Why Was Catherine de Medici Known As The Black Queen Of France?

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Catherine de Medici, born in 1519 into the powerful Medici family of Florence, became Queen of France and a central political figure during a time of intense religious conflict. Despite her attempts at diplomacy, she was often blamed for the violence and turmoil of her era, particularly the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which tarnished her legacy as the "Black Queen."
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[@catherinenewman6516]

Queen Charlotte was not black to find an ancestor who might have been black you have to go back 500 years before queen charlitte

[@catherineliam1144]

It takes a woman of stupendous strength,fortitude and intelligence to navigate the trials of regency,motherhood and religious discontent which she did. I’m proud to be called Catherine!

[@Mister-Mayhem37]

A HUGE fan of "The Serpent Queen" on STARZ! Yes...im sure are some stretching of the truth in many scenes but....i love the show!

[@shanicesm6208]

I love the show as well!! ❤I have to watch it when the kiddo is sleep and man in his man cave!! 😂

[@BimRen246]

I love the show as well. The show takes a lot of liberties as it is fiction and not a historical documentary.

[@shekinah533]

Interesting I never heard of that show. I will definitely look that up. Love browsing the true history and then watching how it plays out in the movie portrayal . Thx

[@princesspeach1606]

I liked “Reign” years ago. Was about Mary queen of Scot’s but Catherine Medici is in it. But yeah “serpent queen” is good aswel.

[@miketime4290]

That woman deserves an Emmy for that performance. My God

[@candybox5360]

This was brilliant. A woman leader before her time. Misunderstood and lied about, she did her best for the Valois. Love her. No snakes. ❤

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

This is an excellent documentary on Catherine de Medici.

[@lindalievens991]

I believe she was a strong and intelligent woman, who loved France , her family and God.

[@NickHammond-m2f]

Terrificslly done. Powerful people will never be sern as anything but scheming people. But thsbks to shows like this. We get to see them in very different lights.

[@Joycemcnamara]

She is one of the most amazing women in history. The only shrewder Queen is Elizabeth I.

[@marvelouspetronela]

I would argue Katherine II The Great, Empress Wu Zeitan or Empress Cixi.

[@HelloKittykat21]

All amazing women bossing it in their times against the odds.

[@katharper655]

All I know is SHE is highly-villified amongst the elderly of my extended Cajun family. Not A single conciliatory word have I heard regarding Catherine de Medici, not even at our behemoth Family Reunions. We Cajuns have LOOOOOOONG MEMORIES.

[@minui8758]

I thought the Cajuns were Roman Catholic. Presumably a Calvinist group of them? Or Catherine did other stuff they hated?

[@katharper655]

@@minui8758 I am Protestant by choice and by rearing. I believe the story goes that some of our kind, separated from our Homeland, were converted in a gesture of homesickness. My branch of the family are a scattered Representation of religious sects. I had a Great Uncle who was a Snake Handler.... as I understand it a rather extremist group of Pentecostals who took Mark 16:18 "And they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them" seriously. SOME tried the "deadly drink" bit...by which they stupidly expired. We are a religious patchwork, it would seem.... fun-loving barbarians being most prevalent.

[@manuellubian5709]

I too have relatives from Louisiana. Although our family is not Cajun. We're more French by birth. So what is it that your family had against Catherine de Medici? What did she do, to the Cajuns of Louisiana?

[@katharper655]

@@manuellubian5709 .It's more what she did to the Huguenots of France, who were forced to flee France or join the nearly 250, 000 Dead Huguenots filling the Seine river from bank to bank for hundreds of miles...and the slaughter wasnt just in Paris, nor only on St. Bartholomew's Day. It went on for the better part of a year. My family lost their Crown-gifted estates, their titles, and most importantly for many of them, their LIVES. And that is the start of tribulations as the fact they were Protestants followed them across the sea and into the predominantly CATHOLIC south of AMERICA.

[@TheBreechie]

Are you sure your family are actually of Cajun decent? There are some major historical discrepancies that make me think your Cajun identity is likely recent identity born of location? Cajun’s are pretty much descended from the Arcadians who were Catholic French people thrown out of what is now Nova Scotia by the English in 1775 - Catherine had been dead 186 years… If perhaps your family have any reason to hate CdM it’s likely because you come from Huguenot blood. You most definitely are not a Cajun now that I can read your second reply…

[@mynx6912]

They literally explain why she was called "The Black Queen" in the first 20 mins 😂

[@GrimmGhost]

That's too long to pay attention. Was she of Bantu heritage?

[@harperoconnor5285]

If he was that "devoted" to his mistress, I wonder how many of those 8 kids were actually his.

[@CountessKitten]

They were all his

[@wandapease-gi8yo]

The chance that Catherine could have had lovers is vanishingly small. She was watched at all times.

[@anitawallace265]

Did''nt Diane, Catherine's cousin allow Catherine's husband, the King sleep W/ Katherine @ Intervals? Each time, she became Pregnant by her Husband..

[@CountessKitten]

@@anitawallace265 I can't believe you would even type that? Like, are you trolling? 😭🤣

[@emilieseitl9662]

These robotic AI voices ,without pause and intonation make interesting material very tiring to listen to,

[@gonefishing167]

Really good, thank you. She certainly tried her best for her adopted country. Shame how peoples names are either shamed through history or are made paragons of virtue ( when they are not!) by the same history. 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@rachaelb.]

I suggest breaking and or pausing the narration more often, to give our brains a little time to absorb the onslaught on info. It's too much work to pause the vid every 3 mins. Take a breath, take a pause, and stop making vids that cut out all pauses. We all need a pause now and then. It's ok.

[@migamaos3953]

Unsurprised it’s a woman commenting this tbh

[@marvelouspetronela]

​​@@migamaos3953unsurprised it's an incel of a man with the misogynystic comment.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@E.S-d7u]

Excellent piece - but the completely wrong prononciation of "Medici" (there is no stress on the i...) really hurt my ears.

[@manuellubian5709]

Great video. Very informative. It really did a fantastic job highlighting a part of European history that we don't often get in America, or taught as part of world history curriculum information. However one thing that I would like to suggest although this is my first time to your channel I would like to suggest and hope that in the future you seek to do interviews or bring in other footage of people that have talked on your subjects just to put a little additional variety into your videos.

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

Thank you. Enjoyed.

[@Chipoo88]

Glad to see the People’s Profile here. Great quality content

[@danmayfield3909]

Hopefully they got permission from them for it to be used. I love the people’s profile videos

[@robert-surcouf]

It should be really hard for Catherine before she die to have lost one husband and three sons, also knowing that the last one will likely be childless and the whole dynasty cease to exist despite all Catherine's efforts.

[@susanmercurio1060]

In addition to her loss of both her parents

[@benteknudsen3248]

Oh Cathy, bless - you did your best

[@hanselpollack4075]

Thoroughly engaging and informative! Thank you. It must heard again, with pen in hand, to sort out for an average history lover, and lover of France for conclusions. However, I found sufficient evidence in your presentation to conclude, that Catherine was not only gifted in political leadership, but a setter of policies long termed astute in later decades, even centuries. Her deep spoken faith leads me to believe she was appointed and anointed by the God to whom she was so yielded for this very season.

[@danielbarcenas4175]

This is who that STARZ show is based on? The serpent queen?

[@cynthiatowers1038]

Yes

[@CountessKitten]

Yes

[@lindacarter7013]

Loved her real story, She was an Amazing leader👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽😍

[@susanmercurio1060]

Well, if Henry was philandering with his mistresses, Catherine could hardly conceive. Apparently, Henry finally did his job.

[@debbralehrman5957]

As I listen to your summary at the end. I still thank you for the video. But want to add my thankfulness that I was born in the last half of the 20th Century. Women and people today(even if things are not perfect) are so much better off. I think for the the time she lived and the resources she was allowed. I think she did a darn good job. If she was so good at killing people off. Why did she let that @#%@#$ Diane de Poitiers live so long. 🤷🏼‍♀️Just sayin'?

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MarcellaGeddes]

I Believe She Was As She Set Out To Be & One Of The Greatest Queen's In All Of History 👑🌹💜✝️⚜️🕊️

[@viewyourdealrichie451]

Z❤

[@maryellencook9528]

If Catherine de Medici had been born male, a lot of Europe would be speaking Italian, I think.

[@rebekahlafever333]

❤Thank you❤

[@shekinah533]

Thank you! This was very powerful, you expounded on not just the woman but her power to wield a Monarchy in a world where she operated in the foreground under the figure head of a king. The connection to the expounding Historical factions that was prevailing at that time shows a priceless connection of historical value. Awesome!🫶🏽

[@loum73]

14? So fkng tragic.

[@alessandrarosina7855]

Very interesting video about the 1st Queen of the medici family, she was not a black queen and madame serpent are commonplaces, because there was a lot of envy and jealousy, she certainly belonged to a bourgerois family, who financed painters and sculports:Lippi, Donatello, verrocchio, botticelli, Michelangelo, likesome rest the Gonzaga lords of Mantova, mercenaries, was truly medici in every from of art and architetture:castle of loire and hotel de la reine and tuilieres. She was icon of fashion and jewels, an influncer and the kingdom of France during the wras of religion maskedwere for power and to have the throne. She embodied royalty, and was bourgerois and knew how to impose herself. Queen Catherine wanted glory for france and her acquired lineage. Unfornately it wasn't like that.

[@lliamjurdom9505]

I think she was a patron to Nostradamus ...

[@algini12]

She was. The Spanish Inquisition were going to torture Nostradamus. Catherine stopped them. They tried to push back and keep him. But you didn't mess with her.

[@thatsclassicher1149]

word for word from wikipedia

[@loum73]

How many is a few days...

[@sweetlikechocolate437]

Was the Vasey Massacre the same as The Bathalomew's Day Massacre?

[@susanmercurio1060]

Sad that Diane de Poitiers couldn't be with her lover at his death

[@CountessKitten]

Do what? Lmfao. No. Not at all. That moment was his wife's and his wife's alone! Are you a mistress? Why the sympathy for the other woman? She tortured Catherine through their entire marriage.

[@Glo1776]

Lol you mean the woman who was 35 when she “seduced” a 15 yr old boy that she had known since he was 7? That one? Because the only one who actually loved him was by his side.

[@algini12]

Mistresses never are.

[@marnieanderson720]

How exactly was Catherine related to Pope Clement? Like through which of her parents ? Can someone break it down person to person for me?

[@Mikaela39989]

Pope Clement was Catherine's first cousin. His birth name was Giulio di Gialino de Medici.

[@marnieanderson720]

@@Mikaela39989 yes but how? through what family members were they related through?

[@Mikaela39989]

@@marnieanderson720 Pope Clement was the son of Giuliano de Medici and Fioretta Gorini.Catherine's uncle and aunt.

[@marnieanderson720]

@@Mikaela39989 arrgh I'm trying to write this down to see the connection but it's still not making sense to me cause Giuliano de Medici and Lorenzo (catherine's father) don't share a father

[@Mikaela39989]

@@marnieanderson720 https:en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Medici _family_tree

[@anitawallace265]

To Countess:No I don't troll. Believe me as You READ what I stated.

[@nphipps9406]

it was all about politics especially being a woman, it was no better with the other queens, however, Catherine was a good enough mother

[@loum73]

Possibly? From syphilis?

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Medici is pronounced completely wrong 😢

[@shelleygibbons1065]

Ahe really was a queen

[@Patrick3183]

Fix the title of the video.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

What's wrong with it?

[@atgay2640]

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff”black”….

[@MummaCourtney84]

Stolen from People profiles

[@cynthiatowers1038]

I knew I recognized that voice.

[@MummaCourtney84]

@@cynthiatowers1038 me too.. 5 seconds in I was like oh I know that voice lol

[@tburrrg2502]

It’s not stolen, they literally just posted on their KZbin that they are in a partnership and are excited that they are having their videos play on this channel.

[@Chipoo88]

They’ve joined forces

[@PeopleProfiles]

We've licensed a number of videos to these guys. It's all above board.

[@MarianneHyatt]

Oh my this filled in a few gaps in my knowledge of the late, great Kate. I think she’s equal parts evil and yet devoted Queen Mum (Did she originate that title?). I was struck by her harsh treatment of Mary Q of Scots - with letters to her biological daughters referring to the latter as ‘The Prince’, but I auppose she was just as rough on her own daughter. Defo an overbearing mother who preferred her sons

[@leah8526]

Of course she was an Aries 😅

[@jamieschlaeppi2672]

😂❤

[@spinstersuccess6941]

😊

[@mariesteenkamp5305]

she never punished the murderers,which is suspicious..

[@prettypurple7175]

1519/////

[@valeriemacphail9180]

MEDici NOT medICI

[@Schwarzkald]

After 10yrs she got pregnant that is suspicious. She most likely got pregnant by the bed chamberlain😂

[@CountessKitten]

No.

[@janebowdoe3878]

There was some wrong with Henry's penis. Diane didn't want a much better looking princess replacing Catherine so they work together. Diane would start with Henry and then send him to Catherine.

[@goodvibes5220]

What a shame - an entire video about a Medici lady - yet unable to pronounce the Medici name correctly! I cringed every time he said Me-DI-ci instead of ME-di-ci and couldn’t watch it anymore after 5 minutes. Just too much and actually making me doubt the content 😌

[@TracyD2]

So much for good vibes.

[@gundarvarr1024]

The real EVIL QUEEN

[@yanafelani]

AWFUL DICTATION

[@PoseidonOilRig]

NOT BLACK

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Why not?

[@PoseidonOilRig]

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff SHE'S CLEARLY WHITE

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

@@PoseidonOilRig "Black" has only one meaning? You should have watched the video.

[@Consrignrant]

Lol. Not much going on between your ears, is there.

[@toni79144]

Obviously you didn't watch. Her mourning garb was black as was the tradition

[@dutchessofyork1002]

Medici are swarthy brown complexion aka moor black skin my direct blood ancestor and Marie Medici is also swarthy aka black Queen

[@BalticBorn]

I did not think it was possible to have such a fascinating time in history presented in such a comatose way 🥱 this is just dreary