History’s First Modern Celebrity | Cléo de Mérode 

There is nothing wrong with your presenting style. It's to the point, informative and has none of the irritation of the loud and infantile style of some presenters. Your posts are always of interest. Thankyou.

Cleo was 50 years old when Marilyn Monroe was born, and she was around 87 years when Monroe died in 1962. Cleo lived a long, yet remarkable life. Very informative video!!

Poor Cleo. I know how it feels to be accused of doing things like that. I'm a modern burlesque dancer and I've had people in my local community tell others I'm a prosti-cat. Im actually proud of the fact that I've only been with a few men. I hate people assuming stuff about me but humans love exciting gossip even if its totally fabricated. Thank you for sharing these people's stories.

I learn more about world history from RU-vid, including your channel, than I ever did in high school...thank you!

From her photographs she does project an air of melancholy...your brilliant presentation inspires me to read her autobiography. Well done! 👍👏💛

Young man, You do a Great job, eloquent, informative, eye-catching, Amazing stories and a pleasure always to keep learning!!! Thank you 🙂🙂👍🏾👍🏻

When I see a lot of “beauties” from days gone by I often question their perception of beauty. Cleo however, was stunning then and would be thought of as stunning in this day and age….she had a timeless beauty x

This lady was a stunning beauty, by the standards of any relatively modern era. She also had an aura about her so strong that the camera could capture it even back then. I can understand why people were captivated by her!

🙌 Imagine being his history professor and the essays he turned in. I LOVE THESE REPORTS! She was really pretty🌹

Thank you. I have seen photographs of her, but did not know who she was. She was beautiful, but like so many celebrities, seem to have had a sad and lonely private life.

It's wonderful to hear that she may have been asexual! As an ace myself, I've struggled with people having this idea that if you're attractive, you can't be ace. As if others attraction to you negates your own feelings. Also, I think it's important to note that it was actually her friend, artist Paul Klee, that said she could have been asexual. I think he would have known far better than modern biographers. That's just my two cents.

So in another words...the Cleo hairstyle was like the 'Farrah Fawcet' or the ' Rachel' do of the time.😜

Great video as always. I enjoy learning about people I have never heard of.

Wow. What a life. What an era. I don't think I would have enjoyed living at that time, not as a celebrity. Definitely, she is beautiful. She'd be a star today. So glad she got to see the world change.

Great video again FL - really interesting story. Thanks for covering it.

I enjoyed this video about the first modern celebrity, this was a very fascinating and interesting story. Alot, of what modern day celebrities experience is very similar to the woman featured in this story decades, ago. Great investigating and presentation on this story, as always.

Yes! Thank-you for the interesting history as always 😊

Hands down my favorite channel 🤍 informative as always, plus you're handsome 🥰🤷🏼‍♀️

She was gorgeous, truly a timeless beauty. Usually I don't wholeheartedly agree when historians remark on long past beauty standards, but Cleo is the exception.

Your deliverance is phenomenal. Facts, sprinkled in with gossip of the era and artwork. You Sir are an artist. May the universe bless you with unconditional love strength happiness and peace of mind. Wishing you all your hearts desire.

I was looking at the many still photos of her on the internet before finding this on YT. As I began, I was wondering “what’s the big deal?” But then I became quite captivated. First - those eyes! So clear and large. Expressive in a hypnotic way. She has a modern eyebrow that is heavier than the very thin, manicured look that became popular later. The nose - without flaw. Chin - also perfect. A complexion unblemished and without visible makeup. The more I looked, I did begin to fall in love with photos around 120 yrs old. Quite amazing! I now understand how she could become an international celebrity.

Your videos are always so compelling!!! I appreciate your research so much! Thank you!!

Very interesting story, as always! I also very much like your accent and pronunciation of people’s names.

I wish there was a DVD collection of all of your videos! 💕

So much detail in your videos. Thank you for all of your research and sharing it with us!

Never heard of this Cleopatra. She was also a beauty. Interesting history. Thanks.

And great divides amongst classes, let's not forget. Cleopold, hmmm? She had what one might call a classic beauty.

I don't know if she would have been A sexual. Sometimes people can have a low sex drive etc. But its not unusual for popular and beautiful people to struggle in relationships. I think that the wrong type of people are attracted to them. If she was not easily fooled or fairly grounded she might not bounce from one bad relationship to another.

I love this tale!! You always amaze me, with what you find!! ❤️ I always enjoy your uploads! 😊

The best way to defeat your enemies is to outlive them.

Wonderfully done. She certaintly had a swan-like neck. A true beauty.

I absolutely ❤️these-so fascinating!

With such great pronunciation I'm curious as to how many languages you speak?

Beautiful tribute to this Lady, thank you.

a little help in French. The pronunciation of Edgar Degas is not 'daygass' but 'de(short e)ga(open short a)', no s at the end. An s at the end of a French word is seldomly pronounced.

She was a beautiful lady.

Thanks for another truly forgotten life and this week's new infatuation for me.

Beautifully presented

Oh i love these life stories so much ! Thank you for making them. 🌷

There is no doubt about it, she was so very beautifull. Natural beauty for sure. Just because she doesn't have children she is asexual!!!

She was beautiful...

With a name like that, she had no choice but be an extraordinary person! Have you covered the explorer Alexandra David-Néel? If not, I believe her story might intrigue you, as well as your viewers.

It was great to see that Forgotten Lives uploaded a new video I really enjoy his videos on both of his channels

I would love to see an in-depth video about french avant-garde pianist Erik Satie

"Cleopold" and I thought "Bradgelina" was tacky!

Great video!! Thanks for uploading! :D

Very interesting choice. Enigmatic to be sure. -Appreciating your respectful curiosity. Until next-

I love the Belle Epoch. People like Renee Vivien are fascinating.

Love learning new things and your channel is amazing for it! Could you maybe add some literature to your stories in the description? Sometimes I’d love to dive even deeper 😄 keep up your great work, greetings from Sweden

Certainly, she was very beautiful. Good video.

This is a very informative upload. Thank you for all the time you put in making this video. I did not know of this lady before.

Wow. She was really gorgeous.

BELLISIMO!

Thanks for the video!

Wait. The factory didn't want women wearing hair buns? What style did they want them to wear I wonder. 🤔

A pretty face never goes out of fashion.

Fascinating video! Thank you for sharing 🤗

She had a lovely, long, and swan like neck. That's very striking. Her face is pleasant and I'm sure her personality was very remarkable.

Again bravo. Where are you finding these people. Keep at it!👍🏽. 🇨🇦🐉👩🏼‍⚖️

Goodevening everyone i must say this story is new to me🤔 I L❤VED it she was Stunning 💎and here name fit her like a Diamond ring 💍Thank You respectfully 🦋Milly 🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🕊

First ever true global celebrity was genius actress and style icon Sarah Bernhardt.

Algorithm chow 💖

While I would agree that this documentary is impressively detailed and highly accurate, I must say that there is one reference which is incorrect. Toulouse Lautrec was not and is not known for his sculptures. He may have completed his last sculptures as a student in Paris, just as requirements of his training. It is not very likely that any sculpture by Lautrec was ever placed for public viewing. He is known and highly respected as one, and possibly the best, of the later Impressionist painters. He is known for his watercolor paintings, which were reproduced as lithographs, by a process which he developed and refined.

Oh. My. Word. I have now had to fall out with Simone Debouvoire (spelling? 🤔). How dare she! A VERY interesting story about this womans life and also the comparison re celebrity/media. Thanks so much!

Dear, I adore your videos, very interesting I must admit, but please learn some french because you cannot talk about Belle Epoque with wrong french pronounce

I love Cleo de Merode beauty,it's so special ,like a beautifull perfume. She was very intelligent and independent,that provoques the envy of Simone de Bouvier,who was an evil woman and whose ideas were full of hate and intolerance against women. Vive Cleo the Merode Mon Cheri 💖

Just a heads up -- your channel is the second one I've noticed that I was subscribed to and then suddenly not! Its happened just the last couple days, same style ( smaller, more intimate historical retelling). I resubbed to here and I enjoyed this video. Looking forward to more!

Your videos are always wonderful! It is no fault of yours that there is a rumor that she was asexual. I am sure it is trendy to recategorize everything as an unusual type of sexuality; perhaps she never married because the sculptor broke her heart? Ten years with her fiancé and then thirteen with de Perinat, and yet we're supposed to think she was not heterosexual.

Love your videos and work. i have myself investigate some of your persons. There seems to be some jewelry that belonged to her given by Leopold. Have you read anything about that? I my self are related to the opera singer Kristina (Christina) Nilsson, active during 19th century and there where romours about her and Napoleon III after he given her some jewelry to her. Is it possible that is the case also with Cleo, She had perhaps got some jewelry and after that the romours started. Leopold was very generous with given presents especially since he took all income from Kongo which he really treated in disgusting way with his punishment of black slaves. Specialty of punishment was to cut off the hands and feets of them.

Very interesting. A woman knowing her beauty and wealthy and talented and in great shape from a life of dance - being semi-celebate…wow

Such beauty is such a "curse" I mean such scathing hate and gossip but she had the last "laugh" Just like w/ Lilly Langtry she outlived them all.

So stunning! I would have loved to live back then. How amazing and beautiful that time was!

She was so pretty

Marvellous, what an interesting lady, enjoyed learning about her, a very good presentation

There's a fabulous photo of her by Cecil Beaton in later life. Still mesmerizing.

Do you know if there is and English translation of her autobiography?

Watch your videos all the time. You do a GREAT Job

The work that you do here is wonderful.

What an interesting woman, as usual u research everything well and her figure springs into life 🥰💕

Sad to be wrongfully degraded in reputation. I hope she will be remembered for her dancing talent and extraordinary beauty

I really enjoyed all the paintings that you put through the video!

In some photos she kinda looks like timothee chalomet maybe its her eyebrows or just her expression idk

At quick glance,she look like actress sophie morceau

She didn’t need men, got old and sued EVERYONE! Yessss

Great video!

She reminds me if Elizabeth Taylor...

She was an artist's dream, with a practically symmetrical face; the definition of ideal beauty.

Very interesting and good story telling...

She really should have won both liable cases.

Lovely and interesting as always!

I hope you know that you are very attractive.

Scandal girls! Gout!

Omg she looks like madison rae WTF

I find your delivery respectful especially as these personal stories are of so tragic i.e Benga, La Monstra & others. Thank you for doing the research which then gives us the option to research further. Thanks for your hard work.

She reminds me of Lily Langtry.

Thanks so much for the upload 😌

Jesus was the first celebrity.

#1st Super Model of the modern world.

So she was a social influencer of sorts?

very good bio. she was a beautiful girl and woman and you gave her dimension and grace. your voice is marvelous as is your accent. i do hope she was moderately happy later in her life. she certainly seems like a good person. thanks. going to look for your other videos. :) 🌷🌿🌼🌱🌷