Lucrezia Borgia: The infamous Daughter of Pope Alexander VI - Great Personalities of History

[@alaromukhtar2127]

Even games like assassins creed made her look like a witch, a murderess, a wicked soul. Only to find that she was an unlucky woman who was a victim of history. My respect goes out to her for she suffered an unfortunate destiny

[@teragram38crows49]

During the witch hunts across Europe, too many innocent people were executed for witchcraft. The most popular kind of accusations was there was a limit to how innocent a woman could be. Apparently there was such a thing as being too pious.

[@Chocorange89]

@@bruja7574 Medusa is an exception- she was always a monster just like her sisters. The myth of her being a victim of Poseidon was written as propaganda against a politician who claimed he was a descended of the god.

[@lady_pt]

Beautiful and smart women have always been described in history as either witches or as a husband catcher. Shame...

[@christinerobbins9376]

@@Chocorange89 Yes, I was under the impression that Gorgons were ALWAYS Gorgons (kind of like Valkyries, or even Angels) Humans do not *become* these entities. The idea of Medusa as some young priestess of Athena has never sat well with me ... Even if we are talking about mythological beings 🙏😂

[@stephenlopez1709]

Boohoo

[@angelas888]

The more I learn about history, the happier I am to be born in the present times

[@mtgsk5180]

Yea especially for women. We had no value in society apart from being married off as political pawns

[@angelas888]

@@mtgsk5180 exactly!

[@myozbubble]

You got that right!

[@SkyNeely]

Amen!! EVERY time period has pros and cons.😰

[@angelas888]

@@SkyNeely I know🥺its interesting...but scary sometimes

[@YT4Me57]

I prefer to believe the excellent reports of the spies, the people who knew her and the long years of stability and peace under her rule as Dutchess. She was not only a survivor, an overcomer but also a victor against those that tried to use and abuse her. May God bless and rest her soul.

[@sheilagoddard2199]

It's wonderful to hear good things about Lucretzia Borgia. I have never heard all of the good she did in this world. Living in those times and being part of such an infamous family must have been awful. Thank you for making this video.

[@НатальяПарванчук]

Being a peasant is certainly worse... Regardless of the time period.

[@taracox8918]

When will people realize that by and far history is written by MEN of course the picture was portrayed that she was awful, but look at her life after her father and brother were gone. She was a woman with no choice

[@ua6523]

THANK YOU!!

[@jacqueline6124]

Exactly

[@arbiterskiss6692]

Are you implying women are incapable of speaking ill about anyone or anything? Are you implying women are incapable of lying? Don't think sexism is the cause of her problems.

[@racheltang2646]

I hate her father for using her as his political pawn and she was sadly unable to love who she wants to love and marry who she wants to marry. Don't marry off someone so young. Poor, sweet Lucrezia....

[@matthewsilva8617]

Yeah we know, it’s HIStory not HERstory

[@fiachramaccana280]

There is zero contemporary evidence that she was anything but a decent lady born to an impossible family.

[@mdstanton1813]

Very true. This constant back and forth saying she's evil or a victim is so silly. She could be both at the same time, or neither

[@fiachramaccana280]

@@mdstanton1813 sure. but the contemporary evidence suggests she was a elegant; smart and very decent lady used as a marriage pawn by her family. In later life renowned poets paid court to her as did gallants such as the Chevalier du Bayard and Gaston de Foix. This was in 1505-1512 when she was long married to the Duke of Ferrara and the last survivor of her notorious family. In other words there was zero political reason to pay particular court to her. She was middle aged and a mother at that stage. It was only her personal reputation that drew them. Had she been scandalised she would have been put aside and sent to a convent. Instead she was revered. Thats 100% down to her.

[@somekindofflower2024]

I think the first time I heard about her was from a TV documentary and it portrayed her in a good light. But then I saw her being portrayed badly in shows and video games and because it was a long time since I saw that documentary, I didn't know if it talked about the same person.

[@fiachramaccana280]

@@somekindofflower2024 entertainment is not history

[@somekindofflower2024]

@@fiachramaccana280 I know that, but entertainment isn't always historically inaccurate. It's often a mix of both which makes it difficult to understand what is true and what's not especially if almost all entertainment media prefers to portray a person in one specific way.

[@muffassa6739]

This was such a fascinating video. I never knew how she was used a political pawn ,such a sad life she had. All the power and intrigue surrounding her. Have your Father use you for more power. Thanks for the great video

[@threadsandpurrs]

Thank you for sharing a less sensational viewpoint on Lucrezia. Her scheming family did not deserve such a kind daughter.

[@ambersummer2685]

That’s sad how she’s negatively viewed. She unfortunately belonged to the wrong people and was actually a kind and sweet soul.

[@AlishN7]

Poor Lucrezia. She did not deserve her family. She was but a pawn in her father’s and brother’s games, who clearly did not see her as a person…

[@FantabulousFail]

Sounds pretty standard for women of the time.

[@lorytwstoccult2769]

@@FantabulousFail even to this day in the life of the privileged.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

French writer Victor Hugo was the one made the depraved murderous image still parasiting people's mind. In reality she was a beautiful leader the princess of Vatican, a writer and a very devout Christian ✝️ and a victim of her father political ambition. A later Borgia (don't remember his name) was given sainthood and when he first arrived to Italy he viseted Lucresia grave and prayed for her peace.

[@jamellfoster6029]

She seemed like a nice person from what I read on her...

[@laplitkhiddlestoner4ever834]

Yeah, she was just a nice young girl...victim of her own father and brother ambition and sexually degeneration.

[@mariat108]

Yes it was Saint Francisco de Borgia: "Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, venerated as Saint Francis Borgia, was a great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, a Grandee of Spain, a Spanish Jesuit, and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement." Wikipedia He served Queen Isabella of Portugal, granddaughter of Queen Isabella de Castille.

[@anthyavila9726]

@@jamellfoster6029 The problem is, fictionalized portrayals of her are what steeped cultural osmosis, so most people have that wild and crazy image of her.

[@Borderose]

That was Saint Francis Borgia. Arguably one of the best Superior Generals of the Jesuit Order. He inherited his grandfather's administrative talents, but was genuinely pious.

[@MK-ef6go]

The abuse this girl suffered 😭

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Lucrezia being abused in life an death. If a crime, she was clearly a good soul trying to do what was right.

[@thelastpityparty4425]

It truly makes no sense to do so

[@ojc8902]

Can't believe I remember her from Assassin's Creed 2, this is so fascinating

[@spacewalkerrr]

same!

[@sattwikpcBG]

but she was first mentioned in brotherhood tho

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

Couldn’t it be possible that both portrayals of her could be accurate, rather than just one or the other? People tend to be complicated beings, and they can be different depending on their circumstances. Maybe she reinvented herself a number of times when necessary.

[@TheQuestionmarkstudi]

They actually do show the victim part in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Sure, they showed the vile side, but there are definitely parts where she realized who she really was..

[@thee8797]

Yes, I remember how much I hated her character in the game back then

[@Edgeof666]

The game is pretty far from being historically accurate. It's the equivalent of Braveheart.

[@DoloresJNurss]

Thank you for setting the record straight. I had no idea!

[@viggurumurthy5311]

Ezio: *_Heavy Breathing_*

[@xxsaber_skullxx]

I love that RIP Ezio

[@Nemania10]

😎😎😎

[@uc355]

Lucrezia: " They see me rollin', they hatin'..."

[@Kajira26]

🤣

[@megongaga1984]

*Purrfect! I just started watching The Borgias and I always look up the actual history of these historical dramas I like to watch. *I must leave a comment to appease the algorithm gods 🙏

[@cherylcummins5209]

Where did u find the borgias series?

[@eldaourso4053]

Netflix

[@lostcinema5189]

I heard italian politics then were ruthless but I did't thought it was that bad. Game of Thrones seems innocent instead

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

They made most everyone in Game of Thrones, look weak. Olenna an Tywin only two that would stand a chance with Italian politics

[@Mashka14]

Informative insightful video on the life of Lucrezia Borgia who lived during the Italian Renaissance .

[@marinafrancesoldman1819]

As usual, women used and abused and then they even get the blame for men's sins, ending up with the bad reputation! 😡

[@amandabourke796]

She WAS the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI-she wasn't "born to the illegitimate daughter"-just a minor correction😃👍

[@nicholasyong7051]

It's always history (written from the male perspective) that paints women who were stuck in an unlucky situation becoming ambitious and driven as someone who's evil, calculative, witch-liks etcccc

[@themostancientdream4951]

The fact that i was looking for her story but kept of searching Rudbeckia De Borgia so couldn't mpfind it TILL NOWWW

[@reddoghunterboyrdhb284]

Bedankt

[@SeeUinHistory]

thanks

[@momon4266]

Holliday Grainger is such a beauty

[@yumnaamjad2637]

Loved the series the Borgia ❤️

[@LBF522]

I hated that it was ended after Season 3. I would have loved to have seen it continue.

[@asad916]

Hey, I love your content very much. they are awesome.. I was just curious if you have any plan to translate 'em in Bangla. It's a great language with a huge audience. But, unfortunately there isn't much stuff like that in our language. I can even voluntarily help you if you want.

[@babyramses5066]

As much as I like AC. I feel like they did her dirty. I found out later the true story so when AC made her a sadistic pervert knowing that she probably wasn't- it was kinda weird.

[@solesurvivor5]

They tend to do that, just look at what they did to Anne Bonney, the woman was wild fire but they turn her into a gentle ember who got dragged into the fray by Mary Reed, when if anything was closer to the other way round. Unfortunately for Lucrezia, she was on the side of the templars, and Ubi makes the pretty one dimensional.

[@isanami2065]

It's interesting that the fiction "the family" by Mario puzzo one of his best books was based on this family.

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

I love her beauty and the beautifu dresses and jewelry of that renaissance Italian tome

[@milkarujuseyo]

has anyone read the korean lightnovel how to get my husband on my side? just realised that the story is so similar to this! googled and found how it was based on the borgias 😳

[@xiaoxue3541]

I did! I'm also following the manhwa

[@Sinklair8]

actually why i'm watching this video! I was curious to learn more about the real life person!

[@b_undiii]

The manhwa's the reason I'm here

[@sugakookies8063]

Yes, it’s so good!!

[@paolabetancourt3365]

pretty sure that's the reason why KZbin recommend me this video. My smartphone spies on me and knows I'm following the manhwa hahaha

[@azizlinnkarter2465]

Cesare : I want the apple Lucrezia : Waaaaaaaaaaah 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Ezio : Alright , Cesare I am coming through the window

[@cherylannemason]

I remember a rather sweet moment in a novel about the family, where a group of diplomats representing her eventual 3d husband found themselves surprised that Lucrezia had a good many admirable and even likable qualities.

[@MichaelJeffers75]

I wish there was a season 4 to the series with Jeremy Irons, but I was able to fill in the blanks having read Mario Puzo's The Family.

[@Maray182]

Such an underrated series. I’ve been hoping for a reboot for all this years 🥺

[@aliceatwonderland7172]

What is it caused and who streams it?

[@alyssafoster4765]

@@aliceatwonderland7172 it’s on Netflix and is called Borgia I think

[@MichaelJeffers75]

@@aliceatwonderland7172 "The Borgias", I think it was a Showtime series, but IDK who streams it.

[@aliceatwonderland7172]

@@alyssafoster4765 Thanks!

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

Assassin's Creed 2 is the best way to motivate you to learn history.

[@conniesmith7800]

Good job. Thank you for sharing.

[@-RONNIE]

Really good video 👍🏻 I hope you and your family have a good holiday or whatever you celebrate 🥃 Sláinte

[@flynnrider4354]

Assassins Creed really did her DIRTY!! What a shame most people know history thru games and they are being lied to

[@katrine-pearls]

Am loving ❤ having KZbin bcoz everything is open like Pandora's box to widen our knowledge. Yes, I have a book tht major Pope produces daughters and sons bcoz they are human beings too. Am glad we have you so-called Protestant, that their minister or pastors can marry.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

I am not very happy about the times in which I live, but do most certainly wish that I could have lived in those times of splendour

[@nancyM1313]

Beautiful costumes in the film and paintings.

[@marysinclair2468]

That was just their clothes at the time?

[@JustYaeWendt]

Thank You!

[@crystalpowell7040]

I'm so grateful to be born in these times to be born those times must have been so boring and way they lived must been hard

[@michaelsinger4638]

She gets such an unfair rap because some people did not like her father and brother.

[@Chemicalnotfound]

I just finished season 3 of the Burgias…I feel like there should be a season 4

[@2dmen841]

She has a manga called How to get my husband on my side it's really sad and still updating..

[@Introvertsan]

Poor thing she was just used as a pawn

[@TheOscarFrancois]

Happened to most lady aristocrats though, unfortunately...

[@Introvertsan]

@@TheOscarFrancois I realise it's sad though

[@MCaveDweller]

I just finished watching the series and it's clearly visible that, how God Bless them.

[@ninaspdtoolbox259]

Live sucks when your perceived as an object and not a humanbeeing that should have the same rights as men

[@sifilore]

Next vid I would like is King Henry the 5th of England. We've seen him in the Netflix film The King. Everybody knows about Henry Tudor the 8th, father to Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, but we don't know much about the 5th.

[@Vesnicie]

Are you having everybody on? He's one of the most overstudied figures of the late medieval period.

[@caramia4143]

@@Vesnicie Lol right? If anything, we need a good series centered around Henry VII. He was the founder of the Tudor dynasty and led such an exciting life but the focus has always been on Henry VIII and his daughters.

[@Vesnicie]

@@caramia4143 there is the White Princess, but I wouldn't call that a good series.

[@monf2650]

Are you having a laugh...Shakespear wrote an entire play about King Henry V

[@kimberleyheadland927]

Thank you for this video ………….poor Lucretia she was but a pawn in her family gain………… Teresa Ann 🇬🇧

[@MrPinkStrat]

So many Scenes in the TV Show The Borgia's Looked like Beautiful Painting Credit to the Set Designer & Director

[@danesovic7585]

What's the music in the background?

[@lilredv2]

You ever find it?😂

[@arleneweiss4676]

Thank you for this .

[@EJK2099]

AC Brotherhood

[@jamiemohan2049]

Lucrezia, Juan/Giovanni & Cesare were all full siblings. They were not her half-brother's.

[@willusmc1422]

Please whats the name of the background music on this video? i love it

[@rachaelkapaun2787]

Very common at the time too use a daughter for political gain only. Men 🤦

[@hoekkkaido2006]

I remember her from a Chinese manhua called "the journey". Anyone else?

[@Laudon1228]

The painting of Lucrezia’s mother looks so much like the actress Susannah Harker , when she played Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV mini-series of Pride and Prejudice.

[@lrose1310]

Keep in mind, there are plenty of paintings we use today for historic figures that might not have been accurate at all. Some of these images were painted long after their death by artists who either just made up what they looked like, or were pretty bad at their job. Shakespeare's famous portrait was done after his death by a guy said to draw everyone's faces the same. There are also plenty of random portraits we use that were inaccurately attributed to the historic figure, whether to increase the portraits value or by historians who just made their best guess. The famous Christopher Columbus painting is one of these, and the self portrait people use for Da Vinic might not have actually been a self portrait at all. Then there's the "photoshoppers" who will either have their original painter paint them in a more favorable light or past restorers who decide to paint over the portrait to fit their own beauty standards. There's a popular KZbin video of an art restorer who basically finds an entirely different face under all the restoration work a victorian restorer did.

[@Laudon1228]

@@lrose1310 I know artwork may not accurately depict the subject. That’s why I said the _painting_ of Lucrezia’s mother.

[@hamasakibibou7433]

What is the background music ?

[@BulletHole]

2:10 ish you go from calixtus to alexander and say alexander was his father........ wasnt calixtus the uncle of alexander?

[@darkshado124]

Man, Ezio really got lucky, huh?

[@lilredv2]

Song name?

[@friedaoceana5658]

What movie are these pictures taken from?

[@TheOscarFrancois]

The Borgias

[@riverwolf3251]

Netflix tv show The Borgias

[@patricialong5767]

Most royal and important historical figures were pawns in the marriage market. This is a fascinating historical video. Lucrezia was a pawn of her time, BUT she was a poisoner!

[@chrystianaw8256]

Who did she poison?

[@Mason879_commander_bacon]

Does anyone know where I can watch The Borgia’s in the UK?

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

next will be Juan Borgia & Cesare Borgia

[@k.s.k.7721]

According to new research, which goes back to the primary documentation, rather than relying on previous writings, the Borgia children were the nieces and nephews of Roderigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI), and NOT his children. People need to start looking at original birth records, rather than what somebody wrote about the family after the fact.

[@IroNicGirl91]

This is interesting do you have any sources to this new research, I would love to look more into this just out of curiosity :)

[@IroNicGirl91]

Never mind I think I found the source who compiled findings disputing Roderigo Borgia’s paternity, G. J. Meyers. Please correct me if I’m wrong otherwise anyone who is curious happy reading 😊

[@stephanieclark1487]

He faked their birth records originally because he wasn’t allowed to have kids but when he got more power he legitimized them as his children. You can fake birth certificates easily when you have power.

[@devilshouseofkitsch]

I believe they were passed off as niece/ nephews until he had sufficient power to acknowledge them without consequence.

[@anamikad582]

Rich people always have complicated life and it’s true

[@marysinclair2468]

They weren't just rich, they were extremely powerful, since everyone was Catholic at the time.

[@reniasva]

Did you mix up Alfonso d'Este with Alfonso d'Aragon? Both were her husbands, but d'Este survived her.

[@Sateisa]

They depicted her blond like once and all other paintings are brunettes?

[@charliemcternan8190]

Thdi will Be fun more famous and ancient people form the past love thdi so so so so muhc

[@lala2686]

th-the peak of her beauty was at age 12? 🥴

[@chrystianaw8256]

Right?!

[@Punisher5791]

It's obvious almost all negative things said about her are from the enemies of her family.

[@kimberlykyang2358]

Who else is reading a similar manhwa 😂

[@melatiazizahrozaq5805]

omg yess

[@rowan_vagrant]

14:07 anyone know what the movie is?😮

[@foxxiblues854]

The borgias. You can find it on either Netflix of Hulu hopefully still. I don't remember what one.

[@rowan_vagrant]

​@@foxxiblues854just found out he older one is The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982)

[@jumaris28]

The Borgias in Netflix w Jeremy Iron Holiday G & Francois A

[@queenmelissalehman3490]

Didn't I just watch her on forgotten lives about 2 weeks ago

[@agcharivari-communicationf3460]

Lucretia Borja was the only daughter of a Pope, Rodrigo Borja, later Pope Alexander VI, and his lover, Vannozza Cattanei. She was sister of Cesar, José and Joffré Borja and became part of her father's political schemes. But, in spite of her bad reputation (still to be historically proven), she rose above and became patron of the arts ⭐⭐⭐ Forever

[@jadediaz9918]

I'm reading the Manhwa version of this in Korea HOW TO GET ON MY HUSBAND SIDE . The story of Lucretzia Married on a duke of another kingdom

[@markgarin6355]

Hard to understand how an illegitimate daughter has her "father's" last name, not her real name. So for two years they stayed together, but apart....which means what?

[@tatyana2154]

Basically a very long and celibate engagement lol, except they were officially married on paper. I guess for security measures so no one else would have the opportunity to marry them while they waited till she was old enough

[@elisabethmichel7259]

2:50 the Man on the right kinda reminds me of Lord Farquaad 😅😅

[@stephaniehand503]

thanks

[@anna3046]

Rodrigo Borgia was Spanish and not Italian!

[@nmv33]

Very interesting story but I can’t with the robotic narrating voice. No enunciation or feeling in it.

[@marysinclair2468]

I agree -- I dislike it immensely. Why not just have a real person narrate it.

[@SonodaSymphony]

@@marysinclair2468 Pretty sure it is a real human narrating-they’re just super monotone.

[@naz.rojana03]

There is a novel/ manhwa made based on her... rewriting her ending. Giving her a happy ending with her husband and ending her corrupted and sick family. I think the author for this.

[@christinejemison2182]

You goto that right!!!!

[@stephanieclark1487]

She was a pawn in her father and brothers game. I’ve always felt sorry for her.

[@marjoriendeguzman9227]

Why do i remember Rudbeckia Borgia from how to get my husband in my side webnovel in her like the similarities

[@yamiatemyugi]

Can’t help but think of Assassin’s Creed

[@bytheway1031]

🎂Lucrezia Borgia 04-18-2022

[@Rosemarysummers2]

I’m glad to hear good about her, it is awful when one hears only bad.

[@blackstar8194]

She's pitiful for me, because of her family she did it. During their time, families makes decision the most. Children goes for arrangements for political power or connect. Too many scary people! And loneliness. It's hard to run away, too strict! Compared to our modern ear. Just save money and run away before dawn😞 i like Lucrezia borgia 😊

[@racheltang2646]

I am glad Lucrezia wasn't like her father

[@TheHiddenOne426]

Cesare: How did you find me?! Ezio: The Apple you stole from Mario Auditore lead me here.

[@buttercup1648]

Am I here because of a Korean manhwa? Yes.

[@lilymbae386]

The magnaminus?