Episode 150 – The Last Chivalric Battles
How the conflict between the three dominating houses, the Habsburgs, the Wittelsbachs and the Luxemburg pans out, and whilst the mighty lords believe it is all about marriage alliances and knights dominating the battlefield, the ground on which their mighty warhorses are galloping is shifting….
Episode 149 – The Real Ludwig of Bavaria
A few months after emperor Henry VII had died in the Tuscan village of Buonconvento and before a successor had been elected, a young man, Ludwig, second son of the duke of Upper Bavaria made his name defeating a much larger Habsburg force. This success could not have come at a more opportune time as it propelled him into contention for the title of King of the Romans and ultimately, emperor.
Episode 148 – Imperial Swansong
The year is 1312 and Henry VII is finally embarking on his journey to Rome that will bring about the first imperial coronation in almost a century and hence the formal end to the Interregnum, the time without emperors.
Episode 147 – Brescia or Bust
Henry VII had gained control of most of Northern Italy in less than three months. It will take him 9 months to lose it all again. How did he go from bringer of peace and justice and all out savior of Italy to brutal conqueror and godless tyrant? Let’s find out.
Episode 146 – The Return of the King
In the winter of 1310 the emperor elect Henry VII not yet 40 years of age and every inch a king appears in Italy. An Italy torn apart by violence…
Episode 145 – How to make Friends and Influence People
It is 60 years since we have last seen a crowned emperor. The last time the throne had remained vacant for so long, the title moved from the Carolingians to whoever ruled the German lands. Will something like that happen again?,
Episode 144 – The Rise of the House of Luxemburg
On November 27th, 1308 the prince electors chose Henry VII, count of Luxemburg to be their new king of the Romans and future emperor. Little did they know that this decision will give rise to a dynasty that will rule the empire for as many decades as the Ottonian, the Salian and the Hohenstaufen had.
Episode 143 – The Murder of a King
That King Albrecht I von Habsburg was murdered is not the most interesting thing about him. How far this man “with only one eye and a look that made you sick” got in his ambitions, is what makes his life worth looking into
Episode 142 – Adolf von Nassau
This cultured and competent man became known as a Schattenkönig, a shadow of a king, unable to wiggle out of his ties to the Electors.
Episode 141 – Rudolf von Habsburg: Semper Augustus
King Rudolf von Habsburg adds a new title, Semper Augustus, Allezeit Mehrer des Reiches, but was he? and if he was, why do we hardly talk about him?