History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday
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Asexual Royals from History
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Throughout history, across cultures and in every walk of life, there have always been people with varied sexual attractions, or lack there of. Asexuality, in particular, has only been identified and studied since the early 20th century. People in the past did not have the concepts, terminology or relative freedom we have today. So those who might now identify as asexual had a limited understanding of what they were experiencing. This makes it difficult for historians to identify people from the past who may have been asexual. Sexual attractions and relationships of every variety often left evidence, like steamy love letters and reports from others. But a lack of sexual desire was much less likely to be expressed. Sexuality, particularly among royals and especially among women, was often not a matter of choice. Princes and Princesses had to marry and reproduce with whoever their parents told them to. In many cases, particularly when young princesses were wed to much older kings, their own desires were invalid. So unless they risked their lives by having an affair, we can’t know if they were secretly lusting after the stable boy, the kitchen maid, or if they just wanted to be left alone to enjoy a slice of cake.
As with all of my LGBTQIA+ videos, I am sensitive about outing people posthumously. These people are no longer able to tell us their own stories, and we must therefore rely on journals, letters and reports from others, which can’t give us a complete picture. But despite the gaps in our knowledge, these people deserve to have their stories told. I think it is incredibly important for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities to see themselves represented in history and to know that they are not alone in the world or in time. And I have had many requests to do a video about ace royals from the past. So today let’s meet 6 royals from history who’s experiences and actions indicate that they may have been asexual.
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  • @psychicmediumlisamarie3235
    @psychicmediumlisamarie3235 4 години тому

    Great topic and representation; I wonder if Elizabeth was just extremely careful. Robert Dudley was a controversial choice for her and married Lettice because she was “with his child”. I think Elizabeth and he were “active” possibly. Also she did want to marry the Duke Of Anjou possibly but she was 50 something by then and he was Catholic. She probably wanted to marry Dudley too at some point. Again Robert Dudley wasn’t serious about Lettice. It was an affair that got out of hand. Anyway it’s interesting to speculate and talk about LGBTQA history 🌈

  • @AquarianZenaida
    @AquarianZenaida 4 години тому

    Both of my closest friends are ace, and my sister is demi. They aren't the history nerds that I am, but I extend thanks on behalf of them for putting together such a good video in honor of all the asexuals out there. I've loved your videos for almost 5 years at this point and always get so excited seeing your notifications. ❤

  • @mizfrenchtwist
    @mizfrenchtwist 4 години тому

    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @FormerTory92
    @FormerTory92 4 години тому

    Aww, Lindsay, your intro genuinely had me crying😭 your way with words is beautiful and thanks for quite clearly being an ally❤️❤️❤️

  • @rosymaze
    @rosymaze 4 години тому

    Thank you so much for making this! Many don’t even consider this as a possibility let alone make a vid on it.

  • @user-xi5cq9vj8s
    @user-xi5cq9vj8s 5 годин тому

    This is why your my favorite UA-cam u get me

  • @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow
    @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow 5 годин тому

    who else like this channell

  • @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow
    @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow 5 годин тому

    who else like this Lindsay Holliday

  • @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow
    @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow 5 годин тому

    who else like Lindsay

  • @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow
    @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow 5 годин тому

    who else like Lindsay holiday episode / video

  • @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow
    @MohammadAbdullaha-er1ow 5 годин тому

    who else Lindsay content

  • @fubytv731
    @fubytv731 5 годин тому

    As a hypersexual, I am intrigued.

  • @dinealone0
    @dinealone0 5 годин тому

    for the thumbnail replace the cake emoji with a 💩 please “i’d rather eat shit” is so funny

  • @Ruki9410
    @Ruki9410 5 годин тому

    Happy Pride month!!

  • @kristinetaulbut4975
    @kristinetaulbut4975 5 годин тому

    I would have thought Henry VI would be on this list

  • @user-od5fh3gn4d
    @user-od5fh3gn4d 5 годин тому

    Absurd topic, rewriting history, almost as bad as "tranzing" a historical woman.

  • @HideYourKarmaChameleon
    @HideYourKarmaChameleon 5 годин тому

    Happy Pride Month! Thanks for repping Aces in history and time 🏳️‍🌈

  • @larrywave
    @larrywave 6 годин тому

    🤔

  • @zabrinna6554
    @zabrinna6554 6 годин тому

  • @susanmorgan8833
    @susanmorgan8833 6 годин тому

    You could have included Richard I (the Lion hearted). His Queen, Berengaria, saw little of him, even with his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine following him practically everywhere, taking his wife with her, to try and get them together to produce an heir.

  • @susanfabian1521
    @susanfabian1521 6 годин тому

    I'd love to see a program about Eleanor of aquitaine's children!! 😮

  • @areiaaphrodite
    @areiaaphrodite 6 годин тому

    Sometimes, I wonder if Edward the Confessor could have also been asexual. He was married to Edith of Wessex but died childless. It was said that he never even consummated his marriage to Edith because he took a vow of celibacy.

  • @agiel7791
    @agiel7791 6 годин тому

    Thank you! No one ever talks about asexuality. It's easily ignored or skipped over. It's nice to be seen!

  • @StiggusRattus
    @StiggusRattus 6 годин тому

    As an asexual this is awesome ☺️

  • @revanius2213
    @revanius2213 6 годин тому

    Another possible Asexual or Aromantic royal is Basil II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, who in his fifty-year reign as Emperor never married, had no known lovers, and no children. He had a younger brother who did marry but he never did.

  • @Juanita-gf4te
    @Juanita-gf4te 6 годин тому

    Apparently it was when Marie Antoinette's brother came to visit from Austria that he got tot eh bottom of the young kings problem. He simply didn't know what to do and had to be taught the mechanics of intercourse, which his brother in law gave him exact instructions - a how to lecture. Soon after the young queen became pregnant and delivered a daughter. Two sons followed. He was a good husband and never took mistresses, sadly he was a bumbling king who took wrong advice from the wrong people.

  • @brontesaurusrex7235
    @brontesaurusrex7235 6 годин тому

    *squees in aroace*

  • @willowravenwright5518
    @willowravenwright5518 6 годин тому

    My dear, dear Lindsay… I cannot thank you enough for this unexpected video. As someone who is Ace, I almost cried when I saw this video. So many people do not see us. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for seeing us. We are Ace and we are valid.

  • @LifesGood22
    @LifesGood22 6 годин тому

    🖤🩶💜🤍

  • @moondove1822
    @moondove1822 6 годин тому

    Watching your video today was the highlight of my birthday!!

  • @user-dt3wm8rn4j
    @user-dt3wm8rn4j 6 годин тому

    Choice not to. Later years is a choice people don't get that. Finding yourself in young years is next to impossible. Hormones & people. Finding oneself later is liberating. It's not difficult to find willing people, but nah. FREEDOM. 😊

  • @Juanita-gf4te
    @Juanita-gf4te 6 годин тому

    I don't believe Elizabeth l was asexual.....she just couldn't have the man she wanted, her Robbie. I believe they had some intimacy between them when they were able to snatch time alone but she couldn't go all the way with him. She was a passionate woman who loved flirting with her courtiers and perhaps teasing them to a degree. That was her womanly power besides her queenly power. But she loved her sweet Robin all her life and her devastation at his death was real. I can only imagine the self control it took when they were both young for her not to yield to him.....I couldn't have done it when I was deeply in love. She must have been deeply frustrated at times and this may have caused some of her moodiness.......but as she saw it she had so much to lose and indeed she would let no man rule over her.

  • @ray101892
    @ray101892 6 годин тому

    How about William Rufus and Edward the Confessor?

  • @Kenzalina_
    @Kenzalina_ 6 годин тому

    Interesting, I have always thought that Elizabeth I was definitely a virgin. She knew all too well to trust no one. Plus she had no privacy. If she had given into Dudley. It would have been used against her.

  • @Z3r0_g
    @Z3r0_g 6 годин тому

    As an asexual person myself, it’s safe to say that this is a very good way to get our attention.

  • @FrankieJayUK
    @FrankieJayUK 6 годин тому

    I’m asexual and Elizabeth is my favourite monarch - thank you for representing us ❤️

  • @kalnfornia
    @kalnfornia 6 годин тому

    Your respect for those you speak of and who are no longer here is first class. Kudos to you.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 6 годин тому

    HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈 The Aroace Spectrum is as valid as everyone else 💜♠️💚🌿

  • @anntee9036
    @anntee9036 6 годин тому

    Yessss ❤ representation! The A in LGBTQIA+ doesn’t the recognition it deserves.

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig263 7 годин тому

    Lindsay I'm sure this video is going to mean so much to so many people! Thank you!

  • @MegCazalet
    @MegCazalet 7 годин тому

    This is a fascinating subject, thank you! I love how you are careful and respectful, while also helping people see themselves possibly represented in history. Teaching people how to look at history with a queer lens is extremely valuable, for the very reason you say: there’s often very little obvious evidence, and it takes a different approach to whatever evidence we do have. It also brings history alive in yet another way that can inspire more people to study and love history. 🎉 🌈

  • @samuelcohen2362
    @samuelcohen2362 7 годин тому

    Midnight release! Sweet

  • @SaurianCYH
    @SaurianCYH 7 годин тому

    “Increasingly ironic hobby of locksmithing” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @blacademics
    @blacademics 7 годин тому

    The speed with which I clicked and liked!! Thank you from a long time ace spectrum follower, fellow history lover, and new content creator! Mostly was on TikTok but now want to expand to UA-cam❤

  • @lisapop5219
    @lisapop5219 7 годин тому

    I don't get why this is a topic. It's impossible to prove any of it

  • @nullakjg767
    @nullakjg767 7 годин тому

    people were really ugly and gross back then. i wouldnt be able to get it up around someone who showers once a month either.

    • @Annielee825
      @Annielee825 5 годин тому

      Only that they weren't. The standards were different, for sure, but no human being ENJOYS being dirty. They would still try to uphold cleanliness as best as they could.

  • @nevaehonrefni
    @nevaehonrefni 7 годин тому

    My brother is asexual so I really appreciate this ❤ my father thinks it's not real 🙃 it's very infuriating

  • @namieaguilar
    @namieaguilar 7 годин тому

    Is be cool if u did aro Spectrum bc im Demiromantic

  • @GoyimAreNotSlaves
    @GoyimAreNotSlaves 7 годин тому

    Should've Pulcheria of the Byzantine Empire You should do an entire video on her