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Quiz about The Forgotten Princesses
Quiz about The Forgotten Princesses

The Forgotten Princesses Trivia Quiz


This is a quiz about the some of the forgotten daughters of British monarchs.

A multiple-choice quiz by LiamR. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
LiamR
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
169,715
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
9 / 20
Plays
782
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Question 1 of 20
1. My brother was the famous 'Old Pretender', my father was the deposed King James II and my mother was Mary Beatrice of Modena. Who am I? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. My sister was the Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, my other sister was Queen of Norway and my eldest brother died before he suceeded to the throne. Who am I? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. I was my father George III's favourite daughter, but he outlived me. Who am I? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. I became the mother of Frederick the Great, but my father locked up my mother and I never saw her again. Who am I? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. I was born in 1848 and married the Duke of Argyll in 1871. Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. When the Civil War started, I was imprisoned in St. James's Palace with my two brothers. They escaped, and I never saw either of them again. Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. I was godmother to the future Mary I and my grandson was mooted as a possible husband to both Mary and her sister Elizabeth I. Who am I? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. My brothers were the famous 'Princes in the Tower' and I later became Duchess of Norfolk. Who am I? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. My son became Christian VII of Denmark. Who am I? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. My brother was the famous Henry V and my other brother the Duke of Bedford, Regent of France. I became a queen by marriage. Who am I? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. My brother was the Black Prince and my father was Edward III. I was his eldest daughter. Who am I? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. One of my brothers was John of Gaunt and I was my father's tenth child. Who am I? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. My brother was Edward III and I myself became Queen of Scots. Who am I? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. My eldest brother abdicated, pushing our other second eldest brother into a reluctant kingship. I was my father's only daughter. Who am I? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. I was the daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, and in 1816 I reluctantly married my cousin. Who am I? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. I was the eldest daughter of Edward I and I later became Queen of Aragon and Countess of Bar. Who am I? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. I was the daughter of Henry III and later became Queen of Scots. Who am I? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. I was the daughter of Henry II, first Angevin or Plantagenet king of England, and I later married Henry V 'the Lion', Duke of Saxony. Who am I? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. My father King Stephen waged a long and bloody civil war against his cousin Matilda, and I was his only daughter to survive into adulthood. Who am I? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. My father was King John, and I later became Countess of Pembroke and Leicester. My husband was the famous Simon de Montfort, who ruled England (unofficially) for a year. Who am I? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. My brother was the famous 'Old Pretender', my father was the deposed King James II and my mother was Mary Beatrice of Modena. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Louise Marie

Louise Marie was born in 1692 during James's exile in France. She died in 1712, aged 20. James called her 'La Consolastrice' - the daughter sent to comfort them in their exile.
2. My sister was the Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, my other sister was Queen of Norway and my eldest brother died before he suceeded to the throne. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Victoria

Princess Victoria, daughter of King Edward VII, lived from 1868 to 1935. She never married and spent her life in devoted attendance to her mother, Queen Alexandra.
3. I was my father George III's favourite daughter, but he outlived me. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Amelia

Amelia was born in 1783 and died in 1810, 10 years beofre her father. She never married, but is said to have had an affair with one Charles Fitzroy.
4. I became the mother of Frederick the Great, but my father locked up my mother and I never saw her again. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Sophia Dorothea

She was the daughter of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. She was born in 1685 and married William I of Prussia in 1706. Her children were: Princess Frederica, Frederick II 'the Great' of Prussia, Princess Frederica Louisa, Princess Philippina, Princess Sophia Dorothea (surprise, surprise!), Princess Louisa Ulrica, Prince Augustus, Princess Anne, Prince Frederick and Prince Augustus Ferdinand.
5. I was born in 1848 and married the Duke of Argyll in 1871.

Answer: Princess Louise

She was the daughter of Queen Victoria. She died in 1939, aged 91.
6. When the Civil War started, I was imprisoned in St. James's Palace with my two brothers. They escaped, and I never saw either of them again.

Answer: Princess Elizabeth

The daughter of Charles I, she was born in 1635. Her brother, the future James II, staged an elaborate game of hide-and-go-seek with her and their brother Henry. He escaped, but she died in captivity in Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, aged 15 in 1650.
7. I was godmother to the future Mary I and my grandson was mooted as a possible husband to both Mary and her sister Elizabeth I. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Katherine

The daughter of Edward IV, Katherine married William Courtenay, Earl of Devon. Their son Henry, Marquess of Exeter, was executed by Henry VIII in 1538. Henry's son Edward spent most of his life in the Tower of London, but was released under Mary I.
8. My brothers were the famous 'Princes in the Tower' and I later became Duchess of Norfolk. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Anne

She was the daughter of Edward IV and was born in 1475. She married Lord Thomas Howard, later duke of Norfolk at Greenwich Palace in 1495. All her children died young.
9. My son became Christian VII of Denmark. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Louisa

The daughter of George II, she was born in 1724 and married Frederick V of Denamrk and Norway in 1743. Her children were: Princess Sophia Magdalena, later queen of Sweden, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline, later electress of Hesse-Cassel, Chrisitan VII and Princess Louisa, later Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel. Louisa died in 1751.
10. My brother was the famous Henry V and my other brother the Duke of Bedford, Regent of France. I became a queen by marriage. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Philippa

She was Henry IV's daughter and she was born in 1394. In 1406, she married Eric XIII of Sweden, VII of Denamrk and III of Norway. She had no children and died in 1430.
11. My brother was the Black Prince and my father was Edward III. I was his eldest daughter. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Isabella

Isabella was born in 1332 and she married Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy, Count of Soissons and Earl of Bedford in 1365. She had two daughters: Mary, later Marchioness of Pont-a-Mousson and Philippa, later Countess of Oxford and Duchess of Ireland. Isabella died in 1376.
12. One of my brothers was John of Gaunt and I was my father's tenth child. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Margaret

Margaret was born in 1346 to Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. She married the Earl of Pembroke in 1359 and died childless in 1361.
13. My brother was Edward III and I myself became Queen of Scots. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Joan

She was born in 1321 to Isabella of France and Edward II. She married David, Earl of Carrick (later David II of Scotland) in 1328. There was no issue of the marriage, and Joan died in 1362.
14. My eldest brother abdicated, pushing our other second eldest brother into a reluctant kingship. I was my father's only daughter. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Mary

She was born in 1897 to George V and Mary of Teck. She married Henry Lascelles, Earl of Harewood in 1922 and was declared Princess Royal 10 years later. She had two sons, George (now Earl of Harewood) and Gerald. She died in Harewood House in 1965.
15. I was the daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, and in 1816 I reluctantly married my cousin. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Mary

She was born in 1776 and married William, Duke of Gloucester (the son of her uncle, George III's brother). The marriage was barren, and the sad princess died in 1857.
16. I was the eldest daughter of Edward I and I later became Queen of Aragon and Countess of Bar. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Eleanor

She was born in 1264 and married (by proxy) Alfonso III, King of Aragon, in 1290. The bridegroom died soon after the wedding and Eleanor then married Henry III, Count of Bar. She had two children: Edward I, Count of Bar (later married to Princess Mary of Burgundy) and Princess Joan of Bar, later countess of Surrey. Eleanor died in 1298.
17. I was the daughter of Henry III and later became Queen of Scots. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Margaret

She was born in 1240 and married Alexander III of Scotland in 1251. She had two children: Princess Margaret, later Queen of Norway, and Prince Alexander. After Alexander and Margaret both died, the throne of Scotland was inherited by Queen Margaret's little granddaughter, the Maid of Norway. Queen Margaret died in 1275.
18. I was the daughter of Henry II, first Angevin or Plantagenet king of England, and I later married Henry V 'the Lion', Duke of Saxony. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Matilda

She was born in 1156 and married Henry V, Duke of Saxony, in 1168. She had seven surviving children: Princess Richenza, later countess of Perche; Henry VI, Duke of Saxony, later married to Princess Agnes of the Rhine; Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, later married tp Beatrice of Germany and then to Mary of Brabant; William, Duke of Luneberg and Brunswick, later married to Helen of Denmark; PRincess Matilda; Princess Gertrude, later Queen of Denmark; Princess Inigborg, later Queen of Denmark. Matilda died in 1189.
19. My father King Stephen waged a long and bloody civil war against his cousin Matilda, and I was his only daughter to survive into adulthood. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Mary

She was born in 1136 and was made Abbess of Romsey around 1155. She became Countess of Boulogne in 1159. In 1160, Matthew I, Count of Flanders, abducted (!) her and married her in defiance of her religious vows. She had two children: Ida, Countess of Boulogne and Matilda, Duchess of Louvain. The marriage was annulled in 1169 and Mary re-entered religious life.
20. My father was King John, and I later became Countess of Pembroke and Leicester. My husband was the famous Simon de Montfort, who ruled England (unofficially) for a year. Who am I?

Answer: Princess Eleanor

She was born in 1215 and married William, Earl of Pembroke in 1224. After his death, she married Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester in 1238. Her children were: Guy, Count of Nola and Eleanor, later Princess of Wales due to her marriage with Llwelyn ap Gruffydd. After Simon's death, Princess Eleanor became a nun and she died in 1275.
Source: Author LiamR

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