At the start of the 20th century, three cousins ruled Britain, Russia and Germany. But the relationship and rivalries between Georg V of Britain, Wilhelm II of Germany and Nicholas II of Russia had a devastating impact on Europe. This fascinating 2-part BBC documentary explores the plots, scandals and betrayals between three royal houses and when the families concerned rule the most powerful nations, petty squabbles can lead to political turmoil, economic upheaval and even war.
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This war was literally about family fueds. They used the assassination of Franz Ferdinand II as an excuse to declare war when in reality had very little to do with it because Europe was having tensions decades before the Great War
Narcissism has consequences. Authoritarians, monarchs, and dictators have no place in a prosperous society.
Shtty society ı hate these elites
@BBC Select could you please upload a documentary about Otto Von Bismarck the iron chancellor.
If only the Russian Royal Family had removed their children (along with the children's aunt, Elizabeth Feodorovna, and perhaps
even her nuns), to the Russian Far East and onto Canada (no Nazi U-boats in northern Pacific). There were many places
in Canada where they could have been safe!
I can't help but feel sorry for Fritz and Vicky (Jr). They loved each each other (Sadly, Wilhelm ii was indeed "erratic and
emotionally unstable")
Wilhelm ii continued with the practices that, eventually, destroyed Germany. Alexander iii and Nicholas ii destroyed Russia
in their own, but similar, way (autocracy).
(BTW: "Lebensraum" did not begin with Hitler.)
It's interesting that all monarchs of Hanoverian descent (that would include Victoria and her various and sundry) have produced monarchs/heir who hate each other. All of the Georges, Victoria and Edward 7, George 5 and Edward 8. Princess Vicky and Wilhelm 2. Even till the modern day, Elizabeth 2 is known to have preferred Andrew over Charles and the DoE quite publicly disliked him.
Great documentary. Thank you for posting. Love YouTube. Richard in Dallas
Just imagine that family get together.
And all the history / inbreeding as to become
What the Hell did the world know ?
Cousins and One Grandma.
JEEEEEEZ ?!
The kaizer is not a cousin of the tzar the only ties to the tzar is his cousin from queen Victoria side no relations only king George and the the tzar are related by bloodline not the kaizer
You mean Anglican she wasnāt Lutheran she was Anglican
Really disgusting. And millions of innocent young men were killed because of them.
Stop calling these women queenās beautiful. They werenāt beautiful of their day, and their damn sure not beautiful this day and age. š only beauties that were royal were Czar Nicholas and Alexandra feodrovnas family!
All narcissists!!
I thought Nikolas tried to be more liberal.
The related monarchies are often overlooked by historians? Um ok
royalty = militaries you guys #2Spirit
when was the last matriarchal royal? never?
Christianity has its own elected Kingā¦ itās still a monarchyā¦ the karma dynamics result in the complete atrophy of consciousnessā¦ they always have to be killed off in a Blight insteadā¦
Itās tragicā¦ no free will thoā¦
Call back your energy you guysā¦ grieve it outā¦ cry for once
The Void is the Parent of the Parentless theyāre there for all to scream into
Itās a pagan Godā¦ most pagans arenāt indigenous
Thank you for sharing this important history
This is precisely why monarchies should be outlawed. One family of elites destroyed an entire generation on men. Will they do it again?
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Family versus family. Tragicš¢
This was such a sad part of history – family against family. Maybe that's a good reason not to have monarchies, as with all families resentments grow. Almost to the point of childishness and certainly there's a lot of regret. And so many lives lost.
ALEXANDRA took flack from her contemporaries, even in her own family, Deaf as a Post, Blind as a Bat to those around her..sad, really, but she was loyal to her family on both sides, somehow..
George and Wilhelm were first cousins. George and Nicholas were first cousins . . . BUT, Wilhelm and Nicholas were not first cousins. It is misleading to refer to the three men as "three cousins".
Thank god for countries not run by royalty
When the Rich go to war,,, everybody DIES,,,,, WW3 will be the same,,BE WARNED
The Germans were beating the Brits at industry. You can't challenge the country on which the sun never sleeps over economics without consequences. This was the beginning of the end of British imperialism. Now their main industry is laundering money for Russian oligarchs.
6:03 ā Though virulently anti-Prussian and born a Danish princess of the Royal House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlĆ¼cksburg, Alix (Queen Alexandra) in fact, had fully German ancestry on both sides.
What a horrid lot they all were…
50:38 ff ā Say what you will, but Kaiser Bill was a funny guy!
53:01 ā The tall, slender, luxuriantly moustachioed fellow with the Homburg hat jumping up and down in the background is King George I of the Hellenes (1845-1913), the brother of Alix (Queen Alexandra of Britain) and Minnie (Czarina Marie Feodorovna of Russia). ADDENDUM (edit): A Danish Prince, he had been elected King of Greece in 1863 as a lad of seventeen.
Nicholas II of Russia & William II of Germany WERE NOT FIRST COUSINS.
Wilhelm II and Nicholas II were third cousins (both were great-great-grandsons of Paul I of Russia) as well as being second cousins once removed (both were descended from Frederick William III of Prussia) and Wilhelm was a first cousin of Nicholas's wife, Alix of Hesse and the eldest grandson of Queen Victoria.
Wilhelmā¦a monster in the making. But I absolutely disagree that he wanted to have an inappropriate relationship with his mother. He just wanted her to love himā¦he even gives her a private option when their together so she wonāt be publicly humiliated. Later in this documentary the princes are all accused of being nothing more than big babiesā¦Wilhelm even more so. The future of the world lays in the hands of a few spoiled men, so sad. š¢
Explain a dystopian
Best documentary Iāve seen in a long time
The narrator mentions the boating festivities at "Cowes?" The event where Kaiser Wilhelm brought his warships and marching bands, and the British despised him for it, where was this exactly? On the Isle of Wight? How do you spell it?
Queen Victoria – not a fan, but she was right- Russia is still not trusted
How about non prosperous societies? Thats ok tho ?
The only "tragedy" is what happened to the millions of peoples who weren't royal.
Man, Sigmund Freud would have had a hell of a time analyzing what was going on inside Wilhelm's mind lmao
very well done
We did not fully understand X-linked traits in the late 19th. Century. So they did not understand how hemophilia was transmitted
āThe cousins warā I guess blood is not thickerā¦The whole Plantagenet family so similar.