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Emma of Normandy

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Emma of Normandy game quiz
"She was the wife of two kings, and mother of two more. See what you know about this amazing queen who lived in pre-Conquest England."

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1. Emma of Normandy was first wed to which Anglo-Saxon monarch?
    Edmund Ironside
    Aethelred the Unready
    Edward the Martyr
    Alfred the Great


2. Emma gave birth to Edward the Confessor in 1003 AD, producing the requisite heir. Who were the other known children from her first marriage?
    William and Alfred
    Goda and Harold
    Sweyn and Harold
    Alfred and Goda


3. Emma had to adopt a Saxon name to please the English people. What name was she called by in England?
    Alfreda
    Godiva
    Aelfgifu
    Gytha


4. When Emma's first husband died, she did not wait long to remarry. Why do some historians find it strange that she married Canute the Mighty of Denmark?
    He conquered England and ran her family out of the country
    He was her first husband's enemy
    All of these reasons
    He was possibly much younger than her


5. Who were Emma's children by Canute?
    Hardicanute and Goda
    Harald Hardrada and Gunhilda
    They had no children
    Hardicanute and Gunhilda


6. When Canute died, his illegitimate son Harold Harefoot became king. What happened to Emma?
    She instigated a civil war against Harold Harefoot
    She fled to Flanders to escape Harold Harefoot's rule
    She went into hiding in England
    She went to Denmark


7. When Hardicanute became king of England, whom did he invite back to England?
    Edward the Confessor
    Goda
    Svein Estrithson
    William the Conqueror


8. Emma and her son Edward the Confessor had a positive relationship.
    True
    False


9. Which 11th century text tells the tale of Emma's life?
    The Wife's Lament
    Widsith
    Encomium Emmae Reginae
    Bede's Death Song


10. How did Emma of Normandy die?
    She was killed by Earl Godwin
    The chronicles do not say, but probably of natural causes
    She drowned at Bosham
    She died of a seizure


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Compiled Jun 19 13