If you want to delve deeper into the history behind each episode, subscribe and receive bonus episodes — ad free — over on https://www.patreon.com/c/thisishistory/membership -- This is a story of three brothers, one crown, and not an ounce of loyalty between them. It’s the beginning of the end for England's most storied royal dynasty, the Plantagenets. Dan Jones brings you the story of the Yorkist King, Edward IV – tall, golden, ferocious – a young king who wins his throne on the battlefield and then destabilises it in the bedroom. His secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a Lancastrian widow of minor nobility, detonates the political order. The old guard revolts. The Earl of Warwick aka the Kingmaker, emerges as a lethal enemy. What follows is a sequence of betrayals so baroque they border on the operatic. Alliances invert overnight as Warwick makes daring political moves. Kings drown in malmsey wine, princes mysteriously disappear from Towers and Richard III, becomes England’s last ever Plantagenet king. Through this carnage emerges a family that will define English history: The Tudors. In a freezing Welsh castle, a thirteen-year-old Margaret Beaufort delivers a son she will spend decades manoeuvring towards the throne. Henry Tudor's claim is thin. His exile is long. His invasion, when it finally comes, is a bet against every reasonable odds.
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THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR Season 10, Episode 9: Kidnap Edward IV finally has it all. With his enemies vanquished, the Yorkist king can now focus on what really matters to him — pleasure. But, after one fateful fishing trip, he drops dead at 41. The kingdom is now left to his 12-year-old son, Edward V. It’s not like England hasn’t seen this before. After all, Henry VI ascended to the throne at nine-months-old. So the realm expects another royal council to steer things on Edward’s behalf until he gets older. And there’s a long list of nobles who are more than happy to shepherd the young king. This includes Edward IV’s brother, Richard Duke of Gloucester. But he doesn’t want to shepherd — he wants a full-blown coup. And his diabolical plans will change Plantagenet, and indeed English history, forever. – 00:00 Springtime in England 01:24 Twenty Years on the Throne 02:57 Eat, Drink, Repeat 03:51 Sudden Sickness Sets In 04:23 Edward IV’s Confession and Death 04:41 A Child Inherits England 05:06 Episode 9 Introduction 06:07 AK Blakemore’s The Glutton 07:04 Eating the Unthinkable 07:39 What Really Killed Edward 08:52 Burial at Windsor 09:42 Buckle Up for Trouble 10:07 Edward V and Anthony 11:09 Betrothal and Big Plans 12:50 Meeting at Stony Stratford 14:26 Cheerful Supper with Gloucester 15:56 Arrest of Woodville and Grey 16:01 Targeting the Young King 16:35 London Awaits a Coronation 17:38 Edward Arrives with Richard 18:34 Elizabeth Woodville Panics 20:35 Woodvilles Scatter Abroad 21:05 The Coup 21:20 Protectorate Announced 22:35 Edward Sent to the Tower 24:55 Richard’s Propaganda 26:36 Buckingham Joins the Coup 29:20 A Ticking Coronation Clock 30:53 Richard’s One Awful Answer 31:12 What’s On Next Week – As always, Dan’s royal favourites can chime in anytime on the royal court on Patreon at patreon.com/thisishistory. It’s where you get your bonus episodes, and on this week’s episode Dan tells us about why Edward’s gluttony was his undoing, and just how much life the Yorkist king packed into his 41 years. Plus: Hear about what links Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth II in the afterlife. – A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices –– Presented by Dan Jones Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Junior Producer - Dulcie Whadcock Executive Producer - Louisa Field Executive Producer - Dan Jones Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production Coordinator - Eric Ryan Head of Content - Chris Skinner