Queen Catherine de' Medici

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    Catherine de' Medici from the powerful Italian family married the future King Henry II of France at 13. When he was impaled through the eye during a joust Catherine ruled France as regent for three of her sons during civil and religious wars. She was also a patron and devotee of mystic Nostradamus.
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  • @thesimpsarecomingthesimpsa9113
    @thesimpsarecomingthesimpsa9113 3 года назад +2216

    Don’t lie half of us are from reign or the Medicis.

  • @gabsofine
    @gabsofine 3 года назад +2083

    Not good when being held prisoner in a convent are the happiest years of your life

    • @CallieMasters5000
      @CallieMasters5000 3 года назад +243

      Hanging out in a convent for long periods of time was often a good option for aristocratic women. Food, prayer, reading, music... it wasn't torture and it was a safe and respectable home.

    • @renzoianm.cancer5396
      @renzoianm.cancer5396 3 года назад +108

      To be fair, the convent that she grew fond of was a Medici sympathetic convent that was a sort of training school for young ladies and ran by retired ladies of society. But a prisoner none the less

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 3 года назад +9

      Ikr... I'd be screaming GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!

    • @emilykozak7249
      @emilykozak7249 3 года назад +9

      I can’t imagine how sad it would be for her children! To know that their birth wasn’t The happiest time of their life. 😂

    • @LisePlansandJournals
      @LisePlansandJournals 2 года назад +1

      She was a child...and was probably still treated ‘well’

  • @andrisrajah2060
    @andrisrajah2060 3 года назад +2299

    Coincidentally I was watching Reign when this video was recommended.

    • @lissifajen185
      @lissifajen185 3 года назад +16

      Same

    • @kaitlynmclaughlin9114
      @kaitlynmclaughlin9114 3 года назад +11

      Same 🤔

    • @ajaylet8466
      @ajaylet8466 3 года назад +115

      She’s the best character in reign

    • @kaitlynmclaughlin9114
      @kaitlynmclaughlin9114 3 года назад +5

      Ajay Let true

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 года назад +65

      I wanted to love that show, but couldn't get around the contemporary Fredericks of Hollywood "corsets" as outerwear and such. So many of the women's costumes were literally bought off the rack and still available to buy when the episodes aired.

  • @deniekab1600
    @deniekab1600 3 года назад +814

    Back then everything equals death 💀
    Chills=death
    Ear infection=death
    Cough=death
    Born=death
    omg I’m so blessed to be born in this century

    • @yuthegreat7071
      @yuthegreat7071 3 года назад +17

      This death will never end
      Alive

    • @mcc12387
      @mcc12387 2 года назад +15

      Right I was thinking damn a cold 🥶 took you out 😳

    • @tm0626
      @tm0626 2 года назад +13

      We often say nature is scary for the animals, but we forget how nature was scary for humankind back then.

    • @marnels1657
      @marnels1657 2 года назад +11

      Right they were literally dying from like common colds and I get them at least 4 times a year and sometimes don’t even take medicine and be perfectly fine😭😭

    • @marnels1657
      @marnels1657 2 года назад

      Cold* it*

  • @ElinorMahoney
    @ElinorMahoney 3 года назад +2790

    Lol what is it with Kings called Henry wanting to divorce their wives called Catherine?

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 года назад +170

      Some names were just very, very common.

    • @phoebedoesit4168
      @phoebedoesit4168 3 года назад +183

      Well they only had like 5 names to choose from

    • @Lily-qy3rb
      @Lily-qy3rb 3 года назад +16

      Weird but tru

    • @purplexninjamom
      @purplexninjamom 3 года назад +148

      Kings were Henry, Louis, Carl, Richard, William
      Queens were Isabella, Catherine, Anne, Mary, Elisabeth
      So yeah, diverse names

    • @ipekozkisa
      @ipekozkisa 3 года назад +11

      HAHAHAHAHA

  • @bobettepancakes
    @bobettepancakes 3 года назад +1001

    Massive respect to Catherine. She respected different faiths and even tried to end the friction between Catholics Protestants in France. That's incredible for which the time she lived.

    • @anubratabit3027
      @anubratabit3027 3 года назад +31

      But the Wikipedia page on St. Bartholomew's day massacre lists her as one of the instigators.

    • @alexandriawalker8067
      @alexandriawalker8067 3 года назад +6

      @@anubratabit3027 that’s what I thought. I thought she hated Protestants but maybe not?

    • @agatha6999
      @agatha6999 3 года назад +79

      @@alexandriawalker8067 She got mad at them cause they tried to kill her and her son when she was trying to make peace. Her patience can only go so far

    • @coldplaylover89
      @coldplaylover89 3 года назад +40

      @@agatha6999 Yeah, I'd snap too. She extended herself and tried HARD to make peace. One can only take so much!

    • @ViviVr777
      @ViviVr777 2 года назад

      P1qql

  • @lostinmyshadows
    @lostinmyshadows 3 года назад +1199

    While royals didn't marry for love back then, so I can understand why someone would want to have a mistress, that is so cruel how Henry II would rub it in Catherine's face.

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 года назад +127

      You married for heirs and had a mistress for love. It wasn't uncommon for even queens to have lovers after having the heir and a spare, but was uncommon for a king to not have a lover.

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 года назад +13

      @@jr-gh6eo Reread and comprehend my comment. Obviously it was a system that benefitted men.

    • @idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896
      @idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896 3 года назад +53

      @@Author.Noelle.Alexandria but queens was charge by death for having another lover.

    • @missspice2087
      @missspice2087 3 года назад +35

      @@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896 Usually that happens when the Queen takes a lover without the King's permission. It's seen as adultery which was punishable by death. It sounds terrible, but woman back then had to listen and obey their husbands.

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 года назад +31

      Yes but only males are allowed to have lovers but females could literally be hanged if they had lovers

  • @ameshia4532
    @ameshia4532 3 года назад +486

    I found out about Catherine in a romance novel about Henri & Diane. The author portrayed Catherine as a jealous, mean, & vindictive woman. How would any woman at that time be happy when her husband treated his mistress as a queen and publicly also.

    • @jeankruger2502
      @jeankruger2502 3 года назад +11

      What is the name of the book? Have you ever read The Master of All Desires by Judith Merkel Riley. Fun book and one of her best.

    • @kataw0404
      @kataw0404 2 года назад +16

      I suspect the book you read was The Courtesan by Diane Haegar (I am sure I misspelled the last name). I absolutely loved that book. Ever since, I have been angry at Catherine because of her barring Diane de Poitier from King Henri's death bed. The man spent about 25 years with the woman. Yes, yes. I know. Catherine was his wife and Henri was an adulterer but I still believe Diane and Henri should have been able to say good bye.

    • @matteusconnollius1203
      @matteusconnollius1203 2 года назад +80

      No I dont care about them saying goodbye. She first had a relationship with a 15 year old at 35 and continually harrassed is actual wife, she does not deserve that

    • @rosecoloredtimes
      @rosecoloredtimes 2 года назад +1

      What was the book?

    • @seasaltrocksalt
      @seasaltrocksalt 2 года назад +1

      Book?

  • @yrokelyod3471
    @yrokelyod3471 3 года назад +585

    Minor correction - Mary Stuart's father died when she was all of six days old. She came to France when she was five years old to escape what is known as 'the rough wooing'.

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 3 года назад +6

      😡😡😡
      Ah yes. "Rough wooing". Goodness.reading that made me want to gelded those old farts

    • @amira19771
      @amira19771 3 года назад +7

      Thank you I was about to correct

    • @800faliha
      @800faliha 2 года назад +4

      whats rough wooing

    • @jsmommy9804
      @jsmommy9804 2 года назад +3

      @@800faliha Google says it was part of the Scottish-Northern England War.

    • @cdonorab
      @cdonorab Год назад +5

      Rough wooing was Henry VIII who was Mary's great uncle trying to marry her to his son Edward.

  • @bellat3280
    @bellat3280 Год назад +75

    My heart breaks for Catherine. I don't know how she survived all the loss she did, I mean she lost her parents, her husband and EIGHT of her ten children and on top of that she still loved Henry deeply, despite the fact he openly had lovers and wore their colours. She was a woman of her time and a survivalist if there ever were one, an admirable woman to say the least.

  • @XenonFae
    @XenonFae 3 года назад +817

    Catherine truly seems like a tenacious, dedicated leader and mother, with unique interests as well!
    I can barely comprehend the anger and sorrow she must have felt seeing so many of her children die before her, and ultimately seeing the fall of the House of Valois despite her best efforts to prevent it. (Imagine having done one’s ‘Queenly Duty’ and given birth to 4 sons that lived to at least young adulthood , only for none of them to produce a legitimate male heir?! I would be enraged.)

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 года назад +25

      Sadly, in those days, parents expected at least some of their children to die before them. :(

    • @StevvieD
      @StevvieD 3 года назад +11

      Sympathy after she killed 20,000?! She was a murderous she wolf female Machiavelli, I don't have any sympathy for her, she reaped what she sewed.

    • @JadeDelphi
      @JadeDelphi 3 года назад +8

      Yes, it was a horror show, all those badly sewed vestements.....

    • @asmodeusalice4139
      @asmodeusalice4139 3 года назад +10

      @@StevvieD those people tried to kill him and her son when she's trying to make peace lol. serves them right

    • @Jultimative
      @Jultimative 3 года назад +27

      @@StevvieD So did just about every single monarch at the time. It's just the double standard making it look way worse as soon as we're talking about a female monarch.

  • @josephine3230
    @josephine3230 3 года назад +823

    Ive been interested in her history ever since watching Reign. This video was wonderful!!

    • @missizette7017
      @missizette7017 3 года назад +25

      Mhm! I also was interested in her after watching reign

    • @gracebailey8130
      @gracebailey8130 3 года назад +43

      i wish that show was more historically accurate haha

    • @idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896
      @idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896 3 года назад +27

      @@gracebailey8130 if it was, it wouldn't have been much fun

    • @lavonnprice6483
      @lavonnprice6483 3 года назад +5

      @@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896 yeah I agree completely

    • @googleuser4053
      @googleuser4053 3 года назад

      I was interested in history when i was in school like 20 years ago

  • @Ijaf98
    @Ijaf98 3 года назад +564

    Imagine if Reign was historically accurate and used 15 year olds for these roles 😩😩😩

    • @yuthegreat7071
      @yuthegreat7071 3 года назад +13

      I don't know what will happen

    • @Beatrice-sf6xr
      @Beatrice-sf6xr 3 года назад +84

      Imagine if Reign were just historically accurate...

    • @mrs.missspelled3012
      @mrs.missspelled3012 2 года назад +40

      I dont think its legal nowdays to let a 15 year ols prince interact with a 38 mistress…..

    • @mika-ew5bu
      @mika-ew5bu 2 года назад +11

      that would be weird

    • @jules2291
      @jules2291 2 года назад +4

      Or atleast an actor who looked 15

  • @valeriarey8055
    @valeriarey8055 3 года назад +436

    Love the medicis!! Very underrated “royal” family

    • @valepomponio
      @valepomponio 3 года назад +22

      Grand Ducal family

    • @valeriarey8055
      @valeriarey8055 3 года назад +19

      Claudio Pomponio that’s what I meant! As the family came from a banker-merchant class and did not achieve a noble status until generations later.

    • @begbabeh4638
      @begbabeh4638 3 года назад +6

      Agreed! I have the Medici house crest tattooed on my calf, done in Florence 😂

    • @billieeyelash587
      @billieeyelash587 3 года назад +20

      Underrated? They literally have a Netflix show about them which ran for 3 seasons and is very popular.

    • @franboos
      @franboos 3 года назад

      @@billieeyelash587 wait, what show?

  • @joshuapaul5754
    @joshuapaul5754 3 года назад +156

    Fun Fact : Catherine de Medici was the great grand daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent . The blood of Lorenzo lives on until today . Through her daughter claude she is the ancestor of Francis 1 Holy roman emperor and thus the ancestor of all living habsburgs .
    Through her daughter elisabeth she is the ancestor of the current spanish king Felipe and also louis alphonse ( Duke of anjou , Head of the bourbon family )

    • @minorka2
      @minorka2 3 года назад +8

      Daughters rules

    • @fridaybutitssaturday1362
      @fridaybutitssaturday1362 2 года назад +1

      Guess she really stuck through it

    • @peggyseville189
      @peggyseville189 2 года назад +10

      Catherine is my 13th great grandmother which makes Lorenzo the Magnificent my 15th great grandfather. Francis I also my 14th great grandfather. Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, Phillip II of Spain, Isabell and Ferdinand also my blood. This is due to the fact that the Dukes of Savoy, starting with Tomas, married princesses across the European spectrum. Amazing how many of these royals fought each other over religion, time and time again.

    • @CarlaMcCarthyPomegranate96
      @CarlaMcCarthyPomegranate96 2 года назад +1

      @@peggyseville189 really? That’s amazing!

  • @TearyCat
    @TearyCat 3 года назад +194

    Been a long time fan of Catherine since Reign :)

    • @Peachsnowcone
      @Peachsnowcone 3 года назад +14

      SAME, SHE WAS SUCH A COOL CHARACTER. In the show and in life

    • @spookysodah8405
      @spookysodah8405 3 года назад +9

      I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MENTION REIGN!!!

  • @essenceallen6456
    @essenceallen6456 3 года назад +747

    Can I suggest some videos on the women of the War of the Roses? Such as Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, and Elizabeth of York (The first Tudor Queen)

  • @waywardwillard
    @waywardwillard 3 года назад +105

    I went to Chenonceau in 2015. It was lovely, and I found it hilarious that Catherine seized Chenonceau from Diane. (Diane was also her cousin.)

    • @moongawddess8161
      @moongawddess8161 3 года назад +17

      Yo....I’d have had Henry poisoned LOLLLL my cousin!??? That’s MAD!

    • @peggyseville189
      @peggyseville189 2 года назад +10

      Learning how Catherine seized Chenonceau from Diane - warms the cockles of me heart it does!

  • @mariadina3329
    @mariadina3329 3 года назад +138

    Will you not do a video about Maria Queen of Romania?She was a very fierce woman,with a deep love for the country that she was not born into.Her story is truly fascinating!

  • @SallyTheWolf
    @SallyTheWolf 3 года назад +234

    The queen id like to hear about next is johanna the mad. The first queen we hear about in the insest and in breeding in europe

    • @marielonsdale1765
      @marielonsdale1765 3 года назад +16

      Queen Juana was not mad.First her father then her son keep her prisioner so they can keep the crown of Castilla.

    • @SallyTheWolf
      @SallyTheWolf 3 года назад +1

      @@marielonsdale1765 i was just suggesting doing a video anout her. She finaly did and im happy

  • @loisclark-johnston3337
    @loisclark-johnston3337 3 года назад +109

    I suggest Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda.
    It fleshes out this biography and clears up a few errors in this narrative.
    She had a group of women courtiers who acted as sex workers and spies for her.
    This is how she kept her hold on the court.
    Just the politics between Catherine and the Guise family would blow your hair back.
    Not to mention her friend and later rival Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre and mother of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon King of France after all of Catherine's son die without heirs. The relationship between Jean and Catherine is complicated and heavily influences the politics of both France and Navarre.
    No mention of the historical rift between France and Spain that informed Henry II's life and deeply influenced both his relationship with his wife Catherine and his mistress, Diane de Poitiers.
    This is a fascinating and complicated period in the politics of Europe.

    • @carolthomson4705
      @carolthomson4705 3 года назад

      WONDERFUL BOOK

    • @kirstyj4
      @kirstyj4 3 года назад

      A brilliant book and the audio version is very good too. I'm listening to it again at the moment.

    • @comet1227
      @comet1227 Год назад

      Have you seen they made a series out of it for Starz?

  • @Tinkerbe11
    @Tinkerbe11 3 года назад +119

    I bet she was the role model for Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones. GRRM knows a lot about history, he must have known her life, and the parallels are certainly not a coincidence. Also remarkable: When she was regent queen, there were 2 other queens reiging in Europe - in a very male dominated world (Elizabeth I of England, and Mary Queen of Scottland).
    Also, the St Bartholomew's Night massacre could be the model for the Red Wedding in GoT.

    • @jardon8636
      @jardon8636 3 года назад +21

      GRRMartin was certainly inspired by catherine of medici without a doubt, a almost perfect fit for queen cersei lanister.....
      the red wedding could have been a mix between the bartholomews massacare post wedding party and of in scottish history ... the stabbings & beheading of the young earls of douglas by king James IV , as game of thrones was always X 1000 accelerated to actual real events....

    • @reneeangele4766
      @reneeangele4766 3 года назад +2

      Idk about that but i think the red wedding is taken from the St. Bartholomew's day massacre

    • @mr.googoopants3581
      @mr.googoopants3581 3 года назад +29

      I think Cersei was modeled after the English queen Margaret of Anjou while Catherine de Medici reminds me more of Olenna Tyrell..

    • @johnlewis3891
      @johnlewis3891 2 года назад

      There were three reigning Queens. Jeanne III of Navarre was the third one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%27Albret

    • @johnlewis3891
      @johnlewis3891 2 года назад +1

      @@mr.googoopants3581 The inspiration for Olenna actually is Countess Mahaut of Artois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaut,_Countess_of_Artois
      She is not a famous female ruler like Catherine, but she is a character in the book The Accursed Kings that GRRM loved and used as inspiration for Game OF Thrones. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accursed_Kings

  • @wendymudkins6870
    @wendymudkins6870 3 года назад +78

    Catherine de medics a very interesting lady I'm so glad you have told her story great video thank you

  • @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607
    @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 3 года назад +32

    The sweets Catherine served at her wedding are sugared almonds (also called Jordan almonds). They’re almonds covered in a sugary shell, & they are delicious.

    • @stefanianoto9710
      @stefanianoto9710 3 года назад +2

      Oh, here in Italy they are very common. I didn't know their origin. Thank you!

  • @revanthmuntha5640
    @revanthmuntha5640 3 года назад +111

    They showed valor in the joust i- 😶

  • @gabriellagulla2542
    @gabriellagulla2542 3 года назад +54

    I’m really excited to learn about the chateau, it’s a beautiful building with a very unique history!

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 3 года назад +5

      I am actually really excited too.

    • @sherriebenson356
      @sherriebenson356 4 месяца назад

      Absolutely, I would love to learn more about the “Women’s Castle”. Going to have to research that. Hope the info was correct. Thank you for the history lesson. Tried to watch Reign but couldn’t get past modern day music 😂

  • @cindymijares7852
    @cindymijares7852 3 года назад +280

    Can you do Queen Elizabeth of York the first Tudor Queen

    • @DAiken-jz1iu
      @DAiken-jz1iu 3 года назад +12

      I would love to see that as well, just to see a different point of view from “The White Princess”.

    • @megangillet8662
      @megangillet8662 3 года назад +8

      it's unfortunate that her father, brother, uncle, cousin, children and grandchildren all became kings and queens but not her

    • @sunflowercat4469
      @sunflowercat4469 3 года назад +2

      I would love to see a video of her too

    • @TheSableNet
      @TheSableNet 3 года назад +1

      I love the white princess its my favorite show and story that im currently rewriting as an saga

    • @TheSableNet
      @TheSableNet 3 года назад

      She's my favorite queen along with her granddaughter Elizabeth the first

  • @pyona_reyn
    @pyona_reyn 3 года назад +56

    The karma of her husband, the king and his mistress was long awaited. They deserved it

    • @junesilvermanb2979
      @junesilvermanb2979 3 года назад +2

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jousting

    • @ucheokoroafor8273
      @ucheokoroafor8273 3 года назад

      What karma?? French Kings always had numerous mistresses

    • @pyona_reyn
      @pyona_reyn 3 года назад +12

      @@ucheokoroafor8273 that doesn't mean they can't have karma

    • @babyseal1341
      @babyseal1341 2 года назад +7

      Also, most French kings didn’t fondle their mistress’s breasts in full view of their court… Yeah, I’d say it was karma in action.

  • @mariellletomtom2235
    @mariellletomtom2235 3 года назад +153

    Last time i was this early, i made a joke about Anne Boleyn

  • @SomePerson_Online
    @SomePerson_Online 3 года назад +173

    *Mother and Father dies*
    > Sent to live with her grandma
    *grandma dies and sent with her aunt*
    Me: Is her aunt gonna die too? 🤨

  • @Republicanboy1
    @Republicanboy1 3 года назад +189

    You should do Wu Zetian or Dowager Empress Cixi next :)

    • @novemBURRbby
      @novemBURRbby 3 года назад +2

      There’s a video about Wu Zeitan already.

    • @Republicanboy1
      @Republicanboy1 3 года назад +1

      @@novemBURRbby Really?
      Because I just looked through all our videos and I didn't see anything on Empress Wu

    • @kweejibodali3078
      @kweejibodali3078 3 года назад +1

      yes there are vids on this subject on youtube, one sitting in my recommended right now... if you look at asian history vids, you are bound to get a recommend.

    • @yesi726
      @yesi726 3 года назад

      Empress Dowager Cixi :0

    • @yuthegreat7071
      @yuthegreat7071 3 года назад

      Or Fu Hao, she is so underated

  • @carolthomson4705
    @carolthomson4705 3 года назад +21

    What she went through in her early marriage was horrific.To be sidelined by a greedy mistress ,have her children commendeered shows great strength of will. A truly underestimated individual.

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O 3 года назад +60

    Wow, that was a very depressing first couple minutes. She had a tough childhood.

  • @vapidrabbit198
    @vapidrabbit198 3 года назад +163

    i get the feeling their fertility problems had more to do with the king, rather than her........ i guess she just secretly started getting it on with someone else.

    • @kirstyj4
      @kirstyj4 3 года назад +42

      It did. He apparently had hypospadias and the couple were advised to adopt a different position when in bed to ensure the act would be fruitful. (I'm trying to be respectful in my description...) 😊

    • @vapidrabbit198
      @vapidrabbit198 3 года назад +19

      Kirsty J .... so... he was so inbred, his junk wasn’t even in the right place?
      Poor Catherine was probably relieved that he wasn’t that in to her.

    • @missspice2087
      @missspice2087 3 года назад +19

      @@vapidrabbit198 Actually Catherine really loved Henry II for some reason. When he died, she wore black (the color for mourning in France) for the rest of her life

    • @vapidrabbit198
      @vapidrabbit198 3 года назад +17

      Miss Spice ...... or she wanted people to think she loved him, as she conspired with Nostradamus to kill him.
      “Jousting accident”?...... I think not.

    • @missspice2087
      @missspice2087 3 года назад +18

      @@vapidrabbit198 she really did love him though. She wasn't expected to be in with love the king, she was just expected to respect or obey him at the time, and she never conspire to kill him. I haven't heard of any proof and it doesn't really make sense considering Catherine was one of the people that beg him not to involved himself in the jousting match. Allegedly she had a dream or a vision that he was killed during jousting and Henry didn't believe her. He ignored all of the warnings and was killed. Even the person he was fighting against didn't want to do it. Also, Catherine expressed genuine grief over his death. Her daughter-in-law (Mary Stuart) tried to comfort her and was greatly moved by her grief

  • @eatsrice302
    @eatsrice302 3 года назад +87

    i used to think her name had something to do with medicine

    • @kweejibodali3078
      @kweejibodali3078 3 года назад +1

      funny

    • @laetitiasales3527
      @laetitiasales3527 3 года назад +9

      It does! "medici" in Italian means Doctors. It's probably because there was a guy who (they say) was a good thaumaturge in the XI century

  • @noneofyourbusiness2281
    @noneofyourbusiness2281 3 года назад +21

    this makes me wanna watch the whole Reign series again

  • @Kovu2004
    @Kovu2004 3 года назад +38

    Elizabeth Woodville needs to be covered at some point.

  • @kelsteg1154
    @kelsteg1154 3 года назад +32

    I feel the most for Catherine de Medici and what she had to endure

  • @leesakrall6592
    @leesakrall6592 3 года назад +13

    I also loved the Reign series. That is why I truly enjoy this video and anything that you've posted on royals all over the world from the past.

  • @jaelortega2127
    @jaelortega2127 3 года назад +91

    How many women were named Catherine?

    • @Lauren.E.O
      @Lauren.E.O 3 года назад +2

      Like a third 🤷‍♀️

    • @LadyAnyaRose
      @LadyAnyaRose 3 года назад +3

      Too many

    • @takemeaway285
      @takemeaway285 3 года назад +1

      All of them!

    • @neffyg35
      @neffyg35 3 года назад +15

      Its either Catherine, Anne, or Elizabeth lol

    • @vulocngo1623
      @vulocngo1623 3 года назад +21

      Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary, Caroline, Jane,... Not so many choices

  • @KellyBurnett138
    @KellyBurnett138 3 года назад +11

    Just to take a moment to appreciate the amazing portrait paintings...they are like photographs!

  • @southernsunshine1149
    @southernsunshine1149 3 года назад +13

    Lindsay, I absolutely LOVE all your programs. They’re wonderful!

  • @coronajewelry
    @coronajewelry 3 года назад +20

    historic Cersei Lannister, except Catherine, loved her children and was way smarter and manipulative than Cersei, whereas Cersei taught she was smart and that she loved her children but in actuality, she justified her evil actions with one reason that she did all of that for her children.

  • @emilylittle1187
    @emilylittle1187 3 года назад +19

    You KNOW someone’s life is sad when the best years of her life coincide with your home being besieged and there being calls for your murder

  • @carlosnewcastle615
    @carlosnewcastle615 3 года назад +10

    Yassss!!! I don’t think I’ve clicked on a video fast enough 😆😆 my Reign heart can’t contain itself!!

  • @mynameismame256
    @mynameismame256 3 года назад +11

    I was waiting for this one! Amazing as always Lindsay! 😊

  • @Itzduhhistorygirl
    @Itzduhhistorygirl 3 года назад +6

    Finally I was waiting for this thank you. ❤❤❤

  • @DeidreL9
    @DeidreL9 3 года назад +15

    This is wonderful. It means so much to be able to understand these names as real people. The women in power in those days...such extreme lives. They were quite formidable women and went through so much.

  • @jayghate2067
    @jayghate2067 3 года назад +33

    Do a video on Queen Liliuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii.

  • @taninalevin4139
    @taninalevin4139 2 года назад +1

    I'm currently writing an essay of royal families of the Renaissance and Protestand Reformation and this channel helps a lot! Thank you!

  • @Lara-jv1et
    @Lara-jv1et 3 года назад +7

    Yesss! Finally!!! Thank you!

  • @ruthfrancisca7201
    @ruthfrancisca7201 3 года назад +4

    Thankyou so much for the video’s Lindsay! You have a great voice! Lots of love 💗

  • @jenihansen7201
    @jenihansen7201 3 года назад +6

    LOVE THIS LINDSAY, THANK YOU.

  • @leahmccann955
    @leahmccann955 3 года назад +1

    I've been waiting for this video for so long thank you!!!

  • @t.r.luxx1311
    @t.r.luxx1311 3 года назад +9

    Diane: "You have no power here"
    Catherine: "Bet"

  • @dionisiusnudyanto4714
    @dionisiusnudyanto4714 3 года назад +5

    Yes. This is what I've been waiting for

  • @anniesmiles4758
    @anniesmiles4758 3 года назад +29

    Can I request about Mary queen of Scots in the future? I've always been interested in her.

  • @PoliticalJunky101
    @PoliticalJunky101 3 года назад

    Great video. I've always loved history. Very well done. Thank you for posting.

  • @lisaisgrig7636
    @lisaisgrig7636 3 года назад +14

    I love the grey-blue dress she's wearing at 1:36. It really caught my eye for some reason. But as usual, your videos are always wonderful. Your presentation is excellent! (L. Isgrig in Northern, CA - 8/04/20).

  • @OcarinaSapphr-
    @OcarinaSapphr- 3 года назад +19

    I’m surprised that you didn’t mention that Diane & Catherine were actually related (their grandmothers were sisters), & the reason the French Court found her acceptable as a prospect for Francis’ **second** son, was _because_ she was half-French.
    Also- Diane fought for Henri & Catherine staying married, due to their kinship- she also nursed Catherine through illness, & Diane’s two daughters by her marriage (sorry, _Reign_ there’s no evidence she had a child by Henri) were important fixtures of the Royal Household.
    In comparison to his father & forebears (as well as plenty of those who came after him), Henri didn’t have nearly as many mistresses- Diane was the mainstay of his life; the other three were short-lived, &/ or at times he was away from Court, or she was - Mary of Scots’ governess - Nicole de Savigny & Filippa Duci- the last of whom had a daughter Henri _named for Diane_

  • @fatheremma
    @fatheremma 3 года назад +9

    fucking loved the actress who played her in "reign"

  • @carypeterson9554
    @carypeterson9554 2 года назад +1

    Your historical videos are so good! I learn so much and your narration makes it so interesting.

  • @ingrid.ruvalcaba
    @ingrid.ruvalcaba 3 года назад +1

    ive been waiting for this one! turn it up😌

  • @jennyd4421
    @jennyd4421 3 года назад +4

    I look forward to all of your videos. I love European history and Literature. Keep them coming...

  • @managerkaren7043
    @managerkaren7043 3 года назад +17

    Yasss I always look forward to Tuesday at 12 or 1 😁

  • @tayloroids
    @tayloroids 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic video, as always! ❤️

  • @OnomatopoeiaOlly
    @OnomatopoeiaOlly 3 года назад

    Brilliant video. Thanks for doing one on Catherine.

  • @nevercatchwind
    @nevercatchwind 3 года назад +10

    Yes! Im do happy that you made this video. I'm eager to know more about her
    When Navarre became The king he reportedly said that Paris is worth A mass, as he converted to catholicism

  • @brettlarch8050
    @brettlarch8050 3 года назад +47

    Last time I was this early, Catherine’s husband didn’t have that many mistresses yet.

    • @Patrick3183
      @Patrick3183 3 года назад +4

      I’m so sick of these type of comments.

    • @brettlarch8050
      @brettlarch8050 3 года назад

      Patrick3183 well no one asked you to read them. Run along now and do something better with your time than smack talking online.

    • @vulocngo1623
      @vulocngo1623 3 года назад +1

      Brett Larch Wow, you’re really early

    • @brettlarch8050
      @brettlarch8050 3 года назад

      Vu Loc Ngo lol 😂

  • @bloodyvampy69
    @bloodyvampy69 2 года назад +1

    I love your work! I learn so much while going about the day to day ❤️

  • @becademarques
    @becademarques 3 года назад +18

    Loved the video! The channel is amazing and always so well researched!
    Are you going to talk about Maria Leopoldina? She was Queen of Portugual before her husband abdicated for their daughter, Maria II of Portugal.

  • @cathryncampbell8555
    @cathryncampbell8555 3 года назад +9

    Thank you for an informative video, Ms. Holiday. As you well know, Catherine de' Medici was known as the 'Peacemaker'' in France for her 1st 20 years there. She did her utmost to create peace between French Huguenots and Roman Catholics, but both sides were too deeply entrenched in their positions to consider compromise.

  • @amalyah46
    @amalyah46 3 года назад +9

    I just love your videos. I was always a history buff. Thanks to my dad. I would like to learn more about Elisabeth of Austria.

    • @andypham1636
      @andypham1636 5 месяцев назад

      um, which? there were many archduchesses of austria named ellisabeth. the wife of Charles IX of france (so queen Catherine's daughter in law), the wife of Casimir IV Jagiellon, + much more

  • @marykelly7726
    @marykelly7726 3 года назад

    Always love your videos. Keep up the great work.

  • @ariellenicholas664
    @ariellenicholas664 2 года назад

    I didnt know about catherine when she was younger. quick and informative, love it.

  • @melindam2776
    @melindam2776 3 года назад +22

    The doctor 'advised' them and after 10 years they had 10 children? I guess he did more than advise. 🤔

  • @bysscanna
    @bysscanna 3 года назад +44

    When I hear of Catherine de Medici I think of her in the show reign 😂😂💕

  • @toddbonin6926
    @toddbonin6926 3 года назад

    Fascinating summary of a complicated history!

  • @myaolatunji5505
    @myaolatunji5505 3 года назад +13

    yayyyy i was waiting for u to do her!!! plz do clarice orsini and mary queen of scots!!!

  • @ezgidogan3827
    @ezgidogan3827 3 года назад +14

    Please do a video about Elizabeth Woodwille&Elizabeth of York. I think these two queens changed the history and their lives are very interesting and dramatic

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 3 года назад +11

    I'm not too sure about them personally, but their clothes were definitely top notch!

  • @allakroll3545
    @allakroll3545 2 года назад +1

    It was very interesting to hear the history of the Queen. Thank you!

  • @DominiqueNoel0
    @DominiqueNoel0 3 года назад +3

    Started to read La Reine Margot and I was so lost with all the characters, this already helps me situated myself a little more!

  • @aquablue1252
    @aquablue1252 3 года назад +4

    I often listen to your videos as I’m laying down . They are my bedtime stories lol

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 3 года назад +6

    I knew this was going to be good but it turned to be even better than I expected, a wild ride from the very start.
    BTW I hope that one day we may hear more about Henry's brief reign in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, possibly in a video about Anna Jagiellon.

  • @BriarMB13
    @BriarMB13 3 года назад +1

    I've seen people ask for this video non-stop! I know basically nothing about this Queen, so I've been very intrigued about this

  • @AnnieNYC1
    @AnnieNYC1 3 года назад +26

    Being born royal was no blessing...

  • @Pandasu28
    @Pandasu28 3 года назад +25

    The "Reign" version of Catherine de' Medici is my fave

  • @jenniferboudoin6124
    @jenniferboudoin6124 3 года назад +7

    I just started rewatching Reign, I’m so obsessed 😍

    • @Patrick3183
      @Patrick3183 3 года назад +3

      That’s a ridiculous show with zero historical accuracy. The history is wrong, the outfits are wrong, the show invents characters and situations that never existed.

    • @jenniferboudoin6124
      @jenniferboudoin6124 3 года назад +2

      Patrick3183 literally no one asked for your rude opinion

    • @triciaanderson5778
      @triciaanderson5778 Год назад

      I totally loved it as well. Cried so much at the end

  • @annabethsarskullflower9623
    @annabethsarskullflower9623 3 года назад

    Another brilliant video!

  • @OWOT-re5jf
    @OWOT-re5jf 3 года назад

    Great narration and music, too

  • @MrRYANG96
    @MrRYANG96 3 года назад +27

    It was said that Elizabeth Tudor considered Catherine to be the one she was afraid of the most out of all the monarchs at the time

    • @missspice2087
      @missspice2087 3 года назад +4

      Where did you get that information from? Seeing from the letters Catherine and Elizabeth sent to each other it seemed like they had a mutual respect for each other.

    • @M23786
      @M23786 3 года назад +1

      Catherine desperately wanted to get one of her sons married to Elizabeth I .

    • @seto749
      @seto749 3 года назад +1

      @@M23786 Yes, that was truly well played by Elizabeth; Charles was considered "too young", Henri made religious difficulties, and then she almost went too far and married Hercule/Francois, the youngest.

    • @andrealuisecandido1154
      @andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

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    • @thenablade858
      @thenablade858 4 месяца назад

      Said by who? Elizabeth I considered marrying her son, or at least pretended to. The monarch she was ‘afraid’ of was Philip. Catherine represented no threat to Elizabeth: Her country was in complete ruin.

  • @m7dasplatoon539
    @m7dasplatoon539 3 года назад +51

    You should probably do a video about Royal Pretenders people who pretend to be royal to get anything they want to get satisfied

    • @mossyartwork
      @mossyartwork 3 года назад +1

      Maria Kelly oh I thought they meant people who said they were royal to get stuff and they got killed and stuff

  • @katharinecrumpton6314
    @katharinecrumpton6314 3 года назад

    Really enjoyed that thank you.

  • @sassycarrots4734
    @sassycarrots4734 3 года назад +1

    Id love to learn more about the french kings! I know almost nothing about them
    I love your videos and they are the highlight of my week! I never looked forward to Tuesday so much

    • @andrealuisecandido1154
      @andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

      would be very imporTanT if few
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  • @marychristinelagto3132
    @marychristinelagto3132 3 года назад +17

    I got to know about the queen because of the foodservice subject i teach. I just know about her great influence in french cuisine but never imagined that her life was soo dramatic and colorful but a little bit sad.

  • @Laramaria2
    @Laramaria2 3 года назад +32

    She was a very interesting woman, for sure!

  • @michellebruce8705
    @michellebruce8705 3 года назад

    Great video history i enjoyed it. Hope to see more of your historal videos. 😀😀

  • @badgal1990
    @badgal1990 3 года назад

    i cant wait for next week!!!!

  • @i.g.m2884
    @i.g.m2884 3 года назад +14

    People converting to other religions like that makes you realise its all just about power