History Matters's video: Why are so many European royal families German Short Animated Documentary

At the dawn of the First World War most ruling royal families in Europe were from German houses. Given that Europe is made up mostly of people who aren't German; why was this the case? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my patrons: thypthon Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Carl Österbrand Sergio M. Vela Heath Robertson Dave Brondsema Michael Kram Hasmuffin Franco La Bruna Don Bonnigan Ethan Bradley chaulk Azlow the Lion Ian Whitcomb Southside Mitch Adam Barrett Justin Kubusch Matthew Literovich John Ryan Schindeler JakeBak0905 Person Ray Charles Barkley Farquhar Ramshackle Shion sharpie660 Paul Munro Nathan Mendelsohn Aaron Conaway Jane Sumpter Joshua Rackstraw Philip Yip Mario Peshev Andrea Dekrout BeninPrince51 Joooooshhhhhh Brooks Woolson Piotr Wojnowski Sean D. Travis Mount Christopher Godfrey Tom Ebert S. Marisol Asselta DocOzz13 . Vance Christiaanse Shauna K Phoenix Fats Martha Grondin Alex Teplyakov Nicholas Menghini Erik Hare Adrian Marine D. Mahlik zockotron Barry Ron Johnson Jamie van Brewen Windischgraetz Arthur Hosey Jr. Steven Gibson Konstantin Bredyuk Andy McGehee Baste Thomas McGraw Andreas Mosand Porkmeister Roman Kynčl Andrew F Nick Macarius Joshua Schneider Phillip Gathright Jack Nelson Peter Marino William Swiacki Dr. Schtnizel Jack Wicks Zhao Liu MGS2600 Tony Belmonte Liam Gilleece Chris Winther GrokThis Tactical_Jackal Nolan Peale Matthew Toles Dana Spurgeon ConspiracyPizza Shawn Morse Contdoko12 Ivaer Jake Faust Jacob Zachs Allen Rines Angel Aguiñaga Snowdon Bret Allan Michael Galloway Dullis Brian George Clayton Schuman John Garcia Vilena5 Katie Flinn Keith A. Layton Tiffany Twisted Chase Labiste Mickey Landen HelloAgain Matt Reed Zach Rust Chris Weisel Joe DeVito mgnesium.poetry Sahni Leena Al-Souki Serius_Loyola Ciege Engine Carl Blanton Andrew Patane Imperial Pony Ben Drums 24 ARandomPaperClip blaZzinG_FurY Matthew O'Connor KNSTRKTVST Bradley Backoff Michael Myers William Adderholdt Perry Gagne Joseph Hutchins Zachary Pascalar Bernice Bartosz Zasada Bodo Nuber Wilhelm Screamer TH Harley Raptopoulos JAY ALAN EDELMAN Tim Stone george tyler Matthew Hogan Ryan Marinelli Curt Helmerich Justin Short Jason Gould William Wilkerson Colm Byrne Anthony McCann Liquid Chief Juan Castillo David van Reyk Łukasz Burchard Hexapuma No way bas mensink Aaron Larrow Warren Rudkin Greyceful Ahmed Roshdi ThePalestRose Oliver Jenner Random Insanity Ian Smith Joseph Reinsch Steven Mastronardo Fabrizio Zagonel Adam Rabung Clay Carroll Blue Cardinal Shakira Graham Ned Burke Logical Insanity Tyler Jenkins Vegard Tønnessen Tim Stumbaugh Tim Sweeney Burt Clothier Robin! Ethan Harlow Dexter_McAaron Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Stefan Møller BattleGoat Studios Ryan Lowe Chris Wreker James Ali Sadighian Joel Wasserman Matthew Ward Thomas McGill Bren Ehnebuske Geoffrey Sparrow kevinh Matt Busch Christian Vasquez Leon Romney Manassa Joel Cromwell Michael Dierker Andrew Niedbala Steve Bonds luvrhino Andrey Listochkin Sethars Chach Yared Cristiano Mars Project Abhijeeth Joseph Kerckhoff Colonel Oneill William Clark Emily Glover-Wilson Manny F Hiro P SketerK Richard Wolfe Alex Slepak Donald Weaver Melissa Prober Yuichiro Kakutani Jonny Minogue Benjamin Bowring Azul Bravestrong pdswanfleet nullptr Brian Giordano Ryan Haber Jeffrey Schneider Nathan Ngumi Joshua A Bishop Alen Anthony Uk Rob Rollins Emily D Joker 54 Yosef Waysman SirAlpaka Thomas Wang John Orr Hunter Bayliss LambOfLeg Tino Daniel D. I'm Not In The Description Mirza Ahmed Dustin Koellhoffer Juan Benet anon JT96 Tristan Kreller Zach Weakland Roko Lisica Mik Scheper Sean Long Ian M Ball State David Spellmeyer hefcluba Allen Austin Martin Mr. Awesome Tranier Bocaj Scott Oppel Michael Wagner Igor Stavchanskiy Alex G. Mark Ploegstra Miky Hidalgo Morriss Gregory Priebe James R DeVries Gordon Wilson Augustus Caesar Dr. Sarno Now Seibert 0_DannyBoy Pat Stahl Jesse Plung Dutchball Animations Sara Birnbaum Bernardo Cavalcanti Chasen Le Hara Laurent Othacehe Paoli Ferlicca Kevin Phoenix Kinfe85 Kirk Hoffman John Gross-Whitaker Isabel Harrison Eric Askins Riley davidson Lech Duraj George Caponera Victor Gomez Theodosius the Elder Danny Anstess Zachary Oertel Robert Brockway mohd Sophie Winter Wolf Charles Doolittle Seth Reeves Rita Cragwall Phil and Lisa Toland Nathan Snyder Heytun Peter Konieczny אורי פרקש Will Sullivan AltHistoryConjectures Doug MacLean Colm Boyle Dan Reiher Andrew Sever Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Paul McGee Lindorien Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Daniel O'Reilly Typhoon2401 Deadlock Markus Lindström Gezza The Random Reviewer Michael Corson blei95 Jan Bart Verbist Robin_Col M Scho Kasi Olaf Schwarzer Hai biohazardgamer James Laura Jeal Tarsirrus Rhys Little Ben L Jackarice26 joshua smyth Gina Service Twinny Hill Harrison Tatem-Wyatt Justin McDaid zemnmez Phil Johnston Roberticus1992 DarkLycan Tom Pollard Matthew Shelby Rhys Jackson