Battle Royale: French Monarchs Podcast
1) 62.5 - Marie Antoinette, Part 2
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 G...Show More
2) 62.5 - Marie Antoinette, Part 1
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 g...Show More
3) 62 - Louis XVI, Part 2
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? ...Show More
4) 62 - Louis XVI, Part 1
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...Show More
5) 61 - Louis XV, Part 2
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? ⚜️...Show More
6) 61 - Louis XV, Part 1
Not quite the Sun King, not quite the Revolution guy, Louis XV sits between two way more famous kings of France and is often a forgotten footnote of history, despite ruling for a very long time during...Show More
7) 60.5 - Philippe II of Orléans (the Regent)
Louis XIV is dead, and his heir is a 5-year-old child. With so many deaths occurring in the royal family, it falls to an unlikely royal nephew, Philippe, duke of Orléans, to govern France until Louis ...Show More
8) 60 - Louis XIV, Part 3
Now that we've finished Louis XIV's life, we're going back to fill in some details and decide what score the Sun King should get. Will he escape the guillotine? ⚜️ Visit our Wordpress for epi...Show More
9) 60 - Louis XIV, Part 2
This episode we talk about the zenith and slow decline of the sun king. ⚜️ Visit our Wordpress for episode images, score summaries, contact details and more! Contact us by Email, or follow ...Show More
10) 60 - Louis XIV, Part 1
The Sun King is risen. This episode, we chronicle the first half of Louis XIV's life, from his earliest years of civil war and turbulence to the apex of his power. ⚜️ Visit our Wordpress for epi...Show More