We review Anne of Denmark, consort to James I of England.

Elizabeth I famously never married, but there were various suitors for her hand who came close to becoming Elizabeth's consort. We spoke to Professor Susan Doran about Elizabeth I and the marriage question, with a particular question on her relationship with Robert Dudley, the Hapsburgs and the French candidates and consider why she never married, if she ever wanted to and how close she came.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

It's our first chap of the consort series in the form of Philip II of Spain. A powerful king in his own right, and notorious in England as the man who launched the Spanish Armada against Elizabeth I, it's often forgotten that he was actually King of England through his marriage to Mary I. We learn about Philip's upbringing, how he came to marry Mary, what sort of powers he did or didn't have as King (consort) of England, and the impact he had on English history before the Armada.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

As a lovely finale to our mini-series on the Six Wives of Henry VIII, we share our live podcast recorded at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms on Saturday 17 June 2023 in which we review all six of Henry VIII's wives in one go, compare them factor by factor and then get the audience to vote for who they think was the greatest of them all.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Before we get started on the Stuart consorts, we read through various listener correspondence as well as sharing previews of our bonus content, including our new special episode (also out today) on Catherine De' Medici.</p><br><p>You can sign up to join the Privy Council and gain access to all our bonus content here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rexfactor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/rexfactor</a></p><br><p>And you can purchase the Catherine De' Medici special episode (as well as all our other specials) here: <a href="https://payhip.com/RexFactorPodcast " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://payhip.com/RexFactorPodcast </a></p><br><p>If you want to watch us live, we are performing at the Ludlow Fringe on Saturday 17 June 2023 at 19:00 reviewing the Six Wives of Henry VIII in one show: <a href="https://ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/event/rex-factor-which-was-henry-viiis-best-wife" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/event/rex-factor-which-was-henry-viiis-best-wife</a></p><br><p>Not Just the Tudors podcast: <a href="https://access.historyhit.com/not-just-the-tudors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://access.historyhit.com/not-just-the-tudors</a></p><br><p><br></p><p>The Partial Historians podcast: <a href="https://partialhistorians.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://partialhistorians.com</a></p><br><p>Tudoriferous podcast: <a href="https://tudoriferous.podbean.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tudoriferous.podbean.com</a></p><br><p>The Alexander Standard podcast: <a href="https://alexanderstandardpod.podbean.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://alexanderstandardpod.podbean.com</a></p><br><p>For the album featuring compositions by Rex Factor listener Andrew Schneider: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.navonarecords.com%2Fcatalog%2Fnv6508%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7Cb7128f7dd1974d11fe3f08db0a0f4c41%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638114833031340641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0%2FeL%2B308yaA1Y9Izc57%2FSk7Rs5am5Ib%2FRfVn4ly8GE8%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6508/</a></p><br><p>The Dig Hartlebury GoFundMe page: <a href="https://gofund.me/ba4def0b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gofund.me/ba4def0b</a></p><br><p>Talking Tudors podcast: <a href="https://talkingtudors.podbean.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://talkingtudors.podbean.com</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>