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Philippe, Louis XIV's Brother, Is Gay - PART ONE (feat. Jonathan Spangler)
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- Historical Homos
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- Apr 10, 2026
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- 4612
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Summary
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 the shadow of the Sun King – all while assembling a harem of triflin' pansies, sorry I mean loving, aristocratic boyfriends*. In 17th century France, as in every period of human history, the only crime was being boring. And Philippe was anything but. 🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you pod. Shepherdess gowns and diamond-studded heels sold separately. 📱 Follow Historical Homos on Instagram, and do sign up to our newsletter if you care about gay people, like, at all. ⭐ Most…