Rex Factor
A light-hearted review of all the monarchs of England.
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18. William Rufus
By the Holy Face of Lucca, it's William II! Better ...
By the Holy Face of Lucca, it's William II! Better known as William Rufus, the favourite son of William the Conqueror who inherits the English ...
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17. William the Conqueror
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror ...
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror has defeated Harold II and the Saxons and the Normans are now ruling England. However, ...
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16. Harold II (1066)
After 15 episodes we finally come to the most famous ...
After 15 episodes we finally come to the most famous year in English history. Harold Godwinson has taken the throne to become Harold II, but ...
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15. Edward the Confessor
After the Viking dynasty peters out, the Saxons are back ...
After the Viking dynasty peters out, the Saxons are back on the throne when Edward the Confessor becomes king in 1042. He's something of a ...
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14. Harthacnut
After faffing about in Denmark, Cnut's legitimate son by Emma ...
After faffing about in Denmark, Cnut's legitimate son by Emma finally takes his place as king of the English in 1040. Unfortunately when he does ...
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13. Harold I
When Cnut dies in 1035 England has enjoyed a period ...
When Cnut dies in 1035 England has enjoyed a period of stability, but the legacy of his bigamy is that his two widows are battling ...
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12. Cnut
In 1016 the country passes into new ownership with the ...
In 1016 the country passes into new ownership with the Vikings now in control of England in the person of Cnut. Unlike William the Conqueror ...
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11. Edmund Ironside
In 1016, fifty years before Hastings, England is under threat ...
In 1016, fifty years before Hastings, England is under threat of conquest from the young Viking leader, Cnut. Aethelred the Unready had proved unable to ...
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10. Aethelred the Unready
The last of the boy kings and one of the ...
The last of the boy kings and one of the most infamous of the Saxons, poor Aethelred has a rather torrid time. As if coming ...
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9. Edward the Martyr
Following the triumphal reign of Edgar the Peaceable, everything was ...
Following the triumphal reign of Edgar the Peaceable, everything was looking rosy for the Saxons, but life is far from easy for our fifth boy ...
