S2.30 Margaret the Maid of Norway (The Great Cause)

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 74 minutes

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A largely forgotten figure in Scottish history, Margaret the Maid of Norway's "reign" would be a pivotal turning point in Scottish history. After Alexander III died in accident in 1286 without an heir, his only descendent was Margaret, his three year-old granddaughter who had never set foot in Scotland. A special group known as the Guardians of Scotland sought to preserve the peace of the kingdom for Margaret, but at the cost of involving King Edward I of England, who would prove to be something of an ogre in Scottish history, starting by presiding over "The Great Cause' to determine the future of the Scottish succession. Would Edward take this chance to snatch the kingdom? Would the Guardians preserve the peace? Would Margaret make it to Scotland? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rex Factor!
0:10.0	This week, Margaret's the Maid of Norway! This week, Margaret's the Maid of Norway.
0:19.0	With your host, Graham Duke and Ali Hood. Hello and welcome to Rex Factor reviewing all the Kings and Queens of Scots from Kenneth
0:36.9	McAlpin to James the sixth or first of England just just to avoid confusion by making it a little more confusing.
0:46.0	And now, relevant, my opening their king or queen of Scots,
0:50.0	because we have a woman.
0:52.0	She is a woman, my lord.
0:55.0	A boy without a winkle.
0:57.0	What a miracle.
0:58.0	This is our first Scottish Queen.
1:01.0	Yes, and I'm surprised to say Scottish though she's Norwegian clearly by the intro.
1:05.8	Well indeed it's a bit of a confusing one probably not a name that necessarily resonates with everybody
1:12.3	but perhaps she'll be one of these dark horses hidden
1:15.8	from history that we're gonna resurrect yes yeah okay let's tell you what
1:21.2	before we start it is lovely to be back, and I don't mean
1:24.8	podcasting, I mean on this side of the desk. Because for those who haven't
1:29.2	downloaded yet the last special episode, The last time we recorded we did
1:34.0	Ali's dissertation on Ed with the first, the Crusades and Welsh castles and
1:38.0	and Ali was in charge. We actually swapped physical places.
1:42.0	It was horrible. I mean the episode was great but
1:44.8	definitely worth buying. Yeah but oh oh well it's much nicer to be be home.
1:50.4	So a bit of backgroundy stuff from Margaret the made of Norway. Last time when we did
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