Battle Royale: French Monarchs
By Ben Clarke and Eliza Sommers
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Episodes: 124
Fredi
Apr 1, 2026
One of my favourite podcasts. Ben is researching and presenting the history wonderfully and Eliza is really funny and I love her summaries 😂
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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.
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63.5 - Maximilien Robespierre, Part 2
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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63.5 - Maximilien Robespierre, Part 1
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Madame de Pompadour (Patreon Exclusive)
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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63 - Louis XVII (the Lost Dauphin)
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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62.5 - Marie Antoinette, Part 2
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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62.5 - Marie Antoinette, Part 1
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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62 - Louis XVI, Part 2
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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62 - Louis XVI, Part 1
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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61 - Louis XV, Part 2
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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61 - Louis XV, Part 1
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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60.5 - Philippe II of Orléans (the Regent)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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60 - Louis XIV, Part 3
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May 09, 2025 |
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60 - Louis XIV, Part 2
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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60 - Louis XIV, Part 1
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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59.5 - Anne of Austria
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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59 - Louis XIII
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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58.5 - Marie de' Medici
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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58 - Henry IV, Part 2
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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58 - Henry IV, Part 1
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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57.5 - Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), Part 2
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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57.5 - Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), Part 1
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ranking Roundup #3 - The House of Valois
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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57 - Henry III
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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56.5 - Catherine de' Medici, Part 2
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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56.5 - Catherine de' Medici, Part 1
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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56 - Charles IX
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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55 - Francis II (ft. Mary, Queen of Scots)
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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54 - Henry II
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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53 - Francis I (Part 2)
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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53 - Francis I (Part 1)
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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52.5 - Louise of Savoy
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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52 - Louis XII (Part 2)
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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52 - Louis XII (Part 1)
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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51.5 - Anne of Brittany (Part 2)
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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51.5 - Anne of Brittany (Part 1)
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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51 - Charles VIII (Part 2)
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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51 - Charles VIII (Part 1)
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Regency of Madness - Results & Quiz!
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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50.5 - Anne of France
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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50 - Louis XI (Part 2)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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50 - Louis XI (Part 1)
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Introducing Battle Royale: French Mistresses
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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49 - Charles VII
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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48.5 - Joan of Arc (Part 2)
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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48.5 - Joan of Arc (Part 1)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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48 - Charles VI
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Regency of Madness 5/5 - Charles of Orléans VS John of Bedford - ft. Passed
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Regency of Madness 4/5 - Isabeau of Bavaria VS Yolande of Aragon - ft. Queens
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Regency of Madness 3/5 - John the Fearless VS Bernard of Armagnac - ft. Grand Dukes of the West
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Regency of Madness 2/5 - Louis of Bourbon VS John of Berry - ft. Passed
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Regency of Madness 1/5 - Philip the Bold (of Burgundy) VS Louis of Orléans - ft. Grand Dukes of the West
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Special Announcement! - Intelligent Speech Conference 2023
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Bastille Day D&D Special - The Beast of Saint Ulphia
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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47 - Charles V (Part 2)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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47 - Charles V (Part 1)
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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46 - John II
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May 31, 2023 |
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45 - Philip VI
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May 17, 2023 |
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Capetian Retrospective with Dr Gary Girod (The French History Podcast)
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May 01, 2023 |
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Ranking Roundup #2
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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44.5 - Joan II of Navarre (ft. The Black Death!)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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44 - Charles IV (ft. Isabella the She-Wolf)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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43 - Philip V
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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42 - John I
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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41 - Louis X
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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40 - Philip IV
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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39.5 - Joan I of Navarre
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Vercingetorix (Patreon Teaser)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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39 - Philip III
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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38 - Saint Louis IX
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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37.5 - Blanche of Castile
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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37 - Louis VIII
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Halloween Fairy Tales with Elspeth Olson
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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36 - Philip II Augustus (Part 2)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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36 - Philip II Augustus (Part 1)
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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35 - Louis VII
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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34.5 - Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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34 - Louis VI
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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33 - Philip I
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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32.5 - Anne of Kyiv
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Bastille Day Special with Tudoriferous and Ranking '76
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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32 - Henry I
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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31 - Robert II
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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30 - Hugh Capet
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May 30, 2022 |
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Carolingian Retrospective with Dr Rutger Kramer
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May 18, 2022 |
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29 - Louis V + Ranking Roundup!
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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28 - Lothair
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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27.5 - Gerberga of Saxony
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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27 - Louis IV
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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26.5 - Hugh the Great
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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26 - Rudolph
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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25 - Robert I
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Valentine's Day with "Love is Dead"
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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24 - Charles the Simple
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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23 - Odo
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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22 - Charles the Fat
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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21.5 - Boso of Provence
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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21 - Carloman II + Quiz #2
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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20 - Louis III
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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19 - Louis the Stammerer
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Christmas with Pontifacts! (Patron Saints of France)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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18.5 - Robert the Strong
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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18 - Charles the Bald
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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17 - Louis the Pious
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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16 - Charlemagne (Part 2)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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16 - Charlemagne (Part 1)
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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15 - Carloman I
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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14 - Pepin the Short
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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13 - Childeric III (Halloween Special!)
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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12.5 - Charles Martel
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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12 - Theodoric IV
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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11 - Chilperic II (Daniel)
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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10 - Dagobert III
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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9 - Childebert III
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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8 - Clovis IV + Quiz!
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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7 - Theodoric III
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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6 - Childeric II
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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5 - Clothar III (ft. Balthild)
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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4 - Dagobert I
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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3 - Clothar II
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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2.5 - Fredegund
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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2 - Clothar I
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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1 - Clovis I
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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0 - Bastille Day Premier: Gauls, Romans and Franks
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Before you listen...
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Jun 24, 2021 |