Royal Survey

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1. What King of Mercia began his reign in the mid-8th century? Ethelred Egbert Offa Alfred

2. What King of Wessex defeated the Danes and was known as the "Great"? Ethelred Offa Alfred Canut

3. This king was ruling England, Denmark, and Norway in 1016. Canut William the Conqueror Edward the Confessor Ethelred

4. William the Conqueror defeated this king in 1066. Ethelred Edward II Harold II Edward the Confessor

5. What son of William the Conqueror began his reign after his brother was shot in an ambush? Henry I Harold II William II Stephen

6. This man, who was a grandson of William the Conqueror, competed for the throne with the Empress Matilda. Stephen Henry II Henry I William II

7. The House of Plantagenet began its rule with what king? Stephen Henry II Henry I William II

8. What king was the father of Henry III, ruling England from 1199 to 1216? Henry II Edward I Richard I John

9. The Prince of Wales died before his father, Edward III, and so he never had the opportunity to rule. Who was his son, who was able to assume the throne? Richard III Richard II Edward IV Henry IV

10. Edward III had four other surviving sons (besides the Prince of Wales). One was John of Gaunt. His son, known as Bollingbroke, became what King? Henry IV Richard III Richard II Edward IV

11. Another son of Edward III, Edmund Langley, had a great grandson who would become a king of England after the death of his brother (though not immediately after). Who was he? Edward IV Henry VI Edward V Richard III

12. Who, formerly known as the Earl of Richmond, married Edward IV's daughter and made a claim for the throne? Henry VI Henry VIII Edward V Henry VII

13. Which of the following was not a child of Henry VIII? Mary I Edward VI Elizabeth I Edward V

14. Elizabeth I never had any children, but she stipulated that the son of Mary Queen of Scots should succeed her. He became what king of England? James VI James I Edward VI Edward VII

15. What Stuart king was restored to the throne in 1660? Charles I William III James II Charles II

16. What king deposed James II in the so called "Glorious Revolution"? Charles II William IV Charles III William III

17. Who was the next Queen of England after Mary II? Victoria Anne Elizabeth I Elizabeth II

18. During the reign of which king did James II's son, who was in exile in Scotland, make a failed bid for the throne? George II James II George III George I

19. This Queen was a granddaughter of George III. Elizabeth II Victoria Anne Mary II

20. What king abdicated the throne, leaving it to his brother? George V Edward VII Edward VIII George VI