Was This Woman France's WORST Queen? | Marie De'Medici | 'The Fat Banker'

Marie De'Medici has gone down in history as incompetent, cruel, overbearing, jealous and politically inept. But like many figures featured on this channel, this version of her comes from her enemies and those who gained from her downfall. Does that mean there was no truth at all to this? Was she really very kind to her son Louis XIII? Did she deserve the offensive nickname given to her by her husband's mistress, 'The Fat Banker'? This video aims to look deeper at these questions and at Marie herself... For my images and footage, thanks to: Pexels Pixabay Wikimedia Commons, especially: Ivo Jansch Stefan Bauer JLPC Many of my images or clips in this video were made with Midjourney, ChatGPT, Flow and Veo 3, see if you can spot which ones! (And which ones drove me mad for 8 hours before I said, "Good enough!") Other clips are from iStock or the sources listed above. I strive to always credit everyone whose images I use, and try as much as possible to use images freely in the public domain (purchased where not possible) - please let me know if I have missed you so I can give you due credit.