Weddings of Royalty 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Declared invalid

1) Katherine was married to Henry Lord Herbert, heir to The Earl of Pembroke in a dual ceremony with her sister Jane and Guilford Dudley. The plan was should John Dudley Duke of Northumberland's coup fail they'd quickly have her marriage annulled (which it was) to show their loyalty.

The planned coup was for Northumberland to exclude the dying King Edward VI's half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth and place Jane on the throne. Her second marriage to Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford took place without the permission of Queen Elizabeth I. Edward was off in Europe when Queen Elizabeth learned of the secret marriage of her cousin.

While he was gone Katherine lost the written proof of the wedding and the only witness had died leaving Katherine with no proof of her marriage.

After she confessed her marriage and pregnancy to her brother-in-law Robert Dudley who then told the Queen she was quickly imprisoned (along with a recalled Edward) and the marriage declared invalid. A sympathetic jailer of The Tower of London allowed the jailed couple to meet and therefore a second son was born. 2.) Mary Grey married Sir Thomas Keyes without the Queen's permission but she took care to have multiple witnesses.

But that didn't help as Queen Elizabeth I confined Mary to house arrest while Keyes was sent to Fleet Prison. They never had children nor saw each other again.

Answer: Storms

Anne of Denmark sailed from Denmark in August 1589 only to be forced by storms to the coast of Norway. Upon hearing that the crossing was abandoned James sailed from Leith with a 300 strong retinue to fetch Anne himself. They later got married in Oslo and returned to Scotland May 1590.

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.

Answer: Sophia Princess Palatinate of the Rhine

To prevent Catholics from inheriting the throne Parliament chose Sophia Princess Palatine of the Rhine as Queen Anne's heiress. Sophia was Protestant, married and had children so she was perfect in Parliament's eyes. But unfortunately Sophia died two months before Anne thus ending her chances at becoming Queen of Great Britain.

Answer: Murdered

Sophia Dorothea's husband George of Hanover had his own mistress and she had a lover Philip von Konigsmarck. The lovers were urged to desist from their affair, but to no avail. As a result Konigsmarck was murdered and rumored to be buried under the floorboards of the palace. Sophia Dorothea was later imprisoned in her native Celle where she died thirty years later.

She never saw her two children again.

Answer: Love

The future George II's father, George I, did not want his son to have a loveless arranged marriage as he did. He helped to arrange for meetings between his son and a prospective brides like Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Caroline of Ansbach. He fell in love with Caroline of Ansbach and the two were married in 1705 in Hanover.

Answer: Two operas

Handel provided the new anthem "Sing Unto God" for the service also he wrote two operas "Atalanta" and "La Festa d'Imeneo".

Answer: Day of wedding

After he was told that he couldn't have Lady Sarah Lennox and resisted being married to Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, George III chose Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After meeting on the day of their wedding George III and Charlotte were married and they had 15 children.

Answer: Charlotte

Following the death of Charlotte, the only legitimate child of the Prince Regent (George IV), the Regent's brothers (William, Edward, Adolphus) married to have legitimate children. William and Edward were married to Adelaide of Saxe-Meingingen and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld respectively in a dual ceremony. Frederick Duke of York and Augustus Duke of Sussex were married but had no children. Ernest Augustus and Adolphus Duke of Cambridge married and had children but Edward Duke of Kent won the race to the throne (for his child) by having Victoria.

Answer: Her large girth

By the age of thirty, Mary Adelaide was still unmarried but her large girth was a stumbling block. Also a stumbling block was her rank as a Royal Highness, which prevented her from marrying someone lower in rank than herself.

Answer: Funeral

Although Alice wore a white wedding dress she was still required to wear mourning clothes immediately before and after the ceremony. Queen Victoria herself said in a letter to Vicky that the ceremony was, "More of a funeral than a wedding."

Answer: Her father Louis

Queen Victoria made a point of being present at the weddings of her Hessian grandchildren. So she was present when Victoria of Hesse's wedding to Prince Louis of Battenberg. While the family and friends were celebrating Princess Victoria's wedding to Prince Louis of Battenberg her father remarried.

He chose the divorced Alexandrine Hutten-Czapksa as his new wife. Louis was put under intense family pressure to annul the marriage since his wife was of lower rank than him and divorced.

Answer: Three

Albert (the future George VI) proposed twice in 1921 and 1922 because Elizabeth was reluctant to make the sacrifices necessary to become a member of the royal family. After a third proposal she finally accepted Albert and they were married at Westminster Abbey.

Answer: Three

Alice and Andrew were married in a civil ceremony in Darmstadt, a Lutheran religious service in the Evangelical Castle Church and a Greek Orthodox religious service in the Russian Chapel.

Answer: The entirety

In order to marry Elizabeth, Philip gave up:
1.) His titles of HRH Prince of Greece and Denmark
2.) His surname Glücksburg
3.) His citizenship of Greece and Denmark
Philip then adopted the surname of "Mountbatten" after his maternal grandparents, became a naturalized British citizen and was created HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.