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Quiz about To Marry A King
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To Marry A King Trivia Quiz


The women who, for better or for worse, married Europe's reigning or future monarchs.

A multiple-choice quiz by VampireRed. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
VampireRed
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
277,673
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
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1533
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Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. This French noblewoman, the widow of Henry d'Orleans, duc de Longueville, was approached as a possible wife for Henry VIII before she married King James V of Scotland in 1538. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. This former Austrian archduchess was ill-prepared for marriage and the expectations of being a queen. Although she managed to eventually have a fairly happy marriage, she and her husband lost their heads over their excesses and ineptitude. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Known to history as the "She-Wolf of France", this princess married England's Edward II when she was only 12. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Called the "Pearl of France", this princess married England's Edward I in 1299. He was 60, she was just 16. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Formerly the Queen of France, this formidable, strong-willed, and highly educated woman married the future Henry II of England, eleven years her junior, in 1152. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. The daughter of Henry IV of France, she married England's Charles I in 1625, leading to years of religious division in England. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she married King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906, despite the fact that his mother thought her a very bad choice. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. The product of her mother's adulterous affair, this lonely and sickly German princess married Alexander, the Tsarevich of Russia, in 1841. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. The daughter of a German count, this 15-year-old became the second wife of England's Henry I (aged 53) in 1121. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she wanted badly to marry her cousin, the future George V. Her mother forbade the match and arranged a marriage to Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania instead. Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. A German princess and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she married Crown Prince Constantine of Greece in 1889. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. A princess of France, she married Leopold, the first King of the Belgians, in 1832. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. A daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, this princess held four queenly titles in her lifetime. Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. The daughter of William I of Wurttemberg, she married her cousin Prince William of Orange in 1839. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. This flirtatious and adulterous lady-in-waiting married Henry VIII in 1540, but was executed for treason less than two years later. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This French noblewoman, the widow of Henry d'Orleans, duc de Longueville, was approached as a possible wife for Henry VIII before she married King James V of Scotland in 1538.

Answer: Mary of Guise

She is reputed to have refused the offer of Henry VIII by saying "I fear my neck is too small". She was James V's second wife, and the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots.
2. This former Austrian archduchess was ill-prepared for marriage and the expectations of being a queen. Although she managed to eventually have a fairly happy marriage, she and her husband lost their heads over their excesses and ineptitude.

Answer: Marie Antoinette

Archduchess Marie Antonia was seen as little more than a bargaining chip by her imperially-minded mother, who concentrated on marrying off her children to the highest ranking royals possible. Therefore her education was sorely lacking. Poor Marie was clueless about marriage and sex, as was her naive husband, the future Louis XVI.
3. Known to history as the "She-Wolf of France", this princess married England's Edward II when she was only 12.

Answer: Isabella of France

The daughter of a French king and the sister of three French kings, Isabella married Edward in 1308. He was most likely homosexual, so Isabella's sole duty was that of producing an heir. She returned to France, invaded England with her new lover, seized the throne for her underage son, named herself and her lover as regents, and quite possibly had her husband cruelly murdered. One of the most disastrous royal marriages in history.
4. Called the "Pearl of France", this princess married England's Edward I in 1299. He was 60, she was just 16.

Answer: Marguerite of France

Edward was still mourning the death of his beloved queen Eleanor of Castile, but the famed beauty of Marguerite's elder sister Blanche prompted him to seek an alliance with France. The deal for Blanche fell through, but Philip III offered his daughter Marguerite instead. Given their huge age difference, the marriage was a surprisingly happy one.
5. Formerly the Queen of France, this formidable, strong-willed, and highly educated woman married the future Henry II of England, eleven years her junior, in 1152.

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor had her marriage to Louis VII annulled on the grounds of consanguinity (being too closely related), yet she was related to Henry even more closely. Both Eleanor and Henry were strong-willed, intelligent, and outspoken, so it was inevitable that they would butt heads and end up hating one another. Eleanor was the mother of Richard I and King John.
6. The daughter of Henry IV of France, she married England's Charles I in 1625, leading to years of religious division in England.

Answer: Henrietta Maria of France

The marriage of Henrietta-Maria and Charles started out badly, but they eventually grew to adore one another. Unfortunately, the English hated their queen because she was Catholic, and Charles was an inept ruler. Parliament declared war, and Charles was put to death. Henrietta-Maria mourned him until her own death.
7. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she married King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906, despite the fact that his mother thought her a very bad choice.

Answer: Victoria "Ena" of Battenberg

Victoria Eugenie, daughter of Princess Beatrice of Great Britain, was beautiful and Alfonso, who was searching for a bride, was immediately smitten. His mother objected to the match because Victoria was not of sufficient rank, her father was the product of a morganatic marriage, and she was a carrier of hemophilia.

Her life as Queen consort of Spain started out on a bad note when a bomb was thrown at the royal carriage on their wedding day. It didn't get any better. The people of Spain disliked her, and her marriage was very unhappy. Alfonso should have listened to Mom.
8. The product of her mother's adulterous affair, this lonely and sickly German princess married Alexander, the Tsarevich of Russia, in 1841.

Answer: Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Marie was ill-suited to the glitter and pageantry of Russian court life, and was rarely at her husband's side prior to his becoming Tsar in 1855. This brought temptation, and Alexander took mistresses and had illegitimate children. But he always treated Marie very well.
9. The daughter of a German count, this 15-year-old became the second wife of England's Henry I (aged 53) in 1121.

Answer: Adeliza of Brabant

Henry I needed a legitimate male heir, hence his marriage to the beautiful Adeliza. However the 15-year union was childless. Henry I has the distinction of having the most acknowledged illegitimate children of any English king in history (likely between 20 and 25).

After Henry's death, Adeliza spent a short time in a convent in mourning before remarrying, this time to William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. The descendants of this marriage include Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, wives of Henry VIII.
10. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she wanted badly to marry her cousin, the future George V. Her mother forbade the match and arranged a marriage to Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania instead.

Answer: Marie of Edinburgh

Marie unwillingly married Ferdinand in 1893, and became Queen consort in 1914. Although she came to view her husband and her marriage with "distaste and revulsion", Marie fell in love with Romania and its people, and they adored her in return. Her husband was such a meek, passionless man, it was said by many historians that it was Marie who ruled, not Ferdinand.
11. A German princess and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she married Crown Prince Constantine of Greece in 1889.

Answer: Sophia of Prussia

The daughter of the future Emperor Frederick III and Princess Royal Victoria of Great Britain, Sophia became queen consort of Greece in 1913, and again in 1920. King Constantine abdicated his throne, reclaimed it, then abdicated once again.
12. A princess of France, she married Leopold, the first King of the Belgians, in 1832.

Answer: Louise-Marie of France

The daughter of King Louis-Philippe, Louise-Marie had four children before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 38.
13. A daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, this princess held four queenly titles in her lifetime.

Answer: Caroline Augusta of Bavaria

Caroline Augusta married the Crown Prince of Wurttemberg in 1808, but they divorced in 1814 before he became King. Her second marriage in 1816, to Francis I of Austria, made her Empress of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, and Queen of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia. If she'd been Francis' second wife, rather than his fourth, she would have added Queen of Italy to the list.
14. The daughter of William I of Wurttemberg, she married her cousin Prince William of Orange in 1839.

Answer: Sophie of Wurttemberg

Sophie became Queen consort of the Netherlands in 1849. She was treated badly by her mother-in-law and aunt, was intellectually superior to her husband, and William had many affairs. The marriage was miserable, and Sophie made it publicly known that she felt her husband was unsuitable to be king.

The couple had three children, but lived separate lives from 1855 onward. Queen Sophie was buried in her wedding gown as per her wishes, because she felt she had stopped living the day she married.
15. This flirtatious and adulterous lady-in-waiting married Henry VIII in 1540, but was executed for treason less than two years later.

Answer: Catherine Howard

Catherine, whom Henry called a "rose without a thorn", was far from the innocent Henry thought her to be when they married. Catherine may have started out to be loyal to Henry, but it didn't last long. She took a lover, and installed two former lovers as members of her household. The charges brought against Henry's second wife and Catherine's cousin, Anne Boleyn, were trumped up.
Source: Author VampireRed

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