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Battle Royale: French Monarchs

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.

Maximilien Robespierre, Part 2

78 hours 41 mins; March 23, 2026

Maximilien Robespierre

74 hours 1 min; March 15, 2026

Madame de Pompadour

77 hours 12 mins; January 27, 2026

Louis XVII (the Lost Dauphin)

64 hours 22 mins; January 08, 2026

Marie Antoinette, Part 2

79 hours 44 mins; December 18, 2025

Marie Antoinette, Part 1

63 hours 0 mins; December 11, 2025

Louis XVI, Part 2

77 hours 30 mins; November 19, 2025

Louis XVI, Part 1

89 hours 48 mins; October 26, 2025

Louis XV, Part 2

71 hours 13 mins; August 29, 2025

Louis XV, Part 1

88 hours 15 mins; August 23, 2025

60.5 - Philippe II of Orléans (the Regent)

95 hours 5 mins; June 19, 2025

Louis XIV, Part 3

118 hours 18 mins; May 09, 2025

Louis XIV, Part 2

84 hours 11 mins; April 27, 2025

Louis XIV, Part 1

88 hours 59 mins; April 20, 2025

59.5 - Anne of Austria

88 hours 29 mins; March 06, 2025

59 - Louis XIII

93 hours 16 mins; February 03, 2025

58.5 - Marie de' Medici

92 hours 36 mins; January 06, 2025

58 - Henry IV, Part 2

81 hours 9 mins; December 09, 2024

58 - Henry IV, Part 1

84 hours 54 mins; December 02, 2024

57.5 - Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), Part 2

58 mins; September 20, 2024

57.5 - Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), Part 1

62 hours 1 min; September 12, 2024

Ranking Roundup #3 - The House of Valois

46 mins; August 24, 2024

57 - Henry III

96 hours 54 mins; August 12, 2024

56.5 - Catherine de' Medici, Part 2

100 hours 4 mins; July 29, 2024

56.5 - Catherine de' Medici, Part 1

69 hours 16 mins; July 26, 2024

56 - Charles IX

84 hours 23 mins; July 06, 2024

55 - Francis II (ft. Mary, Queen of Scots)

65 hours 1 min; June 23, 2024

54 - Henry II

83 hours 19 mins; June 08, 2024

53 - Francis I (Part 2)

83 hours 7 mins; April 27, 2024

53 - Francis I (Part 1)

69 hours 36 mins; April 21, 2024

52.5 - Louise of Savoy

83 hours 18 mins; April 07, 2024

52 - Louis XII (Part 2)

87 hours 42 mins; March 24, 2024

52 - Louis XII (Part 1)

69 hours 19 mins; March 17, 2024

51.5 - Anne of Brittany (Part 2)

76 hours 3 mins; March 03, 2024

51.5 - Anne of Brittany (Part 1)

65 hours 0 mins; February 25, 2024

51 - Charles VIII (Part 2)

75 hours 39 mins; February 11, 2024

51 - Charles VIII (Part 1)

53 mins; February 04, 2024

Regency of Madness - Results & Quiz!

29 mins; January 29, 2024

50.5 - Anne of France

91 hours 27 mins; January 20, 2024

50 - Louis XI (Part 2)

70 hours 17 mins; January 06, 2024

50 - Louis XI (Part 1)

64 hours 57 mins; December 31, 2023

Introducing Battle Royale: French Mistresses

12 mins; December 23, 2023

49 - Charles VII

88 hours 50 mins; December 17, 2023

48.5 - Joan of Arc (Part 2)

53 mins; December 03, 2023

48.5 - Joan of Arc (Part 1)

59 mins; November 26, 2023

48 - Charles VI

75 hours 25 mins; November 19, 2023

Regency of Madness 5/5 - Charles of Orléans VS John of Bedford - ft. Passed

127 hours 43 mins; November 05, 2023

Regency of Madness 4/5 - Isabeau of Bavaria VS Yolande of Aragon - ft. Queens

108 hours 15 mins; October 29, 2023

Regency of Madness 3/5 - John the Fearless VS Bernard of Armagnac - ft. Grand Dukes of the West

128 hours 2 mins; October 23, 2023

Regency of Madness 2/5 - Louis of Bourbon VS John of Berry - ft. Passed

100 hours 18 mins; September 24, 2023

Regency of Madness 1/5 - Philip the Bold (of Burgundy) VS Louis of Orléans - ft. Grand Dukes of the West

127 hours 16 mins; September 16, 2023

Special Announcement! - Intelligent Speech Conference 2023

3 mins; July 16, 2023

Bastille Day D&D Special - The Beast of Saint Ulphia

166 hours 41 mins; July 14, 2023

47 - Charles V (Part 2)

67 hours 20 mins; June 19, 2023

47 - Charles V (Part 1)

64 hours 29 mins; June 16, 2023

46 - John II

125 hours 55 mins; May 31, 2023

45 - Philip VI

140 hours 37 mins; May 17, 2023

Capetian Retrospective with Dr Gary Girod (The French History Podcast)

77 hours 25 mins; May 01, 2023

Ranking Roundup #2

52 mins; April 17, 2023

44.5 - Joan II of Navarre (ft. The Black Death!)

86 hours 34 mins; April 05, 2023

44 - Charles IV (ft. Isabella the She-Wolf)

87 hours 11 mins; March 20, 2023

43 - Philip V

61 hours 35 mins; March 06, 2023

42 - John I

64 hours 59 mins; February 25, 2023

41 - Louis X

79 hours 39 mins; February 13, 2023

40 - Philip IV

110 hours 59 mins; January 30, 2023

39.5 - Joan I of Navarre

89 hours 27 mins; January 22, 2023

Vercingetorix (Patreon Teaser)

78 hours 11 mins; January 16, 2023

39 - Philip III

105 hours 33 mins; December 11, 2022

38 - Saint Louis IX

113 hours 52 mins; November 28, 2022

37.5 - Blanche of Castile

109 hours 44 mins; November 13, 2022

37 - Louis VIII

108 hours 40 mins; November 01, 2022

Halloween Fairy Tales with Elspeth Olson

74 hours 33 mins; October 16, 2022

36 - Philip II Augustus (Part 2)

87 hours 58 mins; October 04, 2022

36 - Philip II Augustus (Part 1)

113 hours 42 mins; September 27, 2022

35 - Louis VII

93 hours 10 mins; September 13, 2022

34.5 - Eleanor of Aquitaine

129 hours 42 mins; September 01, 2022

34 - Louis VI

117 hours 28 mins; August 15, 2022

33 - Philip I

89 hours 45 mins; August 01, 2022

32.5 - Anne of Kyiv

68 hours 17 mins; July 19, 2022

Bastille Day Special with Tudoriferous and Ranking '76

90 hours 32 mins; July 10, 2022

32 - Henry I

59 mins; June 28, 2022

31 - Robert II

108 hours 35 mins; June 15, 2022

30 - Hugh Capet

91 hours 13 mins; May 30, 2022

Carolingian Retrospective with Dr Rutger Kramer

108 hours 33 mins; May 18, 2022

Patreon & Other Announcements

18 mins; May 09, 2022

29 - Louis V + Ranking Roundup!

65 hours 5 mins; April 20, 2022

28 - Lothair

83 hours 46 mins; April 06, 2022

27.5 - Gerberga of Saxony

72 hours 47 mins; March 30, 2022

27 - Louis IV

69 hours 47 mins; March 15, 2022

26.5 - Hugh the Great

72 hours 50 mins; March 07, 2022

26 - Rudolph

101 hours 44 mins; February 27, 2022

25 - Robert I

71 hours 24 mins; February 21, 2022

Valentine's Day with "Love is Dead"

98 hours 26 mins; February 14, 2022

24 - Charles the Simple

123 hours 48 mins; February 09, 2022

23 - Odo

103 hours 58 mins; February 01, 2022

22 - Charles the Fat

124 hours 21 mins; January 23, 2022

21.5 - Boso of Provence

82 hours 4 mins; January 18, 2022

21 - Carloman II + Quiz #2

90 hours 21 mins; January 12, 2022

20 - Louis III

86 hours 21 mins; January 04, 2022

19 - Louis the Stammerer

61 hours 38 mins; December 28, 2021

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