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Hosted by Ben Clarke and Eliza Sommers · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 135 episodes
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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.
Ben Clarke and Eliza Sommers hosts Battle Royale: French Monarchs, a education show with 135 episodes published.
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 matriarc
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
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 coup
This episode, Charles meets his ultimate fate in the wake of the much-anticipated July Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
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
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. ⚜️ This week's outro music is "Richard Coeur de Lion, Act II: Si l'univers e
You know Napoleon I. You've heard of Napoleon III... But what about the other one? ⚜️ Visit our website for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by Email, or follow us on Instagram, our Facebook Gro
Will Napoleon be enshrined with the greats at the Grand Tournament, or will we send this outlaw to the guillotine? ⚜️ Visit our website for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by Email, or follow us o
Starting with his grand coronation in Paris and stunning victory at Austerlitz, we follow Napoleon from his zenith to his ultimate decline as all of Europe conspires against him. Next episode, we will at last rate Napole
From obscure Corsican officer to Emperor of the French, this episode we chart the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte in the first of his 3 episodes. There is so much about this man to cover, and we have still only scratched the
We have reached the dramatic apex of Robespierre's career, as the French Revolution spirals into its most violent phase: the Reign of Terror. But how long will this reign last? And how will Robespierre's legacy compare t
This episode we get deeper into the French Revolution, from the eyes of the radical politician Maximilien Robespierre. Society is about to change rapidly and shockingly in the leadup to the Reign of Terror, including a n
Go to patreon.com/battleroyalepodcast to listen to Part 2, and our entire spinoff series on the French royal mistresses. Jeanne Antoinette "Reinette" Poisson was born into a disgraced middle-class Parisian family and tha
We unravel the mystery that haunted Europe for over a century: What happened to the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinettte after they met their tragic end? It's a real True Crime mystery that will take us from the worst
It's now time to rate one of history's most notorious queens! ⚜️ Visit our website for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by Email, or follow us on Instagram, our Facebook Group or BlueSky. Mak
By popular demand, we have an in-betweeny episode on the most famous woman in all of French history. How much was she really to blame for the disasters leading up to the Revolution? This episode we go through the main ev
This episode, we will rate and review Louis XVI, the last king of France before the Revolution blows everything apart. Will he get through to the Tournement, or will he be guillotined a second time? ⚜️ Visit our website
This episode, we finally get to the beginnings of the French Revolution and how it affected one Louis XVI, a King of France who was in way over his head, to put it mildly. Why did the revolution start in his reign? What
It's time to get down to brass tax and rate Louis XV. Was he the do-nothing king later historians have tarred him as? And are good intentions and pretty art enough to save him from the guillotine? ⚜️ Visit our Wordpress
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Battle Royale: French Monarchs is hosted by Ben Clarke and Eliza Sommers. The show is categorised under education (comedy) and has published 135 episodes.
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