The History of European Royalty IV Quiz

Answer: Protestant

King James II Stuart of Great Britain's first wife, Lady Anne Hyde of Clarendon, was of the right religion for the royal family - Protestant. Lady Anne was born on 22 March 1637 at Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor, England, to Earl Edward Hyde of Clarendon and Lady Frances Aylesbury.

She married the Duke of York on 24 November 1659 in Breda, Holland. She was the mother of two Queens, Mary II and Queen Anne. The Duchess of York died on 31 March 1671 in Saint James' Palace, London, England.

Answer: Catholic

However, it was this marriage which caused a lot of trouble for King James II Stuart of Great Britain, as his second wife was Catholic, along with any children of the marriage. The Princess of Modena was born on 25 September 1658 in the Ducal Palace, Modena, Italy to Duke Alfonso III d'Este of Modena and Laura Martinozzi.

She married the Duke of York on 21 November 1673 in Dover, Kent, England and became the Queen of England on 6 February 1685, after the death of King Charles II Stuart of Great Britain.

She was the mother of Prince James Stuart, the Old Pretender, who was barred from the throne due to his religion. She was exiled along with her family in 1685 and died on 7 May 1718 in Chateau St. Germain, Paris, France.

Answer: Navarre

The House of Jimeno ruled Aragon from 1035 to 1396 when King Juan I the Hunter Jimeno of Aragon died without an heir. The crown passed through his niece, Infanta Princess Leonor Jimeno of Aragon; who married King Juan I Trastramara of Castile and Leon on 18 June 1375 in Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Their eldest son inherited the throne of Castile and Leon and the second son succeeded to the throne of Aragon. It was then the House of Trastramara which ruled Aragon, but the lineage went to a different House for Navarre.

Answer: Leon

The House of Jimeno ruled Castile and Leon from 1035 to 1126 when Queen Urraca Jimeno of Castile and Leon died on 8 March 1126 and left the throne to her son, King Alfonso VII Trastramara of Castile and Leon. The House of Trastramara ruled Castile and Leon until Queen Juanna Trastramara of Castile and Leon, the daughter of Queen I Isabella Trastramara of Castile and Leon, died on 11 April 1555.

Answer: Archduke Charles Habsburg of Austria

It was Archduke Charles Habsburg of Austria, her first cousin who became Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and was the father of King Philip II Habsburg of Spain. However, of course, this marriage did not go ahead and Queen Mary I married her first cousin once removed, King Philip II, instead.

Answer: King James IV Stuart of Scotland

Princess Margaret Tudor was born on 28 November 1489 at the Palace of Westminster, London, England. She was married to King James IV Stuart of Scotland on 8 August 1503 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland. After the death of her first husband, Margaret remarried twice to Scottish nobles and created a second lineage that had claim to the throne of England and it is through this second line that Lord Henry Darnley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots, descends.

She is also the mother of King James V Stuart of Scotland and died on 18 October 1541 in Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Answer: Duchess Anne-Marie Louise d'Orleans of Montpensier

Born in 29 May 1627 in Lourve, France, Anne-Marie was the daughter of Duke Gaston I de Chartes d'Orleans and Duchess Marie de la Marche de Bourbon of Montpensier, from a junior Bourbon line. She inherited her mother's duchy and title upon her death. Throughout her childhood, she was continually engaged to or put forward for marriage with several European princes, including her cousins King Louis XIV de Bourbon of France and King Charles II Stuart of England.

She did marry very late in life at the age of 55 in 1670 to Duke Antonie Nompar de Caumont of Lauzan.

Answer: Maud Angelica

Maud Angelica Behn was born on 29 April 2003 in Oslo, Norway. However she did not have the title of Princess bestowed upon her, as her parents wished for her to lead a more normal life.

Answer: the Duke of Sparta

Duke Paul Schleswig-Holstein of Sparta, born on 20 May 1967 in Tatoi, Athens, Greece married on 1 July 1995 in London, England, Marie Chantal Claire Miller. Together they have three children; Princess Maria Olympia, born 25 July 1996; Prince Konstantinos Alexis, born 29 October 1998 and; Prince Achileas Andreas, born 12 August 2000.

Answer: The second son

Prince Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II Windsor of England and Duke Philip Mountbatten of Edinburgh, was created Duke of York in 1986. Born on 19 February 1960 in Buckingham Palace, London, England, he married Sarah Ferguson on 23 Jul 1986 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Together they have two daughters; Princess Beatrice Windsor, born 8 August 1988 and Princess Eugenie Windsor, born 23 March 1990.

However Andrew and Sarah divorced in the mid 1990's.