Pride Month: Hortense Mancini

Queens Podcast

History, Comedy

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Are y'all ready for an adventure? This episode of the Queen's Podcast is about to take you on a wild ride through the life of Hortense Mancini—an absolute 17th-century icon if there ever was one whose life story could rival any soap opera. From her early days in Rome to her nightmare of a marriageHortense's life was anything but boring. From Parisian it-girl to mistress of the King of England this story has it all. So grab your strawberry mimosas and get ready for a wild ride. Time stamps: 00:41 Revisiting Hortense Mancini & Cocktail 01:17 Hortense's Early Life 02:09 Family Background and Move to France 05:55 Life in French Court 19:50 Marriage to Armand and Early Struggles 22:25 Life in the Countryside 27:37 Hortense's Rebellion and Affairs 33:58 Locked Up and Losing It 35:35 Plotting the Great Escape 37:35 The Bold Escape to Rome 43:46 Return to Paris and New Beginnings 49:21 Affairs and Scandals in England 58:35 The Final Years and Legacy A couple of really great articles on Miss Mancini and fam: F Yeah History Party like 1660 Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast.Want more Queens? Head to our Patreon, check out our merch store and follow us on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Nathan, it's June.
0:36.0	Do you know what that means?
0:38.0	Yes, it's Pride Month.
0:41.0	Yes, hey Gay.
0:42.0	We are on our break, but we want to make sure that we're still sharing stories of amazing
0:48.9	people in history, especially those from the LGBT Q community.
0:53.0	This month, we're going to be re-running some old episodes,
0:57.0	some from Patreon.
0:59.0	What do you think about that, Nathan?
1:00.0	I'm excited because if you aren't on patron, which might be fun. If you aren't on
1:06.0	Patreon you get to listen to maybe some of the content that we do over there. It's a little less
1:11.8	formal because it's behind a paywall.
1:14.7	Yes, yes. And today, because her birthday is actually this week, we love a buy,
1:20.3	Jem and I. Today we've got both of the Hortense Mancini episodes crammed into one for you.
1:26.8	So enjoy. Cheers, bitches. Oh, and hey Nathan, do we say the F word on this a lot?
1:32.0	Um, fuck yeah.
1:33.5	Yeah, we do.
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