Experts say, don’t just pay attention to the changes in the epidemic every day.
It’s time to chase stars, and it’s time to chase dramas.
In recent years, palace fighting dramas have become the most popular.
In fact, we are not the only ones who love watching palace fights.
European and American netizens also like it!
Today I recommend these high-rated palace battle dramas to you~
European palace scenes are gorgeous, with beautiful makeup and hair,
Moreover, these people who were married to close relatives started fighting.
That is also quite exciting!
Xiaoxin is also very considerate in sorting by historical context.
You can review the history of half of Europe~
The history of the entire European nobility originated from the Roman Empire. The founding emperor was Gaius Octavian, known as Augustus the Great in history. The one who drove Cleopatra to death in "Cleopatra".
At its peak, this country occupied most of Western Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe, as well as vast territories in West Asia and North Africa, and the entire Mediterranean became its inland sea. Later the Roman Empire split into two empires, the East and West.
In 359 AD, Western Rome fell, slavery collapsed in Western Europe, and the Middle Ages entered the Middle Ages for nearly a thousand years. The Holy Roman Empire established later was defined as a "historically German state" because it was the Germans who destroyed Western Rome.
The Eastern Roman Empire was destroyed by the Ottoman-Turkish Empire in 1453. In 1472, Grand Duke Ivan III of Moscow married Sophie, the niece of the last Eastern Roman emperor, claiming that she had inherited the orthodoxy of Eastern Rome.
SO, this is why in a Europe full of kings and grand dukes, only the Holy Roman Empire and Russia are called emperors. In Europe, which attaches great importance to blood inheritance, no peasant can become an emperor by saying that he was born with an abnormality.
Rome
"Rome", broadcast on HBO in 2005, was co-produced by HBO and the BBC. It was set in 52 BC, when Julius Caesar was still alive. At that time, Rome was still a Roman Republic that started as a city-state. We can regard it as a prequel to the entire European court drama.
HBO, which has always focused only on quality over ratings, spent US$110 million on the 10 episodes of the first season. There are more than 3,000 custom-made costumes of Roman nobles in the series, which are very gorgeous. The city, Senate, and Colosseum were all completely rebuilt in Italy.
The legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria appeared in several scenes in the play (one of the eight wonders of the world, only recorded in history books, and many people questioned its existence). The producers later built one themselves, and they had to pay attention to it. spread.
The plot includes the scene between Caesar and Cleopatra, the killing and killing scenes are grand, and the sex scenes are also very exciting.
Everyone's rating: 8.9
The drama has a total of 2 seasons and has been completed
Starring: Kevin McKidd/Ray Stevenson/Ciaran Hinds/Kenneth Cullenham/Kerry Condon
the last kingdom
After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, there was no longer a unified political power in Europe. The territory was divided up by multiple foreign national governments. Ten kingdoms were established successively, becoming the predecessors of some European countries today.
Also known as The Spring and Autumn Period, the play is full of plots of revenge and atonement. It is adapted from the best-selling novel "Saxon Legend" by the famous historical novelist Bernard Cornish, and recreates the early history of England.
The whole play tells the story of Alfred the Great, the only man in England's history who was awarded the title of Emperor, who led his subjects to fight against the invasion of Viking pirates in the ninth century. In the year 872, when many of the separate kingdoms of what is now known as England have been ravaged by the invading Vikings, the great kingdom of Wessex has been left standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred the Great.
The fighting scenes in the ice and snow, as well as the female warriors of BH, are all reminiscent of "Game of Thrones".
Everyone's rating: 9.1
The drama has a total of 3 seasons and has been completed
Starring: David Dawson/Alexander Draymond/Tobias Santelman/Millie Brady/Toby Rigg
Medici Family: Famous Family of Emerald Emeralds
When you think of Rome, you think of Italy. There are two very powerful families in Italy. The Medici family must have names. The Chinese translation of the title follows Xu Zhimo's old translation of Florence, and "The Famous Family of Fei Leng Cui" looks so literary and artistic. Actually, everyone knows about American dramas, which are proper large-scale palace historical dramas.
The play begins with the funeral of Giorgio de' Medici in 1429, the man who earned the first pot of gold for the family and from whom the legend begins. The whole play spans a long time and talks about several generations. Cosimo in the first season is Renzo and Giuliano's grandfather in the second season.
Giuliano de' Medici was a handsome and sports-loving "golden boy". Basically, those who have learned sketching have painted a plaster statue of Medici (also known as David), that is Giuliano Benno. He and his brother wanted to make Florence a financial and cultural center, while also confronting the ancient Pazzi family.
On April 26, 1478, the Pazzi family and their accomplices, with the permission of Pope Sixtus IV, successfully assassinated Giuliano during mass in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore.
Everyone's rating: 8.2
The drama has a total of 3 seasons and has been completed
Season 1 Starring: Richard Madden/Dustin Hoffman
Season 2 Starring: Sean Bean/Bradley James/Daniel Sharman/Sarah Parrish/Julian Sanders
Season 3 Starring: Sinoway Carlson / Daniel Sharman / Jacobo Olmo Antinori
The Borgias
Another famous Borgia family, the TV series "The Borgias" is set in 1492, the story of Pope Alexander VI (real name) and his children.
In Europe, divine power has always been higher than monarchy, and archbishops have great power in the government. Therefore, palace battles in Europe were not only a fight for favor between women, but also a fight for power between the royal family and the Holy See. Pope Alexander VI in this play was influential in Europe and was a very influential religious, military and political leader at that time.
This is the family history of the most filthy Pope in history. The plot of the first season begins with his campaign for the Pope. Every member of the family has become a pawn of power. By season three, the plot spans ten years, following the rise of the Borgia family as Italy moves into the new century.
Pope Alexander VI played by Jeremy Irons seems to have his usual expressionless and gloomy style, but he perfectly displays the notorious pope's typical characters such as lust for power, hypocrisy and treachery.
Everyone's rating: 8.5
The drama has a total of 3 seasons and has been completed
Starring: Jeremy Irons/Francois Arnold/Holliday Granger/David Oakes/Lotte Fourber
empty crown
"The Hollow Crown", also known as "The False Crown" and "The Hollow Crown", are four Shakespeare dramas carefully produced by BBC2 for the 2012 London Olympics. Continuing the BBC's consistent style, it is meticulously crafted and extremely faithful to the original work, interpreting the life and death of three generations of kings and the black hole cycle in the struggle for power.
The plot tells the story of this magnificent epic from the Plantagenets to the Tudors. The Plantagenet dynasty was the longest reigning dynasty in England, with eight official kings. A nobleman from Anjou, France, ruled England from 1154 to 1399.
The four dramas in the first season are "Richard II", "Henry IV: Part 1", "Henry IV: Part 2" and "Henry V". With Curly as Richard III, Ben Whishaw as Richard II, and Long Legs as Henry V, this lineup is enough to entice people.
In 2017, the BBC launched the second season of The Hollow Crown, which was still adapted from Shakespeare's play of the same name. It only had 3 episodes of "Richard III" and "Henry VI" (Part 1 and 2), and its ratings were far lower than those of the first season.
Everyone's rating: 8.6
The drama has a total of 2 seasons and has been completed
Season 1 Starring: Ben Whishaw/Jeremy Irons/Tom Hiddleston
Season 2 Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch/Michael Gambon/Andrew Scott/Kelly Hawes/Ben Daniels/Tom Sturridge
white queen
The history of this play coincides with "The Empty Crown", from the establishment of the York Dynasty by Edward IV, the great-grandson of Edmund of Langley, the fifth son of Edward III, to Henry VII completely ending the War of the Roses that had been fought on and off for 30 years and establishing the capital. Tudor Dynasty.
The War of the Roses was a civil war that broke out in 1455 between two descendants of King Edward III of England: supporters of the House of Lancaster and the House of York, fighting for the throne of England. They were named because their family emblems are red roses and white roses respectively. When the play begins, the war has been going on for nine years. Edward IV has succeeded his father who died in the war as the leader of the York faction, won the victory and sat on the throne.
The king defied all odds and married Elizabeth Woodville. This marriage partner was not only a middle-class nobleman, but also a widow with two oily sons, and he was also in true love. Unfortunately, Edward IV, who was powerful and doted on his wife, did not live long. His eldest son was only 13 years old when he died of illness. Henry Tudor, son of Lady Margaret Beaufort, whom the Lancastrians quickly supported, succeeded in seizing the throne.
Eventually, Henry, who represented the Red Rose family, married the princess who represented the White Rose family. From then on, the British royal family's emblem changed to red and white roses.
Everyone's rating: 7.4
The show has a total of 1 season and has ended
Main cast: Aneurin Barnard/David Oakes/Jenny McTeer
Isabella I
Queen Isabel I was the queen, queen and empress at the same time. This queen was the empress of the Holy Roman Empire. The empire that was inherited from the regime that destroyed the Western Roman Empire did not have a fixed capital, and the emperor often worked part-time.
This play is a biography about the Catholic Queen Isabel of Castile. The heroine is a very famous queen in Spanish history. She was diligent throughout her life and all five of her children were born during the journey. She and her husband were famous Catholic twin kings. Their marriage led to the formation of the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile into a co-ownership confederation in 1479, and laid a solid foundation for her grandson to unify Spain.
Isabella I was Queen of Castile and Queen of Aragon, and her husband Ferdinand II was King of Aragon. The youngest daughter of the two kings, Catherine, is the original queen of Henry VIII of the Tudor Dynasty, and the female lead in the new drama "The Spanish Princess" aired in 2019. Isabella I was also the patron of Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic.
The emotional scene between Isabel and Ferdinand II in the play is very delicate and tender, and her sexy big tongue voice is so real that it can make your ears pregnant.
Everyone's rating: 8.6
The show has a total of 3 seasons and has ended
Starring: Michelle Jeanne/Rodolpho Sancho/Pablo Delqui/Barbara Leni/Pedro Casablanco
spanish princess
This princess was the daughter of two Spanish kings. She married to Britain and became the Crown Princess. She was known as "Catherine of Aragon" in history. She was Henry VIII's first wife, but was deprived of her title. Eventually, Catherine was buried in Peterborough Church as the Dowager Princess of Wales, rather than Queen of England.
"The Spanish Princess" is adapted from the novels "The" and "The King's Curse" written by Gregory Gory, as a companion volume to "The White Queen" and "The White Princess".
The protagonist of the play is Princess Catherine from Aragon. She is beautiful, smart, noble, and a devout Catholic. Because of her political marriage, she brought Lina, a Moorish lady official, to England and married Prince Arthur of Wales. The heroine also became He married the Princess of Wales, but Arthur died of illness before their wedding. Suddenly left a widow, Catherine was married to her younger brother Henry, who later became Henry VIII.
The whole play ends when they are newly married. The picture above is a still from "The White Princess", showing you what Queen Catherine's mother-in-law looked like when she was young (even though she was an actress)!
Everyone's rating: 7.0
The drama has a total of 1 season and has been completed
Starring: Charlotte Hope/Elliot Cowan/Stuart McNeil/Luri O'Connor/Jordan Len
The Tudors
King Henry VIII of England was born in peacetime, the second son of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York (the eldest daughter of Edward IV). It took 10 episodes to film his grandmother's "White Queen", and only 8 episodes to film his mother's "White Princess". To film him, it took 4 seasons and a total of 38 episodes. It felt like it was sped up in the 4th season.
The life of Henry VIII, the second king of the Tudor Dynasty, was very exciting. His second son was supposed to be a wealthy and idle man, but because his unlucky brother died of illness, the throne and the queen who had not had time to consummate the marriage belonged to him. Not only did he make the UK leave the European Union, no, leave the Catholic Church, but he also married six queens in a monogamous marriage system, and he was also an architect who was delayed by the throne.
You know, Henry VIII's father and grandfather were dedicated people who only married one queen in their lives, but he was different. The show has a total of 4 seasons. The story begins with Henba having an affair with Anne Boleyn, who was still a mistress, and ends with him finishing his life. Six queens appear one after another, and three children are born one by one. It is nicknamed by fans of the show as "Desperate "Palace" Housewife".
There are always beauties in the magnificent palace under Henry VIII's rule. Dances, flirtations, trysts, and indescribable scenes are waiting for you.
Everyone's rating: 8.0
The drama has a total of 4 seasons and has been completed
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers/Sam Neill/Jeremy Northam/Natalie Dormer/Anna Bravest
queen of the wind
10
When the King of England was mentioned above, he was the King of England, because Britain was not unified at that time. Queen Elizabeth I of England had no offspring, so she chose a son from a relative from a neighboring country to inherit the throne. This child, known as James I in history, was chosen by history to peacefully unify the Kingdom of Great Britain.
"Queen of the Wind" tells the legendary story of Mary Stuart, a famous monarch in the history of France and Scotland. She ascended the throne just six days after she was born. She was engaged and sent to France at the age of five, and became the queen of France at the age of 16. She was James Stuart's biological mother and chose for him a father with English inheritance. She was a golf enthusiast and the first person in history to use a caddy.
Australian actress Adelaide Kane, who plays the female lead, is said to be a descendant of Queen Mary. The show was originally planned to run for five seasons, starting with Mary's girlhood and ending with her martyrdom. But because the fifth season was canceled, the final fourth season only showed her being forced to abdicate, and then jumped directly to her beheading.
Although the French King Francois II, who was handsome and doted on his wife, only lived to be 16 years old in history, he was kept in the show until the fourth season thanks to the screenwriter. The Easter eggs in the finale are also super sweet, so I won’t spoil them here.
Everyone’s rating: 7.5
The drama has a total of 4 seasons and has been completed
Starring: Adelaide Kane/Caitlin Stasey/Anna Popplewell/Megan Follow
musketeer
11
France does not allow women to inherit the throne, so after the male heirs of the Valois dynasty died, Henry IV, who had no idea how good he was, was chosen to succeed him. He was Louis XIII's father.
This masterpiece by Alexandre Dumas has been adapted into film and television works many times. The version recommended today is jointly produced by the BBC and BBC1 and broadcast in three seasons from 2014 to 2016. The background of the story is set in France in the 17th century, when France had changed from the Valois dynasty to the Bourbon dynasty.
The story tells the story of the protagonist d'Artagnan joining King Louis XIII's Musketeer Guards and protecting his family and country with three other elite warriors. The love between d'Artagnan and Constance, Aramis and Queen Anna, and the love and murder between Athos and the bishop's female assassin are all very interesting.
This time Athos, Aramis and d'Artagnan are so good-looking that even the villain Cardinal has attracted countless fans.
Everyone’s rating: 7.7
The drama has a total of 3 seasons and has been completed
Starring: Tom Burke/Santiago Cabrera/Rupert Everett/Ryan Gage/Matthew McNulty
Versailles
12
Starting with Louis XIII, all subsequent Bourbon kings were named Louis, all the way up to 16, the one who went to the guillotine.
"Versailles" () is a TV series set in the era of Louis XIV of France, with a high budget and a strong working team. Louis XIV, who nicknamed himself the Sun King, reigned for 72 years and March 18, making him the longest-reigning independent sovereign monarch in European history and the European version of Kangxi.
The first season begins when Louis XIV is 28 years old. At the cusp of the crisis, as the ruthless monarch of the Bourbon dynasty of France, he solves problems and builds the most luxurious Versailles Palace in Europe. In the third season, Louis XIV discovered the Man in the Iron Mask in the process of opening up the American colonies…
The male actors in the play all have long, wavy hair, and all of them are assassins with their backs. Then there are the many beautiful mistresses, with luxurious clothes and luxury goods all over their bodies.
Everyone's rating: 9.1
The drama has a total of 3 seasons and has been completed
Starring: George Brydon/Alexander Villarhus/Evan Williams/Amira Casa
maria theresia
13
It is unscientific that there is no Austrian court in the European court drama. After all, the Habsburgs are also a very, very important ruling family. Sissi is not only a famous woman in Austria, not to mention that she married to Austria from Germany.
In 2017, Austria and the Czech Republic co-produced a TV series about the life of Austria’s first queen. Maria Theresa was the beloved eldest daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Karl had no children, so he issued an edict to pass the throne to his daughter. By virtue of her noble birth, the 23-year-old Maria received the Archduke of Austria, the crowns of Hungary and Bohemia.
However, the princes of the Holy Roman Empire refused to recognize a queen, and the crown finally fell on Maria's husband Francis I. In essence, Francis I was not interested in politics, and all power was in Maria's hands. In her later years, she devoted herself to opposing the war that partitioned Poland and safeguarding international peace. She seemed to have some issues with Catherine II, the Empress of the Russian Empire.
Maria was originally going to marry in Russia, but because her fiancé died in infancy, she took it upon herself to marry for love. In the 20 years of marriage, she gave birth to 16 children! Of her 11 daughters, 10 were married into strategic marriages, including Marie Antoinette, who accompanied Louis XVI to the guillotine.
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The territory of the Holy Roman Empire was centered on the German region, roughly equivalent to the entire territory of today's Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein, most of Denmark, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, eastern France, western Poland and northern Italy. Spanning the north and south of the Alps, it was the only large country in medieval Europe with an imperial title.
Catherine the Great
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Most of the royal girls are well-educated in order to one day sit in the back seat and govern the country together. When the king dies young and his minor child takes the throne, his mother has to assume the role of regent. But like Catherine, who kicked off her husband and ascended the throne on her own, Wu Zetian was probably the only one.
The play tells the story of the political struggles and emotional life in the court of Catherine II, the longest-reigning female monarch in the Russian Empire. Although this woman was not born into a fighting nation, she lived to become the Russian version of Wu Zetian, and was the only empress in Russian history to be named the "Great Emperor".
The story begins when Empress Elizabeth Petrovna has no heirs, identifies her nephew Peter as the heir, and then sets out to choose a wife for him. Ekaterina was the chosen girl from Germany's declining little aristocracy. She was originally just a machine that would be scrapped after giving birth. She eventually replaced her incompetent husband and became the queen.
In addition to the heroine's beauty, she is also resourceful and ambitious, recreating this controversial historical figure.
Everyone's rating: 8.8
I don’t know how many seasons there are, but it’s currently in season 3.
Starring:: Marina Alexandrova
victoria
15
Maria Theresia, who married 10 daughters, was revered as the "European Mother-in-Law". Another person who could rival her was Victoria, the "European Grandmother".
The historical drama "Victoria" launched on ITV in 2017 does not require knowledge of history, but it is recommended to eat dog food. The first two episodes dabble in some of the power struggles surrounding the throne, with the remainder mostly occupied by romance. The legendary romance between Victoria and Albert is naturally indispensable, but what is even more surprising is the exposure of the ambiguous relationship between the young Victoria and Prime Minister Melbourne.
In the UK, the order of succession to the throne is based on birth order, with boys taking precedence, and if there are no sons, daughters are chosen. There were no sons or daughters, only the brothers and their descendants had their turn. When Victoria was born in 1819, her father was ecstatic about the birth of this strong, healthy first-born daughter, who, since none of his three brothers had children, would become the Queen of England.
Victoria's reign lasted for 63 years and seven months. It was the most powerful "empire on which the sun never sets" period in the UK. It was called the "Victorian Era" in British history. The economy and culture were unprecedentedly prosperous, and it was a symbol of peace and prosperity in the UK. Therefore, the scenes of this drama are magnificent and definitely not inferior to "The Tudors".
Everyone's rating: 8.5
The drama has a total of 3 seasons and has been completed
Starring: Jenna Coleman/Rufus Sewell/Katherine Fleming/Paul Rhys/Peter Firth
That’s it for today’s tweets. Xiaoxin is so tired that he can’t even write the conclusion.
