The Medicis - The Family that Bankrolled the Renaissance

The Medicis were constantly reinventing themselves. From wool merchants to bankers, to politicians to Popes, and finally to royalty. All along, nurturing and paying the bills of some of the greatest artistic and scientific minds of the renaissance. Lets get to know the many prominent members of this Italian dynasty, uncover their scandals and numerous unsolved murders and divulge their ultimate demise.
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Catherine de' Medici
Alessandro de' Medici
Cosimo I de' Medici
Giuliano de' Medici
Marie de' Medici
Ferdinando I de' Medici

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[overthecounterbeanie]

The Medicis, the Borgias, the Roveres, the Sforzas, the Estes...so many famous Italian dynasties!

[writinggamer]

From Royalty to Reality TV is quite a journey for a family to make over the centuries.

[areiaaphrodite]

Ngl... having Caterina Sforza as a wife is a HUGE flex for that time. Not to mention the names of Orsini and Della Rovere popping up in their family tree as well is also quite impressive for the Italian Renaissance.

[reginleif]

Perfect timing. I was looking for something to listen to while I crochet garlic bread (don't ask) and this popped up.

[romanowens]

The Medici are my special interest and there aren’t many (good) videos on YouTube about them, and I your videos so this is perfect to me🥹🥹🥹

[reneeugeniomalo]

almost a million suds. I proud to say i was one of the oldest for 7 years love this chaneel with all my heart.

[FriendshipandPonies]

I lived in Florence for a few months back in 2022, and it was the greatest time of my life. This video brings back very fond memories.

[ShannonStevens-glle]

Yes!! I love the Medici history. They are absolutely ruthless and fascinating, with their schemes, rises and falls. The Italian power families are hours of real entertainment better than any fiction.

[hollyoconnor]

For a long time I thought the Medicis were completely extinct. I didn't even know that famous bloodline still exists today. What an eye opener!

[VideosForRobinson_School]

I love watching these videos while I bake. I’m getting a history lesson and making baked goods!

[IzDoezHistory]

‘ 7:36 “doesn’t mean they were banging” I coughed up my coffee lol

[ThinWhiteAxe]

Man, I just hate it when I wake up dead like Poliziano and Pica de la Mirandola did

[marygoround]

I am not an accountant but I think the invention of the double entry system is amazing! TIL something new!

[PheOfTheFae]

I love watching these videos that link together different historical dramas for me; where I'm suddenly going OH that's the same person from (The Tudors, The Borgias, DaVincis Demons (yeah I know but I watched it), whatever) and it's like, aligning the timeline in my head as "all these things at the same time".

[danielsantiagourtado]

You're almost at 1M and you deserve ALL of them Lindsay! You're the Queen of History! And we will get a video of your amazing trip to scotland?🎉🎉🎉👸👸👸👸👸

[katherinebreeggemann]

Always found the Medici’s fascinating. So glad you covered them in this video - you do such a great job explaining family trees.

[emma-jodarville-smith]

Thank you so much for covering this interesting family! The first Grand Duke Cosimo and his family became a recent interest after reading Elizabeth Loupas's books, so this was a real treat.

Also when you said poor Catherine got forgotten when Alessandro and Ippolito fled, I'm just imagining the pair looking at each other like 'I thought YOU had her!' Obviously it likely didn't, but it's a fun mental image 😋

[ronaldmessina]

I am so very proud to be an ITALIAN, and my ancestory is from SICILIA, and so i do feel the way that the SICILIANOS from the earlier times did feel

[Edmonton-ofec]

The actual head of the family today is Giuliano de' Medici di Ottajano, 14th Prince of Ottajano. He is the grandnephew of Pope Leo XI and inherited his position after his father Giovanni passed away in 2015. The Lorenzo in the video is probably his younger brother. Giuliano is 49, turning 50 this year and Lorenzo is likely 48, as I came across an article about him from late 2019 saying he was 44.

[Strawberrybaby-]

Its midnight in the Philippines rn but almays waiting for your amazing videos.💟💟💟