Dilemma
So, on Wednesday, the prof in my History Through Film class gave us a lecture on Chivalry and such to lead us into the film for the week. Included in the lecture was information about William IX of Aquitaine, his granddaughter Eleanor of Aquitaine, and some of her descendents. I noticed midway through that part of the lecture that he was saying that Eleanor's granddaughter Blanche married Philip II Augustus who only reigned three years before he died. I knew that wasn't right, because Philip was Richard the Lionheart's rival, whichh lasted for years. They went on the Third Crusade together, etc. So, during the break and before he started the movie, I brought it up with him and pointed out the mistake to him, which he immediately caught onto.
Now I'm a complete and utter nerd when it comes to royal genealogies, I admit it freely. Eleanor of Aquitaine also happens to be one of my favorite historical figures, so I've researched quite a bit about her and I know a fair bit about her descendents. Most of my knowledge goes toward the English branch of her descendents, but I still know a little about the French branch.
The prof kept saying that Eleanor's granddaughter Blanche of Navarre married Philip II Augustus, but had an ardent admirerer in Thibaut IV of Champagne, who was the son of Marie de Champagne, Eleanor's eldest child from her first marriage. I pointed out the mistake about Philip, but something still didn't seem right. So, earlier I looked up a few things to remind myself and saw that he got a lot more wrong than I thought.
Thibaut IV of Champagne was the grandson of Marie de Champagne, and his mother was Blanche of Navarre. Eleanor's granddaughter, who married Philip's son, Louis VIII, was Blanche of Castile, and they were the parents of Louis IX, or Saint Louis. Louis VIII only reigned for a few years, and his wife served as their son's regent until he grew up. Thibaut had a great admiration for that Blanche (and some even hinted that they might have been lovers, though there is no conclusive proof of it).
My dilemma: how to point out that the prof royally fucked up the genealogies in the midst of his lecture on the troubadours without sounding like a complete know-it-all? I've already pointed out one mistake, so doing it again just makes me feel like I'm being nitpicky, and yet I don't want the entire class to have faulty information in case this stuff should be on the midterm.
*headdesk* This is my punishment for being such a geek about this kind of thing: I can smell a mistake a mile away, and yet I look like a stuck-up geek if I point it out, especially given how much of a mess the prof made of the genealogies.
Now I'm a complete and utter nerd when it comes to royal genealogies, I admit it freely. Eleanor of Aquitaine also happens to be one of my favorite historical figures, so I've researched quite a bit about her and I know a fair bit about her descendents. Most of my knowledge goes toward the English branch of her descendents, but I still know a little about the French branch.
The prof kept saying that Eleanor's granddaughter Blanche of Navarre married Philip II Augustus, but had an ardent admirerer in Thibaut IV of Champagne, who was the son of Marie de Champagne, Eleanor's eldest child from her first marriage. I pointed out the mistake about Philip, but something still didn't seem right. So, earlier I looked up a few things to remind myself and saw that he got a lot more wrong than I thought.
Thibaut IV of Champagne was the grandson of Marie de Champagne, and his mother was Blanche of Navarre. Eleanor's granddaughter, who married Philip's son, Louis VIII, was Blanche of Castile, and they were the parents of Louis IX, or Saint Louis. Louis VIII only reigned for a few years, and his wife served as their son's regent until he grew up. Thibaut had a great admiration for that Blanche (and some even hinted that they might have been lovers, though there is no conclusive proof of it).
My dilemma: how to point out that the prof royally fucked up the genealogies in the midst of his lecture on the troubadours without sounding like a complete know-it-all? I've already pointed out one mistake, so doing it again just makes me feel like I'm being nitpicky, and yet I don't want the entire class to have faulty information in case this stuff should be on the midterm.
*headdesk* This is my punishment for being such a geek about this kind of thing: I can smell a mistake a mile away, and yet I look like a stuck-up geek if I point it out, especially given how much of a mess the prof made of the genealogies.