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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: Mary, King of Hungary
Description: Mary, ‘King’ of Hungary, was coronated today in history, on 17th September, 1382. The Hungarian nobility had never had a female monarch, and did not recognize the possibility of one in law, so decided to crown her as if she was male - but that was by no means the end of her problems. Before long, Charles of Naples was leading a rebellion to overthrow the child monarch.In this episode, The Retrospectors rank the numerous poor decisions of Mary’s mother, the Queen Regent Elizabeth; unearth the impressive linguistic leg-wor...