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61. This King kept two very different, but ungainly, mistresses. One was nicknamed "The Elephant" and the other "The Maypole". Which George was he?

From Quiz Which George?

Answer: George I

When George arrived in England in 1714 he brought with him a retinue of secretaries and attendants, as well two of the ugliest mistresses ever to be seen in Court! Sophia von Kilmansegg, a rather large lady, soon became known as "The Elephant", and tall, thin Ermengarda Melusina von Schulenburg was "The Maypole. Having divorced his wife, Sophia Dorothea, in 1694 on the grounds of her adultery he kept her imprisoned in a castle in Germany for the rest of her life.

From Quiz Which Edward?

Answer: Edward V

Edward's father, Edward IV, was something of a ladies' man and had apparently entered into a marriage contract early in his reign with a certain widow by the name of Lady Eleanor Butler. His later marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was therefore considered invalid, as in those days a betrothal was regarded as a legal commitment.

From Quiz Which Henry?

Answer: Henry IV

Married at the age of 14, Henry had seven children with Mary before she died in childbirth in 1394. Five years later, Henry was crowned the first King of the House of Lancaster.

From Quiz The British Monarchy

Answer: Catherine Howard

Henry VIII's wives' fates can be remembered by this chant: 'Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.'

From Quiz English Monarchy Since 1400

Answer: George V 1910-1936

During First World War the British Royals did not like to be reminded of their Saxe-Coburg-Gotha origins. So in 1917 they arranged for a change of name. George V overnight became a Windsor.

From Quiz The British Monarchy

Answer: Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane reigned for only nine days.

From Quiz Which British Ruler Am I? Part 2

Answer: Edward

Edward 'the martyr' was killed in 978 at the age of 15, and Aethelred II the 'unready' is the half-brother in question.

From Quiz Weddings of Royalty 2

Answer: Palace of Whitehall

The wedding took place in February 1613 at the royal chapel at The Palace of Whitehall and was a grand occasion that saw more royalty than ever at court of England.

From Quiz Weddings of Royalty 1

Answer: 8 years

With Matilda being born in 1102 and her betrothal to Henry taking place in 1110, which makes her eight years old at her and Henry's betrothal. For Henry's part he was 24 giving them a sixteen-year age gap forcing them to wait four years to be married. In that time many people were giving her lessons on German culture and government.

From Quiz A Right Royal English and Scottish Miscellany 2

Answer: Great-grandson

George was great-grandson of James I/VI via his daughter Elizabeth. James I/VI ->Elizabeth -->Sophia --->George I

From Quiz A Right Royal English and Scottish Miscellany 1

Answer: Henry V Holy Roman Emperor

So for a time Matilda was Holy Roman Empress via her marriage to Henry V Holy Roman Emperor, German King and King of Italy. They didn't have any children.

From Quiz Edouard, roi d'Angleterre

Answer: Order of the Garter

The Order of the Garter is supposed to have come about following a court ball attended by the King. At this, a lady dropped her garter to the floor. Amid sniggers, the King retrieved it, and cautioned the assembly with the words 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' (Shame to he that thinks evil of it). This became the motto of the order, with the blue garter ring its symbol.

From Quiz Henri, roi d'Angleterre

Answer: Westminster Abbey

Henry III commissioned the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey starting in 1245, with the intention of creating an appropriate burial place, which would take the place of the traditional resting place of the Counts of Anjou, Fontevraud Abbey. The Abbey was eventually consecrated in 1269, when Henry and his sons personally carried the body of King Edward the Confessor to its new tomb. Henry III was initially buried in Edward the Confessor's previous tomb on his death in 1272, before being reburied in a new tomb by his son, Edward I, in 1290.

From Quiz Royal We - The real royalty of Blackadder

Answer: Brittany

Henry fled into exile in 1471 upon the Yorkist King Edward IV regaining the throne from Henry's Lancastrian kinsman Henry VI, under the protection of Duke Francis II. It was with Francis' help that, in 1485, Henry was able to return to England where he eventually defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and became King Henry VII.

From Quiz Faces on Cards 2: English Monarchs (9 for 10)

Answer: Normandy

William the Bastard, of course, is better known as William the Conqueror. The Normans, whom William (or Guillaume) ruled as duke in France, were themselves the offspring of Vikings who were given France's Normandy region by the French king, Charles the Simple, in the 890s.

From Quiz Ten Famous British Rulers

Answer: Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor (c.1003-1066), the son of Aethelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, took back the throne of England upon the death of King Canute's son, Harthacnut in 1042. The unmarried and heirless Harthacnut (c.1018-1043) was thought to have died from an excessive consumption of alcohol at a wedding, but history has decided, in less judgemental terms, that his death was really the result of a cerebral haemorrhage - brought on by an excessive consumption of alcohol at the wedding. He was aged only 24 at the time. Edward and Harthacnut were half-brothers through their mother, Emma, and Edward had been ruling the separate kingdom of Wessex in the southwest of England at the time of Harthacnut's sudden death. He'd only been back in England for a year at that stage, having been exiled in Normandy in the interim. Although Edward was Harthacnut's titular heir at the time of the young king's passing in June, 1042, Magnus I of Norway, who had inherited the throne of Denmark from Harthacnut, decided to claim the English throne as well. Neither Edward nor his mother were having any of that and Edward was crowned King of England at the Cathedral of Winchester in April, 1043. The early part of his reign consisted of keeping happy the leading earls who had supported him to that position (particularly the powerful Earl of Godwin), while trying to maintain his loyalty to the Kingdom of Wessex, and fending off Magnus I of Norway (who conveniently died in 1047). Following that stabilisation period, however, he then settled down firmly and vigorously into his new role. Along the way, he married Edith, the Earl of Godwin's daughter - just to keep things in the family. It was in Edward's death however, that his greatest "claim to fame" rests. Having produced no children of his own with his wife, Edith, and as death hovered over him following a series of strokes in 1065, he is believed to have entrusted his kingdom to Edith - and his brother-in-law, Harold - just before he died. That death took place on 5 January 1066, Harold was hastily crowned king the following day - and oh, the mighty changes that followed in the land in that momentous year.

From Quiz Animals and Pets of British Royals

Answer: A monkey

Although the British Empire as such did not exist yet, the Age of Discovery had brought awareness of exotic places such as Africa to the English consciousness. Catherine's choice of pet is an interesting one. She is depicted wearing dark velvet and a gabled hood, cradling the little monkey in one arm. Other beloved pets of the wives of Henry VIII include Anne Boleyn's little dog, Purkoy, and the lap dogs that Henry sent to Anne of Cleves.

From Quiz Dates of Accession

Answer: 1603

An interesting king, who was James VI of Scotland when he ascended the throne of England. He was the leading intended target of the Gunpowder Plot (1605). He commissioned the translation of the Bible known in the U.S. as the 'King James Version' or 'KJV' and in Britain as the 'Authorized Version'. He was learned but also said to be pedantic; his relationship with the House of Commons was often very strained and he was nicknamed 'the wiseset fool in Christendom'. It is rumoured that he was a homsexual.

From Quiz We are the Royal Verse Makers, We Are

Answer: Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great was the king of Wessex from 871 to 899 and he prevented the Danish conquest of England. He finally defeated them at Athelny (in modern Somerset) after a protracted period of guerrilla warfare. During this unsettled wandering part of his life he is said to have sheltered in a peasant's hut, giving rise to the legend that the peasant wife asked him to watch her bread cakes. Busy with planning his strategy he let them burn. On her return, unaware of his true identity she scolded him roundly. Alfred built up a navy of warships to defend the south coast, built a chain of fortifications and he took London thus controlling all England. He also did a great deal to revive learning.

From Quiz Medieval English Royalty I

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most influential women in English and French history, and was an advisor to three English kings, Henry II, Richard I, and John.

From Quiz Royal Ramblings

Answer: Great-grandson

Albert Frederick Arthur George was the second son of King George V and was born on 14 December 1895 at Sandringham. He married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and they had two daughters, Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, and Margaret Rose. He did not expect to succeed to the throne but did so when his elder brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated on 11 December 1936. He and the Queen remained in London throughout the World War Two blitz. He was the first member of the Royal family to learn to fly. He died on 6 February 1952 at Sandringham.

From Quiz Royal Nicknames

Answer: Isabella

Isabella married Edward II when she was just 12 years old. Despite her noted beauty, her husband was only interested in men. This annoyed Isabella. Years later, still ignored by Edward, she took a lover, Roger Mortimer. They supposedly killed Edward gruesomely at Berkley Castle. (There is, however, evidence that he may have survived and lived as a priest for the rest of his life). Isabella ruled as regent alongside Mortimer for the next three years, but they were deposed by her son, Edward III.

From Quiz The Maypole and The Elephant

Answer: Rosamund Clifford

The relationship between Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine was always volatile, and when she encouraged their sons to rebel against him he placed her under house imprisonment. He is reputed to have had around eleven mistresses, but the names of most of them are not recorded. The one who is remembered, although little is actually known about her, is Rosamund Clifford. She began a relationship with the king in 1163, which lasted until her death in around 1176. In Elizabethan times a popular story was that she was poisoned by Eleanor, and this was fuelled by the "Ballad of Fair Rosamund" by Thomas Delaney. There is however no record of what caused her death, or any proof that she was murdered by Eleanor. The three incorrect answers are also mistresses of Henry II, although Alys of France is more speculation than fact.

From Quiz When Did These Monarchs Die?

Answer: 1603

Elizabeth I died on 24th March 1603 at the age of 69. In 1588 she had defended England from Philip's Spanish Armada and in 1598 her most trusted advisor, Lord Burghley, died. On 19th April 1600, William Adams became the first Englishman to arrive at Usaki in Bungo on the island of Kyushu, Japan, thus establishing diplomatic links with the country.

From Quiz A Henry - Every One of Them

Answer: Henry VII

The relatively unknown Henry Tudor beat Richard at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. He then became Henry VII.

From Quiz British Monarchy Dates

Answer: Charles I

Buckingham was murdered by a fanatic, after a series of disastrous campaigns against the French in support of the Huguenots. Charles I began his 'personal' rule soon afterwards.

From Quiz Pretenders to England's Throne

Answer: Edward Earl of Warwick

Edward of Warwick was the son of George, Duke of Clarence, who was brother to Edward IV and Richard III. George was executed for treason in 1478 by his older brother Edward IV. Although his father's attainder barred him from the throne Edward nevertheless (because attainder was a political and reversible act) posed a threat and possible rallying point for rebels through his royal blood-line. Upon usurping the crown in August 1485 Henry Tudor moved swiftly to ensure his own security. One of his first acts was to send a body of men to Sheriff Hutton in Yorkshire in order to seize the ten-year-old Warwick. The child was taken, like the royal princes before him, to the Tower of London where he was kept prisoner and quite literally hidden for the remaining fourteen years of his life, until he was judicially murdered by Henry on a trumped-up charge of treason.

From Quiz Tudors to Windsors: The Generation Game

Answer: Great grandfather

After the death of Elizabeth I, the line of succession came through the Stewart (later Anglicised to Stuart) side: James IV's son was James V, his daughter was Mary, Queen of Scots and her son was James VI of Scotland, who later became James I of England.

From Quiz Royal English Family Tree

Answer: Anne and Mary II

Mary II ruled with husband William III 1689-94. Her sister, Anne, was the first monarch of Great Britain 1707-14. Beatrice and Eugenie are Queen Elizabeth II's grandchildren, Davina and Rose are her cousins. Catherine Grey never ruled as Queen.

From Quiz British Monarchy

Answer: Henry II

A typical sign of Plantagenet rage, four knights heard him and went to Canterbury to dispatch with this troublesome Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Becket was declared a martyr by the church but later canonized. Soon after Henry went to Canterbury to receive penance.

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