Legendary Knights of the Middle Ages Explained in 22 Minutes

You've made a mistake here with one knight. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. The only wholly undefeated man in history as far as I know. Led an entire life of battle and never once lost whether leading battles by land, sea, in siege or defense against siege. He did not loose Cabra, he won it and routed the forces of Abd Allah of Granada, he fought on behalf of the Seville Taifa. The Medieval age is brimming with legendary knights, we haven't even here touched on Robert Guiscard, the Hauteville family, Balduin IV of Jerusalem and many more.

Very nice stuff. As an interesting fact, I can add that in Poland we have a popular adage: "Można na nim polegać, tak jak na Zawiszy" ("You can rely on him like you can rely on Zawisza".) . This means someone you can always rely on, faithful to his word, willing to help and support.

You forget a VERY IMPORTANT FACT about El Cid, beyond his military career: upon his death, the "Cantar del Mío Cid" was composed, most probably comissioned by his family. This text is considered the oldest secular text in Spanish, and the starting point of the Spanish Literature

One water spring with monument near the fortress of Golubac bears the name of Zawisza the Black. Supposedly he was executed on that spot by the Turks.

I would have put Pierre Terrail Seigneur De Bayard on the list as well... he was the closest thing you can get as a "one man army" back in the days!

20:30 "Accusations" is an understatement. Martin V has cursed entire nation after the battle of Grunwald. And despite 600+ years from this event, inluding 20 years of Polish pope JP2 the curse remains in its "legal" power xD. Which would explain a lot tbh....

The labelling of the slides with the names is much appreciated. Not many channel editors understand the point of doing that. Congrats!

Cool vid! Learn about Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portucale, he was a french knight who came to help in the Reconquista, and also his son who became the first king of Portugal Dom Afonso Henriques.

Forgot the Templar Gualdim Pais. He held Tomar with only 300 knights against the Almohad Caliphate

In polish there's a saying - trust his word like Zawisza's...

Harry Hotspur and William Marshal are my favourite Knights, I’ve visited all their castles.

Excellent video. One thing though, you used the combined coats of arms of the Commonwealth (combined Poland and Lithuania) instead of the Polish coat of arms when talking about Zawisza the Black.

Zawisza mentioned 🔥🔥🦅🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱✝️🏋️🗿🔫‼️🏹🦾🚣🤹

Made a glue airfix model of the black prince when I kid. Been to one of he's castle in Norfolk, England.. Really a interesting warrior to study . 👽👍

Cool vid.👍, how about Jan z Michalovic or Plichta ze Žerotína, both famous knights and interesting stories.

you forgot Henry of Skalitz

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The Greatest Knight that Existed was Godfrey that's why he belongs as one of the three Christian Héroes of the Nine of Fame composed by: Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey.

El Cid and Robert Viscart are my favourites.

Very nice