Philippe, Louis XIV's Brother, Is Gay - PART ONE (feat. Jonathan Spangler)
About this episode
This episode explores the life of Philippe, the openly gay brother of Louis XIV, and his experiences in 17th century France.
To access extended episodes of Historical Homos, join our Patreon . Our community awaits with legs open and lips parted 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos Everyone knows about Louis XIV, the Sun King of 17th century France, who built Versailles, slept with every noblewoman in France, and invented men wearing high heels (see, straight people can do the right thing sometimes!). But did you know his brother, Philippe, was gayer than Christmas? Raised as the “spare” heir to the French throne, Philippe was never destined to rule, but that didn’t stop him from becoming fabulously rich, politically influential, and very well-acquainted with the rectums of Versailles' male population. From childhood drag to a 40-year-old relationship with his favourite, the Chevalier de Lorraine, Philippe lived a life that was equal parts power, party, and pig bottom realness. In Part One of our series on Philippe, we travel back to a France where “homosexuality” didn’t quite exist yet, but sodomy and bisexual libertinism very much did. We unpack Philippe’s early years, the politics of being a royal second son (which Bash understands firsthand), and how Philippe tried to carve out a role for himself in…
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