Who was Catherine de Medici? MYSTERY Revealed!

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    Who Was Catherine De Medici? Well, she was an Italian-born lady who would go on to become Queen of France. Catherine was the mother of three French Kings and had a significant influence in the 16th century. It's a gripping story of intrigue, war and murder as we now look at the life of Catherine de Medici.
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  • @leticiagarcia9025
    @leticiagarcia9025 2 года назад +35

    Thank you for your thorough history of Catherine De Medici. I always look forward to your videos.

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +4

      My pleasure Leticia, really pleased you enjoyed it 😊

  • @cassandraralph5906
    @cassandraralph5906 2 года назад +22

    I remember reading a historical novel about Catherine de Medici by Jean Plaidy, and being fascinated, and yet repulsed by her attitudes and actions! Thank you for this most interesting and educational video! 👏👏👏

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Cassandra 😊

    • @fit-ness
      @fit-ness 2 года назад +3

      I am fan of Catharine de Medici.. the „históricas“ novel von Plaidy is not really acúrate,.. and with many many unreal facts.. Catharine de Medicis was one of the Most intelligent Woman for her time. Many things that are recognized as french typical things were introduced By C.Medicis: Parfum, use of folk for eating as well as Servietten, she also supported many artist of that time and also the First „ballets“ were Impulsed By C.de Medicis.

    • @carolegreen9938
      @carolegreen9938 Год назад

      Yes I read this too, couldn't put it down.

    • @clairepeace5783
      @clairepeace5783 Год назад +1

      I read that too I could not put it down ! Her pain at knowing her husband loved somebody else Diane de Poitier x 🇫🇷

  • @gelleh.5456
    @gelleh.5456 2 года назад +13

    You have a natural gift as a storyteller. It’s a pleasure to listen to these videos. Keep up the good work.

  • @szade3433
    @szade3433 2 года назад +29

    Great as usual. I’m such a fan girl. I even squeal when ever you down load. I’m not even embarrassed even though I’m 51 years old

    • @tammygilmer1228
      @tammygilmer1228 2 года назад +6

      @@Rose-rl7lp I love this channel too and I'm soon to be 64...😊

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +6

      You're a real fan! Appreciate you watching, enjoy the rest of your weekend 😊

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +7

      Still a spring chick Rose 😊

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +7

      Tammy another golden girl, thank you 😊

    • @jocelienjimenez9821
      @jocelienjimenez9821 2 года назад +2

      Hi don't be embarrassed for liking something and and feeling happy about it I'm 50 and I'm right behind you l❤VE to learn thank you Milly 🌷🥀⚘

  • @pessimisticideas3075
    @pessimisticideas3075 2 года назад +35

    You really are a natural born story teller, Jon. Between your soothing voice, your excellent research skills, & your story telling abilities it's no wonder I always enjoy your videos so very much. I've been hoping that you would one day do a video on Catherine de Medici! Many Thanks!

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +5

      Wow, thank you! I'm really not worthy! But appreciate your comment and will continue to try and bring great content to the channel. Have a great week 😊

  • @thejuryspeaks
    @thejuryspeaks 2 года назад +4

    So glad you did Catherine de’ Medici my favorite historical figure

  • @robertdudley4017
    @robertdudley4017 2 года назад +12

    a very formidable lady, in such turbulent times of plots murders and war, well presented and researched Jon another gem, enjoy your week and thank you. 👍😊

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Robert, always good to see you enjoying the content. Have a great week 😊

  • @purdycat15
    @purdycat15 2 года назад +4

    Another brilliant video, me and jinxy cat loved it as always,
    (He sits watching and listening , so must enjoy them too ,)

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +1

      I had to PAWS for thought before replying! Thanks to both of you for watching 😊

  • @Shane-Flanagan
    @Shane-Flanagan 2 года назад +15

    Fantastic video Jon as expected 👏
    In fairness how could it not be with such a brilliant subject and you as narrator and creator.
    I found the video very informative and entertaining throughout, the background of her early life especially. You painted a very human portrait of Catherine early who suffered a lot of upheaval, uncertainty and heartache.
    Catherine certainly did use some unusual methods when trying to get pregnant. You must have had some laugh researching that.
    Her union with Henry was seemed to be all business and no pleasure. He was so cold to her and didn't appreciate how lucky he was to have such a woman.
    Diane de Poitiers must have been something special to hold Henry's interest for so long.
    "Medieval Grab a Granny" very witty Jon 😂.
    Catherine had a tumultuous relationship with her children. They either died young or failed to live up to her standards. She gave them tough love and expected only the very best.
    You weren't lying when you previously said the script for this video was quite long. It was a longer than usual video but that didn't matter as it was very enjoyable.

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +3

      Thanks Shane. There were some parts to her story that, well, are quite remarkable! Her means to get pregnant are right up there with some of the best techniques I have ever heard about, although thank goodness they died out. It was a long video, but after reading her story felt justified in trying to give a full true reflection on her life and not just snippets. Appreciate your views as always, have a great week 😊

  • @OnomatopoeiaOlly
    @OnomatopoeiaOlly 2 года назад +8

    Yay so happy this video came out. Honestly I get excited when any of your videos come out. But this was really well done regardless and a fantastic story all the same.

  • @jeanneshultz772
    @jeanneshultz772 2 года назад +2

    Wow. I'm happy to have found this channel. Thank you.

  • @Jkelly-vw9un
    @Jkelly-vw9un 2 года назад +7

    Beautifully delivered. Thank you

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      Appreciate your comment, thank you for watching 😊

  • @amberrain112
    @amberrain112 2 года назад +7

    Thank you so much for all the work you do, to bring us
    this educational and informative history.!
    I love History 🤗

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Angela, lovely comment and much appreciated 😊

  • @Contessa6363
    @Contessa6363 2 года назад +1

    Just found your channel! Excellent videos. Keep up the good work!❤️

  • @Maddie9185
    @Maddie9185 2 года назад +4

    As much as I love history and I feel it’s important to preserve it, I am glad that the bones of Katherine along with other royals were thrown into a mass grave and no one knows were. These people caused so much harm and pain to others and I don’t think they should be glorified.

  • @alessandrarosina
    @alessandrarosina Год назад

    Video very interisting. Thank you very much.

  • @ellaw356
    @ellaw356 2 года назад +3

    I have always been fascinated by her life. Thank you for making this about her. Very interesting.

  • @iangraham5625
    @iangraham5625 2 года назад +8

    I loved it but at the beginning you said Catherine was born in 1519 and at the end that she died in 1569, aged 69. Didn't she outlive Mary Queen of Scots?

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +4

      She died in 89 aged 69, sorry my error! Thanks for watching 😊

  • @ckallen1546
    @ckallen1546 2 года назад +9

    Mary Boleyn isn’t looking like a castoff (now) for eloping... and marrying “beneath” her. Sometimes, it’s all about saying “Enough!”.

  • @alisonridout
    @alisonridout 2 года назад +3

    Jon I'm a pretty new subscriber but I really love your videos and your calming voice. You're so informative. As an avid 'historian' I'm hooked on your channel. Thank you. Alison

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Alison, hope you continue to enjoy the content. Have a lovely week 😊

  • @jasmin0930
    @jasmin0930 2 года назад +4

    Great video. So much interesting information. Thank you.

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it Jasmin, have a great week 😊

  • @theresareynolds3133
    @theresareynolds3133 2 года назад +3

    Very interesting, my husband and I are big history buffs, I’m glad I found your channel.

  • @Anita-rq9ev
    @Anita-rq9ev 2 года назад +7

    Well done video, the 25 minutes passed quickly👍

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +1

      It was a bit longer than usual, but glad you enjoyed it Anita. 😊

  • @johnlandau7111
    @johnlandau7111 2 года назад +5

    This account leaves a lot of major events out. Most notably, the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in which some 17,000 Protestants were massacred in Paris and several other French cities. Catherine de Medici is said to have orchestrated the massacre along with her son the king (I can’t remember which one). There is also the courtship of another of her sons, the Duke D’Alencon, of Queen Elizabeth of England, which nearly resulted in their marriage, except that the Queen’s minister’s and ant-French public opinion vetoed it. Why did out narrator leave out these important events.

    • @CountessKitten
      @CountessKitten 8 месяцев назад

      That number ranges depending om who's account you listen to or read. The actual estimates say between 5,000 and 25,000 people.

  • @IlGattoGialloCucina
    @IlGattoGialloCucina 2 года назад +7

    She also brought to France what would come to be the basis of French patisserie. Yeah, began in italy, who would say...

  • @gwae48
    @gwae48 Год назад

    EXCELLENT !!!!!!!! THNX !!!

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 2 года назад +3

    She is so interesting. Now I might have to get a book about her. 👵

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Kaarli, hope you get the book! Enjoy your weekend 😊

  • @MsCharley13
    @MsCharley13 2 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this one!

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much, enjoy the rest of your week 😊

  • @SakeBlossom
    @SakeBlossom 2 года назад +4

    Your voice is very soothing and i love listening to history with a cuppa and the sound of rain in the background hehe thank you for another great video!! Have you heard of the "sewing spy"? Policarpa Salavarrieta i learned a little about her recently and thought her story was .. interesting and powerful.

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +3

      Hi Renee, thank you for watching, it's much appreciated. The sewing spy sounds like one for the future! Enjoy your week 😊

    • @SakeBlossom
      @SakeBlossom 2 года назад +4

      Do you have a Patreon or somewhere i could donate to help?

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад

      Contributions are through 'buy me a coffee' The link is in the description.

  • @kenny808kine8
    @kenny808kine8 2 года назад

    I. Love. This. Channel! Happy Sunday! Cheers!

  • @Jess-xl1wd
    @Jess-xl1wd 2 года назад

    What a great video!

  • @alana8466
    @alana8466 2 года назад

    You did it! Awesome 🤩

  • @clairelambert1018
    @clairelambert1018 2 года назад +2

    I've been to basilica of Saint Denis to see her tomb, truly magnificent

  • @AndriaBieberDesigns
    @AndriaBieberDesigns 2 года назад

    This is a fantastic video!

  • @lisetteeliseparis3597
    @lisetteeliseparis3597 Год назад

    Fascinating Catherine! All of her life, she had equal parts incredible good luck and bad luck. Thank you for the great essay.

  • @englishweather9763
    @englishweather9763 2 года назад +4

    I enjoy your videos very easy listening voice and unpretentious tone, slight mistake at the end though when you said she died in 1569, I know you meant to say 1589 as you had already mentioned the date in her last visit to the Cardinal de Baubon.

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      I think there were around 4,200 words in this script so one clanger is quite good for me! But thanks for pointing it out and for taking the time to watch, have a great week 😊

  • @1angelofthelight2
    @1angelofthelight2 2 года назад +6

    Thank you for a very informative video. I didn't know a lot of this, overshadowed as it was by the massacre of the Heganuots

  • @latoyah1624
    @latoyah1624 2 года назад

    Very well done!

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад

      Thank you very much LaToya, have a lovely week 😊

  • @susannahdyro9518
    @susannahdyro9518 2 года назад

    I love you're channel I learn a lot

  • @BrokenneckYgor
    @BrokenneckYgor 2 года назад +3

    She was the first female accountant in recorded historia

  • @msheridan4828
    @msheridan4828 2 года назад +1

    " ...not a bad haul out after a doubtful start..." Lol I like your use of words!

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +1

      😁 Nothing like a little humour, history can be way too serious at times!

  • @lovelight1792
    @lovelight1792 2 года назад

    thank you!

  • @britusman
    @britusman 2 года назад

    Brilliant - thank you.

  • @patriciafenwick5846
    @patriciafenwick5846 2 года назад +28

    Good video, but you didn't mention the massacre of St. Barthemew's eve during the night of 23 to 24 August 1572, five days after the marriage of Margot and Henri de Navarre who was a Huguenot. All the Huguenot had come to Paris for the wedding and it was a golden opportunity for Henri de Guise's catholics to get rid of them. However the massacres escalated outside Paris and went on for days. A lot of Huguenots emigrated. Henri de Guise was so successful that he was called the King of Paris, no wonder Henri III was shivering in his shoes in Blois (beautiful chateau, by the way) Catherine died in 1589, not 1569, probably just a slip of the tongue. 🙂

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +10

      I try and include as much as possible about the character in the story, yet there will always be portions left out. Many of the characters lives spill into others. So I try to keep it simple but informative on the person portrayed. But I appreciate your viewpoint and thanks for watching. 😊

    • @annyjoseph6162
      @annyjoseph6162 2 года назад +8

      @@HistoryRoadshow Yes but the Saint Barthelemy massacres are a very important portion of French history.

    • @daneaxe6465
      @daneaxe6465 2 года назад +3

      One important thing I learned from researching genealogy, you cannot separate your ancestors from the events of their time. Even if they didn't physically take part of an event, they were still effected by activity of their day whether activity was next door or afar.

    • @trishkuhne550
      @trishkuhne550 2 года назад +5

      That was not mentioned and it was one of histories most horrific blood baths. Some of my family fled to Canada 🇨🇦 and latter the new world. She is remembered as a murderer!

    • @christopheredwards4855
      @christopheredwards4855 2 года назад +1

      The massacre in 1572 commemoration: The pope had a special medal minted to celebrate it!

  • @vseddonvs
    @vseddonvs 2 года назад

    I loved this I really did x

  • @antonfarquar8799
    @antonfarquar8799 2 года назад +7

    I am descended from a family of Huguenots who escaped France for Prussia in 1685 - the end of the Valois dynasty was a turning point for France much like the take over of England by William the Bastard in 1066. Long term the eradication of the Huguenots from France had a crippling outcome for France. My ancestors returned to France in 1870 as officers in the Prussian Army.

    • @donnatalmage6806
      @donnatalmage6806 2 года назад +1

      What a rich family history!

    • @lhzook
      @lhzook Год назад +1

      I am a descendant of the Guise. My 13x’s great grandfather was a cardinal who crowned three kings, all Catherine’s sons. He wasn’t killed in the massacre. He stayed out of politics. His sister, Marie de Guise, was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots.

    • @newtexan1
      @newtexan1 2 месяца назад

      I wouldn’t brag about being Huguenot. They were heretics and not Christian. Only Catholics are Christian.

  • @deborahraven-lindley3309
    @deborahraven-lindley3309 Час назад

    Thank you. I knew nothing about her or this 'side' of this era of history. I feel inspired to learn more. It is easy to judge these figures in hindsight with our Internet and our wealth of geopolitical insight but back then? they were just people, doing what they could with minds soaked in the realities and prejudices of their times. While perhaps my view is naive, she seems like she tried a good deal harder than some to work for positive change amidst turmoil it would have taken savvier minds to foresee coming.

  • @17hollydog
    @17hollydog 2 года назад +2

    One wonders had she been kinder to Mary Stuart if her life would have turned out differently

  • @sormcmxcix
    @sormcmxcix 2 года назад +2

    Her daughter was a Queen too

  • @Rubilynn22
    @Rubilynn22 Год назад

    What is the background music?

  • @melissanguyen8973
    @melissanguyen8973 Год назад

    King Francis ii looks so handsome was this version of francis ii😄😘❤️

  • @trishkuhne550
    @trishkuhne550 2 года назад +2

    I like your warning ⚠️ Well done 👍🏻 I believe she to be a murderer of the 5th degree. A female( if you will) Henry The Eighth!

  • @cm1642
    @cm1642 Год назад +1

    Can't wait to watch the serpent queen.

  • @cindykq8086
    @cindykq8086 2 года назад +1

    If only once I'd had a history teacher even a little like this good man, I wouldn't be so ignorant of history now. My teachers were every one like the extraordinarily boring history teacher in the Harry Potter series.

  • @wednesdayschild3627
    @wednesdayschild3627 2 года назад +11

    The Medici had scores of children and normally robust health. They were bankers who invented double entry bookkeeping. The family originally started out as pharmacists. The name Medici means doctors or pharmacist. I think they were extremely intelligent people, like off the chart iq. Catherine didn't really understand protestantism. She saw it as a war between families.

  • @privateconfidential6499
    @privateconfidential6499 2 года назад

    Great Vid on The French Royal Court Behaving Badly,...all absolute rulers do as All Absolute Power Corrupts; Absolutly.
    Name any country with a royal line court & you get the same thing, east or west.
    Thanks for the explanation of why this particular bunch of ninnies acted as they did. Always look forward to your vids.

  • @roseg1333
    @roseg1333 2 года назад +1

    I believe you are mistaken about Catherine’s death year. She didn’t pass in 1569 ☺️

  • @jamiegilliam3658
    @jamiegilliam3658 Год назад +1

    This is kinda a copy, almost word for word, of the Wikipedia page. I just read and was looking for more information. Is this just a coincidence or is this all the information we have on Catherine?

  • @vegassims7
    @vegassims7 Месяц назад

    Why should I buy you a coffee?

  • @dshe8637
    @dshe8637 2 года назад +2

    Where politics, money and paedophilia meet

  • @rebeccaorman1823
    @rebeccaorman1823 Год назад

    You forgot to mention the St. Bartholomew Days massacre.

  • @monicacall7532
    @monicacall7532 2 года назад +4

    Blois is pronounced Blwah not bloiss.

    • @schoen2011
      @schoen2011 2 года назад +1

      Work a little on your Italian and French pronunciation and it would lead your talk to perfection.

    • @nathaliecarr8382
      @nathaliecarr8382 2 года назад +1

      Why do English speaking narrators of French history consistently mispronounce names and place names in their presentations? Two other examples, he mispronounced Jeanne, the feminine of Jean (John), and Amboise. The e is pronounced, causing the s to be pronounced with a z sound. The castle also contains Catherine de Medici's infamous poison cabinet, a favorite on the tour, or is it at Blois? I have forgotten. As mentioned in other comments, an effort for more correct pronunciations would make the presentation seem more learned and thus factual in my opinion.

    • @HistoryRoadshow
      @HistoryRoadshow  2 года назад +2

      Do you know what the word Pedantic means?

    • @nathaliecarr8382
      @nathaliecarr8382 Год назад +1

      @@HistoryRoadshow Can others not share knowledge with you also ? Perhaps you are one too, and arrogant and disrespectful as well.

    • @CountessKitten
      @CountessKitten 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@HistoryRoadshow😂🤣👌

  • @laurengalvan584
    @laurengalvan584 Год назад

    Cardinal Ipploito de’ Medici was the only son of Giuliano de’ Medici and his mistress Pacifica Brandano. Ipploito was not fathered by Pope Leo X. I hope this error can be amended.

  • @sassylillady1740
    @sassylillady1740 Год назад

    How did she die in 1569 if you were speaking about her in 1589 Did you mean 1589?

  • @user-te4of2fq5d
    @user-te4of2fq5d 3 месяца назад

    ❗She brought forks and superior cuisine to France are the first 2 things I think of at mention of her name. Now I'll watch.

  • @user-ph7jh6oo5w
    @user-ph7jh6oo5w 9 месяцев назад

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    whyever ihave To look for our life This isnT nice

  • @rhodvalenciaga2743
    @rhodvalenciaga2743 2 года назад +1

    I hope you showed more of the characters and less of the narrator.

  • @allenmillenium6207
    @allenmillenium6207 2 года назад +1

    You have failed to mention that Francis died of syphilis and all the women that he had relations with died of syphilis, including Catherine.

    • @jacquesrenou2850
      @jacquesrenou2850 Год назад

      I believe he was being a gentleman on that and left that out in purpose.Just as he left out that Catherine Medicis parents had it as well.He father died of it and her mother committed suicide due to having it.I respect him for that and it shows an honor in the man.

  • @susprime7018
    @susprime7018 2 года назад

    Plenty of money, funny.