Catherine the Great - Not Quite Catherine Yet - Extra History - Part 1
📜 History of Catherine the Great, Part 1
Before she became Catherine the Great, the legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl named Sophia. Her mother ignored her until family connections proposed a marriage between Sophia and the presumptive heir to the Russian throne - and suddenly she was thrown from her quiet life in a backwoods mansion to the center of a cutthroat political world.
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Extra Credits Have you ever watched the mysterious mr enter?
دقدا دقدا
Would you like a Sprite cranberry
Normies: "5 years older" Extra Credits (an intellectual): " Half a decade older "
At least Catherine and Frederick could relate to each other about the whole 'having terrible parents' thing
Yea Frederick dad was definitely a piece of crap
@@williamstocker584 That's an understatement lmao
@@m.h.7364 ye he executed and exiled Fredericks boyfriends
@@bram61 that and his near constant beatings, his father trying to stop his enjoyment of music and the arts, his father waking up him with artillery drills… Yeah. Pretty shitty.
sophias mother was a karen before karens were a thing
How to abuse and neglect your child 101
Could be worse, at least she wasn't hit with a whip on daily basis and forced to carry heavy books over her head risking damaging the structure of the back and neck during her "etiquette training" lessons. Or maybe she was idk
Yup
Hi friendly boi
911 what’s your emergency
How my parents treat me 101
Normies: "5 years older" Extra Credits (an intellectual): " *Half a decade older* "
Lol
Big brain
I say the same thing
well that pretty much emphasised the whole thing.
Ah yes, the negotiator
Frederick had the rarest skill any leader can have. An accurate judgment of character.
I think one of the only other people in history who *maybe* had such a grasp was Justinian, given the effectiveness of the people he put in charge of various things that most others would have ignored or actively sent to prison But there, we have doubt. With Fredrick, there is certainty
@@jaydenliberty9536 Justinian was an smart, yes. But he was paranoid. He was so anxious about one of his trusted generals, Belisarius, revolting and coming into power that he effectively shot himself on the foot by hindering Belisarius' campaigns just to make sure he wouldn't be more popular with the people... Which undoubtedly just had the opposite effect.
When I was young I asked "what happened before the universe" and questioned religion but I didn't become a russian queen life is unfair
Same here
you guys are lucky! you know how hard you will be judged if you ask these questions in a muslim socity? even tho i was a child!
Also did the same. I questioned religion too much when i was a child because i thought i doesn't make sense and focused on science i do think i became naughty because of that way of thinking cause i never wanted to go to church nor pray because i think its stupid.
StablerNose 720 That's because the Russian throne has been disabled after the Bolshevik Coup d'etat in 1917, and I doubt, that Vladimir Putin would simply allow a relative of the former royal family (or any of their allies) to take away his contol over the Russian Federation.
@@danielkiciak9899 That moment when you try to push propaganda in a joke.
For all that it was realpolitik, it's nice that Frederick treated Sophia with kindness. Perhaps he saw a bit of his own situation in her.
Victor Mapping power is the most addicting drug in existence
I think Frederick II's father was waking him each morning with the noise of a canon shooting
Mercure250 yeah, his father considered him an effeminate pansy that needed to have the love of art and culture literally beaten out of him
was old fritz the one probaly get a hard one seeing tall soldiers lines up?
marxel4444 that would be his father. “The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers-they are my weakness”
It’s been on my recommended for five moths YOU WIN KZhead OK?!
UrDailyRandom Dose Same!
Same thing! And I wasn't disappointed, tbh
Same...youtube stop trolling us XD
Same
KZhead thinks that we're all nerds like bruhhhh
Just a thought, people weren't staring at Fredrick making conversation with a child, they were staring at Fredrick making conversation with *a woman,* something he was not well known for doing.
jail 😭😭😭
@@kalibronxit’s dodgy but it was a different time at the end of the day
I always have this weird imagen of they speaking meanwhile the rest of the court screaming, running, loosing their heads because the king are talking with a woman that Is a violation against the laws of nature himself and that means the end of the world
Damn, the only thing keeping Johanna from being a complete wicked stepmother is the fact that she was Sophia's actual mother.
Fun fact: In the original folk stories there were no stepmothers. The brothers Grimm changed it because they considered real mothers doing all this shit to their own children as too dark. As per usual reality turns out worse than fiction.
Damn, I'm glad they changed it because that is too dark. Doing that shit to your own daughter sucks major ass for kids to hear about.
Man, her mother sounds like an stereotypical Crusader kings 2 player.
Something between that and a Miss' mother.
Ehhh as CK2 player that’s tame. I have had my own Son KILLED because his culture switch to German. And my current character was next in line for the title of the Holy Roman Empire...
My husband has claim on Holy Roman Empire and I was in prision, without heir. I assasinated 12 prince before him and get killed after a day. I became Empror
Jakub Gawroński هلن
;)
Oversimplified: GO FOR JOKES Simple history: GO ALL ON HISTORY Extra credits: Eh lets do both!
Extra credits: Aims to emotionally manipulate audiences
Simple History does have joke references though.
Goyon Man how
To the guillotine!!!!!!!
@@malikdespanie4344 OoOoOoOh NoOoOoOo
Is it just me or would Catherine's story be good as a musical? Like Hamilton.
OMG I LOVE THAT
Your a ginuse
Ever heard of Cinderella
Um.yes
"What's your name Sophie I mean Katherine?" "Sophie I mean Katherine!!!"
Was her mother the inspiration for Cinderella's stepmother?
Je ne pense pas, car la princesse Joanna Elisabeth de Holstein-Gottorp est née en 1712, tandis que Charles Perrault, auteur de "Cendrillon", la version la plus célèbre du conte de fées "Cendrillon", mourut en 1703, neuf ans avant sa naissance. (I think not, because Princess Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp was born in 1712, while Charles Perrault, the Autor of "Cendrillon", the most famous version of the fairy tale "Cinderella", died in 1703, nine years before her birth.)
@@danielkiciak9899 English pls?
@@trailblaze6734 basically, the author died earlier than Sophia's birth
Bryant Sarmiento What’s there to be r/woooosh for?
Cinderella’s root fairy tales far predate her.
"She could memorize things with ease, but she frequently infuriated her tutors by BEING SMART." Short version. 😂💓
Sophie: *Despised by her mother for being a girl.* Me: Does anyone else detect a slight hint of hypocrisy?
In deeply sexist and patriarchal societies, many women feel pressured to have a son and this internalise contempt towards their daughters. Observe modern day India and female infanticide.
StukovM1g I know, I was just putting down my thoughts.
seriouslywhatthe
Paulfuss Entertainment Nah, this was olden ages when having a son was more important than life itself
@@StukovM1g Its even worse when the mother wants to use a son as a tool for their own gain.
Coming back to this after the first episode about Frederick the Great...no wonder the two got along.
He took one look Sophia's awful mother and was like "You too, huh?"
“16 pug dogs.” Awww pugs are the best why would that be bad? “That did everything dogs do.” Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
PugPerson Yeah, we forget these things.
@BatCatShipper they could have been taken out regularly
It’s also unhealthy for the women with the 16 pug dogs that do every thing a dog dose
@@wareagle4206 Well, the aunt was a spinster. So her life was ruined. The pugs were her coping mechanism.
Am I the only one who enjoyed learning how flabbergasted Sophia's mom was when the King of Germany wanted to see Sophia over her?
Sweet Karma is sweet.
When was there a ‘king of germany’
@@fissionabledolphin king of Prussia, is that better
@@ntfoperative9432 yes. Yes it is
@@fissionabledolphin oh and there was a king of Germany, called the Kaiser
"Visiting Relatives to find a match" SWEET HOME ALABAMA
Bruh
*ALABAMA MUSIC INTENSIFIES*
*yeeeeee haaaaawwwwww*
OHHHHH MAAAAAAANN
Manchester NY
Sophie (Catherine): *Exists* Joanna Elisabeth: How dare you?
I love how people still comment on this video 3 YEARS LATER
@@AOSABSmake that 6
@@koathekid8255 Make that 7
Catherine the Great's early life sounds very familiar. Almost like Cinderella. You know, if Cinderella grew up to be an iconic, brutal enlightened despot of an enormous multi-continental empire.
well, that's just the way stories end: on a high, without revealing what would actually happen behind that "happily ever after". ;-)
My dad forced me to read the book and sophia, uhh, she will grow up to be a ⛏
Questions asked by Frederick the Great: "Where's your daughter?" "No, Seriously! Where's your daughter?" "Oh come on! Don't you get that we're doing a thing here? Get your daughter in here now so I can make sure the girl we put on the armrest of Russia's throne isn't a total idiot!"
More like "Wo ist Ihre Tochter?" Wait, they may have spoken in French : "Où est votre fille?"
XD lol
Ohhhhhhhhhh Who knew Frederick The Great was a Yo Mama Roaster?
"Ugh, just give her a goddamn dress already."
@@GumSkyloard "Here Child,Let Us Speak Of Things That Your Mom Doesn't Agree With"
Toxic mothers don't get talked about enough
*Abusive
toxic dads too
d.e. mimo, they get talked about a lot dude
Really? They're in a ton of fairy tales. (Most notably Cinderella.)
@@williamlangdon2596 Step mothers have different connotations.
5:58 Well, thinking that she could seduce Frederick with her beauty would be a great mistake, given the historical fact that he was much more interested in dudes rather than ladies.
implying he was interested in ladies at all
I read somewhere than actually, Joanna and Frederick were very good friends, so, i don't think than it's was the intention, even more because Frederick was helping Elizabeth Romanov for check for how good as a bride for Peter Sophia/Catherine was.
@@fandemusique4693 ohhhh
I believe Frederick is also interested with genuine intellect person regardless the gender. Perhaps he just fulled with daughter affection love
@@persediaanbcbitung989 no he just likes intelligent men
It's a shame Catherine and Frederick never met again, I feel like they would of made great friends.
LaZodiac Indeed
LaZodiac so ture
LaZodiac together they would of conquered Europe without breaking a sweat
dont they go to war at some point?
and then civ 4 happened, those two rulers are nigh inseparable, unless they both founded a religion.
One the greatess Monarch of Russia, and, people are demanding her back in Civ 6.
mestre12 what is wrong with peter the great?
Nothing wrong with him, but civs can have more than 1 leader (Gorgo and Pericles for Greece)
I would rather Ivan the Terrible strapping heretical apostles to gunpowder barrels sounds fun *The sheep need their shepard*
I actually want a Soviet leader again.
Peter for culture and science, Catherine for war and expansion?
I would love to see a series based around Catherine's life
Watch the show. What's stopping you?
There is one ! It's called The Great.
@@playwars3037 It's fun and raunchy and dramatic and almost completely fictional.
*Be less sad*
That's my mom
oh people watch this still
Clinicically depressed person: **breathes** Happy go-lucky e-girls: be less sad
I know that message from history matters
How to solve depression 1O1
I want a series on Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, a man that tried to restore the Mongol Empire, and was definitely insane.
Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus You saw isorrow productions.
I want to play as him in Kaiserrigh(spelled that wrong...)
Gavin Smith Do you mean Kaiserreich?
Kaiserriech?
Meh, Kaiserreich takes some serious liberties with the character. He was a crazy monarchist who wanted to restore the Romanovs and the Qing throne, something that actually made him severely disliked in Mongolia. His rule was short and he never liked the Mongols, seeing them as just savages. Even his conquest of Mongolia was a mistake. He was leading a fleeing White army band from the advancing Red Army, and crossed the border to get away, then attacking and removing the Chinese warlord who had been sent to Mongolia to pacify the breakaway province.
"showing his affections" aka how to creep 101 XD
true XD
The intro warmed my heart and i felt like i was sitting on a sofa in front of the fireplace during a full moon night with my parents telling me a wonderful and true story
quickly rewatching this series before "the great" comes out on hulu lol
*Friedrich Der Große comes up.* Me: *Inner German intensifies.*
What do you mean, FDG the dark mom war ship? Or you mean the well disciplined figure of history
Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great, two of my favorite monarchs ever. I had often wonder what would have happened if Catherine and Frederick had been married, oh history, so full of what if's. We need to put in the polls Frederick the Great, he was such an interesting character!
It would have been horrible. Fredrick the Great was not known to be very fond of women at his court.
Fipse True, that's why he didn't have an heir.
Why did he not like women? Was he gay?
Xerxesjc28 He hated his father, and out of spite, swore an oath to never have an heir.
It was also quite possible that he was gay yes
Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great are among my all-time favorite historical figures, learning that these two met and spoke to one another is like if it was fan-fiction, I literally squealed like a schoolgirl as it transpired.
I'm glad Fredrick got some episodes of his own.
Yay! This one's been in the polls for eons but it always got beat. I'm glad it's finally here.
Catherine was never a woman to suffer setbacks meekly.
I feel I'm about to understand a certain ERB video much better by the end of this.
I've been hoping you would do Kate the Great! \o/
Rabbit Cube what's in the pills now?
Me too.
School version: something something something something something Russia something something, EH version: *emotional roller coaster Wonder which one I'm going to remember in five years. edit: wow you guys are seriously overanalyzing the meaning of this comment
True. I never cared about history in school and I never thought I would like Extra History. Turns out I enjoy it quite a bit.
"We want you to learn the concepts instead of memorizing the dates," they said. And then all I ever did in history class in school anyway was memorize a bunch of dates. (Apparently they're trying to change that nowadays, at least here in New Jersey.)
I think you've already forgot one.
You were taught history wrong, then. Sorry to say but date memorization went out of fashion a long, long time ago.
DragoniteSpam That sucks. My world history teacher was a dynamic person and his lectures were very similar to how ECH does it.
6:54 My highschool classmates watching me talk to a 6th grader about cartoons we enjoy.
Royal Drama sounds like a bunch of terrible people doing terrible things to each other. o0 So weird.
Because the nice ones either get killed off or swept to the side
Most of the time that is not always though Catherine is a good example
@@SA2004YG Royal courts were some of the most Darwinian state institutions in history where in many cases losing favor meant death.
It’s ironic how the last living grandson of Peter the Great was originally the heir to Sweden.
@Mysterious Stranger the irony is that one of the greatest achievements of Peter the Great was kicking Sweden's ass in the Great Northern War
Alex Ry The real irony is that Peter the Great’s grandson was originally the heir to the very same country whose ass Peter had kicked in the Great Northern War. So basically a combination of the original comment and your reply.
@@SanyaRy the irony
Not surprising TBH. Marriages between rivaling dynasties did happen.
Yes! Frederick the Great finally got mentioned in one of these episodes! One of the coolest monarchs in German history, who apart from being a military genius, was a great philosopher and advanced the freedom of speech and religion in Prussia, coining the awesome phrase: "Everyone shall be happy by his own fashion in my country" (or something similiar, basically: go live whatever way you want). Okay, I don't want to paint an 18th century monarch as a saint here, but he was pretty open-minded and progressive for his time. Let's not forget the fact that for evey good monarch you get three dozen appaling ones.
Aaron Idstein I missed this a year ago and I wholeheartedly agree. Frederick The Great is one of the most selfless and progressive monarch of his time. Always the first servant to his people and very under appreciated having very little content about him on KZhead. Waiting for the day that he’ll have his very own series on Extra History. But till that day comes Kings and Generals will keep me entertain with the Silesian wars.
You're right, he is a saint?
@@MrChopstsicks hello sir, that day finally comes!
@@adrikristian5958 i know right. 4 years later!
Nobody: Not a single soul: Fredrick: WHERE THE CHILD
I dont know exactly what it is about the story of Catherine the Great, but I keep finding myself coming back here to rewatch it again and again.
Funny fact: Catherine The Great had a bastard son, a son outside her marriage with a militar guy, they had an affair. Unfortunatelly I don't know what happened to him, but her son lived, married a girl and started the Eckerman Family (my family btw); because of the jewish origin of the name, and the fear of being killed by their "royal blood" during the Revolution, they escaped to German, and after some time, escaped to other parts of the world. One of those parts was Brazil, my grand-grandma, Maria Eckerman was a lovely woman! I want the world to know her story! 💖 (Yes, we have evidences that this is true, my family contacted a guy who had the original documents signed by the court about the Eckermans)
Wow! That's awesome! I should find out about my family history too!
Coincidence? Or not? Lol
o
Cool
You son of a bastard a dna test is all we need
She better have Siberian riches or I'm not playing.
(Gets to Atomic Era after long arduous slog) "NO URANIUM? OH HELL NO!" *quits out*
haha, she had also get animal husbandry first in the world
Nicholas Cooper *Russia has denounced you* Oh come in, I just punished warmongering Caesar and gave you back two of your cities! That's it. Fuck Cultural victory, Total War it is.
Jaiden Cross I will send you there
Workers CCCP no I only go there if Stalin sends me there!
its so weird that Fredrick whom interacted with Catherine and will be an important ally in the future, would not be talked about in extra history for another 6 years.
Roughly 5 years of watching this channel. The start of a wonderful journey of discovery and knowledge. Thank you, Extra History.
I love learning more about Old Fritz ( Frederick the Great). First of all him being a master of tactics and lover of arts and hearing about how he struggled against his father's homophobia (Frederick's lover in the army was executed), but would go on to be one of the greatest of German rulers. It is an inspiring story.
The Eyebrows still waiting for the day he’ll have his series and Honoured fully on KZhead.
... The Disney show.. SOFIA THE FIRST "I'm finding out what being royal is all about".. Wow
@Olivia SUN and then regret it
*clears throat* SOFIA THE FIRST, MAKING MY WAY IT'S AN ADVENTURE EVERYDAY IT'S GONNA BE MY TIME TO SHOW THEM ALL THAT I'M SOFIA THE FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRST (i used to watch that show when i was younger.. but i'm already pretty young, so)
Who else just finished watching "The Great" on Hulu?
ItsChiChi wth is that
@@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 it's a tv series abt Catherine the Great. Its rly funny.
Kanapote Takerngkeat It’s a show that’s very inaccurate but still good
Hi There oh ok? Just asking though but it’s kinda like a Mel Gibson type?
@@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 it's comedic completely barely and seriousness
Sophia's mother sounds like every step-mother Disney villain
I, personally, am thrilled that you are doing Catherine the Great. Some of my ancestors moved to Russia from Germany because of her.
Bad girls go to live in the pug box. Do you want to go live in the pug box?
Alexander Roderick I like pugs, but I don't want to live in the pug box. It's small and dirty.
A very late reply, but I had to say that this made me laugh! ^_^
Me being the socially awkward dog lover, yes
Now its the box.
lol
Too think that the two greatest monarchs of the late 18th century only met once, and when Cathrine was a child no less, is shocking to me.
This has been on my KZhead recommendation for 6 months, you win KZhead, ok, you win!
Before she became Catherine the Great, legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl called Sophia. PLUS! Vote for Extra Credits in the Shorty Awards up to 3 times per day: shortyawards.com/9th/extracreditz
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Ok... not to sound ignorant,but wasn't she the one rumored to have had relations with a horse?
Could you please do San Martín next?
Rex Master It is just a myth
Really happy to see the great Russian empress brought into light. How about Lenin?
Finally an episode including one of my favourite historical characters, Frederick the Great. Just wish there would be a complete series on him.
0:08 Best intro ever. if you disagree then you’re wrong
What a beautiful story! It's like a fairytale.
Sounds like a terrible parenting, even for the time. But from that troubled childhood came Woman who made Russia Great once more. The Woman of great character and brilliant mind. As Pole, I can't say I like her role in history- If not for Her and Frideric the Great, Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth could have possibly reformed and become the Europes Superpower once more- But I respect her and her great talents. You simply can't deny her role in the history of Russia and thus, the history of the World.
Make Russia GreatAgain
parenting was horrible throughout our living
Sorry about the partitions.
Catherine had a terrible mother, and became a terrible mother.
I or l which one is which (I or L and if you guess you get money and food) 🍚🍩🍩🌶🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨
Damn, her mom was such a spoiled brat. But even poor beginnings can leave a lasting legacy, looking forward to more!
Whenever I come to this channel this series about Cathrine the Great is something I always watch. I love listening to how you explain the history of many people.
Whenever I get overwhelmed with life, this channel has been my go-to channel to calm my nerves a bit. And this video has been by far my favorite. Thank you, EC 🥰
Sophia's mother makes me sick to think of her, but your narration and art are as amazing as ever, EC/ EH team!
I Can imagine Fredrick the great yelling where the heck is Sofia and then her mom says she has nothing to wear then Fredrick calms down is like my dear sister can u please lend Sofia a dress he just go 0 -100 real quick mad and then just calms down
I'm just picturing Fredrick letting out a massive exasperated sigh and then turning to his sister like: "Wilhelmina?" "I'm on it."
this was just randomly in my recommended, and i am SO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED
Ive watched this season so many times! Its so detailed. Keep on going extra credits! 👌🏻😀
No but seriously. Fredrick the Great series when?
And as long as we're on the subject of monarchs nicknamed, "The Great," a series on Alfred the Great would also be awesome.
Have you tried Kings and Generals? They just started a series for Frederick the Great.
WE NEED MORE THE GREAT VIDEOS GODDAMMIT
Can't wait to see EH's take on von Katte!
Hamilton? Is that you?
6:53 When you are so desperate in finding wife, that you tell her the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise...
it's not a story your mother would tell you
😆
This is my favorite Extra History series!
Is it just me or does anyone else come back like every year to binge watch the series?
Hmm, the ill treatment from her mother explains A LOT of Catherine's future relationship with her own offspring...
AndyG94 uh we call them children
"Mutated Cumspawns" OMG LOL , you sir won the universe.
I prefer the term "mistakes" or "regrets"... "disappoints" also works.
Unhacker, The Laziest Bastard on the Internet lol
We call them brood or food.
Why when looking at history are there so many sickly heirs? Was it all that keeping the blood "pure"?
Sam Leheny yup they liked keeping it in the family
Inbreeding yes, but also just bad medical knowledge. Many people died in childhood back then.
I don't think the main purpose of the "inbreeding" was to keep the blood pure, but to ensure profitable marriages and connections to other monarchs. In essence, for them a child was an asset, and you don't want to throw away an asset.
And since the royals always had access to the "latest advances in medicine"...
This is a typical human population before the 19th century: Fertility rate: 6-7 children per women Population growth rate: close to zero
My gosh, it's been 4 years already. I don't remember how much I miss this until the algorithm gods sent this video back in my playlist
These are my favorite vids, this series helps me exist!!!!! This channel is the greatest in my opinion especially it’s true history you don’t find in history books!!!
Can I just say that you have had a perfect track record for answering every question I have ever thought of? I legitimately enjoy all of your videos.
We try our best to have a suspiciously perfect track record with you.... er, it's not suspicious at all! Seriously though, thanks for the love!
Oh god, we NEED a series on Frederick the Great as well, that guy is so amazing. Im excited for the rest of this series already!
When I was in school, I didn't like history classes much. Not that I didn't like history itself, because I loved documentaries and other media based on history. I figured out the way I was taught was not usually engaging enough or there were simply too many people being talked about and I had no visual representation of them. I discovered these Extra History videos a few days ago from the Genghis Khan series, and it was the first time I had ever learned about him! To go from knowing "Genghis Khan was this historic guy from Mongolia or whatever" to being able to comprehend his entire life's story in about an hour was great! Thank you so much for these videos! They make me want to seek out more interesting ways to self-study history lessons I missed when I was younger.
Words can't begin to describe how good this video was. Both the animation and narration where on point, I myself was very interested in the history of Catherine the Great. This is a very effective way of teaching history to people who actually want to learn it.
Omg I totally want to hug Sophia!!!!
? I don't see what's so cringy. ur just being dumb lol
So? let them. It's not hurting anyone, if they're young (which they probably are), let them have fun instead of laughing at them. Hell, if they ARE young, then you're making fun of a CHILD. do you realize how pathetic that is?
this is the first ever video i watched of yours and i have to say as i do love history , you got me hooked on extra history as well as extra credts and extra sci-fi
I’ve seen this about 6 times and I love it
Psst, guys...the video is amazing, but...double check the description before tomorrow. ;) Looks like another great series! :D
No worries, just a placeholder! I don't always update the full video for early access. Thanks for looking out for us, though.
Shh. Pretend it's someting good...
scyx what? sorry, maybe they already made a correction, or maybe i just don't see what's wrong. could you pls tell me?
What was it?
And we all know who arranged this meeting with Catherine and Fredrick, Walpole
Chris Ramsey goddamnit
Chris Ramsey I think this 6 degrees of Walpole has gotten out of hand
Chris Ramsey fuck u mate
Bebop The Robot calm down mate jeez
I've watched this so many times because it's so good.
I don't know why but I love this art style so much
Freakin' Frederick the Great. What a legend. I'm glad he treated young Sophia with kindness.
Woo! Fritz, my man! I hope we get to see more of him! Don't get me wrong, I'm also excited about Catherine but I just love Frederick so much.
This was my first extra history episode. Wow this is still very good.
Thanks from Syberia for this video!! Like
Fun Fact: What catherine said in latin was just placeholder latin text as Lorem Ipsum is basically a fake latin word to make you seem smart
Wasn't it a secret language developed by Da Vinci, where no one could find the meaning, so they just used it as placeholder text?
roy kennedy it's not quite "fake" fake, it's a tweaked version of a 1st-century BC real-Latin text by Cicero. :-B
This was so good I watch all of them I forgot I was even learning about history, I mean that in a good way. This was so informative and yet so fun to watch, I loved this, keep doing what you're doing and enjoy the process! Love you're vids!
YES IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS LET ME SAY IVE WATCHED THIS SERIES THREE TIMES CATHRINE IS BADASS
2:11 - these drawings really made me laugh :-D Great job on the art work, as usual :-)
You should have called it "Catherine the ok" for this video, "the alright", then the great for the next one
What do you think this is? Overlysarcastic productions?
"Some of us are trying to nail Catharine the Great.... Or should I say Catharine the So-so." --JKF
_"Historic titles don't exist."_ -The country of Myanmar
I’m kind of surprised at how much I like Freddy, even though I know very little about him. But considering that many nobles from what would become Germany had done their absolute best to be the stereotype of “nobility purely of the flesh, with none of the spirit” just a century before (Dat 30 Years War, tho. Feels bad, man.), it’s kind of remarkable that someone as well-liked and respected as Frederick managed to emerge from the same lineage. Srsly tho, I need to learn more about him so I can justify having him share “favorite king” status with Gustav Adolf II of Sweden.
Idk if it’s just me but I feel this is the best series on this channel
The amount of times I’ve watched this series is truly astonishing.