Name of the Queen - consorts with the same name Quiz

Answer: William I

Matilda (also known as Maud) was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and, through her mother Adela, the granddaughter of King Robert II of France. In 1051, she married William II, Duke of Normandy. According to legend, William sent a representative to ask for her hand in marriage, which Matilda rejected claiming to be too high born to marry a bastard (William was illegitimate). So, William rode from Normandy to Lille, where he assaulted her. Before her father could challenge William, Matilda settled the matter by refusing to marry anyone but William. Matilda gave birth to a total of ten children, two of whom went on to be King of England.

Answer: Henry I

Matilda (born Edith) was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland, and drew direct descent from Alfred the Great. In 1100, she married King Henry I of England, who was drawn to her as a result of her being of Anglo-Saxon royal blood, granting a level of legitimacy to his throne that had not been enjoyed by either of his Norman predecessors. Matilda gave birth to two children that survived to adulthood - Matilda of England and William Ætheling.

Answer: Stephen

Matilda was the only child of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and, through her mother, was the granddaughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. In 1125, she married Stephen of Blois; the same year, upon her father's abdication, she became Countess of Boulogne in her own right, before becoming Queen of England when her husband claimed the English throne on the death of his uncle, Henry I. Matilda gave birth to three sons and two daughters, three of whom, Eustace IV, William I and Marie I, succeeded her as Count / Countess of Boulogne.

Answer: Henry II

Eleanor was the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine, eventually succeeding her father to the duchy. Three months after the death of her father, she married King Louis VII of France. However, after 15 years of marriage, which produced two daughters but no son, the marriage was annulled on the grounds that Eleanor and Louis were too closely related, following which she married Henry I, Count of Anjou, who later became King Henry II of England. With Henry, Eleanor had a further eight children, including two sons who became king of England in their own right, and two daughters who became queen consorts of other states.

Answer: Henry III

Eleanor was the second daughter of Ramon IV, Count of Provence; her elder sister had married King Louis IX of France, and Eleanor's uncle corresponded with King Henry III of England in an effort to persuade him of Eleanor's suitability as a bride - initially, Henry sought a dowry of 20,000 marks as a means of offsetting the dowry he had paid for the marriage of his sister, but the Count of Provence negotiated this to 10,000, payable on his death. Eleanor was the mother of a total of five children, four of whom survived to adulthood, including King Edward I of England, while Eleanor and Henry's eldest daughter, Margaret, became queen consort of Scotland when she married King Alexander III.

Answer: Edward I

Eleanor, the daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile, married The Lord Edward, eldest son of King Henry III of England, in 1254. Edward eventually became king as Edward I on the death of his father in 1272, with Eleanor taking her place as Queen Consort.

In total, Eleanor gave birth to 16 children, with six surviving to adulthood - the last of these, Edward of Caernarvon, born in 1284, eventually became Edward II of England. Upon Eleanor's death in 1290, her husband ordered stone memorial crosses to be erected at every overnight stop on the funeral procession from Lincoln to Westminster; these came to be known as "Eleanor Crosses", with the final one being at Charing Cross in London.

Answer: John

Isabella, daughter of Aymer, Count of Angoulême, was the second wife of King John of England, who annulled his first marriage in 1199. However, she had been betrothed to the Count of Lusignan, and her marriage to John led to King Philip II of France confiscating all of the couple's lands in France. Isabella gave birth to five children, all of whom survived into adulthood, with the eldest becoming King Henry III of England, and her daughters Joan and Isabella respectively becoming Queen Consort of Scotland (by marrying Alexander II) and Holy Roman Empress (by marrying Frederick II). Following the death of King John in 1216, Isabella married Hugh X, Count of Lusignan (the son of her former fiancé) in 1220, giving birth to a further nine children.

Answer: Edward II

Isabella, daughter of King Philip IV of France, married King Edward II of England at the age of 13 in 1308, the year after her husband came to the throne. However, Edward was an unconventional monarch, and seemingly snubbed his new bride in favour of his favourite, Piers Gaveston.

Despite the exile and eventual execution of Gaveston, and the birth of four children, including a son and heir, Isabella's relationship with her husband stretched to breaking point and, in 1325 she began a relationship with Roger Mortimer, Earl of March.

They invaded England, which caused the overthrow of Edward II in favour of her teenage son, who became Edward III. Isabella and Mortimer ruled England as regents until they themselves were removed from power by Edward III. Isabella was eventually permitted to live in retirement, gaining an increasing interest in religion as she grew older, eventually taking the nun's habit just before her death in 1358.

Answer: Richard II

Isabella, daughter of King Charles VI of France, was born in 1389 in Paris. In 1396, at the age of six, she became the second wife of King Richard II of England, whose first wife had died two years previously. Isabella's age was discussed during the negotiations, to which Richard stated that he was happy to marry a child as he would "be able to shape her in accordance with his ideal", and was young enough to wait, as he was 29 at the time. Isabella was formally crowned queen in 1397 but, just two years later, her husband was deposed, imprisoned and died in custody.

The new king, Henry IV, attempted to persuade Isabella to marry his own son, but she refused, and was permitted to return to France. In 1406, Isabella married the Duke of Orléans, dying in childbirth three years later.

Answer: Edward IV

Elizabeth Woodville was the daughter of Sir Richard Woodville, a member of the landed gentry without noble rank. In 1452, she married Sir John Grey of Groby, who was subsequently killed fighting for the Lancastrian cause at the Battle of St Albans in 1461. Following this, she came to the attention of King Edward IV, the leader of the Yorkist faction whom her husband had fought against. According to legend, when the king attempted to proposition Elizabeth, she threatened him with a dagger. So, he decided that he would marry her, which he did, in secret, in 1464, despite the efforts of his councillors to broker a more suitable marriage for him. Elizabeth eventually gave birth to ten children by Edward, in addition to the two from her previous marriage, before the death of Edward IV in 1483.

Although her eldest son, also called Edward, became king, he was usurped by his uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester, who took the throne as Richard III. Elizabeth then decided to favour the claim of Henry Tudor as king, and arranged for her eldest daughter to marry him.

Henry subsequently took the throne following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, and restored to Elizabeth the title and status of Queen Dowager. She died in 1492.

Answer: Henry VII

Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville, was born in 1466 at Westminster. Following the usurpation and subsequent disappearance in 1483 of Elizabeth's younger brother, King Edward V, her mother entered into an agreement with Lady Margaret Beaufort that Elizabeth would marry Margaret's son, Henry Tudor, as part of his attempt to wrest the crown from Richard III, Elizabeth's uncle, and end the Wars of the Roses by uniting the warring factions of York and Lancaster. Following Henry's victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and his accession as King Henry VII, Elizabeth and Henry were married in January 1486. Together, they had a total of eight children, with four surviving infancy.

Although a political union, Elizabeth's marriage to Henry grew in affection to the point that Henry openly grieved when Elizabeth died in childbirth in 1503 at the age of 37.

Answer: George VI

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the ninth child and youngest daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. In 1920, she met Albert (Bertie), Duke of York, the second son of King George V, whom she married in 1923. As the wife of a second son who was not expected to inherit the throne, Elizabeth and Bertie lived somewhat out of the limelight, undertaking royal duties as required, as well as producing two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.

However, in 1936, following the death of George V, Britain was plunged into crisis with the abdication of Bertie's elder brother, King Edward VIII, leading to Bertie assuming the crown as King George VI, with Elizabeth becoming Queen. George VI died in 1952 to be succeeded by his eldest daughter, with Elizabeth taking on the role and title of "Queen Mother". Elizabeth eventually died in 2002 at the age of 101, the longest lived member of the Royal Family to that point.

Answer: Henry V

Catherine of Valois was the youngest daughter of King Charles VI of France - her older sister Isabella had been Queen of England to Richard II between 1396 and 1399. Born in 1401, there had been discussion early in her life about the idea of her marrying Henry, Prince of Wales, the son of King Henry IV of England. Following the victories of Prince Henry after he succeeded his father as Henry V over the French between 1415 and 1420, in which Henry's right to the French throne was acknowledged, Henry and Catherine were married in June 1420, after which Catherine was crowned as Queen of England.

In June 1421, Henry returned to France to continue his military campaign, by which time Catherine was pregnant, giving birth to a son, again named Henry, in December 1421.

Henry V however died while on campaign in France in August 1422, leaving Catherine, at the age of 21, as Queen Dowager of England. After the death of the King, Catherine entered into a relationship with Owen Tudor, a Welsh courtier who had served under Henry V's steward in France. Catherine had at least two sons with Tudor, Edmund and Jasper, both of whom survived to adulthood. Catherine died in January 1437.

Answer: Henry VIII

Catherine, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, was born in 1485. At the age of three, she was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King Henry VII of England. The two first met in 1501, when Catherine was 15, marrying ten days after their first meeting, after which they proceeded to Ludlow for Prince Arthur to undertake his duties. Both subsequently became ill, with Arthur dying in April 1502, leaving Catherine a widow. To avoid King Henry havng to return Catherine's dowry, it was proposed that she should, rather than returning to Spain, instead marry the King's second son, also called Henry. Prince Henry eventually succeeded his father as King Henry VIII in April 1509, and two months later married Catherine, after which they were both crowned. Catherine became pregnant a total of seven times over the course of the next nine years, but of all of them only a single child, Mary, survived to adulthood.

The lack of a son led to the King seeking a way of ending his marriage to Catherine, which eventually led to the splitting of England from the Roman Catholic church.

The marriage was annulled in May 1533, leading Henry to marry Anne Boleyn. Catherine eventually died in January 1536.

Answer: Charles II

Catherine, daughter of John, Duke of Braganza, was born in November 1638. Two years later, her father became King John IV of Portugal, leading to Catherine assuming the rank of Infanta. In 1661, following the restoration of the English monarchy, negotiations began that would lead to Catherine marrying King Charles II of England. Upon their first meeting, with Catherine wearing her hair in ringlets in the fashion popular in Portugal at the time, Charles is said to have remarked "they have brought me a bat".

The couple were married in May 1662, with two ceremonies taking place - a Catholic ceremony held in secret, followed by an Anglican one in public. Although she became pregnant three times, each one ended in miscarriage. Her failure to give birth to an heir led to courtiers urging the King to divorce, in the hope that he would find a new wife who could give birth to a healthy heir.

Despite this, and despite Charles's many mistresses from who he had a number of children, he refused to countenance the idea of divorcing Catherine, and they remained married until his death in 1685.

She eventually returned to Portugal in 1692, twice acting as regent for her brother, King Peter II, before dying in December 1705.