Official FACEBOOK page: / alehistoriapl SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Catherine de Medici, born in 1519 in Florence, was a duchess from the famous Italian Medici family. She married the French king Henry II. She tried for a long time to have children and for this purpose she explored the secrets of alchemy, collected books on toxicology, and kept many herbal extracts and powders in various hiding places in her apartments. Knowledge of toxicology could certainly be useful in preparing poisons. According to legend, Catherine de Medici was supposed to have poisoned, among others, the son of the French king Francis I, the queen of Navarre - Joanna and her husband's lover - Diana. Catherine's partner was considered to be the alchemist and physician Cosimo Ruggieri, with whom, as it was said, the Medici repeatedly pierced wax figurines representing her enemies with a pin. TOP 20 EPISODES: 1. The biggest Nazi forgery in history, which was supposed to ruin the British. • The biggest Nazi forgery in history... 2. Oil eruption in the Polish People's Republic. • Oil eruption in the Polish People's Republic - AleHistoria od... 3. The erased disaster of the Polish People's Republic. Investigation of a passenger and photos of a 16-year-old. • The erased disaster of the Polish People's Republic. Investigation of a pas... 4. What should every dictator know? • What should every dictator know? ... 5. This is how the electric chair works • This is how the electric chair works - AleH... 6. How did Poles travel in the interwar period? • How Poles traveled in the 20th century... 7. The German who built Łódź • The German who built Łódź - AleHis... 8. Anti-Soviet riots in Szczecin • Anti-Soviet riots in Szczecin... 9. The enemy of the people's wunderteam, or the Polish athletics power • The enemy of the people's wunderteam, or the Polish... 10. How was the biggest bank robbery in the history of the Polish People's Republic committed? • How was the biggest bank robbery in the history of the ... 11,The enemy of the people's wunderteam, or the Polish athletics power • The enemy of the people's wunderteam, or the Polish... 12,Ford. The capitalist who inspired Hitler and the communists • Ford. The capitalist who inspired H... 13, Why did East German female swimmers speak in a low voice? • Why did East German female swimmers speak in a low voice... 14.How did John D. Rockefeller become a billionaire? • How John D. Rockefeller Became a Millionaire... 15. Copernicus of Mathematics. A professor who broke conventions • Copernicus of Mathematics. A professor who ... 16. Why did Himmler reveal the plans to murder the Jews? • Why did Himmler reveal the plans to exterminate the ... 17. Otto Skorzeny: Hitler's favorite commando who collaborated with Mossad • Otto Skorzeny: Hitler's favorite commando... 18. Cinema of the Polish People's Republic • Cinema of the Polish People's Republic - AleHistoria episode 63 19. How did we eat in the Polish People's Republic? Menu cards and bare hooks in shops • How did we eat in the Polish People's Republic? Pages and naked ... 20. Retouched, or how people were erased from the pages of history • Retouched, or how people were erased from the pages of history ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WATCH ALL EPISODES: • Playlist HISTORY AND INVENTIONS: • History and inventions WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD • Women who changed the world STORIES FROM THE PRL • Stories from the PRL WORLD WAR II • World War II