Battle Royale: French Monarchs
Ben Clarke and Eliza SommersPassing 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.
60.5 - Philippe II of Orléans (the Regent)
Jun 19 • 1h 35m
60 - Louis XIV, Part 3
May 9 • 1h 58m
60 - Louis XIV, Part 2
Apr 27 • 1h 24m
60 - Louis XIV, Part 1
Apr 20 • 1h 30m
59.5 - Anne of Austria
Mar 6 • 1h 28m
59 - Louis XIII
Feb 3 • 1h 30m
58.5 - Marie de' Medici
Jan 6 • 1h 32m
58 - Henry IV, Part 2
Dec 9, 2024 • 1h 17m
58 - Henry IV, Part 1
Dec 2, 2024 • 1h 20m
57.5 - Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), Part 2
Sep 20, 2024 • 54m
57.5 - Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), Part 1
Sep 12, 2024 • 58m
Ranking Roundup #3 - The House of Valois
Aug 24, 2024 • 44m
57 - Henry III
Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 32m
56.5 - Catherine de' Medici, Part 2
Jul 29, 2024 • 1h 35m
56.5 - Catherine de' Medici, Part 1
Jul 26, 2024 • 1h 6m
56 - Charles IX
Jul 6, 2024 • 1h 21m
55 - Francis II (ft. Mary, Queen of Scots)
Jun 23, 2024 • 1h 1m
54 - Henry II
Jun 8, 2024 • 1h 23m
53 - Francis I (Part 2)
Apr 27, 2024 • 1h 19m
53 - Francis I (Part 1)
Apr 21, 2024 • 1h 9m
52.5 - Louise of Savoy
Apr 7, 2024 • 1h 20m
52 - Louis XII (Part 2)
Mar 24, 2024 • 1h 23m
52 - Louis XII (Part 1)
Mar 17, 2024 • 1h 6m
51.5 - Anne of Brittany (Part 2)
Mar 3, 2024 • 1h 12m
51.5 - Anne of Brittany (Part 1)
Feb 25, 2024 • 1h 1m
51 - Charles VIII (Part 2)
Feb 11, 2024 • 1h 12m
51 - Charles VIII (Part 1)
Feb 4, 2024 • 49m
Regency of Madness - Results & Quiz!
Jan 29, 2024 • 27m
50.5 - Anne of France
Jan 20, 2024 • 1h 31m
50 - Louis XI (Part 2)
Jan 7, 2024 • 1h 10m
50 - Louis XI (Part 1)
Dec 31, 2023 • 1h 1m
Introducing Battle Royale: French Mistresses
Dec 23, 2023 • 11m
49 - Charles VII
Dec 17, 2023 • 1h 24m
48.5 - Joan of Arc (Part 2)
Dec 3, 2023 • 50m
48.5 - Joan of Arc (Part 1)
Nov 26, 2023 • 56m
48 - Charles VI
Nov 19, 2023 • 1h 12m
Regency of Madness 5/5 - Charles of Orléans VS John of Bedford - ft. Passed
Nov 5, 2023 • 2h 2m
Regency of Madness 4/5 - Isabeau of Bavaria VS Yolande of Aragon - ft. Queens
Oct 30, 2023 • 1h 44m
Regency of Madness 2/5 - Louis of Bourbon VS John of Berry - ft. Passed
Sep 24, 2023 • 1h 40m
Special Announcement! - Intelligent Speech Conference 2023
Jul 16, 2023 • 3m
Bastille Day D&D Special - The Beast of Saint Ulphia
Jul 14, 2023 • 2h 40m
47 - Charles V (Part 2)
Jun 19, 2023 • 1h 4m
47 - Charles V (Part 1)
Jun 16, 2023 • 1h 1m
46 - John II
May 31, 2023 • 2h 0m
45 - Philip VI
May 17, 2023 • 2h 20m
Capetian Retrospective with Dr Gary Girod (The French History Podcast)
May 1, 2023 • 1h 14m
Ranking Roundup #2
Apr 17, 2023 • 49m
44.5 - Joan II of Navarre (ft. The Black Death!)
Apr 5, 2023 • 1h 22m
44 - Charles IV (ft. Isabella the She-Wolf)
Mar 20, 2023 • 1h 27m
43 - Philip V
Mar 6, 2023 • 58m
42 - John I
Feb 25, 2023 • 1h 1m
41 - Louis X
Feb 13, 2023 • 1h 16m
40 - Philip IV
Jan 30, 2023 • 1h 46m
39.5 - Joan I of Navarre
Jan 22, 2023 • 1h 29m
Vercingetorix (Patreon Teaser)
Jan 16, 2023 • 1h 14m
39 - Philip III
Dec 11, 2022 • 1h 45m
38 - Saint Louis IX
Nov 28, 2022 • 1h 53m
37.5 - Blanche of Castile
Nov 14, 2022 • 1h 45m
37 - Louis VIII
Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 44m
Halloween Fairy Tales with Elspeth Olson
Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 14m
36 - Philip II Augustus (Part 2)
Oct 5, 2022 • 1h 23m
36 - Philip II Augustus (Part 1)
Sep 27, 2022 • 1h 49m
35 - Louis VII
Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 28m
34.5 - Eleanor of Aquitaine
Sep 1, 2022 • 2h 4m
34 - Louis VI
Aug 15, 2022 • 1h 52m
33 - Philip I
Aug 1, 2022 • 1h 25m
32.5 - Anne of Kyiv
Jul 19, 2022 • 1h 5m
Bastille Day Special with Tudoriferous and Ranking '76
Jul 10, 2022 • 1h 26m
32 - Henry I
Jun 28, 2022 • 56m
31 - Robert II
Jun 15, 2022 • 1h 44m
30 - Hugh Capet
May 30, 2022 • 1h 26m
Carolingian Retrospective with Dr Rutger Kramer
May 18, 2022 • 1h 44m
Patreon & Other Announcements
May 9, 2022 • 18m
29 - Louis V + Ranking Roundup!
Apr 20, 2022 • 1h 1m
28 - Lothair
Apr 6, 2022 • 1h 20m
27.5 - Gerberga of Saxony
Mar 30, 2022 • 1h 12m
27 - Louis IV
Mar 15, 2022 • 1h 6m
26.5 - Hugh the Great
Mar 8, 2022 • 1h 9m
26 - Rudolph
Feb 28, 2022 • 1h 41m
25 - Robert I
Feb 21, 2022 • 1h 11m
Valentine's Day with "Love is Dead"
Feb 14, 2022 • 1h 34m
24 - Charles the Simple
Feb 9, 2022 • 1h 58m
23 - Odo
Feb 1, 2022 • 1h 43m
22 - Charles the Fat
Jan 24, 2022 • 1h 59m
21.5 - Boso of Provence
Jan 18, 2022 • 1h 18m
21 - Carloman II + Quiz #2
Jan 12, 2022 • 1h 30m
20 - Louis III
Jan 4, 2022 • 1h 22m
19 - Louis the Stammerer
Dec 28, 2021 • 58m
Christmas with Pontifacts! (Patron Saints of France)
Dec 21, 2021 • 1h 39m
18.5 - Robert the Strong
Dec 13, 2021 • 1h 19m
18 - Charles the Bald
Dec 7, 2021 • 1h 59m
17 - Louis the Pious
Nov 30, 2021 • 2h 2m
16 - Charlemagne (Part 2)
Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 45m
16 - Charlemagne (Part 1)
Nov 16, 2021 • 1h 6m
15 - Carloman I
Nov 9, 2021 • 53m
14 - Pepin the Short
Nov 2, 2021 • 1h 3m
13 - Childeric III (Halloween Special!)
Oct 26, 2021 • 55m
12.5 - Charles Martel
Oct 19, 2021 • 1h 32m
12 - Theodoric IV
Oct 12, 2021 • 57m
11 - Chilperic II (Daniel)
Oct 5, 2021 • 42m
10 - Dagobert III
Sep 28, 2021 • 52m
9 - Childebert III
Sep 21, 2021 • 54m
8 - Clovis IV + Quiz!
Sep 14, 2021 • 32m
7 - Theodoric III
Sep 7, 2021 • 25m
6 - Childeric II
Aug 31, 2021 • 28m
5 - Clothar III (ft. Balthild)
Aug 24, 2021 • 32m
4 - Dagobert I
Aug 17, 2021 • 47m
3 - Clothar II
Aug 10, 2021 • 57m
2.5 - Fredegund
Aug 3, 2021 • 1h 7m
2 - Clothar I
Jul 27, 2021 • 1h 5m
1 - Clovis I
Jul 20, 2021 • 1h 13m
0 - Bastille Day Premier: Gauls, Romans and Franks
Jul 13, 2021 • 1h 2m
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Jun 24, 2021 • 6m
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