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Podcast: Battle Royale: French Monarchs
Episode: 56 - Charles IX
Description: There will be blood.⚜️A summary of the major political figures in this episode (most of whom will be dead by the end):Catherine de' Medici, ruling on behalf of her son Charles IX, a moderating force between the factions (at first)The Ultra-Catholics:
Duke Henry of Anjou, Charles IX's precocious younger brother
The Duke and Cardinal de Guise, recently kicked out of power
Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France, an elderly veteran
The Huguenot Protestants and their sympathisers:
Antoine de Bourbon, an idiot, first Prince of the...