ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Passing judgement on all the Kings and Emperors of France from Clovis to Napoleon III. Each episode, Ben recounts the story of a monarch to Eliza, then together they decide on how to score them in 5 categories. But who will they select as the crème de la crème, and who will they send to the Guillotine? Proudly inspired by the Rex Factor podcast.
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Average audio length:
80 minutes
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English
United States
137 episodes
since June 24, 2021
episodic
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Born as "the Miracle Child" who saved the royal family from extinction, Henri's abortive 7-day reign as a young boy was followed by a life of exile and uncertainty.
We will also get into his mother Madame de Berry's scandalous attempted coup.
There's a lot to admire about this guy, but did he r…
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As a king installed by a revolution, Louis Philippe's reign is full of contradictions and difficult choices. With his wise sister Adélaïde gone, will Louis Philippe be able to survive the calamitous year of 1848?
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Adélaïde’s continued work behind the scenes will quietly shape French history from 1830 through to 1847, and yet history seems to have tried to erase her contribution.
Does she deserve to sit alongside the great matriarchs of French history that came before her?
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This unassuming spinster who "won the throne for her house" through sheer tenacity and courage. This episode, we cover the House of Orléans's history, and Adélaïde's long and often tragic life up to the heady days of the July Revolution, when she vowed to "share the fate of the Parisians".
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The Duke and Duchess of Angoulême finally take centre stage... for possibly the shortest reign in world history. As the last surviving Bourbons of their generation, these mismatched cousins struggled to be the power couple the nation needed.
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This episode, Charles meets his ultimate fate in the wake of the much-anticipated July Revolution.
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Charles, comte d'Artois, has been a meddlesome troublemaker for the last 50 years of French history - surviving exiles, wars and revolutions like a cockroach. What fresh hell will ensue now that he finally has the chance to be king?
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From idle prince, to bankrupt exile, to his glorious restoration ... how will Louis XVIII measure up to his forebears in an age where the king must reconcile with the new France that the Revolution created? And how long will this ailing king even last?
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While Napoleon rose and fell, the old royal family wander Europe as exiles for over 20 years. This episode, we explore their side of the story.
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This week's outro music is "Richard Coeur de Lion, Act II: Si l'univers entier", an air from a favourite opera of Louis XVIII by André Grétry. From G…
You know Napoleon I. You've heard of Napoleon III... But what about the other one?
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