Robert of Gloucester

06/25/22 • 15 min

Please join me for a slightly shorter episode. Henry I's oldest son, Robert of Gloucester was named after his uncle, the first subject of the mini-series. Unlike his uncle though there are not many stories told of him. He was a great warrior and leader, the key to his half-sister's attempt to claim England, and one of the great teachers of his nephew, Henry II.

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For more than 300 years the French crown was passed from father to son. In 1316 this record came to an end. In this series I look at four women who might have been queen regnant of France, but we passed over in favour of a male. This series tells the story of these women, Joan II of Navarre, Joan III of Burgundy, Blanche of France, and Isabella of France, and explains the reasons they would never rule.

This series is a great pre-cursor to my next series, which starts those passed over during the Hundred Years War.

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