With the death of Edward IV, Dorset's life is plunged into chaos. Will he be the power behind the throne? A despised and morally dubious rebel? An unreliable royal ally? A significant patron? Or just a quiet family man with a sideline in visiting famous prisons? Listen on to discover just how unlucky Thomas Grey can be...   You can find images and a full bibliography on our website - Episode Information – Tudoriferous Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 42 - Edward Woodville, feat. The Woodvilles S1 - 042 - Edward Woodville- Part Two Cameo 51 - Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent Cameo 10 - Roger Machado   Image: Detail from an illumination from Volume 6 of the Anciennes Chroniques d'Angleterre by Jean de Wavrin (15th Century)

Almost a prince, almost a duke, almost a kingmaker, almost a rebel - this man teeters on the edge of history, but will Elizabeth Woodville's son, stepson to Edward IV and brother-in-law to Henry VII, be able to escape from the shadow of his incredibly dramatic family? Maybe if we can just work out what a Marquis actually is...   You can find images and a full bibliography on our website - Episode Information – Tudoriferous Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 42 - Edward Woodville, feat. The Woodvilles S1 - 042 - Edward Woodville- Part Two Cameo 51 - Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent   Image: Detail from King Edward IV and His Queen, Elizabeth Woodville at Reading Abbey, 1464 by Ernest Board (1877-1934) Copyright Reading Museum

A Life in Ten Battles.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1-049 Anne de Beaujeu, Part Two | Tudoriferous S1 049 - Anne de Beaujeu, Part Three | Tudoriferous S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | Tudoriferous CATERINA SFORZA, PART FOUR | Patreon Pietro Aretino - Part One | Patreon

Duke Francis of Brittany's loyal right-hand man or the Svengali to Francis' Trilby?  He quickly came to discover that the nobility doesn't like tailors' sons.....unless they're measuring them up for a suit.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1-049 Anne de Beaujeu, Part Two | Tudoriferous S1 - 003 - Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke | Tudoriferous

We've covered all of the popes who ran the Catholic Church during Henry VII's reign (and at least one who didn't), and who better to tell us how we've done than Bry and Fry from "Pontifacts - ranking all of the Popes from Peter to Leo XIV"! Listen on to hear why we let Sixtus IV off far too lightly, why pious men don't make good Renaissance Popes, and why Julius II was just so, so obsessed with Alexander VI. And why didn't they listen to Burchard?   Find Pontifacts here! https://pontifacts.podbean.com/ And on many, many other podcatchers.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes of Tudoriferous - Pope Sixtus IV Pope Innocent VIII Pope Alexander VI Pope Pius III Pope Julius II (though this one is mostly on the Alum trade - to get properly into Julius II's story, start here with part two)

What do you do when a regency ends?  You recreate it in miniature in Bourbon, and you educate all the noble young women to follow in your footsteps....whether they like it or not!   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | Tudoriferous Anne of Brittany, Twice Crowned Queen of France Part 2 | Patreon   Music by Maksym Malko from Pixabay

We're in The Mad War.  Breton rebels are seeking sanctuary in France; French rebels are seeking sanctuary in Brittany.....and the King is trying to get himself kidnapped just to get away from his sister. Music by Viacheslav Starostin from Pixabay Music by Geoffrey Burch from Pixabay See the cast of characters on Episode Information – Tudoriferous Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes S1 - 035 Charles VIII of France, Part One | Tudoriferous S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | Tudoriferous Louis XI of France | Patreon

The least foolish woman in France.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes S1 - 035 Charles VIII of France, Part One | Tudoriferous S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | Tudoriferous Louis XI of France | Patreon Battle Royale: French Monarchs Podcast - Regency of Madness 4/5 - Isabeau of Bavaria VS Yolande of Aragon - ft. Queens | Free Listening on Podbean App

We've been promising to do her since pretty much the beginning of the podcast......and finally, here she is.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

It turns out that our own beloved C3PO was not as squeaky clean as we'd thought.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon