King John & His Brilliant Sisters
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
My brother from another mother, Matt Lewis, is back—and we’re continuing the story of the children of Henry II of England (and Eleanor of Aquitaine). But since King John was…well…such an idiot, we decided to start with his sisters to make things far more enjoyable 😂
And honestly? These women were incredible—sharp, capable, and miles ahead of their brothers. I think you’ll feel the same once you hear their stories.
In the second half, we finally turn to King John to see if—maybe—there’s a redeeming quality or two hiding in there. Spoiler alert: there isn’t. If anything, you might end up disliking him even more by the end… just like I did. What an absolutely terrible man!
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Host: Rebecca Larson
Guest: Matt Lewis
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tudors Dynasty and Beyond podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | History with a Twist. |
| 0:07.3 | And now your host, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:11.2 | Hello and welcome back. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Rebecca Larson and well, look, it's my brother from another mother. |
| 0:16.4 | Matt Lewis is here. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm back again. |
| 0:19.0 | I can't believe you keep letting me in. |
| 0:20.4 | This is so cool. I think you have something really wrong this time. I can't believe you keep letting me in. This is so cool. |
| 0:21.6 | I think you have to do something really wrong this time. I need to get you to swear so |
| 0:25.4 | badly that this podcast gets taken off air. Oh my gosh. I was just going to joke that I gave |
| 0:31.8 | you the key. That's how you keep getting back in. But now I think I need to change the locks. |
| 0:36.8 | Oh, it's too late now. It's too late. I'm in. He's like hiding in the closet. Okay, now I just got weird and creepy, didn't it? Yeah, yeah. You know those weird guys that live in your walls? That's not me. That's not you. That's not me. We're off to a good start, aren't we? |
| 0:58.1 | It fits with the topic we're going to talk about today, or at least half of the topic we're going to talk about. |
| 0:58.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:59.7 | Creepy guys. |
| 1:01.1 | Creepy guys. |
| 1:01.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:06.3 | And last episode, we did the episode on the idiotic sons of Henry II. |
| 1:10.1 | And we didn't have time to finish with John. And then we also wanted to talk about the daughters of |
| 1:13.1 | Henry the 2nd as well because they're they're quite fascinating I don't know if you were going to |
| 1:18.7 | bring in the other daughters of Eleanor but we'll kind of see how this plays out today but I |
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