Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History - Season 1

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Season 1

2013 • 3 Episodes

Episodes

Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men - Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

1. Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

April 8, 2013

Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians - Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

April 15, 2013

Lucy takes a look at the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II and the succession of William and Mary to the beginnning of a new dynasty, the Hanoverians.

Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors - Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

3. Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

April 22, 2013

Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and her descendants.