King Kick Ass - Augustus the Strong 1720
Episode description
He's built like an outside privy, loves bending horseshoes with his bare hands and tosses foxes into the air for a laugh.
He's 18th century Europe's most manly monarch - the heavyweight champion, king of Poland, Augustus the Strong.
It's a masculine tale of bullfighting, bear fighting, rampant shagging and fine, delicate porcelain.
- How did he become King of Poland when he wasn't even Polish?
- How many animals did he toss in a single day?
- What arrangement did he have with his mistress's queasy husband?
- Was there anything he wouldn't lift, fight or have sex with?
The answers can all be uncovered in episode 25 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
He's everyone’s favourite Elector of Saxony, Augustus II, one of the Baroque era's most eccentric members of European Royalty - who combined diplomacy and political alliances with military campaigns, royal scandals and feats of strength. Even if you’re not part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth you’re sure to enjoy this especially Saxon episode.
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