The Most Ruthless Woman in History

Via Guasto degli Orsi is still a street in Forlì. It marks the spot where Caterina Sforza had a palace torn down in 1488 while its 85 year old owner watched, before he was dragged around the square behind a horse and quartered. This Renaissance history documentary follows the Countess of Forlì from the Sforza court in Milan to Florence: the murder of Girolamo Riario, her children held under the walls of Ravaldino, the massacre after Giacomo Feo’s death, the plague letters sent to the Borgia pope, and the siege where Cesare Borgia took her. Machiavelli met her once and never stopped writing about her. If you’d like to support the channel, you can become a Patreon member here:   / eternalmysteries   You can also support the channel by becoming a YouTube member here:    / @theeternalmysteries   Timestamps: 0:00 A Childhood in the Sforza Court 13:24 Child Bride in Papal Rome 28:42 Holding Rome at Gunpoint 34:08 A Murdered Husband and Hostage Children 54:57 Taking Power and Destroying the Orsi 1:04:22 Giacomo Feo and the Massacre of His Enemies 1:25:08 A Medici Marriage and the Borgia Threat 1:38:52 The Siege and Fall of Ravaldino 1:51:36 Captivity, Exile, and Death 2:11:52 The Secret Book and the Sforza Legacy