Royalty - Secrets of the Crown

About Royalty - Secrets of the Crown

Royalty built empires and burned them down in the same breath, and this show walks through the wreckage one crown at a time. Royalty: Secrets of the Crown is a narrated documentary podcast, no host, no chit-chat, just one complete royalty story per episode reconstructed from letters, chronicles, and the small physical details historians usually skip. You get a king murdered at the altar by his own rage, a duke crowned in paper before his severed head sat on a city gate, a queen who stamped her father's face on gold coins while an empire quietly died underneath her. Every episode ends where it started, but you arrive changed. This is where royalty stops being a textbook and starts being a crime scene, a negotiation, a betrayal. We cover kings and queens who bought their royalty status with silver pennies or borrowed soldiers, royal scandals that never made it into the official record, and the private lives hidden behind ceremony, like Victoria's secret fist and the saddled horse that waited at a dead king's tomb. Succession fights, broken alliances, sons who destroyed their father's royalty in a single decision, we follow the throne through every hand that has ever gripped it and every hand it has crushed. If you want royalty history that reads like it's being uncovered rather than recited, this is built for you. New episodes drop regularly, each one a self-contained descent into a different reign, a different royalty, a different fall from grace. Subscribe now so you don't lose the thread when the next crown falls.

Publisher

OBOMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Sept 2026

Latest episode

8 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

105 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Nov 2026

   A rapid remarriage that handed her a throne she never could use

   A young queen in Acre is hastily remarried to a French knight-how do you inherit a throne and lose the power it promises? A rapid remarriage that handed her a throne she never could use In this episode, we follow María de Montferrat’s life from birth amid political violence to a childhood queenship governed by regents and barons. The episode covers the rapid remarriage of her mother, the contested legal foundations of her claim, and the barons’ search for a husband who could be their military leader - but who decided for her, and why? Person: María de Montferrat Date: April 28, 1192 (Conrad’s assassination) Location: Acre Event: Isabella’s rapid remarriage to Henry of Champagne Person: John of Brienne (candidate chosen 1208 delegation) - Conrad of Montferrat was stabbed in Tyre on 28 April 1192, days after being elected king and while his wife Isabella was pregnant. - Isabella remarried within days to Henry of Champagne, prompting contemporary questions about the paternity and rights of the child she carried. - The dissolution of Isabella’s first marriage to Humphrey IV of Toron remained legally contested and shadowed all subsequent marriages and inheritances. - María inherited the title as a girl after Isabella’s death in 1205, governed by a regent, John of Ibelin, while signing acts that showed authority in name more than control. - In 1208 Acre’s barons sent a petition to Philip II of France seeking “a man worthy of a queen,” leading to the selection of John of Brienne to marry María for military and political reasons. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7317920 (https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7317920) © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

2. 

   7 Nov 2026

   The law he invented barring women from the throne toppled his own line

   A newborn king dies; Philip, the unplanned heir, seizes the throne by inventing male-only succession-will his law doom his own line? The law he invented barring women from the throne toppled his own line In this episode, we trace how a five-day monarch plunged France into a succession crisis and how Philip of Poitiers moved from appanage to coronation. What choices did he make to codify male-only inheritance, and how did those moves shape his family's future? Person: Philip IV of France (Philip the Fair) Person: John I (infant king) Date: November 1316 (birth and proclamation), January 9, 1317 (Philip crowned) Location: Rheims; Paris; Dourdan; Burgundy Event: Succession crisis after five-day reign - Philip was the second son, raised for usefulness and given the County of Poitiers, not the expectation of kingship. - A scandal in 1314 implicated Joan of Burgundy; Philip secured her legal clearing in 1315 and rebuilt her public status with lands and gifts. - After Louis X’s death in June 1316, a pregnant widow and a daughter left the throne unsettled until John I’s five-day life ended in November 1316. - As regent, Philip convened nobles and clergy within days of the infant’s death and pursued a succession rule favoring male heirs. - Philip was crowned at Rheims on January 9, 1317, having reshaped succession law that later affected his daughters and niece. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7317920 (https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7317920) © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

3. 

   6 Nov 2026

   A stammering king who refused to answer fell for his divine claim

   A stammering prince walks onto a scaffold, refusing to show fear-how does divine right lead a king to his execution? A stammering king who refused to answer fell for his divine claim In this episode, we follow the life of Charles from a fragile second son to the monarch who refused to answer to any earthly authority. The episode traces his childhood disability and stammer, the death of his brother that made him heir, and the choices rooted in his belief in divine right that set him on a collision course with his subjects-how did that conviction become his undoing? Person: Charles I Date: 30 January 1649 Location: Banqueting House, Whitehall Age: 48 Event: Execution after 24 years of rule - Born 19 November 1600 at Dunfermline Palace in Fife as a sickly second son who was left behind when the family moved south. - Developed weak legs and a persistent stammer; fitted with supportive boots and educated under Thomas Murray while idolizing his elder brother Henry Frederick. - Became Duke of York in 1605, then heir when Henry Frederick died in early November 1612, age 12, changing his life’s trajectory overnight. - Adopted an absolute conviction that a king answers only to God, a doctrine that hardened into the guiding architecture of his decisions. - At 22, in 1623, disguised himself with the Duke of Buckingham to travel to Madrid personally to press for a Spanish marriage, bypassing authorised diplomacy. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7317920 (https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7317920) © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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