148 – The Fall of King AEthelbald
The British History Podcast
Jamie Jeffers
4.6 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Alright, as you already know, King AEthelbald of Mercia had a bit of a rough start… what with being exiled and living in a swamp. But once he was able to take the throne, he hit the ground running and it wasn’t long before he was the supreme power in the South with even Bede […]
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, if you're on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit, |
| 0:02.1 | you probably already know this. |
| 0:03.9 | But I'm putting together a family tree for the Heptarkie. |
| 0:07.5 | It's color-coded so you can follow |
| 0:09.2 | the various different family lines throughout history |
| 0:11.8 | and see who's mixing with who |
| 0:13.6 | and what the lineage of various kings are. |
| 0:16.4 | It's not 100% complete yet, but it's pretty damn big. |
| 0:20.2 | And as far as I know, no one has done this before. |
| 0:23.0 | So if you wanna go check it out, |
| 0:24.3 | it's over at the Britishhistorypodcast.com |
| 0:26.8 | and just click on Resources |
| 0:28.4 | and then the Heptarkie family tree. |
| 0:30.3 | It's pretty cool. |
| 0:31.6 | All right, let's get to the show. |
| 0:33.2 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:38.1 | Welcome to the British Historypodcast. |
| 0:40.4 | My name is Jamie. |
| 0:41.7 | This show is free and independent due to member support. |
| 0:45.0 | And as thanks for helping keep the community going, |
| 0:47.2 | I offer members only content such as extra episodes |
| 0:49.9 | and rough transcripts. |
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