S4.02 Æthelwold

Rex Factor

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Series 4 begins! We review our first nearly monarch, Æthelwold, a nephew to Alfred the Great (perhaps familiar to many from The Last Kingdom series) who challenged his cousin, Edward the Elder, for the throne. Largely dismissed by the official history, we find that his claim to the throne (and the threat he posed) was serious and he was able to find some impressive allies along the way. But will he have what it takes to kick off the new series with the Rex Factor? We are doing a live show in Ludlow on Friday 21 August 19:00 - come and see us compare the contenders for the throne in 1066 at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms: https://ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/show/rex-factor/ Sign up for lots of bonus content, including an ad-free version of the main podcast and over 450 additional bonus podcasts:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/rexfactor⁠⁠ You can now watch the podcast via the link below: https://youtu.be/-laTvhxiXAo "(00:00:00) Introduction" "(00:03:11 ) Biography" "(00:25:09) Battleyness" "(00:41:19) Scandal" "(00:47:22) Subjectivity" "(00:51:15) Longevity" "(00:52:27) Dynasty" "(00:54:48) Rex Factor" "(00:59:51) Correspondence Corner" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome to Rex Factor.
0:44.0	This This week, Ethelwald,
0:53.2	With your hosts, Graham Duke and Ali Hood.
0:55.7	Hello.
0:56.3	Hello.
1:02.8	And welcome to Rex Factor reviewing all the nearly monarchs of England from Ethelwald to Albert Victor,
1:07.0	the people who could or should have become a monarch only for fate to intervene.
1:10.2	And we are now beginning the series.
1:11.3	We had our introductory episode.
1:17.5	We had our chat with Emily, but Ethelwald is the opening proper review episode of the series.
1:20.2	Fate is always death, isn't it, in this instance?
1:22.3	No, not necessarily.
1:26.3	There are some who try and fail to become the monarch and just go away.
1:30.1	Pack their bags and say, oh well, never mind.
1:32.9	But in most cases, yes, fate is death.
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