Queens of England Podcast
Summary: Too often when we think about the history of a country we think only of kings, lords, castles, and battles. When we think of queens we think of rulers like Elizabeth I and Victoria, but what about the queens who sat beside their warrior husbands? This podcast is an alternative history of Medieval and Early Modern England, seen through the lives of its queens
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Also known as Isabelle or Isabella of Valois. The youngest queen on our list, Isabelle became queen when aged 7, and it took quite some propaganda to get Richard to agree to it. Apparently the best way to get a grown man to marry a primary school age kid is to compare her to an elephant...SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Philippe de Mézières (wikipedia)Charles VI 'the Mad' of France... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Married for her connections to the Holy Roman Empire, Anne of Bohemia was bought for a high price and some may argue they didn't get their money's worth...SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Joan of Kent (wikipedia)The Western Schism (Christianity Today)Peaked-horn headdress... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After the death of Philippa of Hainault, Edward III began to rely on a new woman. But not a queen, and certainly not someone as squeaky clean as his former wife.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Thomas Walsingham (wikipedia)Piers Plowman (Piers Plowman Electronic Archive)Wife of Bath (luminarium)The... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Coming off the heels of England's most controversial queen, Philippa of Hainault had a lot to do to rehabilitate the role in the eyes of the English nobility. That she did, thanks to how perfectly matched she and her husband were.ShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Children of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III (wikipedia)Jean Froissart (The Online Froissart)Second Scottish War of Independence (wikipedia)Hundred Years War (Lectures in Medieval History)The Black Death... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Isabella was now holding the hot potato that was the reigns of power, but England was to find out that her saviour could be corrupted just as easily as her predecessorsSponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!"All of this has happened before, and all will happen again" from Battlestar Galactica (youtube)Edward II's emo poetry - 'The Song of Edward that he himself made'See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After Edward's victory in the Despenser War, he was at the high point of his entire reign. Everything was going swimmingly - but these good times would not last forever. His regime had defeated every source of opposition bar one: his wife Isabella.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Charles IV of France (wikipedia)Roger Mortimer (wikipedia)County of Hainaut (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Isabella of France was the highest-born queen that England had ever had, but her King was hardly the success that her pedigree deserved.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! Christopher Marlowe's Edward II (wikipedia)Braveheart (wikipedia)Ending of Love Actually (youtube)The... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Stories of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have proliferated for centuries, and so too have tales of his beautiful wife Guinevere. Portrayed as a damsel in distress and adulterous harpie, her portrayal tells us a lot about what medieval writers thought about contemporary queens.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Geoffrey of Monmouth (wikipedia)Chretien de Troyes (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A remarkable woman of Medieval Englandwho was in order a princess, an empress, a countess, a king, a rebel and a Queen Mother. Although she was never crowned, she was the only female king in the history of Medieval England. SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Episode 5: Matilda of ScotlandEpisode 6: Adeliza of LouvainSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Marrying a man 40 years your senior is not often a portent of domestic harmony, but somehow it seemed to work for Margaret of France.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!Philip the Bold of France (wikipedia)Margaret of Provence (wikipedia)Philip the Fair (wikipedia)Thomas of... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After returning from crusade and being crowned queen, Eleanor of Castile rejected the usual life of a queen to become a hard-nosed woman of business. This did not endear her to her tenants, but does make her a very unusual and fascinating queen.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! Walter of Guisborough (wikipedia)Edward I's wars in Wales (History Net)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Another queen from Southern Europe, Eleanor of Castile's had quite a time before she became queen, including some birthing a bunch of kids and helping her husband through war, war and more war.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! The Reconquista (wikipedia)The Emirate of GranadaFerdinand III of Castile (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Eleanor of Provence was yet another foreign queen parachuted into England at a very young age, but she would end up wielding more power and being more controversial than the previous two queens combined.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign (wikipedia)Ramon IV of Provence (wikipedia)Joan of Ponthieu (wikipedia)Simon de Montfort (wikipedia)Provisions of Oxford (wikipedia)Mise of Amiens (wikipedia)Battle of Lewes (wikipedia)Battle of Evesham (wikipedia)Amesbury Abbey (wikipedia) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Isabelle was yet another French queen to marry an Angevin, and John wasn't about to treat his wife any better than his forebears had.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links!BibliographyNorman Invasion of Ireland (wikipedia)Robert of Gloucester (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The wife of Richard the Lionheart, Berengaria is barely known today, and barely noticed while she was alive.SponsorThis episode of the Queens of England Podcast is sponsored by Audible, the internet's leading provider of audio entertainment. To get a free book when you sign up for a trial membership go to www.audibletrial.com/queensShownotesFor more information on the topics discussed in the show, click on these links! BibliographyThe Kingdom of Navarre (wikipedia)Tancred of Sicily (wikipedia)Emperor Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (wikipedia)See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
