Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@Biographics says : Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase.>> <<@ramialiwa8354 says : من هزم الفايكنج هم مسلمون اسبانيا الذي كانت تسمى الادلس>> <<@Fitchy-ke3wz says : Don't forget that he became the leader of the Order of the Ancients too>> <<@1JOHNBARLEYCORN says : Being called "The Great" despite giving half of England away "Danelaw">> <<@jerilyncrenshaw6898 says : really useful info, thanks.>> <<@yemanowar9939 says : Sorry did I just hear an Englishman mispronounce Berkshire?>> <<@davidtownsend6092 says : Alfred wasn't an English king either lol. He was king of the English.>> <<@kadenshook3402 says : I am a very distant ancestor of Alfred the Great King of Wessex, I am happy to learn more about my ancestor>> <<@BobK58 says : Bob the Great>> <<@DarrenWalley says : I thought it was 'Abdul the Great' & the great man was from Wakanda...? I watch the BBC.>> <<@Yourmomsayshi519 says : Imagine if they had cameras back the>> <<@thebug410 says : Does aethel mean throne or honor?>> <<@townsendm794 says : I wonder what he would of England today? I doubt he would be happy.>> <<@ianblake815 says : Alfred really was England's greatest ruler>> <<@jantz01 says : Alfred's father was a monk who was kidnapped by Ragnar and eventually killed by Floki>> <<@Get_Some_Panda says : Who is here because of Last Kingdom… I’m Uthred haha ⚔️>> <<@9J2R says : 14:58 how could you recognize him? The coins back then didn’t exactly have “realistic” depictions of their rulers….>> <<@Random_UserName4269 says : You… Simon… are ridiculously bad at pronouncing Spanish. As an American it is very grating to my ears and senses. Español es facil. Seriously dude? Why are all British people horribly bad at pronouncing Spanish? Spanish is technically easier than English?>> <<@markopolo1271 says : Imagine going down in history as Æthelred the unready... Okay so I looked into it and it's apparently just a play on words because his name Æthelred means something like noble counsel and the Anglo-Saxon word unræd means something like evil council or poorly advised. It's also worth noting that it's first recorded use was after his death.>> <<@edwinelliott4876 says : This bloke is the most tedious of narrators>> <<@TheRaven2020 says : Alfred the great is my 31st great grandfather>> <<@TrianglePizza says : It's pretty funny that Saxons are just Germans and Danes are just northern Germans, and they were fighting over land that was occupied by the Celts (Frenchmen) prior. Bunch of dickheads really. As a Scot, who probably is part Norwegian by the pillaging they did, screw the Saxons and the Danes.>> <<@St-Edmund-96 says : Wēs hāl our glorious cyninge Ælfred sēo great this monna right here is Englaland greatest cyninge that ever live and I’m proud to be his countryman rip Ælfred sēo great 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✝️❤️🙌🏻⚔️>> <<@ElkStirrinTheHoney says : I just found out that I'm related to Alfred the Great.. So I had to check him out. Pretty freakin cool! Thank you for the video!>> <<@Civilizationsuntold says : "It's great to see Alfred receiving well-deserved recognition, but I wonder whether 'buying off' the Vikings was a clever strategy or just a temporary, unsustainable solution?>> <<@bookwormsurfer says : Found out tonight he is my many x great grandpa>> <<@mathewhosier9739 says : As someone who has ancestors from both England and Norway, ive always been fascinated with this time in Both English and Viking history>> <<@mathewhosier9739 says : If I got my geography right, London was a part of the kingdom of Essex, not Mercia>> <<@nickcozzie6614 says : WATCH THE LAST KINGDOM IF YOU WANT AN AMAZING AMZING PORTRAYAL OF ALFRED THE GREAT!!!!>> <<@luisff1577 says : the king who defeated the vakings is the muslim Abdoulrahman in spain ...>> <<@caustichonu says : Thanks to my recent Ancestry DNA test, I found out that Alfred is my 44th-great grandfather. Now I find myself binging everything I can about him.>> <<@easternlights3155 says : The family tree mess with Judith does not end there. Not only was she both Alfred's stepmother and his sister-in-law, she was also his daughter's mother-in-law. After Æthelbald's death, she would eventually elope with and marry Baldwin Iron Arm and have a son with him, Baldwin II. Baldwin II. would eventually marry Ælfthryth of Wessex, Alfred's youngest daughter. Funnily enough, one of Ælfthryth's descendants, Matilda, would marry William the Conqueror, which means that even though the House of Wessex officially ended with Edward the Confessor, all of William's descendants would also be Alfred's. In a way, Alfred's children still rule England to this day.>> <<@IronMeerkat26 says : Uhterd Ragnarson did all the work. Why does he get none of the credit?>> <<@The_Malcontented says : @0:46 King John I is also not known as John the Bad, when he REEEEEEALLY should be>> <<@KarenWallace-n8t says : King Alfred the Great has stood majestically in the centre of Wantage Market Square since Victorian times. A great figure that in my day was traditionally climbed on while beer and plastic cups were thrown at it to mark the start of a new year.>> <<@noahLogue-x5l says : I miss simon.>> <<@ahmadghanim-j4f says : Only muslims defeated vikings google it>> <<@Cam-r4i7f says : King Alfred born in Wantage, my hometown>> <<@JoePizzeria007 says : He spared Guthrum and in return and him Baptised. What a BA>> <<@NzGucciGaming says : They did not invade york the made a deal where ivar was given land as far as he could stretch a deers skin...skillfully cut he stretched the skin as big as go make the town jorvik of York in english. Alot of misinformation in this video>> <<@Whydidudoitcrushinator says : Bro you look like a disembodied floating head…>> <<@Mithradates65 says : As someone who's Ancestral bloodline is from Europe, and I have family in England, I love this video and Alfred The Great! 🛡️🗡️>> <<@emilycupcakegirl367 says : My crush is named Alfred. I’m watching this video because I like hearing his name>> <<@wallyfdog1 says : How about doing a Biography on king one the great king 5 the great and king 9 the great of Thailand.>> <<@holyfool3012 says : As Indian in India I don't know why am I falling in love with King Alfred the great>> <<@pushingprofound2064 says : Anyone else here after listening to Hacks From the Past podcast?? Alfred's story is so inspiring!>> <<@roblowe9283 says : Could you explain the period between Alfred and Cnut ?>> <<@PaoloGiovanni says : Nice quote of Ben Kenobi’s description of the Sand People’s initial skittish nature 😂.>> <<@melaniemanning2462 says : Lol, the Vikings thinking England is warm. Keep going south! It gets better!>> <<@johnpaulgonzaga5997 says : Hey Simon fact boy! Love your vids. Can you do 1 for Canute the Great? Much obliged and more power!>>