Battle Royale: French Monarchs podcast

Battle Royale: French Monarchs

Ben Clarke and Eliza Sommers

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.

138 Episoden

71 - Napoleon III, Part 1
5.11.2026
1:26:40
It's the LAST ONE!!! Of all the exiles we've had over the last few episodes, Napoleon III's is by far the most entertaining. His rise (and fall) is the most satisfying. His moustache is the biggest. But will this be enough to see him become our final competitor in the tournament? ⚜️ Outro music used in this episode was an excerpt from "Hymn to Napoleon III and his Valiant People" by Gioachino Rossini, performed by Ildar Abdrazakov, Riccardo Chailly and the Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited). Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
70 - Henry V (Henri, comte de Chambord)
2.9.2026
1:26:51
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 really have to die on THAT hill? ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ This episode samples "Radetsky's March" by Johann Strauss Sr, performed by Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker (℗ 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin) Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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69 - Louis Philippe I
25.8.2026
1:30:51
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? ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
68.5 - Adélaïde d'Orléans, Part 2
4.8.2026
1:18:42
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? ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ This episode features a musical excerpt from the ballet "La fille mal gardée" by Lanchbery Hérold, performed by Barry Wordsworth and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (℗ A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1983 Parlophone Records Ltd.) Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
68.5 - Adélaïde d'Orléans, Part 1
22.7.2026
51:18
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". ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Battle Royale's intro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. Today's outro music is an excerpt from François-Adrien Boieldieu's "Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C: 3. Rondo (Allegro agitato)", performed by harpist Marisa Robles and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, released 1990. ℗ Decca Music Group Limited. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
68 - Louis XIX, ft. Marie-Thérèse
5.7.2026
1:12:24
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. ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Music used in this episode included a piano rendition of Mozart's "Lacrimosa", perfromed by Soviet pianist Maria Yudina in 1954. Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
67 - Charles X, Part 2
26.6.2026
1:11:32
This episode, Charles meets his ultimate fate in the wake of the much-anticipated July Revolution. ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
67 - Charles X, Part 1
17.6.2026
1:00:20
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? ⚜️ Battle Royale's intro music is ⁠⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. This episode's outro music is a short excerpt from Luigi Cherubini's "Mass for the Coronation of Charles X: I. Kyrie", performed by Riccardo Muti and Philharmonia Chorus, from "Cherubini: Masses, Overtures & Motets" ℗ A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Parlophone Records Limited. ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to ad-free episodes and bonus content, including our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
66 - Louis XVIII, Part 2
3.6.2026
1:18:26
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? Check out David's show ⁠The Siècle⁠ to get more history from this period! ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to our bonus content: movie reviews, deep dives, bonus biographies and our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Battle Royale's intro/outro music is ⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠here⁠. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
66 - Louis XVIII, Part 1
26.5.2026
59:50
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 entier", an air from a favourite opera of Louis XVIII by André Grétry. From Grétry: Richard Coeur de Lion ℗ 2023 EG Classics, performed by the Orchestra dei Giovani del Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi di Bolzano. Battle Royale's intro music is ⁠⁠⁠"Dansez" by Fasion⁠⁠⁠. Go check out more of their stuff ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. ⚜️ Visit our website ⁠for episode images, score summaries and more! Contact us by ⁠Email⁠, or follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ or ⁠BlueSky⁠. Make sure you leave us a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠ or wherever you listen. You can also support the show on ⁠Patreon⁠! Join the official Angry Mob and get access to our bonus content: movie reviews, deep dives, bonus biographies and our exclusive spinoff series rating the Royal Mistresses. ⚜️ Details of our 5 categories used to rate the French Monarchs can be found ⁠on our website⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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