Rulers

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1. Who was king of Bavaria 1886-1913? Ludwig II Otto I Liutpold Ludwig III

2. Mexico has known two emperors since its independence in 1821. One was Maximiliano of the house of Habsburg, who ruled 1864-1867 and was a brother of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph. What was the name of the other one, who ruled 21 May 1822-29 March 1823? Answer: (First name or first name and surname)

3. Who was regent for the young queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands from 1890 until her majority in 1898? Sophia von Wuerttemberg Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin Heinrich XXXIII Reuss

4. Who was Reichsstatthalter of Alsace-Lorraine from 1907 until 1914? Adolf von Elsass-Lothringen Hermann von Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hugo Zorn von Bulach Karl von Wedel

5. Who was *very* briefly ruler of England and Ireland in 1553? Guilford Dudley Jane Grey Henry FitzRoy Catherine Parr

6. Who was de facto ruler of Portugal 1828-1834? Maria II Fernando II Pedro IV Miguel I

7. Who was king of Greece 1832-1862? Wilhelm af Danmark Otto von Bayern Johannes Capo d'Istria Georg af Danmark

8. What is the name of the house that ruled France roughly from 987 until the French Revolution in 1792 and from 1814 until 1848, and which brought forth branches with famous names like Bourbon, Anjou and Orleans? The Carolingian dynasty The House of Capet The Merovingians dynasty The House of Visigoth

9. Who was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire? Mustafa Kemal Bulnet Ecevit Mustafa IV Mehmet VI

10. Who was he last grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz? Karl Ludwig Friedrich Friedrich Franz IV Adolf Friedrich VI Adolf Friedrich V