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Quiz about Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Quiz

It could be said that Margaret Pole should have been Queen of England, could this be true? Read on and find out!

A multiple-choice quiz by howdyitsme. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
howdyitsme

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
309,848

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Margaret Pole was an enormous force for the Catholic cause during Henry VIII's "reformation" of the church; largely due to her influence on the Tudor court. She walked in very high circles. Who was she governess to during this time? Hint

Catherine of Aragon

Prince Edward

Princess Mary

Princess Elizabeth

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was Margaret Pole's famous father? Hint

Edward IV

George, Duke of Clarence

Richard, Duke of York

Sir Reginald Pole

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Question 3 of 10

3. We know that Margaret was a staunch Catholic and encouraged her royal charge to thwart the king in his efforts at reformation. Who else in Henry's household did the king fear was highly influenced by Margaret? Hint

Catherine of Aragon

Katherine Howard

Bess Windsor

Anne Boleyn

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Question 4 of 10

4. How was Margaret related to Henry VIII? Hint

distant relations on her father's side

Aunt and nephew

second cousins

Niece and uncle

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Question 5 of 10

5. Margaret had a very famous son, in fact romantic historical novels have been written about him. He was renowned throughout Europe for what some deemed cowardice and others extreme bravery. What was his name? Hint

Sir Robert Walpole

Sir Robert "Robin" Dudley

Cardinal Reginald Pole

Neville, the Duke of Northumberland

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many surviving children was Margaret blessed with? Hint

Five

Ten

Seven

Two

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Question 7 of 10

7. Margaret had a brother who could well have been a threat to the reign of Richard III and indeed he was considered such not only by Richard but later by Henry VII. What was his name? Hint

Edward

George

Robert

Henry

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Henry married Anne Boleyn he wanted legitimacy for the marriage and he petitioned the universities of Europe for their opinion of the matter. He sent one of Margaret's sons as his emissary to which university? Hint

University of Bologna

University of Paris

Oxford University

Cambridge University

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Question 9 of 10

9. Margaret had grown up at and around court and knew how to play the etiquette and influence game. She passed on this knowledge to her sons who also became influential. Which of her sons became an important member of Henry VIII's royal household and was himself later executed? Hint

Henry, Lord Montague

Sir Geoffrey Pole

Reginald, Cardinal Pole

Lord Roger Kelvin

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Question 10 of 10

10. So what eventually happened this grand dame of Tudor history? Hint

She died peacefully in her sleep of old age

She was executed

She spent her declining years in a convent where she died hoeing a garden

She died in a freak cooking accident when a pot of porridge she was stirring tipped over scalding her to death

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Princess Mary

Margaret's installation as governess to the Princess Mary showcases the esteem in which the court held her. Margaret well knew court etiquette and was highly religious as were Catherine and Henry. After Henry repudiated his wife and married Anne Boleyn the princess continued to visit both parents, usually in the company of Margaret who encouraged Mary to stand fast.

2. Who was Margaret Pole's famous father?

Answer: George, Duke of Clarence

She was attainted when her father was executed for treason after plotting against his brother Edward IV. How much was real plotting and how many of the accusations were strictly political is truly unknown but a very interesting field of study. This attainting was in part what kept her from the throne. Edward IV was her uncle, Richard her grandfather and Sir Reginald didn't exist but she did have a son Cardinal Reginald Pole.

Answer: Catherine of Aragon

Margaret and Catherine were very good friends and Margaret stood behind her in the fight against the divorce to the very end. Henry was less than amused that family would stand against him in this way.

4. How was Margaret related to Henry VIII?

Answer: second cousins

Henry's mother, Elizabeth, was Margaret's first cousin. Elizabeth's father Edward IV was the brother of Margaret's father George. Oh what a tangled web we weave...

Answer: Cardinal Reginald Pole

As a boy Reginald was a prot�g� of Henry VIII and Henry gave him every possible educational advantage including university abroad. Reginald turned out to be Henry's nemesis when it came to the divorce (though his brother later helped the king with the matter of Anne's removal)and after Henry's death was considered a serious suitor for the hand of the Catholic Princess Mary.

6. How many surviving children was Margaret blessed with?

Answer: Five

Margaret had her children in rapid succession, who knows how many she might have had if she had not been widowed so very young. She never married again, it is not known if it was because she was devoted to her husband or that she simply enjoyed the status of widow and the freedoms it entailed.

7. Margaret had a brother who could well have been a threat to the reign of Richard III and indeed he was considered such not only by Richard but later by Henry VII. What was his name?

Answer: Edward

Their uncle Richard III claimed Margaret and her brother Edward could not succeed because of their father's treason. Richard had declared the children of Edward IV illegitimate and unable to inherit. Now if Margaret and Edward were also unable to succeed then one wonders why Richard imprisoned the boy and why Edward was later executed by Henry VII after his own ascension to the throne.

Answer: University of Paris

Henry, on Cranmer's suggestion,had decided to poll the continental universities about the validity of his marriage and he asked Reginald to act as his emissary to the theological faculty at the University of Paris. Reginald was loathe to do this but could not refuse his benefactor.

Answer: Henry, Lord Montague

Reginald was not the only Pole son with influence at Henry's court; Montague, eldest son of Margaret, was one of the peers who convicted Anne Boleyn. He was trusted by Henry VIII but was eventually betrayed by his brother Geoffrey for his continued devotion to their brother Reginald and for his hatred of Henry's anti-Catholic attitudes and destruction of the Church and its properties.

He was tried for treason and executed.

10. So what eventually happened this grand dame of Tudor history?

Answer: She was executed

May 27 1541, Margaret Pole was executed after a lengthy and miserable stay in the tower; it seems likely she was punished as much for the acts of her son Reginald as for her own.

Source: Author howdyitsme

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