The Constant Princess Trivia Quiz

Answer: Alhambra

The Alhambra was the palace that Isabella and Ferdinand took from the Moors. The Moors have written many, many songs about it.

Answer: Boabdil

Boabdil was said to have wept after he gave away his palace. His mother told him to weep like a woman for what he could not hold as a man.

Answer: The king stormed into Catalina's rooms

Her duenna was a bit angry that a man tried to get into her charge's rooms. This was the first time that Spanish and English cultures clashed with this marriage. The Spanish thought a woman's face should be hidden before her wedding day. The English were a bit indifferent about that.

Answer: Prince Harry

Arthur and Catalina's wedding was a huge extravaganza. Harry was a pretty pompous boy. He pretended that he was the groom escorting Catalina down the aisle.

Answer: Margaret Beaufort

Henry VII practically owed his mother the throne. She continued to rule his life after he became king. She wrote a very complicated book on how a royal birth was to be done.

Answer: Infanta of Spain

She said that people called her Princess of Wales since she was three, but she didn't officially become the princess until she was married.

Answer: Burford

Burford was one of the stops on the prince and princess's journey to Ludlow. Catalina and Arthur finally fell in love that night.

Answer: Camelot

Arthur said he wanted to model his kingdom after Camelot. They decided to meet after their morning lessons to prepare their rule.

Answer: Arthur

In the middle of the night Arthur would always ask Catalina, "Tell me a story!" It became a nightly tradition for them. Catalina was his Scheherazade, and planned to tell him a thousand stories.

Answer: Lady Pole

Catalina was nervous about meeting Lady Margaret Pole because her parents ordered her brother's death so that Catalina could safely have the throne of England. Lady Pole was not angry with her, though.

Answer: That she would marry Harry

Catalina swore on a deathbed promise that she would marry Harry so that she could be Queen of England. Arthur died the day after that.

Answer: childbirth

Elizabeth died giving birth to a stillborn child. She was too old to have any more children. Well, in the sixteenth century if you were over thirty-five you were considered ancient.

Answer: False

She died shortly after Harry and Katherine married. She wanted Katherine to make another deathbed promise for her, but Katherine said that she had already made a promise and it had cost her dearly.

Answer: she had a miscarraige

She miscarried in January 1510. The king's doctor told her that she had twins so that she was still pregnant; it turned out that he was lying.

Answer: Moor doctor

His visit didn't go too well. Katherine insisted that he was a heretic and infidel for about 80% of his time. The other 20% was spent with her refusing to let him examine her.