The Renaissance Papacy was dominated by 3 families: the Borgias, the Roveres, and the Medicis. This video discusses the family tree of each and their role in the Italian Renaissance.
I loved how you matched the renaissance painters blocks to the Ninja turtles headband colors to there painter names. Donatello is purple, Leonardo is blue, Michelangelo is orange, and Raphael is red.
Note: Cesare should be pronounced Che-zar-eh. I mistakenly used the Spanish pronunciation. Seems I always have to make at least one major pronunciation mistake in each video... it's becoming my signature! 😂
@@UsefulCharts even in this unfinished state...this chart would really really help me with my lecture on the Borgia family in june. Can't you help me with a print of this chart?
"Who was known as Piero the Unfortunate" *leaves it at that* Wikipedia has some choice quotes though: "However, his feeble, arrogant, and undisciplined character was to prove unsuited to such a role." "His poor handling of the situation and failure to negotiate better terms led to an uproar in Florence, and the Medici family fled."
Another 2 extremely influential Italian dynasties of the late mediaeval period were the Viscontis and Sforzas of Milan -both families were very influential in Italy and in the rest of Europe -of especial note was the infamous Bernabo Visconti -extremely rich and ruthless and his numerous daughters married into many European royal families like that of Bavaria .The Sforzas too married into many royal dynasties like the Polish.These princesses often brought Renaissance styles into their host countries.
So, to sum it up, we have: -TMNT memories with the painters (and the sculptor, Donatello) - Monty Python references (the Spanisch Inquisition) -Assassin's Creed 2 & Brotherhood references I say.... ... impressive, most impressive!
Except everybody did expect the spanish inquisition since they used to give 30 days notice of them coming. You can know more on the show Qi =) th-cam.com/video/o85NK1EEnMY/w-d-xo.html
The Medicis commissioned much of the art of Michelangelo Buonarroti and were his greatest noble patrons. I studied art history for two years in college, and he was my favorite artist. Also a good read is The Agony And The Ecstasy, a book by Irving Stone, about the painting of the Sistine Chapel. You would love it.
I've always heard Medici pronounced with an emphasis on the Meh syllable, not the Di. That's how the Italians pronounce it anyway. Meeeh (long E) - Di (short I) - Chi.
Its pronounced has you said, the "tonic" accent (invisible) is on the first syllable (and fun fact "medici" literally means "doctors" while "medico" means "doctor")
@@felicepompa1702 I don't know if it's true, but when I was in Florence I heard a story that when Medici supporters shouted "palle, palle!" detractors would shout back "pillole, pillole!"
It is not thought to known that Prince was based on Cesare Borgia, it is known. Machiavelli brings him up constantly in his book as an example of an excellent ruler and conqueror. Really good video btw.
Just A Note, In Italian All 'C's Followed By 'I' Or 'E' Make A 'Ch" Sound, And All 'Z's Make A 'Ts' Sound (As In Pizza), But Other Than That Great Video!
more than 3: Innocent VIII. (Giovanni Battista Cibo) between Sixtus and Alexander and for a short time (22 sep to 18 oct 1503) Pius III. (Francesco Piccolomini). Pius III. was the nephew of Pius II.: family business as usual :)
Thank you so much for this chat, I just finished watching the Medici's and The Borgias on Netflix and this charts places every one in perspective, Including after watching the Tudors as well, now i know who forbade Henry divorce, it was a Medici. Thank You Thank You great work.
Hello! My eleven year old son loves your videos. We watch them together almost every day. Any chance you could make one on the kings/rulers of Naples, Sicily and/or Sardinia? Keep up the great work! Thanks.
The Borgias are the most infamous family in the Renaissance for their crimes, but plotting was a constant in Italian courts. Cesare wanted to unified Central Italy, but his plans were frustrated by his nemesis, Pope Julius II. There is a beautiful book about Lucretia Borgia by an Italian author, Maria Bellonci
Thank you for your videos...very informative. This video is especially significant to me. I’ve always been obsessed with royalty as young as 3 or 4 yrs old. Anyway, a couple years ago I got obsessed with The De Medici family due to their influence using the arts to brand themselves. Although my obsession continued with them, it changed as time went on for different reasons because of my religious beliefs. They are solely responsible for breaking the True Christian Church in two. Yes we can give previous Popes some blame for the split of the church. Pope Leo X was selling indulgences on a unimaginable amount ever seen by the church before and after. The two De Medici cousins held Sacred Papal positions back to back. They were very selfish and lived only for themselves. The first De Medici Pope spent all the church money within a year. The church’s money isn’t for individual lavish lifestyle. This is not what the faith is about, at all. We’re still living with what they allowed to happen to the very present day. Thanks again. Keep those videos coming. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The Borgias spoke Catalan, probably the Valencian dialect, not Spanish, so their names weren't really Alfonso or Juan but Alfons and Joan. The J in Borja actually is a nonexistant sound in Spanish (it's like the J in English) and this is the reason it was written Borgia in italian, as it is the italian way of writing this sound.
Very nice video as usual! I was looking forward to it. I've read that though Alessandro de Medici was recognised as Lorenzo II's son he could have in fact be the illegitimate child of the Pope Clement VII (an illegitimate child himself) and Simonetta da Collevecchio (presumably a servant). Who knows, all things considered it wouldn't be that surprising haha
I love your videos! I would encourage you to do new charts and upload more videos! I ordered the European royal family trees North/East chart from you and it is going to arrive soon because I saw a plane heading towards Norwich! From Samuel, a big fan aged 8.
Fascinating, back at the time, the whole of Europe looked to Italy to set the fashions and the culture. I read "the Prince" first for my A level English literature, for the influence it had on the Elizabethan playwrights, and again for my Politics degree.
Lorenzo de Medici was also a big patron of arts. Michelangelo spent years living under his roof. Also, I thought/heard that The Prince was for Lorenzo, not Borgia but I might be wrong
So fun fact connecting Pope sixtus iv with the medici family... His other nephew giralamo Riario, capt general of the church's army, was married to (the fascinating) Caterina Sforza. Together they had 6? Children. Caterina later married Giovanni il popolano of the jr Medici house. They had a son who had a son, the first grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo de Medici. I was hoping caterina would get a mention when I first clicked on this video... but as usual a great video nonetheless. Would love some more videos on Italian family trees!
Two other families that were slightly involved were the Farnese family and Orsini family. Nevertheless I want a complete version of this chart so badly! I really hope and can't wait for you to finish it. "Shut up and take my money!"
Thank you for this usefulChart. It helps me to understand better many obscure aspects of this period. Other thing, a curiosity, a black man (son of a black woman)Alessandro de Medici that was the first hereditary Duke from Florence , if he wasn't assasinated, one of his 3 children though illegitemate like him, could be part of these family trhee and, who knows, be the first black person in the france royalte... His daughter Julia de Medici was the firs black child to have a portrait painted in renaissance period. She also married the Duke of Popoli and after a cousing called Bernadetto de Médici thanks
I like that you made a history about the papel states (1410-1530) It would be great if you made a this of the entire history of the Papal States (754-1870) Adrian VI (1522-1523) was the last non-Italian pope coming from the Netherlands and was the tutor of emperor Charles V
You missed two links. Antipope John XXIII, the Pisan pope, had major ties to Giovanni de' Medici. It was Antipope John XXIII who made the Medici bank the official bank of the papacy. And the two Pius' on the list, Pius II and Pius III were both members of the Piccolomini family. Pius III was Pius II's nephew.
Great note about the origins of the word nepotism. It connects to the names of the sea gods, Neptune and Poseidon, as well. The PIE root was Apam Napat, which meant (male) relative of the waters. I’m guessing the original Waters meant an elder Titaness like Thetis. Great video.
Thank you for this!! I am descended from Pietro Albertis, grandson of Giacomo Boncompagni & de Crenomo de' Medici. Both were descended from popes, Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo) Boncompagni & Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). By far the hardest ancestry I have researched to date & I have over 13,000 in my tree. You should do a chart showing the expansion between royals of various monarch countries. It gets crazy trying to sort through who married who in which country. Mind bending & hair pulling!!! 😱
Hoping for a Big Family Tree laying out all the popes and showing if they have some genealogical connections. Also it would be interesting to see a video about the Popes of the See of St. Mark in Alexandria. Also Jerusalem, Antiochia and Constantionple.
Up to my knowledge, indulgences are not the forgiveness of sins, but the remission of the temporal penalties of sin. An indulgence is usually granted by acts of piety, charity and even donations. So really they donated money for the Church and that way had an indulgence (although this can lead to an abuse). Excommunication is not "basically getting kicked out of the Church" either.
Super chart, it's going to become very tangled like spaghetti(intended) when the other significant members of these families are added. Not really fussed about pronunciation as you very likely get pulled up for that already. So I decided to just enjoy the video. 👍👍
I loved how you matched the renaissance painters blocks to the Ninja turtles headband colors to there painter names. Donatello is purple, Leonardo is blue, Michelangelo is orange, and Raphael is red.
Yup. Had to do it!
I noticed that. Nice touch!
@@UsefulCharts just noticed this myself, and was quite tickled. Kawabunga dude!
I see what you did there...😁
I noticed the same thing!
Note: Cesare should be pronounced Che-zar-eh. I mistakenly used the Spanish pronunciation. Seems I always have to make at least one major pronunciation mistake in each video... it's becoming my signature! 😂
Did you know that there was a pair if Arsenic murderers in Italy known as the Borgia Sisters
i Am looking for this chart on your website, but can't find it. Is this for purchase or download anywhere?
Haven't finished this one yet.
@@UsefulCharts even in this unfinished state...this chart would really really help me with my lecture on the Borgia family in june. Can't you help me with a print of this chart?
You will be turning into Simon Whistler at this rate :)
"Nipote" is the actual word for nephew/niece, nepotismo is just the italian for nepotism. I'm nevertheless very fond of your work!
Oh. Thanks for the clarification!
It's derived from the Greek "Nepos" for nephew
Same as in Spanish
I was about to correct him too!! Brava!
when I heard nepotismo is italian for nephew, I immedieatly went to search for this comment
*Pronounces Cesare as See-zar*
Everyone who played Assassin's Creed: THAT'S CHE-ZAR-AY
Yeah thats wrong aswell
@@phannysanny2460 wait what's the right way
@@foxpurrincess3209 che-zah-reh
people who played New Vegas: *bruh it's Kae-zar*
wait nvm wrong caesar
I've read so much about the Medici family since I first learned about them. By far one of my favourite families of history.
They were influential murderers
Watch the Netflix Series
@@jackedmonds4863 name
@@jackedmonds4863 its not totally factual..its a drama loosely based
holly medici it’s still great, though, and does follow basic historical fact
Assassins Creed 2 memories
Matthias Rothacher Hell yeah
Fond memories beating up the Borgia's in those games, just replayed the whole Ezio collection
I completed most of the games/Assassin’s Creed
Edit: I played the first 3
Yeaaaaa
tumnamen I’m doing 100% synch on all 3 Ezio games. Wish me luck 😐
"Who was known as Piero the Unfortunate"
*leaves it at that*
Wikipedia has some choice quotes though:
"However, his feeble, arrogant, and undisciplined character was to prove unsuited to such a role."
"His poor handling of the situation and failure to negotiate better terms led to an uproar in Florence, and the Medici family fled."
Gotta tempt people to google...
Also known as Piero the Stupid.
He was unfortunate because he was honest. Anyone with a big house expensive cars has to do unforgivable things to go on living.
Another 2 extremely influential Italian dynasties of the late mediaeval period were the Viscontis and Sforzas of Milan -both families were very influential in Italy and in the rest of Europe -of especial note was the infamous Bernabo Visconti -extremely rich and ruthless and his numerous daughters married into many European royal families like that of Bavaria .The Sforzas too married into many royal dynasties like the Polish.These princesses often brought Renaissance styles into their host countries.
Nice fact
So, to sum it up, we have:
-TMNT memories with the painters (and the sculptor, Donatello)
- Monty Python references (the Spanisch Inquisition)
-Assassin's Creed 2 & Brotherhood references
I say....
... impressive, most impressive!
Italian Renaissance Ninja Painters!
This is the cleanest version of this family’s story I have ever heard lol 😂
Monty Python AND Ninja Turtle references? 👍🏾👍🏾 💜💙🧡💖
I love both families. This it's so interesting. I love it. Thanks for the upload. STAY WARM. Love and light from Gore, Oklahoma. 🍭
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition !
😉
Also, great cameo with the Ninja Turtles :)
Get the comfy chair!
Except everybody did expect the spanish inquisition since they used to give 30 days notice of them coming. You can know more on the show Qi =) th-cam.com/video/o85NK1EEnMY/w-d-xo.html
Sup 1600’s person
After watching "The Borgias" TV show it's nice to hear about the real thing to :D
Rick Reactions It’s my favorite show!!
Which one? Both were pretty good
:22 Priest don’t generally have children... Pope Alexander VI, let me introduce you to my 11 kids!
The Medicis commissioned much of the art of Michelangelo Buonarroti and were his greatest noble patrons. I studied art history for two years in college, and he was my favorite artist. Also a good read is The Agony And The Ecstasy, a book by Irving Stone, about the painting of the Sistine Chapel. You would love it.
I've always heard Medici pronounced with an emphasis on the Meh syllable, not the Di. That's how the Italians pronounce it anyway. Meeeh (long E) - Di (short I) - Chi.
He mispronounced every single name. The Italian language is beautiful, his pronunciation is like a cat wailing at the moon
Its pronounced has you said, the "tonic" accent (invisible) is on the first syllable (and fun fact "medici" literally means "doctors" while "medico" means "doctor")
@@felicepompa1702 I don't know if it's true, but when I was in Florence I heard a story that when Medici supporters shouted "palle, palle!" detractors would shout back "pillole, pillole!"
It is not thought to known that Prince was based on Cesare Borgia, it is known. Machiavelli brings him up constantly in his book as an example of an excellent ruler and conqueror. Really good video btw.
Medici is pronounced with the accent on the e. Like the word, " medical".
the pronunciation of Cesare made me shiver.
Been watching the movies of both the Bogias and the Medici. Great job on the map.
Wonderful way to understand and remember the era! Bravo and thank you!
Just A Note, In Italian All 'C's Followed By 'I' Or 'E' Make A 'Ch" Sound, And All 'Z's Make A 'Ts' Sound (As In Pizza), But Other Than That Great Video!
Yes, I realized that later, although I think the pronunciation I used is correct in Spanish.
but is in spanidh
The peak of the papacy was also its undoing. Great work as always, big fan.
Ezio has lived throught three popes Borgia,Rovere,Medici
more than 3: Innocent VIII. (Giovanni Battista Cibo) between Sixtus and Alexander and for a short time (22 sep to 18 oct 1503) Pius III. (Francesco Piccolomini). Pius III. was the nephew of Pius II.: family business as usual :)
Sorry I am Stupid when it comes to popes
Thank you so much for this chat, I just finished watching the Medici's and The Borgias on Netflix and this charts places every one in perspective, Including after watching the Tudors as well, now i know who forbade Henry divorce, it was a Medici. Thank You Thank You great work.
Your videos are the most interesting and edifying on TH-cam . Bravo!
Amazing and so easy to follow thru the colour charts
Very informative! Interesting to see the connections laid out so clearly. thanks.
Yesss have been waiting for this video, great!
Been watching a series of Medici on Netflix! And loved it!
Hello! My eleven year old son loves your videos. We watch them together almost every day.
Any chance you could make one on the kings/rulers of Naples, Sicily and/or Sardinia?
Keep up the great work!
Thanks.
Everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition. By law they had to give 6 weeks notice before they turned up.
Gary MacMillan True.
That's very polite of them.
How very Christian of them.
I love your videos! So informative!!
The Borgias are the most infamous family in the Renaissance for their crimes, but plotting was a constant in Italian courts.
Cesare wanted to unified Central Italy, but his plans were frustrated by his nemesis, Pope Julius II.
There is a beautiful book about Lucretia Borgia by an Italian author, Maria Bellonci
Thank you for your videos...very informative. This video is especially significant to me. I’ve always been obsessed with royalty as young as 3 or 4 yrs old. Anyway, a couple years ago I got obsessed with The De Medici family due to their influence using the arts to brand themselves. Although my obsession continued with them, it changed as time went on for different reasons because of my religious beliefs. They are solely responsible for breaking the True Christian Church in two. Yes we can give previous Popes some blame for the split of the church. Pope Leo X was selling indulgences on a unimaginable amount ever seen by the church before and after. The two De Medici cousins held Sacred Papal positions back to back. They were very selfish and lived only for themselves. The first De Medici Pope spent all the church money within a year. The church’s money isn’t for individual lavish lifestyle. This is not what the faith is about, at all. We’re still living with what they allowed to happen to the very present day. Thanks again. Keep those videos coming. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The Borgias spoke Catalan, probably the Valencian dialect, not Spanish, so their names weren't really Alfonso or Juan but Alfons and Joan. The J in Borja actually is a nonexistant sound in Spanish (it's like the J in English) and this is the reason it was written Borgia in italian, as it is the italian way of writing this sound.
Thank you for your excellent essay and graphics. Subscribing, of course.
Very nice video as usual! I was looking forward to it. I've read that though Alessandro de Medici was recognised as Lorenzo II's son he could have in fact be the illegitimate child of the Pope Clement VII (an illegitimate child himself) and Simonetta da Collevecchio (presumably a servant). Who knows, all things considered it wouldn't be that surprising haha
love your charts ❤
Thank you for the clearly explained information and illustrations. I learned so much in a matter of minutes.
Very good and informative video.
At 5:18, her first husband was from the house of Forza which ruled Microsoft.
Sforza...
Forli?
I love your videos! I would encourage you to do new charts and upload more videos! I ordered the European royal family trees North/East chart from you and it is going to arrive soon because I saw a plane heading towards Norwich! From Samuel, a big fan aged 8.
Learned most of this from Assassin's Creed 2 and brotherhood
Pazzi conspiracy and violent popes, ubisoft picked some interesting times. :)
I like how you color coded the big four Renaissance artists and gave them the corresponding colors of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I really need this one as a chart for my classroom.
Fascinating, back at the time, the whole of Europe looked to Italy to set the fashions and the culture. I read "the Prince" first for my A level English literature, for the influence it had on the Elizabethan playwrights, and again for my Politics degree.
Excellent video
Can't believe I wasn't aware of this family. I knew about Ceasars Borgia and his father but I didn't further investigate
thank you for your explanation about my family!!!
Medici use to be a really good bicycle
Lorenzo de Medici was also a big patron of arts. Michelangelo spent years living under his roof.
Also, I thought/heard that The Prince was for Lorenzo, not Borgia but I might be wrong
Nah Machiavelli wrote it thinking of Cesare borgia
Machiavelli wrote the Prince as a sort of training manual for Lorenzo.
So fun fact connecting Pope sixtus iv with the medici family...
His other nephew giralamo Riario, capt general of the church's army, was married to (the fascinating) Caterina Sforza. Together they had 6? Children. Caterina later married Giovanni il popolano of the jr Medici house. They had a son who had a son, the first grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo de Medici.
I was hoping caterina would get a mention when I first clicked on this video... but as usual a great video nonetheless. Would love some more videos on Italian family trees!
This is AWESOME!!
Very good information as always.... 💡💫🎓
This is great and very interesting. Would you please show something in the 13 colonies only? Thanks
Very interesting ! I would love to get the poster if possible ? Is it complete now ? thank you !
Thanks for this History Lesson!🙂
Well done, thanks!
Super great videos
It's really great to see you are a fan of the Assassin's Creed Series (Ezio Auditore)
Thanks. Very interesting.
Two other families that were slightly involved were the Farnese family and Orsini family. Nevertheless I want a complete version of this chart so badly! I really hope and can't wait for you to finish it.
"Shut up and take my money!"
I'm looking forward to a full family tree, are you working on it right now?
Excellent
Awesome timetable! I cannot wait until I see the finalized version! =DDDDD
Thank you for this usefulChart. It helps me to understand better many obscure aspects of this period. Other thing, a curiosity, a black man (son of a black woman)Alessandro de Medici that was the first hereditary Duke from Florence , if he wasn't assasinated, one of his 3 children though illegitemate like him, could be part of these family trhee and, who knows, be the first black person in the france royalte... His daughter Julia de Medici was the firs black child to have a portrait painted in renaissance period. She also married the Duke of Popoli and after a cousing called Bernadetto de Médici thanks
Can you do a video about the medici linage up to the current descendants?
Thank you! 🌻
Oh I’d love to see the whole Medici family tree
Do you have an update on the medici line into todays time? I heard direct lineage died out?
I love your deadpan delivery on that Monty Python reference!
I like that you colored leonardo, raphael,donatello and michelangelo the same colors as their ninja turtles counterparts
Thank you for doing a video on the House of Medici!
@UsefulCharts When are you gonna finish this chart?!
That cut was wild
Could you do a video on the House of Este please?
I like that you made a history about the papel states (1410-1530)
It would be great if you made a this of the entire history of the Papal States
(754-1870)
Adrian VI (1522-1523) was the last non-Italian pope coming from the Netherlands and was the tutor of emperor Charles V
You mentioned in the comments you'll be adding the Sforza family, are there any other groups you plan on including?
House of Este for sure. Not sure about the rest yet.
You missed two links. Antipope John XXIII, the Pisan pope, had major ties to Giovanni de' Medici. It was Antipope John XXIII who made the Medici bank the official bank of the papacy. And the two Pius' on the list, Pius II and Pius III were both members of the Piccolomini family. Pius III was Pius II's nephew.
How can I buy this chart. I'm giving a lecture about mainly the borgia family, this would really help.
This was fire.
Great note about the origins of the word nepotism. It connects to the names of the sea gods, Neptune and Poseidon, as well. The PIE root was Apam Napat, which meant (male) relative of the waters. I’m guessing the original Waters meant an elder Titaness like Thetis. Great video.
Hey can you cover the aldobrandini, massimo families? Also more families of the black nobility?
Thank you for this!! I am descended from Pietro Albertis, grandson of Giacomo Boncompagni & de Crenomo de' Medici. Both were descended from popes, Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo) Boncompagni & Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). By far the hardest ancestry I have researched to date & I have over 13,000 in my tree.
You should do a chart showing the expansion between royals of various monarch countries. It gets crazy trying to sort through who married who in which country. Mind bending & hair pulling!!! 😱
Awesome.
Hoping for a Big Family Tree laying out all the popes and showing if they have some genealogical connections. Also it would be interesting to see a video about the Popes of the See of St. Mark in Alexandria. Also Jerusalem, Antiochia and Constantionple.
Well, you talked about Sixtus IV, hopefully I'll make it into a video one of these days....
Up to my knowledge, indulgences are not the forgiveness of sins, but the remission of the temporal penalties of sin. An indulgence is usually granted by acts of piety, charity and even donations. So really they donated money for the Church and that way had an indulgence (although this can lead to an abuse). Excommunication is not "basically getting kicked out of the Church" either.
Oh boy, time to find more room on my wall.
Can believe there is a youtuber that can get most of the names right!
Ps:In italian an "e" (like in "Lucrezia") sounds like an "a" (like in "play
BRAVO!!!
thank you soooo much!!!!!
Would you please correct the captioned name under Henry VIII, which reads incorrectly in this chart as “Henry VII”.
amazing video!
could you make a video about the "black nobility" ?
I love history-thank you :-)
Love your videos. They are very informative!
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Catherine de Medici was kinda awesome. Watch the show Reign!
Super chart, it's going to become very tangled like spaghetti(intended) when the other significant members of these families are added. Not really fussed about pronunciation as you very likely get pulled up for that already. So I decided to just enjoy the video. 👍👍
Cant remember watching a better you Tube video.