The Angevin Queens

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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In this interview special we talk to Dr Gabby Storey about the Angevin queens - the Empress Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria of Navarre and Isabella of Angouleme. We reflect on their relationships with their husbands, their sons and each other as well as what they tell us about queenship. Gabby is on Twitter as herself as @GabbyStorey and you can follow her queenship account @TeamQueensHist for daily features and links to all things queens. 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...
0:12.0	...the Onjovan Queens!
0:18.0	With your hosts, Graeme Duke and Ali.
0:24.0	Hello! Hello!
0:27.0	And welcome to Rex Factor, where usually we're reviewing all the Queen and Prince consorts from Elsefith to Prince Philip.
0:34.0	But today, having done our last little mini-series, we're having a bit of a reflection.
0:39.0	And looking back on the Onjovan Queens, the consorts that we've just been doing.
0:43.0	And to help us in that, we are joined by Anne Historian.
0:46.0	And I didn't double check before we started, but I should have done.
0:50.0	Is Gabby okay?
0:52.0	Yes, Gabby is fine. Hello!
0:54.0	Yeah, very much looking forward to chatting about all things Queen and Prince Philip, so...
0:59.0	Yeah, I mean, they are crazy, right? This last bunch?
1:06.0	I mean, I'm talking specifically about Eleanor and...
1:11.0	I forgot no again, Grace the Bella.
1:13.0	It's a Bella, yeah.
1:15.0	Just fantastic, but...
1:18.0	I can't understand why they're still overshadowed, somehow she's still overshadowed at least by John.
1:23.0	When she's got such a fascinating talent by herself.
1:26.0	Yeah, I think so much of what we end up knowing about John.
1:30.0	It's just popular to look at him as the bad king almost.
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