The British Monarchy Test | U.K. Royals

Answer: he abdicated

Richard was forced to abdicate in favour of Henry IV in 1399, and died the next year. It is believed that he was murdered.

Answer: 4

They were: William II, Edward V, Edward VI and Elizabeth I.

Answer: Henry

Egbert was the first ruler of *all* the English kingdoms from 830AD, and between then and 1066, there were a total of 22 Kings. The oldest royal name in Britain is Edward, as Edward was King in 899, and the present Queen's fourth child is called Edward. (NB, Edward I reigned from 1272 to 1307)

Answer: John

John was the youngest son, and as was the custom of the time, the wealth was divided according to rank and birth. John came away with very little and the general populace taunted him with the nickname 'Lackland'. William II was known as Rufus because of his red hair, and Henry I was nicknamed Beauclerc because he was bookish.

Answer: twice

His first wife was Isabel (married 1189, annulled 1199). He next married Isabella of Angouleme in 1200 when she was twelve years old. They had two sons and some daughters before John died after 16 years of marriage; Isabella lived another 30 years.

Answer: Walter Monckton

Edward abdicated in favour of his brother, the Duke of York, in December 1936. That year saw three monarchs; their father, George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI (our present Queen's father). Walter Monckton was Edward VIII's friend and lawyer.

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor was the divorced wife of Louis VII when she married Henry II. She and Henry had five sons and three daughters. Berengaria married Richard I (the Lionheart), Anne married Richard II and Catherine married Charles II.

Answer: George III

Edward III had eight sons and five daughters, William I had four sons and five daughters and Henry VII had three sons and four daughters, but George III and Charlotte surpassed them all with their FIFTEEN children! There is some dispute about the number of legitimate children born to Edward I - some sources say eighteen and others say fourteen, so I am sticking with George III with his undisputed fifteen. (Victoria had nine children.)

Answer: Ian tried to kidnap her

Ian Ball tried to kidnap Princess Anne in 1974 in the Mall (the wide, straight road directly in front of Buckingham Palace).

Answer: Dorothea

William married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen in 1818; all the Royal Dukes rushed to marry because Charlotte was the only one of the next generation and it seemed the House of Hanover could end with their generation if more children were not produced with some urgency.

His next brother, Edward, also married, and it was from Edward we get Victoria, and directly from her most of the crowned heads of Europe including Queen Elizabeth II.

Answer: George III

George bought Buckingham House for his wife (it was called the 'Queen's House') in 1761 but it was not until Victoria became Queen in 1837 that it was used as a palace. In the years since it was bought from the Duke of Buckingham, the building has had more than a million pounds spent on the fabric alone.

Answer: George II

This was in 1743 at Dettingen; the battle was won. Shortly afterwards the Duke of Cumberland (George II's second son) won the battle at Culloden in Scotland. (Handel composed the 'Dettingen Te Deum' to celebrate George II's victory).

Answer: one was male, the other female

This distinction between male and female heir no longer applies and the terms are now of purely historical interest.

Answer: they each died violently

Only Richard III had a child (a son) the other two died childless. Richard I's Queen, Berengaria, never actually came to England. Richard II married twice, but had no children. All the kings called Richard, however, died a violent death.

Answer: William IV

William IV was 64 when his brother died, and his greatest wish was to live long enough to see his niece reach the age of 18 so his hated sister-in-law would not become regent. His wish was granted. Victoria became Queen in 1837, when she was 18.