THE LAST OF THE MEDICI
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ม.ค. 2022
- Anna Maria Luisa de Medici was the last representative of the famous Medici family. Her name, although not very well known, is connected to the Italian city of Florence in a special and long-lasting way. Today we will follow her remarkable story.
The images used are in the Public Domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Music - YT Audio Library.
Sources / Further reading
The Medici by Colonel G. F. Young, Vol. II, New York, E. P. Dutton & Co, 1920
‘Mann’ and Manners at the Court of Florence, 1740-1786. Founded on the letters of Horace Mann to Horace Walpole, by John Doran, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1876
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Thank you for you hard work. Your presentation is so interesting. You made the Medici family come to life. I wish I had known this when I visited Florence.
Thank you so much! I am so glad you found this video interesting. Maybe this presentation will make you want visit Florence again :) Thank you very much for watching Winnie.
The treasures and objects of art displayed in the Medici Pitti Palace are breathtaking. I said a silent "thank you" to Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici as I walked through the many galleries....the collection of nautilus cups is fabulous.
Wonderful! Thank you for watching.
Brilliant video, when l hear Medici, the arts 🎨 always come to mind.
Absolutely! I'm so glad you liked the video. Thank you for watching.
Many thanks for this video!
I am from Düsseldorf and Jan Wellem and his wife are well remembered there. Anna Maria Luisa di Medici's art collection formed the foundation of the art collection of the Kunstpalast.
It is really nice to hear that. I'm so glad that Anna & Johann are still remembered over there. Thank you very much for watching.
Krass wie man in anderen videos leute findet die in deiner stadt leben😂
@@lauri8696 Das wäre ein Grund für ein gemeinsames Kaffee trinken! Leider wohne ich mittlerweile nicht mehr in Düsseldorf… 🥲 Ich denke aber immer wieder gerne an meine Zeit in Düsseldorf zurück. 🥰
A new year’s treat! Thank you.
Happy New Year to you! Thank you for watching.
I'm so happy you did my suggestion the video is amazing as always thank you.
The video is amazing I really admired Anna Maria Luisa and the d'medici family there a big part of my culture cause I'm from Tuscany.
Anna Maria Luisa was an amazing woman! Great to hear you are from Tuscany, with art on your doorstep. You're lucky. :) Thank you very much for watching.
On , wow! That was amazing, thank you. What a far thinking woman she was. It’s her that both Florence and the world can see these amazing works of art. My husband and I visited Florence is 2003 - wonderful place. I’m sure our tour guide did not mention her name. I wonder would it be possible to put forward that all tour guides in future mention this wonderful woman’s name with pride. It was a long time ago , maybe they do it now out of respect. I bought a magazine holder from a leather shop which I use to this day ( even though the cat jumped on it and bent it a tad. I fixed it up 🤣🤣) and a CD from a stand . Beautiful. A few other memories for family. Thank you so much . Loved this. And loved Florence . 👏👏👏👏👵👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Anna Maria was an amazing woman who, like you say, deserves to have her name mentioned more often. I am so happy that this video is connected to the lovely memories you have of that trip to Florence. Thank you so much for watching. Happy New Year to you!
Your voice is very pleasant and you speak very clearly. I enjoyed hearing you and I also learned about the end of the de' Medici dynasty. Thank you
I'm delighted to hear you liked this video and found it useful. So glad you're here. Thank you!
Indeed, a priceless gift. And a very splendid and marvelous one aswell. She made sure that all the art and via the books also all the knowledge that the Medici dynasty had gathered over centuries was made available and would stay available to the public as a whole, for the benefit of a city she obviously must have deeply loved. I think that thas was perhaps the most wonderful way the (material) legacy of the Medicis could have been handled. Instead of "rotting away" in some treasury of a person or entity who may only see all the art and books and so on as "assets", as pure wealth and nothing more, all those wonders have been given the chance to be admired, as they probably should be. I love it :)
Though I must say it pains me that Anna Maria has not been given the chance the rule over Tuscany as her father and as she herself had wanted. You would think that she would have been the best choice in many ways, as she had received probably the best education you could get in her age and she was probably more familiar with the place and situation than anyone else.
But alas, hunger for power and the terrible stereotypes/oppression against women seem to have won, once again. As was so often the case, unfortunately. Where would this world be today if women (and everyone else, for that matter) had been given equal rights and equal status right from "the beginning"? I wish 'twere so.
This is one of the aspects of history (and still ongoing today, sadly...) that I will never understand. How can you think that someone is "lesser" than anyone else just based on gender or skin color or religious beliefs or whatever? That sort of thought just does not make sense to me at all.
But anyways, on a much more positive note: I have recently noticed on your About page that this channel has been created almost exactly a year ago (I am a couple days early as it seems, forgive me). Since then your fantastic videos have been viewed well over a million times, also according to the About page. Which means that you have given the beautiful gift of excellent education and entertainment to thousands and thousands of viewers time and time again over the last year. I think that deserves to be celebrated :)
Thank you! Thank you for all the work, love, time and passion you put into this. Thank you for all the videos and all the comments. Thank you for all the things I and we, all your viewers, can learn from you and your wonderful videos. Thank you for all the smiles and all the "Ohh, that is amazing!" moments you bring to us. You know me a little bit at this point, you know that I like to try and use many words and commas for expressing my overflowing enthusiasm and gratefulness. Sometimes these are not enough, I feel. Thank you :)
And thank you for this video! Anna Maria might not be as well known as other members of the Medici dynasty, but she is just as important and interesting as all the others. Some would even argue that she might be the most important Medici of them all.
I, as I always do, absolutely enjoyed learning more about her listening to your amazing voice :)
I hope you arrived well in this new year! All the best :)
Thank you very much for your in-depth and, also, generous message.
I also think that what Anna Maria did for her hometown and, indeed for the world, should not only be recognised more often but also celebrated. It makes me happy to know that people like her existed.
I really appreciate that you noticed that it has been a year since this channel was created or, should I say, this journey started. It really means a lot to know that you and other viewers find these videos educational and entertaining.
Yes, I arrived well in this New Year! :) Hope you did too. Keep well and look after yourself!
Thank you superb as always, I have never heard of this lady, she left a wonderful gift to Florence, and the world, a very happy new year to you stay safe.
I think it’s fair to say that the Earl of Leicester is one of the most loyal supporters of this channel. :-) That is something I really appreciate. Thank you very much for your kind wishes. Happy New Year to you too!
@@livesandhistories Thank you also for all your kind words and for all you the research presentation and
narration on your excellent history channel madame L&H. 😊
@@robertdudley4017 I am most grateful, my lord :-)
@@livesandhistories my plesure milady. 😊
Hi, this is a great channel and I'm pleased to be subbed. Your work is informative, well presented, your accent is beautiful and the tone of your voice is soothing. I can't count how many times I hit play all and pass the long day by with you. Thank you. xx
Hi, D Burton. What a kind and lovely comment! You made my day. It means a lot to hear that people find these videos valuable. (I’m blushing now, knowing that you listen to these recordings repeatedly.) Thank you very much for subscribing to my channel. All the best to you.
I love your most interesting subjects you post of some women who I have never heard of and others that I have. What strikes me is your beautiful melodic accent and I love the way you pronounce French! It's gorgeous! Are you French? Mind you, your pronunciation of Italian is bellisimo, Bella. Thank you very much.
You are most kind to leave such a comment. Grazie mille.
The last male descendant was Gian Gastone Medici maternal grandson of Le Grand Monseiur Gaston
thanks
The ultimate in great benevolence and what it is to be the true elite.
Quite so. Thank you for watching.
An exemplary royal Who actually cared about her City and her people. She made an inspired choice and we all benefit. Do you think her brothers were homosexual? They look fey. Neither sired children. Just a thought.
Yes, indeed, the Princess was very generous. We should all be grateful to her. I remember reading that Prince Ferdinando was involved in various affairs with men. Thank you for watching, Patrick.
Boy that Cosimo de Medici sure was a looker! A regular Don Giovanni!
He actually died in 1737
Money cud buy your nobility
Beautifully scripted and full of insights into the life of this interesting woman. However, it seems unnecessarily coy to omit the (well-attested) fact that Gian Gastone was homosexual, which undoubtedly contributed to his dissatisfaction with married life. Perhaps you could consider producing a video on Gian Gastone, who went from being a promising scholar in his youth to a dissipated drunkard in later life.