fell apart in various German small states. Hardly any of Otto's successors, who called themselves emperors, were the undisputed rulers of all Germans. If anyone really managed to assert themselves, then he was the exception. Because in reality they were wannabe emperors who only had power in their own dominions. Like the Habsburgs, for example. In the Wiki link "House of Habsburg" one can clearly see the dominions of the Habsburgs, who called themselves emperors. The areas outside of their dominions are correctly referred to as various de facto sovereign states. All alleged emperors after Otto I were disputed and in danger of being overthrown. All had to wage wars against insurgents. In fact, there were constant wars against German small states who were actually independent and who did not recognize the alleged emperors. More often there were 2 alleged emperors who then fought each other. This then led to the fact that there was actually a 1000-year civil war among the Germans. After the death of Otto I, there was no more unity among the Germans. This non-existent empire actually consisted of hundreds of smaller sub-units of principalities, bailiwicks, margraviates, lordships, free cities, baronies, duchies and even simple counties and bishoprics and other territories. This shows that this former empire has fallen apart into a complete mess of different domains. An empire must be a united States with a central government and such a unified German state did not exist with a central government. These were actually states and territories without central authority! There was no common currency too. Therefore the name empire is absurd, because that was not an empire! The Kaiser title was only status without real political meaning! There was no central authority! That was also complete delusions of grandeur to call it roman, as if it had allegedly been a successor to the roman empire! The Roman Empire was really an empire in contrast to this patchwork of independent states that was definitely not an empire. In fact, the German small states were actually permanently at war with each other, so that a unified could not arise! 1000 years they killed each other in wars. One of the highlights was the Thirty Years' War. But they also fought each other before and after Thirty Years' War. Like in the Battle of Sievershausen 1553 when German Electorate of Saxony and Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel fought against German Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. By the way, this were really small German states! But German small states fought also alone against non German enemies. For Example in the Battle of Herbsthause when 1645 France fought against German Bavaria! Only Bavaria against France. That was just Bavaria without the support of the alleged empire against the French. ALONE! Or the German small states fought with non German allies from outside against the other German small states like in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 when German small states Prussia, Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Homburg allied with England and the Dutch Republic fought against the German small states Bavarians allied with France. On Wiki this nonsensical structure is called patchwork of territories, which isn't really true because even the term patchwork suggests a certain connection. At most, one could call the HRR a military alliance. But even that is actually wrong, because within a military alliance the allies do not fight each other all the time! Because in this military alliance all HRR states were never united. The various German small states also founded alliances, although at least in theory the HRR still existed. For example the Rheinische Allianz or the Welfenallianz or the Hildesheimer Allianz or the Kurrheinian alliance. There was also for a time a coalition of Protestant German states called the Protestant Union and a confederation of German Catholic states called the Catholic League fighting each other. It is interesting that these alliances could also include non-members of the HRE. For example was Sweden member of the Rheinische Allianz and France too! This shows the confusion in the HRR and the absurdity of the HRR! A completely ridiculous and stupid nation that was in a civil war for 1000 years and only managed to found a united German state in 1871. It was only in 1871 that the first permanent unified German state emerged. That is why the Germans are also known as the late nation. Because the first unified German state was only founded in 1871! But one has to say unfortunately the Germans succeeded in founding this state! It would have been better for the European nations if they had continued this civil war and failed to found this damn state. Because without this unified German state, neither World War I nor World War II would have happened. This united nation would not have had the opportunity to commit various genocides. If unified Germany had not existed, then there would not have been also almost 50 years of communist oppression for half of the European nations. The 2nd World War also started through united Germany and as a result of the 2nd World War, the communists could occupy half of Europe and force the nations there to embrace communism. So without this United German State: NO world wars, NO genocides, NO immeasurable destruction and NO strong communism. Without this united German state, all these catastrophes and crimes would not have happened. There were also enough possibilities to prevent this united German state, but unfortunately the European nations did not do that, because nobody could have guessed what kind of monster arose. Now I explain why the English term Holy Roman Empire is based on the wrong translation of the German term Heiliges Römisches Reich! The English term "Holy Roman Empire" is based on an incorrect translation and is actually wrong. The German term "Heiliges Römisches Reich" was incorrectly translated into English as "Holy Roman Empire" and since then this wrong translation has been used incorrectly again and again. "Imperium" is empire in German not "Reich"! The term "Reich" is correctly explained in this German wikipedia link on the subject "Reich"(Territorium)! Quote from this German Wikipeia link translated: "Reich denotes the territory of a ruler, a state or, more generally, a politically organized community" For "Reich" is the correct translation "realm". English and German are also related languages, which is why "realm" and "Reich" are similar and both words have the same meaning. In German every kingdom can be called a "Reich" even if it is not an empire at all. The German word "Königreich" for kingdom actually contains the word Reich! König-Reich. Realm of Kings! So the correct translation is "Holy Romen Realm" and not "Holy Roman Empire"! Despite it still, ignorant fools use the wrong term Holy Roman Empire and not the correct term Holy Roman Realm. The term "Reich" (realm) is also wrong for another reason, because it wasn't a "Reich", because it wasn't a state, and therefore the term "Reich" (realm) is wrong too. The German word "Königreich" (kingdom) also containing this term "Reich" and so this proves that the meaning cannot also be empire. The king's "Reich" is clearly the meaning of the king's realm and not empire. Because not every kingdom is an "empire". But the fact is that every kingdom is a "realm". In German is also spoken about Reich der Ameisen (Realm of the Ants) in animal reports. It is absurd to claim that Ants empire should be meant. No Ants realm is the correct translation. Here is a video titled: "Realm of the A
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars bro stop yapping
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars That is a whole lot of bullshit you are spouting. The real name was Sacrum Imperium Romanum.
@@kalterverwalter4516 That was also a wrong translation into Latin! Besides, vulgarity is no substitute for good arguments!
I am an American and I love the whole Ottonian period. In the English speaking world it is just about unknown so when I talk about it many are like "wow!" because it is so interesting. Thank you for this video. Maybe Lenzen next? :D
Well Britain probably knows of these events. The thing is USA is a young country they didn't have medieval period where it had complicated politics, marriages and huge wars (We had only Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean countries next to us). The closest thing was the Civil War but that was pretty modern with the invention of guns.
Oh, Lenzen, sweet suggestion, thanks man!
I cannot recommend enough a podcast called A History of the Germans. The first 20ish episodes are about the Ottonian dynasty.
Oh rly, I don't know about that podcast. Is it this one historyofthegermans.com/ ?
@@ThaTyphonSince most of the US population is European, you had that medieval era but in Europe. It is highly probable that American ancestors fought in this battle.
This dude truly deserves the moniker 'The Great'
I really like how you start “in medias res”, getting to the start of the main topic to center things, then you zoom out to detail the larger background information that underpins the particular event, before zooming back in to finish the particular event itself, now with a fuller understanding of the geopolitical situation. its really effective at framing the whole event and making it understandable how it got to that point.
Otto the Great is so underrated. Even in Germany not many know him
it's history. stop talking like it's a sport ffs.
Das halte ich für ein Gerücht
German history as taught in german schools: Germany founded Germany Bad Germany worse Germany split Germany reunified As you can see germans arent taught their beautiful and rich history, wich is one of the factors that is destroying the nation from within.
@@qubla2 ich nicht
@@hexachire7214 das ist sehr bedauerlich. Ist Allgemein oder zumindest Schulwissen
That lone scout panicking and shouting, "Ze Germans are coming!", cracked me up!
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YES! I’ve been waiting for a video about the battle of the Lechfeld for so long. It belongs up there with the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (451) and the Battle of Tours (732) as watershed battles that saved the West.
That's a good way to put it. Lechfeld can indeed be seen as very significant
Yes
Catalaunian Plains
Saved the West from what? Some Romans actually rather enjoyed the Hunnish lifestyle. And Islam at the time hardly was Isis or the Saudis. Also its still disputed how decisive Tours was, I think.
Tours and Potiers were not that decisive since Muslim power was already pretty stretched in Iberia and they were never able to pacify Northern Spain, which made their sortie into France kind of pointless since they would never have been able to conquer and hold on to the land for very long, also the Battle of Tours did not have many casualties and it is believed to have been considered a great victory partly because the Franks were able to capture the supply wagons of the Muslim armies@@maxschreck4095
"A force of 10,000 could unleash 75,000 arrows, in one minute" damn fighting that sucks bro 😭😭
That is false, you can quadruple that amount as they were ale to hold 4 arrow in their hands while shooting and it is virtually impossible to hold the arrows for many seconds as it takes way too much force to do so.
Just as a large rock changes the course of a river, there have been individuals who have altered the course of history. Otto was one of those individuals. He was a visionary leader that shaped a unified Europe, leaving a legacy of strength, diplomacy, and cultural enlightenment. He truly deserved the title of The Great.
The analogy of the large rock is a very good one . I had never heard of it before.
One of the most important battles of Eastern and Central Europe.
It's "Great" to see content of Otto the Great on KZhead, especially from you guys! I hope to see more content of Otto the Great, a legendary yet underrated figure in history, as well as a classic CK2 character; maybe about his ascension to power and how he brought a new age of dominance and imperial power for the Holy Roman Empire. Amazing work as usual HistoryMarche ❤🔥
Thanks so much. I already got some suggestions for more Ottonian topics, so I'm definitely up for more over the coming months.
@@HistoryMarche Some extra info from the Hungarian side: 1. In the Hungarian chronicles, the leader of the German army is incorrectly "Konrád császár (emperor)", Conrad of Lorraine. The confusion might have come from the Eastern Roman influence where the prince was called Caesar. Besides, the commander of the Hungarian army, Bulcsú or Vérbulcsú (Blood-Bulcsú) was baptized by the Eastern Roman rite around 947-950. 2. This defeat created a status quo bezween the two people, and the loss of the Hungarian leaders gave a once in a lifetime opportunity to the Hungarian high chieftain, Géza, to solidfy his rule over the tribes and settle down his nomadic people.
Underrated only because many people tend to only look at England, France and Palestine when it comes to medieval history. They miss out on so much...
Great work! An interesting follow up to this battle that is told here in Augsburg, is that Ulrich immediately joined Otto to race to Schwabmuenchen, today a town of about 20,000 south of Augsburg, to raise a Magyar siege of that walled town, which they did. Enjoyed your presentation a lot!😊
"Second Battle of Lechfeld". The first one was in 910 with a different ending :)
Would like to see a video on the father of France next - Philip Augustus who also won a important battle, the battle of bouvines.
Agreed. I am slowly preparing Bouvines.
One of the greatest Kings of France !
Nice to see Otto getting some well deserved attention!
My Wife is from Magdeburg, when we visit the in-laws I always take time to visit the cathedral where Otto is buried. Even if you don`t consider the Lechfeld the man was a Legend.
Your voice makes all the diference, and the animating is absolute GORGEOUS. I hope you never break the formula, as it doesen't matter how much it takes, but rather how good it is, and the history channels never managed to disapoint, but yours stands out the most, each and every episode is so enjoyable
Genuine question. Do you think its his voice or AI? I used to think it was human but im beginning to think it's an incredibly well done AI voice. You can hear it in certain phrases. A really clear example is when he's using the search function in the advertisment. When the AI says 'medieval knight', you can hear it. It's incredible that we have come to a point in which well worked AI voices are becoming this difficult to notice.
I enjoyed this episode. Otto is way underrated, even here in Germany. Sure, everyone knows about Charles the Great but then there's something like a lack of knowledge and it continues with the Staufer Friedrich I Barbarossa, his son Heinrich IV, his grandson Friedrich II and their crusades in the holy land. Greetings from Germany, keep up the good work, well done! Edit: Subscribed
Its surprising that man which created HRE would so so unknown in wider population of Germany
Best narrator of any history channel. Thoroughly enjoyed it. More early German history please.
Nicely done. I accidentally clicked on this video since I read 'Otto the Bear' in the thumbnail by mistake. This was still very informative and explained further the conversion of Hungarians ' Magyar' into Christianity. 2👍's up.
At least! After you made 907 Pressburg, i was in waiting for this counter.Hope to see 1051. As always glad to your work!
You mean Battle of Vértes? Very good suggestion, I"m adding it to the topic list.
Yes, yes! Thanks.Have good times, and health!
So far the best series on Ottonian and Eastern Frankish warfare in general is by Schwerpunkt. I hotly recommend it
I'm glad someone else heard of him
im endlessly proud of my paternal ancestor at this time who was part of ottos saxon thuringian garde and thus part of this historic victory. up until today we carry a hungarian hat in our coat of arms as sign of the family have been part of the battle of lechfeld.
This battle launched Otto the Great into stardom. The Kingdom of the Germans had effectively begun in 919 with the crowning of Otto’s father Henry the Fowler, marking the end of the East Frankish Carolingian line and establishing a native dynasty from Saxony (one of the “stem duchies” of Germany/East Francia, which had been Christianized by Charlemagne and the Franks just a few generations before). Thanks for covering the long and rich history of Germany just as extensively as you do France, illustrating that both realms had their origins in the 843 Treaty of Verdun partitioning the Charlemagne’s Empire (and helping to dispel the French narrative that Germany “didn’t exist until 1871”).
That Germany, as a nation state, exists since 1871 is not a French narrative but global one, and secundo it is true. The HRE was the first distinct entity in which the German people was integrated to and part of, but it was not Germany strictly speaking and both are not even connected...
@@skiteufrto say they’re not even connected is a reach
HRE was always ruled by German nobles like Staufer, Salier, Welfen, Habsburgs, the core areas were always German like Swabia, Bavaria, Saxony and so on. What changed were the non-German areas like Italy/Sicily, Burgundy, Netherlands and so on. The only non-German area always in the HRE was Bohemia which was a vassal for centuries. The Germans itself saw them as a different culture and called the more latinized speaking countries like France and Italy as "welsch", while the German core areas of HRE were called the "teutschen Lande", meaning German countries.
@@skiteufr You somehow missed the complete discussion in 19th century Germany about "Großdeutschland" (including the majority non-German areas) and Kleindeutschland (without them) and having a united state again. May it be as Republic (nearly happened in 1848) or as monarchy. Bismarck achieved it as a "Kleindeutschland" solution, excluding Austria in the end.
@@skiteufrFrance had many languages in its own territory for many centuries. The Germans identify with the land, not the state. The French do it quite differently and yet have put their own view over the German one. That is the problem and is what irritates the Germans greatly. Especially in the past. Another reason why they did it in the past, is to be able to claim, that Charlemagne/Karl der Große was French, even though such an assumption is quite unreasonable. That discussion lasted well into the second half of the twentieth century was always dominated by nationalistic views from both sides. German and French. Core of the issue is, that the German view the word "German" and "Germany" entirely differently than the French do. The centralised nation state is not as old as Germany though. However the HRE had council meetings and what was called a "Wanderkaiser", a wandering emperor who was important as well as major imperial cities, such as Regensburg, Augsburg or Nuremberg. So there were centralised characteristics, though they were not comparable to France at the time. Dürer already considered himself German and signed his painting accordingly. "Durer the German..."
Youre amazing man! Heres a sacrifice for the algorithm! Maybe do a video on how maximilian took back vienna after mathias died?
Thanks so much man, truly appreciate you!
@@HistoryMarche This channel is on a whole Different level! You all deserve support!
Even having known the outcome of the Schlacht auf dem Lechfeld in Advance I highly enjoyed this episode. Very well done especially with putting some dramatic elements to it!
This is my history channel. I learn so much and my love for history has been reignited by this channel. Thank you HistoryMarche.
Love this channel! I follow a lot of history channels but this is my absolute favourite.
Your videos are really excellent and they manage to get me interested in reading more on stuff I didn't really care about before.
Believe me, you are the person I love listening to the most. I look forward to your videos every week. I am very happy when I find that you have made a new video.❤️Words of thanks are not enough for you, you are great ❤️
Wow, thank you. I really appreciate it.
The Narrator sure did a great job on pronouncing all these German Cities Names.
Yes, we got most of the names correct here. But sometimes we also slip up. Though we do try to get it right every time.
And a great job pronouncing the names of Magyar leaders.
Brilliant! I've only just found you guys, but very glad indeed that I have as there's so much more to learn. Fascinating and David McCallion's narration is terrific. Can't wait to catch up with more of your videos. Thank you!
Otto the great, for me the greatest generell during the 10th century, defending Europe + creating the HRE, this is just insane
Could you guys add the year in which it takes place in the title like you do with your other vids? It's easier for later when rewatching chronologically. Thanks as always for the great work and the time you put into these pieces of art. :)
Excellent! Liked your detailed display of historic background and strategies of parties involved.
Cant belive I never knew this story! Loved all the small details too, amazing
We’re making it out of The Kingdom of the Eastern Franks with this one.
"What´s next? An heir named Pizzarini?" The humor of this channel kills me!
The respectful (History March) channel always sharing excellent history subjects within clearly explained all consequences before and after historical events occurred
Loving the storytelling and graphics you shown here. Really entertaining
Hi! I love your videos. I really think that you’re the number one history channel on KZhead. I wanted to ask if you could do some battles or one on the American Revolution?
It's very amazing your work! I just don't agree that the HRE was born here, but with Charlesmagne, and it least from 800 A.D until 1806 A.D. Before Otto the Great we had: Charlemagne, Louis I, Lothar I, Louis II, Charles II, Charles III, Guy, Lambert, Arnulf, Louis III and Berengar.
I was scheduled to have a meeting in 20 minutes, but I saw a new HistoryMarche video that was 30 minutes. Rescheduled the meeting for tomorrow. PRIOTRTIES!
Outstanding video. Keep it up History Marche!!
HistoryMarche is a team composed of absolute legends. I love all of you. Once i have the financial opportunity I will support you as best as i can!
Thank you sir for such a heart-warming comment. I'm very happy you enjoyed the video.
What a great video !! Thanks for this incredible work !!
Thanks for all the efforts you put in your videos. Awsome work! 😍
Thank you for all the work you do.
YOUR WORKS WAS SO COOL ,LOOKING FORWARD FOR NEXT OF YOUR WORKS
RIP conrad the red
What a beautiful documentary, thank you very much.
I've been a fan for years!!! As always great work!!!
Thank you kindly.
Absolutely love and look forward to every one of your videos! I commend you sir!! I know we sound like a broken record by now, but my heart burns for the rest of the Hannibal videos. 😢
Sorry for the delay. I had some serious issues on the home front, so it all got delayed.
More early german history please. Early german tribute and holy german emp pls
For HistoryMarche! For the Algorithm!
Charge!
Absolutely love these videos, storm the gates and take the keep of the algorithm!
I am german and had the pleasure to work together with some hungarian folks at construction for a while. Tough guys who ve seen alot. But also very humble people who loved to have a drink or two... or three with me and my colleagues on friday evenings. We talked about our history alot which is very intertwined and we came to the conclusion that we share alot even tho germans and hungarians are very diferent people at first glance. I ve rarely met people who re so curious about who you and your people are and who share so much about themselves in return. Looking at Lechfeld and the history around it i come to the conclusion that the myth is true that friendships which start out very rough can belong the the very best! 🟥⬛ ⬜🟥 🟩🟨 💪 ♥
Well that it certainly one way to learn from the defeats of the past. As by luck or good fortune, Otto stumbles across the perfect battlefield to allow for the nullification of the Maygar's main battle tactics and cavalry units. While allowing him to engage them at close quarters and utilised his main battle winning weapon of the charge of the heavy armoured horse/knights to such a devastating and decisive affect.
Absolutely superb commentary and graphics !!
I’m so happy to see early HRE content! Yay!! 🎉
Awesome vid, thanks for the content 🎉
Fascinating video, very well done.
Im from Hungary,i like this video about my ancestors :)
Love ur videos just like always! I got some ideas:Battle of raseiniai,Durbe,Teutoburg forrest,Rossbach,Toulouse and Golden spurs!
Writing down the suggestions. I'm always looking for more interesting topics, so thanks a bunch for taking the time to recommend these.
I forgot how terrifying the Hungarians used to be
Great Video! Hopefully, there is more content on the medieval HRE yet to come
More to come for sure! Thank you so much for supporting my work. Very kind of you. Happy New Year!
@@HistoryMarche You're welcome and Happy New Year!
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Great work about Otto the Great 🔥
Incredible.
I have a small idea how hard and how much work videos like this gives, so, my respects! Great quality videos, congrats!
Thank you very much!
Outstanding narration. love your videos
Thank you for all your efort
A story wonderfully told! Love this channel.
Yes , very well told .
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching.
Great video as always 🎉🎉
Well Done, Thanks you!
I am fond of being interested in history about Holy Roman Empire... Of course, I really like biography of Otto I , everything of him , too. Very fascinating 😃👍. HistoryMarche is certainly great channel, Thanks. With my honest heart ❤, good loyalty and respect 🙏🙏
Amazing content ❤
Another masterpiece!
Love your work. thank you very much
Greetings from Augsburg, most of the Gates are still intact and have old little beards showing Beatles from the Lechfeld to WW.2
The Old Germanic Vandals, in Old English they were called “Wendlas”.
Good evening HistoryMarche :) Considering making a video about the clash beetween Frederik Barbarossa and the Lombard League? Have a wonderful continuation
Who is on this channel only because you love this guys voice!!
Whenever I was at the "Emperor Otto Square" as a kid, I wondered what that was about. Not an emperor's name you hear about often. Then state-funded TV did their series "The Germans" in 2008, and it answered that. Also gave me the impression he created a German identity. Lately, I have heard that may not have been a thing until the 15th century? Well, TV documentaries are generally badly researched/propped up for TV, so, well. It may actually have been the Siege of Neuss that created that, then. Just jhaving found this channel, do you have anything about that one? Btw, it's weird that you pronounced the burg in Madgeburg different than the one in Augsburg. But, having heard quite a few butcherings of "Ulrich", having a coworker named that working with foreigners... good job on that one!
Regarding the creation of the german identity it depends on the definition, I guess. In an ethnical sense the identity arose maybe during the renaissance? Maybe with Luthers bible translation a the latest? But in a geographical sense as a people from one region it was definitely earlier. In medieval books Germania as a personification is shown alongside Gallia, Roma etc since the 11th century. And I'm quite sure that the german dukes and knights who fought for their emperors in Italy or on the crusade must have felt a certain identity being together far from home. Same goes within organizations like the Teutonic Order or the Hanseatic League.
a German identity certainly - and provingly - developed already during the High Middle Ages (12th/13th century) with the term "Deutsch" as a clear marker (the English "German" with its association of "Germanic" is simply confusing and misleading. The proper English term should be - as it had been - "Dutch"). A "German" (Deutsch) Kingdom was already addressed in the 11th century (100 years after Otto), replacing the term "East Frankian" - "Regnum Teutonicum", or "Regnum Teutonicorum". Countless artistic (Minnesang) - but also legal - references indicate a clear "German" (Deutsch) identity: not for nothing already the "Hansa" was (officially!) called the "Deutsche Hanse", and most remarkably the "Teutonic Order of the Knights" was called "Deutscher Orden" - the notion of a "German nation" (deutsche Nation) came up in the 15th century, in line with parallel notions regarding France, England, Italy, before it became even part of the official nomenclatura in 1506 ("Heiliges Römisches Reich deutscher Nation"). The term "Deutsche Nation" was rather an ex-post reference to the development and in acknowledging the establishment of a "nation society" (in contrast to older tribal affiliations).
Epic stuff!
Great video. this is how to teach history. There is much in it, so much to learn, so much to know. For example the rivalry in feudal families and conspiracies and wars just to get somebody else on a throne. The wars of today are most likely bases on similar ideas. Quite interesting are the territories in Europe and their connections.
I would imagine that Otto the Great riding at the head of the German column to the relief of Augsburg from the Magyars was perhaps the most stirring of all martial images until Richard the Lionheart fought his way to the relief of Jaffa during its siege by Saladin's Ayyubid forces nearly 140 years later.
Thank-you.
Really appreciate the topographic detail of the maps around the Netherlands. Those people have claimed like half of their country from the sea!
Fantastic video. Thanks.
Great video!
BRILLIANT ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT VIDEO!!!!
Love your work for the Algorithm
HistoryMarche; "Otto intended to rule as an absolute monarch, devolving power from the nobility and setting out to emulate the great rulers of antiquity." Me; "Okay, I can guess where this is going to go-" HM; "He overcame all opposition, destroyed threats to his kingdom, and united central Europe into a imperial superpower which would survive over 800 years." Me; "... Well I'll be."
He is not called the great for nothing 😂
Otti the Great? More like Otto the Gigachad, what an absolute unit.