Spanish Royal Blood Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Great

Known as King Alfonso the Great, the mighty King helped unify many parts of Spain and helped link Spain with England by marrying the daughter of Henry II of England. He came to the throne at the age of fifteen and what was to become Spain was involved in quarrels, spats and sometimes outright war.

He founded the first Spanish university, a studium generale at Palencia. He was the father of eleven children and was succeeded by his son Henry I.

Answer: House of Bourbon

Philip V was the first member of the House of Bourbon to rule Spain. His reign of over 46 years was also the longest in the past 400 years. He ruled for 24 years before abdicating and turning over the throne to his son, Louis I, who died seven months later. Philip V became the king again and his reason for leaving the first time is a matter of scholarly debate. Philip had ten children from his two wives. Also during his reign, he helped the country recover from the doldrums that it had been in during the reign of his predecessor Charles II.

Answer: Catherine of Aragon

The lovely Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of both Arthur, Prince of Wales and his brother Henry VIII. She was the mother of Mary I of England, also known as Bloody Mary and step-mother to Elizabeth I. She was the sister of Joanna the Mad and like her sister was intelligent and very well educated.

The fact that she produced only a daughter and no sons caused her husband Henry VIII to have their marriage annulled. Catherine died at the age of 50 in the same year as her replacement, Anne Boleyn.

Answer: Smallpox

Louis I ruled Spain for only seven months. At the age of fifteen he married Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, they had no children, and he died at the age of seventeen. His short period of rule and his youth prevented him from accomplishing great deeds while he ruled, before dying of smallpox. This photo is the royal sarcophagus.

Answer: He was the father of 13 children

Charles II of Spain was a severely disabled young man. He had a severe case of the Habsburg jaw which left him struggling to speak and chew. He was unable to speak until he was at least four years old and could not walk until he was eight. Although he married twice, he had no children and thus became the last Habsburg ruler.

Inbreeding of royalty was rampant among the rulers of Europe. In his case, all eight of his grandparents were descendants of Joanna and Philip I of Castile.

Answer: King Juan Carlos I

The King of Spain from 1975-2014 was King Juan Carlos I. He is the ruler responsible for bringing democracy to the country of Spain. He turned over most of his power, to help enable his country to move forward. He loved hunting, ham radio, and motorcycle riding. He has two daughters and one son, Felipe VI.

Answer: Italy

King Amadeo I was the only King of Spain from the House of Savoy. He was the son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and became King of Spain after Dona Isabel II of Spain abdicated in 1870. He became King of Spain during a period of insurrection and left back for Italy after only a couple of years, vowing that the people of Spain were ungovernable. After he left Spain, Estanislao Figueras became President of the Republic of Spain.

Answer: King Ferdinand II

Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were among the most powerful and influential European rulers of their time. They backed Christopher Columbus and his travels to the New World. They also expelled all remaining Muslim and Jewish members of the population.

They paid off their countries debts and got the crime rate down to the lowest it had been in years. They had five children, all who became rulers themselves.

Answer: Barbara of Portugal

Ferdinand VI was a powerful leader who helped strengthen Spain as well as helping them to be maintain a position of non-biasness. He managed to keep Great Britain and France both as allies without turning on either country to please the other. He improved his countries navy greatly, and helped create the Royal Academy of the Fine Arts of San Fernando.

He improved relations with the Pope and stimulated commerce in the New World. When his wife, Barbara, passed away in 1758, he went into a mental decline that lasted until his death the next year.

Answer: Convent of Santa Clara in Tordesillas

Despite her intelligence and upbringing, Joanna probably had some type of mental illness. If it was schizophrenia, depression, bi-polar disorder, or something else will probably never be known. She was the wife of Philip I of Spain and was herself the queen. Between her father and son she ended up in the Convent of Santa Clara in Tordesillas and spent five decades there while her male relatives ruled.

She was definately grief stricken over the death of her husband and was the mother of three queens and two emperors.