Queens and Princesses Trivia

1. What were the first names of Queen Liliuokalani's parents?

From Quiz Queen Liliuokalani

Answer: Caesar and Analea

Caesar Kapa'akea was born cerca 1815 in Kuiaha, O'ahu, Hawaii. The name Kapa'akea means "the coral or limestone surface" in Hawaiian. Analea Keohokalole was born circa 1816 in Kailua Kona, Hawaiian Island. Keohokalole is Hawaiian for "the straight hair of her own father's tresses." Both of Queen Liliuokalani's parents were related Hawaii's royal house, and, as such, their children were suitable candidates to take over the throne. Queen Liliuokalani was the Queen of Hawaii from 1891-1893. She succeeded her brother, King David Kalakaua, who died from a stroke. In 1887, Kalakaua had been forced at gunpoint to sign the Bayonet Constitution. This took a lot of power from the Hawaiian monarchy. During her reign, Liliuokalani tried implementing a new constitution to reverse the Bayonet Constitution.

From Quiz Tales of the Lady 3

Answer: Madame Royale

Marie-Therese was born on December 19, 1778. As the daughter of the King of France, she was given the title, fille de France, which means Daughter of France; as the oldest daughter, however, she also was given the title, Madame Royale, which was reserved for the oldest living unmarried daughter of the king of France. It was understood that when Marie-Therese eventually married or her father died, she would relinquish the title. Marie-Thérèse had a difficult start in life. She almost suffocated at birth because the room was filled people who had a right to be witnesses. Her father ordered that a window be opened, which revived the new baby, and made sure that there were not so many spectators at the births of his other children.

From Quiz Queens 'M' of Europe

Answer: Margaret, Maid of Norway

Margaret, Maid of Norway was the daughter of King Eric II of Norway and Margaret of Scotland - the only daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland. Margaret's mother died as a result of her birth in 1283 and both of Alexander's sons had also died by the following year. As the sole surviving descendant of Alexander, Margaret should have been considered his rightful heir and after his death in 1286 both her father and King Edward I of England promoted her claim to the throne. A plan to marry off Margaret to the future Edward II of England and therefore bring Scotland under England's control probably explains Edward's interest in the matter. Eventually Margaret was put on a ship and sent to Scotland, but unfortunately she never arrived - her ship stopped off in the Orkney Islands where she is believed to have died of the effects of severe sea-sickness. At the time the Orkney Islands were owned by Norway so Margaret never did set foot in her own kingdom. Margaret's death meant there were no obvious successors to the Scottish crown and precipitated a competition for the position between various noblemen, including John Balliol (who reigned from 1292 to 1296) and Robert the Bruce, who finally claimed the throne definitively in 1306 and remained King of Scotland until his death in 1329.

From Quiz Other Princesses Named Charlotte

Answer: Monaco

Charlotte Louvet, later known as Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois, was the daughter of the future Prince Louis II of Monaco and a French singer, Marie Juliette Louvet. By 1918 Monegasque sovereignty was at risk as Louis, the only heir, had no legitimate children and Charlotte was ineligible to succeed him as a result of her illegitimate birth. A treaty made with France meant that if the Monegasque throne became vacant then the country would become a French protectorate. Luckily the law offered a loophole. Although illegitimate children were excluded from the line of succession, any adopted children were eligible. Louis promptly adopted his own daughter and she was then named as his heir, granted the status of being a princess, and given the traditional title of Duchess of Valentinois. However, Charlotte never became the sovereign princess of Monaco as she renounced her right to the throne in favour of her son, Rainier. He went on to become Prince Rainier III and gained international fame as a result of his marriage to the American Hollywood star, Grace Kelly.

From Quiz The Princess Tried

Answer: Childbirth

Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the only child of George IV (who was Prince of Wales at the time of her birth). She refused to marry the Prince of Orange, and ultimately wed Prince Leopold (later King of Belgium). The couple were very happy for the eighteen months of their marriage, and Britain eagerly awaited their first child to secure the succession. Tragically, Princess Charlotte died at age 21, shortly after giving birth to a stillborn son. The crown ultimately passed to Victoria, the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who was the fourth son of George III.

From Quiz Killer Queens

Answer: Mary I

"Bloody Mary" was Mary I of England. A staunch Catholic, Mary was a member of the House of Tudor and was deeply involved in the conflict between Catholic and Protestants that ensued after her father Henry VIII declared himself the head of the English Church. In the 17th century Mary II was the queen and wife of William III of England. The American university of William and Mary is named after them. Mary of Teck was the Queen consort to George V of England during the early 20th century. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary is the name of a church and school in Lexington, Kentucky.

From Quiz Queens and Princesses

Answer: Diana Princess of Wales

Princess 'Di' will always be remembered for her kind and caring efforts to help those less fortunate than her. She was one of the most beloved royal figures ever. Everyone in the world can probably remember the time and place they were when they heard the news of Princess Di's death.

From Quiz To Marry A King: Part 2

Answer: Elisabeth of Bavaria

"Sissi" later said she always regretted accepting Franz Joseph's proposal. Their 44-year marriage was marred by tragedy, faithlessness, and in later years, by Sissi's own erratic behavior. She was senselessly murdered by an anarchist in 1898 at the age of 60.

From Quiz To Marry A King

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.

From Quiz Mighty Monarchs XI (Powerful Women)

Answer: Boudicca

Boudicca (sometimes spelled Boudica or Boadicea) was Queen of the Iceni. After the death of her husband (Praesutagus) the territory of the Iceni had been formally annexed by the Romans (up until then it had been a client-kingdom). Boudicca rallied her people and gained the support of the Trinovantes tribe but was eventually defeated. She died soon after of unknown causes.

From Quiz Queen Liliuokalani

Answer: Lydia

Her full name at birth was Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha. She was born on September 2, 1838, in Honolulu, O'ahu Hawaiian Kingdom. Liliuokalani is Hawaiian for "the smarting of the royal ones." She was named after the fact when she was born, Elizabeth Kiha'u, a queen regent of Hawaii, had a painful eye infection. Hawaiian parents typically named their children after an incident that occurred around the time of their birth.

From Quiz Tales of the Lady 3

Answer: Her maternal grandmother

Marie-Thérèse was named after Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, her maternal grandmother, who ruled Hapsburg lands from 1740-1780. She was the only Hapsburg woman to ever rule; her father, Charles VI, saw to that by issuing the Pragmatic Sanction, which worked out who would be the heir in the case that he only had daughters. It did not, however, happen that easily. In spite of the agreement, war broke out - the War of the Austrian Succession - after Maria Theresa took the throne and it took five years to settle the matter of her ascension. It has been written that Marie-Thérèse asked that all of her oldest granddaughters be named after her. Marie-Thérèse's middle name, Charlotte, was the name of Marie Antoinette's favorite sister, Maria Carolina of Austria, who the family called Charlotte.

From Quiz Queens 'M' of Europe

Answer: Sicily

Queen Maria of Sicily was just 14 years old when she inherited her crown in 1377 on the death of her father, who was known as King Frederick the Simple. The appointed regent was initially forced to share power with other nobleman who became known as the 'vicars' of the kingdom and the young queen was then kidnapped and held in captivity to prevent the vicars from arranging a marriage for her. After a few years she was rescued by forces belonging to her maternal grandfather King Peter IV of Aragon (one of the Spanish kingdoms of the time) and she remained in Aragon until 1392. Following her marriage to her first cousin, Martin the Younger (whose father was the half-brother of Maria's mother, Constance of Aragon), the couple raised an army, seized control of Sicily from the vicars and ruled over the island jointly until Maria's death in 1401. Since their only child had died in infancy, Martin continued to rule in his own right and was eventually succeeded by his father, also named Martin, on his death in 1409. This brought about the rare situation where a king with a regnal designation of "the first" was the son (rather than the father) of a king designated "the second".

From Quiz The Princess Tried

Answer: Friedrich died weeks after becoming Kaiser

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert hoped that a marriage uniting the English and Prussian royal houses would lead to democratic reforms. The liberal Anglophile Friedrich was the ideal candidate. However, Friedrich's father Wilhelm lived to the age of 90. Friedrich became German Emperor on March 9, 1888, when he was terminally ill; he died on June 15th. Some Germans blamed an English physician for misdiagnosing his condition. Victoria and Friedrich wanted to raise their eldest son to be a monarch in the mold of Victoria, but the Prussian establishment insisted on a military upbringing. On Friedrich's death, their son ascended the throne as Kaiser Wilhelm II.

From Quiz Killer Queens

Answer: Greek

The powerful Amazon women were a part of Greek mythology. Penthesilea was a powerful queen who chose to fight and hoped to die honorably in this war as an atonement for accidentally killing her sister Hippolyta with a spear. She was killed by Achilles who was rumored to have committed a sacrilege upon her corpse. The number of men she is said to have killed in battle varies widely.

From Quiz Queens and Princesses

Answer: Cleopatra VII

According to the ancient historian Plutarch, Cleopatra and her husband Mark Antony died together. Mark Antony was away at battle, and when his armies deserted him, he thought Cleopatra had betrayed him. Cleopatra, afraid of Antony's wrath, locked herself in a monument and sent messengers to tell Antony that she was dead. When Antony got the message, he stabbed himself in the stomach with his sword out of grief, but he didn't die. Instead he received a message from Cleopatra asking him to come to her. He agreed, glad to find that Cleopatra was still alive. When Antony finally made it to Cleopatra's monument, she threw ropes out of the top window so he could climb up. The climb nearly finished him, but he made it. When he got in the room Cleopatra's handmaidens layed him on a couch. Antony asked for a glass of wine and died upon finishing it. Cleopatra, crazy with grief, killed herself by letting a deadly asp bite her.

From Quiz To Marry A King: Part 2

Answer: Madeleine of Valois

Madeleine was 16 when she married James. The young bride died of tuberculosis in July of that year, shortly after arriving in Scotland. It is said she died in her husband's arms. Perhaps he should have checked her medical history. Mary of Guise became James' second wife in June of 1538.

From Quiz To Marry A King

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.

From Quiz Queens 'M' of Europe

Answer: Her mother arranged for Charles to be assassinated

Although Queen Mary was nominally the queen regnant of Hungary and Croatia from 1382 to 1395 (with the exception of the interruption caused by Charles III of Naples in 1385-86) she never actually wielded any political power. She was only 11 years old when she was proclaimed queen on the death of her father in 1382 and as a result her mother, Elizabeth of Bosnia, acted as her regent. In the medieval period, female monarchs were not popular and the local noblemen often looked for a male candidate to take the throne instead. By 1385, Hungary had been invaded by both Charles III of Naples (who the Croatian nobles in particular preferred as king) and Sigismund of Luxembourg. Elizabeth chose to side with Sigismund by arranging for his marriage to Mary - but it was Charles who was victorious and crowned king on New Year's Eve of that year. However, less than two months later Elizabeth organised Charles's assassination and successfully had her daughter reinstated on the throne - although this time it was as co-ruler alongside her husband. Mother and daughter did not have a particularly happy ending though - Elizabeth was executed on the orders of Charles's widow in 1387 and Mary died in a riding accident in 1395. Sigismund, by contrast, went on to remarry and later became Holy Roman Emperor.

From Quiz Other Princesses Named Charlotte

Answer: Mexico

Princess Charlotte, the daughter of King Leopold I of the Belgians, married Archduke Maximilian of Austria in 1857. Emperor Napoleon III of France (the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) instigated the French invasion of Mexico in 1861, starting an episode known as the 'French Intervention in Mexico' (to give one of its many names). As part of this policy, Napoleon III decided to install an Emperor of Mexico who would be subordinate to the French government; Archduke Maximilian accepted the post in 1864 and both he and his wife sailed to Mexico. However, Charlotte's reign as Empress of Mexico was short-lived as her husband was executed just three years later by republican forces who returned Mexico to an independent state. Charlotte was in Europe at the time of her husband's death. She had initially travelled there with the intention of gaining European support for his regime, but ended up suffering a breakdown and being unable to return to Mexico. Her brother had her assessed by doctors who pronounced her insane and she spent the rest of her long life (she died in 1927 at the age of 86) living a secluded life in Italy and Belgium.

From Quiz The Princess Tried

Answer: Grace Kelly (Princess Consort of Monaco)

Princess Grace of Monaco (1929-1982) was born in Philadelphia to a wealthy family. Her father, Jack Kelly, won three Olympic gold mdeals in sculling before achieving success in the construction industry. Denied entry into Bennington College, she pursued a successful acting career - first on the Broadway stage and later in Hollywood. She met Prince Rainier III of Monaco during a photo session at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Her marriage (happy, by most accounts) saved Monaco from French rule with the birth of heirs to the throne. She tried to resume her film career, but was dissuaded by conservative Monagasques. In 1982, Princess Grace succumbed to injuries sustained in a car accident.

From Quiz Killer Queens

Answer: Countess

Countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) was a Hungarian aristocrat who is believed to have murdered about 80 girls. At the time, Hungarian aristocrats enjoyed immunity from prosecution except for treason, so her accomplices - who were her servants - were tried, convicted and put to death, while the "Blood Countess" was merely bricked up as a prisoner in a tower of her castle at Csejte. Since the 18Th century she has become something of a myth, and more recently, also a cult figure.

From Quiz To Marry A King: Part 2

Answer: Amalia of Oldenburg

The daughter of Grand Duke Paul of Oldenburg, Queen Amalia's beauty and vivacity had a big impact on the Greek people, yet she was attacked for not converting to Orthodoxy, failing to provide an heir, and involving herself in the dangerous politics of the time. She survived an assassination attempt in September of 1861, and she and Otto were deposed the following year.

From Quiz To Marry A King

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.

From Quiz Mighty Monarchs XI (Powerful Women)

Answer: Zenobia

Zenobia ruled the powerful mercantile city-state of Palmyra (in modern Syria). In 269 AD she withdrew her alliegence to Rome and began to seize the eastern provinces from the empire. By 270 AD she had seized Egypt - one of Rome's major grain suppliers. In 271 AD the Emperor Aurelian invaded the eastern provinces to end Zenobia's rule. She was finally defeated and captured in 273 AD and returned with Aurelian to Rome. She marched in his triumphal train adorned with golden chains. Aurelian was merciful and granted her a pension and allowed her to retire to a private estate in Italy. She ended her days as the wife of a Roman senator. She is also known as az-Zabba or Bath Zabbai.

From Quiz Queen Liliuokalani

Answer: She couldn't bear to see the Hawaiian flag lowered.

In 1898 the Spanish-American War started. The United States used Pearl Harbor as a naval base. This strategic planning convinced Congress to annex Hawaii. This was done against Hawaii's wishes, and many natives of Hawaii rebelled. As a result, many were imprisoned, including the queen. At the ceremony, they took down the Hawaiian flag to put up the Stars and Stripes in its place. Before the United States overthrew her monarchy, she had attended William McKinley's presidential inauguration in 1897.

From Quiz Tales of the Lady 3

Answer: 3

Marie-Thérèse had two brothers, Louis Joseph Xavier François, the heir born in 1781, and Louis Charles de France, who was born four years later. A sister, Sophie Hélène Béatrix, was born in 1786. Sadly, Marie-Thérèse was the only sibling to survive past the age of ten. Madame Sophie died of tuberculosis when she was 11 months old. The same disease took Louis Joseph in 1789, a month before the Storming of the Bastille. Her younger brother, Louis Charles, became the new heir apparent. He is typically known as Louis XVII, although he never ruled. Louis Charles died in 1795 after being kept alone for years in deplorable living conditions by members of the new revolutionary government. Honestly, the story about his treatment evokes sympathy for the young prince still today.

From Quiz Other Princesses Named Charlotte

Answer: She died only a few hours after her birth

Following the death in childbirth in 1817 of King George III's only legitimate grandchild, Princess Charlotte of Wales, his remaining unmarried sons (most of whom were happily living with their mistresses) were forced to rush out in search of royal wives and produce additional heirs to the throne. In 1819, four new heirs made their appearance, but the first of those babies, the daughter of Prince William of Clarence, lived for just a few hours after her birth. As her father went on to become King William IV, Princess Charlotte would eventually have become Britain's queen (rather than her first cousin Queen Victoria) if she had survived. Her mother and father went on to have a further five children, but tragically four of them were stillborn and a younger sister was born prematurely and lived for only 3 months. The other three royal heirs born in 1819 were Prince George, Duke of Cambridge; Queen Victoria; and King George V of Hanover. After the death of two British princesses named Charlotte in the space of two years, the name was not given to another British princess until the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge nearly 200 years later.

From Quiz The Princess Tried

Answer: Princess Viktoria Alix of Hesse

Princess Alix of Hesse (1872-1918) - she didn't go by "Victoria" - was one of the many grandchildren of England's Queen Victoria. She refused to marry Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, who at the time was second in line to the English throne after his father (later King Edward VII). She had fallen in love with the then Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia. They married in 1894, shortly after he became Tsar. She tried to sustain the role of Tsarina, converting to the Russian Orthodox Church, becoming deeply religious, and devoting her time to the couple's haemophiliac son Alexei. She was largely rejected by the Russian court and Nicholas's family, and was widely unpopular among the Russian people. After war and complications and trials too long to list here, she was murdered in 1918 along with Nicholas and their children.

From Quiz Killer Queens

Answer: Russia

Anna of Russia was an unusual ruler who meted out some unusual punishments. She had the tongues of two of her cooks cut out when she did not approve of the meals that they had prepared. A local prince who had angered her was forced to marry one of her servants who had also displeased her. They were forced to dress as clowns and paraded in front of the common folk after which they were forced to spend the night naked in an ice palace built for the occasion. Both survived. Her court was unusual also. While feasting she might order anyone at the table to go to the corner and get on all fours and bark like a dog for three hours or face death. Mad or malicious - who knows?

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