Fun Fact: Whenever a high church official (like a cardinal) would introduce their illegitimate offspring into the higher echelons of society, they'd introduce them as their "niece" or "nephew". A child of a supposedly deceased (or made up) sibling that the cardinal "graceously" took in and adopted as theirs.

I'm from Ferrara, and I like that here in my city Lucrezia is remembered as a pretty nice person despite her "roman" reputation. An interesting fact about her is that She's an ancestress of the actual monarchs of Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg through her granddaughter Anna d'Este, so her legacy continues today :)

So she gets slandered as a black widow (despite loving the husband who was murdered, and eventually coming to get along with the third) but her homicidal brother who did the murder inspired depictions of Jesus. To top it all off the book that was probably written to satirize his homocidal personality was taken seriously? I feel bad for her.

I've always felt bad for Lucrezia. So much slander was made up about her, and her husbands were killed to benefit from new alliances from new husbands. Once Rodrigo was dead, she became a generic Italian noblewoman from what I read

What’s so tragic and infuriating is that Lucrezia only ever did what the men in her life expected from her, which was what was expected of all women, and her reputation was tarnished by the same society that forced her life to be what it was all the same. Lucrezia was intelligent, capable, and based on the evidence available a genuinely kind person who did the best she could for her people, and the thanks she gets is being lumped together with the self-serving men who made her life an ordeal.

Lucrezia Borgia was a woman of great faith, who was used by the men in her life until her last breath. Because of her family, the historical figure of her is portrayed as evil to the detriment of the truth!

"and he could only consume breast milk from a young woman" yeah... sure, me too.

Lucrezia is one of many women that shows history always favor men and will continue to do so. Many people blatantly ruined the reputation of women who was only a child when everything happened.

She’s pretty much a victim of political corruption.

Props to her husbands that actually treated her kindly. It was sad that the one she was truly in love with had been killed way before his time. I don't understand why she would stay with her family or was even affectionate with them after using her so much. I would've never forgiven them for using me so horribly. Also everytime i hear people say bad things about her, I'm gonna correct them. She was an intelligent and kind person and she should be recognized as a victim, not a villain💐

It's sad that her bad reputation started when she was just 14

OH MY GOD im pretty sure her story inspired the webcomic "how to win my husband over" the impotent ex husband, the brother, the incest rumors and even the surname! its one of my favorites comics and i had no idea it was inspired by a real historical figure o_O

When you think about it she was nothing more than a pawn to be used as her father or brothers will, along the way her name was ruined and she couldn’t even mother her own child. I feel so much pain for her.

Absolutely love that GRRM could have picked literally anything from history to base GOT on and he said "hmmm, lets do the incesty bits" like okay that's a choice

I feel like in the list of women royal history did dirty, Lucrezia and Anne Boleyn are pretty high up

For those who want to know the real Lucrezia, like me, a great book is Samantha Morris' Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia. She is a British historian and quite good.

I hate the way women back in those times were talked about and treated so badly. Rumors of that nature are enough to cut you to the bone. That is why the tongue is such a deadly weapon.

Poor Lucrezia, used as a pawn all her life, her happiness destroyed by a scheming family and her name blackened by association. I hope she found some small happiness in her life.

What a sad and rough life she had! Never being allowed to see her eldest child. Being forced to marry different men for the benefit of ONLY her father and brothers. But I'm glad she found herself with a decent man at the end.

So THAT is where the name “Sancha” originated. My family is Mexican and for some in our culture the word “Sancha” is used as slang for mistress/lover etc.

Cesare was buried in the nave of The Church of Santa María in Viana, Spain. One of the later bishops had him dug up and moved outside to the doorstep so people would wipe their feet on his tombstone. 😄 Thank you for your impressive videos.

14:00 As a Latina I find it interesting that both brothers had an affair with a girl named Sancha because in Spanish slang “Sancho” means the man that your wife is having an affair with.

Her greatness was erased simply based on the rumors of jealous men , and they say we are fickle 😹😹😹😹😹

Do the entire Borgia family!!!! I love this!

So after Lucrezia and Alfonso's sister tried so hard to save him, some devil strangled him anyways. Pure evil.

Goodness, how sorry I feel for her. She just wanted to love and be loved, and was cruelly used by her father, brothers, and the rumor mill. My heart broke for her that she wasn’t able to be with her oldest son. I can imagine her, in that month she spent grieving, asking everyone who knew him what he was like, what made him happiest, what he enjoyed-just so she could feel close to him.

i have been waiting for this video!!! Lucrezia's story is SO fascinating to me. it's so tragic and so heartbreaking, and the fact that her true nature and self were lost to history because of the horrific lies and stories spun about her by men in power just makes it all the more tragic.

Almost every woman who has ever had a position of privilege and power has had terrible rumours circulated about her. Men in the same position usually get respect and admiration.

Fun Fact #2: The Corleone Family in The Godfather movies was based on the Borgias

I rarely comment but today I will! Thank you so much for making a video on Lucrezia! She's one of my favourite historical women!!!

My tired brain SO misread this as "Lizzy Borden" for a moment, before I realized she had nothing to do with the pope and allegedly favored axes. XD

Like so many women in history, she aounds like a victim of the men who controlled her and the men who at once lusted after her and hated and envied her family at the same time.

Im really glad you covered the Borgias. They have a fascinating history! The series Netflix did on them was incredible. I loved it just as much as the Tudors.

Not sure if the "Missing Plugin" was intentional at 15:56 but it did make me laugh quite a bit.

Daughters being used as tools. 😢

The fact that she saved her husband’s life and then he told everyone she was sleeping with her brothers/dad is 🤢 Also… it’s almost like children shouldn’t be married or in politics 😅

Given that Rodrigo and Cesare’s reputations when it came to sex, I doubt Lucrezia had any choice when it came to having any kind of sex with either of them. I think she was raped and molested from an early age-after all, she was betrothed at 10 to a grown man, so they obviously didn’t see anything wrong with forcing a child into sex with a grown man. I also believe that she learned to do whatever she had to do to survive in a world where women had no rights and were essentially regarded as breeding stock and little more. My personal belief is that she was judged far more harshly than she would have been if she had been a man. She was further vilified because she dared to be ambitious and acquired power, which was not acceptable in a woman.

This is why I cannot watch the Borgias series. When I learned how a lot of the salacious plot lines are based on slander, I get annoyed that its the slander is what survived in pop culture.

This was so good, I have been getting into the itailian nobility so this video came at the right time. Have you considered doing a video on Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan? Her life story is so sad but also beautiful and poetic, I would like to see what other details you might be able to dig up to bring her story to light.

Love your content Lindsay! Please consider doing a video of the best borgia: Pope Alexander VI. you're the best, never miss and upload of yours!

If I read the Sforza family tree correctly, I think Giovanni and Caterina Sforza were cousins (their fathers were brothers). I don’t know if you’ve done a video on Caterina or other members of the House of Sforza, but Caterina Sforza was a major power player in the politics of Renaissance Italy and a rival to Cesare Borgia. Caterina was married three times, and her first husband (Girolamo Riario) was one of the organizers of the Pazzi Conspiracy (which I think you may have covered in the video about the House of Medici) and the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV (who was also in on the conspiracy). If you haven’t done a video yet on Caterina, she’s definitely a subject worth considering.

Thank you for sharing her story, I was in tears by the end. I've seen The Borgias and other dramas and documentaries about the family, but no one has told her story like this. You've done her justice, and I'm sure she's appreciative ❤

My first introduction to this lady was through Assassin's creed. She didn't impress me much in the game in terms of being human. But the real version of her is kinda interesting. Thank you for doing this video ^^

I am re-watching Borgia and was JUST thinking how awesome it would be if you did a video on Lucretzia!

Could you do a video on the six mother in laws of Henry viii?

Been rewatching the old Showtime show 'The Borgias' with my wife, so this was perfect timing!

Jesus: Try to keep it in your pants, but if you can't, you should get married. The Church: Yeah, but no.

Great to see your narration Lindsay 🥰 Renaissance is such an intricate and intriguing era. It has such a exhilarating atmosphere and my favourite century.

P.S: Please consider doing a video about the rest of Napoleon’s love interests: Desiree Clary, Marie Walewska, & Empress Marie Louise. They each have an interesting story of their own and a video about them would be fascinating. No pressure of course.

I'm so grateful for your channel, Lindsay. This is why we need more women historians, to look at these stories from a new perspective without patriarchal lenses.

Such an interesting life of an italian noblewoman at the time! You should do a video series on the Medicis! After all they came to rule over Florence for generations and became the head of the Christian World as Pope.

This is the perfect video for October. I’ve never heard of her and every twist and the dark drama had me on the edge of my seat

Your range is incredible lindsay! Your topics always interesting! You're the best 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

Yay another great video, I can’t wait to see what you have when you go to Scotland. Keep up the great work Lindsay 😊💕⭐️

Franky, I learned of Lucrezia when I was still 15 years old through the vocaloid song Cantarella. As a young teen who loved to ship Miku and Kaito (who is playing Cesare Borgias in the song) I romanticized their story, as in thst song they are presented as half siblings (frankly I myself am weirded out in hindsight why I shipped them). Now as an adult I can only pity her youth and be happy how the latter years of her life turned out... I am stilm interested on how the infamous Cantarella was made though...

Having survived all that, is there any wonder if perhaps Lucretia poison her own father and brother. They made her life a living hell

Lindsay I was just listening to the podcast that you posted today and again like last week the podcast it is disrupted with an advertisement and then the podcast starts again at 22 minutes with your intro music plays again.

I love this so much! Thank you for a new video!

Everybody a new video by Lindsay just dropped

I was invested in Lucrezia's story... until I saw the image at 19:43. Like, *oh my-*

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO, I WAS WAITING FOR MY REQUEST ON A VIDEO ABOUT LUCRETIA BORGIA 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

FANTASTIC! I was eager to know her story better!

Ive been waiting for a video on her for foreverr thank you 💓

15:48: there is a lady who seems to be serving the guests with her back faced towards them. It is rare to see the help or slaves painted into a such a portrait. Sparked my interest! Love your videos 🫶🏾💐

Well now I know that this story must have been inspiration for the webtoon/novel "How to get my husband on my side" but on a fantasy-romance take

dope as always! Thanks icon

Thank you for giving us a story about her life with compassion. Thanks also for including detailed context of her personal life, such as the political situation and her family’s role in it. I found myself spending a lot of time, much longer than I’d expected I would, paused to examine the maps, portraits, various graphics etc.. I typically do this in any given video, but not usually to such an extent. The maps in particular have me thinking I might look into a broader scope of European, and even World, history than I typically do. I tend to become hyper-focused on the U.K. (and within that the monarchy - especially the Tudors - though I realize how common that is and it makes me feel self-consciously ordinary, but I can’t help myself, because it really is such terribly fascinating stuff! But it’s time to branch out, and so I’m glad this channel exists! From time to time I’ve considered casually looking into this topic, just as someone with a lot of interest in history, but for one reason or another I simply hadn’t bothered. I’m so glad I finally watched not only something about her/this topic, but this exact video - knowing how vastly different the quality of these kinds of videos can be, and that many are just a half-arsed run-down of basic facts. I’m the same age as she was when she died, and, although our backgrounds could hardly be less similar, I can absolutely feel her sadness. My traumas, losses, betrayals, injustices and so on, are different in details, but I feel a great deal of empathy with her as her tale is told of being a woman in a man’s world, struggling to be treated fairly. And if she actually did have a poison ring, I can’t really judge her, because I bought myself one a few months ago - having always wanted one… not that I would ever put it to its intended use! 😉 I believe in reincarnation (I also believe everyone has a right to believe what that they want or feel a need to, and without anyone pushing other beliefs onto them; my own statement of belief is simply included to make more sense of the statements the follow.) and I absolutely hope that Lucrezia and her true love have had, or at least will get another chance at a full life of happiness together. And I hope some of the other people who were less deserving of sympathy, have been/will get the opportunities to learn their lessons, improve and resolve the “karma” between themselves. What a mess greed and unchecked emotions like anger and lust, make of our lives and our communities! What a shame we can’t behave better and be kinder to one another! It sure makes for good stories, however.

Very interesting and informative! Thanks 😊

Most comprehensive video on this topic I’ve ever seen 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

IVE BEEN DYING FOR MORE ON HER !! Thank you!!!

One of your best videos yet! ❤

Another awesome Video😍😍

my favorite hobby is learning about misunderstood women then falling in love with them by the end of it

Love your channel your stories are always so interesting I learn a lot. Your voice also makes it even better it's very nice and relaxing 😌

I want Lindsay to do a series on the most corrupt popes in history!

Lucrezia is such a beauty, it’s a shame that her reputation was tarnished. She absolutely deserves better

I did not know much about her. Great video ❤

It was really good learning about her!!!

I live your videos so much! I think ur the best💕

Now HERE'S a story I've been dying for...🤩

Hi Lindsay! I love your video! I wonder if you do a profile of catholic saints, i will truly appreciate it

Loved this video

I've asked this question about both Lucrezia Borgia and Dr. William Gull (for the past thirty years the most notorious Jack the Ripper suspect)...is it better to live a universally recognized good life but die in obscurity, or have your name live forever in infamy because of vile lies and rumors?

Please make a Pope history series like you have with the English monarchy, etc. I’m dying for it!!!

I found this incredibly interesting and very informative

This is my favorite “History Tea Time” ever!! How a simple baby girl went on to be so used for history is yet another example of how women survive!

16:12: Awesome production! Theres a screen saying “missing plugin” short before. 17:07

I've always felt so bad for Lucrezia. Her family used her for political advantages onl, she suffered as a wife and mother, society saw the worst of her cause of those men around her, stories about her give herba bad reputation, she ends up living a good, healthy, and somewhat loving life when her father and brother die. Historians correct it all and try to clean her image and there comes Hollywood ruining her image ten thousands fold and romantazicing her "villain" side. Such and intelligent and beautiful woman that just wanted peace, family, and love😢❤

Im currently watching the Borgias from Shotime! Right on time

16:40 "why good sir, how much is it to break the divinity of a godly institution" 😏💯😂😂😂😂

Nice one! Can we have a Pound Princess video soon? 💗

Who else thinks the manwha character Rudbeckia de Borgia was based on this woman?

wow this is super juicy🤩 i’d love to hear more about this crazy situation, i can only imagine the gossip at the time 😳

Lucrezia gets such a bad rap because of her brother's shenanigans. I doubt she actually poisoned anyone. Though she and her 3rd husband Alfonso de Este weren't faithful to each other he did mourn her when she died.

15:55 Missing Goose Costume

Love this video! Such interesting facts. Only one thing though - the portrait of the little girl in the white dress and chain is not a portrait of Lucrezia Borgia, but of Bia de Medici. Otherwise, great video :D

youre my new favoro8te youtuber

Hi Lindsey, I was wondering if sometime you could put the sources in the description? This is so interesting and I’d like to go deeper!!

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The Borgias had a bad rep, undoubtedly well deserved. Lucretia was always being used by her family, to marry powerful men, as a female she didn’t have much choice.